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simple, w After 27,000+ Steam reviews, Overwatch 2 is graded as 'Overwhelmingly Negative'

50,000 reviews now. It’s a shame, I used to play OW1 a lot even after they stopped providing new content for it. Came to OW2 and I just couldn’t be arsed to grind for characters I don’t have unlocked. You need to win 35 games, and since there’s a basically forced 50% winrate that means you need to play 70 games to unlock a character each time. Wanted to play Ramattra, saw he’s locked, uninstalled and didn’t look back. The monetization is terrible. The balance feels worse than it’s ever been.

This wouldn’t be such a problem if they didn’t literally SHUT DOWN OVERWATCH 1 to shove people into the cash shop grind sequel

vettnerk,

I know next to nothing about neither Ow1 or OW2, but from the sound of it they turned OW2 into a game focused on grinding, where you can pay to skip (part of) the grind. Is my assessment correct? If so they must’ve looked at War Thunder and taken that idea.

Mic_Check_One_Two,

Yes. OW1 cost money, but you got all the content. The only paid service was cosmetic outfits for the different characters. You could buy loot boxes for cosmetics. But you had all of the characters, maps, game modes, etc available to begin with. You got the whole game, then could grind for cosmetics.

OW2 takes that and flips it on its head. The game is free, but each character costs money. The problem is that they shut down OW1, so now the players who owned 1 are having to grind for everything. They’ve also had some weird server bugs, with players getting indefinitely locked out of characters they already own.

Cryst,

Wait. I bought overwatch 1 but stopped playing a few years ago. If I go back into overwatch I would have to grind for characters that I used to previously have access to?

derpgon,

No, this applies only to characters released in OW2. All the original characters should still be playable for free.

JeffCraig,

Fuck everyone that played OW2

How stupid do you have to be to see this train wreck coming and still contribute.

Hopefully after OW2 and Diablo 4, people finally stop downloading Blizzard games.

Version,

I personally have no problem with the monetization, but the balance is really, really bad.

Contend6248,

I really don’t need another subscription in my life

Version,

Yeah, but honestly I don‘t think it ruins the game. Sure, it’s not the best idea, but I don‘t care too much. I actually care more about the fact that the gameplay currently sucks and is completely different to Overwatch 1. 5v5 and the overall balancing sucks.

zalgotext,

The balance of OW2 is way better than OW1 though. OW1 was a boring shield-shooting simulator for the last 2 or 3 years of it’s life.

Pxtl,
@Pxtl@lemmy.ca avatar

That’s not the balance, that’s the gameplay. There are still balance problems like the era of Mercy damage amping.

And while they’ve solved the CC and barriers problem, they’ve made teamfights too swingy. With only 5v5 and a single op tank, teamfights are often basically over after a single death or a single Rez. Especially for the tank. That’s just too much pressure, so nobody wants to tank anymore.

zalgotext,

Shields were too strong in OW1, so much so that the meta revolved around having two shield tanks. How is that not a balance issue?

I agree there’s too much pressure on the tank currently, but I’ll definitely take that over the problems 6v6 OW had.

Pxtl,
@Pxtl@lemmy.ca avatar

So don’t? You get the new hero like a month or so later then. I haven’t put a dime into ow since I bought it. You don’t need the cosmetics. Let the dumb whales fund the game.

Contend6248,

Have you played OW before? I can’t imagine a hero which wasn’t OP on release, fuck that game and it’s P2W subscription

Pxtl,
@Pxtl@lemmy.ca avatar

Picking lifeweaver at his release was widely considered throwing.

JackGreenEarth, w Researchers find China's game time limits ineffective in reducing excessive play
@JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee avatar

Nobody seems to be saying this, but a 16yo playing 2hrs or more any day is ok and their choice. Making anyone under 18 only allowed to play 1hr a week is overly controlling and uncompromising - much like the rest of China’s policies.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Yup. We limit our kids (2 under 10)to 2hr/day, though they need to “earn” that time by reading, and we give them a free hour each week.

We think that’s fair, and that’s our choice as parents. As they get older, we’ll give them more freedom to set their own rules.

If my local government made the same restrictions as I make, I would totally oppose it. I as a parent should decide what my house rules are.

Twink, w After 27,000+ Steam reviews, Overwatch 2 is graded as 'Overwhelmingly Negative'

I didn’t realize they released it on Steam. They chose a terrible time. Remnant 2 is out, so is Baldurs Gate 3. Dead by Daylight has Alien expansion around the corner. They’re too late. But a good step. I hate battlenet.

Saledovil, w After 27,000+ Steam reviews, Overwatch 2 is graded as 'Overwhelmingly Negative'

They probably had it coming.

koyo, w After 27,000+ Steam reviews, Overwatch 2 is graded as 'Overwhelmingly Negative'

blizzard is ass. i hope they go bankrupt one day.

janNatan, w Baldur’s Gate 3 studio seeks full list of localizers left out of the game’s credits

It’s a pity that other languages weren’t voice acted. I understand it would probably be prohibitively expensive with a game like this.

GyozaPower,

And probably not as high quality. The voice acting in thsi game is a 10/10. I doubt that, to put my own languages, it would be nearly as good in Spanish.

Afrazzle,

I’ve ran into some conversations were some of the characters lines noticeably sound like they’re recorded from a different mic/in a different studio. Other than that it has been nice to have so much of the game voiced.

Lojcs, w Researchers find China's game time limits ineffective in reducing excessive play

Is data from unity enough to draw conclusions? Wouldn’t they need data from other engines too?

Also unity collecting statistics from games using its engine and sharing them with other people is yuck

nanoUFO,
@nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works avatar

For unity, it’s becoming a you are the product type of deal oh and trend chasing.

LittleWizard, w Rockstar acquires GTA 5 roleplay devs Cfx.re

Is this a good or a bad thing?

mom,

Is a bad thing. They will probably close it down.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Or worse, fill it with microtransactions.

Meowoem,

Only time will tell, it could go either way but it could mean the best bits of fiveM get included in VIo which could be fantastic.

iltoroargento, w Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky sentenced to 8 years in prison for criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine
@iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

“Fortunately for Glukhovsky, he is not actually in Russia, and was sentenced in absentia. His current whereabouts are unknown.”

Literally the last sentence lol thankfully, he’s not in Russia.

Shawdow194,
@Shawdow194@kbin.social avatar

Yes that is good to hear! Hopefully they never find him

iltoroargento,
@iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Agreed. He shouldn’t have to hide, either, but that’s not where we are, apparently.

whataboutshutup,

He only needs to never come back, and for him it’s easy. It’s not yet that stage when they smuggle people back, rn they just clean up cultural landscape from ‘traitors’ to make it 100% sterile. Music scene is already like that.

jayandp,

What a relief. He must’ve dipped as soon as he saw where things were headed in Russia. I wonder where he got asylum? But at the same time I hope I never find out, for his sake.

zer0, w Quake II - Official Trailer (2023)

Closed source spyware by microsoft. Just play Xonotic or Nexuiz

ezures,

Lmao, they actually released the source code

zer0,

Excellent, make sure not to use closed launchers to play this

recursive_recursion, w BIONICLE: Masks of Power - Demo Trailer
@recursive_recursion@programming.dev avatar

damn a new Bionicle product

I thought it would never happen in my lifetime
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rich, w Quake II - Official Trailer (2023)

Been playing Quake 1 with the pc VR mod, which was an experience. Hoping quake 2 gets the same

derin, w Obsidian says Avowed was originally co-op but it just wasn't Obsidian enough
@derin@lemmy.beru.co avatar

Makes sense. I’m glad we’re not getting another multiplayer flop, and instead will get something the devs are more comfortable with making.

SnugZebras, w Quake 2 remaster released, includes Quake 2 64 and new expansion

Fuck yeah! Quake 5 when?

NuPNuA,

Also, get Quake 4 on Xbox back cat on ethe Activison deal is done as they’ll have access to Raven software then.

Elderos, w Take-Two CEO: "We Ought To Be Monetizing 100% Of The Audience" For Mobile Games | GameSpot

Here’s how to monetize 100%% of your playerbase :

Charge a one-time premium to have access to the game forever at a reasonable, region-adjusted price that the average worker can afford, and then fuck off.

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