why do people not like ow anymore?

[dark_mysterious_pussy_eater_420]

Besides microtransactions and battlepass locked heroes, why do people not like this game? I still think that the core gameplay is solid.

[Scorpix]

It still is fun, but it feels that Overwatch 2 is big step back. They cancelled promised single player mode, replaced loot boxes with way worse and predatory microtransactions, they are not listening to community.
I played it for around 10 hours and I think this game doesnt have something what Overwatch 1 had. SOUL.
It is just hollow version of good old overwatch which doesn't even deserve to be called 2. Rather Overwatch 1.5 or Overwatch reimagined.

[kth]

Originally posted by deanisgood44:

Besides microtransactions and battlepass locked heroes

Enough reasons for me, no "besides" needed really

[Tiwill]

Cause being mad about stuff is more fun than enjoying stuff. If everyone is malding, it validates everyone's misery.

Also because Blizzard had a streak of really bad decisions and clear incompetence. But yeah the game is still enjoyable when you get a good match, I'll still play it here and there until something better comes out.

[Merlonlock2727]

The current balancing team has no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idea what they are doing, and every character they add seems to be garbage.

[Serialbeef]

paywall and took the soul out of the game, i would rather pay for the game instead of constant microtransactions. plus i dont like they changed it to 5v5. plus plus they deleted OW1 from my blizzard library a game i payed for and they gave me this OW2 crap instead.

[WongPuPu]

Besides horrible greed, 90% of the games are complete domination from one team, balance is steadly worse and worse since devs have absolutely no idea how the game is played and are too arrogant to listen, matchmaking is absolutely horrible but they cant fix it sine then wait time will be over the roof, game is extremely not free to play friendly since you get just scraps here and there, with few exception (Haloween event) every event mode they release is buged.... dont even start about that "pve" scam

Game coming to steam is proof that they are bleeding players like mad. They managed to kill a game twice. Man ow1 was bad balance wise and had many problems but it was much much better.

[RosyTR]

We waited for almost 4 freaking years for a full long story mode with different game modes and A LOT of replayability just to be discarded like it was nothing, and now they are charging 3 simplified missions and we don't know how long it will take to receive new ones.
OW2 is just OW1 but with one less tank, horrible balance, horrible monetization and worse maps.

[GamingARC]

People still like OW. They just don't like Blizzard/Activision.

[KDany]

Originally posted by R0$Y:

We waited for almost 4 freaking years for a full long story mode with different game modes and A LOT of replayability just to be discarded like it was nothing, and now they are charging 3 simplified missions and we don't know how long it will take to receive new ones.
OW2 is just OW1 but with one less tank, horrible balance, horrible monetization and worse maps.

It's evolving, just backwards!

[The BACH]

Originally posted by deanisgood44:

Besides microtransactions and battlepass locked heroes, why do people not like this game? I still think that the core gameplay is solid.

Because they keep covering their assess with GAY CHARACTERS the moment something goes horribly wrong. Blizzard is able to exploit every single breathing community just to cover-up how money is now driving their projects.
OW1 was ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fine, until they pushed so hard a competitive scene NO ONE actually cared about. Forcing roles was only the beginning.
With OW2 they litterally KILLED the first game, making it unplayable for the people who BOUGHT IT (like me).
OW2 is just another braind dead "F2P" zoomer core game, that requires you to waste your LIFE just to get some random new hero, that is 100% useless compared to the OG characters. The balance is long gone, and there are some Character's Ults that are still broken (Rip McCree, or how the ♥♥♥♥ is called now).
This game can be fun for a few hours, but after that, it's gonna become so boring and frustrating you will come back and cry like everyone did in 2019 on the official's game forum (and got assblasted by Blizzard by doing so).

[LeanivBirb]

Originally posted by deanisgood44:

Besides microtransactions and battlepass locked heroes, why do people not like this game? I still think that the core gameplay is solid.

Because their concept of "balance" is just removing stuff from the game,instead of giving tools to deal with the issues,or at least do some changes. They got rid of the stuns,the 6* players on each team,everytime a new "tech" was discovered,was immediately patched out.

There are plenty of stuns in paladins,but they fixed that with a in game "shop" where you can buy CC resistance,so stuns where effective early game but become less oppresive mid to late game

[Red Luck]

I've done this same gameplay for 3+ years and I'm just tired of doing the same thing over and over with bad teammates and every single update that comes out somehow making the game worse. Rolequeue ruining any comp you can have in the game and instead leaving it up to individuals to pick meta characters and carry, or buffing and nerfing characters solely because pro's play it differently ignoring anyone below GM, and now making OW2 with the purpose of adding a fun new fresh gamemode that they just say "nvm" and scrap which makes the entire existence of OW2 into throwing away the money people paid to play the game originally, adding a battlepass with locked characters, and getting rid of the cosmetic system for anyone who actually paid for the game so now you have to pay more because they can say "but its F2P so we need to make money somehow". They add nothing to the game, remove whatever they can, and I just dont want to play a game that could be more fun if they never updated again over updates that make you feel worse

[Tiwill]

Originally posted by Leaniv:

in paladins,but they fixed that with a in game "shop" where you can buy CC resistance,so stuns where effective early game but become less oppresive mid to late game

Yeah but playing healer in that game feels awful because your impact on the match drops by 80% by the end of every match. Cauterize is the worst mechanic I've ever seen in a hero shooter.

[5812381312183238422879]

Downhill since anna release. Game has always had major balance issues that always have the sustain problem at the root.

[5812381312183238422879]

Originally posted by Tiwill:

Originally posted by Leaniv:

in paladins,but they fixed that with a in game "shop" where you can buy CC resistance,so stuns where effective early game but become less oppresive mid to late game

Yeah but playing healer in that game feels awful because your impact on the match drops by 80% by the end of every match. Cauterize is the worst mechanic I've ever seen in a hero shooter.

Just don't heal until the caut is inactive. Cauterize is the single greatest addition to that game and solves overwatches number one issue.