Overwatch 2 Season 13 Brings My Hero Academia Collab That Fans Claim Is "Cheaper Than I Expected"

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's new collaboration is actually exceeding fan expectations in one area, but there's still a lot of contention surrounding the release and other recent decisions.The game has been divisive ever since its launch, with gameplay overhauls and a new monetization model losing some fans loyal to the original experience while bringing in a share of newcomers. A promised PvE campaign being canceled earlier in 2024 put the final nail in the coffin of the sequel's original vision, but the classic PvP focus continues to receive ongoing updates.

Following the November 15 launch of Season 15, the My Hero Academia collab is now live, and a Reddit post from RaidenXYae notes that the full bundle of items costs 5700 Overwatch Coins in total. The price is essentially equivalent to $49.99, as an Overwatch Coin purchase of that sum grants 5,000 coins by direct conversion and a 700 coin bonus.

The bundle includes a lineup of five major character skins. Reinhardt is cast as the legendary hero All Might, Tracer as protagonist Deku, Kiriko as Himiko Toga, Reaper as Tomura Shigaraki, and Juno as Uravity. With 30 items in total, the bundle also includes highlight intros, emotes, voice lines, and more.

By the standards that has set so far, a $50 bundle with five Legendary skins for popular characters and plenty of bonuses is a comparatively good deal, as many of the comments on RaidenXYae's post note. At the same time, accepting that premise requires buying into the major shift in what construes as value, and applying that $50 outside the live-service economy could easily buy a complete game experience.

Overwatch 2 is reportedly planning on its next major port and while it could become a lot more portable, it may not be what the community wants.

A Reddit post from onioncakke calls out a comment made by game director Aaron Keller in a 2023 interview, where he promised that the game would start to "." That promise hasn't been consistently fulfilled, a marked contrast to the original, where the