I feel like they've ruined what used to be an awesome game.
I played Overwatch for nearly 1000 hours. Definitely one of the best games I've ever played with the most intense moments, particularly in competitive.
Overwatch 2 felt like Apex at times. It's like they had to add lots of sounds, turn the saturation up to 100 to add appeal to the game. It doesn't feel right.
The lack of prestige levels makes it feel like your playing without progression. Not entirely sure what benefit there was to removing them.
I know it's free to play now but I hate how expensive everything is. I don't consider 1900 credits a reasonable price for what is essentially just a digital cosmetic. It's a real shock going from how Overwatch worked to this. Collecting all of the items was a real pull for me playing Overwatch and now I feel as though I'm just being excluded because I'm unwilling to throw hundreds of pounds at blizzard. I just don't believe in this type of game monetisation system. I mean I get a free game but I'd much rather pay for a game and not be excluded from things.
The in game stat screen is a definite downgrade. Yes it's nice seeing other people's stats but I care more about my own. It's not quick or easy to read. The showing of other stats only creates internal team competition rather than focusing on the objective of the game mode. It will inevitably lead to a lot of calling out of those who think certain teammates aren't pulling their weight.
I miss the awarding of medals based on each stat and the voting system at the end to call out good gameplay.
The simplification of the endorsement system is also a downgrade, it could have been expanded to actually help describe what each player is good at contributing to a team.
I didn't feel as though I was really connected with what was going on gameplay wise whilst playing. It felt odd as I never felt this way in OW1. I just wasn't getting hyped when we were pushing on objective or about to win. At times it felt like the whole gameplay was just a mess.
These are probably the most obvious things I've noticed so far.
Now for what I liked. The new characters are good, have inventive abilities and are quite fun to play.
The addition of more hot button commands to share info with your team (going in, defending, watching here etc) are really good. This is something that was really lacking in OW1.
I'll update this as things progress.