It’s no secret that Overwatch 2, and Blizzard in general for that matter, has not been a particularly popular entity in gaming over the course of the last handful of years. There’s the sexual misconduct lawsuit, the Blitzchung situation, and if we’re looking at the game itself, there have been a number of unpopular moves including the cancelation of the game’s PvE mode and the often cited exorbitant pricing for skins in its stores. While not all of those situations have been fully resolved, there’s a growing voice from within the Overwatch 2 community that says the game is currently at the best place it has been in quite some time following the release of Stadium, hero banning, and other recent features added to the game.
Why is Overwatch 2 the best it’s been in a while?
On the above Overwatch subreddit post, hundreds of people are voicing their positive thoughts with how the development team has been handling the game lately. The most notable things that players are saying they are enjoying is the addition of 6v6 comp, hero bans, the new Stadium mode, and the addition of strong, popular heroes in recent seasons. Some are also expressing their excitement for the addition of map voting in the near future.
In our opinion, we genuinely have to agree that Overwatch 2 is the best it has been in quite some time. When the game “released” a few years ago, it largely felt more like an update than a new game from Overwatch 1. A lot of promises were not being kept at the time, and losing the promised PvE content was a significant departure from what players were expecting. However, since that team, the Overwatch team has been much better with their communication and the willingness to make changes to make the game better. The
I wrote an article almost exactly a year ago about how I was disappointed that the game will never be more than what it started out to be in 2016, but at that time, I could start to see the positive signs of life. Now all this time later, things are finally beginning to pay off in a big way for both the Overwatch 2 community and its developers.
