What`s the point of this sequel?
Overwatch 2 hit beta this past month, giving thousands of fans an opportunity to see how the game is shaping up thus far. Or at least, a very small slice of it.
Indeed, Overwatch 2, despite its sequential numbering, barely resembles anything that could be described as a `sequel` right now. So far, we have one new hero, Sojourn, some balance changes, a new game mode, and that`s about ... it?
Overwatch 2 as a retail entity should have a full-blown PvE mode to beef up the overall package, but the updates to PvP and multiplayer will be heading out to every version of the game in due course, making you wonder what the point of this sequel is in the first place. Couldn`t this have simply been an expansion pack of sorts? That`s what many commentators are asking right now, as Overwatch moves headfirst into an identity crisis.
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