Slicers are like really fast chickens coming at you. Players have to take it out before it blows up. It carries a huge bomb on its back and it marches to an objective and the bomb unfurls like a flower. The enemy units weren’t that interesting, and so the team went to work on enemies like Breached, which is a robot with two legs. Kaplan said that back in 2019, at the last BlizzCon where Overwatch 2 was introduced, the team felt that the combat wasn’t as engaging as it could be. You’ll add talents to heroes and guns so that they can do electrical damage or freeze enemies, and that will let you control the battlefield in novel ways, Humphreys said. You’ll also see a role-playing game (RPG) style leveling up for things like guns. And Blizzard has created dynamic weather, so a sandstorm or thunderstorm could show up in the middle of a battle, changing your visibility dramatically. Players play these missions and level up their heroes.Īs for environments, you’ll see things like sunsets, daytime, and nighttime versions of the same maps. They have names such as Kill Quest, Wall of Death, or Scavenger Hunt. Objectives will change the mission almost entirely. Production director Julia Humphreys said that on some of the missions, the co-op players will have to split up to grab canisters and deal single-handedly with some very difficult enemies that spawn in their way.
The co-op experience will have hundreds of Hero missions, where you follow a story and take on non-player enemies as you level up your hero. It’s not an extension of the original game. “We want Overwatch 2 to feel like the next evolution, a true sequel to the first game, not an add-on. “We are still exploring new game modes and reevaluating old game modes people are more critical of,” Kaplan said. It will feel “incredibly powerful,” the team said. Soldier 76’s weapon will feel like a “gun is almost out of your control,” as it shakes while you’re shooting it. Loot boxes will be purchasable with cash, a harmless business strategy I endorse. It’s a solid celebration to commemorate the amount of time you’ve spent in Overwatch’s world. Quick melee attacks will have different sounds as well - a sign that everything is being addressed in the game’s sounds. Every time players level up they receive a loot crate with a selection of cosmetic goodies: new skins, taunts, and sprays.