the Overwatch 2 PVE we expected has died
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- Overwatch 2 PVE / story mode has been cancelled, in the form we knew it. In today's Overwatch Developer update, we got details of what's been cancelled from Overwatch 2 and what story experiences and missions will replace it.
Some of it will live on. There will be future lore! Let's hope it comes in different enjoyable forms :)
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Well - there will still be more Overwatch 2 lore, cinematics and 'story missions' - but, they are now being divided up into seasonal content as the talent tree/progression piece fades away..
I'm still hopeful of a fun experience - guess we'll see what it manifests as in Season 6!
I am sad, because I really want to see what kind of story they would have done
Annoyed bc they are just making excuses to not add story mode they said it once now they regret it and are too scared to say we are not adding story mode bc of backlash and hate
Don't be hopeful, it's just Archives
“Redefining the sequel.” Yip. Can’t argue with that.
Get rid of the 2 thats the only reason they made pve in the first place
WHEN YOU THINK BLIZZARD CANT DISAPPOINT YOU ANY MORE, THEY ALWAYS FIND A WAY
What I really want, at this point, is somebody to break NDA and give a massive tell-all of what went on behind the scenes of this disgustingly mismanaged game. It would be more entertaining than the lore we're not getting.
They looked at Fortnite's Battle Pass and said "we need to do that.. but worse"
The rest is history.
I mean it's pretty easy to assume that behind the scenes was just establishing a business model of overpromise, under deliver, use your own actions as an excuse as to why things didn't turn out the way you said they would
Agreed.
At this point i would have prefered if they had delayed it until it was actually done and not THIS worst of most worlds compromise, because at this point they have just made "Archives missions, but potentially permanent"
Seems very likely they'll be FOMO and come and go with each season
They've said nothing about them being permanent they're gonna be fomo modes like everything else.
Same tbh
Leveling up heroes seemed like a really fun concept, it’s super frustrating they scrapped that after hyping us up for it
They knew that pve got scrapped before even the released of ow2 and still they advertised it as pve! they lied. overwatch already killed itself lmao, and people still defending it, because it have 2 in the name. They only cared about the money
They scrapped it and they are going to bastardize it's corpse into fomo modes.
Jeff leaving makes more and more sense as we hear this type of news. Overwatch has really broken my heart again because the PVE is what i was hoping would make me play the game again
Actually for all the evidence shows, jeff leaving is indication that he did not want to make the hard decisions(maybe because he didn't agree with them), like splitting pvp and pve for example. Maybe what he had in mind would be better, but would likely take much longer to deliver, I'm happy the new leadership is making the hard calls, although the hero missions cancel is disappointing nonetheless
@PyroManiacOW I mean it doesn't necessarily mean he couldn't make the "hard decisions" he had already proved himself by making a failed idea successful then when you are trying to tell the higher ups that the way they want to go is wrong but they won't listen it's better to leave than to fall in line for something you don't agree with. This definitely isn't the right call whatsoever, but it's what was made. Hopefully people who continue the game will love it and maybe I am wring but with no PVE in the capacity that was pitched I can't muster any excitement. On top of just getting codexs for lore after all this time seems kind of lackluster
That's it for me lmao. I constantly defended this game in front of my friends with anticipation. In the end it was a huge disappointment. The whole wait for OW2 was literally useless.
To make it all worse they nerfed my main to the ground the first time she was viable and basically will leave her there for about another year :))
r.i.p. ow
I'm so disappointed, i can't stress this out enough! This has made me so sad and angry at the same time during the dev stream! Wow my hope is fully gone now!
They really are allergic to committing to a story.
man, I was looking forward to it so much. I think I'm not the only one who stopped playing the game but was interested about the upcoming pve - guess that's over
It's a sad day for OW fans. Rip :(
I think that ow is dead bit by day by day
I used to be sad this channel didn’t upload more often, but honestly that was smart
I am enjoying OW2, but PVE was what I was really looking forward to.
you know you dont enjoy the game its bland seems to me you never played the original Overwatch
@@sashio1365 I've played OW since the game launched in 2016.
then do the smart thing and uninstall that was what most of us were looking forward to and now there is no point to staying. uninstall and let the game die.
I am not enjoying OW "2". Uninstalled.
Wow these replies are insane!!! Just because we don’t enjoy something doesn’t make others obligated to not enjoy it too!!
Not to take pride in being a doomsayer, but I commented on your Ramattra reveal thoughts video that I thought it had been scrapped. The signs were there from the moment PvP released first due to it taking priority in their own words. The first major sign of it being abandoned was that Kiriko was originally a mini boss mob from the PvE but PvP saw the concept design and said shes cool and ripped her out of PvE and made for PvP, it was never going to survive with that mentality
She was originally a mini boss? Where was it from, an OW1 event?
@@Sypitz she was in concept art of units that were going to be enemy units in the PvE missions, a girl with a fox was a mini boss but someone on the pvp team went “omg cool fox girl” and then Kiriko came to be
lets not pretend that its a money or time problem. Between the extortionate cash shop and the fact they basically left overwatch 1 on life support for over a year, they have more than enough money and time but what we have is a slight visual update and a new game mode to replace a game mode they cut, its clearly a management problem. Its likely bobby kotick and other higher ups are responsible for the current state of overwatch and ofcourse they'll receive 0 repercussions and likely a fat bonus and a self pat on the back at the end of the financial year while the devs actually making/designing the game get overworked and under paid while receiving abuse from the community despite the people above them being the actual problem.
I'm done with Overwatch. 2 is a terrible "update" and PvE waa the only thing I was looking forward to. Fuck this.
so what was the point of the 3 year content drought and the whole 'redefining a sequel'???
They took a gamble and they lost. It's either turning out worse than expected or they couldn't get the suits to approve it. Without approval, they don't have the budget. Without budget, they can't pay their staff, contract their VAs for a recording session, etc. For them to get approval, they'll need to guarantee a return of investment, because there is no point in giving more money if they can't make it back.
The world, characters, and story are what really drew me into Overwatch in the first place, and the potential of a deep and engaging PvE experience was the thread that kept me hanging on despite not enjoying PvP. While I understand the reasons behind this announcement, honestly there's not much of a reason for me to stick around anymore. I'll keep an ear out in case they manage to do something worthwhile with this battle pass system, but if it's just droplets of story within shooting gallery gameplay like previous PvE then I'll just stick to getting my lore from Hammeh.
Understood Squid. There will still be story missions, cinematic and lore. I have faith in the narrative team as things stand to create fun and enjoyable things. As for the playable elements, let's see what has survived the development process I guess!
Same, I am just sticking to watching lore updates on youtube. OW has such a cool world and lore, it really deserves better treatment. Zenyatta deserves good lore, man.
@@Hammeh I hope beyond hope that you're right about the narrative team making sure the campaign will still be good, but I highly doubt it. Blizzard have already shown they're willing to put no effort or care into making something people want so long as they can still make money off it, so why would the actual story in PvE be any different?
Same
It seems the old of overwatch... the part where there existed anything good... has been ripped away from us.
Don’t be sad it’s over. Be happy it ever happened.
be happy it never happened
This news made me jaded enough to be glad they scapped pve, because I don't trust any content from Blizz to be anything other than a cheap cash grab right now
Blizzard is your new God and you are obligated to be happy and give over your money whenever they want a big company is your boss and you will love it.
Simple fix for this. Ban microtransactions in North America. It's really that simple. People wonder why games are nowhere near as good as they used to be but the answer was always right in front of your faces.
You get rid of microtransactions and it will force companies to bring out top tier games to grab people's attention and make profit that way. This is how it was back in the day and look at all the amazing titles we were blessed with?
I lost respect for Aaron Keller for allowing himself to be used as a puppet too.
What a well rounded and reasonable way to present your opinion, all respect and admiration to you Hammeh, you're one of the few content creators who did not rely on clickbait or sensationalism to cover the news
Damn im heart-broken, i really loved the original announcement of pve and been anticipating it ever since. Oh well thanks for the great content as always HammeH :)
This is honestly really disappointing. But I hope the actually story and narrative vision remains intact, so that we still get to experience the story that was planned. It is the only thing we have left of the promise of Overwatch 2.
Explains why Jeff left imo. I bet corporate wanted Overwatch 2 to pivot to monetised narrative missions and he fought to the bitter end.
I believe it is necessary to hold Blizz accountable as a company by imposing financial responsibilities. They should be obligated to reimburse every individual who bought the WatchPoint 2 pack with the expectation of receiving PVE content in the future. Although it is impossible to fully compensate content creators for the years they invested based on Blizzard's promises, it is important to provide them with a meaningful monetary compensation.
So...we probably would've been better off keeping Overwatch and just adding this
Well at least we are getting story missions. Its a bummer were not getting the talent trees. I'll give the missions a try at least one thing to look foward too.
I loved Overwatch, and especially Mercy's game play. Soaring around the battle field healing people is such an amazing fantasy for me, and I haven't experienced something similar before or since. Despite this, I deleted my Blizzard account shortly after the Hong Kong situation. I just couldn't take the company's bs, and the more comes out about them, the more I'm glad I did. However, there is still a part of me that misses playing Mercy so much. I was willing to hear the PvE mode out. I was willing to set the rest of the game aside and dive into just that as a dedicated game on it's own. Now, I'm just hoping some other game comes along that can scratch that same itch.
Absolutely devastated. That's an uninstall of Overwatch 2 for me. Going to miss this game but will definitely stick by Hammeh for their excellent news and content. Appreciate all your hard work mate!
Cheers - there will still be lore and Story coming in story missions. I'll see what Season 6 brings! As for here, still making content while I enjoy things :)
As a bussiness student, every single decision from Blizz has been mind boggling for me. I wish I could be a fly in the meeting, just to know what the fxck is the execs' plans... or if it's some scummy business manoeuvr I'm not seeing
Ambition not realised (which happens in creative fields), also be interesting to see what decisions were made and when!
"Half"
That is any of it worth a damn my friend
I mean, the story missions are still happening, cinematic and that. I get the repayable stuff and progression is a big part of what people were looking forward to. Sad day either way.
ofc) I knew this would happened when they started to pretend that there was no pve
And just like that, all remaining interest in OW I had has evaporated.
Man I just wanted Lore to be in the actual game. And to have it be like a new overwatch game. Not a glorified boring new mode.
Not novels. Not comics. Actual Canon Lore. Voice lines and character interactions in game are not canon.
Overwatch has no Lore in the game. Give it a story. That's what I want.
There will be story missions. So, playable canon lore. That said, it's not going to be a new game or replayable in the way hero missions were meant to be.
What do think that we have to pay for Story missions and or have to pay to play new Story missions?
Final nail in the coffin for me, no reason to play it now. Story mode and persistent PvE content was all I was looking forward to, not more seasonal content.
I'm so upset, disappointed, angry, sad, etc. This was the ONLY thing I was looking forward to when OW2 came out because I stopped enjoying the PvP aspect of OW years ago. The fact that the massive PvE campaign was the main selling point for switching from OW1 to OW2 makes it even worse.
While I still enjoy the game for what it is, I’m super disappointed on the cancellation. Still nice to see what we’re getting in Season 5 and beyond, but I’m hoping the story missions don’t disappoint
+1, I have no doubts on the narrative team. What I played in 2019 of rio was fun!
It’ll disappoint. You can bet it’ll be some gimmick unbalanced mode with the primary goal to advertise more skins and microtransactions. They’ve already showed their hand with “starwatch/shitwatch” and battle for Olympus. Don’t let yourself be fooled again.
The disappointment is immeasurable, basically the only thing that made the 2 in overwatch 2
Yeah, there's a real story to be told in how the game got here.
“Actually guys, we’re just gonna save PvE for Overwatch 3”
The ENTIRE POINT of the "2" in Overwatch *_2_* was story mode. Outside of that singular element it is literally _JUST_ a patch update that frankly downgraded the experience in order to up the graphics (which were already good) and shorten queue times. Even more annoying is the later point will continue to be an issue as they're not focusing on what is causing the problem, just slapping a bandaid on the symptoms; tank and healers players leave because Blizzard keep trying to make them DPS and DPS players just aren't going to play those roles because they aren't satisfied with the gameplay of helping _others_ shine (which is fine, play the roles you actually like!).
Im qutting after this season ends, if the PVE that was prommused ai t coming theres no point in staying, I was holding on cuss of it.
The Overwatch Team is so incompetent it's kind of hilarious. I stopped playing consistently after the last Year of the Pig. The meta just wasn't fun. The one thing I was looking forward to was the PVE. *SURELY* they couldn't fuck that up right? Well, here we are. There is no excuse besides greed. Especially because OW1 and the somehow superior lootbox model died for...what? A new format and new skins? A new game mode? New heroes, all of which could have been put into a series of updates? Unfortunately for both me and the company they just won't receive another penny from me. The ONLY reason I can think of for killing Overwatch 1 and making this trash was to force use of the battle pass.
At least I had fun content creators like you to make the journey through the first game's lifespan more fun. I remember eagerly looking up all the character interactions and lore bits they put into each update and it's genuinely a shame I couldn't care less anymore. Regardless, I wanna thank creators like you for making that journey outright magical at times. Thank you.
There's a tale to be told to be sure. Also, there'll still be lore and Story for those who enjoy, but everyone moves on at some point and that's totally OK. Tastes and times change :) thanks for watching, what are you playing nowadays?
props to Blizzard. It takes real effort to disappoint everyone so consistently.
How am I feeling, you ask? I'm feeling that after sitting unused on my pc since OW2 came out, I finally uninstalled it and battlenet. The one thing I was hoping would get me to want to play it again is dead, that's how I'm feeling.
Maybe time to dust off good old faithful TF2 again...
Sad to hear. There will be playable story still, but it's definitely a big change from how it had been articulated previously.
I feel like I would have been much more receptive to this news if they had announced that they would create a split-off studio or some other group taking up the Mantle of splitting off into an Overwatch Left 4 Dead spin-off title. Or hell, just launch PVE with a limited roster, and add a hero in time with the battle pass seasons or something like rhat
New tank hero is for season 8 I believe
They need a tank hero that fires banana out its bum 😂😂 🍌
Part of my frustration came from the click bate video and articles I saw of people saying the PvE is dead there not doing it anymore and I was so upset but once I actually took a step back and looked at the fact I still find myself very disappointed and angry but not nearly as much as if they just completely got rid of the PvE all together small silver lining but I love this game in general and all it's characters I'm sad knowing what it could be but I'll have to live with what it will be maybe one day we can get talents in the game but for now I'm just content with the fact were still going to get some kind of narrative content
Same. I barely lost hope or hype after this announcement, since with the story missions I'm still getting what I've really been waiting for all these years. I'm sad now because everybody is overreacting and putting words in the devs' mouths.
Sure thing Nova, it's not dead completely. The old vision is gone, but story missions remain. Let's se3 what Season 6 brings. For those who enjoy story there is still story coming!
Oh for!
Can Bliz NOT be a disappointment, for 5 minutes?
So basically it's literally just archives event but slightly larger? I mean I guess it makes sense but still kinda meh
What
Edit: that is incredibly disappointing; here I was assuming the reason why overwatch 2’s pvp map pool was lacking was due to the team putting 90% of their work load towards PVE
Sadly it’s just because they don’t care about making their fans happy...
They only care about rating and money.
It wasn't just an assumption. Iirc they actually said that pvp was underdelivering because of their focus on pve. Now they're just flipping the story to try and get sympathy points despite causing their own problem
The worst part is how much they still strung people along, hyped it up, cashed in on the goodwill created by the hype, helped OW2's "early access launch" (how meaningless that turned out to be) and weren't transparent at all for way too long after realizing they couldn't deliver and after making the decision to pivot away.
It would have been disappointing already if they announced it when OW2 launched, but at least that would have been somewhat fair. This now is scummy and borders on scammy false advertising. I know OW2 is free and we didn't pay for PvE content we didn't get, they still benefited financially from the hype of the OW2 project as a whole, which included the expectation of a PvE story campaign, with skill trees, with hero progression, all that. And you'd be surprised how many people made purchasing decisions based on wanting to support the devs so that they can deliver a great PvE experience in the future, kind of like a crowdfunding investment. Crowdfunding something and not delivering, what is that called? A scam.
This isn't EXACTLY 1:1 that since it was all indirect and technically we spent money on things we got, but in a roundabout way it was that, at least in part. Not sure it's enough for some kind of class action lawsuit or whatever but I wouldn't be that surprised if it comes to that and they end up having to issue at least partial refunds. I'd take it, at this point. And I am someone who took forever for the overall cynicism to rub off on and I was usually the one going to bat for the game, even during content droughts and whatnot.
And it makes absolutely no sense to defend them for this. Yes, the scope would have been huge. A lot of heroes with multiple skill trees is obviously a huge undertaking. But how long does that take to realize? It was playable in some form, publicly, in 2019. Has probably been in planning and development since at least 2017 to even get to that point. They had plenty of time to realize that it wasn't doable. Not just in the 4 years since we saw it, but in the time it was developed. At most it should take a few prototypes and some planning to go "whew... that's a ton of stuff to do... not sure we can deliver on this and have it feel like a polished blizzard game" and scrap it then, before hyping everyone up and making money off that hype. And before they use that as an excuse for slowing down on OW1 content. Before using that as an excuse for delay after delay on OW2. Before using that as an excuse for a lackluster launch.
This is at the end (so far) of scandal after scandal, bad news on top of bad news.
I love(d) the game to bits. I appreciate so much about it and have some personal connections with my time with the game that I will never forget. I never was the guy to go "bruh I'm done, dead game, I'm uninstalling" but for about 1-2 years my engagement and enjoyment has gone down steadily. I've been playing way less and have enjoyed what I played way less most of the time. My positivity has hard to keep up. And I am now considering leaving it behind.
If I don't do so now and Season 5 sucks, I probably will uninstall for good then. If Season 6 sucks, I don't like the PvE stuff, I don't like the mode (probably Headquarters lol), I don't like the new Support Hero or any of what they're adding then, I am definitely out because there's nothing left at that point. The game got stale, it has a shitty aftertaste even during the better times now, there is little to look forward to and I haven't enjoyed the vibes in the community in years, which used to be a big reason why I loved the game in the first place. This is my "I'm getting too old for this shit" moment, I guess.
This is going to sound a trite summary, but I understand the above. It's hard for me to answer every point on mobile as your comment gets squashed down ans it's long!
The dev or business, process here, ambition aside, has indeed gone awry someplace. Personally will see how season 6 is. The decent thing about free to play is that at least, we can always pop back. If the story missions are somehow available in future and not limited time 🤣
@@Hammeh Understandable. I might have gone a bit overboard with the comment length lol
I tend to do that.
But yeah. After sitting on it for a few hours, I decided to uninstall the game for now. First time since.. I think since 2016 that I've done so. Maybe having a full-on break from the game for a few months will do me good anyway.
But I will at least keep one eye on your channel and on what they're adding in Season 5 and 6 and will possibly give the Season 6 stuff a go while trying to keep an open mind.
Maybe it'll pull me back in, maybe it won't.
im devastated but once you talked about ram it did make sense... :( oh well
To be honest, I am disappointed, but I do not know how reasonable it is; I will attempt to just explain my thought process of it all.
When they revealed the plan for an Overwatch 2, I did not understand WHY, especially when they said that one could still play with OW1. I dislike unnecessary numbers and subtitles that will split up tagging, and I found it unnecessary at the time. Then I got the impression that they were making OW2 because they needed/"needed" a new game for a new game system/graphic system/whatever it is called that would easier support PvE and the like. I thought at the time that they had made OW to be PvP strictly, and the PvE content over the two-three years had been a fun side-project that surprisingly became popular, but the system of the game was not built to support bigger projects that couldl tell better stories. And so they decided to make OW2, which PvP-wise would be identical to OW1 but would have easier time making PvE.
So for the next... three-four years, I assumed PvE was the main reason for OW2's existence. I mean, I am well aware of marketing and wanting to sell the same thing twice that game companies do with their IPs, but I assumed the PvE was the reason. Many years pass with nothing, the scandals happen, and they apparently rushed OW2 out since four years with nothing in a game meant to be regularly updated was a huge risk that had not yelded any reward. But, because of that, PvE was not ready, and so when I logged in excited to finally play a story, I got OW1 but different, mostly in ways I did not personally like. As much as I dislike the gambling probllem of loot boxes, I found OW1's variant to be among the fairer ones and I liked how using money was a choice, not how it is now. In my head they made OW2 lesser than OW1 in order to better sell things and get money.
At any rate, OW2 finally came out, but in my eyes slightly worse and without what I thought was its main reason for existing. A year passes, no news of the PvE. Or, there is a humourous article where the devs said "PvE coming sooner than you think"... which was hilarious to me because I THOUGHT the PvE would be AT LAUNCH.
Then this final nail in the coffin, and I am disappointed, yet not really, because it feels like just the fact that they released OW2 without the reason for OW2 existing should have been a blood red flag for me. I guess I feel numb and tired. OW used to be a game I really enjoyed, its story and characters were fun in a casual way and I enjoyed how it seemed to be a game for gamers of all skill levels and preferences. Then as they focused on OW2, changes happened to my favourite heroes due to the competitive e-sport meta, focusing on the 1% of players so that my casual enjoyment diminished. Heroes I liked to play changed to basically become new characters I was told to relearn, in Symmetra's case almost rerelearn, and OW2 changed even more of my favourite heroes, and did not deliver any of what I thought they promised. I know nothing of video game design, so it is just how I thought, but looking at the game, knowing it was free to play, I kept wondering why they even bothered with OW2, again with splitting tags and such on the internet, when it was basically OW1 but less, maybe a bit prettier graphics and visual redesigns that I did not care for.
So yeah. From beginning to end OW2 has always been for me a case of me being forced something I did not want and did not see the need for, and all I am left with is the numb feeling of having my excitement for years wasted, and feeling sorry for the developers whose time has been utterly wasted by this. And now that is gone. Sure, they will give something in the future, but too little, too late. Or, can I even call it "little"? It has been FOUR YEARS since the announcement of 2019, in which they gave us nothing. They had the Junkenstein's Bride story, that was fun, sure. But then back to nothing. I found other games to play. The scandals made it so that I did not want to return. The longer and more absense, the less I found myself caring even when there were updates. I cannot care for something that is not there.
I already uninstalled the game and BattleNet to get extra space on my computer. Maybe when season 6 arrives I will take a look, but I do not know. We will have to see.
As said yourself, I have nothing to do with video games and cannot fathom what goes on behind the scenes, it is just how I have felt during these years. I cannot fathom how it must feel like for the people working on this mess.
what worries me is that we don't have a commitment to frequency of these PvE encounters. If it's 'one every other season', that's having nine week stretches of no PvE content at all.
Yup so far we need to see what pve story missions look like season 6, then see the plans going forward. There is story still which is good!
Blizzard officially has nothing I'm interested in now
PVE was going to be the only thing that brought me back to Overwatch. I’m not into free to play games. When Overwatch switched to one I stopped playing. It just seems that almost everything that was original promised with the announcement of Overwatch 2 has not been delivered.
Story missions still coming! Cinematics and more. I'll see how season 6 goes..
I gotta hand it to them, been wanting an excuse for me to delete the game for a while now and they just gave it to me. Casually lying for 4 years and then during the (late as hell) announcement they decide to pull the rug out and say 'yeah that one thing youve been looking forward to for nearly 4 years? Its coming out! Only we gutted and cut out literally everything that made it fun and exciting'
Clown game
They should have make it to purchase instead of free to play. It really tanked their sales
This is incredibly disappointing, they hyped story mode up for years and so many of us were looking forward to it. They may as well drop the 2 at this point.
Story missions, cinematics etc will still happen. I get the disappointment equally :(
@@Hammeh I know they will, but condensing it down like this is why it’s a shame.
Remember guy... In this day and age, now believe what gaming companies promise, until the last moment. Hold yoyu hype, so you don't get too sad
Story mode was literally the only reason I was looking forward to ever playing this game, should I be glad I didn't waste my time like that?
There will be story missions still. The talent trees, more progression and replayable elements/mode is scrapped.
Doesn't surprise me. They've done nothing but lie or sugar coat the truth ever since overwatch 2 launched "early access" just to start grabbing at our wallets early before the inevitable disappointment with the full lack of delivery
Edit: and now they'll say that their attention being on the live version of the game restricted what they really wanted to do (if they ever fully address it at all) as if they didn't create that problem themselves
Cool. so the reason for it's existence is gone now. has there ever been a more mishandled IP than Overwatch?
Definitely some ambition not realised, which happens. But also, some directional decisions not made or made slowly I think. Be fascinating to look back on when people will do interviews.
R.I.P Overwatch,
Nice to know Blizzard is just at good at giving up as they are liars
Guess there really isn't any reason to come back now...
It’s a sad day
Half Hammeh the way they have talked it's over half they're going back to Archives style pve limited time briefly during parts of the year maybe even limited to never return like how fortnite opperates there's no point in staying with this game they do not care at all jump ship while you have a chance
I understand how you and folks feel on this. I'll make videos as long as I enjoy the story, I've always been making vids on other stuff on this channel (and work has been super busy recently), so I'll be fine all directions, no need to jump ship :) can always do a few new things too and see what Season 6 is like!
It’s just gonna be more archives mission’s basically. Massively lazy method of going forward
Hands up all of you who saw this coming.
I think they scrapped it because they knew they got people hooked into the battle pass and hoping people will let this slide.
Massive shame, was really looking forward to everything they showed originally
This is going to hurt the game massively when losing players.
At least we've got these juicy 3D blender models out of the female Overwatch characters.
Always see the positive.
“standard or blizzard quality” they don’t have any
Not gonna lie. Ive stucked by this game though alot. Friends have come and moved on to other games. Though the bonds have remained. This? This is messed up right here. The lore and universe of this game, the community that loves it and even all the homies on pornhub holding it down. That's what's kept me playing. Not micro transactions. Certainly not comp and owl. This is a real gut punch.
Talent trees was an amazing concept. Most games just give your character a buff. They had new abilties. This is a live service game, so it vohld be added later. Story missions will be fun a couple times. But we need hero missions.
Dota literally have that since forever
Man I should try dota lore. How's that for a throwback
Hero missions won't be here for now, sad the talent stuff goes but I partially understand how much work that may have been.
There's no hero in season 7 what are you talkin about there's a hero in season 8 they still said they're doing heroes every other season and a map every other it's just during season 6 they're giving us a new game mode and a new character to soften the blow and make people less sad about losing the massive RPG elements of a PVE story
Also PS it's not working I think more and more people are instantly checked out of the game after the announcement
My freaking diamond few times has tripled since the announcement
Really disappointed to hear this, hope the team can make up for this with further updates
hope y'all don't mind paying for this content now too every season. there's no way they'd charge for it, right? :)
Honestly, it's just a let down to be told of whats gonna happen, all for it not to happen. Like Yur parent saying Yur gonna get I've cream on the way home. And you don't. U remind them and they say, "you got ice cream at home"
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To be honest, i do not care about Overwatch 2 PvP. It's just Overwatch 1 PvP and i am bored of it after having played 1000+ hours.
All i cared about was PvE, rip.
I’d fallen off of Overwatch 2 months ago, but this is still a massive disappointment. The promised PVE was the only thing I was still truly hyped for. If and when the story mode finally comes out, I’ll play it, but my passion for Overwatch just isn’t there anymore.
PvE was what I was hoping for. I wasn't too keen for the 'skill tree' thing because it would affect multiplayer but still.
Blizzard being Blizzard then
It wouldn't affect PvP though, the talent and skill trees/hero leveling was all going to be only in the pve
What the fuckkkk lol they couldnt even handle a story mode
I'm very disappointed.
You and me both June. There will still be playable story missions though, cinematics etc - so, lore continues, just not in the way that many had been excited about.
Considering PvE was the biggest selling point for Overwatch 2, this is a major disappointment. Glad I don't have to revisit the game now.
They’re just turning OW into League man that stinks
I still think it will be good but no where near as good as it could have been
I think something enjoyable can still come, have faith in the narrative team.
Well it's literally the only thing i was waiting for. I'm sorry overwatch 1.5 isn't worth it on its on I'm done sadly
Blizzard were never going to come out of the recent years without taking a hit to their production output.
Way to kill a game. Under promise. Break your promise. Under deliver. Take the 2 out of the title. I want my money back that I bought things with under the impression I'd get the game promised.
? Ow2 was free
@@mr.exposition They false advertised. I wouldn't have bought anything had I known. My main interest in continuing to play the game was for the promised pve. Now that's gone. Many other players are in the same boat.
The only hope for this game now is that Microsoft can intervene and slap some sense into Aaron Keller.
UK guvmint blocked Microsoft from acquiring Activision, lol
I wouldn't blame one person for this. It has probably gone back years.
The IP is dead to me. Such a shame, wish we could go back to the fun that was the first couple of years of OW. OW2 is just an inferior forced game update with horrible monetization. Glad I stopped playing ages ago.
I stopped playing Overwatch after Jeff left Overwatch.
And of course, the lore coop fun stuff will be limited time events that if you miss, you miss. Cool.
Nah. I'm done. I grew up with Blizzard. This lumbering oaf of a company isn't them anymore.
Im genuinely mad. This is such a disappointment
Overwatch is probably the most toxic relationship in my life.
Then what was the god damn point buying then? Like what about the story we were promised
Well I'm never putting any money towards Overwatch 1: Again, They don't deserve the 2.