Overwatch 2's PvE Hero Mode Is Being Scrapped, Blizzard Explains What Happened and Why
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Game director Aaron Keller and executive producer Jared Neuss discuss why the eagerly-anticipated mode will no longer be released and the future of Overwatch 2.

So glad I never spent money on this past buying the first game—not only do they treat their employees like dogwater, they can't even squeeze out the big thing that justified Overwatch 2*

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    They're scrapping the progression system in favour of just straight story missions. Which means they're only worth playing once.

    The progression system was the entire thing that would add value.

    Guess what, Bungie already tried an episodic model for story-mission content in Halo. It didn't work, it didn't keep players coming back for the next episode. And their PVE gameplay fucking rocked too.

    This shit is not going to work. They've completely borked everything. Overwatch 1 made 300million in launch week. It took 3 months for Overwatch 2 to make 100million. It has been a catastrophic failure and I am 100% certain they are not retaining players. The subreddit gets 2000 comments per day, which is only slightly higher than the 1500 comments per day they would get when Overwatch 1's population was at its worst.

    Oh and they lost China. And esports has basically collapsed with investors being totally uninterested in it anymore.

    I am confident that Blizzard have been burned by this.