I played Overwatch in it’s earlier days, as I wanted an FPS to play, and some of the characters looked cool. It was fun for a while, but I ultimately only got about 80 hours into it. Ended up moving on to Team Fortress 2, which I just liked more overall, and didn’t have as much issues (or at least not as severe)
as Overwatch. I get that the game emphasizes teamwork, but the way it’s designed overall has such an all or nothing nature, even in casual. At the tail end of my interest of the game, I could only really play it with friends while we were in the same room so strategizing could be more guaranteed. Even then, I grew to find the experience boring or frustrating too often.
The game does have some nice characters that can be fun to play. I liked playing as Tracer the most, along with Reinhardt, D.Va, Reaper, Zenyatta, etc. At the same time though, I remember there being a lot of annoying things about them.
-Junkrat in particular was my most hated hero to fight back then, both for the bear trap, and the Riptire ult (oh god, that tire…).
-Shields users themselves started out nice, though I think they began to grow really annoying later on in the games life from how ubiquitous they became.
-Symmetra was horrendous to fight because her primary required no aim. She just needed to look in your direction, and your health gets deleted. Why? At least they did rework it, but then they gave that to Moira too.
-Mei was frustrating too. Get slowed down until you’re frozen in place, then you just die from a icicle headshot. Fun…
So… yeah, this was kind of just rambling. Since Overwatch 2 was mentioned here, the idea of having a single player story sounds nice. The franchise had a neat setting, but they didn’t seem to do too much with it aside from some seasonal events and comics. By this point though, I’ve just grown indifferent towards the franchise as a whole, so it’s highly unlikely I will get Overwatch 2.
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