Third person makes it easy for every character to spot enemies through walls without them noticing you. Not sure if this is a good thing. In OW2, only some heroes can do this like Rein using his shield. You can also do this if you do a sitting emote, but it takes time to get back up.
As if in 3rd person, the character model doesn’t blcok a huge part of your view. 3rd person model is normally closer to the crosshair which affects aim more.
no, 3rd person is not just about fun, it also has serious advantages for cyber sports games:
your character covers a smaller area of the screen than some weapons in overwatch that cover 25% of the screen. For example Phara’s weapon can cover enemies on the bottom right of the screen, forcing you to constantly yank the mouse, and look at the world through the remaining 75% of the screen in half-turn. You can’t even see the silhouette of the enemy through your weapon.
you can see your character’s animations and get a better feel for timings
you can see what’s around the corner without getting hit from campers, thus fights are more fair.
you see what’s around you for melee fights, without needing a large FOV, allowing sporty melee characters to be more popular in the game. Thus melee/range fights are more balanced.
you can see your skin, and enjoy your in-game purchase
the game is designed less for hiding in shelters, but more for action, thus no need for crouch (ctrl), the button is freed up for other actions, increasing the variety of mechanics
viewers are more interested in watching the game on twitch. This is why Fortnite is more popular than OW.
If your brain isn’t plastic enough to go into 3rd person battle, what are you even doing in cyber sports games?
Either way, you still have something blocking your view - only with 3PV, that something is more likely to be closer to the centre of your screen where important things generally are. FPS viewmodels originally started out in the center of the screen and were moved to the sides for exactly this reason.
I prefer third person now. I’m an artsy person and I just get so much enjoyment from marvel rivals seeing my beautiful skins when I’m playing. Their art team is just incredible.