Legit a good game now.
My prediction:
Base purchase
- 40-50 USD price tag for new players. Content contains Base story Campaign and access to PVP (OW1 disc included). 20-30 USD for owners of OW1 for campaign only.
Pre-Order Bonuses:
Bottom tier Bonus
1 skin and 1 lootbox/or whatever they decide to do for cosmetic unlock now and Exp bonus thing.
Deluxe Bonus
Few skins, some lootboxes, card/poster/mini-fig and pvp exp bonus thing
Collectorâs Bonus
Skins, Lootboxes, merchandise, more Exp Bonus, expensive AF model kit and season pass
100% it is ânowâ
But what there is now is what they nudged what would be in the game for launch. They didnât promise most of the thing people got upset about but neither did they correct expectations. Its the same thing OWL is doing.
They havenât promised OW2 being launched in 2022. All theyâve said is OWL will be playing an EARLY build in April. Thatâs it.
wink wink
my guess is based on what happened for StarCraft II Wings of Liberty, the first expansion of the trilogy needed to play the other chapters of the story campaign:
- PHASE 1: OW1 is automatically converted to OW2 in the name, making a parallel with the lore (the ânew task forceâ) and communicating to everyone that everything they knew about OW is gone (6v6, hero features etc. )
- PHASE 2: like Wings of liberty when the third chapter of the SC2 saga (legacy of the void) arrived, the updated game becomes Free to Play, imagining that there will be new requirements to access the comps (perhaps greatly increasing the necessary experience ).
- PHASE 3: the real dlc, the pve department, is âsoldâ with a specific price. Maybe announcing from now that it could be a saga of dlc that cover other narrative arcs for the various factions, creating a constant development on the lore.
- BONUS: new exclusive preorder bundles such as Widowmaker Noire, packages studied in the artistic theme (Pirate skins, vintage skins, etc.), return of some exclusive skins in special collections.
Iâm obviously speculating but ⌠Iâm building on Blizzardâs background with starCraft, whose Lore / Competitive direction is perhaps the best to follow among all of the companyâs franchises.
$40 for the game, $60 for deluxe
What does everyone think? Just refunded my D2 preorder so now I have $40 account balance again.
My guess is $60 (not sure if they will have a tier above it) for the base game, with some exclusive skins and cross promotions of unlocks in Hearthstone/WoW for pre-ordering.
Id bet on a full priced 60 dollar game. Where pvp is free like they said. If the pve is as in depth and as much to do as they made it sound in blizzcon vid, then full price sounds reasonable to me.
Why do PC players get a disc if everything PC related is going digital? I like the metal case but the disc will just sit in there not used.
What if we get a strike commander Morrison statue in the same style now? Game about the past history showing new soldier and game about the future history shows âoldâ/young soldier.
What does everyone think? Just refunded my D2 preorder so now I have $40 account balance again.
I donât know why but I have a feeling origins editions skins will become permanently unobtainable after OW2 releases to reward players who bought Overwatch or had it before Overwatch 2 was released. Would be a nice way to flex.
I want Noir Widow Skin back
I love that skin.
Why do PC players get a disc if everything PC related is going digital? I like the metal case but the disc will just sit in there not used.
There are those out there who are case collectors for their favorite games.
$40 entry, $60 for bonuses including skins and such, probably 4 or 5 like original OW. 120 for Collectors Edition with nice physical items. Pvp will go fully f2p.
My hope is they go with the f2p battlepass model.
âFree for everyoneâ
âIâm def not saying the game will be free to playâlolâŚ
Itâs opposite day!
Anything pvp is free, so you are not wrong
Hopefully free, all they have done is add one character and a few maps. Before April when they stopped adding content this was free of charge.
30$ USD for owners of OW1
60$ USD for OW2 standalone
Bastion hat is pre order skin
Ganimedes also gets a hat.
Perhaps a few % off for pre-orders.