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.
I’ve been playing since about two months before OW2 launched, and the short answer is yes. The longer answer is “yes, but:”
I turned off all chat, and the quality of my games and the speed at which I get tilted is far slower, because I can’t hear or see people say Skill Diff and the like. You can get people who spam voice lines, but I’ve seen that maybe twice where it was grating? The value I got out of seeing the occasional notification that a report had gone through was not worth the abuse it took to get there. On PC you can disable all chats, and I’d hope there is some xbox system to prevent people messaging you outside of friends.
You really do need to find your characters that you have any skill in, and work from there. I love Ashe as a character but oh boy can I not play her well compared to most other characters - so I only ever try ashe when I’m in QP and feeling good. If you try to force playing one character you aren’t good with, it sucks and you’ll get demotivated.
But the one advantage of f2p - you didn’t buy into it and you can just delete the fucker any time you like. There are too many games out there to be hung up on one you don’t like.
And I also kind of suck too, but taking the time to notice you getting better is essential. Save those highlights and PotG clips - I put all mine on YouTube to watch when I’m feeling a bit disheartened. Arrogant, but it works for me
I had characters I wasn’t too bad with but that was on PC. Xbox will definitely be a new experience re-learning everything on the controller so I probably won’t be good for a very long time, if that ever happens. I usually only have a few hours to game at the end of the night so it definitely won’t be a quick change.
Thank you for your response! I’ll have a look at the settings when I get home, someone said I can shut it off thank goodness.