Overwatch (2016)

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  1. Aqprox
    May 24, 2016
    0
    Evolve 2.0, built on hype, but that's all, you will get bored after a couple hours.

    If this game wasn't from Blizzard, it would be forgotten pretty fast.
  2. Skitzofreniq
    May 24, 2016
    0
    If you've played the beta, that's it. That's the entire game... Nothing new was added. It saddens me to say it, but it's not close to being worth full-price. I'd say it's worth $10. And that's the maximum I would have payed for it
  3. Mordread
    May 24, 2016
    4
    The game is alright. It feels like a mod for Quake 3 (Graphics, gameplay, feel, sounds). The physics feel weak, the character movement is so arcade it is hard to explain and the game requires very little skill. I played a few games but found myself struggling to have fun. The game has no progression and requires little skill or tactics. All the modes are basically see who clicks first toThe game is alright. It feels like a mod for Quake 3 (Graphics, gameplay, feel, sounds). The physics feel weak, the character movement is so arcade it is hard to explain and the game requires very little skill. I played a few games but found myself struggling to have fun. The game has no progression and requires little skill or tactics. All the modes are basically see who clicks first to win.
    You destroy enemies extremely quickly and the hit boxes are ridiculously big. I consider my decent at shooting games (not amazing) but I also couldn't miss a headshot. I also have good latency so I won the click first battle more the times.
    The characters also feel quite flat and have no character.
    All in all it would be alright for 4 or 5 hours of fun for $5, but at over $10 I cannot recommend this game.
    I think this game has been targeted for children (under 12 or so) at which point I can see it being fun, but for anyone a bit older the game will likely be a bit boring.    … Expand
  4. skyaklost
    May 25, 2016
    1
    This is a slick shooter that falls on the designed by board side of the creative fence. Strange childish one liners and uninspired characters rotate around a single game mode that while extremely fun, is marred in mechanics designed to create suspense but that are rarely not frustrating.
    Maps are a long slog to walk across for half of the game culminating in 5 minutes of bore, 2 minutes    This is a slick shooter that falls on the designed by board side of the creative fence. Strange childish one liners and uninspired characters rotate around a single game mode that while extremely fun, is marred in mechanics designed to create suspense but that are rarely not frustrating.
    Maps are a long slog to walk across for half of the game culminating in 5 minutes of bore, 2 minutes of excitement. It's a well made barebones F2P game for the IOS generation,    … Expand
  5. reactor244
    May 24, 2016
    2
    If you enjoy dying over and over again to other players who obviously aren't anymore skilled than you... Overwatch is for you. The abilities each character possesses is overpowered. You will be rained on with spam since there is no ammo to worry about, just reloading. There are currently 21 characters in Overwatch, and the most effective teams use at most 3 of these characters at a time.If you enjoy dying over and over again to other players who obviously aren't anymore skilled than you... Overwatch is for you. The abilities each character possesses is overpowered. You will be rained on with spam since there is no ammo to worry about, just reloading. There are currently 21 characters in Overwatch, and the most effective teams use at most 3 of these characters at a time. Public matches will be filled with teams full of 6 of the same character and specifically the heroes that edge out at the top of the overpowered list. Characters without self-healing fall behind those that do. Watch streams of the best players. They die constantly. Skill in Overwatch is 100% negligible. Prove it to yourself.

    If you're a casual FPS player this game will entertain you for the time you have to play video games, granted you aren't put against people who live on this exaggerated MOBA FPS.    … Expand
  6. peneconsida
    May 26, 2016
    0
    Me parece indignante que este juege tenga esta puntuación tan alta, osea es realmente abusivo. Un juego que no ofrece ningún modo de juego solamente online, con unos gráficos muy normalitos..Y encima tiene el semejante precio de 40 € en pc y 60 en consolas. Absolutamente los maletines vuelvan por aqui y despues los fanboys de blizzard son incapaces de dar una nota real a este juego. EsteMe parece indignante que este juege tenga esta puntuación tan alta, osea es realmente abusivo. Un juego que no ofrece ningún modo de juego solamente online, con unos gráficos muy normalitos..Y encima tiene el semejante precio de 40 € en pc y 60 en consolas. Absolutamente los maletines vuelvan por aqui y despues los fanboys de blizzard son incapaces de dar una nota real a este juego. Este juego no merece un 0 de nota, de acuerdo yo le daria un 5 pero no quiero que tenga una media tan alta.… Expand
  7. askeptic
    May 24, 2016
    2
    The tag "Blizzard" and the extreme marketing campaign are tricking Gamer's of all types in to purchasing this unfinished potential. Overwatch, a game that should currently be F2P, is leveraging its Blizzard name to sell. The game features 21 unique Heroes, which is the only Pro to the game. Between poor level design, normal game modes with no team death match, no support for current PCThe tag "Blizzard" and the extreme marketing campaign are tricking Gamer's of all types in to purchasing this unfinished potential. Overwatch, a game that should currently be F2P, is leveraging its Blizzard name to sell. The game features 21 unique Heroes, which is the only Pro to the game. Between poor level design, normal game modes with no team death match, no support for current PC hardware, and extremely low replay ability, this game falls flat. After playing for over 10 hours, it is inherent that this game is missing so many features, settings, options, modes that would be normally found in any other current release title in regards to FPS. It takes a whole 10 min to see everything this game has to offer, and begin questioning while you are still playing. The Gamer community has left feedback since the first day of the Beta, in which Blizzard has completely ignored and/or created excuses for. An example is 21:9 support. A widely popular request, as it can be found in almost all other titles from 2015 forward. Blizzard says they do not have the time to add it to the game due to artistic work needing to be completed. However, they do have time to run a real expensive marketing campaign that ranges between comics, full motion videos, banners, and all sorts of other items that take away from the artists time. Furthermore, this 21:9 feature can be forced in to the game via a very simple "hack", which is solid proof that this feature can be supported very easily as it works flawlessly. Yet, Blizzard fails to respond to the community with anything that can be considered proper response. Secondly, the tick rate at which this game runs. It runs at 1/3 of what the MINIMUM should be in an FPS. Long story short, this makes your aiming inaccurate and destroys the entire concept of an online FPS. Nothing like being shot as you run around corners. Cheaters? Yep, Blizzard has no answer to those guys yet. While there will be cheaters in every game, they are running rampant in the games where nothing is being done, aka Overwatch. Lastly, micro-transactions. Something Blizzard kept quite on until launch (shady). While micro-transactions don't ruin this game, still kinda lame how you must pay more to get what you need, otherwise it is random. Remind me again as to what that initial payment went to?

    Tl:Dr - avoid this game like the plauge    … Expand
  8. CodyCoyote64
    May 24, 2016
    0
    I have played the game extensively for the past several hours, and I find myself marveling at just how plain terrible it is. When I compare it to the infinitely superior Wii U exclusive Splatoon, I find myself taken aback at just how much better Splatoon is than this trash. I have other a thousand hours in Splatoon compared to my handful in OverWatch, and I honestly would much ratherI have played the game extensively for the past several hours, and I find myself marveling at just how plain terrible it is. When I compare it to the infinitely superior Wii U exclusive Splatoon, I find myself taken aback at just how much better Splatoon is than this trash. I have other a thousand hours in Splatoon compared to my handful in OverWatch, and I honestly would much rather return to Splatoon for another thousand before popping this game in ever again.

    That's the difference in quality we are talking about here. I am not trying to hype up Splatoon, here. I am here merely to offer my experiences with Overwatch and how I find, in my opinion, that it is a waste of time. There are so many better games out there... why bother with this one? Because it's brand new? Please. By that logic, Uncharted 4 would be the best game ever made, even though the recent Tomb Raider reboot was a superior experience in every way.

    So what about Overwatch makes me so upset?

    There are too many examples to list, really, so I think I will just sum up: It's just not fun. That's it. That's all I have to say about this title in particular because that's all I need to say. The game is just not fun.

    There is not enough time in your life to waste talking about or playing bad games. It's time for us to move on, forget about Overwatch, and play some more Splatoon. Who is with me?    … Expand
  9. Jamesyfox
    May 24, 2016
    0
    Meh I give it 0/10.No story mode and that's all I really wanted. I'm not a fan of this multiplayer stuff. Gonna go get my money back and buy a better game. How hard is it to honestly add a storyline.
  10. Sephet
    Aug 3, 2017
    4
    An overpriced Team Fortress 2 gone wrong. Overwatch is an extremely casual game that fails at being casual. Remember those awesome World of Warcraft fights where you would spend several minutes dealing damage to an enemy who's behind magical barriers that negate incoming damage and under constant healing from his ally to the point where he cannot die, while your team does exactly the sameAn overpriced Team Fortress 2 gone wrong. Overwatch is an extremely casual game that fails at being casual. Remember those awesome World of Warcraft fights where you would spend several minutes dealing damage to an enemy who's behind magical barriers that negate incoming damage and under constant healing from his ally to the point where he cannot die, while your team does exactly the same thing and everything feels boring but you keep going because you have to, until one team runs out of mana and the fight is finally over? Overwatch is basically that, but switch the "running out of mana" part for ultimate abilities that take zero skill to use effectively and may turn the tide of a match. It may be fun for a while but the gameplay is broken and simply doesn't have what it takes to build a decent competitive scene. And then there's the community, which is more toxic than that of an actual MOBA.… Expand
  11. Zenren
    Jul 16, 2017
    0
    This game is designed to make you buy a second copy. There is a hidden MMR in competition that prevents you from achieving SR beyond a certain level. Essentially the matches are rigged so you can't win enough matches to really progress, so most players end up buying a second account in order to achieve their "real SR", however, more often than not they can't because, after all, the game isThis game is designed to make you buy a second copy. There is a hidden MMR in competition that prevents you from achieving SR beyond a certain level. Essentially the matches are rigged so you can't win enough matches to really progress, so most players end up buying a second account in order to achieve their "real SR", however, more often than not they can't because, after all, the game is rigged. If you end up buying this game, expect to be disappointed. Expect to have deep losing streaks, followed by shallow win streaks. Essentially you are not as bad as you think and the game capitalizes on that idea by placing you with crappy players and, as Blizzard openly admitted, starting you at an SR 200-300 below your actual SR to give you a false sense of achievement. My suggestion play Paladins, it's free and similar enough that you wont have to pay for the abuse.… Expand
  12. gematric
    Dec 8, 2016
    0
    if there were a possibility to rate this under 0 I would really chose the lowest. Nothing compares to this bullsh.it game. No logical rules, OP heroes, everything is just wrong with this crap. If you have the intention to buy this **** just go and buy something else like a bunch of ice creams or anything else, I assure you is way more enjoyable.
  13. zimmer600
    Aug 19, 2017
    4
    Giant compilation of stolen other people's ideas, in general nothing new, as in all games from BLIZZARD, the game has already found its inadequate fans who compare most of the shooters with this piece of ****
  14. Peter_Weetsa
    Dec 11, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was one of the worst parts of the year 2016. It is thoroughly un-fun in every way imaginable. The characters are unbalanced and uncreative. The whole premise of the game is basically a Team Fortress 2 clone. It is based entirely on team play, but there is no incentive for working together as a team, and no way to punish players who troll or do not work with their team. Overall, I have had a highly negative experience playing this game, which I have been playing since release. And I haven't even gotten to the worst feature yet: competitive play. I realize Blizzard changed competitive placements in Season 3 because Gold and Platinum were overpopulated, and they wanted to fix this. That said, the fixes they implemented were the worst possible. In Season 2, I placed silver and stayed about the same throughout the season. However, I played a lot of quick play and other modes between Season 2 and Season 3 and improved quite a bit. When I played my Season 3 placements, I won 7 out of my 10 placements, earning 3 or more gold medals in every game except for one. Obviously, this means I not only won games, but significantly contributed to the success of my team. Additionally, I was matched in every game against people who had already placed in gold or in platinum. The fact that I did well against these players shows that I deserve to be placed in a similar skill level to them. However, I was placed in bronze. I feel the changes that Blizzard made to competitive essentially just places every player lower than they deserve to be because they could not think of an actual solution to the problem. This removes all motivation to play competitive, because good players are going to be placed lower than they should be, which feels bad and is not a reward for playing well. Additionally, it is going to be much harder to climb to where you really deserve to be because you will be placed with people who are not as skilled as you are. This also creates much more unbalanced matchmaking. Overall, I feel this game is not very creative or fun, and the little potential it did have was completely ruined by the utter stupidity of Blizzard as a company. I would NEVER recommend this game to anyone, and it has certainly been a waste of my time and money.… Expand
  15. Materic
    Dec 21, 2016
    0
    Worst game Blizzard has ever made. Absolute trash, I wish this game didn't exist. fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
  16. Keitom
    Dec 21, 2016
    4
    Its a good game with some bugs but what i hate of this game is that the servers are ruined and the game its so so so so so so so so so so so so so overrated they only like ass and ****
  17. Ver3sk
    Jan 21, 2017
    0
    It's a poorly made game that was supposed to be F2P, with a lot of design flaws, poor balance, short list of playable heroes and maps. It's a shame Blizzard is making such kind of games these days. Save your money for literally anything else.
  18. C100
    May 5, 2017
    2
    God I wish I'd checked the reviews before buying this. After having played the game for some time, desperately wanting to like it, the best thing I can liken it to is an abusive relationship.

    Sure you'll have fun. The characters are all fun and cute- through no small part of the cinematic shorts (which are free btw). When the game's at its best you've got a quirky yet high intensity    God I wish I'd checked the reviews before buying this. After having played the game for some time, desperately wanting to like it, the best thing I can liken it to is an abusive relationship.

    Sure you'll have fun. The characters are all fun and cute- through no small part of the cinematic shorts (which are free btw). When the game's at its best you've got a quirky yet high intensity class based shooter with a role for pretty much everyone. The introduction of new heroes is tied nicely into the stories they create and everything generally works.

    But when you actually spend time with it, good god can it be just an awful experience. As many people have said this is one of the worst gaming communities to date, and as you fall in rank people are only going to get worse. There are some awful examples of design, such as if your team has a leaver- all of your team will lose SR as a result, you can be matched against a 5-stack as a solo player, and some heroes are objectively better than others. There are very few matches that you'll win by a slim margin: 90% of games are going to be total wipes one way or another despite your best efforts. The worst part is that because the game is so intensely focused on the teamwork, one loose thread can throw the entire game off. While sometimes it won't be anybody's fault (often it will be though) something won't mesh in your team- whether nobody can play a hitscan to counter a flying character (of whom is massively unbalanced at lower levels) or whether nobody wants to switch despite being countered, or whether simply your chosen heroes just won't mesh together- this can end a game and all the way up to around mid-plat (over the threshold of half the playerbase) people won't have the skill or experience to be able to play the amount of heroes necessary with the correct degree of teamwork. It's not fun, as often matches are simply decided by the roll of the matchmaker. The exception to this is anybody diamond rank or above as more people will willingly change and adapt to help the teamwork, but this only accounts for about 10-20% of the player base. A lot of these problems would be at least bearable if there was some sort of fix on the horizon, but Blizzard haven't even sought to address the blatant and easy fix of having a leaver ruin the entire team's fortunes- let alone anything that would require more thought.

    There's also the gripe of the game not actually having that much content for a fully priced game. While you can easily make up the hours (trying to convince yourself it's worth it), it gets very stale, very quickly as there are currently a total of 4 main game modes, with 14 maps. With all the new game modes that've come out it might be considered worth it but these are removed at the end of each event, meaning that instead of keeping the events in the game for some players to enjoy, Blizzard removes it meaning no-one gets to enjoy them. The game is also an online shooter- so the only single-player mode to speak of is playing with offline bots which is not reflective of the game at all as the bots will just stand around with only their aim tweaked to suffice for difficulty. While the online-only part is a fairly obvious part of the game, it just goes to remember that full-price games used to include both single player and online content.

    In short it's probably best if you don't buy Overwatch. I'll admit I was suckered in with the free weekend and the cutesy shorts, but at the end of the day the only thing you're getting is an online game that is constantly being fixed, which is at the mercy of its own community.    … Expand
  19. PerformedTiger
    Jul 6, 2017
    4
    Cons:
    it has less content than i expected
    It's underwhelming for the price tag
    It actually ripped-off a lot of Team fortress 2 (I'm looking at you torbjorn)
    Pro's:
    It's pretty fun to play
    Balanced game play

    ps: sorry if my english is bad
  20. fukoverwatch
    Aug 6, 2017
    4
    I have owned the game since it came out, and it has become utter crap. I see hackers in more than 10% of games, utterly destroying the game. It wasnt good enough to start to be worth playing with this many hackers. GG
  21. GribbyGuy
    Dec 20, 2016
    1
    Game has potential for a variety of reasons, but it ends up being a really frustrating experience due to the poor matchmaking system that often sets up lopsided matches. Competitive play is a bit better on that end, but still leaves a lot to be desired. There's more flaws, like the game's insistence on wasting your time with long wind-up and wind-down times and a dull "play of the gameGame has potential for a variety of reasons, but it ends up being a really frustrating experience due to the poor matchmaking system that often sets up lopsided matches. Competitive play is a bit better on that end, but still leaves a lot to be desired. There's more flaws, like the game's insistence on wasting your time with long wind-up and wind-down times and a dull "play of the game system". Often times the match making will throw away a match after 60 seconds of waiting because it couldn't find a single player. Just one player it could not find despite a fanbase of 60k+ active players... Map balance issues and other issues plague this game. It's a work in progress.… Expand
  22. WJPetersen
    Apr 14, 2017
    1
    I had very high expectations for this game until I actually played it. Everyone told me this was "like" Team Fortress 2. Which I played for months and really enjoyed (looking back - it was way ahead of its time). But Overwatch is NOTHING like TF2. There are 21 characters - each with different abilities. And frankly, some of them really suck. If you shrank it down by half, it wouldI had very high expectations for this game until I actually played it. Everyone told me this was "like" Team Fortress 2. Which I played for months and really enjoyed (looking back - it was way ahead of its time). But Overwatch is NOTHING like TF2. There are 21 characters - each with different abilities. And frankly, some of them really suck. If you shrank it down by half, it would make the game more enjoyable. The reason for the 1 rating rather than 0 was because all of the maps are well designed. But, all the choices for characters with all those maps makes the game far too complex. It was fun for a couple of days. But, then gets old after that. To the point that I don't even want to play it anymore and will return it. Another big issue with me is the amount of time it takes to get to level 25 to play against others and the "quick play". I put about 8 hours into this stupid game and only got to level 4! And I am not a horrible player! On the quick play, it constantly boots you from one game to the next. When this happens, you play for a little while, then get kicked, then go to another game, get kicked again, and so on. This goes on for about 1 hour and you don't get to finish a game and get credits for the play. How frustrating!!! Don't waste your money on the game. It is a complete let down.… Expand
  23. Nedas
    May 11, 2017
    1
    Korean hackers are ruining the game. If you play from the US West coast, Europe, or South East Asia, you will be paired up with Korean hackers. In Korea, Overwatch itself is free. Players use "PC Bangs", internet cafes, to play and pay the cafe, which pays a royalty to Blizzard. Blizzard is actively profiting from the PC Bangs allowing users to download cheats, and letting the PC Bang
  24. BrankoBama
    Jul 31, 2017
    0
    The Overwatch team sucks at fixing clear issues with the game, the community is toxic, the competitive system is bad, and the maps are awful. The only good things I see are the events, and some of the game modes. Overall it is not a fun game, and i do not recommend you waste your money.
  25. Strxex
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    Huge lack of hero diversity, way too slow new hero releases means you will see have very frequent mirror match ups. Ranked need a soloque as most 5 or 6 man stack will dominate soloque players. Game feels bland as everything revolved around a choke point and lack of diverse strategy.
  26. iamevilhomer
    May 4, 2017
    3
    Before I start... Yes... That's right. I gave this game a 3... That's right... A blizzard game gets a 3. Please do read on before just plain labeling me a hater. Because I do want blizzard to make a good game. I really do! Know why? Because they have made some great ones. Diablo 1 and 2 for example. Starcraft 1! I know they can pull off great games. It's just that they didn't this timeBefore I start... Yes... That's right. I gave this game a 3... That's right... A blizzard game gets a 3. Please do read on before just plain labeling me a hater. Because I do want blizzard to make a good game. I really do! Know why? Because they have made some great ones. Diablo 1 and 2 for example. Starcraft 1! I know they can pull off great games. It's just that they didn't this time lol. #Neverjoinupwithactivision lol

    Pros... Decent game play... Decent art direction/graphics... Decent/stable frame rate... Decent online experience...

    Cons...

    No split screen...
    No story mode...
    No survival/coop mode...
    Online only...
    Multiplayer only...
    Lack of content...
    Low skill gap. It's basically team fortress for scrubs. Just look at those huge hit boxes, heavy auto aim, and super sensitive bullet magnetism...
    It's full price when it's basically a free to play game...
    Multiplayer can't be taken seriously on a competitive level what so ever since it's such a random game with so many luck based features going on at once....
    Unbalanced characters. Some characters like Mcree rule while characters like Mei pretty much suck...
    MICRO TRANSACTIONS! The clear indication that the game wants to rip you off...

    But since Blizzard did some great games in the past people are willing to blindly call this game amazing when it in fact is pretty much a turd in more ways than not. If you actually have good taste in First person games half life, morrowind, perfect dark 64, halo ce, doom etc etc... You should be smart enough to see that bend over watch isn't that good. What a shame... Stick to RPGs and Strategy games blizzard. The First person genre is not where you shine obviously...

    The game does more things bad than it does things that are good. If it was half and half I would give it about a 5 of course to be fair... But since the bad is outweighing the game... I can't give it a score over 5... It's about a 4 to be honest. But since I put my foot down hard on games like this... You know... Micro transaction/overpriced games... I'm going with a 3 just to make a point. %$#! games like this : )    … Expand
  27. NaanFreezer
    Nov 28, 2016
    0
    I really am clueless as to how this game is so popular, and also it got such a high metascore. Like seriously, how do people manage to enjoy this garbage? Because it's a Blizzard game? Really? Unbelievable.

    To summarize, Overwatch is a hot steaming crappy liquid garbage mess of a game. It steals mechanics and features from a bunch of places such as: The gameplay of TF2, the MoBA    I really am clueless as to how this game is so popular, and also it got such a high metascore. Like seriously, how do people manage to enjoy this garbage? Because it's a Blizzard game? Really? Unbelievable.

    To summarize, Overwatch is a hot steaming crappy liquid garbage mess of a game. It steals mechanics and features from a bunch of places such as: The gameplay of TF2, the MoBA mechanics of League of Legends, and the graphics of Disney Studios (?!).

    TF2 is easily one of my favorite games. It is amazing and I simply love it to bits. However, Overwatch is just a poorly made ripoff of TF2, and not nearly as good.

    I have so many complaints about this garbage game, I don't know where to start. First off, it has practically NO CONTENT. 3 gamemodes, and like 4 maps. That is simply pathetic. It tries to be funny or humorous by having a goofy stereotypical British character that says cringe stuff like, "CHEERS LOVE! THE CAVALRY'S HERE!" Absolute fail.

    And the price?! REALLY?! $60?! What a load of bullcrap. I actually thought that was a joke at first, but apparently Blizzard DOES want to overprice this stupid trash game.

    So overall, Overwatch is simply a disgrace to both the FPS genre and the otherwise awesome array of Blizzard games, which is strange, since they're the one who made it.

    Just do yourself a favor, go play TF2 for free instead of wasting $60 on this obsolete garbage.    … Expand
  28. RyseGaming
    Dec 3, 2016
    0
    This game is fun for the most part. However, you will have one good game and then get in a game with a bunch of raging children complaining that their team is bad because they cant hold a capture point on their own. Ive just been in a game where the whole team were Russian and began to rage and moan and insult each other because no one could work together. Every game is like this. You haveThis game is fun for the most part. However, you will have one good game and then get in a game with a bunch of raging children complaining that their team is bad because they cant hold a capture point on their own. Ive just been in a game where the whole team were Russian and began to rage and moan and insult each other because no one could work together. Every game is like this. You have one really good game with a group and then have high hopes for the next game and then get in a game like that. Gaming isnt fun anymore. Its all full of these obnoxious children thinking they're a god and can rule over everyone in the lobby. The game its self is good but the community behind it is awful. If you're thinking about getting this game. I would highly avoid it as you will be disappointed.… Expand
  29. CO_Grimm
    Feb 13, 2017
    0
    The epitome of a polished turd. Blizzard was so busy making it look shiny that they overlooked things like:

    - There's just a handful of incredibly OP heroes (about 7 out 23) that make the rest simply not worth using. Their balance changes thus far have given me no hope that this will ever change. - Very low skill cap, especially on most of the OP heroes. - Not many maps and they all    The epitome of a polished turd. Blizzard was so busy making it look shiny that they overlooked things like:

    - There's just a handful of incredibly OP heroes (about 7 out 23) that make the rest simply not worth using. Their balance changes thus far have given me no hope that this will ever change.
    - Very low skill cap, especially on most of the OP heroes.
    - Not many maps and they all feel pretty much the same, within the same game mode. If you took away the textures, they'd almost be hard to tell apart. This is really where Blizzard's inexperience with FPS's shines through; it's like they just haphazardly threw together some hallways and chokepoints with no thought towards level design theory.
    -Even if there was a good standout map, you couldn't choose to play on it (except in custom games with bots/friends only and no progression).
    -Matchmaker is horrid, like many other reviewers have already discussed.
    -No scoreboard so the really bad players don't know just how little they're contributing. Medals don't count because you can't see other player's medals.
    -Mystery Heroes might be fun if it had hero limits and didn't snowball from total ult reset.    … Expand
  30. Nikey17
    Apr 2, 2017
    4
    Whilst the game certainly has potential, Blizzard's sloppy managing makes this a repetitive and unsatisfying game. The lack of hero and map variety is horrendous, making every game feel the same. I sincerely regret the fact I payed €40 for this whilst I did kind off enjoy some 30 hours spent, it's not worth it, and the fact that the company selling the game in an (in my opinion) unfinishedWhilst the game certainly has potential, Blizzard's sloppy managing makes this a repetitive and unsatisfying game. The lack of hero and map variety is horrendous, making every game feel the same. I sincerely regret the fact I payed €40 for this whilst I did kind off enjoy some 30 hours spent, it's not worth it, and the fact that the company selling the game in an (in my opinion) unfinished state for full price is ridiculous. Oh don't forget the horrible matchmaking/servers, clunky interface and constant crashing (like most Blizzard games).… Expand
  31. 7ShadesOfEffort
    Apr 19, 2017
    0
    «How to downgrade an outdated free2play game, successfully sell it for 40 bucks, start yet another cancerous trend in video game industry and overflow internet with low quality porn and arsepull memes : The Game»

    1 out of 7: zero effort.
  32. CoffeeBre
    May 29, 2017
    1
    No skilled game at all, just a chaotic rush. More like cool down click game where aim no matters. Another Blizzard kids game for money wasting same as WoW. Game also do not support 4:3 resolution.
  33. ClappyCamper
    Aug 1, 2017
    1
    Budget clown game for babies. Characters with random abilities thrown into generic environments often times favoring one side over the other. Blizzard's servers run at a low tickrate causing frequent "behind a wall" kills and certain abilities getting ignored altogether. Your individual skill has very little impact on the outcome of a game; overwatch is a game of skill as much as poker isBudget clown game for babies. Characters with random abilities thrown into generic environments often times favoring one side over the other. Blizzard's servers run at a low tickrate causing frequent "behind a wall" kills and certain abilities getting ignored altogether. Your individual skill has very little impact on the outcome of a game; overwatch is a game of skill as much as poker is which is to say RNG is your only real friend. The game is frustrating to play and, at best, boring.… Expand
  34. aoejunkie
    Aug 11, 2017
    3
    Extremely over-rated game. Lacking content for the high price, still quite unbalanced over a year into being live. It is unfortunate blizzards content is steadily declining year on year.
  35. Tenebris
    Sep 20, 2017
    4
    A game that looks good from the outside, but the more you play it, the more its many flaws stand out.

    -Poor balance. The game is probably in the worst state it's ever been. Between new problems like Doomfist's instant kill, overbuffing Mercy and DVa, and longstanding problems like Pharmercy, Hanzo's scatter and certain characters just being perpetually OP (76) or UP (Sombra) with few or    A game that looks good from the outside, but the more you play it, the more its many flaws stand out.

    -Poor balance. The game is probably in the worst state it's ever been. Between new problems like Doomfist's instant kill, overbuffing Mercy and DVa, and longstanding problems like Pharmercy, Hanzo's scatter and certain characters just being perpetually OP (76) or UP (Sombra) with few or no changes, it seems like Blizzard doesn't have a clue what to do. Though given their history with Starcraft and WoW, I guess this should not come as a surprise.

    -Terrible matchmaker. It's been over a year and I'm still pretty sure this thing just enforces 50% win rate. Also in non-comp modes be prepared to get matched with players hundreds, often thousands of levels about you, because evidently there's not enough new players.

    - Waiting for game: be prepared to wait typically 2-6 times longer than the estimated time even during peak play times. Maybe there's just not that many people playing the game? I usually see the same 10 people over and over too, even after leaving at match's end.

    - Maps: You can't choose which map you want to play on, and even if you could, the majority of them are just slight variations on TF2's Dustbowl, with or without a payload.

    - Character variety: Have fun getting reported for playing an off-meta hero in Quickplay. Mystery Heroes sounds fun, but since there's no limits it generally comes down to whichever team gets 3 D.Va's or something FotM. Deathmatch seemed like a breath of fresh air, but you probably won't stand a chance unless you're using one of a handful of characters with low-skill instant kill moves (Doomfist's right click, Hanzo's Scattershot, McCree's flashbang).

    - Dumbs down a lot of typical FPS things for casuals: No fall damage, infinite ammo, very little self-damage, visible enemy health. Most heroes are very easy to use with low skill ceiling.

    - Press Q to Win: You can play like garbage on attack the entire game, but plenty of ults can easily kill most of the enemy team or simply force them off the point, making for an easy win.

    Add that all up with the repetitive feel of the game (In under a dozen hours, you will probably see just about everything the game has to offer), and I think giving it a 4/10 is still a little generous. Blizzard is slow to add content, and mostly we just get events with limited-time game modes and skins.    … Expand
  36. Nianiouchka
    Jun 4, 2017
    0
    After one year, I still feel like I paid too much for this game.

    • One new game mode : Capture the Flag, and it hasn't been optimised or balanced for capturing the flag compared to regular Quick Play. They simply droped a flag on the map. • Two new maps : Eichenwalde and Oasis. The other additions were already existing KOTH maps with different lightings ( like Illios during sun set )    After one year, I still feel like I paid too much for this game.

    • One new game mode : Capture the Flag, and it hasn't been optimised or balanced for capturing the flag compared to regular Quick Play. They simply droped a flag on the map.
    • Two new maps : Eichenwalde and Oasis. The other additions were already existing KOTH maps with different lightings ( like Illios during sun set ) or three tiny maps that were salavaged assets of previous maps for game modes that less than 25% of players use.
    • Three new characters : Including one that is 90% transparent in the lore departement even compared to the rest of the characters, and the three of them are yet to be balanced right.
    • No advancement concerning lore yet : One can wonder how long it will take to know even just half of the story.

    Maybe it will be full enough to be worth its price in 10 years.

    • The dev team is filtering the feedbacks and only answering to the complains they choose to aknowledge. For everything else, this is simply censoring. They play nice in videos where they say that the game belongs to he player base and thank you in messages, but that's where it stops when money's involved.
    • Their events are getting bigger each time and more impossible to complete either by playing or by paying. It's supposed to be gambling, but this is steadily leaning more towards only loosing. No win card. They had a systmey and keep changing it to milk their players of every dollar they can.

    If you want to buy this game, I heavily suggest that you wait for it to be on sale, and never spend a single penny on loot boxes. It's not worth it, and this supports Blizzard into filtering communication with the community.    … Expand
  37. Telembrium
    Oct 1, 2017
    2
    Overwatch is a game which has a good concept but a bad implementation. Poor map and mechanics design, poor graphics, a serious lack of writing talent, a featureless matchmaking system, and the microtransactions added on top are all factors which have contributed to Overwatch's failure to provide a fun experience.

    With a single sentence, the closest one can get to describing the massive    Overwatch is a game which has a good concept but a bad implementation. Poor map and mechanics design, poor graphics, a serious lack of writing talent, a featureless matchmaking system, and the microtransactions added on top are all factors which have contributed to Overwatch's failure to provide a fun experience.

    With a single sentence, the closest one can get to describing the massive amount of illogical, arbitrary, inconsistent, and counter-intuitive design that Overwatch is rife with using an example from the game is, "Bear traps prevent time travel." The base design of the game is both unique and functional, but where the developers go wrong is in the specifics. There's the apex of stupidity that is the mentioned example, but the game suffers no lack of design that exists within the same philosophy. I could prattle off countless instances: contact-detonated explosives being reflected with contact, electromagnetic pulses preventing running and yet not affecting rolls or jetpacks, flash bangs which immobilise players and violate the law of conservation of energy by nullifying all momentum while not affecting vision whatsoever—the list goes on. This design causes immense frustration for those learning the game and continues to be an annoyance long into a player's career.

    The game's graphics are a mixed bag. Textures are blurry and many models could benefit from an increased polycount. Still, the cartoonish art style manages to keep the game looking passable and at times even pretty. Animations are basic, often lacking enough frames to look smooth. There is absolutely no lip-sync and only minor modelling of facial expressions, so characters will not open their mouths when speaking, and those on the brink of death simply look bored or slightly irritated. Granted, this level of graphical fidelity does allow for higher framerates, but crisp textures and higher polycount models should be available for those who have the systems to handle them.

    Map design in Overwatch is shockingly poor. The majority of the maps use one of two game modes: Attack/Defence and KoTH. Both of these game modes are inherently flawed, as the game balance is wildly skewed without a mobile point of battle. Most A/D and KoTH matches devolve into spawn camping or repeatedly walking into a kill box. Additionally, the developers have added countless bottomless pits to the maps in places that make no sense for the sake of having them for certain character's abilities. The remaining maps utilise a payload game mode, which plays well but is still plagued by random pits.

    The game's writing is awful. Characters can have their entire backstory described with a single sentence: Mercy is a Swiss doctor that abhors violence, Zarya is a strong, Russian woman, DoomFist is a black man that steals things, and McCree is a cowboy. These sensational designs are among the many "heroes" that Blizzard uses as one of the game's selling points. Like the character designs, the story is near nonexistent. The best that can be ascertained is that there was an international policing organisation which was disbanded after failing at their job, and now the ex-members are teaming up with known criminals to fight clones of themselves.

    By far, the largest issue that besets Overwatch is the lack of a sophisticated matchmaking system. The current system could tentatively be called functional, but even that is a stretch. It lacks basic features such as map and ping filtering, and the matches it creates are frequently unbalanced. It will reconnect players to matches that they have manually disconnected from, making it impossible to escape trolls and cheaters without waiting several minutes for the slots to be refilled. You'll also be punished for leaving matches through the application of a reduced XP penalty. This is mostly irrelevant, but it leaves the player feeling scorned when the reason they're disconnecting is the game's fault.

    If all the previous failings weren't bad enough, get ready to be milked for every cent you're worth with microtransactions. Loot boxes and loot are constantly advertised. Labels proclaiming 'New!' are everywhere, and even the in-game menu offers you the ability to disconnect from the match (with punishment) to buy or open loot boxes. The items these loot boxes hold are thankfully cosmetic but don't fail to break the artstyle. People running around in gaudy outfits and Halloween costumes and yells of "Would you like the sponge or the spray?" are no stranger to the combat of Overwatch. Many items are memes and/or break the fourth wall.

    In short, Overwatch is a good game concept with bad game design. Arbitrary mechanic design, poor map design, poor writing, well-performing yet poor quality graphics, a barely functional matchmaking system that punishes the player for its failures, and microtransactions as a rotten cherry on top of an ant-ridden ice cream sundae make it clear to label this game with the bottom line of: Avoid.    … Expand
  38. TheSalianRaider
    Nov 18, 2016
    1
    While the game may be fun and polished, the fun falls flat after a few hours of game play. Playing it feels just like TF2. The only difference is the presence of cyber sex appeal and some skills which hardly stand out when compared to multitude of weapons in other FPS games. Matchmaking balance is not good, repetitivity gets you early, melee is pretty much non-existent. Critics must haveWhile the game may be fun and polished, the fun falls flat after a few hours of game play. Playing it feels just like TF2. The only difference is the presence of cyber sex appeal and some skills which hardly stand out when compared to multitude of weapons in other FPS games. Matchmaking balance is not good, repetitivity gets you early, melee is pretty much non-existent. Critics must have been paid a lot to sugarcoat such a flat game.… Expand
  39. Grybb9
    May 5, 2019
    0
    I believe people praise this game way too much. It's nothing special. Overwatch borrows elements from probably the most toxic game genre - mobas. I have over 500 hours on this game, it was fun at first, but it gets very repetitive and frustrating later. At this point I can't even play quick play without getting tilted. Also, recently the game feels forgotten: the meta stays stale, itI believe people praise this game way too much. It's nothing special. Overwatch borrows elements from probably the most toxic game genre - mobas. I have over 500 hours on this game, it was fun at first, but it gets very repetitive and frustrating later. At this point I can't even play quick play without getting tilted. Also, recently the game feels forgotten: the meta stays stale, it takes months for balance patches to roll out, and event are lacking in content, they only add skins. In addition Blizzard keeps pouring money into Overwatch league and feels like they have forgotten about the average player, because the game is only balanced for the pros.… Expand
  40. Dryani
    Feb 7, 2018
    0
    This is either a poorly balanced moba without creeps, or a mediocre FPS with obnoxious special abilities. You decide.

    There is zero character progression, cheaters are common, speech is policed in a creepy way, and new content crawls along at a pathetic pace.

    Blizzard hasn't innovated for over a decade; Overwatch doesn't come close to changing that.
  41. mrmustard
    Sep 19, 2017
    1
    I want to like this game but I just can't. It's really no different to TF2, but costs money. To be honest it doesn't feel at all like a Blizzard game apart from the price tag. If you literally have nothing else to play then maybe it's OK. With the shooter standard so high these days I was very disappointed
  42. Sickler
    Oct 9, 2017
    0
    Are you looking for a game where you will make a difference? Where you will contribute to a 6 man team and feel a sense of accomplishment? Then find something different to play. This game is nothing but toxic players, where every player wont contribute to the team effort. Enjoy countless games with no healer or not tanks. Enjoy countless games where no one will switch characters. Enjoy aAre you looking for a game where you will make a difference? Where you will contribute to a 6 man team and feel a sense of accomplishment? Then find something different to play. This game is nothing but toxic players, where every player wont contribute to the team effort. Enjoy countless games with no healer or not tanks. Enjoy countless games where no one will switch characters. Enjoy a game where if you win a bunch of games, it will >per the developers< put you in sub par team to lose. The only people who enjoy this game are 6 man pre-planned teams. Otherwise you are left frustrated as you lose hundreds of skill rating points per night and are forced to play with only people who no longer care about their rating and are willing to quit or not contribute. Thus losing game after game as they it is stated that no one win all the team in X skill rating...all the way up to gold. Go play any other game, tetris, Metroid, Mario brothers, just about any other game has a better since of accomplishment then this.… Expand
  43. FLeXi
    Mar 12, 2018
    3
    What isn't wrong with this game. Matchmaking is just rigged to do the same bs over and over. It goes by clusters of easy games followed by clusters of awful games. One team is always stacked no matter what. I've reached 1800 several times, then it gives me nothing but bad players for the next 15 games straight. Way too few maps, and too few characters. Game feels nowhere near balancedWhat isn't wrong with this game. Matchmaking is just rigged to do the same bs over and over. It goes by clusters of easy games followed by clusters of awful games. One team is always stacked no matter what. I've reached 1800 several times, then it gives me nothing but bad players for the next 15 games straight. Way too few maps, and too few characters. Game feels nowhere near balanced either, 1 player not picking right can make you lose 90% of the time. Not worth the time.… Expand
  44. Grimnebulin
    May 19, 2019
    0
    The main thing you need to know about Overwatch is that it's not a game, it's a coin toss. 50% enforced winrate is applied at all levels of play across all game modes. It's blatant because the collective level or skill rating on one team will always severely out class the other team, even though switching just 2 or 3 players could have easily balanced things out. You'll win a few matchesThe main thing you need to know about Overwatch is that it's not a game, it's a coin toss. 50% enforced winrate is applied at all levels of play across all game modes. It's blatant because the collective level or skill rating on one team will always severely out class the other team, even though switching just 2 or 3 players could have easily balanced things out. You'll win a few matches straight, then lose a few matches straight, with every game being a steamroll.

    To top things off, at this point there's at least one obvious aimbot in almost every game these days. You get to see their kill cam and it's the telltale twitchy, inhuman locked-on mouse movements, tracking through walls, etc., but reporting does nothing. Blizzard just does not care at this point. If anything, the hackers have probably been incorporated into the 50% winrate algorithm.    … Expand
  45. Kenstar
    Oct 6, 2018
    0
    After playing this and hots I can safely assume everyone that cares about games at Blizzard are gone, these new games are just cash milking trash appealing to casuals. I can't say anything good about this product other than it works. MM is horrid, Balance is really bad compared to other games suchs as TF2. Map design is garbage and seem rushed together with no tought at all. For a TrippleAfter playing this and hots I can safely assume everyone that cares about games at Blizzard are gone, these new games are just cash milking trash appealing to casuals. I can't say anything good about this product other than it works. MM is horrid, Balance is really bad compared to other games suchs as TF2. Map design is garbage and seem rushed together with no tought at all. For a Tripple A price this game is sure lacking conetent and whats there is just boring stale gameplay with stupid "moba" ulties.… Expand
  46. Junder
    Mar 24, 2019
    0
    This used to be my favorite game. However alle the OP new heroes, the unbalanced reworks, the nerfs, the completely busted matchmaking, and the community slowly moving towards playing for medals and not caring about winning, has absolutely destroyed this game for me.
    I have spent a fortune on lootboxes, I have spent several fortunes on merch, convering my living room to a shrone to Dva    This used to be my favorite game. However alle the OP new heroes, the unbalanced reworks, the nerfs, the completely busted matchmaking, and the community slowly moving towards playing for medals and not caring about winning, has absolutely destroyed this game for me.
    I have spent a fortune on lootboxes, I have spent several fortunes on merch, convering my living room to a shrone to Dva and Mei, but right now, the game is unplayable. Whenever I jump in, if I go quick play, people will troll pick and tell me "relax just qp", but the same happens in ranked, only much worse. I have been in a constant state of denial, but I have finally concluded how much ass this game is.    … Expand
  47. ljfrench
    Sep 27, 2017
    4
    Trying desperately to win a game, playing as Bastion, shooting everyone. Enemies are camping our spawn, I'm shooting everyone, using my ult, etc. Suddenly it appears I've crashed back to menu. Nope, "Removed from the match due to inactivity". BS.

    AND it kicked me from the group.
  48. CobaltFox
    Dec 31, 2017
    1
    Blizzard lost their way a long time ago when most of their talent left the company. Never mind the fact that they can't balance anything to save their lives anymore. Overwatch itself was fun at times but the community is extremely toxic and the game is full of cheaters. Don't ever point out anyone that could be suspicious (cheating). You will get attacked like a Trump supporter at aBlizzard lost their way a long time ago when most of their talent left the company. Never mind the fact that they can't balance anything to save their lives anymore. Overwatch itself was fun at times but the community is extremely toxic and the game is full of cheaters. Don't ever point out anyone that could be suspicious (cheating). You will get attacked like a Trump supporter at a Hillary rally by Liberal kids. Never in my life of gaming have I seen such an extremely poor and unsupportive community.… Expand
  49. sergeymasterok
    Feb 14, 2018
    0
    This game for stupid kids, or for very little played "gamers". if there were no skins about this game forgot after a couple of months.
  50. moistcake123
    May 2, 2018
    1
    What could be a fun game, hindered by poor server support, inconsistent patches, and unbalanced gameplay. After 300 hours of this game I've finally decided to let it collect dust. Better luck next time Blizzard.
  51. FUUUUCCCCCC
    May 3, 2019
    0
    **** unbalanced, **** matchmaking, lazy recycle event, eat your **** owl just die
  52. Slob
    Jul 18, 2019
    0
    This game is just totally garbage.
    Terrible game modes and heavily one-sided matches, toxic community and too based on cordinating the boring ultimates. This isn't a skilled FPS gamer's game.
  53. ReptNoR
    Sep 4, 2017
    0
    1 year ago this game was fun, but now it's full of retarded russian kids. The comunity if this game is very toxic.
    Unbalanced characters, bad matchmaking on competitive...
    please don't buy it, it is a scam!!!
  54. not_in_the_mood
    Sep 7, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst game I've ever played. Matchmaking: sucks, Player base: toxic, Heros: unbalanced or have been nerfed to the point of garbage, Ranking system: worse than rocket league. I don't even care anymore **** overwatch.… Expand
  55. tonrar2634
    Sep 14, 2017
    0
    PARENT WARNING!! If you are reading this before deciding to purchase, you need to know that Overwatch is no longer just a kids' game. Due to its popularity with younger children, it has become a preferred arena for online hate speech "trolls" of all ages who login to abuse players including children with the worst racist, misogynist, bullying comments that you would never want yourPARENT WARNING!! If you are reading this before deciding to purchase, you need to know that Overwatch is no longer just a kids' game. Due to its popularity with younger children, it has become a preferred arena for online hate speech "trolls" of all ages who login to abuse players including children with the worst racist, misogynist, bullying comments that you would never want your children to see. There is a reporting feature in the game, but BLIZZARD has a reputation for not punishing these predators so they continue to proliferate. Don't take my word for it, search yourself and you'll find countless stories about this problem including acknowledgements from BLIZZARD. Please be careful.… Expand
  56. Parzival235
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    This game is complete garbage. You can't have any fun unless you have no life and devote all your time to this game alone. I just want to play a fun, slightly competitive game, with friends, but for me it turns into a horrible experience where I am spending most of my time waiting to play again. So overall the main problem is the matchmaking. Half the time your team is a bunch of apesThis game is complete garbage. You can't have any fun unless you have no life and devote all your time to this game alone. I just want to play a fun, slightly competitive game, with friends, but for me it turns into a horrible experience where I am spending most of my time waiting to play again. So overall the main problem is the matchmaking. Half the time your team is a bunch of apes hitting their controllers on the ground while the opposing team is a highly trained force of real soldiers carrying out detailed battle formations and easily destroying your chance of winning. There were times that I had to carry my team as Zenyatta, A HEALER, I had gold elims at the end with 3. There are so many more things wrong with this game but mainly it is the not being able to play part that has led me to quit playing.… Expand
  57. mrq02
    Feb 24, 2018
    0
    I have observed worse matchmaking systems, probably, but I can't be 100% sure as this one is pretty garbage.
  58. holyshootdude
    Dec 17, 2017
    0
    First of all, the game itself is super unbalanced and the arcade modes are awful most of the time. Why can't we just have every game mode avaliable all the time like the old CoD's? Anyways, with that being said, I just finished a 4 hour session of comp to drop about 200 sr in total, with getting at least 2 gold and 1 silver medal on average for myself, I main supports and I was ranked platFirst of all, the game itself is super unbalanced and the arcade modes are awful most of the time. Why can't we just have every game mode avaliable all the time like the old CoD's? Anyways, with that being said, I just finished a 4 hour session of comp to drop about 200 sr in total, with getting at least 2 gold and 1 silver medal on average for myself, I main supports and I was ranked plat but now I'm back at gold levels, but they let me keep the plat emblem which makes me feel a little better, and I play in the NA servers. Let's recap on some of the things that happened: My friend got made fun of for having a mexican accent, someone died because I was zenyatta and couldn't get over to then fast enough and spammed "I need healing" the entire game, someone threw because I didn't rez them and I got specifically singled out for losing because I played support, someone begged me to go tank because I'm "bad at support" so I changed and then someone completely different got angry at me for switching because he wasn't getting healed and some one admitted that "dude, I'll be honest, I am so stoned rn" and I had the new Star Wars spoiled. Also no one talks about how weirded out people are by roleplayers, they make my friends and I uncomfortable. Can't you make your own servers to keep that kind of stuff private in? I'm going back to playing modded Diablo 2, forget this.… Expand
  59. slaithe
    Sep 2, 2021
    3
    Much to love, more to hate. Lacks content and updates. Persistent balance problems. Forced Overwatch League. Matchmaking uses hidden metric (MMR) and uses handicapping scheme rather than getting best available similar skill players in the same match. Rewards bad players and punishes good players. Very anti-competitive. Players can make their profile private and it's private byMuch to love, more to hate. Lacks content and updates. Persistent balance problems. Forced Overwatch League. Matchmaking uses hidden metric (MMR) and uses handicapping scheme rather than getting best available similar skill players in the same match. Rewards bad players and punishes good players. Very anti-competitive. Players can make their profile private and it's private by default, now. Lacks real scoreboard. Medal system doesn't really encourage teamwork. Competitive mode really isn't much better, if at all, than Quick Play. One would expect much more from Blizzard. Forced political, social themes, but most of that is kept to offline mediums. It's pretty, flashy, but lacks substance. Good for some distraction, until its flaws become glaring.… Expand
  60. cgmia
    May 22, 2019
    0
    For those considering to buy the game, DON'T. It's fck!ng TOXIC and the developers aren't doing SH!T about it but instead introduced an endorsement system which masks the issue at hand. Not only is it masking the issue, imo it's encouraging toxic players to continue their behaviour because they are misled to think that they're not. Report system doesn't do **** most of the time eitherFor those considering to buy the game, DON'T. It's fck!ng TOXIC and the developers aren't doing SH!T about it but instead introduced an endorsement system which masks the issue at hand. Not only is it masking the issue, imo it's encouraging toxic players to continue their behaviour because they are misled to think that they're not. Report system doesn't do **** most of the time either because you just queue up with the same toxic players that really ruin your day. I am by no means a serious player either, just casual wanting to have fun BUT this game has reached an all time low where I login, play 1 game and log out immediately. Nothing fresh, no fun to offer. Heck I'd even play chess or mindsweep over this garbage.

    Oh look this guy's a level 3 endorsement he must be so nice" said no one ever. Only thing going for this game is the lore in my opinion and even so it's bl00dy slow. Would totally sell my account if it weren't tied to my other blizzard games. Been a huge blizzard fan but this ... is just DISAPPOINTING.

    If you don't believe me just look at all the other reviews. I'm writing this simply because I feel CHEATED by the trust I have for blizzard and hope that no one goes through this. Sincerely hoping blizzard sees this especially its on an external website where they do not have control over unlike their forums. I've given them the benefit of the doubt, messaged them, dropped them a ticket but the responses I've received is just nothing short of pure disappointment.    … Expand
  61. Lobsang
    Jun 10, 2019
    1
    If only for its other flaws I would maybe rate it a 6/10, but there's one main thing that's ruining everything else - the game is rampant with hackers now.

    You'll get at least one in almost every game, 25-50% in any FFA mode (it's a haven for them because no one watches the kills cams because it cuts into your respawn time). Blizzard just doesn't care anymore. They're too desperate    If only for its other flaws I would maybe rate it a 6/10, but there's one main thing that's ruining everything else - the game is rampant with hackers now.

    You'll get at least one in almost every game, 25-50% in any FFA mode (it's a haven for them because no one watches the kills cams because it cuts into your respawn time).

    Blizzard just doesn't care anymore. They're too desperate to keep players, as their playerbase rapidly dwindles. I'm pretty sure more people watch OWL than actually play the game now.    … Expand
  62. HHTheMoon
    Mar 25, 2020
    0
    Very bad game. Too many unbalanced parties. Very long wait for the competitive parties. Very very very long wait for training parties. Game too focused on the team to have fun alone. Too many players leave the games due to lack of balance or interest, which accentuates the phenomenon. But seriously, hard to blame them. In fact, I had a little fun 5-10 minutes on sessions of 2 or 3Very bad game. Too many unbalanced parties. Very long wait for the competitive parties. Very very very long wait for training parties. Game too focused on the team to have fun alone. Too many players leave the games due to lack of balance or interest, which accentuates the phenomenon. But seriously, hard to blame them. In fact, I had a little fun 5-10 minutes on sessions of 2 or 3 hours...2 point for the graphism.… Expand
  63. Timkokain
    Jul 12, 2020
    0
    Это очень плохая игра, с очень плохой поддержкой, абсолютной оторванностью от комюнити. Ни одна сессионная игра не вызывала у меня таких плохих чувств. Абсолютно сломаный рейтинг. Абсолютное отсутствие чувства прогрессии. Кроме симпатичного визуала ни одной положительной эмоции после нескольких сотен часов игры. Это что то да значит.Это очень плохая игра, с очень плохой поддержкой, абсолютной оторванностью от комюнити. Ни одна сессионная игра не вызывала у меня таких плохих чувств. Абсолютно сломаный рейтинг. Абсолютное отсутствие чувства прогрессии. Кроме симпатичного визуала ни одной положительной эмоции после нескольких сотен часов игры. Это что то да значит.
  64. triangel156
    Aug 14, 2020
    1
    I like this game, but recent changes made it very lackluster to play. On top of that, the community can be very toxic. The updates are also very, very empty compared to many other games. Sometimes I have the feeling that Blizzard doesn't take their products seriously anymore at all.
  65. ONeverNewO
    Dec 17, 2017
    1
    Thanks you Blizzard for very-very BAD MATCHMAKING((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
  66. tiagoyukio12
    Dec 13, 2016
    0
    The ranked mode isn't worth playing, even when you win 2 games and lose 2, you still lose points. Not only that, but if one of your teammates leaves, you are allowed to leave the match without a ban, but still, you lose points. Sometimes when changing sides in a map, the game freezes and both teams have to leave the match (there is a 5 pages forum thread about it, but no solution orThe ranked mode isn't worth playing, even when you win 2 games and lose 2, you still lose points. Not only that, but if one of your teammates leaves, you are allowed to leave the match without a ban, but still, you lose points. Sometimes when changing sides in a map, the game freezes and both teams have to leave the match (there is a 5 pages forum thread about it, but no solution or response yet).
    Blizzard adds a lot of content every new event update, but with many free games with the same concept, I don't think it's worth the price.    … Expand
  67. PrivatePengu
    Oct 23, 2017
    2
    This game (in its current state) is horrible. It's another flashy game which might seem overwhelmingly good, but the gameplay is just bad. There are two ways to play the standard gamemodes: Quick Play, and Competitive Play. Quick Play is completely unbalanced, to where your team either steamrolls or gets steamrolled. Everyone plays the same heroes, Genji, Hanzo, Widowmaker, and noone triesThis game (in its current state) is horrible. It's another flashy game which might seem overwhelmingly good, but the gameplay is just bad. There are two ways to play the standard gamemodes: Quick Play, and Competitive Play. Quick Play is completely unbalanced, to where your team either steamrolls or gets steamrolled. Everyone plays the same heroes, Genji, Hanzo, Widowmaker, and noone tries to make a functional team. If you're not good at the game or cannot carry, you're gonna have a very bad time in Quick Play. In Competitive Play, everyone is toxic. People don't communicate properly. People throw because you play a hero which they think is not good. It's incredibly difficult to have fun with this game, because noone WANTS to have fun. And Blizzard can fix this. But they're not, and until then, don't buy this game.… Expand
  68. iLIAVCH
    Dec 25, 2017
    0
    Before playing this game, you expect to see something unusual.You expect to see a game at 91 points scores on the metacritic.But dreams are shattered about reality, and the **** does not meet expectations.
    In fact, it comes out like a usual Free-to-Play Shooter MOBA with doubtful balance. Laure promised - a pair of poor quality comics and short films. But the publisher requires a full    Before playing this game, you expect to see something unusual.You expect to see a game at 91 points scores on the metacritic.But dreams are shattered about reality, and the **** does not meet expectations.
    In fact, it comes out like a usual Free-to-Play Shooter MOBA with doubtful balance. Laure promised - a pair of poor quality comics and short films. But the publisher requires a full price for the game. And Blizzard needs all your money so DISCOUNTS ARE RARITY. F*ck this game!    … Expand
  69. FuzzyBadger
    Jan 18, 2018
    4
    Before reading ALL OF IT, it is a biased approach to the game (And other FPS games), read it with that in mind please.

    Overwatch is a take on the FPS genre create by Blizzard. It is meant to give a fast, exciting, and teamwork orientated environment. However, this review is on my experiences with the game, tossed in with very personal opinions. This 'rant' (you can say) is for a smaller    Before reading ALL OF IT, it is a biased approach to the game (And other FPS games), read it with that in mind please.

    Overwatch is a take on the FPS genre create by Blizzard. It is meant to give a fast, exciting, and teamwork orientated environment. However, this review is on my experiences with the game, tossed in with very personal opinions. This 'rant' (you can say) is for a smaller and fresh audience to the fps genre (Like I am).

    This game has a learning curve that is not present with other non-fps games (Well, obviously, let me touch on it a bit more). If you are new on the fps genre, you are probably aren't aware of the most basic (And in my case, hard to learn) fundamentals of fps games. Checking your flanks, having steady aim, strafing, all while the game is so fast-paced, that you forget about it (or have difficulty, I was on a controller, I rather prefer keyboard). This can lead to other fps veterans to kill you on the spot with your predictable movements. Things like this can affect your mind, while getting frustrated on why it isn't working out.

    Another aspect I want to dig into is the mental strength you require. If you are starting this game as your first fps, you have a massive cliff to climb. While you struggle with the basics, you are, to say it bluntly, a very likely burden for your team. This leads to losing, which happens a lot when starting, possibly flattening your confidence. This can lead to negative emotions.

    Lastly, frustratingly playing the game with no visible enjoyment. Play this as your first FPS game can be like dealing with an annoying associate of yours. You can do so much, then before you know it, it can lead to a severely toxic atmosphere. This was me dealing with it myself (along with others playing the game).

    Overall, Overwatch is a game that was born from an idea from Blizzard. It can be a hard and frustrating experience. Don't get this wrong, at times it is a rather fun game; it is just very difficult to squeeze out its enjoy-ability in the over-competitive, skill-lacking mindset of people like me. I hope you get some great insight out of what I have wrote.    … Expand
  70. iougerfiuerf
    Feb 26, 2018
    0
    this game makes you suicidal 10/10 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeend my life
  71. SpecterCritic
    Feb 26, 2018
    1
    As a Team Fortress 2 soldier main, I expected fast gameplay with fast and chaotic games, but what I got was a waste of my 20$ I got for Christmas, games so slow that Team Fortress 2's Heavy revved up could go faster than any of the games I played, and the community more toxic than the Chernobyl Disaster Zone at the time of the incident. The only thing that I saw that Overwatch did sort ofAs a Team Fortress 2 soldier main, I expected fast gameplay with fast and chaotic games, but what I got was a waste of my 20$ I got for Christmas, games so slow that Team Fortress 2's Heavy revved up could go faster than any of the games I played, and the community more toxic than the Chernobyl Disaster Zone at the time of the incident. The only thing that I saw that Overwatch did sort of well was the amount of characters and the HUD, yet the HUD was more clunky than a broken SUV. I was just overall upset from the game after playing a few matches. I'm very disappointed that a huge team by the name of Blizzard could be easily beaten down by a team of almost 13. The awards it got at The Game Awards were screwy as heck, with Warframe winning the vote by taking more than two thirds of the pie chart, yet Overwatch winning due to straight up popularity. Then Blizzard treats all the players like children, and banned a competitive Torbjorn main, who was one of, if not, the best Torb main, that player being Fuey500. The soundtrack sounded boring, though fitting the style of characters a bit, just boring. And people say starting Warframe is a bit newbie-unfriendly. Just another game under a big developer.… Expand
  72. Thornep
    Apr 9, 2018
    3
    The main problem I have with this game is that its matchmaking is AWFUL, at least in solo queue (and holy hell Arcade modes are just unplayable and everything gets even worse after 10pm). Almost every match is a complete washout for one side or the other, depending on whether the MM has decided you should win or lose. New players, prepare your anus because the matchmaking only (allegedly)The main problem I have with this game is that its matchmaking is AWFUL, at least in solo queue (and holy hell Arcade modes are just unplayable and everything gets even worse after 10pm). Almost every match is a complete washout for one side or the other, depending on whether the MM has decided you should win or lose. New players, prepare your anus because the matchmaking only (allegedly) tries to match aggregate skill on the two teams. That means that a bad player can and WILL get thrown in a match where almost everyone is much better as long as the magic algorithm thinks that the approximate team skill levels are balanced. Leaving aside the point I made above that matches are almost always garbage in solo-queue, even a near even match between teams will be a complete joyless pain if you are just fodder for the enemy team, and that's what is going on. Try logging on to some of the modes anywhere after about 8pm and watch what you'll get- one team around level 100 (or less) each against 3-5 people above 400lvls of experience. Pre-made teams against randoms. It's not a gg. So what I said before about matching the average skill of a team is BS, they don't even come close.

    It would be great if the vaunted "critic reviews" actually looked at things like matchmaking.

    ((Oh, and if you encounter the same jack@ss again and again griefing his own team, you can't do anything about it because they took out the "avoid player" button because toxic AHs were upset that no one wanted to play with them. The excuse is that "good players were being avoided because no one wanted to get beaten by them" but the SENSIBLE solution would have been to make "avoid this player" avoid having him on YOUR team. But Blizzard is either lazy, stupid, or loves to keep their games full of idiots griefing each other. Is mei walling his own team? How about teleporters that lead off cliffs?)) see below

    EDIT 3/25/18: Overwatch has now implemented a feature that allows you to avoid players on your team, just as many have suggested. HOWEVER, they limit you to two people. Two people out of how many players? And it lasts only 7 days. in the announcement they posted they said they are going to look at queue times and might increase the number. Hopefully they will increase it.

    And unfortunately there is no story, no plot, no solo or co-op play of any relevance so if you are put off by the crap matches you get, there is no point in playing. Really, the only way to play this game and have any fun is with multiple friends- the more the better so that you can defeat Blizzard's garbage matchmaking. But why give blizzard money for their lazy practices?

    Also, Genji is cancer.    … Expand
  73. TFreeman
    Apr 25, 2018
    1
    Mediocre FPS that is based excessively on previous exponents of the genre without innovating in anything. almost two years after its release many people can not play due to the exaggerated problems of the servers and many other problems related to Blizzard and its inability to maintain a video game.
  74. LiLwerewolf
    May 20, 2018
    0
    Boring and absolutely not worth your money game. Well advertised but doesn`t excuse expectations :(
  75. biddikdaddy33
    May 21, 2018
    0
    Overwatch is a game in which your success is dependent on your teammate's competency levels, to which you will often find is very very low. Matchmaking often ends up with 5 dps players, with me being the only healer or tank. Pass on this one.
  76. jorbo125
    Aug 7, 2018
    0
    The most overrated game of the past few years. Boring and repetitive, it's disgusting that a company would charge full price for a few unoriginal game modes and a handful of maps, this is the exact same type of **** that we shame other companies for doing, but somehow we give Blizzard a pass?

    Very rarely do I leave this game feeling anything but drained and frustrated, or at worst    The most overrated game of the past few years. Boring and repetitive, it's disgusting that a company would charge full price for a few unoriginal game modes and a handful of maps, this is the exact same type of **** that we shame other companies for doing, but somehow we give Blizzard a pass?

    Very rarely do I leave this game feeling anything but drained and frustrated, or at worst bored. Its limited maps and gamemodes get old very quickly and the toxic, nasty community only makes you want to get out even faster.

    0/10, should be held to the same standards as other video games, not placed on a pedestal.    … Expand
  77. Fur7ous
    Sep 4, 2021
    0
    Позорище всей игровой индустрии. Баланс говно, поиск говно, игра говно.
  78. BulgarianCritic
    Aug 31, 2019
    4
    At the start overwatch was really fun and had a interesting gameplay but year after year with barely any updates or new heroes and even if they updated the game it usually broke the balance of the game and made it **** i can say that Jeff Kaplan butchered this game and everything great that it had was destroyed by the decisions of the top.Long queue role time, bad matchmakingAt the start overwatch was really fun and had a interesting gameplay but year after year with barely any updates or new heroes and even if they updated the game it usually broke the balance of the game and made it **** i can say that Jeff Kaplan butchered this game and everything great that it had was destroyed by the decisions of the top.Long queue role time, bad matchmaking ,unbalanced heroes and for 1 year we only had 2 new heroes released and there is barely any lore that u can stick to.From a pretty ok game it became a pretty meh game you will find it better to buy some other mp game than this… Expand
  79. Kewdie
    Jul 6, 2019
    0
    Gets old quickly. Don't understand the hype. It is probably is popular with more casual game players.
  80. bjim
    Aug 20, 2019
    0
    Just a handful of things that make Overwatch a 0/10 game, in no particular order:

    - queue times are crazy (15+ minutes to find a game is the norm in most popular modes; in less popular ones it can go beyond 60 minutes) - it's extremely repetitive, and not in a fun way: you shoot at endless shields for 2 minutes then all 12 players use their ultimate abilities all at once and one team    Just a handful of things that make Overwatch a 0/10 game, in no particular order:

    - queue times are crazy (15+ minutes to find a game is the norm in most popular modes; in less popular ones it can go beyond 60 minutes)
    - it's extremely repetitive, and not in a fun way: you shoot at endless shields for 2 minutes then all 12 players use their ultimate abilities all at once and one team dies, rinse and repeat; Overwatch is as uninteractive as a game can be
    - most maps are garbage and there is no map vote
    - most maps are basically the same long tunnel-like structure except reskinned
    - your weapon covers up half the screen and you can't hide it
    - the matchmaker forces a 50% winrate (the more you win, the worse teammates you get); in practice, this means that all matches are one-sided stomps with only one team having a fighting chance (you know a game's bad when even winning doesn't feel good because you can clearly tell your win was forced by the matchmaker and you just pressed some buttons to achieve the inevitable outcome, losing's even worse but only slightly)
    - the power level of heroes is out of balance; less than half of the 30-hero roster is playable
    - the game has a report system that punishes players automatically based on just the number of reports submitted against them; what this basically means is that there is a neverending global kickvote against you that only stops when you get kickbanned and resumes as soon as you come back (!!!); because the system is fully automated, false/excessive reporting doesn't get punished resulting in people submitting reports on a whim meaning if you play the game a lot, you WILL eventually get suspended just because (this sounds like a sad joke but it's the truth; I suspect they introduced this asinine system to "encourage" you to purchase additional copies of the product)
    - the competitive mode is an absolute joke; solo and group queues are combined (not joking!!!) and it's common to see people from three different skill tiers in the same match (a byproduct of the game having very few players left I guess, but still: this shouldn't ever be allowed to happen)
    - the game is pretty much in maintenance mode; new content is sparse and typically makes the game even worse than it was before (for example, new maps they add are typically just reskinned old maps that nobody liked and new heroes are just a combination of several existing heroes which makes these old heroes largely obsolete)

    The time to get into and play Overwatch was at release and ~6 months thereafter. That's when the game had a healthy playerbase and was actually fun to play. Now it's dead. $19.99 (its current price) isn't much but why flush that money down the toilet? It'll probably go free-to-play soon anyway. Plus, mobile-focused loot box peddlers like Activision-Blizzard don't deserve your money.    … Expand
  81. methodsx
    Sep 25, 2019
    0
    Honestly the worst so called FPS i played in a while. Blizzard doesnt know how to match a working matchmaking system in any of their games it truely shows here. they are incompentent at everything they do the last 5-10 years. The only thing this company is good at anymore is deceiving its users and microtransactions. they literally have no idea what gamers want because none of them areHonestly the worst so called FPS i played in a while. Blizzard doesnt know how to match a working matchmaking system in any of their games it truely shows here. they are incompentent at everything they do the last 5-10 years. The only thing this company is good at anymore is deceiving its users and microtransactions. they literally have no idea what gamers want because none of them are gamers. they are a pathetic company… Expand
  82. xxx___xxx
    Oct 24, 2019
    0
    used to be a good game.
    Now a terrible game.
    genuinely upsetting to play.
  83. Jonmeme
    Nov 9, 2019
    2
    They stun you to stop shooting their shields, that's overwatch. Very fun huh? Bulls**t
  84. TrueKill23
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    have had this game since 2017. It has come to its worse state ever. The competitive system is easily the worst one compared with all other games around. it is incredibly hard to climb out as you are matched very badly with terrible players after a series of wins you get a series of losses where you could have done nothing to prevent it. not even trying to solve the smurfing problem. thehave had this game since 2017. It has come to its worse state ever. The competitive system is easily the worst one compared with all other games around. it is incredibly hard to climb out as you are matched very badly with terrible players after a series of wins you get a series of losses where you could have done nothing to prevent it. not even trying to solve the smurfing problem. the community is terrible if you ever complain that someone is not doing their job you get silenced or suspended. balance changes are always in the wrong direction nerfing heroes that are good instead of buffing heroes that were nerfed into oblivion. But at the beginning of every video released by the dev team, you will get a bunch of excuses so that's nice… Expand
  85. Gr1bs
    Dec 31, 2020
    4
    It is good quality bliz game, but you will hate this game in the end. Two words: team balance. It is crap. The game can put you into team with 5 of 6 noobs against golden and platinum cyborgs and you will say goodbye to your rating.
  86. yesman250
    Jan 7, 2021
    0
    Horrible balanced game. Smurfs, cheaters, and toxicity are the most prominent thing about overwatch.
  87. NutZdk
    Jun 9, 2018
    0
    This game had such potential and can really be an epic gaming experience. But ultimately Blizzard itself is ruining the game along with trolls, throwers and kids who joins up to ruin the game.
    Blizzard does a great job banning and silencing the people who get angry about trolling and throwing, punishing people who actually just want to play the game like its supposed to be played is just    This game had such potential and can really be an epic gaming experience. But ultimately Blizzard itself is ruining the game along with trolls, throwers and kids who joins up to ruin the game.
    Blizzard does a great job banning and silencing the people who get angry about trolling and throwing, punishing people who actually just want to play the game like its supposed to be played is just SUCH a big mistake. All you end up with is the bad seeds in the game, those guys arent getting punished and theyre ALLOVER the place - at any time you can join 50 matches and lose at least 40 of them due to some guy/guys just making bad picks, being toxic in chat or actively doing what they can to help the enemy team.
    People are so busy talking about their ranks and talking down to someone with a lower rank, even when playing gamemodes where that doesnt mean anything.
    It just shows that the game is a cesspool of the lowest kind of players gaming has to offer, and its ruining the game fast since the people actually giving a **** about them acting that way, is getting banned and silenced by Blizzard for letting them know in chat.    … Expand
  88. LethalGhost
    Aug 30, 2021
    2
    Fix your game and company not character name. Developers doing whatever they want but not what users or game needed.
  89. MinehDerp
    Nov 25, 2017
    4
    I would like to say something before this review, I love the game, the animation, the game play, the characters, almost everything! Though there is one major thing I find horrible is...

    The matchmaking, it is atrocious! You are constantly thrown in to games where the match is one sided, ending in your defeat. And worst of all, you can't get out of it! You just keep on losing and losing    I would like to say something before this review, I love the game, the animation, the game play, the characters, almost everything! Though there is one major thing I find horrible is...

    The matchmaking, it is atrocious! You are constantly thrown in to games where the match is one sided, ending in your defeat. And worst of all, you can't get out of it! You just keep on losing and losing until you've practically smashed your computer with a hammer and thrown it off of a two-story building! Competitive is even worse! You'll get paired with the worst players on the planet, and then get bronze and be mocked for it.

    Some tips I have on countering the never ending losing streak, is to play vs. ai, or play custom games. playing vs ai can be assuring because you can actually win. And obviously custom games are just pure fun.

    Like I said, I love this game, but the horrible matchmaking has lead me to giving this game a 4/10 (also junkrat led me to this, he's op Jeff)    … Expand
  90. Sk1ppY
    Sep 8, 2018
    3
    In this "balanced" game i feel like im always pissed off more than in any rage-game I played. Game is buggy as f, 4/10 heroes are being countred by all the other heroes, community is almost always trash-talking, awfuly lot of heroes have these stupid one-shot abilites and they counter 5/10 other heroes and they are also being countered by another 5/10 heroes. Matchmaking always wantsIn this "balanced" game i feel like im always pissed off more than in any rage-game I played. Game is buggy as f, 4/10 heroes are being countred by all the other heroes, community is almost always trash-talking, awfuly lot of heroes have these stupid one-shot abilites and they counter 5/10 other heroes and they are also being countered by another 5/10 heroes. Matchmaking always wants someone to care his allies, but THIS IS NOT TEAMPLAY BLIZZARD. Mystery heroes mode is probably the least balanced thing in a game. In almost every game i had 3-6 deaths and alwas had to play stupid torbjorn, orisa, bastion, symmetra, reinhardt or mercy. I absolutely hate these heroes, but I really like tracer. And read this: I played Mystery Heroes maybe 20 times yesterday and today, and I got tracer ONLY 4 times. This is b-u-l-l-s-h-i-t. The balance updates are very rare... why? Because Blizzard always makes another events and another loot boxes filled with **** They are really not cheap, and the legendaries are very rare. Now BLIZZARD READ THIS: stop thinking your game will be always fresh, because you add a lot of looboxes and other trash. Stop adding new "great content" and fix the old one. In this point i thing the old overwatch was much better than this one piece of crap...

    3/10 - I hope you will fix this game... pls Blizzard, I really loved it...    … Expand
  91. Varlord
    Sep 12, 2018
    0
    Why should I spend money and time helping **** children on troll picks that seem to have one hand and it is paralyzed to have their “fun” by grabbing me down in ratings. And if I say a word about their bad play this company just bans me as I am “toxic”. **** you blizzard.
  92. Horiuchi
    Sep 14, 2018
    0
    This game could have been something wonderful, but with poor optimization and bland and repetitive game play, I would not recommend this at all.
  93. igormuba
    Sep 29, 2018
    3
    The game is fun, until it starts to push micro transactions into you with tons of skins you will never have, loot boxes with **** loot. Also the forced 50/50 win ratio sucks, you might have the skill to carry the team, you might be very good at team work, but if you have a win streak blizzard will put you against a team absurdly more strong than yours
  94. ChataNZ
    Oct 4, 2018
    0
    Used to be a good game. Now it's just filled with smurfs, throwers, retards that get boosted. **** gfame overall now, every character is completely stupid. Why add Hammond when you can add a Brigitte buff, am I right? Better change every character, you're doing well so far by "NERFING" symmetra, and "NERFING" torbjorn. Jeff Kaplan should go and get off his lazy tit ass and fix the gameUsed to be a good game. Now it's just filled with smurfs, throwers, retards that get boosted. **** gfame overall now, every character is completely stupid. Why add Hammond when you can add a Brigitte buff, am I right? Better change every character, you're doing well so far by "NERFING" symmetra, and "NERFING" torbjorn. Jeff Kaplan should go and get off his lazy tit ass and fix the game before it's well and truly unfixable. Oh btw, overall review > game is **** characters are **** players are **** Thank you for reading. 8--D… Expand
  95. evdenn
    Mar 16, 2019
    0
    5 даунов не жмущих кнопки из 6 в твоей команде в каждой игре. нервов не стоит.
  96. foofaloop
    May 26, 2019
    4
    Overwatch is a game that you can definitely have fun with, but I feel that you need friends who play as well for that and that playing solo is not all that rewarding. It doesn't really help that the game is structured like it should be a free to play game which makes some aspects less rewarding.

    At the time of writing this review Overwatch has more or less had its moment in the    Overwatch is a game that you can definitely have fun with, but I feel that you need friends who play as well for that and that playing solo is not all that rewarding. It doesn't really help that the game is structured like it should be a free to play game which makes some aspects less rewarding.

    At the time of writing this review Overwatch has more or less had its moment in the spotlight and interest around the game has dwindled. I wouldn't expect animated shorts from the game anymore honestly given how little weight the game's lore seems to carry.

    Overall this is a game that will likely lose its luster pretty quickly and isn't really worth it in my opinion if you don't have other people to play it with.    … Expand
  97. raserz
    Aug 16, 2019
    2
    the concept for a game like this is amazing but the game was the best when it first came out, with all the new characters and meta's half the roster is pointless. I guess i will just go back to tf2 since the formula for that game, it has had its changes but for real i would rather play tf2 then play what overwatch has become this game is forever ruined and unplayable very disappointingthe concept for a game like this is amazing but the game was the best when it first came out, with all the new characters and meta's half the roster is pointless. I guess i will just go back to tf2 since the formula for that game, it has had its changes but for real i would rather play tf2 then play what overwatch has become this game is forever ruined and unplayable very disappointing since this game can be so fun, but i rather play og overwatch then this BS that it is now.… Expand
  98. rosaxios
    Dec 16, 2020
    4
    After its launch in 2016 I spent almost every night for 2 years playing Overwatch. I made good friends and really enjoyed it at first. But the reality is blizzard never invested that much content into the game. It was suppose to be a new esports thing, but didn't have hardly any teams until 2019ish.
    Overall overwatch had great potential, you can see it in the mechanics, the story, and how    After its launch in 2016 I spent almost every night for 2 years playing Overwatch. I made good friends and really enjoyed it at first. But the reality is blizzard never invested that much content into the game. It was suppose to be a new esports thing, but didn't have hardly any teams until 2019ish.
    Overall overwatch had great potential, you can see it in the mechanics, the story, and how well made the characters are. But you can also see that someone in Blizzard didn't give a **** to properly roll it out.
    Playing the game is frustrating because everything relies on how involved your team is. and sometimes they literally don't give a **** Even in competitive mode. I've never received so much harassment, or seen so much vitriol in a online game before. And I've been online for a very long time. Hell I've been better treated by teammates in League for crying out lout.
    Unless you get a heavy discount for this game. Don't bother. This is coming from someone with more than 1500+ hours played. Wish I had quit after the first 100 or so; might actually have some good memories tied to it then.    … Expand
  99. Lizarino
    Aug 22, 2019
    4
    A great game but is ruined by the toxic playerbase.
    The game heavily lacks content, events are the same every time, temporary and boring.
  100. Poochingus
    Nov 14, 2019
    4
    Probably one of the biggest let downs I have personally endured. I played since launch, and it became clear that the developers didn't care much about the game. I look at other games with a purely multiplayer aspect and wonder where all the money is going from lootboxes. TO start, most games like this are at least free. LoL, TF2, DOTA2, SMITE, and more. Then on top of that you can't justProbably one of the biggest let downs I have personally endured. I played since launch, and it became clear that the developers didn't care much about the game. I look at other games with a purely multiplayer aspect and wonder where all the money is going from lootboxes. TO start, most games like this are at least free. LoL, TF2, DOTA2, SMITE, and more. Then on top of that you can't just outright buy cosmetics which isn't a good feeling.

    But the real letdown comes from the utter dearth of content. For $40-$60 you'd think they would add new characters, maps and gametypes on the regular, but no. In the 3 years this game has released, they finally have over 30 characters to choose from. LoL, an indie game(at the time) released for free with 50 unique characters.

    Again, lootboxes are a cash cow for this game. They make millions on this game. Yet somehow on the regular that money disappears into thin air. The servers often glitch out and do odd things like boot you from the game, while still being able to chat with everyone in the game, or randomly swap you to the other team 3 seconds before you were about to win.

    Another big gripe is the moderation. I have encountered dozens of people who just belittle you for no reason even in the non-competitive mode, but people get banned on the regular for saying "GG WP".

    Events are the same every year. Halloween event in particular is one that was fun for a while the first year, but 3 years in a row and you unintentionally memorize the exact spawns of enemies.

    Blizzard is known for their ability to tell grand stories and flesh them out with amazing cinematic sequences and character interaction to progress the story. In 3 years this game has had the most underwhelming cinematics(that you have to hunt down on youtube because they aren't even in the game anywhere to watch). The stories are often non-canon just for things like Christmas and Halloween too. In the end the world is very sparse and almost no progress has been made in telling it. Hell, half the characters have yet to have any story told.

    From a gameplay stance, it is a decently entertaining casual level of competitive combat. If you want to go MLG pro, there are a couple characters for that, and some easy mode characters if you aren't super good at aiming which is nice.

    Balance in the game is a joke. They have reworked one of the characters like 3 times at this point, and it makes you wonder why they can't get it right with just tweaking numbers.

    In the end, this game is not worth the money no matter how you look at it. I'd just suggest playing Paladins, or find another game.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#3 Best PC Game of 2016
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#13 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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91

Universal acclaim - based on 64 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 64
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 64
  3. Negative: 0 out of 64
  1. Trusted Reviews
    Apr 20, 2018
    90
    Overwatch remains one of the most compelling and experimental shooters in the world right now. Blizzard Entertainment’s commitment to innovative new heroes, modes and responding to community feedback is unparalleled – and a treat to watch. Like World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo before it, Blizzard has crafted something that will undoubtedly be around for years to come.
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  2. GRYOnline.pl
    May 5, 2017
    95
    I'm certain that Overwatch will bring dozens of hours of fun to all lovers of dynamic online shooters. Focusing on one type of gameplay and an enormous attention to detail generated an excellent game. You have to appreciate the developers' sincerity when discussing doubts and problems with the community. Blizzard has done it again. You should see for yourself why so many players have fallen under Overwatch's spell.
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  3. GameGrin
    Dec 8, 2016
    95
    Overwatch is a punch to the face for multiplayer shooters. It mingles quick-fix, objective-based gameplay with a deep tactical core and intelligent meta, forming a game that is simply perfect in short bites and thoroughly satisfying to play for hours on end.
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