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'We were super confident in third-person': Overwatch 2 Stadium devs love the new perspective but understand it's not to everyone's liking, 'A decade of muscle memory exists' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

~~"We were super confident in third-person"~~ "We wanted to be more like marvel rivals"

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

“Third person perspectives incentivise purchases of hero skins, with players buying 62% more on average” - Executive leadership

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

The only reason for third person to exist in a game like this is to sell more skins.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Playing movement-based heroes like Lucio is a little weird and aiming is harder, but it probably just comes down to getting used to it

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I tried it in the training mode, but switched back to first-person and forgot it even exists most of the time.

this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2025
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