NEW BATTLE FIELDS
In Overwatch 2, players will visit even more famous areas in different parts of the globe, defending them against the attacks of the Null Sector. The Overwatch development team is eager to share the Rome-based battlefield with the romantic architecture of the ancient world and famous landmarks such as the Colosseum and the Seven Hills of the Eternal City, naturally blended with Overwatch-style futuristic elements. In addition, we showed the Art Deco city of New York as it appears in Overwatch 2. This battleground combines high-tech play style with the shops, fire stations and family pizzerias that are familiar to the city's residents.
Screenshot showing the Grand Grand Central Station on the New York map in Overwatch 2.
PVP ROLE CHANGES
In Overwatch 2, the familiar PvP modes will undergo significant changes with new battlegrounds, redesigned character roles and updated mechanics that breathe new life into in-game battles. One of the changes under consideration is the passive abilities inherent in heroes depending on their role. Passive abilities are different: tank heroes are less susceptible to knockback effects and charge opponents' superpowers less when they shoot at them, fighters receive a bonus to movement speed to better sneak behind enemy lines, and support heroes can heal automatically if they do not receive damage. Also, the developers want to change the parameters of the tanks to make these defenders of the team more versatile and allow them to take an active part in dangerous skirmishes. For example, Reinhardt can gain a second charge of Flame Strike, as well as the ability to change direction during Dash, or cancel this ability. The listed changes are not final and may appear in the game in a modified form or not appear in it at all.
The development team is also working hard on changes that will make the battles in the game even more exciting and intense. Sound and visual effects, game mechanics and other aspects of skirmishes have been carefully reworked and improved so that even simple melee attacks are perceived as meaningful and immersive. One of the game's standout new features was the convolutional reverb system, which allowed developers to simulate the acoustics of a digital space and accurately convey sounds in the game. Wherever players are - in an open area, in a city, in a closed warehouse or in a narrow tunnel - the sounds of their shots will be heard in accordance with the surrounding space, creating an accurate picture of the battle and immersing the players in its atmosphere.
An animated gif of Reinhardt using Fire Strike twice in rapid succession.
CHALLENGES FOR HEROES
Since we showed Overwatch 2 at BlizzCon 2019, the team has done a great job adding new mechanics, improved opponents and a progression system to the Hero Missions that allows you to develop your heroes in different ways. Hero Missions is a new mode that builds on the co-op PvE modes that have already appeared in Overwatch during Seasonal Events. The task turned out to be incredibly large-scale, because in order to make such a mode truly interesting, tasks should be verylot. From the very beginning of development, the goal of the team was to create as many such tasks as possible so that players could participate in hundreds of operations around the world, playing as their favorite characters. Quests will demonstrate the character of the characters and reveal some of the details of their history. They offer players battles with different types of opponents, new challenges, new areas that complement existing battlegrounds, and dynamic environments that make the world of Overwatch truly spectacular.
The gameplay in the first version of the game, shown at BlizzCon 2019, did not seem to the developers fun enough. Since then, they have made the operations more dynamic, added many new opponents and updated the hero progress system. Players will have to face new and more formidable omniks from the "Null Sector", which have been significantly improved over the past year. Unique and elite enemy units, a convenient combat system and a variety of missions will not let players relax, suppressing the actions of the "Null Sector" around the world. New for players will be an improved system of hero progress, which will provide them with a whole arsenal of different talents to fight enemy omnics. Break the rules of the game, experiment with combinations of abilities, like in an RPG,
An image of Junkrat's talent tree in Overwatch 2.
NEW DESIGN OF HEROES
In Overwatch 2, each hero will receive a new look that will reflect the events that happened to him, while retaining the key features. The team has shared new designs for four popular heroes. McCree kept his cowboy hat, swapped out his red Mexican cape for more tech clothes, and grew a beard that made him look a little older. Farrah has donned new armor with a transparent visor, whose colors are reminiscent of the blue and white uniforms of the old Ove
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