How I Fell out of Love with Overwatch

After 5 years and two platforms I’ve basically walked away from playing Overwatch. I didn’t get to grow up with gaming systems and Overwatch was the game I bought with my very first PS4. I played for two years on PS4 and then switched and re-learned the game on PC to play with my friends. I started playing two weeks after launch and I often would play several rounds a night after work. Overwatch was the first game I ever played competitively and the first game I ever felt like I was any good at playing.

Quick play is too structured

In recent years, Quick Play has gotten really structured. To force teams to be more balanced, you now have to pick between tank, healer, and damage. This aims to force people to play slots they might not normally play and make teams more balanced. There are incentives to play tank and healer because those are consistently unpopular. However, the point of Quick Play is to jump in and play, not necessarily to win. In essence, Quick Play has become practice for competitive and that’s not as fun as random people coming together to play.

Total mayhem is the real overwatch

Ever since they launched the arcade with different game play modes, I’ve been impressed with how flexible the game platform can be. That being said, the Total Mayhem…