Wait Baja YOU have worries about the game?..…I know right? Weird……
Anyway…thought I’d voice my concerns about OW2…put it in writing so to speak….but before I get to that…let me tell you a few things I’m NOT worried about:
Balance and Matchmaking - for those of you that were hopeful…let me save you the trouble….you’re going to hate them…because it doesn’t matter how many changes they make to the game….they cannot balance the game any better (or meet your expectations)….and bad matchmaking isn’t an OW issue….it’s what people have been blaming for 30 years across all games….you’re going to HATE them….just accept it now….it’ll be better for you
5v5 - you’ll get used to it….probably already more used to it than you think….and while I do think this will help with queue times I don’t think it’s going to actually change much about the game itself outside of perhaps which strategy you use….nothing they couldn’t do now with balance changes if they really wanted to…basically…we’ll live
——
Ok…the stuff that worries me about the game….feel free to disagree:
Removal of 2CP (ie - game variety)
“2cp sucks”…yeah yeah I get it…you hate it…w/e…the removal itself doesn’t bother me (even though I don’t mind 2cp)…what worries me is that regardless of how people felt about it, it did provide variety to the game….2cp provided an avenue for people to do SOMETHING different when they played the game…it provided a space for some different play styles to be used…for some heroes to see the light of day (I love me some 2CP sym)……
Yes they’re adding push (and supposedly another secret game mode - crossing fingers) but I’ve seen very little to make me think it’s going to play any differently than escort/payload maps we already have (how did the pros describe their play tests? “It’s just OW” - also another reason for the 5v5 commment above)…I hope I’m wrong…but I think this change is a bad one
And for anyone that asks why less variety doesn’t bother me in the 5v5 case….that’s going to depend on the hero pool itself and what they do balance wise more than the fact that you have one less player….5v5 COULD end up being more varied depending on what they do….we’ll have to wait and see on that front
New hero additions
Specifically how unique they are….the more heroes you add the harder it becomes to actually make them unique….just look back at many of the heroes they have added and you’ll see how mixed and bloated their kits are…not surprisingly they are often hated because of it…not to mention it leads to overloading of mechanics (double barrier, double sniper, goats, double bubble….etc)….the game does NOT become any easier to balance like so many claim….and on a personal note….as a mostly MH player, more bloated kits is just an absolute nightmare (especially if they will continue to insists on hero stacking in MH come OW2)
Don’t get me wrong…I’m not opposed to adding more heroes……but if they’re just going to mishmashes of all the stuff they’ve already released….then I’d rather they just not add any…I’ve done perfectly fine playing 32 for like 2 years…I don’t NEEEEEED more
That there’s ENOUGH pve
This is probably a lost cause….because there’s never ENOUGH content….but pve is rough because the lack of the human element does make it rather repetitive….so I hope it’s bountiful and that the growth systems are well hashed out…otherwise I can see this being a BIG problem
But on the bright side this does mean more regular additions to game…one would think at least
Just how badly they’re going to botch the monetization
In game purchases are coming….like zero doubt….the plague of the game industry is going to work it’s way into the game….only question is how bad it’s going to be…but regardless of how it’s done it’s important that people realize that it won’t exist to improve the game or because it was necessary for the game to “function”…doesn’t matter how it gets framed……it will exist solely because it makes them more money…you can fall for it if you want…game quality usually suffers because of things like that…
Community
When all is said and done…OW2 (and all the changes that come with it) is trying to draw in a ton of people….many of which don’t currently play….
I really hope (probably in vain) that this “new” community ends up having a better disposition than the current one…I’ve said too much about why that is over the years to really want to go into detail here but I do believe it to be it to be the biggest thing holding the game back (with it’s just over the top negativity)….and stuff like the previously listed item on here only makes me worry even more about who might be joining in….the mindset needs to be better
My Computer
I hope OW2 can run on a potato