blizzard killed the main appeal of this game a lot of times. first, the gameplay is bad with 5vs5 and any trace of hero shooter with moba elements, slower gameplay and strategy is dissapearing because developers are trying to be an arcade shooter and sideline the veteran playerbase to bring new players who are not dissapointed with this game
and second, the story, even if people keep saying “duh ow is pvp story doesnt matter” this is not true, the story, lore, characters, world created was a big part of the appeal of overwatch, people fell in love with the characters, even if you want to deny it these characters and people wanting to see them interact was a big part of early years of overwatch, fanarts, fanfics, even adult content (yes i said that) help to make this game popular ad different from any other game of the era, with no story is over, gameplay could be bad but with a lot of story content i could ignore it, people wanted an animated series since the beginning, and even blizzard knew story was important, why put so much effort on the lore on the beginning just for a pvp online game? game was more than an excuse to shoot enemies. oh well blizzard keeps digging overwatch tomb deeper and deeper, last patch was the proof.
by the way something i noticed, or i didnt noticed, they stopped making new interaction? i remember every season was new interactions and no i could swear i cant hear anything new anymore, only like 4-5 interactions when a new character is relased and thats it