Overwatch 2 One Year Later: A Top 500 Player's Honest Review

Is the game as bad as the community makes it out to be? What was a hit, what was a miss, and what could be better? As a veteran player of the original Overwatch, a long-time competitive enthusiast, a full-time content creator, and just a dude who loves gaming, I hope this video might give you guys a unique perspective on the past year.
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Intro: (0:00)
Story Missions: (0:15)
PvP: (2:08)
Prices: (4:24)
6v6 vs 5v5: (7:12)
Balance: (8:58)
Ranked: (11:01)
Final Thoughts: (12:26)

[@mik0z474]

The problem is not that story mode cost money, its more of the story mode ISNT worth the money

[@yeatle]

not wrong.

[@Davemyguy]

I genuinely only really bought it for the skins

[@sonicrunn3r895]

I feel like if the campaign was done like “full priced release dropping all in one go with the talent trees and extra content”, no one would have a single issue with dropping $50-60. But $15 for 3 missions and padded with a whole chunk of “extras” is embarrassing

[@az_street_walker4181]

It’s both

[@michaelb9537]

Haven’t seen any players in any of the mission modes. Queue takes forever trying to find someone and unlike other modes no access to “while you wait” play. No variations like the weekly ones in the free mission.

[@deamon330]

I still just think there’s no reason for the card system to not be optional. Like they implemented it so that some players wouldn’t get ranked anxiety so why force that on everyone instead of only the people it’s supposed to help?

[@AndreFerreira-hb3ow]

Never thought of that, it'd be a good idea. I really dislike the cards and the numbers going up and down never bothered me anyway

[@hyperbola0]

It's almost certainly an engagement thing. "alright I'm at 4-2 and am pretty tired but i'll push through one more win for that rank up", then you play and play 2 games to get your cards finished. ... or you're like me and go 1-10, drop 4 divisions and uninstall for the week :3 I think if they're smart they'd make it basically like placements used to be. five games played (win, lose or draw) and your rank updates. The whole system is clearly designed to convince players to engage more with the game and I can't see them completely abandoning it to go back to the SR system. the current system has a lot of players go like 2-5 and then not want to play because they know they'll derank.

[@masift1494]

The issue is they tried to make a a competitive gamemode appeal to people who aren't into competitive games.

[@knyt0]

certainly doesn't help with ranked anxiety considering I go months without playing comp

[@MusashiW-ec2yn]

yeah but the ranking system is broken, and the fact all players get grouped instead of new players getting their own thing until their rank gets stable. because you'll have people constantly in wrong ranks due to how bad and insane the ranking is for new accounts. smurfing, cheating and spamming alt accounts to zoom randomly to higher rank is bad ranking que grouping design.

[@TheGameware]

My big issue is the fact they essentially stole our money. We paid for permanent access to all heros current and future when we bought OW1, and now I have to pay instead.

[@riku4805]

Oh get over it

[@TheGameware]

@@riku4805 I did, I just stopped playing since they can't give us what they promised. I still find it unreasonable though.

[@slei4676]

But the value we got in terms of content updates throughout the years was way beyond what we had to pay. We basically got a 60$ game (or even 3 times less if you got the game years later like me) with content of multiple games. Remember that we could unlock pretty much every skin and item by simply playing the game back then. In terms of content to price ratio we had it really cheap I'd say

[@TheGameware]

@@slei4676 I'd argue differently, simply because it did cost $40 anyway and for that kind of price I don't expect the servers to be shut down and denied access to the new heroes after like 6 years of gameplay. Back then, yes it was amazing, we got great value for our money and we could unlock cosmetics through playing, but as an OG overwatch player my issue is that now we have to pay for literally almost all cosmetics and we can't even get the new hero for free without grinding a ridiculous amount of levels on the battlepass, which is really unfair since it's likely that on release, those who bought the battlepass can play the hero whilst they're broken and an essential pick in every match, and then once F2P players or people who formerly bought it finally level to level 65 or whatever, we get to play the nerfed version that sucks ass. If they'd kept giving us P2P players the new heros every release, at least for another few years, like they did with kiriko i'd have been able to get over the cosmetics cause whilst it does take some fun away it doesn't ruin the game. But making content available sooner behind a paywall is literally the definition of P2W and I hate to see one of my former fav games get ruined by greedy devs.

[@vulf3244]

​@@riku4805 ''oh get over it and keep consooming the garbage that they've put behind a paywal or tedious challenges. CONSOOOOOM'' .Stfu

[@PimpingWolfwood]

My main beef with 5v5 is that removing a tank makes the line of scrimmage become a point of scrimmage instead. It makes access to backlines much cheaper, meaning supports must be more powerful, either with damage or escape tools. That can be a lot of fun if you play support, but it's decidedly less fun for the other roles.

[@daddykarlach]

A lot of negative changes to the game have been centered around making things easier for already spoiled DPS players so Support players never feel bad when it's their turn to ruin the game. I'm not defending that or claiming that toxicity justifies more toxicity, it's just a cycle that Blizzard enforces by balancing around cheese heroes and only listening to one tricks all the time. Their philosophy that it always has to be ez for a basement dwelling autist to win by trolling has been a problem for most Blizzard games.

[@loganmorris2793]

I agree as a support player in lower ranks its just straight up asking too much of your tank to peel for you

[@GetShrekd]

its almost like 5v5 was a horrible idea

[@user-sg2es3jo6i]

holy shit that actually makes A LOT of sense

[@AaronBowley]

tank synergy was what made overwatch 1 a great game. 5v5 killed it all

[@Scorpio9809]

The skins part I have to disagree with, just because everyone else has shitty pricing doesn't make OW2s prices acceptable. I'm not paying the price of some games for a skin I hardly see.

[@MsElViktor]

he just made a comparison. Like "Other games have similar prices and have done it way longer than OW2 and nobody/fewer people complain about it, but when OW does it everyone grabbed their torchs". And its captalism, cheaper skins may sell more, but the profit in return will be lower. Less money the game generates, less content and more employees receiving less for how much they work. It's the classic,: if you can't beat them, join them

[@hondsdollekat]

Exactly, I play Apex and those skins are laugably expensive (and usually not of great quality). So just because Apex has outrageous prices doesn't mean it's okay

[@josewolf9884]

​@@MsElViktorexcept that we already had a system that allowed you get skins or grind them by playing enough in Overwatch 1. In OW2 you need to grind and save for more than 8 months to get a single 1900 coins legendary skin and it's even worse for those that are in the weekly rotation on the shop. Even if someone were to argue that its a free to play game that doesn't exclude them that the legendary edition of OW1 had the equivalent price of 3 OW2 skins.

[@real1mem3s]

This dimwit also said Fortnite has bad non-collab skins. Loses all credibility there.

[@linusgustafsson2629]

F2P is a stupid concept to begin with. Skins should not be locked behind paywalls. Instead it should be things that make your life better. For example you could be paying for extra ignore player slots. So your playing gets more fun as you ban more players that bother you. And all it costs you is more money to have a better time. You could also sell queue priority tickets, so you get a game faster if you pay. There are many possibilities that won't interefere with people's game content, but only with their experience.

[@ciachanibebeni733]

That has to be the weirdest video conclusion I've ever seen.. "If we forget everything bad it's good"

[@ArcadianWaheela]

Kinda what I expected by someone who’s huffed so much copium they’re still playing to be a top 500 player in this game of all games.

[@floatytoasty]

@@ArcadianWaheela TBF when you're so used to Blizzard/Overwatch cucking you out of near everything you start to get used to it, its like a stockholm syndrome lol

[@cyrix2891]

He's just saying despite its flaws (which all games have) it's still good and fun

[@SuperM789]

@@cyrix2891 lol. lmao, even

[@verguco6051]

is a youtuber, needs to shill for overwatch

[@ScubaSteve1738]

Being able to watch T500 vods of same maps and hero’s might be the best idea for improvement I’ve ever heard.

[@syntrocityplays]

You heard of KZbin yet?

[@thwomp1542]

The problem with 5v5 is that the game isn't meant to be 5v5. Every single hero was designed with multiple tanks coming at you in mind. I would 100% have enjoyed 5v5 more if every hero was rebalanced, but they haven't reworked most of the characters, and the ones they ARE reworking are taking FOREVER. They just keep pushing back the rework date for some odd reason.

[@rodrigos7070]

Heroes werent designed for 6v6. They were designed to be cool and fun. Hell, we even had an attack and defense roll with dps. However, I understand some heroes need to be tuned down for the new system

[@RubiZeFerret]

I agree with this to an extent, I personally think that 6v6 is just more casual due to how it's inherently more chaotic, yet if the game is practically completely reworked around 5v5 it would be much better than it is now.

[@sqoo5]

​@@rodrigos7070then you could also argue they aren't currently designed for 5v5 either

[@sino_diogenes]

I don't think every hero needs a rework, but definitely a lot of them do. Any non-tank who gets disproportionate value out of shooting tanks (Reaper and Ana come to mind) should be looked at for a rework. To be fair, I think the reworks they've done thus far (Sombra, Hog, and Ball) have been steps in the right direction.

[@Oaky]

$40 SKIN LOL

[@crossdaboss8914]

If push got weaatherchanges mid match could be interesting Maybe on on the Toronto they could make the omnic ships do orbital drops on the point or heck imagine the losing team getting AI help once quickspawn is capped just is worth expermenting with even if its only arcade

[@yeatle]

I would love to see more weather effects (as long as it doesn't cost too many frames)

[@fat2slow]

I've always thought Push could use Power-up Packs around the Maps. Since the Maps are even say your down and need to push bot on the next rotation to get lead you might have your soldier or tank go grab a Power-up to help with the fight.

[@rez9386]

this is story mode now lol

[@Chigi42]

@@yeatle it could be a toggleable thing in the settings, like: Weather: Very low, low, medium, high, very high, ultra It could auto be on low so new players no it exists, and if they have a bad PC they're used to looking in settings to optimise and save every frame they can. And the players with strong players auto set it to a higher setting with a specs toggle

[@tonyth9240]

Even if OW 2 is decent, not bad, acceptable, almost good or whatever, it doesn't really matter. OW1 was good, and OW2 is not as good. They downgraded the game, and increased monetisation. And thus I don't play it anymore.

[@baldassnibba3764]

My favourite addition to Overwatch 2 were the weapon inspects. Oh wait ...

[@khonekt]

At this point, why not have both 5v5 and 6v6? Not like it would really hurt the player base lol

[@FungusMungus26]

they already struggle with balance

[@caoilte8097]

The devs are stubborn and egocentric

[@FungusMungus26]

@@caoilte8097 dont blame the devs, they are a very passionate and hard working bunch.

[@caoilte8097]

@@FungusMungus26 yeah I would agree with that but I think sometimes they don’t listen to community input since it goes against their vision for the game

[@FungusMungus26]

@@caoilte8097 pretty sure many of the dev team pitch ideas with examples of prominent community members asking for those ideas- but many get turned down by higher ups. Also I recall someone talking about how consoles need to approve every update to overwatch.

[@kingvirmire5935]

The game was better with 6 v 6

[@michaelc7418]

7:13 - There are various reasons why your 6v6 vs 5v5 points are flawed. I will debunk each of your reasons supporting 5v5: (1) Less players per game equals more games, but you also need more games to fit the same amount of players, so no real advantage here. There are many tank players that have quit playing tank or play tank much less because of 5v5, the devs stopped updating OW1 while working on OW2, and there was 8 tanks, 17 damage, and 7 supports at the end of OW1 (meaning it's more likely a player will find a hero they like in the Damage role more than the other 2 roles, which is why DPS queues were the highest). They needed to focus on improving the tank experience in 6v6 by removing lots of CC like they did for OW2. Also, adding only tank & support heroes to catch up to the number of DPS heroes helps balance queue times per role. (2) There is less for new players to keep track of in 5v5, but in 6v6 they have more time to react to what is going on because of the 2nd tank. 5v5 simplifying things only reduces replayability. (3) Spectating games does not become easier because plays happen significantly faster in 5v5 than in 6v6, so it can be hard to see what happened. (4) Balance does not become easier, because having 1 tank vs 1 tank causes rock-paper-scissor 1-sided match-ups much more often, and balancing all tank match-ups to feel fair is basically impossible to pull off. Tank synergies are no different than DPS or Support synergies; there are good and bad pairs for each role.

[@sino_diogenes]

your point (1) is misunderstanding what yeatle is saying - fewer players means more games total, as you said, but that's exactly the point. Fitting the same number of players into smaller teams gives you more possible combinations of players - remember that the matchmaker has to find a match with 2 DPS, 2 supports, and 1/2 tanks. I'm not convinced this effect is all that significant going from 6 to 5, but it's possible. The bigger reason why 5v5 would improve queue times is because of the low tank playerbase.

[@Eddricc]

I was talking about the game with other friends and why we did not play anymore, so is very refreshing to see an honest review being fair to "all sides" of this complex coin. Thanks Yeatle you always have been my favourite OW KZbinr/streamer even if I do not play th game anymore.

[@iamthemintman448]

5v5 completely killed this game for me. I played non-competitively and loved it. With 5v5 positioning, flanking, the pace of play... it all feels different in a way that supports hyper competitive play and ruins casual play. I'm curious about different ways to play and wish they'd add it to custom games options. Like bringing back 6v6 or even 8v8 as a casual game type. Or 5v5 with 1T 1H 3dps. Thank for the video haven't played ow2 since early this year.

[@APR4JC]

i forgot to add this to the post i posted on this page. but yea, 5v5? why? just why? new heroes all have a stun ability, why? just why? mei needs to rmb 10 seconds on 1 enemy in order to be frozen, why? just why? sombra only hacks for 1 second but it takes 3 to 4 seconds for sombra can hack again, why? just why? bro. this game is super trash. also, blizzard just continues to release unbalanced heroes instead of balancing unbalanced existing heroes. why? just why? and then the guy from this video dares to call ow2 a great game regardless. yea i stopped watching after 12 seconds. when someone calls 1 of the worst games ever, a great game, his video should not be watched any further.

[@iamthemintman448]

@@APR4JC I'm not sure I understand or agree with that, it certainly isn't the worst game ever. However it is a disappointment in comparison with ow1. I think the decisions made for ow2 are informed by an effort to make the game more competitive. Which can be cool for people in the top 500 like Yeatle. But as a casual, an individual who is looking for a fun game not a competitive one, it is a massive step in the wrong direction for my overwatch. It's not made for me anymore and that's okay.

[@DanielAnderssson]

Why play OW2 casually lol. It’s designed to be a fun team comp game

[@mikew2640]

Quite possibly the best (and funniest) OW2 video I've ever watched and I've seen a lot of them. I don't agree with everything, but I agree with most and your presentation is A+. Your gameplay is also A+. You, sir, have a new fan~!

[@joshrobinett249]

I uninstalled Overwatch this week for the first time ever. Not saying I won't come back eventually, but especially as a tank main I feel like I just got out of an abusive relationship. I will always wonder what 6v6 role queue with actual live service support would've looked like, because I agree that sups/dmg play better overall in OW2, but at great expense of tanks. Its clear to me now that the problematic tanks will be put on ice for waaaaay too long, and will never be balanced. Hog is my least favorite tank, but they just iced him for 9 months. Ball was a decent pick for 2 WEEKS. There's no game quite like Overwatch, so I might return if they manage to right the ship. But I'm all out of hopium, and there's plenty of other ways to spend my time.

[@craigwolfe249]

Mirror match comp sounds awesome,I really loved when they done hero bans in comp, really had to make you think about team compositions.

[@Randomness662]

THANK YOU for being one of the only OW content creators to demand a movie/series! This is what Overwatch needs. I don't care about PvE, even if it did turn out how they promised. I want to sit down and watch a full length movie or series on the big screen in Overwatch cinematic glory.

[@rayvintankerson6818]

what makes u think hes the only one lmao

[@Randomness662]

@@rayvintankerson6818 Everyone wants it, but no one actually says it. Most OW players would rather complain about what we got rather than ask for what we want

[@Geoff-mr3lm]

I got into the game from the cinematic. Same with league of legends and arcane. A animated series would be so fire

[@mito._]

The last few cinematics are terrible story-wise. There's no story, just the idea of one. With incomplete lore to suggest there's more, without there actually being any. Compare Overwatch to Arcane. Sure, the potential is there - but no one at Blizzard is up to the task.

[@linusgustafsson2629]

I think few cared about PvE. What people wanted was custimization like in Diablo 2, and they knew that it wouldn't be balanced so it would be a sacrifice to do PvE instead of broken PvP.

[@yum-in3vp]

your videos are just way too good, its scary

[@MadeBoundLess]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention new heroes being locked behind the battle pass. That’s a huge issue regarding overwatch 2

[@j.alberg]

Another solid video, Yeatle!

[@wizardcowboyninja]

i like how there’s so many good ideas players have, and blizzard just goes in the opposite direction and doesn’t LISTEN TO THEIR PLAYERS

[@bankairocks93]

I've been really enjoying these videos you've been putting out, man. Editor yeatle gets to flex and provides us with good content. The length of the vids have been phenomenal, and just some really solid points about every aspect of the game. I'm sure there are a lot of players here from OW1 and it's easy to understand exactly what he's saying. Hit up the DMs, Blizzard! 😭

[@SirBeard_]

Amazing takes all around!

[@Youknowmikekhan]

I really like your mirror comp idea

[@whatisthis9951]

It's refreshing to see a more balanced take about the state of the game. There are too many people bandwagoning with the hate mobs.

[@rayvintankerson6818]

some of it is def deserved g.

[@Htiy]

@@rayvintankerson6818some is. Some isnt. But anyone who says the state of the game was better in s36 of ow1 is hard coping

[@its_lucky252]

but you can't unironically say you have fun every time you play

[@ProdLucio]

the hate is deserved bro its not a bandwagon the game is trash💀

[@SecretlyStarscream]

​@@its_lucky252never could, even back in 2018. But I'm having fun far more often now.

[@MrVidification]

Overwatch with rip off extras. Supporting this game will encourage more developers to make similar 'free' games loaded with rip off transactions. Once the game is no longer supported you'll be wondering how much you would have saved in total if you never bought any dlc or extras (and how many more games you could now have)

[@serenity963]

Whenever Yeatle decides to create something on KZbin, it turns out to be so good, cohesive and it resonates quite deeply. I think you produce amazing content and I really appreciate you and your content. Just wanted to say Thank you.

[@NexusSpacey]

Im pretty sure I disagree with at least 70% of talking points in the video. But then again, I'm not getting paid to slugg off its creators

[@gamerz64xd]

There are AAA games that go on discount for $15 or less and they have like 20+ hour long stories. Why should anyone spend $15 for 1 and a half hours of gameplay?

[@kawszen]

yeatle i hope you know youre my top favorite OW teacher back in ow1 i used to always watch your play through while teaching , my favorite that really made me better was back when i mained DVA i watched your tutorial on how to really play her 24/7

[@FreeBananaCo]

surprised there was no mention of heros in the battlepass bc that beats even the dumb little trinkets for me as the worst addition

[@beauty_and_boudoir]

Going to 5V5 does not decrease the wait time for games. Decreasing the spots on teams by 1 spot, increases the wait time for players. The only reason why wait times are short now is because the player count has diminished significantly. Look at the steam user stats online over a period of time, it's a falling knife.

[@Sizzyl]

lots of people I know hate flashpoint, but I agree that hardpoint is the most fun I've had with OW for years, only bad part is the spawns being unbalanced

[@Nitrao_]

100% agreed. Great video man!

[@pedrocavalcante4939]

DUDE the "filtering VODs from Top 500 heroes to watch" idea is awesome!

[@m-vip-6997]

OMG Yeatle that's a really great video very solied point and makes so much sense

[@nietbarkie1380]

Yeatle i really enjoy the way you making content now, just oldschool rolling some gameplay and talking about issues in OW2 pls keep making them

[@dolloptrollop]

as a lower rank player i actually like the ranked system bc it's simpler and cleaner, to me micro variation within gold or plat is not that important, but i definitely agree with eskay that granularity is best for the very top players. i also strongly agree that story missions are a waste of dev resources

[@bambampewpew32]

Nah it's better for everyone lmao it's just more rewarding

[@mantisgaming]

I can't believe it's been a year. With the amount of issues that it's had, you'd think ow2 was still new

[@effectopus]

love overwatch ! nice video !

[@brandonlower65]

"if we forget the game is terrible, it's actually pretty good really"

[@daddykipperflipper4600]

Exactly haha, dude gave us a 1 minute long complaint before saying “it’s free so therefore it’s good” LIKE BRO I SPENT $60 DOLLARS ON THIS SHI WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY BUTCHERED THE GAME

[@MekeelWit]

PVE's issue was that it was way too ambitious. Why didn't they just keep the 6 skills per hero that you can choose or smt similar instead of giving a non special regular pve event.

[@driftingbout297]

it's not even that to us player they worked on it for 3 years they kept us in the dark for 4 years saying that yeah it coming but it never did they lied to the playerbase

[@driftingbout297]

if I was in a relationship with you for 10 years and 3 years into our relationship I cheated on u and u never found out intill the lady or man I cheated on u with told u. you would be pissed that 10 years that we spent together believing that we had something truthful and loyal relationship was all false just because 3 years of ot was real doesnt lower the 7 years that it wasnt in fact it only raises it. it not that our relationship was ambitious I think everything needs a bit of ambitious to succeed but when u waste the time and trust of your lover/viewers then yeah ..

[@kristofertyler8229]

Just because a game sells skins at, or around the same price as other overly greedy companies, does not make the prices fair or reasonable.

[@jellychewing]

yet another banger vid

[@schuug]

Really good video, yeatle! Lots of good points and I pretty much agree on all of it. I love all of the new heroes, especially Sojourn (unpopular opinion, i know lol)

[@Everl997]

The doom at the end had me wheezing

[@somenerdpng]

It’s been a year of overwatch 2? Bro it feels like 5-6 months wtf

[@davidreber7816]

I vouch for Top 500 replays, I have wanted this for so long and can't understand why it isn't already in the game.

[@TheFp333]

"Best skins in the fps genre" "Best looking maps in the fps genre" bro come on. Is the "honest review" title a joke? This is the most biased thing I've ever seen.

[@onlyfacts4999]

Souvenirs should be things that you can send to your opponent's base so they can see it when they respawn.

[@lazygamer4746]

I miss unlocking things by just playing the game. I have 50 to 60 things unlocked for each Overwatch 1 hero, all from random loot boxes. I'll never unlock anything for the Overwatch 2 heroes unless I buy a battlepass

[@PyroInferno110]

I like how u try to talk very positive about the game in the end, that level of copium was insane

[@GetShrekd]

ikr?

[@Ahmedeus]

While I agree with alot of what you are saying, I hate to say I think the pricing on the skins is a little outrageous. I know games like fortnite are similar but not only does fortnite give you in game currency via battle pass, it also shows you the model constantly. With there being soo many characters and only seeing the first person model of the skins, it's not a great value proposition

[@adammk8473]

the difference between fortnite skins and apex/ overwatch skins is that in fortnite not only can you actually see the skin at all times, you also dont need a skin for each hero and you can use it all the time.

[@jeagerist4072]

THATS WHAT IM SAYING THESE MF’S DUMPING WHOLE PAYCHECKS ON ONE APEX CHARACTER. Imagine how good Apex would be if Respawn didn’t succeed off melee skins and instead making the game bigger like fortnite. Now the game is stale asf.

[@hyperbudyeet1631]

okay but that stall at the end has me cackling

[@blackbird351]

9:57 I think it's been made pretty explicit by the Overwatch team that their balance philosophy boils down to "If everything is OP, then nothing is". They've largely succeeded (or at least, they have done at certain points) in making a game where most every character feels viable. The problem is, in those game states, all those characters are also ridiculously strong, meaning the game becomes less about nuanced play towards trying to make coordinated kills, and more about frantic solo performances - to the point where I wouldn't be surprised if every Adderall vendor in the country were pouring subsidies into Activision Blizzard.

[@Pango1028]

Great video and probably the cleanest most concise summary of Overwatch 2. I’ve watched all the major streamers one year review and this is the best and it’s not close. Also loved listening to your takes on SVB podcast. Listen to this man Blizz!

[@bankairocks93]

Oh, fuck! I knew I remembered that he was going to on. The only way I’ll listen to an OW pod, is if yeatle went on. I think I’ve seen a few clips from SVB’s pod on Twitter when a major topic or streamer combo was on. Definitely checking that ep out now, thank you!

[@TheStefonio]

9:12 Blizzard did try this back in the day, but they went around it wrong. They blacklisted a couple specific heroes in each role, then left it to sit for 2 weeks. If each game was like the duel arcade mode where the hero pool changes each time randomly, that would thrive.

[@zero13z34]

The seasonal model is the best addition for sure. Seasons in OW1 meant almost nothing. Now is everything I wanted every 2-3 months

[@rathelegend8606]

Great video and sums up the state of overwatch pretty well. Does it have issues? Yes, but is still a great game that is now getting consistant updates and fun to play for the mosy part. My biggest issue is the ranking system, nobody asked for it to change from ow1. I may havr liked it at first because it felt easier to rank up (which may have been because of the influx of new players) even when barely winning over 50% of my games, but now it feels like I have to win every single game just to have a chance to rank up and if I happen to have a losing record the derank feel way more punishing. At the beginning of season 6 my first card I went 5-0 and went down 2 ranks and I havent played comp since and will probably only play casually until it is changed, which mames me a little mad because I love overwatch and the competitiveness, but right now the is not much incentive to play ranked.

[@floridabeast]

yea great game at being a failure

[@trashboat5673]

They should make the souvenirs objects u can place, similar to sprays

[@masift1494]

That's such a good idea, that would make them so much better

[@user-et3xn2jm1u]

Or, make them giblets that drop off your elims. Or deaths. Something.

[@warley8413]

Yeah... but we're still waiting for the weapon inspect animations we saw in the first OW2 trailer and for the crocos on Suravasa

[@tazumajz2940]

Agree on most things except the meta changing every month. It was soujorn with a mercy pocket: The game for 3 seasons before she was toned down enough. Now its a different tank meta every balance patch. Thats not variety, that's making things broken and nerfing it over and over again. (Ram and Queen being busted as an example)

[@jalendixon5894]

Dude i hate 5v5 and theres no chance ill be convinced. They took an entire level of depth from the game and deleted my role from under me.

[@tyrantla7120]

My favorite thing was playing dual tank with my wife. Man I want 6v6 back.

[@HashbrownsForAll]

I love playing with your wife too@@tyrantla7120

[@Goo_negs]

As a tank main I understand but 4 tanks in 1 game is to much especially the double shield meta which was unbearable

[@tyrantla7120]

@@Goo_negs sure, but there was an easy fix. Just great an off class with no barriers.

[@crossdaboss8914]

​@Goo_negs double shield could have been fixed issue was the team was busy with ow2 when double shield became the meta also the second tank usually wasn't the problem it was the supports Only real valid argument is que times 5v5 is way way better

[@Darrakkii]

they should add a second robot to push, the robots would face away from each other at the center of the map and each team can only move their robot. your robot will only move if theres more teammates on it then the enemies robot has enemy players. this way you dont have to wait for the robot to run all the way around to start pushing it as a faster hero can get to your teams robot and start moving it or getting a few kills will allow your robot to start being moved and will force the enemies to retreat harder.

[@Darrakkii]

also the tie would go the team that got their higher number player on the robot first, realized this might be a problem, also just allow players to swap which spawn they want to go to once they unlock the halfway point.

[@spacedoubt15]

Gee that sounds a lot like Payload Race from Team Fortress 2.

[@Darrakkii]

@@spacedoubt15Honestly ive never played or even seen TF2 besides the cut scene memes, it just seems like such an obvious improvement lmao😂

[@moezbadboy]

@@Darrakkii for reference payload race is considered a joke in TF2 and only played by casuals or trolls

[@daixing]

What’s the best addition to overwatch 2? When the devs slowly start implementing things that were already in Overwatch 1. Blizzard tried to recreate a new game for example diablo 4, when they learned so much from D3, but when D4 was shipped it lacked so much QoL things in it. OW2 is no different when it comes to removing systems that actually worked in OW1.

[@dillonbooker7222]

i loooove the idea of a mirror match mode

[@geraldwhite2676]

I'll have to disagree with you with the 5v5. The game was better with 6v6. My rating: 6/6

[@jerrybarbados5995]

Great video with a bunch of solid points. The hero mirror mode you mentioned was particularly interesting. I always wonder what a hero draft mode with no hero swapping could be like for for overwatch, where both teams can draft a team comp where you cant mirror picks. (Similar to LOL) anyways keep up the good work!

[@anilogo682]

*Rework "Stay as Team" into a dating app* In overwatch 2 the button stays visible for like 2 seconds max no wonder we're depressed and lonely. Instead, it should let you vote for teammates that you would stay with, and then it should automatically group together whoever swiped each other.

[@CrosswaIk]

What you just described at the end already existed as a balance fix. It's called Overwatch 1.0 when both teams were able to pick mirror matches and it was 6v6... almost like the game was designed to work that way 😂

[@funwalkthroughs1285]

Whatever happened to the weapon inspect animations

[@APR4JC]

didnt you hear? you gotta PAY blizzard if you want that now. (this is a joke and a clear jab at how they are running things, seriously dont hope they will actually make this a thing)

[@douan6363]

Not to mention that, yes it is behind a 15 dollar payment wall. But it is not like that worldwide. For me it is around 1300 currency, which as a student is my monthly food money. It translates into 32 dollars. Also about the skin issue you brought up, average skin is around 1/3 of a rent here. But I somehow get good skins with credits and blizzard throws amazon prime (0.3 dollars here lol) stuff and I get pretty good dealsç

[@efemji]

huh, the replay system you talked about (around 12:10) is actually interesting.

[@botanstar879]

love the old school runescape music

[@krakkemutmakmut1085]

bring back 6v6

[@ofirmedini6561]

The speacte browser idea was so good

[@sauceleft7895]

Bro you gotta make more youtube videos. They are always so good and refreshing.

[@Trell7741]

Bro it’s over

[@yeatle]

it's so over

[@vopcracker3193]

​@@yeatleit took three months for 5v5 to break your spirit, I won't be whole until you admit on this channel that 6v6 was better. You know it and the community deserves better than cheap positivity at its lowest point since PVE got killed.

[@PlainAndSimpL]

for the average casual player i think it’s practically impossible to enjoy playing flashpoint

[@randomguy-yl2ml]

I think that adding 6v6 as a seperate gamemode would be neat, but in the main game mode i would just like for them to nerf all incoming healing, i think most self heals are fair and straight but support healing is too strong, that is the same for the damage but not quite as much

[@TheEmDog10]

Bro i remember 6v6 being so chaotic

[@WindLizard]

I think this is definitely a hot take given all the drama about the game right now. I have to agree about having some of the best skins, best maps, most strategic, and all of those things. Those things are why I feel in love with overwatch in the first place. I have to say though, overwatch 2 feels like a different game to me and since it came out, I played it less and less until my passion for the game fizzled out all together. I want so badly to enjoy the game again but the complex interactions and chaotic fights that made the game interesting and challenging just aren't there for me anymore. It seems like they toned in these unique play styles for the sake of balancing the game.

[@WindLizard]

This is all coming from a genji player so grain of salt lol

[@KURENANI]

same

[@real1mem3s]

Best skins? Completely biased. Overwatch skins are 98% garbage.

[@LEWIS1992]

Stop saying OW2 is free to play. It's NOT. Many of us PAID FULL PRICE for OW1 which got replaced with this garbage.

[@ddayMOBBIN]

Omg you paid less than the price of dinner for a game 8 years ago? Like bro what in life gives you that value for your money? You can download the game for free and play it. It’s free to play lol

[@shadowblurs7576]

You said “we got 3!” Lmfao

[@JaJatheJetplane]

I dont agree with defending the skin prices because overwatch was a game i paid 60 dollars for in 2016 and the game i bought just doesnt exist anymore. I looked forward to saving up currency for the next event every few months to get skins for my favorite characters and they took that from me. Blizzard isnt a small studio who needs moneyto fund their projects they chose this horrible monetization practice simply because they want more money the fastest way possible and they know people will be willing to dump cash on skins. Havent enjoyed overwatch 2 and i just want the original one back

[@Zwork101]

Based take from Yeatle. Everyone wants to rate overwatch by what it didn't have. No one wants to rate it by what it does have.

[@Karthig1987]

Eh can do both?

[@realrareap2420]

Flashpoint is garbage

[@sirnetflix7162]

You should do both, not one or the other. You have to consider what you lost and what you gained.

[@ngs2683]

It has Overwatch 1 with a scamming monetization scheme.

[@xaan7458]

I MEAN DUH. There comes a point where people get tired and lose hope after countless disappointments

[@lukasg4807]

Great video, getting tired of doomers. Flashpoint is the perfect example of what can be done when the PVP aspect of the game is the focus, imagine if they had never gone down the PVE route that no one really cared about and had focused all their resources on making the actual game better. If I wanted a PVE story game I'd play something else. As far as rank goes, I think if they at least made it update on 5 losses it would be way better. Nothing is more demoralizing than being 3-9 and basically just be playing to find out how much you de-rank. I'd rather just de-rank right away and get a new card. Also souvenirs are the most boring shit, only thing anyone ever uses is the heart emote on mercy players.

[@josewolf9884]

"The PvE route no one cared about" skull emoji three times

[@lukasg4807]

@@josewolf9884 only reason anyone cared is they hyped it up for 3 years, people played overwatch for pvp not pve

[@real1mem3s]

​@lukasg4807 Buddy, they FORCED you to stop playing the original Overwatch with the PROMISE that OW2 was going to be for the PvE. All they actually did is force you to migrate for a different shop.

[@askevoiceperson]

As an ex-overwatch player who played since launch up until OW2, the monetization model pushed me away so fast. But, with the news that hero locking is going away at some point, some hope of this game being salvaged is restored. Maybe one day cosmetic prices will go back to their OW1 rates, credits can be obtained easier, and a loot box system (non purchaseable) can be reintroduced. One can only dream...

[@rewtho8113]

that t500 replay option would be nice!

[@wabingus]

tl;dr if you ignore the bad parts then it's good. yeatle is a genius as always

[@Kaiji...]

How much did they pay you?

[@yourmum41]

Great opinion piece Yeatle!

[@factflickermeld]

wtf was that ball gameplay in the end?! XD

[@comedial6829]

This video was crazy biased

[@biohazardbin]

oh thank god a top 500 player is giving criticism! I can't wait how fast this game will get even more fucked because some ranked player came up with a bunch of non-solutions to problems they can't possibly comprehend!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰