I used to play Overwatch 1 on PC with a group of friends when I was first getting into gaming, I mostly play on Xbox Series X now and I downloaded OW2 today because I honestly miss the first one. What I don’t miss is the chat berating me for a bad move, which yes, I make those quite frequently. I’m an extremely casual gamer and usually only play single players nowadays. Is it worth it to begin again, especially when playing with a controller now? I’m definitely not used to the controls on it but I feel like there’s really no chance for someone to get used to them before people just get plain mad. I’m not interested in competitive, so I’d just be playing quick play and arcade (if arcade is still a thing, it’s been awhile). I just miss the game and would love to get back into it.
Honestly, if there’s a choice to turn off the chat I’d do it. I already don’t use voice because I don’t play comp so there’s really no need.
If you go into Practice there is a mode where you team up with other players and fight bots.
The Lethal difficulty is as close as you are going to get to real people while also learning the buttons and peace from hecklers…mostly anyway.
Some people are deadly serious about winning against AI’s and will get grumpy but the whole point of AI matches is to practice. So they can go fuck off.