Overwatch (2016)

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  1. ReziuS
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Could stay a good game if the balance team got fired, but the incessant esports chasing removed any semblance of soul from it.
  2. kucky7576
    Aug 9, 2023
    7
    It was one of my most beloved games, now its gone and that "not so good" overwatch 2 is here.. yay i guess?
  3. Daencik
    May 14, 2023
    7
    Before Blizzard turned an even worse version of Jastor Gallywix. The game and the idea behind it was over the top nice. As a fan of Blizzard games since Diablo 1 / Warcraft 3, it was awesome to be able to play a shooter with the same “core” attributes of the previous games, such as “Tank/Heal/DD”. Over time, Blizzard and thus Overwatch has f***ed itself, but the idea and furtherBefore Blizzard turned an even worse version of Jastor Gallywix. The game and the idea behind it was over the top nice. As a fan of Blizzard games since Diablo 1 / Warcraft 3, it was awesome to be able to play a shooter with the same “core” attributes of the previous games, such as “Tank/Heal/DD”. Over time, Blizzard and thus Overwatch has f***ed itself, but the idea and further possibilities (which Blizzard not exhausted unlike our wallet today) still leave me fantasizing. However, it has been a shooter that has made me to this day with the most fun.… Expand
  4. Pmstz
    Jan 25, 2023
    6
    Pretty nice and unique teamplay FPS.
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  5. janwe04
    Jul 15, 2022
    5
    I have more then 1500h in this game and i can tell you, dont touch it! Wait for Overwatch 2. This Game is ruined.
  6. JackPlack
    May 30, 2022
    5
    Best PvP game. But i dont like PvP or battle royale too much. A specially winning rate balance is not imrpoving arcade/ranked. No leavers penalty in arcade mode 15 seconds before match end. Little too dumb idea with reputation system. I think lot of things have simple solution, but i feel game has wrong game designers. Overwatch 2 - i dont thing is solution, just gives money for wrongBest PvP game. But i dont like PvP or battle royale too much. A specially winning rate balance is not imrpoving arcade/ranked. No leavers penalty in arcade mode 15 seconds before match end. Little too dumb idea with reputation system. I think lot of things have simple solution, but i feel game has wrong game designers. Overwatch 2 - i dont thing is solution, just gives money for wrong designed skin system. At this moment game uninstalled im not waiting for Overwatch 2.… Expand
  7. 2I2l1a
    May 1, 2022
    6
    Overwatch is a highly stylized team-based shooter set on earth in the near future. Every match is an intense multiplayer showdown pitting a diverse cast of soldiers, mercenaries, scientists, adventurers, and oddities against each other in an epic, globe-spanning conflict.
  8. Uarabei
    Feb 21, 2022
    6
    It's nice to play, and the characters seem to be colorful, but the gameplay gets boring and I couldn't play it for a long time.

    But this is a session game and it should lure for a long time, but this did not happen to me.
  9. MarsDell
    Feb 12, 2022
    5
    competitive 0/10 worst thing ever, 1 you have to wait 10-15 minutes if you want to play dps 2 im 3500+ 5-12 seasons but now in 2500 sr and i can't do anything what's wrong with this game. And then your dps says yea im so bad and i don't want to switch, good game but now its trash
    this game could be like WOW but instead of making it better they are renaming Mccre
  10. UrbanEelf
    Jan 17, 2022
    7
    one of the best games I've ever played one of the best games I've ever played
  11. vlecp
    Dec 21, 2021
    5
    OverWatch has a great variety of heroes to play. 32 characters over all that are split into 3 groups. Tank, support and damage. This system was forced some time ago into a 2/2/2 system. 2 tanks, 2 healers and 2 damage. Before it was that you could pick any. This system was even pushed onto casual modes. This leads to high queue times as a damage while tanks and supports got a near instantOverWatch has a great variety of heroes to play. 32 characters over all that are split into 3 groups. Tank, support and damage. This system was forced some time ago into a 2/2/2 system. 2 tanks, 2 healers and 2 damage. Before it was that you could pick any. This system was even pushed onto casual modes. This leads to high queue times as a damage while tanks and supports got a near instant queue. Blizzard has repeated the same mistake they have done in World of Warcraft. The reason for this system was because they could not balance around a specific strategy called "goats".

    Out of these 32 characters, only a couple of them are viable if you want to win. Especially in ranked. Blizzard managed to bring imbalance into such as small number of available heroes to play. The damage role has 17 heroes to play. Out of these 17 only a handful are viable to play. 7 tanks, 3 are viable at best, 2 at worst. 6 support characters, 3 are viable if you play a high rank, 2 are viable if you don't. The hero balance is awful. If you don't have 2 viable heroes but the other team got them? That's a lost game. Only 32 characters and they managed to have an insane imbalance. Tanks are not very much played because the ones that are viable are simply not fun if you have to play them every single game to win.

    There hasn't been any new content for the last 2 or so years as Blizzard works on OverWatch 2. There hasn't been any news about it or anything really. But Blizzard abandoned OverWatch as a game. Seemingly OverWatch 2 is OverWatch but with an added PvE mode. Nobody knows what the developers are doing at this point.

    The maps are ok. I am just wondering how nobody ever at the development team stopped for a moment on Horizon Lunar Colony and Paris and went "Maybe this is design wise not a good choice". These two maps are the worst and many people skip them. They were removed from competitive games because they are that terrible. The latest added map was a deathmatch map for reasons beyond mortal understanding. Nobody plays deathmatch.

    The report system is automated and stack based. Not reviewed by any customer service, so pretty worthless. The message that pops up when you report someone that you report them to "the Blizzard customer service" is a straight up lie.

    Loot boxes are terrible and should be banned. Not exception from this game for it.

    The recent experimental build was great because it came from actual players of the game. This company has people employed for the balance and lore. We have not gotten any significant lore (people ask for an extension of Sigmas lore since ages) since forever and lore additions itself are very rare. The writers are paid to do nothing, same for the balance guys. What a dream job these lazy developers must have.

    There was some weird update where they removed all regions, which led to insanely high pings because you were put into servers far away. Since this update my average ping is around 10 higher. Occasionally I am still getting thrown onto NA servers while being in Europe. The matchmaking system has been awful since then too.

    The game itself is great if you jump into it for a few rounds as a casual but if you expect anything more then you will be in for a disappointment. This game is good to play a couple of rounds and then stop, otherwise you will notice the heavy flaws very fast. Blizzard completely lost the hype of the game. If you want a better experience play Paladins.

    I give it a 5 because it's fun if you don't think about it too much, casuals can still enjoy it and it atleast gets new skins for events. But a lot of points are removed because Blizzard gave up on this game. It seems like they gave up on ALL their games. A shame really because the game could be much more.    … Expand
  12. kruci
    Nov 12, 2021
    6
    Zaprzepaszczony potencjał, developerzy zapomnieli o grze po dwóch latach. Przykro
  13. bmywuk
    Sep 18, 2021
    5
    Recent lags that can go on for weeks or even months make the game simply unplayble. No other game I play has such laggy servers. Also, lots of smurfs. Imbalance with every update. Finally, you should pay to change your nickname. Disgusting.
  14. thepigeonman3
    Aug 5, 2021
    5
    gets repetitive and annoying after a while. seems to be a game with a steadily downhill future. tank and support simply arent fun roles to play for most people, as dps are much more capable of getting kills, yet the game is balanced around only have 2/6 players in that role.
  15. zucchan
    Aug 2, 2021
    7
    An interesting multiplayer game. A little bit difficult for a beginner like me but still a lot of fun to play
  16. JanekDelux
    Jul 17, 2021
    6
    This game delivers a lot of fun when you are playing with coordinated group. The characters are fun and all have something only they can do. My complaint is that the meta is unbalanced a lot of the time and some characters counter entire class. Not to mention, most of the time when you are playing alone your teammates are not even on voicechat.

    Overall I would say this game is okay, but    This game delivers a lot of fun when you are playing with coordinated group. The characters are fun and all have something only they can do. My complaint is that the meta is unbalanced a lot of the time and some characters counter entire class. Not to mention, most of the time when you are playing alone your teammates are not even on voicechat.

    Overall I would say this game is okay, but has some serious problems that need to be fixed in order to make it a better experience.

    6.4/10    … Expand
  17. Maurer
    Jul 12, 2021
    7
    I love the PvE events, cant wait for OV2 for the ala' story line. Gameplay is very entertaining but heroes "balance" changes are taken from the as*. Poor antycheat. Opening the crates is addicting.
  18. PotentPoppers
    Jun 10, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you enjoy team based shooters and don't take them too seriously, this game can be blast with friends. That being said if you prefer to play alone and/or are looking to take shooters more seriously, this game will constantly work against you. You have been warned. It is a visually appealing, fluently animated, versatile video game that is hindered by a matchmaker that is constantly aiming to provide terrible players with forced wins by placing them purposefully with experienced players in a vain attempt to balance the odds 50/50. In a game where one player can cost your entire team the match, Consistently having a solid group to play with is highly recommended for an enjoyable experience.… Expand
  19. Obstinal
    Jun 3, 2021
    5
    Game used to be fun. Now it's filled with cheaters and bugs. I miss old overwatch. Blizzard please fix this game.
  20. MrPajamas
    May 27, 2021
    6
    Overwatch is one of the games that just didn't interest me at all, but not at all. I've said from the start that this review is subjective and the game itself isn't bad at all, but for me it's nothing more than an above average FPS affair in the form of LOL. The game has several champions to choose from and there are also several maps, which is nice that unlike LOL you don't play the sameOverwatch is one of the games that just didn't interest me at all, but not at all. I've said from the start that this review is subjective and the game itself isn't bad at all, but for me it's nothing more than an above average FPS affair in the form of LOL. The game has several champions to choose from and there are also several maps, which is nice that unlike LOL you don't play the same one over and over again. However, I just don't like the game graphically. This is purely a subjective thing. I'm not some fan of realistic graphics, and I love the Borderlands style for example, but Overwatch just didn't do it for me at all. The whole game ultimately feels to me like some sort of F2P title, not to mention the fact that it's not and you have to pay for the game. On top of all this, expect to see more of the developers trying to scrounge money out of you in the form of various skins. The matches are fine, but nothing that makes me want to shell out the dough. As I said the game isn't bad, but I don't like Overwatch and therefore don't want to recommend something I don't like myself. For me, this is nothing more than an above average game that in my opinion deserves to be free-to-play.… Expand
  21. pur__0_0__
    Mar 31, 2021
    6
    Overwatch is a bit confusing and complicated for new players, which is exactly what I was when I started playing the game (duh). There are too many controls for a simple shooter game, the tutorial doesn't teach anything properly and the games we play while waiting for an online game ends abruptly without giving any indication that there was a time limit the whole time. Every singleOverwatch is a bit confusing and complicated for new players, which is exactly what I was when I started playing the game (duh). There are too many controls for a simple shooter game, the tutorial doesn't teach anything properly and the games we play while waiting for an online game ends abruptly without giving any indication that there was a time limit the whole time. Every single character has a different move set, which is great, except, there are too many characters. Mastering all the characters is hard, especially considering you can pick only those characters that have not already been taken.

    The biggest problem probably comes from its provider. Battle.net is a trashy platform that makes the PC run very slowly. This in turn makes the game constantly drop the frame rate and there are no settings to stop it from happening (it happens even in the lowest graphic settings). And this in turn makes aiming super difficult. By the time I reach my crosshair at the enemy, they have already taken me down.

    The lore given to the game is also very nice. Every character has a short based on them. It's nice to see how much depth they have given every character. Just seeing the characters itself makes it look interesting - a girl with a robot, a gorilla, a hamster, an Indian demigoddess etc. You know you're in for a good time when you have characters like these.

    So overall I'd say this is an excellent game ruined by its bad server.    … Expand
  22. nazarkin123
    Mar 12, 2021
    6
    Played it a bit and except for cartoon-like graphics nothing that exciting. Just a regular shooter for kids.
  23. Asandberg
    Feb 28, 2021
    7
    Very fun in the beginning but only with friends and the game gets extremely boring after a while because of how repetitive it is. There are not that many fun gamemodes and the fun ones are either on rotation or only during special events. The game has lootboxes that you can buy and I really hate that, the chances of getting a legendary skin is really low (atleast in my experience) and youVery fun in the beginning but only with friends and the game gets extremely boring after a while because of how repetitive it is. There are not that many fun gamemodes and the fun ones are either on rotation or only during special events. The game has lootboxes that you can buy and I really hate that, the chances of getting a legendary skin is really low (atleast in my experience) and you can't even see the skins because it's a first person shooter.… Expand
  24. MoistNugget
    Feb 15, 2021
    5
    I have played Overwatch in and out for 3 years now and have amassed more than enough hours to be able to give an actual review of the game. The TL:DR is - I would be lying if I said the game hasn't given me good memories but frankly I can count the times I closed the game in a good mood on my fingers. The simple truth to why the game leaves a sour taste in many people's mouths, as well asI have played Overwatch in and out for 3 years now and have amassed more than enough hours to be able to give an actual review of the game. The TL:DR is - I would be lying if I said the game hasn't given me good memories but frankly I can count the times I closed the game in a good mood on my fingers. The simple truth to why the game leaves a sour taste in many people's mouths, as well as mine, is that it's just not really an FPS. The marketing and surface-level gameplay make it out to be just that, but I would argue the game possesses much more MOBA elements rather than FPS ones. Sure, you shoot guns and the game is first-person but the focus is more on team fights, and getting something done by yourself is a rare occurrence, much rarer if you stick with the game and actually climb the ladder. Frankly, no other game is similar to Overwatch in that aspect and a large portion of the community, as well as the balancing team really, can't handle such an innovative concept, which results in the infamous toxic players. You'd think there would be some compensation in terms of varying game modes but there is just one - a competitive mode. Even that mode is barely playable due to the constant smurfing as blizzard has put 0 effort in trying to put a stop to it, with many signed players openly smurfing on streams. "Ah, but what if I play with 5 of my mates", you would be matched against another 6 stack with at least 1 being a booster/smurf. "At least the lore is good and the characters are interesting" you might have heard but the lore consists of 5 animated shorts and 10 comic books. Even so, all of them are build-up with none actually attempting to progress the story in any way. If you are reading this and still wondering whether you should buy this game - just don't bother, play any other shooter or MOBA as this doesn't excel at anything.… Expand
  25. Ilmu011
    Feb 12, 2021
    7
    Overwatch is an Online Hero Shooter.

    The standard gameplay consists of two 6-player teams playing an objective, like holding a control point or pushing a payload. It is set in a first person shooter setting. The main excitement about Overwatch is the huge gallery of heroes. In contrast to traditional shooters, the main emphasis in Overwatch in addition to the gunplay are the special    Overwatch is an Online Hero Shooter.

    The standard gameplay consists of two 6-player teams playing an objective, like holding a control point or pushing a payload. It is set in a first person shooter setting.

    The main excitement about Overwatch is the huge gallery of heroes. In contrast to traditional shooters, the main emphasis in Overwatch in addition to the gunplay are the special abilities of the characters. No one hero plays out the same as another one and trying out different heroes and their respective playstyle is fundamentally fun, there is no doubt about that.

    However, like most online matchmaking games with emphasis on diverse abilities, Overwatch particularly suffers balancing issues resulting in stale meta games and frequent occurences of games where one team gets "steam rolled".

    At worst, those games can be extremely frustrating and make you quit the game for a while, but you'll eventually come back for it, because when it comes down for it, it is a good game. The games, that are balanced and where you can say "gg, close" at the end even if you lost the match bring a certain type of satisfaction, which will make you come back to this game, even if you run the risk to get a game where your team gets absolutely steam rolled.

    With how the dev team handles the game, I am convinced they care about their game, making frequent updates to the game to (sometimes desperately) ensure a balanced experience, which in my opninion probably will never happen because there are simply too many heroes with too diverse and powerful abilities and they keep pumping out new heroes all the time.

    In short: A fun hero shooter with some balancing issues which is fun to play once in a while.

    PS: I disagree with Metacritic saying a 7/10 is "Mixed", I still think this game is positive, but if I could give it a rating out of 5 stars, I wouldn't give it 4.

    Playtime at review: 800 hours    … Expand
  26. scorae
    Dec 23, 2020
    7
    God this game pisses me off, but I love it. This game could seriously be one of the best competitive multi-player games out there if the devs didn't take months to nerf broken heroes and to buff the heroes that are simply not viable.
  27. Cz3rw0ny
    Dec 15, 2020
    6
    I am not a fan of hero-shooters. I gave Overwatch an honest try, but this is not a mechanic for me. Despite that, I do see the appeal it might have to some. I will stick to shooting games with more realistic feel.
  28. MatikTheSeventh
    Oct 10, 2020
    5
    The lore is cool, and the gameplay is engaging, but essentially boring. The character roster hardly ever changes, so after a while you basically have seen everything it has to offer.
  29. GianpaoloUmarel
    Aug 25, 2020
    6
    Some years ago it was a fun and an addictive game, but over the time, with all the updates, it became more competitive, annoying, and raging.

    6/10
  30. chaoseater
    Aug 21, 2020
    5
    At best it has a good selection of heroes. But at its worse, if you are allergic to cringe inducing dialogues like myself while playing your games you will want to tear OVERWATCH A NEW A-HOLE and wish all the heroes were simply mutes to begin with. They all talk like self abosbed bum-holes and everytime they open their mouths i instantly loose all interest to play.
    Just as the dialogues    At best it has a good selection of heroes. But at its worse, if you are allergic to cringe inducing dialogues like myself while playing your games you will want to tear OVERWATCH A NEW A-HOLE and wish all the heroes were simply mutes to begin with. They all talk like self abosbed bum-holes and everytime they open their mouths i instantly loose all interest to play.
    Just as the dialogues the gameplay gets boring after you have played all the maps a good number of times, realized that there will always be random idiots who will play dps and do nothing. And there are basically 4 attacks for your HEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. EVEN COUNTER-STRIKE 1.6 has more variety than that.    … Expand
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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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Metascore
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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