Blizzard's Overwatch game in 2016 was a unique success and became a global phenomenon that attracted many players to it, and even culminated in the title of the game of the year 2016 despite the competition of many titles such as Uncharted 4.
But then the game was criticized by players who disliked some of the developer's decisions about the strength of the characters and the mode of support. Neighborhood.
The second part of the game was announced at the 2019 Blizzcon event, which brought with it many new features from the first part and some of them have been demanding by them for some time.
Add story mode and rich collaborative PVE content |
Perhaps the most prominent features in the second part is to focus on the elements of storytelling that did not exist in the first part only through short anime episodes are introduced periodically to introduce us to the heroes of the game, the tasks of the story in the second part will require the cooperation of four players, each controlled by a character of the game where it will be A limited number of characters are played by each map or stage, to face the army of robots Null Sector.
We will move these missions in different cities around the world to fight this danger and uncover the lies behind the attack of that army. The tasks of the story will kind of remind us of the seasonal events of the first part and the cooperation of the players with each other to accomplish certain tasks.
Tasks of reusable heroes |
Among the PVE collaborative content that will see players face up with many computer-controlled enemies are the Hero Mission missions, in which we work together to defend the Earth against Talon Soldiers' attack. According to the developer the possibility of re-play them more than once, where the types of enemies will be changed each time with changing scenarios and threat, forcing the player to change his strategy of fighting
Add customization and customization options to characters |
Apart from the first part, the next game will have RPG elements so that players can adjust to the heroes by advancing to the level and unlocking various customization options. We saw the gameplay offer the ability to upgrade Pulse Bomb Ultimate's Tracer capabilities by opening the Chain Reaction feature that causes the bomb to explode and hurt multiple enemies. Reinhardt's character can also do the ability to wave the hammer 360 degrees and hit her to the ground.
But here, the customization capabilities will be specific to PVE content and wear the competitive stages to ensure fair and equitable competition.
New Maps |
The developer confirmed that the second part will undoubtedly see the release of more maps of the game and has been announced three maps are Toronto, Gothenburg, and Monte Carlo so far, as well as we learned that the first mission of the story will take place in Rio de Janeiro, as the maps are designed with care to transfer features Flour.
The most beautiful graphics appearance with improved engine |
Nothing is more beautiful with a new part of a game coming from improvements to its graphics level, which is the first thing players will notice automatically before they look at any new features.
Game Overwatch 2 will get that graphic improvement by the developer updated the engine used to develop the first part, which allowed him to present the characters with a new look more beautiful and mature, and the world of the game will be more interactive, with more battlefields and visual effects more accurate and beautiful than the first part Beside improve the user interface and make it simpler. To give us a better idea of the improvement of the appearance of heroes, the developer published some pictures through this link showing the difference between the design of the characters between the first part and the second.
Engine enhancements are evident from the hair, styling, and movement, as the characters' new-look hair feels smoother and more realistic.
Add new competitive mode PUSH |
The events of this phase will take us to the city of Toronto, in which each team tries to bring a robot to the end of the map and the team that arrives first wins, but if it is time before any of them arrive what happens? Here the distance traveled will be calculated and the team that cuts the longest distance wins.
The maps in Push mode are designed to be full of dots at every angle that allow clashes to occur and also have a lot of subtitles and abbreviations.
More heroes are coming |
Overwatch players have often complained that the release of new heroes has been slow in the game and they need new characters. He is a robot who appeared in Overwatch's Blizzcon short film last year.
Borrow one of the features of the games Royal Battle |
Among the new elements to be added to our gameplay is the possibility of capturing a range of tools, gradient weapons, classification, and use. Each character can pick up a particular element that can change the way each character plays HP generators, grenades and armor, which give heroes real-time capabilities used during the stage, but these elements cannot be moved between tasks. This feature is similar to the pattern inside Battle Royale games.
These were the most important elements and changes that Blizzard will introduce to their game overwatch, but the most important news stated by the developer is the possibility that the owners of the first part enjoy the content of the development of the player against the player of the whole PVP for the second part, in the sense that they will get the same maps, phases and new heroes coming for the next part. Players of both parts will be able to play together in competitive phases, so you won't have to pay to buy the new part unless you're interested in collaborative PVE content.
Finally, we recall that Overwatch 2 is under development for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC and Switch, and so far there is no specific date to launch but it is believed that it will not see the light before the event Blizzcon 2020.