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[Moondoggy]

Oh thank god! Now it's worth playing again.

 

[Banjo64]

Microsoft should try this with Halo.

Simply rename Halo Infinite Halo 3 and watch the players come flooding back.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Microsoft should try this with Halo.

Simply rename Halo Infinite Halo 3 and watch the players come flooding back.

Well, they are remaking the first one.

 

[CuNi]

Well, they are remaking the first one.

Remastering.
It is still the very same engine underneath, it's basically a more remastered Halo Anniversary without the option to go back to old Graphics.

on topic:
I feel like we entered a timeline where we are supposed to play all our games from our pile of shame for the next 5-10 years.

 

[KINGMOKU]

Good updates and upgrades for a f2p game.
That Hello Kitty collab is cringey af though.

I would like to see some PvE modes, but I guess that doesn't help to sell cosmetics.

Free to play? I paid for Overwatch, which they stole from me, and replaced it with a giant pile of shit.

 

[Timberwolf25]

Free to play? I paid for Overwatch, which they stole from me, and replaced it with a giant pile of shit.

And I paid for it as well, but for new players, it is a f2p title.

 

[DavidGzz]

Lords of the Fallen tech.

 

[uncreativename]

The management at Xbox Blizzard division deserve a raise

 

[Icymanipulator]

Sorry I'm too busy still playing Rivals.

 

[wipeout364]

I honestly don't care about the two, the game has been really great the last year. Lots of improvements across the board. This looks pretty great with this move to yearly chapters.

Marvel Rivals saved Overwatch by pushing them well beyond their comfort zone.

 

[Bark]

Speed 4 levels of trolling.
Speed 4 is so fast, it passed by 3

 

[BlackTron]

OW now has WOW disease where it needs a dedicated classic version.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Microsoft should try this with Halo.

Simply rename Halo Infinite Halo 3 and watch the players come flooding back.

They do seem to be calling it simply 'Xbox' on the PC side of things.
Too bad they can't seem to name anything else simply. 'Full Screen Experience'.

 

[Spyxos]

Tried it for 2 rounds, playes terrible. Half of the team is flying around.

 

[Timberwolf25]

Tried it for 2 rounds, playes terrible. Half of the team is flying around.

Everyone finding ways to troll/outplay with JetPack Cat it seems.

 

[Revolutionary]

So I'm looking at the Twitch Drops (13 hours to earn all of them btw) and they're all lootboxes... I thought one of the points of Overwatch 2 was to get rid of lootboxes?

 

[Banjo64]

Going to try it out when the Switch 2 version drops with Season 2. Been a few years since I played properly.

 

[uncreativename]

So I'm looking at the Twitch Drops (13 hours to earn all of them btw) and they're all lootboxes... I thought one of the points of Overwatch 2 was to get rid of lootboxes?

I remember what stopped me playing PUBG was they switched to making you pay real money to open the majority of their lootboxes. It was the grossest thing, especially since they had no other progression system besides getting cool clothes. According to a quick google search though that doesn't seem to be the case here. Honest question from someone who doesn't play the game, what's the issue?

 

[Timberwolf25]

I remember what stopped me playing PUBG was they switched to making you pay real money to open the majority of their lootboxes. It was the grossest thing, especially since they had no other progression system besides getting cool clothes. According to a quick google search though that doesn't seem to be the case here. Honest question from someone who doesn't play the game, what's the issue?

It was thought to be akin to gambling since people were paying money for lootboxes not knowing what they get when they opened it. The current system kind of has both letting you buy what you want on a rotating/fomo basis as well as lootboxes to earn by playing or watching streams for drops.

I've never bought a lootbox in any game so I never had a problem with it.

 

[uncreativename]

It was thought to be akin to gambling since people were paying money for lootboxes not knowing what they get when they opened it. The current system kind of has both letting you buy what you want on a rotating/fomo basis as well as lootboxes to earn by playing or watching streams for drops.

I've never bought a lootbox in any game so I never had a problem with it.

Oh. Ok that makes sense. Do they at least guarantee that you get what you want after a certain number of boxes like modern gacha games?

I remember someone showing me a video years ago of some rich dude on coke screaming and carrying on as he blew literally thousands of dollars on CSGO crates, so I assume Valve didn't guarantee you shit, at least back then lol.

 

[Zacfoldor]

If you couldn't dress up the hot chicks in the outfits you bought, would anybody still play this game?

 

[PSFore]

If you couldn't dress up the hot chicks in the outfits you bought, would anybody still play this game?

You just described every game.

 

[Timberwolf25]

Oh. Ok that makes sense. Do they at least guarantee that you get what you want after a certain number of boxes like modern gacha games?

I remember someone showing me a video years ago of some rich dude on coke screaming and carrying on as he blew literally thousands of dollars on CSGO crates, so I assume Valve didn't guarantee you shit, at least back then lol.

I don't know since I never had a ton of lootboxes to find out.

I currently have a stream with drops enabled running at the lowest res and muted just to earn some lootbox drops. You can get 10 of them and I think 2 are for sure Legendary boxes.
I think Legendary guarantees certain drops like mythic or something.

 

[Hadoukens]

So I'm looking at the Twitch Drops (13 hours to earn all of them btw) and they're all lootboxes... I thought one of the points of Overwatch 2 was to get rid of lootboxes?

In Overwatch 2016 you could earn and buy lootboxes. The rewards were random.

In Overwatch 2 the skins and other rare things became purchase only.

Eventually they added challenges that reward you with in game currency to get stuff for free.

I think some stuff remains purchase only but lootboxes are back, but you can still earn skins and lootboxes as well as purchase them and get random stuff from them.

I'm guessing the fact that you now have options to buy or earn what you want skirts the gambling aspect that made them do away with them in the first place.

 

[Amish Death Metal]

In Overwatch 2016 you could earn and buy lootboxes. The rewards were random.

In Overwatch 2 the skins and other rare things became purchase only.

Eventually they added challenges that reward you with in game currency to get stuff for free.

I think some stuff remains purchase only but lootboxes are back, but you can still earn skins and lootboxes as well as purchase them and get random stuff from them.

I'm guessing the fact that you now have options to buy or earn what you want skirts the gambling aspect that made them do away with them in the first place.

Overwatch 1 only had loot boxes to unlock skins. Remember when everyone hated loot boxes? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Overwatch 2 removed the loot boxes that everyone hated at the time and replaced them with the standard battle pass and store that every F2P shooter had. People review bombed it for removing the loot boxes.

A few seasons ago they brought back the loot boxes. They're now earned by completing matches each week and are included in the battle pass and event unlocks.

You can't buy loot boxes still, so the gambling addicts who review bombed it originally are still angry.

Both Overwatch 2 and Destiny 2 were mandates from Bobby Kotick to try to make both games into Call of Duty. Blizzard didn't want to do it, which is why they've gone back to just calling it "Overwatch". Hopefully Bungie does the same thing because the 2 in Destiny 2 is really stupid at this point.

 

[Hadoukens]

Overwatch 1 only had loot boxes to unlock skins. Remember when everyone hated loot boxes? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Overwatch 2 removed the loot boxes that everyone hated at the time and replaced them with the standard battle pass and store that every F2P shooter had. People review bombed it for removing the loot boxes.

A few seasons ago they brought back the loot boxes. They're now earned by completing matches each week and are included in the battle pass and event unlocks.

You can't buy loot boxes still, so the gambling addicts who review bombed it originally are still angry.

Both Overwatch 2 and Destiny 2 were mandates from Bobby Kotick to try to make both games into Call of Duty. Blizzard didn't want to do it, which is why they've gone back to just calling it "Overwatch". Hopefully Bungie does the same thing because the 2 in Destiny 2 is really stupid at this point.

Part of each Battle Pass progression has loot boxes. I know it's splitting hairs but if the idea is to go for accuracy then

 

[Amish Death Metal]

Part of each Battle Pass progression has loot boxes. I know it's splitting hairs but if the idea is to go for accuracy then

I said that though.

They're now earned by completing matches each week and are included in the battle pass and event unlocks

 

[Hadoukens]

The biggest problem with Overwatch anyway is Blizzard does everything in its power to punish communication.

The report system is such a massive failure rife with abuse that very very few people ever use voice chat even in ranked games.

Meanwhile it is the fastest team based video game on the planet which requires immediate communication that no ping or voice line can even hope to have you covered.

Whereas around 2016 pretty much everyone was using voice chat.

I don't know how new players even learn the game now with over 40 characters and a practice mode that doesn't let you remove ability cooldowns.