Why did everyone spam on the forums the game is taking so long because of the new engine development…
Ya’ll are silly.
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It’s a new version of the engine. One that now allows them to do a lot of the PVE stuff they wanted to back in the Archives days.
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Its the same engine as the first game. Just wanted to make that clear so everyone knows.
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looking at all the effects that they showed off its the Overwatch Engine 2
(I think they called it the Dynamo engine)
Look at the development of the unreal engine each version is a massive leap forward and takes a lot of time and effort to develop for and get right
One screw up in the engine department and the whole game is effed
Blizz, Epic and EA at least put effort into their engines unlike Bethesda
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Many people were saying the delays were because of a new “engine”.
They stated tonight they are using their 2014 Domino engine still for Overwatch 2.
I’m not saying its bad… Call of Duty still uses a 2005 Quake3 engine in 2021.
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the engine is part of the delay since they had to make the engine and make new effects, outfits, and details to EVERYTHING about OW2. Its not using the same engine as OW1, OW1’s engine is being updated to the OW2 one tho when OW2 releases
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They said in the Blizzcon video they are using the same Domino engine and making changes to it.
Just making sure people understand that.
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give me the link to the video and tell me the time where they said that. I dont believe you
Welp, some people will confuse updatign existing thing, with making new one.
If they would really make new one, we would wait 5 more years probably.
Watch today’s Overwatch 2 presentation at Blizzcon.
The art guy at the end explains they are making changes to the old engine for Overwatch 2.
old engine…meaning taking stuff from the OW2 engine and replacing the old stuff from the OW1 engine.
I really don’t think you understand how video game engines work. It’s a new version of the engine, which may as well be a new engine entirely at times.
Updating and making changes to a game engine itself IS a very time consuming task.
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Yea, but it seems to take less than making new one from nothing.
Unless you base it on some open source engine at first.
It’s a reworked and updated version. New clothing physics, sound, visual effects etc.
They seem to have done quite a lot already. I’d take a guess that if the world were normal, they probably would be further ahead. They’re doing well given circumstances, but Jeff did say they hadn’t been back to Blizzard HQ in over a year.
There’s probably more than engine, but it seems there’s a lot of fine tuning and tweaking. They still have a lot of things to finalize, it seems.
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My point remains the same.
This is also why people who are only interested in “Comp/PVP” will not have to purchase Overwatch 2 to partake in the competitive Overwatch 2 gameplay. Only the PVE stuff.
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Doesn’t really change the fact that it is still a time consuming process. You have to keep in mind that they are actively updating and modifying the engine while still working on the first game itself.
Overwatch 2 hasn’t been the only thing they have worked on for the past five years. I’m pretty sure everyone is fully aware that updating a game’s engine to a new version isn’t as time consuming as making one from scratch.
Your point has no real base. It just seems like you made this thread to gloat and provoke, rather than actually try and create a discussion.
And, even then, those people will probably wind up buying the new game; if only for the new game modes or the updated engine alone; or when the inevitably lock certain competitive modes behind the new game. You’re putting a lot of words in to a lot of people’s mouths right now.
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And what is your point, exactly? It’s still time consuming. They have to make sure the visuals work perfectly, that the sound and maps work perfectly - any small issue, even the tiniest mistake, and it’s back to the drawing board.
Not to mention making sure the new enemies work perfectly, and that the hero missions (for every single hero implemented into the game - let that sink in: over 30 different PvE missions, and that’s only just the hero missions) and all the pre-mission cinematics work.
The new cloth physics and design, making sure all the brand new environmental weapon sounds work across multiple indoor and outdoor environments, the dynamic weather effects work well and are compatible and accessible on every single PvE map. Not to mention that they’re working on the camera shaking without it making players sick.
Also, passive and balance tweaks for every class - Reinhardt alone had things they were playing around with. There will be 30-40 heroes to do that with. Soldier’s talent tree showed fifty-three upgradeable talents with different levels (max 3 I think) depending on talent. Adding Sojourn, that’s 33 heroes. 1749 talents to work on and perfect, if they keep that system.
And that’s only what we’ve been shown.
During COVID. Across zoom meetings. With no access to their tech at Blizzard HQ.
If you don’t want the game, that’s fine. PvP and ranked fans will still play PvP and ranked. This expansion was always intended for PvE fans.
Also, rereading this, and I think you’re forgetting that OW1 is being upgraded and all non PvE content is being added to vanilla game (one example is the ‘push’ gamemode, and the subsequent Toronto map. Same with the new heroes - all of these are built on the updated engine.)
Yeah, I’m really mad that OW1 is being essentially left behind right now. I don’t believe in content being locked behind something when we don’t know when that thing is coming to us. But don’t discredit hard work. They’ve really stepped up this Blizzcon.
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Making iterations to a game engine is fine. At its base its still the original engine.
As I said Call of Duty still uses a 2004 Quake3 engine and over the years changes were made.
Its still 2004 source code. Just like Overwatch 2 uses original Domino source code.
Welp, but that is what this topic is about
Its updated one, not new one.
New version of it, yea, but for some reason no one want to use that in their post saying all the things OW2 brings to the table.
There were people out there who would fight you over the statemt that it is not upgraded engine. Not sure if they are still around after this blizzcon.