I finished the Overwatch 2 battle pass and now I miss the loot boxes

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Battle passes now go hand in hand with most multiplayer games. Pay a little money, get a lot of content, everyone wins theoretically. So with the arrival of Overwatch 2, I got stuck in and started earning its goodies. I got sprays, emotes, player icons, sprays again, skins, and voice lines, and yes even more sprays. I’ve finished the battle pass now, and I’ve even earned a couple of those special name tags you can put under your name to show everyone you’ve spent a lot of time in Overwatch 2 this season. So why do I feel nothing for Overwatch 2’s battle pass?

Loot boxes are a terrible way to get people to invest a lot of money and time into games, and experts like the NHS mental health director claim they push children into gambling (opens in new tab). We have covered how bad loot boxes are time (opens in new tab) and time again (opens in new tab). They’ve even been banned in some regions. Recent studies have reported that even with the majority of players spending money in a safe way, 9.4% of the selected group did have indicators of excessive, obsessive, or problematic gambling behaviours paying for loot boxes in FIFA (opens in new tab). And now I’ve professed my support for loot boxes being eliminated from lots of games, I’m going to have to admit I really miss them in Overwatch. 

It’s a bit embarrassing, but as awful as they are, the alternative hasn’t been doing it for me. After spending a lot of time in Overwatch 2 and the season one battle pass (prestige levels excluded), I can’t say I feel much pleasure in getting the 80 levels of goodies. I’m not immune to the excitement a battle pass can give me and I’ve been dedicated to chomping through them before, but there are a couple of big reasons why it was more of a slog this time. 

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