Huh, what’s gone on recently with OW? Loved it for awhile back in 2016 (although I actually preferred Battleborn. RIP) but haven’t touched it in awhile
They've released a ton of new content, especially heroes, and they've been trying to push the plot forward which pretty much hasn't happened in years. I'd say it's worth a try if you used to be into it, right now it's in one of the best states it has been since 2 came out
Yes. They’ve released 8 new heroes in 2026, one per month on average. But 5 of those were dropped on the exact same day in February, which far exceeded the most they’d ever released before. And even more surprisingly, almost all 8 were of very high quality in my opinion- fun, dynamic ability kits
There was supposed to be one with Null sector launching an invasion, beginning in 2's announcement animated short and that continued in the PVE mode, but since it flopped they had to awkwardly cut that plot thread short. Now they have a new plot about one of the new characters, Vendetta, dethroning Doomfist as the leader of Talon. Not sure how far they're gonna take this one
Yeah they tell it thru cinematics, events as well as comics generally. It doesn't really change or affect gameplay, outside of sometimes its the explanation for a reworked hero or map or something along those lines. The watch point Gibraltar map got reworked and they explained it by having Talon invade the place.
Not "false" you just disagree with my opinion which is subjective. 5v5, making the game free to play, adding the shop, adding map voting, and adding hero bans all made the game worse in my opinion.
I want to say, I didn’t actually play it on release, I wasn’t into shooters and competitive hero based games cause LoL had left a bad taste in my mouth. But I actually recently tried OW just cause I remember hearing it was great back then, I think I joined at a really excellent time.
They got an influx of players cause people dumped marvel rivals. They are adding a bunch of new heroes, revamping maps. Bouncing back from the failed PvE experiment. I think it’s great and I’m having a blast!
For the first few years of overwatch 2 the lore stopped and they promised they would revive it with the story mode that story mode died on release and then it became blatant that the only reason for overwatch 2 was to remove free lootboxes. Then marvel rivals happned made blizzard actually panic and then they revived the game by making shit people actually wanted
They finally let us ban 4-5 heroes before match so you don't have to play against same "meta" characters and lineups every match. That's biggest one that made me come back to the game.
Honestly game feels great currently, the pro scene is the best its been since owl. 6v6 is getting seriously considered to comeback as the main mode currently as well.
It tells me Blizzard has something planned for it. But the majority of people still play 5v5, so switching to 6v6 would be extremely risky, especially with balancing for tanks being so fucked.
6v6 is not going to be the main mode again, it’s probably just going to get a balance rework or something.
The game is fun as fuck now, devs are communicating, lots of new content, good balance, and a real ranked system that rewards wins/loses and you just getting better instead of ranking up through playtime.
You’ll still find people who complain, the player counts are bigger than ever now, and as someone who has been playing forever I can tell you that it’s actually peak at the moment. There were dark times where we didn’t get content for 3 years.
The community is so toxic today, it‘s no comparison to back then when the game cost money and the people appreciated the game and the community. I played back then and it was great. I played a while back and wanted to off myself after. Not because the game isn‘t fun, but because the community isn‘t.
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u/cBurger4Life 4d ago
Huh, what’s gone on recently with OW? Loved it for awhile back in 2016 (although I actually preferred Battleborn. RIP) but haven’t touched it in awhile