Gaming

Played some Overwatch 2 Stadium mode. It's kinda underwhelming I guess?

Comments described the mode as super crazy, with all the powers you can get, but it doesn't feel much different, since normal OW also added passives, that you unlock during a match. There are also not that many characters enabled for the mode yet, which doesn't help, because there are just one or two characters per role I want to play. With superfast rounds, it does feel faster than normal OW, but the whole match takes 20-30 minutes, except giga stomps, that can be over in only 10 minutes.

Since the matchmaker is also terrible as always, games just don't go to 7 rounds, so you don't get all of your upgrades. I played 11 matches, 9 of them were had a 4-1 scoreline or worse (3-0 or 4-0), wins or losses. Only two went to 4-2. Stadium is treated as a ranked mode and has no casual queue, so maybe once you've climbed some time, the matchmaking gets better, but each role has a separate rank, and I always flex, so that could take a while.

I think I'll just go back to normal Quick Play.