Overwatch 2 Twitch viewership halved as Marvel Rivals takes over
In the wake of Marvel Rivals’ release, peak viewership month over month has been halved in Overwatch 2 while Rivals thrives.
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I've had more fun in the last 2 weeks I've been playing Rivals than the entirety I've played Overwatch 2. The game just wants to seem more focused on being fun rather than competitive.
I agree with the "focused on fun" comment. feels more like ow1 where it was balanced by everything being broken.
Are you a Marvel fan in general? As someone who couldn't care less about Marvel heroes, I played Rivals for a bit, and while it was entertaining, I would rather just go play Overwatch.
I’m with you on this. Marvel Rivals feels off/ cheap in a way I don’t really know how to articulate.
Some of the animations are definitely janky (looking at you, Punisher jumping off your lil zip line), the visual clarity is worse than OW (although maybe that's just a symptom of how much I've played OW vs. MR), and it just has a bit less polish than OW.
That being said, there's something about MR that feels nostalgic, like early OW1, and I've been having a blast with it. Shorter match and queue times are certainly a big factor too.
personally, as someone who was absolutely in love with ow1, ow2 just isn't the same to me. I've never been able to see it as anything other than the regrettable cash grab that it was. I could never really enjoy it. rivals tho? rivals is fun. and I don't have that nagging voice in the back of my head telling me I'm just playing with the taxidermied corpse of a game I once loved.
also rivals is just kind of solid? the characters might be a little bland because corporatism and fitting an already designed mold but the game play is rather fun.
and im v much not a marvel fan, supeheros in general are just kind of meh. tbh the only superhero media I've vibed with at all is doom patrol. moon knight was p good but it doubles down on the "killer alter" stereotype and I'm so not here for that, nor do I like his gameplay in rivals.
I agree that OW1 was better. They ran a public 6v6 test for the past couple weeks, and there's another one confirmed coming sometime, so the OW you loved may return at some point.
I don’t give a shit about Marvel anything and I had a blast playing the new game with my partner and my friend. I refused to play Overwatch 2, but I loved Overwatch 1. Also I like that I can be a furry lawl
Focusing on comp is where ow1 slid downhill till landing in the dumpster fire of 2
100%. I've played OW since the OW1 launch date. Stopped playing the day Rivals was released.
I just hope it stays that way