>>716395830>how did they fumble that ball so hard?Every iteration to the game after release made it worse. Broken heroes, shit map design, both combined to form miserably unfun metas. More and more heroes playing into mechanics that were already causing the gameplay to get bogged down (shields, CC, too much recovery). Catering to compfags and trying to make OWL a thing destroyed balance for the bulk of the casual playerbase who just wanted a goofy hero shooter. Constantly shoving identity politics into the game for absolutely no reason (half the roster is now gay/trans/queer/nonbinary/some other mental illness). Lying about upcoming game modes, stealing of the original game by releasing a "sequel" that was really just a mandatory update to a more predatory monetization scheme and battle pass milking loop, while offering nothing new. Finally turning away from the coomers who made the game popular by releasing fuggo characters.
The second OW released, either everyone with vision left the project, or the collective IQ dropped to room temperature.