Overwatch 2 remains a popular online multiplayer game with a large community, but Activision-Blizzard have had to fight tooth and nail against growing competition in the online multiplayer space and the mishandling of the IP. Speaking frankly in an interview with IGN, Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller has stated that he realises fans want more story related content and it is something that they have neglected with Overwatch 2. The original Overwatch had a lot of superbly animated shorts to please fans along with plenty of lore which seems to have been missing with the sequel’s release. Here’s what Keller said:
“One of the things that we hear our players talk about a lot, you see online… it feels like Overwatch has dropped the ball when it comes to story and lore,” Keller said in response to a question from McLeod. “You kinda see that. We used to put a few more of the big animated shorts out than we do nowadays.”
“To speak frankly about it, we did have a big plan to go after story in the game. That was the PvE side of it with the campaign and everything like that,” he added. “That didn’t work out. So, it was kind of a bit of a reset moment for us when that happened, and we would like to get back to it. I think one of the best parts of Overwatch is the universe and the characters that are there. That’s definitely a goal of ours to get back to it. There’s been a bit of a step backwards that we had to take in order for us to be able to start moving forward on it again.”
“I think for us to say that Overwatch 2 is firing on all cylinders, we need to have some of that come back,” Keller said.
Too little too late.
It’s comments like these that make companies not try to do better. Quit being petty when someone is trying to do better. (It’s probably one reason why JK Rowling has doubled down on her position. 🫤)
They need to listen to fans expectations and it’s feedback.
Oh my god that’s amazing news, I do hope this is going to happen