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Overwatch 2 Invasion PvE: Low Playtime, High Price

Published: Aug. 11, 2023
Updated: Aug. 11, 2023

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Overwatch 2 brings the story PvE missions fans have long been waiting for well after the original release. 15 € costs Overwatch 2: Invasion additional, but the game time drives fans to the white heat.

What's it about? Blizzard is once again under fire thanks to Overwatch 2, as the publisher finally releases the story PvE mode after more than a year of waiting. Fans of Overwatch 2, however, are tearing the game mode apart. What went wrong with the story mode, which was originally the selling point of OW2?

Overwatch 2 story PvE mode arrives - fans pissed off over playtime & price.

Finally, there are the PvE missions for Overwatch 2, but real joy spreads the story mode among fans not. On Steam, the ratings are "Extremely Negative" with over 950 reviews. The reason for this is primarily the game time and the price of the story mode called "Invasion".

How much playtime offers Invasion? Most players don't even need two hours to play through Overwatch 2: Invasion to the end. Exactly, the game duration consists of:

  • 22 minutes of cutscenes
  • 105 minutes of gameplay
  • Total: 127 minutes (2 hrs, 07 mins).

This being said Invasion is a paid expansion for the hefty price of €14.99 (via Steam). For comparison, Blizzard held various events for the first Overwatch where players completed PvE missions of similar length.

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How good is the gameplay? According to various reviews, the gameplay of Overwatch 2's story PvE missions is limited to left-click + WASD:

  • Hero selection
  • Continuous fire on groups of enemies
  • Cutscene
  • Continuous fire on groups of enemies
  • End
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Problem with sale - fans do not get Invasion DLC

On Steam, the majority of reviews complain that no content was unlocked after the purchase. One user reports that it took 13 hours until he received his purchased content. User Aimer1 writes:

(...) received it 13 hours later, doesnt change the fact i was scammed (...)

 

Nevertheless, the quality and the price-performance ratio of Overwatch 2: Invasion is the main focus of criticism. How Blizzard will deal with the negative reaction of the community remains to be seen. If there is any new information, we will update this article for you. To make sure you don't miss it, follow us on social media (via Linktr.ee).

The interest in digging deep into the gaming industry stems from the DayZ Mod for Arma 2 in 2012. Kevin started working in the gaming industry in 2016. First as a trainee at Survivethis, the biggest German Survival-Games-Site at that time. Only half a year later, he got accepted at Gamestar and later MeinMMO. Now, on Guided.news he implements all his Knowledge to deliver comprehensive news, guides, interviews and more unique topics.
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