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How does Overwatch 2 impact us?

Have you ever thought about this game's effects? 🤔

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What do you think about Overwatch 2?

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Overwatch 2 is a first-person shooter game. Some people think an FPS game can cause a violent effect to players, and some think that this game is a toxic game community. Indeed, there are so many positive and negative effects of an FPS game that they don't notice.

Many people do not care about those effects. They just want to play Overwatch 2!

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When we play FPS games, we can actually learn from their impacts to improve ourselves or our game community.

Let's see how Overwatch 2 impacts us. 😉

The Impacts of  Overwatch 2

The data below were collected and analyzed from the Thai Overwatch 2 players in a research study conducted by Rinlita Ekalaksananan on the topic

"The Study of an FPS Game Overwatch 2 and Its Impacts on Online Game Players."

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Positive Impacts

       Overwatch 2 has many more interesting positive impacts than what many people think. It has been found that 56% of the players could relieve stress in their daily life when playing this game! Moreover, the more the players play it, the more they respect each other's decisions. When they reach the higher rank, respect is an important key for them to win the match.

       The players' skills such as their aim, decision, and response are also improved when they keep playing and practicing Overwatch 2.

Not only can they improve the skills in the game, but they can also better their daily life skills; for example, their daily-life communication is improved by regularly communicating with the teammates.

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Positive Impacts

       In the game, its communication system helps the players understand one another.  Sometimes, they give a compliment to a player with good skills, or even give an encouragement after a failure. The Overwatch 2 game players have a common good manner as this can be seen when they say "GG (good game) or well played 👍" after a match. 

       Thanks to the game design! Overwatch 2 is a team-based game which has an objective in the game like escorting a payload. Because of this game design, it has been discovered that 38% of the players strongly agree that it helps them learn a teamwork skill.

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Negative Impacts

       However, there are some negative impacts on the players. The main impact is competition in the game. The competitiveness causes 40% of the players to suffer from pressure and stress. Most players have the same thought that they want to win, so a defeat impacts them the most. Some players become aggressive, for example, using swear words towards their teammates, especially when they cannot play well.

          Over half of the players think the Overwatch 2 players are self-centered. When no one listens to each other, this leads to a bad situation as mentioned earlier. This is why some players think the Overwatch 2 community is toxic.

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Negative Impacts

       Some players cannot calm their moods down after the game. This causes them to have a quarrel with their friends or intimates. 

       After Overwatch 2 becomes a free-to-play game, the players can additionally buy a skin in the game themselves. Moreover, there are many new skin updates that can waste their money.

       Some players have claimed that playing the game for too long affects their health, for example, having a backache or having dry eyes.

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The Questionnaire Results

The bar graphs below show the questionnaire results on the impacts of Overwatch 2 on the players' in-game and real-life behaviors.

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The Impacts of Overwatch 2 on the Players’ In-Game Behavior

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You respect other players’ decisions more.

You acquire better responsive or coping skills.

The 5v5 combat provides you with a teamwork skill.

The objective system distracts players from focusing only on killing.

Competition puts you under pressure and stress.

You are easily in a panic.

Many players are self-centered when playing the game.

 You become more aggressive towards your teammates.

A defeat causes you to become upset and irritated.

Sensitive contents cause you to become emotionless towards violence in this game and others.

Strongly agree         Agree        Neither agree nor disagree         Disagree         Strongly disagree

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The Impacts of Overwatch 2 on the Players’ Real-Life Behavior

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Overwatch 2 improves your decisive skill in daily life.

The efficiency of your daily-life conversation is improved.

Overwatch 2 can relieve stress in your daily life.

The character and costume design encourages you to cosplay.

Overwatch 2 causes you to become more furious in your daily life.

Playing Overwatch 2 causes you to blast a loud noise.

Playing Overwatch 2 causes you to have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).

Frequently eliminating an enemy causes you to eliminate an animal that you hate.

The use of long-ranged weapons influences you to use those weapons.

Sensitive contents cause you to become emotionless towards violence in daily life.

Strongly agree         Agree        Neither agree nor disagree         Disagree         Strongly disagree

Let's build a non-toxic community! ❤️

It can be seen that Overwatch 2 has many positive impacts on the FPS game players. If you want to play this game, you can then enjoy it without any worry as it can be beneficial for your real life. Even though the game has some negative impacts, they do not affect your daily life much. In fact, the in-game negative impacts come from you yourself when you are too obsessed with how to win the game. It is true that a competition can cause pressure and anger among the players, but you can control a situation during a match by yourselves. A good game and a good community can also be created by avoiding being aggressive and using rude words. The game will, therefore, become funnier when you properly play it with your teammates.

Keep in mind that you play Overwatch 2 just for fun. 

Do not force yourself too much!

Research Paper

Find More about Our Research

You can download the full research paper here!

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Contact

Contact

Rinlita Ekalaksananan

rinlita_e@cmu.ac.th

English Department, Faculty of Humanities, Chiang Mai University

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Note

This website is a part of the 001489 (Independent Study) subject by an English-major undergraduate of Chiang Mai University.

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