The video game "Overwatch 2" has faced another delay with their mid-season patch pushed back from Nov. 15 to Nov. 17 in order to address major bugs that have made classic hero Mei unplayable.

"Overwatch" hero Mei has been out of reach for players for more than two weeks. The hero had been removed temporarily from the game at the end of October after a bug had been discovered to be affecting her Ice Wall ability.

Blizzard announced that the issue would be fixed in the mid-season patch scheduled for Nov 15.

On Nov. 16, Blizzard delayed the patch launch and stated that they needed to "resolve a critical issue" that had come up.

Addressing the Ice Wall issue isn't the only promised update to the game. There will be "upcoming balance changes" as well as "core content updates" to "Overwatch." Blizzard also pointed out that the delay would have an impact on some of the game features, including "delivery of Overwatch League Viewership Incentives & Perks from the Postseason matches during the period between Oct. 30 - Nov. 4, along with the rotation of cosmetics in the Overwatch League shop."

As for the other in-game content, Blizzard noted that there would be no changes. Daily and Weekly Challenge resets as well as the standard shop refresh will be as normal.

This issue and subsequent disabling of Mei isn't the first time for "Overwatch 2." Heroes Torbjorn and Bastion had been removed from the playable roster after what critics called game-breaking bugs showed up in the game. The heroes became playable again on Oct. 25 after the issues were resolved.

While "Overwatch" is the sequel to a popular title and amassed 25 million players in ten days after launch, there's been a storm of criticism surrounding the game.

The free-to-play title was released on Oct. 4 and faced a slew of issues from launch. Players faced constant server issues, including being kicked out of the actual game and long queues for joining the game. There's even been the observation that the game plays more like an update rather than a full sequel.

Add in playable characters missing their items and other items showing incorrectly, the title faced review bombing that dropped its user score on Metacritic to 1.3 just days after the title was launched. Players have also been frustrated with the monetization of the game and how expensive the free-to-play title has become with the number of microtransactions needed to progress further.

Players can either spend money to earn Overwatch Coins so that they can buy character skins or they can complete Weekly Challenges to earn Overwatch Coins. This is pretty straightforward across the board for free-to-play games. What frustrated players is that the most they could earn from completing the Weekly Challenges was 60 Overwatch Coins and the cheapest of character skins available cost 300 coins when the game was launched. In November, Blizzard reduced the prices of character skins.

"Overwatch 2" is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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