Overwatch 2 developer Blizzard Entertainment continues to be charged with making its latest battle pass rewards look deliberately misleading, thanks to some visual similarities between the game’s currencies.
Currently, Overwatch 2 has two primary currencies: Legacy Credits and Overwatch Coins. While the first are a hangover from the original Overwatch and may only be spent on a restricted amount of in-game cosmetics, Overwatch Coins are the game’s primary microtransaction and can be allocated to a wider selection of skins and items.
While Overwatch Coins are usually golden in colour and Legacy Credits are white, they both share very similar icons. However, as this Reddit user highlights (via Rock Paper Shotgun), the Legacy Credits are coloured gold in Overwatch 2‘s Season 3 battle pass – making it much easier for players to assume the more valuable Overwatch Coins are available.
Although the coins are mainly available on the disposable tracks of the battle pass – meaning an order isn’t required to unlock them – players have accused Blizzard of changing the Legacy Credits’ colouring to make the battle pass look more rewarding.
Much of the criticism revolves around Overwatch 2‘s wider approach to monetisation, that has been more prevelant than it was at the first Overwatch.
Earlier within the month, Blizzard announced it could be attempting to make Overwatch 2 “a far more rewarding game to experience,” as the game continues to be criticised since launch for making cosmetics and new heroes hard to unlock free of charge.
In January, the studio acknowledged that players felt “the game doesn’t feel rewarding enough to play and […] players can’t earn the items they want in a short enough period of time.”
Outside of Overwatch 2, Activision Blizzard happens to be being investigated over claims of false advertising in Diablo Immortal.
