An Overwatch 2 player shares a clip showing a confusing bug forcing them into a Push match as they were already fighting elsewhere.
An Overwatch 2 player faced a confusing bug, forcing them into a Push match despite them already fighting on another map. Push mode is a new category of maps introduced with Overwatch 2 that keeps on surprising players three months after its release.
When Overwatch 2 came out in October 2022, Blizzard announced making a change to its FPS map pool. The company decided to remove Assault maps from Overwatch 2 to replace them with a brand-new Push mode. The Assault maps, also known as Two Control Points or 2CP, were deemed too lengthy, sometimes leading to seemingly never-ending fights when no team managed to get the upper hand on their opponents. On the new Push maps, players fight to take control of a robot that they need to escort to a specific location – but as both teams need to move the same robot, it leads to intense fights to take hold of it.
An Overwatch 2 player going by the name of ArtBringer on Reddit shared a clip of their latest game showing a confusing bug forcing them into a Push match. As they were in the middle of an intense fight in Junkertown, the server closed due to an unexpected error and the game threw them into Esperança, one of the new Overwatch 2 Push maps. The player published this strange Overwatch 2 bug on Reddit to share their confusion.
The Overwatch 2 players from the game’s official subreddit were equally surprised by this confusing bug. Some joked that it was Blizzard’s way to promote Push maps, as they are not highly popular among players. In the comments, several Overwatch 2 players complained that they never asked for Assault maps to be removed, nor did they want the fast-paced dynamic promised by Blizzard with Push maps. Several comments deemed this Push mode boring, too focussed on heavy assault rather than strategic planning, resulting in matches that look more like deathmatches rather than well-planned cooperative battles. Some even commented that unless they were in an Overwatch 2 competitive match, they immediately left the game whenever they saw a Push map loading.
Despite the lukewarm reception to Push maps, this Overwatch 2 game mode doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. Blizzard regularly publishes updates to improve its FPS, from time-limited events to hero balance changes and new skins. Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller recently revealed Blizzard’s plans to nerf Roadhog to prevent this tank hero from killing others with a single shot and bring more balance to the game. More information about the future of Overwatch 2, and especially its PvE mode, could be revealed during Blizzcon 2023.
Overwatch 2 is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.