As someone who put down Overwatch a while ago, after having actually enjoyed it for a while, I have no desire to pick up OW2. Activision-Blizzard's merger tell

As someone who put down Overwatch a while ago, after having actually enjoyed it for a while, I have no desire to pick up OW2. Activision-Blizzard's merger tells me that 'Classic Blizzard' will never again exist, and that I should discard what goodwill I have left towards either publisher. Overwatch's monetization model was not the best (they helped pioneer loot boxes, with no information on odds), and now they're locking new characters behind a Battlepass for OW2. F2P players will be able to unlock the hero eventually, but according to current leaks, competitive modes will lock out players who don't have all characters unlocked. Diablo Immortal is something I've never played, but I've enjoyed listening to some of the drama. After Blizz cracked down on third-party sellers of the game's real-money currency, some people had their Eternal Orb balances go negative(!!!) when they removed the Orbs from their account. With a negative Orb count, players get locked out of participating in some of the game. The only by-the-books way to restore that functionality is to buy more Orbs from the store. One headline you can easily find is a player with over $30k worth of 'Orb Debt', as in, they would need to spend that much money in order to get to a balance of 0. Acti/Blizz's monetization schemes have become more manipulative over time, and as of now, it's leaching into how people can actually play the game. Swipe your credit card, or you're gonna be behind. Another can of worms, which I will label instead of open: Blizzard's recently-unearthed history of sexual harassment in the workplace, and etc etc.