A couple of years ago now, Blizzard released Overwatch 2 as a free-to-play successor to the ever-popular Overwatch. The sequel made come core changes to the experience, namely switching to a 5v5 setup - a change that will be reversed in an upcoming limited-time event in OW2.
Yep, starting today, the team is bringing 'Overwatch: Classic' to the 2022 sequel - as a 6v6-based game mode that restricts players to the old maps, hero roster and team sizes of the original 2016 experience. Overwatch: Classic lasts until early December, so if you want to relive the launch of the first game, you better be quick!
As you can see in the above tweet, this event is leaning fully into fan nostalgia for the original Overwatch experience - an experience that some players still prefer to the current Overwatch 2 setup. It remains to be seen how closely this will mirror the feel of OW1, and we're intrigued to see how longtime fans get on with Overwatch: Classic in this event.
In other Overwatch news, the second game integrated with Xbox Game Pass recently - bringing loads of goodies to the free-to-play experience for XGP users. This partnership arrived just under a year after Microsoft successfully acquired Activision Blizzard, making Overwatch a first-party series for Xbox nowadays.
Will you be trying this out? Tell us if you're interesting in playing Overwatch: Classic down below.
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I don't here any chatter about OW2 or know anyone that really plays it. Most of my friends that played Overwatch left with the changes - although that may have also been because it 'replaced' OW.
The Cynic in me seems like its an attempt to try and bring back players - maybe even see if it proves more 'popular' than 5 vs 5 and/or decide on the future of that IP. Whether an OW3 or maybe 'changing' OW2, whether its something to continue investing in or maybe time to move on from as 'Hero' Shooters don't seem in vogue at the moment either...
It almost seems like the last chance for Overwatch to me...
Oh yeah. Overwatch exists.
After they failed to deliver on the promised PvE content for 2, I pretty much gave up on it. And after the game I originally paid for was no longer accessible.
Huh.
We ran out of ideas so lets recycle the old game content & pretend that's a good thing.
Used to play OW & OW2 a lot but fell off that wagon a while back & have no wish to climb back on.
@BAMozzy More then likely this will be an added as an off shoot to Overwatch once the limited time event is over. It's just like what Blizzard did with World of Warcraft.
@dskatter They had to give up the PvE they promised because they fired all the people who knew the lore and nobody wrote anything down. Think the person who did and knew most of the lore for TES6 left Bethesda too.
@BAMozzy Lol, I still play Overwatch, but the move to OW2 completely killed any desire I have to support the game. It's still fun and I love the characters and art design. But you're right no one talks about it, I can't get my friends to try it (the ones who are gamers anyways), and the community is pretty much dead (no fan art, fan comics, memes etc).
Btw, I play Echo and Tracer when I have to, but mostly I stick to Mercy, Kiriko, Illari, Juno or Moira. I haven't found a Tank I like the look of.
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