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  1. Jul 13, 2017
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    The only reason this game got as much praise as it did is because it's made by Blizzard and because there's lore. Gameplay wise, matchmaking is bad, much of the community is toxic, there's an extreme lack of content unless you consider skins and emotes as "content," and the gameplay and mechanics are lacklustre and mediocre at best. If you want a team based shooter, get tf2 consideringThe only reason this game got as much praise as it did is because it's made by Blizzard and because there's lore. Gameplay wise, matchmaking is bad, much of the community is toxic, there's an extreme lack of content unless you consider skins and emotes as "content," and the gameplay and mechanics are lacklustre and mediocre at best. If you want a team based shooter, get tf2 considering it's free and not a rip off. I've played much of this game on both PC and Xbox but it never really feels fun to play. This game gets me more mad at all the BS and dumb moments than excited to play. Just try paladins or tf2 instead. Expand
  2. Aug 21, 2020
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    10 disconnects from 10. You can play 5 games per day and be kicked on EVERY ONE (and get penalty for this of course). This happens ONLY on Overwatch. ABSOLUTELY UNABLE TO PLAY.
  3. Dec 4, 2016
    0
    Aside from being one of the biggest wastes of time video games you could possibly play, Overwatch is anything but fun. With horribly balanced heroes and maps that share the same make up, the game is basically boring. Say you wish to try your hand at competitive; maybe test your skills with people of similar talent? Well good luck. Overwatch has a nasty habit of pairing you with otherAside from being one of the biggest wastes of time video games you could possibly play, Overwatch is anything but fun. With horribly balanced heroes and maps that share the same make up, the game is basically boring. Say you wish to try your hand at competitive; maybe test your skills with people of similar talent? Well good luck. Overwatch has a nasty habit of pairing you with other players that are multiple levels of prestige higher than you. Additionally, since the newest update, winning your ten games is equivalent to not even playing the game. Someone who wins 7 or 8 out of their games has the same chance of being ranked with players who have only won one. All-in-all, Overwatch is a poor excuse for an FPS with Blizzard once again trying to hop on the band wagon of popular game genres (I'm looking at you Heroes of the Storm) with basically what you could call a poor man's Team Fortress 2. Thanks Blizzard for once again setting the bar so low, we knock our heads on the way out of uninstalling the game. Expand
  4. Jun 2, 2016
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    Let's start with the positive stuff.

    The gameplay of Overwatch is great. The maps, the heroes, the models, the abilities all play really fine. The world is rather mysterious, but thanks to the cinematic shorts, comics and other posts, it's actually quite cool for a Shooter. I want to love this game really, really hard. But I can't. First of all, the matchmaking! Blizzard is
    Let's start with the positive stuff.

    The gameplay of Overwatch is great.
    The maps, the heroes, the models, the abilities all play really fine. The world is rather mysterious, but thanks to the cinematic shorts, comics and other posts, it's actually quite cool for a Shooter. I want to love this game really, really hard.

    But I can't.

    First of all, the matchmaking!
    Blizzard is notorious for their incompetent matchmakers. Heroes of the Storm was a huge failure because of it, despite HOTS having pretty damn awesome gameplay and design, the cancer that was matchmaking proved to be fatal to the game. One would think that the company learned from its mistakes. Nope. The game throws everyone together. Seasoned, highly skilled tryhards who are in it for the win and teamplay, and useless, noobcake newbies who will pick a 3rd sniper to cement your team's failuire. The teams are rarely ever balanced. One team usually stomps the other. Virtually every single game is full of frustration and stress. I tried to cling onto hope so hard that I gave the game more than 50 hours played hoping that the matchmaking will get a bit better, but nope, it didn't. To make things worse, there is no ranked play. Why would any developer release a competitive team based game without ranked play? That's the point of the whole game. It's like, selling a car without a motor: "Here's your car, we don't have your motor yet, but in the meantime you can sit in it, or you can pretend to dive it!"

    Did I mention high latency? In most online games I have 20-25 ms ping. In overwatch the lowest I've seen is 40-45, but it usually is 60-70.
    The server communicates with the clients 20.8 times per second. So, everything you do in the game happens on that other guy's monitor about 0,1 seconds later. That's a lifetime in a fast paced FPS shooter! You will get shot by snipers and everybody all the time despite the fact that you were already in cover on your machine. It's a joke.

    I played plenty of multiplayer FPS games in my life. I used to be a Quake1 player, touched Q3, Quake Live, the COD and Battlefield series, the UT series and so on, but those games were FUN. Overwatch has a much better gameplay, but the matchmaking nullifies every bit of that so hard that I have to arrive to the conclusion:

    I never had such an awful online experience in my life.
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  5. Apr 4, 2020
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    and there you can see what happend if a mmorpg studio produce fps a lot of ****
    you want good ranked fps team shooter play r6siege
    you want a bad one play overfail
  6. May 27, 2016
    0
    its fun to play but too expensive for this amount of content 40 dollar for this is not acceptable for me.
    multiplayer with 21 hero and a normal game mode that you find it many other game but many other game i told you they have story mode,co-op and multiplayer.
  7. 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.
  8. May 24, 2016
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    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?
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  9. May 25, 2016
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    I don't review games. Ever. But what Blizzard has done here is really frustrating.

    As it stands: 1: You cannot report hackers. 2: If you leave a game to avoid a hacker, you will build up a penalty. 3: Overwatch has no issue putting you back in the game you left. 4: It will give you further penalties if you leave the game again. As it stands anyone cheating is a god and you're
    I don't review games. Ever. But what Blizzard has done here is really frustrating.

    As it stands:

    1: You cannot report hackers.
    2: If you leave a game to avoid a hacker, you will build up a penalty.
    3: Overwatch has no issue putting you back in the game you left.
    4: It will give you further penalties if you leave the game again.

    As it stands anyone cheating is a god and you're basically stuck with them. This is a gamebreaking situation. I had assumed that there would be a strong anti-cheat built in on launch, because in beta there was no way to deal with hackers. Not the case.

    Unless you enjoy playing with hackers, do not buy Overwatch. Yes, it's fun and it's a great game, but neither of those things matter when the playing field is never leveled.
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  10. May 25, 2016
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    2 game mode
    no teamplay request
    no balance heroes
    as im tf2 player seems game nothing brings new thinks to me
    and probly game microtransactions become very annoying at next ( look at heartstone same cards with windowed bla bla thinks )
    and last think 40 euro in europe LOL
  11. Jun 4, 2016
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    This game is **** in so many ways, theres no way any half decent critic give it 10/10.
    Its presented as shoter game, but shoting is almost meaningless for most classes. It goes all down to skill usage and cheap unavoidable deaths, be it by retarded combos like mccrees flash+m2 instadeaths, or "press Q to wipe half of enemy team".
    Poor content for 40€ game with terribly designed maps full
    This game is **** in so many ways, theres no way any half decent critic give it 10/10.
    Its presented as shoter game, but shoting is almost meaningless for most classes. It goes all down to skill usage and cheap unavoidable deaths, be it by retarded combos like mccrees flash+m2 instadeaths, or "press Q to wipe half of enemy team".
    Poor content for 40€ game with terribly designed maps full of small chokepoints. Terrible 20tick servers (thats sooooo last-century in FPS genre).
    Plenty of heroes? Well, half of them are very situational, while few are pretty universal on every map. As theres this stupid rock-paper-scissor mechanism (and some scissors are so sharp to cut even mountains), u cant even play what u want as u have to counterpick, making high hero counts meaningless.
    Its team-based game. Its soooo hardcore in this, that if u dont have 5 friends playing with you all time, its just **** game as u gona most likely face pug vs premade.
    All in all, if ur interested in shoter game, this is not for you.
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  12. May 25, 2016
    0
    I bought this game super hyped for it but this game literately has 2 super boring game modes that get old after a couple of hours. Honestly this game has the content of a FTP game like seriously league and dota have more content than this game that you have to pay $40 for....
  13. Jun 27, 2016
    0
    Here's what you need to know:
    Blizzard clearly bought favorable reviews from professionals to build hype--hence the disconnect.
    This game is not awful--it might be your favorite game ever. That's the nature of FPS games, some resonate with you and some don't. If you don't enjoy a wide variety of FPS games, or FPS games in general, then give it a try and see if you like it. I scored a
    Here's what you need to know:
    Blizzard clearly bought favorable reviews from professionals to build hype--hence the disconnect.
    This game is not awful--it might be your favorite game ever. That's the nature of FPS games, some resonate with you and some don't. If you don't enjoy a wide variety of FPS games, or FPS games in general, then give it a try and see if you like it.
    I scored a 0 because I have enjoyed many FPS games dating back to DOOM2.
    Pros:
    Rich lore and backstory to all the characters
    Fun ability mechanics
    Good interplay between characters

    Cons:
    AI Matchmaking is stupid for FPS games. I can't just play with friends or hang out. Blizzard has decided it knows more about how I should enjoy my game experience than I do and gives me no ability to say otherwise.
    Mechanics are a straight clone of TF2--not a bad thing, but TF2 isn't $60.
    No viable bot AI at all. This means that there is no viable forum for practicing and getting better at the game.
    Map design is a bit awkward. Choke points are present
    No game mode variety. Most people play payload and capture point anyways, but sometimes deathmatch or arena add a lot of variety to an otherwise stale feeling game.
    Plays like a MOBA from first person view. Locked abilities, no powerups, ultimate ability cooldowns. This is basically World of Warcraft PvP arenas in an FPS interface. I can't find new guns--there are no real points of interest on the map. I don't even have to worry about ammo.
    There's no modding. Want to make your own maps? Blizzard's response is, "like what we give you."
    No story telling. You can read some of the story and pick up bits and pieces. Blizzard clearly invested a lot of time into this new IP, but failed to deliver any of it in a fun or interesting manner (maybe youtube videos count? but that's not part of the game you buy. . .)

    Long and short of it, this game is the most atrocious cash grab since CoD 6. It contributes nothing to the FPS genre and actually takes us back more than 25 years in overall gameplay quality. Blizzard tried to make a game about interesting characters but missed the basic premise of a first-person game: THE PLAYER IS THE CHARACTER! First person games are supposed to be about choices and consequences and they jail their players into liking their interpretation of the first person genre, and then try to cover up their lack of basic understanding of the genre by paying off reviewers. I expected so much better from Blizzard--but this really is their first attempt at making a FPS games and their lack of experience is painfully obvious. If this was a 3rd person multiplayer action game, it might feel different and be more enjoyable, but at this point that's just an awful way to save face on an otherwise poorly executed game.
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  14. 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
  15. May 27, 2016
    0
    BOOOSTED GARBAGE. This is a FTP game that you get ripped off paying 40$ Lets be clear it is stupid fun. But mostly just stupid. Its pure cheese. Terrible balance, junk maps, tons of points to hang your character up on. Characters have 1 hit kills that require no skill and kill your whole team? Really blizzard thats fun? Also crippling lag Ive never played a game without game breaking lagBOOOSTED GARBAGE. This is a FTP game that you get ripped off paying 40$ Lets be clear it is stupid fun. But mostly just stupid. Its pure cheese. Terrible balance, junk maps, tons of points to hang your character up on. Characters have 1 hit kills that require no skill and kill your whole team? Really blizzard thats fun? Also crippling lag Ive never played a game without game breaking lag so I cant win unless I play lucio then I win 80% This is prrly the last game I buy from blizzard its basically just candy it looks good and even tastes ok but its really garbage. Expand
  16. Dec 25, 2018
    0
    OW es una pta mierda, es una copia descarada de TF2 pero para nenes de 9 años. Los personajes son super cliché e infantiloides, la comunidad esta llena de retrasados y Blizzard son todos unos subnormales. Quieren un juego competitivo pero no aguantan ni un 1% de tensión, a la minima que levantes la veoz te han baneado 7 veces. Optimizado como el culo, tengo que jugarlo todo en low siOW es una pta mierda, es una copia descarada de TF2 pero para nenes de 9 años. Los personajes son super cliché e infantiloides, la comunidad esta llena de retrasados y Blizzard son todos unos subnormales. Quieren un juego competitivo pero no aguantan ni un 1% de tensión, a la minima que levantes la veoz te han baneado 7 veces. Optimizado como el culo, tengo que jugarlo todo en low si quiero 60 fps estables, todos los años los mismos eventos, sacan contenido a la velocidad de la mierda...Haceos un favod y evitad esta basura a la que llaman juego. Expand
  17. Jun 2, 2016
    0
    Lets point the important here without talking... thrash
    The game is awesome, in what gameplay means of course BUT...
    The content, everybody knows, just, the content its not even worth 20$ The unbalance, its like a rock paper scissor game, but changing beetween the same 3 characters depending on map The "Reward" level up system which gives u craters that drop cosmetic items, yeah its
    Lets point the important here without talking... thrash
    The game is awesome, in what gameplay means of course BUT...
    The content, everybody knows, just, the content its not even worth 20$
    The unbalance, its like a rock paper scissor game, but changing beetween the same 3 characters depending on map
    The "Reward" level up system which gives u craters that drop cosmetic items, yeah its cute but it just dont has any point on getting by luck the best things for a character that you may love or hate, without taking on point what matters in this kind of games with unique characters, THE PLAYER SKILL WITH IT.

    Thats what gets me really mad, and now for real, the developers just started thingking on extra content in the next months or whatever, because players were attacking them with request for new things and questions, before that they basically said that "The game is complete from launch"

    Its fun yeah, the first 10 hours.
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  18. Jun 2, 2016
    0
    Overwatch is a very enjoyable team shooter. The game is a perfect casual game where you can jump in for 5-10mins and shoot up some people. The characters are fun to play and I do love that the game tells you what your team comp is lacking or has too much of. A nice thing that other team games should put in.
  19. Jun 4, 2016
    0
    I played the demo and the original game. I must say that has little content , but the demo looked somewhat promising ... testing the final game I realized , it's a scam , does not bring almost nothing , playing the same modes becomes boring, never before a game I was bored so fast, the last was Evolve ... although I must say that to play a few games occasionally is fine , you can have fun,I played the demo and the original game. I must say that has little content , but the demo looked somewhat promising ... testing the final game I realized , it's a scam , does not bring almost nothing , playing the same modes becomes boring, never before a game I was bored so fast, the last was Evolve ... although I must say that to play a few games occasionally is fine , you can have fun, but with this I think ... that there is equal and free games that offer the same or even more fun by playing them occasionally . I do not understand even as he got so good grades. Maybe, by the publicity so people had to spend money on this ... Expand
  20. Jun 4, 2016
    0
    Blizzard removed the support of 21:9 monitors with its latest patch. Seriously, Blizzard?

    That was exactly the reason why I bought such a monitor: I just love those big black strips on the right an left side.

    Uninstalled. Wasn't too interesting anyway.
  21. Jun 5, 2016
    0
    Tottaly not worth the 40$. I would be able to put up with it if it didn't have day 1 microtransactions . It would make a great f2p game but this is just a hot mess after 10h of gameplay.
  22. Jun 5, 2016
    0
    Well.
    A Blizzard game, without camping.
    Oh, wait, if you really want to check the true story about Overwatch, go to Youtube, It's free.
    A really big disappointment.
  23. Jun 5, 2016
    0
    I can't believe blizzard do this to us. This game is something we see in TF2 before, and now are a lot of games like this but Blizzard sell us at 40$. I regret of buying this.
  24. Jan 3, 2017
    0
    A serie with alot of hype, mainly because it is a Blizzard game with their "Blizzard polish". This game is fun, but won't have a long longevity for me after spending a decent amount of hours(around 100) playing this game. I will explain it as short as possible for the people who wants quick and short reviews to compare it with each other:
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    A serie with alot of hype, mainly because it is a Blizzard game with their "Blizzard polish". This game is fun, but won't have a long longevity for me after spending a decent amount of hours(around 100) playing this game. I will explain it as short as possible for the people who wants quick and short reviews to compare it with each other:
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  25. Jun 7, 2016
    0
    60 Euros's for this?????? Worst game ever i rather pay 150 Euro's then for a game like league of legends. Seriously i mean it is not even fun to play bored after playing 30 minutes.
  26. Jun 9, 2016
    0
    I spent about 150+ hours on Overwatch thinking, "Hey, this feels like a terrible version of TF2, why did they ripoff the class types and the animation style but none of the clever maps or character balance?"

    And then I got on the forums to ask, and everyone who refuses to accept that Blizzard hasn't launched an original game since WoW. And all I got in response was, "It's not a ripoff!
    I spent about 150+ hours on Overwatch thinking, "Hey, this feels like a terrible version of TF2, why did they ripoff the class types and the animation style but none of the clever maps or character balance?"

    And then I got on the forums to ask, and everyone who refuses to accept that Blizzard hasn't launched an original game since WoW. And all I got in response was, "It's not a ripoff! It's a totally different game!" and the main response was, "Well if TF2 is soooo much better why dont you go back to that!" And at first I was bothered by all the instant negativity, but then I realized they were right.

    So I went back to TF2 and haven't regretted it for a moment.

    TL:DR I spent $40 to remind myself that new doesn't equal better.
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  27. Jun 11, 2016
    0
    I really do see no point in this game,it contradicts itself on every level:
    -it wants to be casual to appeal to a greater oudience but wants to be esport using very restricetd game modes,with very resitricted games settings
    -it wants to be focused on characterization and lore but it shoots itself in the foot via being an competitive fps

    seriusly man,what the actual ****
  28. Jun 11, 2016
    0
    there's a saying,it goes: "if you can accuratly describe a thing with 6 words or fewer,it either sucks or is boring"

    overwatch: tf2 with waifus

    >:-)
  29. Jun 16, 2016
    0
    In your first week it feels fun and good, but as you gain level it will match you against 90 or more leveled players while you are still at 25 level means they're 3, 4 times more experienced than you in this game, terrible matchmaking, no balance. Don't buy this game, doesn't worth it.
  30. 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.
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  31. Jun 13, 2016
    0
    For a first week you're gonna have a great time but after that you're gonna notice the faults inside. Blizzard has really adopted the cashcow shenanigans with this game, you're playing with a good team and suddenly you get kicked because the matchmaking keeps the game forced 50% win/lose ratio to keep the retards happy. Some of the heros are ridiculously overpowered and will be seen inFor a first week you're gonna have a great time but after that you're gonna notice the faults inside. Blizzard has really adopted the cashcow shenanigans with this game, you're playing with a good team and suddenly you get kicked because the matchmaking keeps the game forced 50% win/lose ratio to keep the retards happy. Some of the heros are ridiculously overpowered and will be seen in every game. Also full price for only 2 modes and bunch of maps is too much greed even for Blizzard. Expand
  32. Jun 13, 2016
    0
    The game cannot maintain connections to battle.net so you get dropped regularly and then you are penalized for leaving the game early. The toons mimic Team Fortress 2 (which is free btw). While team play might be fun the chances of getting a team that actually tries to win the objective is about 1 in 10.
  33. Jun 13, 2016
    0
    This is a Sorry Excuse of a game, Copied from Team Fortress 2 but still has only 2 modes whereas Team Fortress 2 has more than 7 game modes and it is a Free to Play, Team Fortress also has Co-op which this game doesnt, dumbed down FPS mechanics for 10 year old kids, way to overhyped and overpriced, I made a mistake by buying this game, it is a Free to Play game being sold on full price,This is a Sorry Excuse of a game, Copied from Team Fortress 2 but still has only 2 modes whereas Team Fortress 2 has more than 7 game modes and it is a Free to Play, Team Fortress also has Co-op which this game doesnt, dumbed down FPS mechanics for 10 year old kids, way to overhyped and overpriced, I made a mistake by buying this game, it is a Free to Play game being sold on full price, Avoid if you value your money, dont fall for the hype Expand
  34. Jun 30, 2016
    0
    Really bad game. Unreal Tournament from 12 years ago was way better than this clunker.
    So much hype and it was boring within 2 hours of playing it. Same thing game after game after game.
    Graphics are silly and there are some glaring issues with exploiting.
  35. Jun 14, 2016
    0
    I could say that this game is like tf2,that it missuses female character,that is overratted and overprized but much more people with much more skills have already sad that
  36. Jun 17, 2016
    0
    blizzard ın yaptığı en berbat oyun olarak tarihe geçicek.
    Hatta bu oyun blizzard ın sonunun geldiğinin kanıtıdır.
    Bu oyuna yüksek puan vermiş herkez ya blizzarddan para almıştır yada katıksız bir gerizekalıdır.
  37. Jun 18, 2016
    0
    Empty game, 4 small maps,3 modes, 10 unfinished champions. Let's add its incomplete also and cost 60 Euros.
    The worst comes about the ranked part, will make everything worst as all MOBAs
  38. Jun 22, 2016
    0
    Overwatch is a fundamentally flawed team shooter with uninspired character design, laughable balance, and over seven million players who once again assumed that just because Blizzard made a game, it must therefore automatically be good. I've never liked multiplayer in Blizzard games. And Overwatch is no exception. People like to say that Overwatch is the “new” or will “replace” TeamOverwatch is a fundamentally flawed team shooter with uninspired character design, laughable balance, and over seven million players who once again assumed that just because Blizzard made a game, it must therefore automatically be good. I've never liked multiplayer in Blizzard games. And Overwatch is no exception. People like to say that Overwatch is the “new” or will “replace” Team Fortress 2. This is completely untrue for a number of reasons. Really, this game should be compared to the equally poorly-designed Dirty Bomb. They share a colorful aesthetic and a quasi-militaristic character design, but also, and this is Overwatch's fatal flaw, an unbelievably awful damage model. The balance issues have been called out by the playerbase, and there do seem to be efforts made in that regard. But that ignores the deeper issue: Overwatch is, at its core, not fun to play, for the same reason most “modern” shooters are.
    Let me refer here to a game I refer to often, and will continue to refer to, an icon of the golden age of PC Gaming: Unreal Tournament, better known today as UT99, after the year of its release. Among the first entirely multiplayer-focused FPSs, Unreal Tournament required players to hone not only their ability to draw an initial bead on a target, but also their team coordination, knowledge of the map, locations of weapon and item spawns, and, ultimately, their ability to maintain your aim on a target and sustain an engagement until your opponent was dead, which in some cases could last for several continuous seconds. Can you even imagine? A gunfight in a team shooter that lasts longer then it takes to hit the like button on a picture of Tracer's ass?

    Overwatch has no “sustained engagements.” What it has, like what Dirty Bomb has, what Call of Duty has, what Planetside 2 has, what nearly every “modern” shooter has, is a glorified game of rock, paper, scissors, or perhaps a cell phone “clicking” game. The two teams crash together, whoever picked the right weapon, or in this case, characters and mashed their ability buttons fast enough bowls over the other team, leaving them scrambling to group together and try to reengage successfully. It even manages to build on the “blink and your dead” gameplay by providing its characters with, in many cases, instant-kill abilities that, unlike Call of Duty, they don't even have to “earn” by “killstreaks”, they simply recharge on their own, over time. You won't believe how much time you can spend dead in a game with a 5 second respawn timer. Because it's a hell of a lot.

    It's surprising considering they've never made an FPS before, but Blizzard has created one so dependent on mere reaction time that you'll scarcely believe that every player but you isn't hacking. They've pushed the “modern” shooter to the pinnacle of its horrific genetic degradation,  successfully dumbing down FPS gameplay into a mathematical equation with only one acceptable answer. No time to look for health pickups or run to your healer. No time to turn around and counter-fire. No time to look for an alternate route to try and flank. No time for anything. If you do the slightest thing wrong, you're not only dead, you probably just cost your team the win.

    Sure, you could try some medium bot games to cool off, but they're some of the dumbest bots around and while they might be good for a laugh, they certainly won't give you good practice. Or you could play on hard bots and watch them mob up flawlessly and play murderball with your team and your mood. Or you could play some custom games with your friends and not earn any XP towards the game's paltry rewards.

    Overwatch attracts a certain subset of players that have no shortage of hate, especially where Battleborn is concerned. As someone with not only a lot of vitriol to dispense about multiplayer games but also the capacity to be aware of that fact, and as someone who is generally unpleasant when salty, I generally try to avoid games l like this one. I bought it only because it seems to be the “in thing” with people I know and I'd rather be sociable then not. But really, the game just makes me sad, not only because it's a sorry excuse for an FPS, but because the vast majority of people seem to be blissfully unaware of that fact. I'm not saying I'm smarter then them or even a better player. I just think they've been lied to. I don't think any less of people for playing the games they want to play, because I do that every day of my life. But I can and will think less of people who willfully put down the games that I like because they're not Overwatch, or something equally formulaic. I give it a 1 here because it at least didn't crash.

    I am damn glad that I have alternatives. I urge everyone here to go give Unreal Tournament 4 a try- It's free, after all.
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  39. Jun 24, 2016
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    Hola esta es una critica en español y mi opinión de OW es de que es un fiasco y un total intento fallido de hacer un juego como el TF2 solo que los de Blizzard le agregan los poderes secundarios tipo moba y ya con eso según ellos tiene un juego la pura verdad este juego va dirigido al publico masculino y a niños por el echo de que trata del típico escuadrón de HÉROES y en TF2 no solo son 9Hola esta es una critica en español y mi opinión de OW es de que es un fiasco y un total intento fallido de hacer un juego como el TF2 solo que los de Blizzard le agregan los poderes secundarios tipo moba y ya con eso según ellos tiene un juego la pura verdad este juego va dirigido al publico masculino y a niños por el echo de que trata del típico escuadrón de HÉROES y en TF2 no solo son 9 mercenarios con mucho carisma, la gente que consocio el OW conoció primero al personaje femenino Tracer y luego ala WindowMaker gracias a paginas de arte o vídeos para adultos si saben de los que dijo y para mi es la primera ves que veo mucho de ese contenido para adultos y así ha pasado con todas las Mujeres del OW y hasta ahora la única que les interesa es la D´va por su estilo como chica Otaku Gamer.

    Y otro punto es de que el juego es puro OLINE y tiene los mismos modos de juego como captura la bandera, captura el punto de control, y la que mas me llamo la atención fue la de Carga explosiva como se dice en TF2 (que consiste de llevar por unas vías de tren un un carreta una bomba y llevarla su destino) pero a qui en ves de ser una bomba es una limusina blindada, la verdad es los mismos TF2 sin excepción solo con mujeres muy sexualizadas y el publico no ve las criticas reales que son las de los jugadores a mi en lo personal no me interesa una critica de un critico de Ahora por razones de corrupción, lo malo que el juego esta incompleto solo ONLINE en serio a pero eso si puedes comprar skins que para mi es como si el juego lo hubieran echo hace 6 meses no loan terminado por falta de dinero y como se lo gastaron mas en propaganda de todo tipo si hasta contenido para adultos por que esos artistas no cobran barato y debió ser un buen trato, pero volviendo al tema del Gaming es igualito al TF2 y el TF2 es gratis y la comunidad genial pero esto que esto no es un juego real esto es un juego reciclado y pagar como 999.00 pesos mexicanos no lo vale y creo que sera de esos juegos como TF2 que antes fue de paga y después Gratis y como deje antes ami se me hace un juego incompleto y que aparte sera terminada después de recaudar dinero con los skins .

    Personajes:
    Los personajes de OW para mi y en verdad 2 o mas hacen a uno del TF2 como un ejemplo: WindoWmaker+Hanzo=Sniper del TF2 pero por que miren para los que no han jugado TF2 el sniper tiene varias arnas pero se dividen en 2 Sniper y arco y tiene la misma jugabilidad hasta las dos armas de Window que son el sniper y rifle de asalto eso los tiene el mismos Sniper pero del TFClassic y así con todos Tracer+Lúcio=Scout, Spy=Genji+Reaper+McCree(El spy tambien depende de los disparos ala cabeza), Ingeniero=Torbjörn+Symmetra, este he visto en el juego de OW 4 Heavy=Roadhog+BASTION+WINSTON+Zarya, Medic=MERCY+Zenyatta, Pyro=Mei, Saldado=Soldado: 76+Pharah, y al final mi perosnaje favorito del TF2 que es DEMOMAN que se comforma 2 uno repetido que son: Demoman:REINHARDT+PHARAH(de nuevo)+JUNKRAT ere fianl es el mas copiado por si lanza bombas lapa y su famoso sticky jump, mismas mecánicas en todos los personajes y por favor antes de critica mal o bien un juego comparen los 2 tanto como OW y el TF2 que tiene suerte de ser gratis y no pierden nada

    Motivos por que su éxito:
    1.- Mucha publicidad de cual quier tipo sin perdonar.
    2.- Gaming reciclado de un FPS real que es el TF2 que lleva mas de 9 años apenas en este año.
    3.-Personajes femeninos muy sexualizadas tanto como en FanArt como en el Juego.
    4.-Mucha prensa Corrupta.
    5.-Una jugabilidad muy fácil como en PC y en consolas que la verdad lo puede jugar un niño que juega COD o Splatoon sin tanta experiencia.
    6.-El juego esta dirigido al publico masculino de 12 a 25 años.
    7.-Texturas muy infantiles y no tiene Gore.
    8.-Y personas que compran jugos pro moda.

    Gracia por ver este comentario y piensa lo 2 veces por que como dicen en steam no hay devoluciones Saludos :D!

    PD: Estes es un mensaje para todos los jugadores de OW o fanboys que dicen a los de TF22: juégalo antes de criticar al OW pues mira yo te dijo los mismo con TF2 juega primero TF2 compáralo con el OW y tu dime cuales mejor por que eso de decir que por que tu juegas al OW y muchos estén de acuerdo con eso argumento no se me hace una excusa ni aceptable por que el TF2 ya cumple en este 2016 sus 9 años desde su entrega y se me hace una tontería de decir eso pro que el OW es de paga y por que uno que no le gusta ese juego lo va comprar para hacer una critica buena pero en cambio los de OW puedes criticar al TF2 en total por que es un juego F2P y muchos jugadores le dan de User Score 9.1 t los críticos 9.2 en cambio el OW tiene miren que es raro decir esto un juego reciclado de un juego de VALVE que por los críticos: 9.1 en pc 9.1 en Xbox one y en Play Station 4 es de 9.0 he pero esperate esa son de los críticos pero la que en verdad importa es del consumidor osease el publico y mira que hay un cambio drástico: PC:7.0, y las mas fatales XboxOne:5.7 y Playe Station 4:6.2
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  40. Jun 25, 2016
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    Fun characters and nice graphical polish don't make a game.

    I've played fps for thousands of hours and not once had to suffer such a bad netcode / hit detection.

    Bad matchmaking, no server list, no private servers, only 3 game modes and no custom maps
    only add onto overwatch's shortcomings.
  41. Jan 14, 2017
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    THE GAME SUCK SO GOOD THAT CAN EASY FIND A JOB IN A BURDELO.

    "I spent about 150+ hours on Overwatch thinking, "Hey, this feels like a terrible version of TF2, why did they ripoff the class types and the animation style but none of the clever maps or character balance?" "...BLABLA
  42. Jun 28, 2016
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    Pros:
    - Great hero concepts
    - Polished Cons: - Matchmaking - Competitive play - Quick play This game could have, should have and would have been great if it was not for the usual Blizzard matchmaking that failed both Heroes of the Storm, Starcraft 2, Warcraft 3 and why not Overwatch too. Competitive play employs the same MMR system that Quickplay does (quick play is know to be
    Pros:
    - Great hero concepts
    - Polished

    Cons:
    - Matchmaking
    - Competitive play
    - Quick play

    This game could have, should have and would have been great if it was not for the usual Blizzard matchmaking that failed both Heroes of the Storm, Starcraft 2, Warcraft 3 and why not Overwatch too.
    Competitive play employs the same MMR system that Quickplay does (quick play is know to be roflstomps with exceptionally unfair teams). This is, sadly, also the experience you have when it comes to Competitive play.
    I do not suggest you buy or play until said issues have been fixed.
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  43. Jun 30, 2016
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    overwatch:the scientific proof that you can have a succsesfull game basing yourself on porn,without even having porn on it ;);););););;);););););););)
  44. Jun 30, 2016
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    i seroiusly don't know what to say,everyone has already said everything about this **** balance, sexual exploitation of female character, just being tf2 with waifus.just stop playing it pleas
  45. Jul 1, 2016
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    well,this game could be fun,it could be a game you play 1h in a week with friends.But no,this game is pretentious,it wants to be competitive,it wants to be 40€,such a shame.
  46. Jul 1, 2016
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    how to create a game in few simple steps:
    1) take every little mechanics of various game and copypaste them on your,creating one would require skills and talent
    2) tell everyone you did this to "make everyone comfortable" with the game 3) use "amazing charecterization" such as "this is the badass" "this is the good guy" and so on because you don't want to spend time and effort creating
    how to create a game in few simple steps:
    1) take every little mechanics of various game and copypaste them on your,creating one would require skills and talent
    2) tell everyone you did this to "make everyone comfortable" with the game
    3) use "amazing charecterization" such as "this is the badass" "this is the good guy" and so on because you don't want to spend time and effort creating a story mode
    4) oh wait, you can! Just relase some cheap ass comics.Tf2 did that and look how it torned great
    5) say it is competitive because why not.Despite having rock-paper-scissor kind of class
    6) add some ass and **** to create fanservice and a pointless flamewar to get attention

    enjoy :)
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  47. Jul 3, 2016
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    There's a good game buried in Overwatch, but it is grossly overshadowed by one of the worst match making mechanics around. Enforcing a 50% win rate, you will have frustrating, boring match after frustrating, boring match. Even if, somehow, you get a decent one, a rarity, the lack of maps will quickly make this game a dull use of forty dollars.
  48. Jul 7, 2016
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    Grab TF2, mix it up with asses, boobs and sell it at 50 bloody dollars. Last time i buy a Blizzard game. with 1152 hours in TF2, and 200+ hours in Overwatch, i can say that don't worth it. Anyways, what more i can expect from a company that makes a game which i need to pay monthly to play it?
  49. Sep 24, 2017
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    Toxic censorship and bigbrotherish reputation system. Run like the wind and go play something else, let the political correctness **** die alone.
    A zer0 well-earned
  50. Jul 10, 2016
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    It's a fun game, there's a lot of good things to say about it in theory. But in practice, I've found it to be much more stressful than fun. I only REALLY enjoy maybe 1 out of every 8 games I play. That's not to say I only win 1 out of 8, or even that the other 7 are miserable, but when I step back and think about how I felt after playing for 2 hours straight... I realize i only spent aIt's a fun game, there's a lot of good things to say about it in theory. But in practice, I've found it to be much more stressful than fun. I only REALLY enjoy maybe 1 out of every 8 games I play. That's not to say I only win 1 out of 8, or even that the other 7 are miserable, but when I step back and think about how I felt after playing for 2 hours straight... I realize i only spent a small fraction of that time having actual fun. I mean, I can win a game thats a complete 1 sided stomp in the favor of my team. but is that really all that fun?

    I'm sure this game is a lot more fun for people who can consistently have 5 friends online who all are in discord or skype coordinating and making it happen together as a team. But for anyone trying to go at it solo, you are at the mercy of a horrible MM system to decide whether or not you're worthy of a game that either doesn't end in a complete one sided stomp.
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  51. Jul 11, 2016
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    Overwatch is essentially a Early Access, which costs neither more nor less than $40 for PC and $60 for consoles. Blizzard is a genius company, they are the best when it comes to disguising! You are paying that money for a Quick match, and promises, a lot of promises. You PAID $40 for a ranked system which WAS gonna be great, blah blah. Look at it now that it has launched, it's **** but IOverwatch is essentially a Early Access, which costs neither more nor less than $40 for PC and $60 for consoles. Blizzard is a genius company, they are the best when it comes to disguising! You are paying that money for a Quick match, and promises, a lot of promises. You PAID $40 for a ranked system which WAS gonna be great, blah blah. Look at it now that it has launched, it's **** but I won't go into that, investigate it yourself. That happens when one pays for promises, it's like buying a car without doors, but hey the promise you they will give these to you in 4 months. Great. Just great. AND NOT ONLY THAT, the game itself is a copy of TEAM FORTRESS 2. Yeah guys, the CORE is the same, but of course, it has a lot of improvements and a different gameplay vision (each character has its own abilities, etc...). So, paying $40 or $60 for that? Nope. If you ask me to review this game in an independent way.. Well, it's solid, definitly not a 1. But it's not a **** F2P. You have to pay a lot, and the game has microtransactions, the worst kind of microtransactions, which is trending now in the industry. You like a skin huh, ok, you have to buy a box which contains random loot, so it's about luck to get your skin. Yep, you can't purchase it straight forward like in League of Legend for example. You have to buy a whole lot of boxes to get your skin. This is what I call random microtransaction. So, overall: it's fun, but have a ****ed up competitive mode, it's still in Early Access metaphorically speaking, and it's priced like a AAA video game. **** you Blizzard and your awful politics. Since Activision bought Blizzard, they had died. Expand
  52. Jul 11, 2016
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    This game is extremely overrated, the Blizzard took the idea from other games without any shame did not add any single player and still ask us to play the price of a normal game whose developers worked hard and brought something new in the industry unlike Blizzard.
  53. Jul 16, 2016
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    They may play TF2 to update new hero
    Very disappointed game for me
    No creativity and unbalanced between each hero
    Except graphic expression, There's nothing better than tf2
  54. Jul 17, 2016
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    This game is a total joke, it's all good until you try conpetitive where winning or loosing is about a toss of a coin. This completly destroyed all the fun from the game for me 0/10
  55. Jul 19, 2016
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    gay ass sjw vidya that promotes jewish propaganda, feminism, satanism, communism, and blue-pilled behavior.
    if i saw my non-existing child play this, i'd take drastic actions, assuming that he already went too deep into the dark territory, and put an end to his life myself.
    the only reasonable way to think people find this """game""" even remotely entertaining while being unironic is if
    gay ass sjw vidya that promotes jewish propaganda, feminism, satanism, communism, and blue-pilled behavior.
    if i saw my non-existing child play this, i'd take drastic actions, assuming that he already went too deep into the dark territory, and put an end to his life myself.
    the only reasonable way to think people find this """game""" even remotely entertaining while being unironic is if they are either liberals or support criminals such as Hillary; which would be understandable for them to think this game is entertaining considering such people i've enumerated are brain-dead by nature
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  56. Jul 19, 2016
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    The game is repetitive heroes that are chosen depend on both the map that all items are equal, competitive is completely broken, unfairly benefits those who play in groups and there is no INDUCEMENT to play only the stupid boxes, which best you can touch is a skin chroma.
    of course not deserve 0 but I will do as the press put a 10, exaggerating all
  57. Jul 24, 2016
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    The game has nice characters, animation, lore, but there is one big con: community, it is not just bad, because it is worst. Overwatch's community is worse than LoL's, to be honest. I wish there was a some kind of IQ test, so that intelligent people would play with intelligent players, who are not toxic, racist, tryhards...(this is my dream) Ranked system is bad, if you are lucky, you willThe game has nice characters, animation, lore, but there is one big con: community, it is not just bad, because it is worst. Overwatch's community is worse than LoL's, to be honest. I wish there was a some kind of IQ test, so that intelligent people would play with intelligent players, who are not toxic, racist, tryhards...(this is my dream) Ranked system is bad, if you are lucky, you will get 70-80, but still there are many people who are stuck in Elo hell because their teammates kept leaving during matches. That is why playing this game is very frustrating. Even if I spent 90+ dollars on this game, I am not going to play it anymore. Furthermore, there are not many maps and game modes. It seems to be that blizzard isn't going to add new soon. Expand
  58. Eyy
    Jul 25, 2016
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    Bastion's tank form is cute. Overwatch more like Overhype, the game is broken, many heroes are unfair to go up against, many heroes are hard to play just cause they do not do much damage or are really squishy.
  59. Aug 6, 2016
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    Game isn't balanced, not even a little bit. Match making is horrible. In the vast majority of games one team will be severely outmatched by the other. Most maps are poorly balanced; only the king of the hill style maps are even. Map balance is less of an issue in competitive, where the game will swap sides in a time race sort of way. However, due to the imbalance of the maps this resultsGame isn't balanced, not even a little bit. Match making is horrible. In the vast majority of games one team will be severely outmatched by the other. Most maps are poorly balanced; only the king of the hill style maps are even. Map balance is less of an issue in competitive, where the game will swap sides in a time race sort of way. However, due to the imbalance of the maps this results in a long drawn out match. Boring. Expand
  60. Aug 8, 2016
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    Story (0/10) - there is none
    Soundtrack (2/10) - voice acting is silly, and childish, while the music is nothing memorable
    Gameplay (1/10) - heroes are unbalanced, there is zero reward for being a skilled player and zero punishment for trolling
    Graphics (4/10) - there are older generation games that look better and play smoother
  61. Aug 9, 2016
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    I will give higher score when blizzard will keep their promises and stop false advertising. BLIZZARD PLS FIX YOUR GAME.

    Also no 60 tickrate is a joke in an fps game
  62. Aug 9, 2016
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    Blizzard promised us that we can use in-game currency to buy any specific cosmetic item but we can't use in-game currency to buy summer event cosmetic items. Wihout buying hundreds of lootboxes by paying bucks, we have too little chance to get specific item. Overwatch became like a f2p game. They don't care what community says.
  63. Aug 13, 2016
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    Probably the worst first person shooter game of all time and super over hyped for no reason. It's a lot like team fortress 2 but it's like slightly better but that makes sense because TF2 is terrible. The worst part about it and why it's so awful especially is because it makes my queue times in league of legends longer like why does it take 20 minutes to get a game wtf
  64. Aug 19, 2016
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    I was very hyped for this game to came out but then 60 euros to ma feis and its a demo its not complete,12 MAPS rlly.I can se potential but at the moment its bull***it
  65. Sep 2, 2016
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    Horrible game, I don't know how people can enjoy this. It gets so boring after a few matches. The characters, the ambients and everything is so childish. The reason of all this hype and success is probably just the name Blizzard.
  66. Sep 6, 2016
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    Played 2 hours of the game and didn't like it. But that's not the problem, I tried to ask for a refund and was told that because I passed the lvl 5 i couldn't have my money back. Also the game is pretty mediocre, don't see why all the hype over it, it's just a team fortress with sexier and more colorful costumes.
  67. Sep 8, 2016
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    I will give it a positive review until I hit diamond cause that **** is impossible. I always get to 2900 but right at the second I just keep falling down. A vicious cycle. This game is too frustrating.
  68. Sep 15, 2016
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    "What's in the box" Oh god, what's in that box?" I tried to love Overwatch, I tried to ride the hype train, but it didn't work out. So i took a souvenir during F2P beta day (memories of potentially fun, simple game that looked like polished Battlefront or Team Fortress but was still more than that; more unique in a way as far as heroes and their abilities went). Sadly, that was all just a"What's in the box" Oh god, what's in that box?" I tried to love Overwatch, I tried to ride the hype train, but it didn't work out. So i took a souvenir during F2P beta day (memories of potentially fun, simple game that looked like polished Battlefront or Team Fortress but was still more than that; more unique in a way as far as heroes and their abilities went). Sadly, that was all just a minigame, simple and unfinished but addictive enough to bait you into the real game that's hidden inside; and what hid inside was a very, very dark place, exactly the same place that you can find in the Cs:GO or many modern games, and a place that will exist as long as 1st world players (be it 13 or 60), except to be treated like addicts, even when they're not, it's aimed toward those prone to addiction, vanity, and gambling. Those are the customers that every modern company aims for these days, and sadly, they keep coming back to play their slot machines, even though we all know "the house always wins". But unlike dangers and unappealing aspect of gambling and specifically slot machines, where everything and everyone warns you that you shouldn't spend money playing it, this road is paved by people shilling the game for you, You tubers with fake personas that ride every hype train and play along to the tune of the companies for their micro-share of the micro-pie, to soothe the vanity and get their taste of fame, they will guide you to these games with fake "omg amazing" reviews, much like gaming journalists, only with more popularity and less rich vocabulary; there are no grannies with crutches standing in front of these slot machines, only people surrounding you pm-ing how cool you look in this or that skin, voice (new feature yay!), spray tag."Just cosmetics" just became part of your social/gameplay xp.
    Most games today, especially multiplayer ones, are just 1 hour expiration date minigames that guide you into the real game-online gambling, with everything produced by other fans and players, but restricted to people because you sold your soul at the start of the agreement policy, and everything you produce while playing or being inspired by the mini-game can be recycled, and will be recycled, as a new product you have to pay for, be it maps or "mission packs", but it is all focused and boils down to the gambling aspect where you roll for cosmetic features that games are centered on, and you receive by leveling (10% of them) or spending infinite amount of money (and I do mean infinite, the more you spend and obtain the lower the chance for the skins you don't have but want to drop, to drop). Online gambling trap=1/10; Minigame called Overwatch you will get bored by in first few hours: 7/10 (could actually be a promising game, but don't be fooled to think you can ignore the "it's just cosmetics, silly" because the game is all about those cosmetics, and everything will guide you to focus on obtaining all those silly cosmetics).
    TL;DR I cannot put this simpler: DO NOT BUY THIS. Just because you trust Activision-Blizzard (as good old Bobby Kotick said, explaining the WoW corpse yearly remakes: "If we cannot run a game into the ground, we don't want it" meaning if the game isn't addicting/cool enough for people to deal with micro-transactions (understatement of the decade=straight up ego stroking for money) and addiction/vanity mechanics hidden inside, we don't bother with it. This quote explains a lot about the inner workings of the gaming industry, and that means any company,not just EA and similar designated meanies, they ALL work on the exact same business model from Valve through ActivisionBlizzard to EA, with some being nicer to your face but pulling their pants down once you turn around, and other's getting caught with their hands in the cookie jar, but there is no difference behind the curtains; there is no magic, just same suits working on the same con to exploit you. It's gambling with a mini-game attached, not vice versa.
    In fact, best thing you can do for gaming atm, is play only single-player classics with no DLCs to pay for or completely lay off video games, cause they are in a very dark place atm, as far as consumers are concerned. Moneywise or industry-related, they are blooming like never before and putting movie industry to shame, exactly because people pre-order and ride hype trains just to realize all of it is introduction into gambling (only more polished than a real casino, with all the geriatrics or the elderly turned into T&A to distract you). It's nice for them to add some elderly character into the game, and some butch lesbian, and work on gender/age issues that suddenly became important; but when are we going to talk about much bigger issue of players-exploited, no matter the gender, and abusing psychology research a la Mengele to switch on addiction baits and turn players into chronic gamblers; or the fact that 2/3 of Pc owners can't enjoy most games with or without others
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  69. Sep 17, 2016
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    They made their money, and now it is clear they couldn't care less. Had SO much potential. This game is as unbalanced and boring as ever. You'll get a few days of fun, and then weeks or months of displeasure.
  70. Oct 26, 2016
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    Another review after giving this game a go.

    It is an unbalanced mess. Some heroes are more broken than others. Horrible hit detection. TOO casual as in: red outlines, tracer bullets. The game is a horrible mix mash of FPS and MOBA. AND THEY DO NOT MIX well. Overwatch is proof of that. Pardon my language: This is the worst FPS game i have by played by far. It is broken at it's core
    Another review after giving this game a go.

    It is an unbalanced mess. Some heroes are more broken than others. Horrible hit detection. TOO casual as in: red outlines, tracer bullets.

    The game is a horrible mix mash of FPS and MOBA. AND THEY DO NOT MIX well. Overwatch is proof of that.

    Pardon my language: This is the worst FPS game i have by played by far. It is broken at it's core with lackluster gamemodes, poor map design and horrible godawful weak and **** lore with low immersion in the heroes and the areas.

    It an overhyped piece of garbage game made by leftovers they had.

    Overwatch is a broken horrible messy game that fails on almost every aspect of a game except the aesthetic and optimizational area. Other than that it fails on everything a good decent fps has to over.

    MOBA and FPS DO NOT MIX. IT WAS A HORRIBLE IDEA TO GIVE HEROES GAME CHANGING ULTS.

    The ults destroy this game as some ults are more **** up than others.

    I truly dare say i hate this game after a long try of liking it.
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  71. Sep 20, 2016
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    Overhyped, overpriced, boring, lifeless and unbalanced piece of **** game.

    Blizzard and their fanboys can take this game and shove it up their asses.

    0/10
  72. Sep 22, 2016
    0
    Do not buy it. The matchmaking and balancing of the game is broken. The game is purely hype. You'll enjoy the first hours of the game but when you start competitive the matchmaking breaks to pieces.
  73. Oct 2, 2016
    0
    If you got money simply DONT buy overwatch. I wish I coudl have a refund for this :(
    The game is like in an "alpha stage". Classes are TOTALLY unbalanced and there are a plenty of hackers with their aimbot ruining every single quick match.
    I think this is another blizzard fail after diablo 3 ..... GG BLIZZ!
  74. Oct 3, 2016
    0
    As a TF2 fanatic, I was disappointed by Overwatch. I also consider it to be the worst game purchase I've ever made.

    At first I loaded up the game, saw all the characters, and imagined TF2 with 20something classes. Wow. This is going to be neat! But the gameplay is **** Consistently **** I stuck with it for a week but it was painfully unfun. The flow of gameplay is schizoid;
    As a TF2 fanatic, I was disappointed by Overwatch. I also consider it to be the worst game purchase I've ever made.

    At first I loaded up the game, saw all the characters, and imagined TF2 with 20something classes. Wow. This is going to be neat!

    But the gameplay is **** Consistently **** I stuck with it for a week but it was painfully unfun.

    The flow of gameplay is schizoid; Disorganized to the point of painfulness. It wouldn't be an issue in a typical FPS game, but the format of Overwatch calls for some degree of organization which is not fulfilled by playing with randoms.

    The game doesn't lack content. It's just bad. Think of it... A lot of FPS games could survive on one or two core maps. Content is then created by player interaction. If those interactions are fun, you have a near endless supply of good content.

    A lot of people do play Overwatch, but if it wasn't backed by Blizzards advertising wallet it wouldn't be popular. (Or maybe perhaps if their current formula didn't "work" they might be more consistent with their products.)

    I won't deny that Overwatch is fun when teams "click." It's probably a blast with a regular team. Maybe it'll be more fun when the playerbase has more experience, and the metagame matures...

    ...But in my eyes Overwatch is ****e right now.
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  75. 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.
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  76. Nov 20, 2016
    0
    if u want to play this game competitively don't cause blizzard will **** u over but the gameplays pretty fun and the characters are cool just comp is the worst cancer u will experience
  77. Dec 2, 2016
    0
    This game is absolute **** , so sad blizzard.
    If you have played tf2 you will realize the great plagiarism they have done and above not only that game also the graphics engine: /
  78. 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
  79. 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
  80. 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.
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  81. Dec 21, 2016
    0
    Worst game Blizzard has ever made. Absolute trash, I wish this game didn't exist. fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
  82. Jan 10, 2017
    0
    Un clone à deux balles de Team Fortress 2 vendu 60 boules (le prix Blizzard comme par hasard) dont le contenu et les mécaniques sont celles d'un free to pay ou presque ! On ne doute de rien chez Blibli et on a jamais douté de rien d'ailleurs : lorsqu'il s'agit de tondre du mouton en masse, on ne va pas apprendre au vieux singe à faire la grimace (vieux dicton de lama).

    A cette arnaque à
    Un clone à deux balles de Team Fortress 2 vendu 60 boules (le prix Blizzard comme par hasard) dont le contenu et les mécaniques sont celles d'un free to pay ou presque ! On ne doute de rien chez Blibli et on a jamais douté de rien d'ailleurs : lorsqu'il s'agit de tondre du mouton en masse, on ne va pas apprendre au vieux singe à faire la grimace (vieux dicton de lama).

    A cette arnaque à peine dissimulée et maquillée comme une voiture volée s'ajoute le foutage de gueule graphique puisqu'Overwatch est gaulé comme un f2p (un fils de p ?) en 256 couleurs qui fait presque concurrence aux jeux smartphones afin d'appâter les neuneus drogués à leurs habituels f2p et autres jeux "e-sports" plus ou moins gratuits et/ou indés.

    Ce qui peut sembler paradoxal mais le "prestige" de Blibli et l'idolâtrie des fouille-merdes (euh de nos chers amis de la presse) fait le reste. De ce fait, la faible exigence technique permet de faire tourner cette petite bouse sur n'importe quelle poubelle, un élément primordial pour râtisser au plus large. Tout comme les Diablol.

    Le "jeu" en lui-même est en mesure d'attirer le troupeau bêlant lambda ainsi que la kévinerie habituelle des FPS multi-joueurs. Un produit propret, bien formaté et conçu entièrement comme une énorme opération marketing et tant pis si c'est juste nul à chier en fait, on est plus à ça près.
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  83. Jan 1, 2017
    0
    이 작품은 진짜 블리자드 게임 중에서 가장 과대평가 받은 작품이다

    이 게임이 좋지 않다는 뜻은 아니다 당연히 좋은 점도 존재한다 하지만 국내외 블빠들이 이 게임 빠는거 보면 진짜 토가 나올 것 같다 가격도 창렬에 밸런스는 ㅈ망에 유료 게임 주제에 왠 도박하는 상자 50개를 판매하는 파렴치한 게임이다 분명 이 아이디어가 다른 회사에서 탄생했다면 이 보다 몇배는 좋은 운영을 보여줄수 있었을 것이다 블빠들아 이 작품은 절대 90점 100점짜리 게임이 아니다 롤이나 서든하던 새끼들이 오버워치 출시되니까 갑자기 겜잘알 하면서 빼애액 갓리자드 만세 고급 시계 만세 하면서 블리자드 똥꼬빠는 거 진짜 치가 떨린다 나랑 니들은 소비자다 우리 소비자들은 좋은 상품을 적절한
    이 작품은 진짜 블리자드 게임 중에서 가장 과대평가 받은 작품이다

    이 게임이 좋지 않다는 뜻은 아니다 당연히 좋은 점도 존재한다 하지만 국내외 블빠들이 이 게임 빠는거 보면 진짜 토가 나올 것 같다

    가격도 창렬에 밸런스는 ㅈ망에 유료 게임 주제에 왠 도박하는 상자 50개를 판매하는 파렴치한 게임이다

    분명 이 아이디어가 다른 회사에서 탄생했다면 이 보다 몇배는 좋은 운영을 보여줄수 있었을 것이다

    블빠들아

    이 작품은 절대 90점 100점짜리 게임이 아니다

    롤이나 서든하던 새끼들이 오버워치 출시되니까 갑자기 겜잘알 하면서 빼애액 갓리자드 만세 고급 시계 만세 하면서 블리자드 똥꼬빠는 거 진짜 치가 떨린다

    나랑 니들은 소비자다 우리 소비자들은 좋은 상품을 적절한 가격에 구매할 권리가 있다

    이 작품을 너무 빨아대면서 오냐오냐하지 말고 이 게임의 단점도 봐주길바란다

    마지막으로 할 말은

    믿거블
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  84. 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.
  85. Jan 22, 2017
    0
    If I wanted to babysit mentally handicapped children, I'd volunteer with Big Brother Big Sister. Pretty sure it would be a lot more fun than this game.
  86. Jan 25, 2017
    0
    What happened to Blizzard? It's all style over substance now. It's really mind-boggling how one of the best devs ever became one of the most monumentally stupid ones. Never buying another Blizzard game.
  87. Oct 6, 2017
    0
    terrible game: those are the only two words we at Power Unlimited have for this sorry excuse of a game. we want to see this game die in a fire while the fire is being **** out by satan. just, just why must this game exist? it's just a blatant rip-off of team fortress 2 so that blizzard can make money to make more rip-offs
    **** jeff kaplan
    **** the communtiy full of 8 year olds that can't
    terrible game: those are the only two words we at Power Unlimited have for this sorry excuse of a game. we want to see this game die in a fire while the fire is being **** out by satan. just, just why must this game exist? it's just a blatant rip-off of team fortress 2 so that blizzard can make money to make more rip-offs
    **** jeff kaplan
    **** the communtiy full of 8 year olds that can't stand it if the healing beam is off of them for 1 second
    and **** blizzard
    become original for once ffs
    bad matchmaking system
    no community servers
    no workshop
    nothing
    no fun
    worthless piece of bad copied trash
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  88. Feb 3, 2017
    0
    Absolute garbage. What's the point of having 23 characters when the same broken OP ones get picked every game? And Blizzard couldn't design a matchmaker to save their lives. Between this, Starcraft 2 and their recent efforts in WoW, it's obvious they really don't belong in the business of making PVP games anymore.
  89. Feb 6, 2017
    0
    Forced 50% win rate is real.

    That's all you need to know. It is the one big factor ruining this game. Every match is a steamroll one way or the other, because it intentionally matches you against much better or much worse players. It's not so much a game as a coin toss.
  90. 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.
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  91. Mar 13, 2020
    0
    I originally wrote a review here and I feel like I need to revise it, This game as of late has become completely unplayable. Not in a sense that you cant play it but in the sense that the game itself makes you not want to play it. I didn't think the matchmaking system could get any worse but it seems to have. The system if you don't know is designed around a 50/50 win loss ratio but as ofI originally wrote a review here and I feel like I need to revise it, This game as of late has become completely unplayable. Not in a sense that you cant play it but in the sense that the game itself makes you not want to play it. I didn't think the matchmaking system could get any worse but it seems to have. The system if you don't know is designed around a 50/50 win loss ratio but as of the last few weeks before writing this it has changed to 10/90 win/loss. That is ridiculous. Now I don't know what system they use to choose who gets put in the majority win or the majority loss group but from what I've seen of reviews its either people losing excessively or winning excessively. Blizzard has completely destroyed this game from what it used to be and honestly as of writing this I love the gameplay and concept of the game itself, but I don't think I can keep playing it for sanity sake. I just don't want to play a game to have a good time only to end up having loss after loss ruin the little time I have for gaming, good job blizzard you really are a horrible company now. Expand
  92. Mar 4, 2017
    0
    Pay for play a TF2 RIPOFF. No way. Characters purely ripoff of tf2 and Paladins, terrible microtransaction system, you get bored after 2 hours of gaming... And Tracer looks like Sora in Kingom Hearts. This game sucks.
  93. Mar 6, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overwatch "auto" balance problem 50/50 win lost

    I always play gold again again again again. I feel must NOT play up diamond??. Even though I play well.

    I have uninstall overwatch. Do NOT buy a game
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  94. Mar 15, 2017
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  95. Apr 14, 2017
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    Blizzard has surely hit rock bottom with this one.

    Very boring and unimaginative characters and no progression system at all. Would be better if they didn't try to market it as an esport... which it isn't and will never be.
  96. Nov 15, 2020
    0
    This game is a piece of garbage. It's horribly balanced, the gameplay relies on hard counters between the characters instead of rewarding skill, the matchmaking system is a flaming pile of garbage that virtually ensures how the game will go before it's even begun, the community is utterly toxic, and you have to play it for 40+ hours a week to stand a chance of success at it. Don't spend aThis game is a piece of garbage. It's horribly balanced, the gameplay relies on hard counters between the characters instead of rewarding skill, the matchmaking system is a flaming pile of garbage that virtually ensures how the game will go before it's even begun, the community is utterly toxic, and you have to play it for 40+ hours a week to stand a chance of success at it. Don't spend a dime on it, not when there are far better games available. Expand
  97. Apr 19, 2017
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    «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.
  98. May 4, 2017
    0
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  99. May 24, 2017
    0
    Over hyped. This game is deprived of content, and it is good enough to warrant playing it just to get better at it. If you want a good team shooter, play Dirty Bomb or Team Fortress, they're are leagues better than this horrid excuse of a game.
  100. May 13, 2017
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    Choose a hero from a huge cast of characters!*

    *So long as you pick Reinhardt, Soldier 76, Lucio, Ana, and then one of ~4 other valid choices. Play on a huge variety of maps and game modes!* *Actual variety not included. There's totally a real matchmaker, it doesn't just force 50% win rate with pre-determined steamrolls!* *Statement may not reflect reality in this or other
    Choose a hero from a huge cast of characters!*

    *So long as you pick Reinhardt, Soldier 76, Lucio, Ana, and then one of ~4 other valid choices.

    Play on a huge variety of maps and game modes!*

    *Actual variety not included.

    There's totally a real matchmaker, it doesn't just force 50% win rate with pre-determined steamrolls!*

    *Statement may not reflect reality in this or other universes.
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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 64 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 64
  2. Negative: 0 out of 64
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.