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OW2 offers no gameplay advantage of which I'm aware. However, they did remove the loot boxes for pay2cosmetic which really made the game unrewarding.

libraryatnight 3y ago
I feel like if the game isn't fun enough to feel rewarding on its own you were playing lootboxes and overwatch was the interactive ad to get more lol
- vintermann 3y ago
  Yeah, but that's how I always felt about poker too. Poker without real stakes is a boring game even as card games go.
- YurgenJurgensen 3y ago
  A lot of the time, even if the game /is/ rewarding enough on its own, the game you're really playing is still "lootboxes". Las Vegas casinos have roller coasters, live music, theatre, quality restaurants and various other attractions inside them. Some of them would even be worthwhile attractions on their own, but they're ultimately still adverts for the casinos. Gambling is just so profitable that they can afford to make their advertisements entire other fully-functionig businesses.
- hellojesus 3y ago
  The game is definitely fun enough on its own. But it went from "a fun game that gave me coins via lootbox duplicates that I could save up for some great dance emotes" to "a fun game that no longer has free cosmetics or dances, and therefore is now a fun game that is less fun that it used to be." Plus I paid $20 or whatever for OW1. That game no longer exists. I would have happily paid $20 for OW2, even $50-60. But since I don't subscribe to the pay for cosmetics model, now blizz gets $0 from me, and I just accept I won't get cool new dances.
raincole 3y ago
I like OW1. Personally I didn't think the game had a big problem, but unfortunately the market didn't seem to agree.
- wongarsu 3y ago
  The market seemed to agree that OW1 was a good game. It had a good player count and looked like it made decent money. Until the end of 2019, when Activision/Blizzard decided to basically halt all work on OW1 in favor of work on OW2. It didn't help that Blizzard also moved all esports content (which they consolidated under their hat) from Twitch to Youtube at about the same time.
alpaca128 3y ago
Which is the main reason I stopped playing. I can understand why they were removed but the lootboxes in OW1 could be farmed at a quite reasonable pace and beside cosmetics they also dropped a currency used to unlock specific items. Meanwhile I don't even know what that battle pass in Overwatch 2 does, the only thing Blizzard's marketing managed to tell me is that they want my money.

libraryatnight 3y ago

I feel like if the game isn't fun enough to feel rewarding on its own you were playing lootboxes and overwatch was the interactive ad to get more lol

vintermann 3y ago
Yeah, but that's how I always felt about poker too. Poker without real stakes is a boring game even as card games go.
YurgenJurgensen 3y ago
A lot of the time, even if the game /is/ rewarding enough on its own, the game you're really playing is still "lootboxes". Las Vegas casinos have roller coasters, live music, theatre, quality restaurants and various other attractions inside them. Some of them would even be worthwhile attractions on their own, but they're ultimately still adverts for the casinos. Gambling is just so profitable that they can afford to make their advertisements entire other fully-functionig businesses.
hellojesus 3y ago
The game is definitely fun enough on its own. But it went from "a fun game that gave me coins via lootbox duplicates that I could save up for some great dance emotes" to "a fun game that no longer has free cosmetics or dances, and therefore is now a fun game that is less fun that it used to be." Plus I paid $20 or whatever for OW1. That game no longer exists. I would have happily paid $20 for OW2, even $50-60. But since I don't subscribe to the pay for cosmetics model, now blizz gets $0 from me, and I just accept I won't get cool new dances.

raincole 3y ago

I like OW1. Personally I didn't think the game had a big problem, but unfortunately the market didn't seem to agree.

wongarsu 3y ago
The market seemed to agree that OW1 was a good game. It had a good player count and looked like it made decent money. Until the end of 2019, when Activision/Blizzard decided to basically halt all work on OW1 in favor of work on OW2. It didn't help that Blizzard also moved all esports content (which they consolidated under their hat) from Twitch to Youtube at about the same time.

alpaca128 3y ago

Which is the main reason I stopped playing. I can understand why they were removed but the lootboxes in OW1 could be farmed at a quite reasonable pace and beside cosmetics they also dropped a currency used to unlock specific items. Meanwhile I don't even know what that battle pass in Overwatch 2 does, the only thing Blizzard's marketing managed to tell me is that they want my money.