This is it for me and Overwatch. I haven’t played in over a month now, and I keep checking in every other week on the forums hoping to hear news they’re turning this wreck around.
2CP is one of my favorite modes. I was always happy to see Horizon lunar colony. I wouldnt know it was hated if I didnt check the forums. Along with Paris. Sure, Paris could have used a remodel, but it was never too far gone for me.
Overwatch 2 won’t bring me and many others back. I used to consistently overfill a 6 team with my group of friends. The move to 5 makes that situation worse. But regardless, none of those people will be returning.
When Overwatch was released, it was so exciting. I thought we were in the midst of an iconic franchise in the making. And I was excited to say “i was there at the beginning of it.”
I had so many good memories and laughs in the early days, when my friends still played. One by one, they dropped out. One during mass ress being patched out. A mercy main, she never touched or talked about the game again.
With the series of subsequent patches, quite literally patched the players, other friends, out. With this latest patch, it looks like it’s my turn.
I bought so many loot boxes over the years. Donated for my pink mercy skin. I saw it as investing in something I wanted to see grow.
Something I now regret (except for the donation.)
So long Overwatch. Thank you for all the hours of fun. And laughter. But you’re no longer the game I enjoyed years ago although you may look the same.
I used you for my icebreakers in college which always had the class buzzing with who they mained. I wore that one overwatch shirt, the logo emblazoned across my chest. My pachimari sat proudly on a floating shelf in my room.
Thank you for being there on those bad days. I’d climb on and have so many laughs with my group. We’d talk about everything under the sun during those matches. Days that are long gone.
Overwatch was shutdown for a reason, maybe it’s best it stayed that way.