Overwatch 2 story missions are finally here and are pretty entertaining, but Blizzard is still being coy about what comes next.
This story is part of the Digital Trends Summer Gaming Marathon series Overwatch 2: Invasion finally brings three PvE story missions to the competitive shooter, but it was an arduous process to get here.
Ever since its reveal in 2014, part of what helped Overwatch stand out was its lively world and the characters that inhabit it. Unfortunately, it never felt like Blizzard prioritized that part of the experience. That’s what made the announcement of PvE story missions in Overwatch 2 so exciting. It was also why it was all the more crushing when Blizzard’s May 2023 seemed to deprioritize the importance of PvE and story content.
While I typically use Support characters whenever I play, I had fun learning the ins and outs of playing characters like Tracer and Pharah in these story missions, characters I’ve rarely ever played much of before. As such, I don’t think canceling that Hero Mastery content was as devastating a blow to Overwatch 2’s PvE experience as it initially seemed. Yes, it removes some replay value, but you can still revisit the mission as one of the different select characters to squeeze more out of them.
The mission design changes up a bit here, with the level starting with a segment where players have to defend a boat under constant attack by Null Sector and ending with the escort mission to bring two still-alive Omnics to safety. Finally, there’s the Gothenburg mission, which sees players escort a convoy as Torbjorn, Brigette, Reinhardt, or Bastion before making a final stand and setting up turrets tower-defense style at the level’s climax.
While the tease at the end of these three missions got me excited for what’s next, Invasion’s story content is only the first act of a larger story. Blizzard isn’t keeping that a secret. “This is our first step of building the story of Overwatch into the future, and we have so many more plans for what we want to do,” Lawlor says. We’ll take our time to reveal them as they come, but there’s a lot more that we have waiting in the wings someday.
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