“That summer” is over, and this summer has not yet come.
In the early morning of April 28, the Beta test of “Overwatch 2” went live. Like the content of the previous announcement, the content of this test does not include the PVE part of the game, but opens the 5V5 battle mode, and compares the new hero Sojohn, new map, skills, voice and map details that are more concerned by players. Wait for the changes to go live.
In addition to the fact that some players who pre-registered for the test will receive an invitation, Blizzard also held a linked event on the live broadcast platform Twitch: as long as you watch a specific Overwatch channel for 4 hours, you can receive a test invitation for free.
This led to a surge in viewership of the Overwatch Channel on Twitch last night, reaching a peak of 1.5 million simultaneous viewers — far more viewers than any other popular game of its kind.
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Many players waited hard in the live broadcast room for this test invitation. Questions about how long the channel will be on, which live room to hang on, and why I am full and haven’t received the invitation link are all over the forums and post bars. Even before the player went to bed, he hung up a live broadcast page, and when he woke up in the morning, he found that there were a lot of jokes that the anchor broadcasted after an hour.
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The enthusiasm of the players is obvious, and the rest is to see if the content displayed in this test of “Overwatch 2” can be satisfactory.
As far as the current test situation is concerned, the most important change in the PVP of “Overwatch 2” is to cancel a reload position and embark on the 5V5 battle mode common in Moba games. Although it seems that only one position is deleted, the impact on the rhythm and gameplay of the game is still quite large.
The first is that there is only one heavy player left, and the importance has skyrocketed. The “Double Shield” flow that originally existed in the game no longer exists, and the gameplay and thinking of most reloaded heroes will be changed.
Blizzard seems to want the hero in the reload position to be the role that provides the main control and damage absorption for the team, and players can clearly feel it – the iron fist from the output position to the reload position.
Removed the uppercut skill, instead offering parry and one-punch knockback
Although Iron Fist is now less able to easily kill in battle, the setting of using the skill mechanism to fly around is still preserved. It’s still fun to play, and the much-maligned power issue has been resolved, and most players don’t seem to have a problem.
Another concern is Orisa, who completely “stands up” in this change.
Due to the addition of a new skill called “Energy Javelin”, Orisa’s strength has basically increased exponentially.
In the matchmaking game, other traditional tanks such as Reinhardt and Sigma are basically difficult to adapt to the fast-paced game. On the contrary, Orisa can now not only use her strong body to kill seven in and seven out in the crowd, but also use good damage and control to completely disrupt the enemy’s formation.
It’s really durable
Although it’s a joke, Orisa who turned up really “taken off”
Updates for other heroes are not without, such as Cassidy (McRae)’s flashbang canceled the stun, changed to a high-explosive magnetic grenade, Zarya’s shield can now be placed on himself twice and so on.
But as far as gameplay is concerned, even the new hero, Sorjian, is not that bright under Orisa’s strong performance, let alone the other heroes. Instead, some of the more innocuous details such as hero voices and bugs have attracted more attention in various media.
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There are also a lot of other negative information, such as uncomfortable UI interface, tilted player’s perspective, gun sound effects, and inconspicuous kill feedback.
But in the final analysis, Overwatch 2 doesn’t seem to have changed much from 1. Only 4 maps have been updated, and the promised new heroes have only partial appearances. Not only does it not look like an orthodox sequel with enough weight, but it is more like an owe three A large-scale DLC collection added after the annual update.
Most of the players who poured into the live broadcast room with anticipation were basically unsatisfied. It is no wonder that after the test started, whether it was on the post bar or the Reddit forum, the most popular posts were basically discussing the same topic – “Overwatch 2 and Overwatch 1″ What’s the difference?”
“humor”
Emotions continue to ferment under these posts, some denounce Blizzard’s inaction, and some feel new fun and keep looking forward to it. But no matter how players express their opinions, it is obviously a topic that cannot be bypassed with not many changes.
Reasonable players are quite aware that this test only released a small part of the content, and there is no news about the larger PVE part. Whether Overwatch 1 with similar content will die, where is Blizzard’s further plans, new appearance, new plot, and many other details are still unclear, and it will not be so bad that “Overwatch 2 is over”.
Players who still expect to have fun in “Overwatch” will not be too bad about this test, but wait a little longer, “three years after three years”.
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