Blizzard has officially scrapped Overwatch 2's long-awaited PvE mode, but the game's creative leads are assuring fans that PvE is still a focus for the game moving forward.
Not just the most promising thing, it was literally the entire purpose of the "sequel".
I called it MONTHS ago when they launched Overwatch "2" without the PvE that it was 100% a cash grab and merely an excuse to re-monitize Overwatch 1 and fill it with BS mtx and FOMO. I wish I wasn't right because I used to love OW back in 2016/17, but here we are. Activision Blizzard are the worst.
Damn I absolutely loved Overwatch 1 and didn't really have time to jump on Overwatch 2, but, sounds like I might just not bother. The PvE story stuff was the only reason I wanted to jump on and play this with friends.
Blizzard wanted all of your £££££ £ in return for literally nothing, that's what's happening.
"What's that, you were willing to let the battle passes and mtx slide on the condition you got a great a great PvE experience from it? Well get f**ked Overwatch community!" - ActiBlizz, 2023
@gleepot Are the battle passes that lock the heroes behind them free? Are the skins and emotes I could earn in-game in OW1 now free in the OW2 mtx store?
"F2P" has long been a thinly veiled excuse to fill games to the brim with BS mtx, battle passes and FOMO. Especially when it literally replaced and deleted OW1 which I paid full price for and had none of thar garbage in it (loot boxes aside obviously).
Strange that they’re still working PvE content into the live service aspect with the first story missions to launch alongside Season 6 in August.
This game has been a failure since inception and I honestly wish there were better refund policies in place for games like this.
Promised features that are cancelled after the game’s launch just leave a bad taste in my mouth. The way they changed the micro-transactions and earnable currency from OW1 to OW2 just makes OW2’s entire existence seem like AB just weren’t happy with the monetisations returns in OW1 and rather than bump up the price and face backlash they went a roundabout way to implement it. Literally the game game but worse.
And this is a prime example why people tend to get squeamish about Live Service games. What was the point of releasing a sequel if you cancel THE VERY THING THAT MADE IT A SEQUEL IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!??
Normally, I'd make a snarky comment on a post like this, but I genuinely feel bad for the players that spent money on this game for an empty promise. There's grounds for a lawsuit here.
Are you assured?
So basically the most promising thing and the main reason they justified putting 2 on the end of it.
Overwatch 2 (Overhauled monetization) edition
Now we know ^.^
Seems about right for Blizzard. Their fans are getting left out in the cold.
Wait... but this was the whole purpose of actually releasing Overwatch 2... Wtf is happening?