Summary
Overwatch 2’s Classic mode is a hit with fans, as new and old players alike are transported back in time to how the game played in 2016. While it’sabsolutely broken and chaotic, with no hero balancing or limits on how many people can play a single character, players are still loving it, even preferring it to the main game.
Now, many of them are calling onBlizzardto make Overwatch: Classic a permanent fixture in Overwatch 2. This would let players ignore the current build of Overwatch, with its various character reworks, new heroes, and 5v5 gameplay, in favour of the shooter we got at launch.
Overwatch Players Want Classic Mode To Stick Around
“I can’t remember the last time I actually had this much fun playing Overwatch,” says Reddit user KvonKay. “I knew I missed OW1, but DAMN did the classic mode make me realize how much I do not enjoy OW2.”
MaybeImYami agrees: “I literally have not had a single game where I didn’t have fun. And I had a couple of games where my team has just been absolutely stomped with no progress towards winning at all, but it’s still fun.”
Right now, Overwatch: Classic is set to come to an end on December 6, so it will run for three weeks. However, Blizzard has previously said that it will be keeping an eye on how the playerbase reacts to the event when considering bringing 6v6 back in the future.
“In the world where a surge of players join this mode and continuously play it, then we have the signal we need to do more with it,” said Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller, speaking in ablog postlast month. “I think what that ‘more’ is depends on the level of excitement.
“If you had asked me a few months ago, I would have said no. As we’ve discussed Overwatch 2’s future in light of making the game that our players want to play, we know our players can want more than one experience, and it would be something we’d need to consider moving forward.”
Overwatch 2
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The sequel to Blizzard’s popular team-based hero shooter, Overwatch 2 features a roster of over 35 fighters and over 20 maps. It features team sizes reduced to five, aiming to create faster and more action-oriented matches, while PvE elements add to the options available.
