(DISCLAMER: This review is more of a "get this of my chest" vent than a review, so if any biases are shown here I apologise in advance)
Now that the PVE has been scrapped, I don't know how anyone can still support this garbage excuse of a company.
This "sequal" is just a live service revamp of a game I already had a few issues with. Everytime lootboxes gets mentioned I cringe in my skin but atleast it was exclusive to cosmetics; how do you like the sound of grinding for ages or paying 20 bucks for a cosmetic? Like seriously fuck off.
When it comes to the original Overwatch, I took issue with the fact they didn't lean more into a story campaign because I feel like that would have separated it from the likes of TF2, especially since the world and characters interested me a ton.
Did they do that though? Hell no, let's have it be only multiplayer with barley any unique modes / single player options and have it be basically payload and control points.
I confess I have a TF2 bias but I have a lot of problems with that game too. The main point I'm trying to make is that the original game didn't do much to distinct itself from what came before and I feel they could have easily fixed that.
BUT HOLY SHIT I forgive the original after this piece of shit came out. I'm not even joking this "next installment" subtracted more than added, and now the ONLY justification for this being classed as a sequal is now GONE! Even then, they couldn't make anything but a Mann vs Machine rip off but I forgave it because the world involves robots in the story and it's atleast something I could be semi interested in.
Screw this lost cause of a company and screw whoever defends their shitty actions.
Now that the PVE has been scrapped, I don't know how anyone can still support this garbage excuse of a company.
This "sequal" is just a live service revamp of a game I already had a few issues with. Everytime lootboxes gets mentioned I cringe in my skin but atleast it was exclusive to cosmetics; how do you like the sound of grinding for ages or paying 20 bucks for a cosmetic? Like seriously fuck off.
When it comes to the original Overwatch, I took issue with the fact they didn't lean more into a story campaign because I feel like that would have separated it from the likes of TF2, especially since the world and characters interested me a ton.
Did they do that though? Hell no, let's have it be only multiplayer with barley any unique modes / single player options and have it be basically payload and control points.
I confess I have a TF2 bias but I have a lot of problems with that game too. The main point I'm trying to make is that the original game didn't do much to distinct itself from what came before and I feel they could have easily fixed that.
BUT HOLY SHIT I forgive the original after this piece of shit came out. I'm not even joking this "next installment" subtracted more than added, and now the ONLY justification for this being classed as a sequal is now GONE! Even then, they couldn't make anything but a Mann vs Machine rip off but I forgave it because the world involves robots in the story and it's atleast something I could be semi interested in.
Screw this lost cause of a company and screw whoever defends their shitty actions.