The first story missions and the future

But what about those story missions? Overwatch 2 took almost a full year to release its first set of Invasion PvE levels, and they were mostly ones we’ve already seen in the four years since they were announced. Honestly, as much as they now feel like echoes of a game that we’ll never get, they are pretty good. Blizzard has included enemy and mission variety that makes Overwatch 2’s story missions a cut above the cooperative Archives events from the original game, and there’s a lot of legitimate narrative momentum to be found in each.

As a longtime fan of the world and heroes of Overwatch, I was really happy with what we got. There are some great interactions between heroes during firefights, and the heartfelt stories they tell fill out complex relationships that were previously boiled down to pre-match quips. Is that worth $15 a set, which you’ll have to shell out for each new story mode mission release going forward? I can’t answer that for you. I don’t know your financial situation. But for what they were, I was satisfied and would still be satisfied with more missions of this caliber.

Therein lies the issue, though. We don’t know when the next story missions are coming. During Blizzard’s Overwatch 2 presentation at Blizzcon 2023, there was a lot of talk of new heroes and modes, but not a word was said about the next wave of story missions. Does that mean they’re not coming in 2024? It’s unclear, but we’ll have to wait to find out. — KS