Blizzard Doubles Down On How Losing Most PvE Features In Overwatch 2 Is A Good Thing

Game Director Aaron Keller released a "Director's Take" letter that is just an echo chamber of failure. Blizzard continues to attempt a PR spin on their recent announcement that the PvE Hero Mode in Overwatch 2 is no more.

[SullysCigar]

This is a total disgrace. Plain scummy practice and yet this guy has the cheek to try to hoodwink gamers AGAIN using spin and double-speak. Gross.

[Snookies12]

"Gross." That's my entire perception of Blizzard lately, lol.

[Vits]

But it is a good thing.
It will make the game die faster and that is good. Cause OW 2 is a complete disgrace.

[LG_Fox_Brazil]

Maybe it's a good thing for all the people in Blizzard who had to read messages and e-mails from players asking about it. I mean, they will have less content to read everyday about this subject

[anast]

This is that Blizzard sleaze we've all come to know.

[Inverno]

How many will stop playing the game though? I know it's F2P but they sold you on the move on an empty promise. Stop playing the game and they'll start to understand.

[Pyrofire95]

I wasn't playing OW2 often before but I'll tell you right now there isn't a single Blizzard file on my computer.

[-Foxtrot]

Sad thing is people will bitch but they’ll keep playing thus fuelling the never ending cycle

[lodossrage]

Foxtrot, your comment sums ALOT of the industry. The problem is people KNOW when something is wrong, but make excuses to continue on.

For example, They'll know a game has predatory practices, but they'll hide behind excuses like "my friends play it" or "but I want to keep up with the series" to justify to themselves a reason to support something they know damn well they shouldn't.

Things will change when enough people stop being slaves to videogames

[CrimsonGuardVII]

shady chit.

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

does anyone actually believe anything these scammers have to say anymore? lol you've gotta be the dubest mofo in the world to not realize everything they put out is pure PR. they dgaf about the player base or the state of the game as long as dumb asses are paying for their half-assed skins.

[vTuro24]

"Is this an out of season April fools joke?" <- A perfect summary of this dumpsterfire of a company.

[Pyrofire95]

No it's not. The game is dead because of this. For 4+ years resources were taken away from the game we were invested in already. People did not buy into it at first for the potential single player content, we liked the hero shooter. They staked too much and took away too much dev time on a gamble that would never be as successful because that WASN'T what Overwatch was!
I was already pissed with OW2 and other stuff around it, when this news came out I usinstalled the client. I don't intend to ever use it again.

[staticall]

This whole response reads like «You'll get scraps and you'll love them!!1»
'member the attitude "Release when it's done"? Those were the good times.

> "We were trying to do too many things at once and we lost focus"
So mismanagement. Why nobody was fired though? Like producers and project managers? It's their responsibility to keep the project within a certain scope.

> "Our players had high expectations for it, but we no longer felt like we could deliver it"
So it's players' fault that you overhype your game and overpromise? It was you who pulled the plug on the first game and it was you who added that "2", you know. Yet you're not blaming yourself.

> "I have to do my best to make decisions that put the game and the community first"
What a bunch of BS.

> "I’m sorry."
Did anyone else remember that South Park episode about BP and their CEO apologizing? This is what i've pictured in my head.

I also don't understand this "pulling resources away from the live game" - you're a gargantuan company with one of the biggest publishers backing you. Hire some new people, for G-d sake. You have the projects to work on, money to pay (and to make). Instead of shifting people around.

Oh, by the way, you knew that you would scrap Hero Mode way in advance, yet you didn't told anyone, because you didn't want the backlash. You are a bunch of scum. All you actually did is just re-monitize the first game again, admit to it.

I'm done with Blizzard. It was a fun, even great ride. But now it's a bunch of people with different values, no work ethics, no care for the playerbase. They're just leeching off the "Blizzard" name.

[anast]

South Park is awesome.

[Zombieburger638]

Now the devs don’t have to work at all. Just add skins and the remaining player base will eat it up.

[sadraiden]

Jeff leaving Blizz was the obvious day the music died re: Overwatch. Frankly, seeing the 3 new heroes here, very bland character designs, I can see I'm not missing much. It really is depressing reading about Blizzard anymore.

[Npugz7]

Company is shit and so is the game!

[Silly Mammo]

I put a couple hundred hours into Overwatch. I haven't even downloaded Overwatch 2.

[Elda]

I stop playing because I was getting bored of it & waiting for the PVE mode, now that it's not happening I won't be playing again anytime soon