Overwatch 2 needs to integrate story like Marvel Rivals
I could write another dozen paragraphs about how disappointing it is that Overwatch 2 seemingly abandoned its long-awaited story campaign. Instead, I’m going to shout out how Marvel Rivals has been integrating lore and forward narrative momentum into a genre that has historically struggled with it. On top of explicitly telling short stories within each map and match, Marvel Rivals is adding lore drops, even if they’re just in text form at the moment, as part of its seasonal events. Each season’s theme plays into an actual story development occurring in the game’s multiverse, while Overwatch mainly uses its seasons to explore an aesthetic idea for skins. Blizzard has yet to publicly acknowledge the reported cancelation of Overwatch 2’s story missions, but if there’s any hope of us seeing that story play out, integrating it into each season would be a great start.
