There are many console gamers who are upset with Blizzard for removing aim assist.
Although Blizzard has had many successes with Overwatch 2 and things, in general, are going well for the shooter, there have been a series of dislikes on the part of the fans. And the complaints have not been long in coming.
Previously the fan community told the company that the cost of the skins was too high and that, to be a free-to-play, the battle passes were not as accessible as the company promised during the promotion of its second installment. While there were those who didn’t mind much that the monetization system changed after seeing all the work Blizzard had done with graphics and heroes, there are still several details that don’t favor Overwatch 2 so far.
Definitely the players have their reasons to miss the first title. Perhaps there weren’t functions as interesting as the change of schedules or scenarios as iconic as the ones we can see now, but this didn’t seem to affect the playability of their matches at all. In fact, one of the best qualities of him -according to the players- were several of the progressions of the heroes that, later, were modified. However, along with the costs, the fandom is disappointed by one more detail that, after this first week of its launch, had been overlooked.
Overwatch 2 Changes Affected Gameplay
Beyond the fact that the monetization system is what most separates Overwatch 2 from Overwatch, the perspective that this last title gave to the shooter was not entirely to the liking of its fans, since they have recently discovered that aim assist function is disabled when console users face off against PC users.
This unpopular novelty has earned the free-to-play even more criticism, against those who had defended that this continuation of the original Overwatch preserved the best elements of its prequel. But, to be fair, it does have many improvements to its gameplay. Although they are overshadowed by all the problems of the shotter.
For example, one of the most obvious failures was when they first tried to play them, because wait times were so long that there was even a lot of fan art circulating on the internet that made fun of Overwatch 2 and “speedruns”. So, as fans explore the title, it seems that its features are not entirely to their liking.
this is where aim assist was made absent. As you may have read, when Overwatch 2 console players meet PC users, the aim assist mechanic will be disabled.
For some players it is unfair that aim assist disappears
In case you haven’t played Overwatch yet, we’ll explain. To get into PC crossplay in Overwatch 2, a console player will need to join a PC party. This instantly disables the aim assist, something that has caused a lot of controversy among the fan community. Mainly because they consider that PC gamers have an unfair advantage And it is that thanks to their higher average frame rate, they have better control of the camera and, therefore, greater precision when aiming with the mouse.
The latter is something other FPS titles have considered in the past. As the console has this disadvantage, they included the aim assistant so that their users have a fairer fight. Among them we have Call of Duty: Vanguard or Apex Legends. However, behind these measures there have also been problems with PC players believing that the consoles’ aim assist was too powerful compared to its own advantages.
Everything seems to indicate that Blizzard has given preference to the PC community in relation to this matter, which annoyed several of its console users. However, the “good news” is that because crossplay is quite difficult to achieve between PC and console In Overwatch’s second title, most fans won’t have much to worry about except their friends playing on PC.
Though This is not the first time that Blizzard has faced this type of problem.As when Overwatch first introduced crossplay, it also didn’t allow console players to use aim assist against PC players. So it only remains to wait for the franchise to take action on the matter to balance their battles.