Overwatch 2 is finally bringing back 6v6 with tests to decide OW’s future - Dexerto
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The Overwatch 2 devs have revealed tests for 6v6 to return and determine if the game should permanently go back to the old format.

Lol. After all these years they’re thinking of rolling back the 5v5 changes. To quote someone from Reddit:

PVE was dropped, heroes are free again, and now 6v6 is back. Blizzard spent the last couple of years turning overwatch 2 back into Overwatch 1.

Edit: See also the developer’s blog post about this, which goes into great detail explaining their decisions over the year and how we got here. Really worth a read if you are (or were) an OW player.

  • rigattiEnglish
    232·
    8 months ago

    They’re not essential to playing the game. Just don’t buy them.

    • ThunderWhiskersEnglish
      29·
      8 months ago

      Non-essential and predatory are not mutually exclusive, especially given Blizzard’s history of player manipulation. They have perfected the science of making you want someone that you don’t need.

      • AFallingAnvil@lemmy.caEnglish
        11·
        8 months ago

        They have perfected the science of making you want someone that you don’t need.

        I should call her

        • Carighan MaconarEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          No you should not, you should add her as a red flag on your dating profile.

          • AFallingAnvil@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            8 months ago

            I appreciate the kind words, I was just joking around. I’m a happily taken man with a great girlfriend. To those considering bad choices, I promise the unknown is scary but has much greater rewards than going back to something that already failed.

    • PilferjinxEnglish
      18·
      8 months ago

      Did you play the OG, you could get basically everything for free. All it cost was time. OW2 is just an enshittified update

      • rigattiEnglish
        113·
        8 months ago

        I did. You also had to pay $40 to play the game though.

        • TedrowEnglish
          13·
          8 months ago

          And now it’s $40 for a skin. What’s your argument? Lots of people already bought the game and were forced into the current system.

          • rigattiEnglish
            37·
            8 months ago

            My argument is don’t buy them. It’s really that simple.

            • TedrowEnglish
              6·
              8 months ago

              I agree with not buying them. I’m simply saying that Blizzard pulled the rug from the people that bought the first game.

            • warm@kbin.earth
              4·
              8 months ago

              Nobody is arguing that, I dont buy skins in games. The point is that a lot of people are cosmetic-minded and manipulated into spending large amounts of money on skins and other customisations, the system shouldnt exist.

    • Carighan MaconarEnglish
      51·
      8 months ago

      I mean, cars aren’t essential to existence either, just don’t buy them <-- technically correct, but not at all a helpful statement when discussing car-price-related issues.