We are just a few days away from the arrival of Overwatch 2, the sequel to the one that rose as GOTY 2016. original Blizzard artwork is going away to be replaced for this new version, which has detailed some of its features. One of them is that we will have to unlock the heroes and the game modes if we are new users.
Through a publication on its blog, the study addresses the first experience of a novice player in watch 2. Because “we’ve seen constant feedback from new players looking a bit lost with so many game modes and heroes,” a very progressive introduction will apply.
If you didn’t play Overwatch original you will have to play to unlock the different modes, as well as the internal chat itself. In addition, it will be essential that you play about 100 games to have access to all heroes of the title six years ago.
Of course, there are exceptions. If we play with friends we can play whatever we want, except for competitive games for which it will be necessary to complete a specific challenge to win 50 quick games. In this way, we will unlock them.
“This change allows new players to prepare for the demands of competitive games and that older players do not feel disadvantaged by having less experienced teammates,” they detail from Blizzard. On the other hand, this policy aims to act as filter against players with inappropriate behaviormaking it difficult to access certain modes.
Verification to avoid scares
defense matrix. That is the name given to the initiative that Blizzard seeks to implement in Overwatch 2 to “protect the integrity of the game and encourage positive behavior”. The first measure that has been adopted is that all game accounts will require to be linked to a phone number for SMS verification.
In this way, it is intended to avoid the creation of prohibited accounts and add a layer of security to them. In turn, they will be voice chat transcripts, temporarily, and which can then be reviewed to detect inappropriate behavior. This sound file will be automatically transcribed to text and once done it will be deleted. The same will also happen with the text itself within a maximum period of 30 days.
Finally, Blizzard has revealed that “we are working with third-party partners and security vendors who design anti-tampering, anti-cheat, and anti-reverse engineering technologies.” All this will be present on October 4 with the launch of the game that has already shown its first content assets.