Overwatch 2 Wishlist: 10 Things Fans Need To See

2. Dynamic New Characters

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We already discussed balance issues before, but this point is more about the actual characters themselves. So far all, if not at least most, of the characters in Overwatch are interesting. Even characters you may not enjoy playing as have backstories and personalities better than the main character in some single player games.

From the little things like how their gun operates in first-person view – a subject that game designers have made whole video lessons on – to their voice lines and victory poses, they are real, unique, individuals within the Overwatch world.

With a roster as big as the game currently has, adding new characters makes it harder to keep the new folks dynamic. Moira was once called Symmetra with healing instead of turrets, Brigitte was derided as an overpowered mixture of Reinhard and Lucio, Ashe was just a 'better McCree'.

Sojurn and Echo, and whoever the next character(s) are going to be, they need to be dynamic in both personality and function.

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