Overwatch 2’s PvE component just got nerfed hard

overwatch 2The next three seasons of content will include the arrival of PvE story missions, an all-new support hero, and a limited-time event called Questwatch. Blizzard announced on Tuesday, Story missions have been part of the game’s plans since 2019, when Blizzard announced overwatch 2But they’ll eventually arrive in a very different form than what was originally promised by the developer.

The game’s director Aaron Keller and executive producer Jared Neuss said during a Twitch stream that season 6 would include overwatch 2“The first major story-based event of […] With a new set of missions that will start a new story arc for Overwatch. News announced that the story-driven PvE content would not include the long-term power progression and hero-specific talent trees that Blizzard had originally promised, with Keller explaining that “a big one-time PvE release Instead of doing that, Blizzard plans to make co-op gameplay and experiences part of its ongoing live game roadmap. Some of those cooperative experiences will be canon to Overwatch’s story, while others will not, Keller said.

“Development on the PvE experience hasn’t really made the progress we’d hoped for,” Neuss explained. “The team created a bunch of amazing content, so there are awesome missions that are really exciting, brand-new enemies that are super fun to fight, and some really great and ridiculous hero talents. But unfortunately Blizzard -All the effort required to pull it all together into a quality experience that we can send you is immense and there really is no end in sight […] So we’re left with another difficult choice: do we continue to put all our effort into PvE in the hope that we can make it at some point in the future, or do we […] Pay attention to live games?

“With everything we’ve learned to operate this game at the level it deserves, it’s clear that we can’t deliver on that original vision for PvE that was shown in 2019. We will not deliver that dedicated hero. Mods with the talent tree, that long term power progression, those things aren’t in our plans right now.

Added Keller, “We want you to be able to experience this more often and with more variety than originally announced.”

Blizzard’s announcement will certainly come as a huge blow to Overwatch fans, who were captivated by the player progression and variety of hero talents Blizzard promised at BlizzOnline 2021. For now, it appears that players stuck with Overwatch will, as is tradition, receive story content in bits and pieces over the coming months and years.

Here’s a look at Blizzard’s current roadmap overwatch 2,

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Season 5

• Questwatch, a new limited time event mode
• prank and magic
• A cinematic reveal for an unspecified hero
• summer games 2023
• 5v5 Mini Competitive Season
• “On Fire” Returns
• maker workshop mode

season 6

• story mission
• new support hero
• flashpoint game mode
• mastery of the hero
• firing range
• Player Progression System
• overwatch anniversary 2023

season 7 and beyond

• new tank hero
• New Collaboration Event (Limited Time Mode)
• new control map
• new winter event
• Competitive Mystery Heroes Return
• roadhog and sombra works again
• Vidya Codex

Blizzard originally announced overwatch 2PvE component at BlizzCon 2019, when it unveiled the semi-sequel to the original overwatch, Earlier overwatch 2However, Blizzard’s launch “decoupled” the story-driven PvE portion of the game from its competitive multiplayer mode. since overwatch 2Launching in October 2022, Blizzard has released a handful of new PvE modes, including a Halloween-themed event, Halloween Terror 2022, and a new Starwatch mode, which mixes PvP and PvE elements.