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Any positive feelings towards Team Fortress 2? Obviously not the same itch but at least adjacent
Just doesn't scratch the same itch for me really. Overwatch is ridiculously well polished and many character kits have so much depth. I played Marvel Rivals for a bit but the character kits just do not have the same level of polish or depth as Overwatch, I ended up going back once I reached Celestial rank and felt like I'd explored everything the game has to offer. A couple characters do have Overwatch level of depth (Loki and Strange stand out) but I'm primarily a support main, all supports are very shallow.
Also I'm drawn to female characters and TF2 is like, almost all male. I couldn't get into Deadlock for the same reason I didn't identify with literally any character personality or design so "maining" any of them just totally didn't appeal to me at all. I still end up learning to play all chars in a game because it makes you better overall but like... I need to like and get attached to playing as someone. Maybe it's a fighting game mentality but people definitely choose characters based on identity factors in fighting games and I carry it over into other stuff.