In favor of trying to convince people to buy the
premium Battle Pass,
Overwatch 2 abandons that philosophy, making it so players have to either grind all the way to level 55 to unlock Kiriko, or buy the Battle Pass and unlock her right away.
This wouldn't be all that bad if reaching level 55 in
Overwatch 2's Battle Pass was possible without dedicating an absurd amount of time to the game, but that's simply not the case. It will likely take most free-to-play gamers weeks of constant play to unlock Kiriko. To put it in perspective, after over 90 games played and 50 games won, we're only at tier 32 in the Battle Pass. And that's with the 20% XP boost from owning the premium Battle Pass, so those that opt to stick to the free track will have their work cut out for them.