While I hate what Blizzard did, cancelling Overwatch 1 and re-releasing it as Overwatch 2 with the only significant changes being to make the monetization much, much, much worse, I am revising my negative review to positive because in the time since OW2 launched, I think it has started to redeem itself. It is nowhere near as good as Overwatch 1 was, but the worst of the horrifically poisonous changes have been reverted. The biggest one being the gigantic slap to the face of fair competition that was having to buy or unlock new heroes in the battle pass. That pay-to-win garbage has thankfully been taken out, and everyone has full access to the entire roster as is necessary for everyone to be on equal footing. Overwatch revolves around picks and counter picks, hero swaps in the middle of games, so having the new (and often overpowered on release) heroes locked behind a paywall or a month of grinding is unacceptable. It also seems like the battle passes have been including at least some of the premium currency in the free tier, so that you can at least earn half the cost of the battle pass just by completing it, meaning you only have to pay half price to unlock it ($5 per season). Still absolutely greedy and scummy compared to being able to earn loot boxes just by playing the game, but at least there is now a way to earn SOMETHING by just playing.

However, the main reason I wanted to change my review to positive is that I just absolutely love playing Overwatch. While I think Overwatch 1 was better, Overwatch 2 is still the best hero shooter out there and with some of the worst OW2 decisions being reverted, I've come back to playing this game regularly.

Also, this is one of the few mainstream multiplayer shooters that works great on the Steam Deck and on Linux PCs because it doesn't use some horribly invasive anti-cheat system. Please Blizzard keep it that way. I am happy to support you by picking up a battle pass every once in a while if it means the game stays supported on my platform of choice. OW2 works well on the Steam Deck and once you get the gyro aim set up, it's quite playable on the go. I've passed time in quite a few airports, waiting rooms, etc. playing this game.

Also, still waiting for PvE. That was the whole publicly-stated point of OW2. Please release PvE!

While I hate what Blizzard did, cancelling Overwatch 1 and re-releasing it as Overwatch 2 with the only significant changes being to make the monetization much, much, much worse, I am revising my negative review to positive because in the time since OW2 launched, I think it has started to redeem itself. It is nowhere near as good as Overwatch 1 was, but the worst of the horrifically poisonous changes have been reverted. The biggest one being the gigantic slap to the face of fair competition that was having to buy or unlock new heroes in the battle pass. That pay-to-win garbage has thankfully been taken out, and everyone has full access to the entire roster as is necessary for everyone to be on equal footing. Overwatch revolves around picks and counter picks, hero swaps in the middle of games, so having the new (and often overpowered on release) heroes locked behind a paywall or a month of grinding is unacceptable. It also seems like the battle passes have been including at least some of the premium currency in the free tier, so that you can at least earn half the cost of the battle pass just by completing it, meaning you only have to pay half price to unlock it ($5 per season). Still absolutely greedy and scummy compared to being able to earn loot boxes just by playing the game, but at least there is now a way to earn SOMETHING by just playing. However, the main reason I wanted to change my review to positive is that I just absolutely love playing Overwatch. While I think Overwatch 1 was better, Overwatch 2 is still the best hero shooter out there and with some of the worst OW2 decisions being reverted, I've come back to playing this game regularly. Also, this is one of the few mainstream multiplayer shooters that works great on the Steam Deck and on Linux PCs because it doesn't use some horribly invasive anti-cheat system. Please Blizzard keep it that way. I am happy to support you by picking up a battle pass every once in a while if it means the game stays supported on my platform of choice. OW2 works well on the Steam Deck and once you get the gyro aim set up, it's quite playable on the go. I've passed time in quite a few airports, waiting rooms, etc. playing this game. Also, still waiting for PvE. That was the whole publicly-stated point of OW2. Please release PvE!