All posts tagged Overwatch

Overwatch 2: can’t even connect

 Martin · 2 years

I never expect online games to have a smooth launch, but I'm still disappointed when they don't. Especially when they are built on top of an already-function game, as is the case with Overwatch 2.

Yesterday at 11:58 AM, I logged in to try out the newly updated game. It placed me in a queue of people waiting to play, 30,000 long.

The queue moved relatively quickly, and after about 20 minutes, there were less than 1,000 people ahead of me. A few more minutes, and then the opening video played. I'd never sat through it before, so I figured I'd watch.

About 20 seconds into the video, the game kicked me back out to the queue screen - I'd been disconnected and needed to rejoin. Great! I jumped back into the queue, which was now 40,000 people long.

I got to around 20,000th place before I was met with a message telling me my game lost the connection to the server.

Only until around 8:30 PM that night was I able to get in and try a couple of matches. One shit-show where nobody worked together, and then a game that started pretty well - and then I got disconnected.

Frustrated, I closed the game and got back to my Assassin's Creed Valhalla game.

Now, today, I've tried to connect to Overwatch 2 multiple times, and each time I've been disconnected after a few minutes of waiting in the queue. Only just now (with no time to actually play!) is the queue slowly grinding down without a disconnect.

I didn't have super high hopes for Overwatch 2 - and I still don't. But I can't even play the damned thing.

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Overwatch 2 tech beta

 Martin · 2 years

A little late to get this out, but I played the Overwatch 2 tech beta while it was available and it's surprising how similar and different it feels all at once.

Obviously these are early days, and I'm sure we'll see a lot more changes come before the game officially launches, but it does seem like it could've just been an update to the original game.

I get why they're doing it that way - Overwatch has been out for year now, and patches don't bring new players in like a launch does. And despite how hasn't changed, the game does feel quite different with the various balance changes and new 5v5 format.

If Overwatch 2's launch isn't a great one though, I wonder how many players will stick around once it's out, since that will signal the coming end of support for the original game.

We shall see how it goes!

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