One of the best a part of my time with the Overwatch 2 beta, by far, was rapidly hogging Sojourn on the hero choose display screen, after which continuing to press E to win each sport I acquired to play as her. A lot of the video games. Okay, solely a few of them. Like, 20% of them. However in all seriousness, Sojourn has rapidly confirmed to be a unbelievable, beginner-friendly addition to the DPS roster, and the massive headline right here is that Overwatch is enjoyable once more!
I’ll preface this by saying that I’m certainly not an Overwatch PvP knowledgeable. After falling off the sport when the triple tank meta got here round, I’ve stored up with its little adjustments right here and there, however by no means dived again in correctly till now. Overwatch 2’s huge character adjustments are so substantial that it feels just like the jolt again to life that the sport has actually wanted for a really very long time.
For starters, the choice to show Doomfist right into a tank is large. He by no means had a lot of a spot within the DPS roster, and was an extremely area of interest decide in each the informal and aggressive settings. I’m nonetheless not satisfied he’s going to be a fantastic tank as he doesn’t appear to have many defensive capabilities, however he advantages simply sufficient from the brand new tank passives and boosted HP to have the ability to create area for his group way more successfully.
Whereas Orisa had beforehand felt like a worse model of Reinhardt, her package has additionally modified considerably to make her way more offensive. Her protect is gone, which undoubtedly took some getting used to, and instead is a javelin that she will be able to both spin in her opponents’ faces to push them again and destroy them, or throw at a distant foe.
Orisa’s ability flooring has undoubtedly been raised with this package, however it was essential for Blizzard to actually differentiate her from the opposite protect tanks and provides her expertise and utility which are distinctive to her.
Different heroes have gotten small tweaks as properly, together with Winston who was my favourite tank hero and simply feels unhappy to play as now. And there’s Zarya, who’s been buffed barely with the flexibility to throw on two shields.
After which there’s Sojourn, who undoubtedly stands out as one of many higher beginner-friendly DPS heroes in Overwatch 2. I used to level at Soldier: 76 because the starter hero to take a look at if you happen to have been wanting into entering into the DPS function, however Sojourn may very properly take that spot. She nonetheless appears like a reasonably commonplace shooter character, however she has simply sufficient pizazz that provides her the sting over Soldier.
Her charged shot is more durable to land, however it offers a lot injury, and her E potential is an extremely annoying pressure discipline that slows her opponents down and ticks down their well being on the identical time. She additionally will get an superior floor slide, and you’ll propel her excessive up into the air if you happen to leap on the finish of the slide. Sojourn’s package is simply a lot extra enjoyable to mess around with than Soldier’s, and he or she very properly may turn into my go-to hero every time I have to fill the DPS function.
That’s to not say that Sojourn is damaged or unbalanced, as she will be able to nonetheless be countered pretty simply by extra cell characters like Tracer. Almost about counters, I additionally seen that with the adjustments made to every class of characters throughout the board, arduous counters in Overwatch 2 really feel loads much less prevalent than they have been within the first sport.
Reaper will nonetheless be capable to destroy shields if he will get into your backline, and Soldier or Cassidy will at all times be the most effective reply to a rocket-firing Pharah, however the heroes are undoubtedly on a extra stage enjoying discipline proper now. In fact, it’s nonetheless early days and it’s inevitable {that a} new meta will finally emerge as soon as everybody’s had extra time with the sport. However proper now, Overwatch 2 is in a fantastic spot.
I additionally acquired a glimpse at among the new maps and the brand new Push mode within the beta check. I wasn’t all that impressed with Push to be utterly trustworthy; it’s a enjoyable mode for positive, however each sport mode in Overwatch is enjoyable. It felt like a cute evolution of Escort, and look, I’ll at all times love that cute robotic that diligently pushes the payload when our group comes a-rolling.
The maps and Push aren’t something main or groundbreaking, however they don’t should be groundbreaking when the sport’s basis is already so strong; it’s simply extra Overwatch content material, which is at all times a fantastic factor I’ll by no means say no to.
Returning to the colourful, charming world of Overwatch felt wonderful. Regardless of feeling like the primary sport had run its course and utterly falling off the bandwagon after sinking lots of of hours into it, Overwatch is an unbelievable IP that I’ll by no means fairly let go of merely due to how well-realized its universe and characters are. The hero adjustments are nice, Sojourn is a complete badass, however it looks as if the most effective is but to return with Overwatch 2, and we’ll see if the IP manages to actually discover its footing once more as soon as we get to take a look at its PvE content material.
