Overwatch 2's 7 Biggest Changes - NEW CHARACTERS, MODES, MAPS & MORE!

Overwatch is dead, in its place stands Overwatch 2.

This feels like a very different Overwatch to that of only a few days ago, and so, whether you’re been playing from launch and are wondering what the heck is going on, or if you’re looking to dip your toe in now things are mostly working as intended, Zoe Delahunty-Light and Ian Higton here to bring you up to speed, with a list of the 7 biggest changes to Overwatch 2 from Overwatch 1.

Have you been playing Overwatch 2? What hero do you main, or are you fully flex? Let us know in the comments below.

0:00 Intro
1:36 5 v 5
3:05 New Modes
4:55 New Locations
6:42 Pings
8:07 Battle Pass
11:53 New Characters
14:26 Hero Changes
17:03 Outro

[olivermartin]

That background music with the brass crescendo is doing my head in on loop :(

[RidireOiche]

I don't play these monotonous esport type shooter games myself, but our grandkids do, and despite any controversy the game's developer may have generated, I appreciate being brought up to date on what's going on with the game in this summary update.

[theasianandthejew]

The same 10 seconds of music looping over and over, whyyy

[nightcatarts]

Anyone know why/how this is better than Paladins? They stuck with the lack of character customisation (beyond cosmetics) which always made the first one feel more limited to me. Also, Blizzard's surrounded itself with bridges as burned out as its employees.

[korihime]

A bit disappointed EG is covering a Blizzard game after the scandal and no proof anything's actually changed in the company. Makes it feel like the EG team not covering Activision Blizzard games earlier in the year was just lip service, and as a long time fan of the channel it kinda sucks to see. :/

[IrrelevantArt]

It hurts to see controller gameplay.
It was controller gameplay... Right?

[JT-puym]

Yikes. This was a little too much praise and not enough criticism. They deleted a game so many people paid a full $60 for just so they could force people into a new more monetization system. Nothing about how god awful the battlepass is or how skins cost 1/3 the price of the original game. Nothing about the massive glitches locking people out of characters they've paid for. Nothing about the influx of hackers with the new F2P model. Nothing about Blizzard bullying a woman to death? You shouild have just stuck to not covering Blizzard games.

[mountrot]

This crisplover guy is buns at the game

[reshawnfacey]

1# It had so much promise

2# it's a just a free to play, pay to win

[queenofcookie]

Seriously ?!? I bought overwatch 1 because i wanted to play overwatch 1 not overwatch 2 i don’t care if i get some boni i want my money back i payed for overwatch 1 not some random patchwork 1.5 version sure with some time i could probably get used to it but i don’t want to have to get used to it i want to play the game i payed for