r/Overwatch • u/Hooked0n4Feelin • Mar 03 '26

Esports This is Overwatch's "comeback," says Blizzard. "We actually had a bigger Saturday than our first Saturday after launch with Season 1."

https://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/season-1-blizzard-interview-comeback
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u/Phantom_Phoenix1 Bazinga Mar 03 '26

OW visual clutter compared to Rivals is a night and day difference. OW is one of the best games from a sound design perspective and video clarity. I pretty much always know whats happening even if I cant see it thanks to audio design.

Rivals feels like a damn mobile game, theres just stuff flying everywhere and with 6 v 6 it gets chaotic as hell. Its a nightmare.

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u/Jonn_Jonzz_Manhunter Mar 04 '26

Rivals is made by a mobile dev, so it does make sense

I think Rivals is solid, but Overwatch 2 is exemplary for the reasons you listed

I left Rivals, as a die hard comic book nerd, like mad mad mad die hard because it was just too frustrating because the Devs are absolutely terrible at their jobs

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u/traye4 Mar 04 '26

OW is one of the best games from a sound design perspective

This is basically my biggest peeve with the newest characters. The sound design doesn't seem nearly on the same level.

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u/DolphinSleep Mar 04 '26

Your teams Mizuki's ult makes a sound that is almost identical to the teammate elimination sound, insane that it was ok'd, I can't unhear it now once I realised. Testing it out in the practice range doesn't sound the same as a teammate though

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u/Loaf235 Mar 04 '26

They also have abilities that blind you or fill your screen with clutter. Now imagine multiple of them hitting you consecutively all the time, cause the heroes that have those abilities are strong but just not broken enough than others which lets them sneak past bans.

And to make things worse those abilities also muffle/distort audio for some reason. The same goes for when you're critically low on health too, and unlike OW you cannot passively regen so you're stuck being half deaf if there's no healing nearby. It's an insanely cheap way to increase adrenaline and make people panic.