Hey guys,
Firstly this is meant in the highest respect and more of a way for me to get the last bit of vent out of my system before laying this game to rest.
2017 Anniversary of Overwatch
I first joined after a drunken night at my friend’s place, he introduced me to Overwatch and I was hooked, as soon as I got home I bought the game and would play every single day, it was nothing like the games I was used to!
There wasn’t a thing I disliked about the game, I would spend weeks exploring new options and ultimately found my pride and joy Reinhardt. Nothing felt as rewarding as pulling off a six man shatter and hearing everyone in the voice coms scream with excitement as we found ourselves climbing through Platinum to Diamond.
Overwatch has had its hard times, Brig really took the game by storm, Bap’s immortality felt cheap and not to mention some funky formats like Goats had managed to make its way into most games. Many of us have lived through it all and it has mentally branded us with PTSD but we loved the game enough that we made it work, we looked for ways around these things and that’s where a great deal of fun also came from, problem solving.
Problem solving has become less and less of an aspect, Character’s ultimate now come at no cost, Moira and Roadhog are the prime examples, abilities are now becoming far over tuned such as Mauga becoming a near cc immune truck running at your team, Kiri being able to cleanse two ultimates in the span of seconds with just her abilities and the OG characters that required skill are slowly losing their identity becoming nothing more than a pick to trigger your own team mates.
Some will call it nostalgia but the game isn’t what it used to be, the community are hard driven to report anything they find remotely offensive like you dying a bit too much or requesting a swap, the characters identities only remain in the cinematics we fell in love with 5+ years ago and games don’t feel fun let alone rewarding.
In a poorly written way what I mean to say is it’s time I stepped away from the game I once loved and to stop expecting it to go back.
Thank you to the Devs who work on trying to improve the game, coming from an era where patches were a rare occasion seeing them apply days each other to maintain balance is a dream come true!
After the latest blog it was made clear that the 6v6 format was no longer viable due to stress on the new engine, this was an indicator that I need to stop clinging to straws and forcing myself to play a version of the game I dislike hoping for it to change, it’s unhealthy and the blog has given me a good amount of clarity that I don’t need to keep hoping for a change because I now know the its direction.
I’m wishing everyone the best and I want to thank you if you read this, again it wasn’t a rant or a slam, I just wanted to type my mind out, like a pyre to clear any emotion to the end of something.