Overwatch always has a very distinct main menu. You’d get a random character / map model on your screen, and with it the main fanfare of Overwatch. It gave the game identity, and such a distinct feel that is absent nowadays.
Now we get just crossover themed GIFs, or random 2 second character clips (like Mercy’s mythic) that just don’t have much going for them.
The music has degraded as well. All of the crossover themes are whatever, since they have to follow the theme’s music motif. For all non crossover stuff, it is just low quality menu music with the same recycled synths.
How did we start so strong with kirko’s and the cool song, and now it’s just reaper and dva with no aesthetic and a sort of generic spooky theme.
I hope I’m not the only one to notice this. I hate the direct the current main menu has gone in terms of its style.
man i miss when there was normal season without an event and the main menu was a character with the last skin you used with a map in the background, in ow2 every season main menu is dedicated to the current collab, this game lost it identity
Nah you’re not. I’ve been saying the same thing ever since OW2 released.
For me it’s not only the main menu, it’s out-of-game UI/UX in general. Take the two screens you get when the game ends, for example. First you see your highlight intro that you skip with ESC, I think. Then to skip the two screens you have to use Spacebar. Why not 3x ESC or 3x Spacebar? No one knows. Accidentally use ESC on the second screen? Back to the first screen you go.
Why do I have to see that highlight intro every time anyhow?
Anyway, yeah it’s bad. Many small issues, weird ways to get to menus, too much clicking, buttons not coherently placed yada yada. OW1 menu was way more intuitive.
To prevent “you only hate it because it’s new”: I actually prefer the in-game UI/HUD in OW2 to OW1. This is not just because it’s different.
“Back in my day People would complain about off-seasons, and there being nothing to do. Now you kids get everything we oldy’s could ask for, and you want to go back to nothing! Kids these days.” - SomeReallyOldOmnic.
I miss cards, medals, post-match banter, group markers, LFG, even 2cp maps.
To get them back, I would give up hero mastery, perks, the post-match progression screen, Flashpoint, Mauga and PvE missions (oh sorry we already gave that one back).
like literally this season of overwatch 2. there is nothing to play for
we literally get nothing we ask for
at least in ow1 you could always keep playing to get unlimited loot boxes, credits, save coins for the next event and buy for free anything you wanted, if i dont pay for the battle pass there is nothing to play for ow2
Is there anybody out there? out there? out there? out there?