Overwatch 2 developer Blizzard Leisure has been accused of constructing its newest battle move rewards look intentionally deceptive, due to some visible similarities between the sport’s currencies.
Presently, Overwatch 2 has two major currencies: Legacy Credit and Overwatch Cash. Whereas the primary are a hangover from the unique Overwatch and may solely be spent on a restricted quantity of in-game cosmetics, Overwatch Cash are the sport’s major microtransaction and may be spent on a wider vary of skins and objects.
Whereas Overwatch Cash are normally golden in color and Legacy Credit are white, they each share very comparable icons. Nevertheless, as this Reddit user factors out (through Rock Paper Shotgun), the Legacy Credit are colored gold in Overwatch 2‘s Season 3 battle move – making it a lot simpler for gamers to imagine the extra useful Overwatch Cash are up for grabs.
Though the cash are largely obtainable on the free tracks of the battle move – that means a purchase order isn’t required to unlock them – gamers have accused Blizzard of adjusting the Legacy Credit’ colouring to make the battle move look extra rewarding.
A lot of the criticism revolves round Overwatch 2‘s wider strategy to monetisation, which has been extra prevelant than it was within the first Overwatch.
Earlier within the month, Blizzard introduced that it will be making an attempt to make Overwatch 2 “a extra rewarding sport to play,” as the sport has been criticised since launch for making cosmetics and new heroes tough to unlock free of charge.
In January, the studio acknowledged that gamers felt “the sport doesn’t really feel rewarding sufficient to play and […] gamers can’t earn the objects they need in a brief sufficient time period.”
Outdoors of Overwatch 2, Activision Blizzard is at the moment being investigated over claims of false promoting in Diablo Immortal.