One Overwatch 2 player discovers a disappointing flaw in Blizzard's naming scheme for Soldier 76's Bug Hero skin. Cosmetics continue to play a major role in the Overwatch franchise and how players express themselves while playing. The original Overwatch focused on randomized loot boxes, something which, at the time, received a lot of scrutiny from players, critics, and even governments. As such, Overwatch 2 went under a massive change including being free to play with an emphasis on a battle pass.
Regardless of the fundamental changes made to Overwatch 2, the series still places a major focus on cosmetic items. Hero skins are seemingly being created at a more rapid pace as rewards for Seasonal Events and the Battle Pass, and players have access to even more cosmetics including weapon charms that can dangle off a character's weapon during matches, even if they don't function as expected for Wrecking Ball. While cosmetics continue to follow the normal rarity tiers, it seems Blizzard dropped the ball when naming one of Soldier 76's skins.
Bug Hero is a new Soldier 76 skin available to Overwatch 2 players who purchase the Season 2 Battle Pass at Tier 1. As many have already noted, the skin gives Soldier an almost Power Rangers style look, or at least a design that's somewhat familiar to the cybernetic ninja Genji. However, fans have started noting a major flaw with the outfit, something that Blizzard appears to have overlooked completely.
As noted in an Overwatch 2 subReddit threat from Rasgore, each skin for Soldier 76 typically follows a naming pattern where the skin name has ":76" included at the end outside of Strike Commander Morrison and Space Raider. Unfortunately, it seems Blizzard has broken that tradition as Bug Hero is missing the expected ":76" as part of its name in the cosmetic list. A lot of users in the comments made jokes about the missing UI piece, while others seemed generally disappointed at Blizzard missing the little details from the first game.
While this issue is fairly minor, all things considered, it isn't the first disappointing element that the community has put forward since Overwatch 2 launched. COsmetics in general have been a hot button issue for the community, with many lamenting at the high prices the in-game shop has set in order to purchase new hero skins. In fact, a new Winter Wonderland outfit for Bastion has left many players disappointed due to its 1 coin cost, which has the potential to make player balances uneven and leaving them short when attempting to purchase something from the shop.
Overwatch 2 is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
