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Players who have never played the first Overwatch will need to devote a significant amount of time on the sequel, Overwatch 2, in order to unlock the 32 characters that are already available.
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Blizzard Entertainment announced the Overwatch 2 "first-time user experience" on Tuesday.
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that new players would gain all of the game's modes and original Overwatch characters "over the course of about 100 matches"
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In a blog post explaining how the game developer expected to handle an influx of new players when Overwatch transitioned to free-to-play.
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"Constant feedback from novice players feeling overwhelmed by many game modes and characters," according to Blizzard.
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According to Blizzard, new Overwatch 2 players will be able to access all game modes and in-game chat after only a few matches,
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but they will need to win 50 Quick Play games to access Competitive games and play about 100 games to unlock virtually all of the game's characters.
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With the exception of Competitive mode, Blizzard claims that most of the new-player limits are abolished while playing in a group.
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