Overwatch’s competitive mode is way better in Season 2

Blizzard isn’t afraid to make sweeping changes to its games, and Overwatch is a continuing example of why this approach works.

The publisher released an update for its class-based shooter last week, and it introduced a revamped competitive mode that fixes many of the problems with ranked play. Overwatch, which is a modern mashup of the action you’d find in Team Fortress and the characters you’d meet in G.I. Joe, is already popular for its casual, quick play mode. But the first season of competitive wasn’t fun at all. That’s because people who quit a fight early plagued matches and unbalanced Sudden Death overtimes often gave one team an advantage over the other. And through all of this, the ranking system made every loss a painful setback in your climb up the competitive ladder.