![]() After getting team-wiped by devastating enemy ultimates, I was bereft of Zenyatta and his life-saving Transcendence. There were plenty of games where I got tired of playing the hero I had chosen from the start and felt restrained when I opened the hero select menu to a bunch of greyed-out faces. If you really want something, you have to earn it-an ethos that is synonymous with free-to-play games, but an uncomfortable fit for Overwatch, which always guaranteed equal access to everything but cosmetics. The new unlock method throws a lot of that away and wields that curiosity against you. The game encouraged you to pick whoever fit your style or used an ability on you that might be fun to try. I started with Tracer and was tremendously awful at her (she's one of the hardest heroes to master), but it didn't matter because the matchmaking let me feel competent playing against people of a similar skill level anyway. When the original Overwatch launched, part of the appeal to it was that I could pick any hero at any time. One game will clear Genji for play, two for D.Va, three for Cassidy, four for Ana, and so on, all the way up to 150 games for Echo. It's an easy-to-learn starting lineup for people who are new to Overwatch, but if you want to try anyone else from the original cast, you need to start queuing up for games (grouping up with other players doesn't temporarily unlock them). New players can instantly pick up beginner favorites like Reinhardt, Soldier: 76, and Mercy. You start with a handful of heroes in each of Overwatch's three roles: four tanks, six damage, and three support. And, at least at launch, you can't pay money to skip the process like in other games. Wins count as two games and you earn progress toward all of the heroes at the same time, so the "100 matches" number that Blizzard says you have to play is probably accurate. ![]() To unlock them, you have to complete up to 150 games. Most of the game's 35-hero roster isn't available from the start. When Overwatch 2 arrives next week (opens in new tab), people who never bought the original game will have a mountain of hero unlocks to climb. ![]()
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