The troubled launch of Overwatch 2 is a full-blown saga now. Right this moment, in an try to handle points pertaining to Torbjörn and Bastion, Blizzard introduced that it could be pulling the characters fully from some recreation modes. Don’t fret in case you don’t see them, that half is intentional. Whereas there’s no phrase on how lengthy the characters will probably be inaccessible, the transfer is presumably to repair Bastion’s infinite final, together with a Torbjörn potential that lacked its cooldown. In some way, in doing so, Blizzard has created a completely new drawback: A complete swath of characters are not accessible for some gamers.
Logging in myself, as somebody who beforehand had all the roster unlocked, I now have 12 characters whom I can not entry. They’re Doomfist, Sigma, Wrecking Ball, Ashe, Echo, Mei, Sombra, Symmetra, Torbjörn, Zenyatta, Kiriko, Baptiste, and Brigitte. Restarting the sport didn’t assist with unlocking the characters, nor did restarting my PS5. The characters merely retained the little lock icon, although I used to be taking part in with a few of these inaccessible characters simply earlier at present. And social media, I’m not alone on this concern: There are a ton of confused people who don’t know what’s happening proper now, yelling at Blizzard to undo it.
“What’s going on at Blizzard now???” one participant tweeted, whereas commenting on their incapacity to entry their full roster. “Can’t play virtually any of my mains,” one other who’s experiencing the roster concern mentioned.
This follows after per week of different big points, by which gamers couldn’t log into the sport in any respect, had bother migrating their accounts from the primary Overwatch, couldn’t use pay as you go telephones, and bizarrely, suffered a technical concern whereby the chat may by some means purchase issues from the shop. Whereas all of those points have been mounted or improved, gamers hold discovering different bugs or unfinished belongings. It’s all left the impression that Overwatch 2 feels extra like an early-access recreation than a fully-fledged, polished, completed product. And with the developer having to drag whole characters and ending up breaking all the recreation within the course of, it’s getting more durable to argue in protection of Overwatch 2 even whether it is enjoyable to play.
Kotaku’s reached out to Blizzard to inquire about this monumental bug. From the sounds of it, this isn’t the primary time that some gamers have been locked out of accessing characters since launch, however the concern seems to be considerably extra widespread than earlier than. In keeping with gamers who skilled the bug previous to at present, it took a few day for it to resolve.
Replace 11:41 p.m. ET: Overwatch went down for upkeep for an estimated hour, and is now again up in case you’re presently studying this. In a discussion board submit that compiles identified points, Blizzard acknowledged the locked characters bug, noting that “That is attributable to a difficulty with our servers that tracks participant development. We’re working to get this concern resolved as shortly as potential.” Once I initially loaded the sport on PS5, I may entry all my beforehand unlocked roster. Talking to different gamers, it looks as if a blended bag. Some are discovering the problem is now gone, others nonetheless have their characters gone. This tracks, as a result of the locked roster was a factor that some have been experiencing previous to tonight, it simply occurred to massively unfold after the preliminary Torb + Bastion repair. Your mileage might fluctuate. Whereas my roster is again, I now have a completely new concern: I hold getting kicked out of video games.
Correction 10/10/2022 8:38 p.m. ET: This submit beforehand said it was over half the roster, when it’s 12 out of 34. Nonetheless, gamers are reporting totally different numbers of inaccessible characters than I personally am experiencing.
