Blizzard has just revealed Sojourn, the new hero ofOverwatch 2. From the first reveal of the game at BizzCon 2019, the studio announced that several new characters would be present when its FPS was released. This first presentation confirms this statement and suggests that the pace of publications around OW 2 should now intensify as the game’s release approaches.
Sojourn, a heroine from Canada!
Sojourn is therefore a new DPS to be added to the Overwatch roster, with a mobility-based kit with a special moving slide. However, we have a little trouble seeing his interest at the moment, since his kit boils down to a weapon that dps in aoe on his secondary attack, a slide, a kind of mini-grav and an ultimate that pierces several enemies .
If the mini-grav is interesting (everything still depends on the level of the slowdown and its size), the rest remains quite simple and unimpressive. Also, the kit as a whole already exists on several other characters, so the numbers (damage, HP, research time) would have to be particularly good to make it a sought-after high-level hero.
To be frank, we expect a little more from the new heroes, although we must also take into account that the current characters will be modified. Maybe these changes will make a DPS like Sojourn more interesting than it looks.
A date for Overwatch 2?
If we still do not have a date for OW 2, Blizzard’s FPS is revealed more and more over time. While the Beta phase of Overwatch 2 should begin soon, we believe that the game should be released around the start of the 2022 school year (end of August/beginning of September).