PvE expansion and a rebranding is the best way to think about it. You don't have to pay anything if you just want to continue playing the PvP and get the visual upgrade, new maps and characters. If you want to play PvE you just have to unlock it.
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PvE expansion and a rebranding is the best way to think about it. You don't have to pay anything if you just want to continue playing the PvP and get the visual upgrade, new maps and characters. If you want to play PvE you just have to unlock it.
I'm guessing that OW2 will also feature other new bells and whistles that aren't multiplayer-related that they haven't fully revealed yet. As it stands, I can't imagine them charging more than $30 for a relatively barebones story mode campaign and some replayable hero mission stuff.
One thing I would have liked for the cinematic is Mercy's damage boost coming into play. Winston is able to topple the big robot thanks to Mercy giving him more strength with the damage boost but it gets on its feet again and charges another laser and then the pulse bomb+backpack part happens
We don't know how barebones the campaign will be, and having 30+ heroes all with 10 levels of talents introduces some pretty significant grind
I'm also gonna start hedging my bets that there will be exclusive cosmetics to players who purchase the PvE expansion, that the regular PvP players won't have access to
I'm trying to keep my expectations in check for the scope of the story mode, because 30+ characters to service within the story is a tall order and inevitably some people are going to be left out. But if they actually pull it off and somehow integrate everybody into this huge globe-spanning story across dozens of levels then it could be perfect.
Yeah, rein those in. Unless they have stories from both sides, you will only play Overwatch agents and OW-aligned characters - that's at least a third of the roster not included in campaign. You can only play the full roster in Agent missions (or whatever those repeatable ones are called)
I've yet to see anywhere that OW1's visuals will also be upgraded... I read that OW1 and 2 will be on the same client, but doesn't that mean they will be running on the same network infrastructure, not necessarily the same engine with upgrades? I figure more than wanting folks to get OW2 for the PVE stuff, they'd want folks to also pay up for better visuals
I don't think we're gonna get a ton of the characters at launch.
I imagine that they will try to get as much done of the original roster as they can and then add in everyone's pve levels and stuff over updates.
I need Lucio to get at least one outfit like Genji's thats casual as hell. I want to love that character design but they've always filled it with too much clutter and OW2 is just more of that.
That's how I feel about the new designs on the whole. Aside from Genji it feels like change for the sake of the rebrand and they didn't seem to know where to take a lot of it besides strapping more junk to the characters. I feel the same way about the engine update.
The actual single player content they showed looks fun enough for me to try the game again though. This type of co-op level based gameplay is what I wanted from the first game and tweaking the abilities for fun over balance is great. There was a worrying amount of footage from the old maps in the trailer though so I'll hold off until I see how many new enviroments they actually made.
That's how I feel about the new designs on the whole. Aside from Genji it feels like change for the sake of the rebrand and they didn't seem to know where to take a lot of it besides strapping more junk to the characters. I feel the same way about the engine update.
The actual single player content they showed looks fun enough for me to try the game again though. This type of co-op level based gameplay is what I wanted from the first game and tweaking the abilities for fun over balance is great. There was a worrying amount of footage from the old maps in the trailer though so I'll hold off until I see how many new enviroments they actually made.
I won't expect it but I hope in Overwatch 2 they revise the PotG so it not just "X hit Q and kills multiple people" over and over or Bastion or Tjoborn kill a bunch of people with their turret mode. Maybe so you can actually see the clever but ultra rare Sombra PotG or anything from someone like Ana.
ive always played on all low cause thats what all the pro's say and i dont want any slowdown.. i should take some time to appreciate the visuals if im just playing arcade or something..
i cant even remember not playing on all low
edit: damn i dont even play on native resolution
i cant even remember not playing on all low
edit: damn i dont even play on native resolution
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Is the game down for anyone else (in EU?). I was in a queue for a while, the message said the servers were busy. Then when I tried to log in ingame it said they locked my account due to suspicious activity and that they sent me an email. I didn't get any email. Then I logged on the Blizzard website and they sent me a verificaiton code, this time it worked. I don't see any sign of suspicious activity on the site, the recent locations listed for my activity on the site and OW are the right ones. So it may just be a busy server thing but their message saying my account is locked sure is fucking scary.
edit: wtf is this now
edit: wtf is this now
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I had the same issue; definitely got some problems going on.Is the game down for anyone else (in EU?). I was in a queue for a while, the message said the servers were busy. Then when I tried to log in ingame it said they locked my account due to suspicious activity and that they sent me an email. I didn't get any email. Then I logged on the Blizzard website and they sent me a verificaiton code, this time it worked. I don't see any sign of suspicious activity on the site, the recent locations listed for my activity on the site and OW are the right ones. So it may just be a busy server thing but their message saying my account is locked sure is fucking scary.
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They might have different ones per map, kinda like the Lucioball announcers
When Rein shatters in the music was so ace
Still not forgiving them for ruining Sigma tho :/
Ok cool cool but is the Talon financier now voicing OW matches
Lots of people are getting real hung up on this sequel naming convention.
I was so happy to see Rein! I was like my boi is back to chad status!
I was so happy to see Rein! I was like my boi is back to chad status!
Hearing the Overwatch VA's read each other's lines brought a huge smile to my face today. Almost all of the VAs are amazing in this game.
I can't think of any other male omnics that it could be. It wouldn't be completely out of place considering the stuff you're doing in OW stages (King's Row EMP, stealing Doomfist's gauntlet)
They kind of brought it upon themselves the number of times they said "redefining a sequel"
I can't think of any other male omnics that it could be. It wouldn't be completely out of place considering the stuff you're doing in OW stages (King's Row EMP, stealing Doomfist's gauntlet)
They kind of brought it upon themselves the number of times they said "redefining a sequel"
lol what is this. "You said it was redefining a sequel.... so I'll be super dense about what a sequel is. That'll show you to try something new!"
When your "redefinition" of a sequel is just an expansion pack, yeah you're getting called out on it.
Gotta do something while waiting to find a match as a DPS
Really though a lot of this was explaining to folks I work with. Folks were actually pretty excited that they DIDN'T have to buy a new game to keep playing Overwatch online.
Damage continues to be my highest placed role even though I play tank and support so much more. I think it's bc gold/plat console players can't aim for shit.
Tonight I finished my Arcade session with Junkenstein to earn the Sombra skin and close out the Halloween event. Beyond the three unlockable skins, I received NONE of this year's skins from loot boxes, and only two from last year's event (Moira and Torb). I had a surplus of coins so I decided to buy some of the previous years' skins rather than spend them on this year's lot.
Back to not playing until the next event.
Back to not playing until the next event.
I feel like they reduced the drop rate for new skins because I've gotten 0 of the new skins in the past three events.
I got zero gold in the summer game event but got a few gold skins for Halloween, but only two from the actual event while the rest are non event crap. Got pirate Ana from last year and Ashe new skin from loot boxes.
This is a bit late but here is confirmation, OW 1 will get engine upgrades but not the new look for the characters it seems.
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Thanks for this, I like that someone bookmarked it and the answer was pretty much right at the start out of their own mouth. Overwatch 2 really is an expansion in my mind with this being confirmed. Will be pretty interesting to see their pricing strategy, I could see this being a full price release for new folks, whereas for OW1 owners it's just the price of a DLC
also from this video PTR this week or next, Deathmatch, training room, custom game while queuing, can go into the training room with your group
I guarantee you everyone is going to be paying full price for this. In their eyes it's a sequel.
I guess, but if the engine is going to be updated along with all the maps and game modes already being included in the base game, I have a hard time believing they will charge full price, because people who love Overwatch now, may not necessarily care about PvE, making the purchase an easy pass, and all the work they put into "updating" OW1 will have been basically free for all of those folks (discounting microtransactions money that they may or may not have gotten from those users). Whereas if they charge full price for new buyers, and a reduced price for OW1 owners (a license type thing to unlock PvE) they would get more potential buyers that way since they would be rewarding current owners, who will have an easier time spending a dollar amount lower than full price for what is really an expansion outside of all the other free updates.
But who knows, maybe I'm wrong. To me it makes more business sense this way
If it doesn't sell at first (which I think it will, a large portion of the user base are people who care about the lore and not high skill level play) they can always put it on sale quickly.
The price point of the game is going to depend entirely on how much story content there is. If it's just 10 scripted Archive-style levels and then the replayable hero mission thing it's very hard to justify spending more than $20 on that. On the other hand, there could be upwards of 20-25 levels in the story. Nobody knows.
I'm expecting $60 since it's a "sequel" but I guess we'll see. I hope they have a version with the hood up for Genji.
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