Overwatch (2016)

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  1. Jigbet
    Aug 1, 2017
    2
    TF2 amateur modders: "Hey we made all these custom game modes like VS Saxton Hale, Prop Hunt, Zombie Fortress, Randomizer, and more, and they're really unique and fun!"
    Blizzard professional developers: "Um, maybe someday we'll figure out how to reduce the character select countdown in Mystery Heroes? It's like, coded into the game or something? Is that the right word? Coded?"    TF2 amateur modders: "Hey we made all these custom game modes like VS Saxton Hale, Prop Hunt, Zombie Fortress, Randomizer, and more, and they're really unique and fun!"
    Blizzard professional developers: "Um, maybe someday we'll figure out how to reduce the character select countdown in Mystery Heroes? It's like, coded into the game or something? Is that the right word? Coded?"

    Comparisons between games aside, under Overwatch's shiny veneer is a shallow, repetitive, poorly designed mess. Blizzard should just switch to making movies these days because they've obviously forgotten how to make a good game.    … Expand
  2. BrankoBama
    Jul 31, 2017
    0
    The Overwatch team sucks at fixing clear issues with the game, the community is toxic, the competitive system is bad, and the maps are awful. The only good things I see are the events, and some of the game modes. Overall it is not a fun game, and i do not recommend you waste your money.
  3. bigblaccbepis
    Jul 28, 2017
    0
    The overwhelming thiccness of tracer's booty is just so exasperating that makes my bepis explode with b. The overwhelming thiccness of tracer's booty is just so exasperating that makes my bepis explode with b.The overwhelming thiccness of tracer's booty is just so exasperating that makes my bepis explode with b. The overwhelming thiccness of tracer's booty is just so exasperating thatThe overwhelming thiccness of tracer's booty is just so exasperating that makes my bepis explode with b. The overwhelming thiccness of tracer's booty is just so exasperating that makes my bepis explode with b.The overwhelming thiccness of tracer's booty is just so exasperating that makes my bepis explode with b. The overwhelming thiccness of tracer's booty is just so exasperating that makes my bepis explode with b. It reminds me of Sir Patrick Stewart's depiction of black slavery in the Emoji Movie, 10/10, good job big boys.… Expand
  4. LolDoofus12
    Jul 27, 2017
    9
    Post-Launch support: 7.5/10 - Major updates every month since launch. Sometimes other problems take a long time to be fixed, especially problems with the ranked game-mode.

    Lack of greed/anti-consumerism: 9.5/10: I think the free monthly DLC justifies the hefty price tag. The developers have given gifts to players, that would normally cost 1-5$. When Blizzard accidentally made it too    Post-Launch support: 7.5/10 - Major updates every month since launch. Sometimes other problems take a long time to be fixed, especially problems with the ranked game-mode.

    Lack of greed/anti-consumerism: 9.5/10: I think the free monthly DLC justifies the hefty price tag. The developers have given gifts to players, that would normally cost 1-5$. When Blizzard accidentally made it too hard to get the limited-edition cosmetics during the anniversary event, the gave the players a double XP weekend to make up for it. The only reason that i'm not giving full marks here, is that there are micro-transactions in the game.

    Public relations/Taking community suggestions: 7.5/10: Blizzard is quick to patch bugs, but other flaws in the game can take months to iron out. The lead game director is active on the forums, and frequently hints at new updates, or replies to complaints/suggestions.

    Design/Long term enjoyment: 10/10: I absolutely love the design of this game. It has always stayed fresh for me after playing for 30 minutes to 3 hours nearly every day since launch. The diverse roster of characters, all with unique abilities and lots of cosmetics keeps me having fun, after multiple hours of playing. One players begin to tire out, a new major update comes and refreshes a game. If you are looking for a game to invest a lot of time into, this is the game. It manages to take the fun mechanics of a FPS game, but not be repetitive, unlike Call of Duty, or Counter-Strike.

    Stability: 7/10: The servers don't crash very often, but it takes a long time to download updates right after they are released, as the servers are overwhelmed. Multiple times I have had to wait in a queue to join the main servers, which is completely unacceptable in a game that was nearly one year old (At the time), especially if the game costs 40$. There has only been one major bug that required disabling a character for a short amount of time, but otherwise the game it's self has been fairly stable.

    Dealing with cheaters: 9/10: Not once have I had to deal with cheaters, but there have been some reports of cheaters at very high levels.    … Expand
  5. EnerTomasino
    Jul 26, 2017
    10
    When TF2 is too old and everyone is bored to collect hats and other f2p crap, there is Overwatch introducing fresh gameplay and setting. Every TF2 fan must realize that OW is good and you need to try it. This game costs a lot? But you get quality product with that. Community is quite good and fun. Even considering the fact that some people say that it became too toxic. Toxicity is inWhen TF2 is too old and everyone is bored to collect hats and other f2p crap, there is Overwatch introducing fresh gameplay and setting. Every TF2 fan must realize that OW is good and you need to try it. This game costs a lot? But you get quality product with that. Community is quite good and fun. Even considering the fact that some people say that it became too toxic. Toxicity is in DOTA2, CSGO, PUBG and other popular this days games. OW community is much better than this trash communities listed above. Come on, buy it and try it, you wont be disappointed.… Expand
  6. dunnyone
    Jul 24, 2017
    10
    I spent $40 on it 6 months ago.

    Have played it non stop.

    Cons: some very salty, toxic players

    Pros: Extremely addictive, smooth gameplay, very strategic and tons of easy fun.

    Just don't play competitive mode unless you want your blood pressure to rise.
  7. Jribs
    Jul 20, 2017
    10
    When the game first came out, there was barely anything to hold one's attention. Now, comp mode, new characters, maps, events. This game has been drastically overhauled. It is now the most quality online fps on the market. The balancing has seen significant improvements. Easy 10.
  8. Zenren
    Jul 16, 2017
    0
    This game is designed to make you buy a second copy. There is a hidden MMR in competition that prevents you from achieving SR beyond a certain level. Essentially the matches are rigged so you can't win enough matches to really progress, so most players end up buying a second account in order to achieve their "real SR", however, more often than not they can't because, after all, the game isThis game is designed to make you buy a second copy. There is a hidden MMR in competition that prevents you from achieving SR beyond a certain level. Essentially the matches are rigged so you can't win enough matches to really progress, so most players end up buying a second account in order to achieve their "real SR", however, more often than not they can't because, after all, the game is rigged. If you end up buying this game, expect to be disappointed. Expect to have deep losing streaks, followed by shallow win streaks. Essentially you are not as bad as you think and the game capitalizes on that idea by placing you with crappy players and, as Blizzard openly admitted, starting you at an SR 200-300 below your actual SR to give you a false sense of achievement. My suggestion play Paladins, it's free and similar enough that you wont have to pay for the abuse.… Expand
  9. chris12312
    Jul 13, 2017
    0
    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
  10. PerformedTiger
    Jul 6, 2017
    4
    Cons:
    it has less content than i expected
    It's underwhelming for the price tag
    It actually ripped-off a lot of Team fortress 2 (I'm looking at you torbjorn)
    Pro's:
    It's pretty fun to play
    Balanced game play

    ps: sorry if my english is bad
  11. TitaniumDragon
    Jun 30, 2017
    9
    Overwatch is a team-based objective-based first-person shooter which relies heavily on highly differentiated characters for its diverse and dynamic gameplay. The game includes 24 characters, each of which has a distinctive gameplay style and unique weapons and abilities. These characters are what make the game special.

    There are four broad classes of characters, though in practice, two    Overwatch is a team-based objective-based first-person shooter which relies heavily on highly differentiated characters for its diverse and dynamic gameplay. The game includes 24 characters, each of which has a distinctive gameplay style and unique weapons and abilities. These characters are what make the game special.

    There are four broad classes of characters, though in practice, two of them are often treated interchangeably. There are “Offense” heroes, characters who are focused on high mobility and dealing out lots of damage quickly, and “defense” heroes, who are more focused on zone control and dealing damage at range. There are support heroes, who are healers (plus one character who feels more like a defense character and is treated as such by the player base), and tank heroes – big, tough heroes who can take a lot more damage than their comrades and who can protect other heroes in various ways.

    Within each of these, there is a lot of character variety. Offense heroes include heroes such as Tracer, a fast character who teleports around the battlefield and who can use a “recall” ability to rewind to her previous position and hit point status, whose gameplay centers around teleporting around enemies at close range and unloading her close-ranged weapons into them; Pharah, a character with a jetpack and a rocket launcher who can fly and shoot rockets at people; and Soldier 76, a fairly “normal” hero with a long-ranged assault rifle, the ability to sprint, and the ability to throw down a healing station on the ground and heal all nearby allies.

    Defense heroes include sniper characters like Widowmaker, who uses a Batman-like rappel hook to get into high spots and whose weapon can transform between an assault rifle and a sniper rifle; Bastion, who can transform between a walk-around mode that fights sort of like a standard FPS hero, and a sentry form, where it turns into a gatling gun and rapidly mows down its adversaries; and Mei, a character who can create temporary ice walls, freeze enemies with her ice gun (slowing, then stunning them), and shoot icicles from range.

    The support heroes range from Mercy, a character similar to the Medic from TF2 who heals a single nearby ally by pointing her stick in their general direction and holding it down to produce a healing beam, and who can fly around to allies in need of help, to characters like Zenyatta, a floating robotic monk who throws metal balls at his enemies while selecting individual allies to passively heal or enemies to passively debuff by causing them to take additional damage. Others include Lucio, a character who can ride off of walls and passively heal his allies by standing next to them, and Ana, a sniper who heals her allies by shooting them with her gun and who has a powerful tranquilizer dart which can temporarily put enemies to sleep until they take damage or as much as 8 seconds elapse.

    The tank heroes include Reinhardt, a huge man in heavy metal armor with an enormous hammer, no ordinary ranged attack (though he does have an ability to launch a fireball every once in a while), and a huge shield that his allies can stand behind; Winston, a genetically-engineered gorilla who rapidly jumps around the battlefield zapping people with an area of effect gun and dropping large spherical barriers to hide under; and Roadhog, a gigantic man with a hook who punishes enemies for approaching too close in the open or attacking his allies by dealing heavy damage to those nearby.

    These heroes work together as a hopefully coherent whole to try and complete map objectives. The game is heavily reliant on teamwork, and all of the heroes have their jobs to do. While everyone can deal damage, the specialities of various heroes result in different gameplay, with some characters acting as harassment, others as anchors who can protect their team and claim areas, others healing, and still others laying down large amounts of damage or inconveniencing the enemy team.

    The game revolves around fairly simple battlegrounds; there are maps about capturing points while the enemy team tries to stop you; there are maps about both teams trying to capture a control point between them; and there are maps about pushing a payload through them which heals attacking heroes while they stand on it while the other team tries to stop their progress. In competitive mode, the teams switch between offense and defense on the same map, first attacking, then defending, or vice-versa.

    Like all such games, this is not for everyone; after the first few hours with this game, even despite all of its seeming diversity, you will have seen just about everything the game has to offer. From there, it is all about mastery. How much enjoyment you get out of Overwatch is heavily dependent on when it goes from "fun with mastery" to "tedious repetition" for you, personally. If competitive multiplayer games bore you quickly, this will, too.    … Expand
  12. Graff
    Jun 27, 2017
    5
    Seriously do not even bother unless you have 3+ friends to play with on a regular basis. I have solo queued in League of Legends and DotA 2, and neither was half as painful an experience as this.

    I am really not good at the game - I make no claim to that - but I often end up having to carry (3+ gold medals per game) teams with players hundreds, sometimes even a thousand levels above me.    Seriously do not even bother unless you have 3+ friends to play with on a regular basis. I have solo queued in League of Legends and DotA 2, and neither was half as painful an experience as this.

    I am really not good at the game - I make no claim to that - but I often end up having to carry (3+ gold medals per game) teams with players hundreds, sometimes even a thousand levels above me. They are just worse. They've played the game for thousands of hours and still have absolutely no grasp of the basics. The vast majority of players just auto-lock the one character they play, take the most direct route to the enemy and start shooting at the first enemy they see. They will fire at a shielded Zarya over an unguarded Mercy. It would make a lot of sense if most of them were bots, but then at least bots will actually play the objective.

    All this is surprising considering how simplified the game is compared to other similar games. There's no ammo, no fall damage, and very simple maps. Balance is just a paper-rock-scissors system of who counters who. It's a pretty shallow game, yet the average player is still managing to drown somehow.    … Expand
  13. Primpy
    Jun 27, 2017
    0
    Overrated as **** I wouldn't recommend anyone play this overpriced, overhyped crap. Oh, I guess we know what the "over" from Overwatch stands for! **** this game.
  14. SQLOwns
    Jun 24, 2017
    5
    A good game, but overpriced for the amount of content, like most blizzard games. A huge grind to get any cosmetic items, which just exacerbates the price per content issues. If you like team based shooters and can get it on sale, go for it.
    Also, as others have said, the matchmaking is horrible.....Which again, just makes it more difficult to grind for the few cosmetic items that exist..
  15. complivit27
    Jun 23, 2017
    1
    В 2016 игра Была на 9 баллов, но эти создания все просрали. Уже пол года с игрой творится мистика начиная от регистрации попаданий, проблемами с серверами и заканчивая багами, которых все больше и больше + читеры. Эта игра мертва для киберспорта и скоро умрет полностью, если не починят игру ((В 2016 игра Была на 9 баллов, но эти создания все просрали. Уже пол года с игрой творится мистика начиная от регистрации попаданий, проблемами с серверами и заканчивая багами, которых все больше и больше + читеры. Эта игра мертва для киберспорта и скоро умрет полностью, если не починят игру ((
  16. jacob4
    Jun 19, 2017
    10
    Overwatch is a high intense, fast paced, and action packed run and gun multiplayer experience like no other! Overwatch has an original story with deep lore and political messages, and a roster of unique and well rounded characters. The visuals are beautiful and epic, the game play is awesome, but is tricky to master. Even though this game lacks a single-player campaign and has limitedOverwatch is a high intense, fast paced, and action packed run and gun multiplayer experience like no other! Overwatch has an original story with deep lore and political messages, and a roster of unique and well rounded characters. The visuals are beautiful and epic, the game play is awesome, but is tricky to master. Even though this game lacks a single-player campaign and has limited content, it's still a great game, because it has charm and challenges competition and team work. The world could always use more heroes!… Expand
  17. NoMaDXT
    Jun 13, 2017
    10
    I. FREAKING. LOVE. THIS. GAME!!! It is a first person shooter that throws the norm of military shooters out the window and replaces it with awesome abilities speacial to each character and throws in MOBA mechanics in at the same time. Each character has counters and defenses to other counters balanced in such a way that you can only become good at the game by mastering all of theI. FREAKING. LOVE. THIS. GAME!!! It is a first person shooter that throws the norm of military shooters out the window and replaces it with awesome abilities speacial to each character and throws in MOBA mechanics in at the same time. Each character has counters and defenses to other counters balanced in such a way that you can only become good at the game by mastering all of the characters which is one of the biggest things about progression in the game. The interchangeability and interactions between abilities of the characters themselves can yield somepretty surprising results that i'm sure the developers never even dreamed of. Although level progression provides you only with Aesthetic differences to your character this adds some serious charm to the game. The characters are loveable, The story is mystical as you're only taught the perspectives of the characters themselves and you're left to put the rest together. It is good Honest unadulterered fun and again. I love it.… Expand
  18. TsukasaHiiragi
    Jun 11, 2017
    4
    :Cash Grab: Warning - Blizzard don't care about the consumer base, they only care about blatant cash grabs, OW has had nothing but controversies regarding these boxes, Jeff Kaplan's main thread reached nearly 5000 replies all full of disappointed and angry players, Blizzard ignored everyone clearly showing that they don't care about the players.

    I got Overwatch after some peer    :Cash Grab: Warning - Blizzard don't care about the consumer base, they only care about blatant cash grabs, OW has had nothing but controversies regarding these boxes, Jeff Kaplan's main thread reached nearly 5000 replies all full of disappointed and angry players, Blizzard ignored everyone clearly showing that they don't care about the players.

    I got Overwatch after some peer pressure from friends, one of the reasons I was against getting it was because of major hacker problems. Guess what, It still has hackers problems! But the thing is; it doesn't really matter that much on open play or bot matches because you can still have fun, just don't expect to win every match.

    Now for Ranked matches, hackers should be dealt with but it seems alot fall though the cracks because of the way the characters, and skills work. Is there a lot of hackers in the game? Yes, in fact its fully of hackers but there are also a lot of highly skilled players who have been playing since the game launched and being able to tell the difference between them is near impossible sometimes. You can blame Blizzard here for allow net cafes (PC Bangs) in Korea for this problem - they recently banned 20,000 accounts? But since they can create an infinite amount of accounts and smurf accounts it really compounds this problem especially if they don't get banned quick enough.

    One of the things I don't really like is that fact the match making system is obviously worthless, it just doesn't work. I'm a level 15 currently, a new player...so why am I'm being placed in matches against level 300s? This absurd matchmaking is one of the reasons why I'm deducting points, in a game that is 90% Competitive PvP - a proper matchmaking system is important and Blizzard fluff'd this.

    Next problem is the absurd and overpowered characters, some characters are so WTF overpowered it isn't even funny, and other characters are almost pathetically underpowered. But most of the time, it isn't going to matter that much at least when your enjoying the game.

    I like the idea that you can get some decent stuff from loot boxes without paying, and the MTs don't effect gameplay at all, which is kinder rare these days for FPS games.

    Another problem is that, honestly? There isn't very many maps, limited variation - it seems they added a few new game types called "The arcade" which I haven't tried yet, but I'm going to assume if they use the same match making system then for new players, it is going to be a waste of time and will be frustrating.

    The Co-op feature vs Bots is something I feel like I'm more able to enjoy the game, and I wish more game modes was available. Finally, it seems a lot of the reviews have compared this to TF2 and honestly, I saw that immediately when I first played the Route 66 level, the color and style felt almost like a rip off - another issue is that with this 50/50 win/loss ratio, getting placed into a good team and being carried, winning several matches...then being placed into a team with wildly different levels then losing then next few matches.

    In hindsight, Overwatch isn't a bad game, not worth $60 and I feel bad for anyone who paid full price at launch and regretted it, I paid $40 for the GOTY edition and looking back, I feel like I should have just got the basic version and saved $10....however, I'm okay with my purchase and this game is something I can have fun with, new players though I don't recommend binge playing because you could quickly get bored with the repetitive maps, and loses due to poor match making.

    Another major issue is the fact that getting skins, especially with the current "anniversary" event is way way too hard, or way too expensive. The fact that you could easily spend $100 on loot boxes and STILL not get the particular skin you want says how offensive the micro transactions can be.    … Expand
  19. nermack
    Jun 10, 2017
    0
    This is an example of a very cheaply made game with a billion dollar marketing campaign. If you play a single match in this game you have seem everything there is too see in the game. There is nothing to do and they do not support the game with fixes just more gambling content. It is very buggy. You can be running around shooting people and get kicked by the game for inactivity. They doThis is an example of a very cheaply made game with a billion dollar marketing campaign. If you play a single match in this game you have seem everything there is too see in the game. There is nothing to do and they do not support the game with fixes just more gambling content. It is very buggy. You can be running around shooting people and get kicked by the game for inactivity. They do nothing to stop cheaters. Many games have this problem but blizzard won't even try to stop them in this game. The biggest thing is it's not a game it's a gambling simulator. You can not buy items you want you gamble with real money to TRY to get them. Parents be warned do not buy this for your kids it is only gambling not gameplay. Again this is what you get when you spend lots of money telling people how good something is when in fact it's a cheap rip off of team fortress 2. Go play that it's free and better. For more proof look at user score vs critic score. When the difference is that large you know they paid people off for their reviews.… Expand
  20. riley794
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    Every time I play this game I keep looking for magic and finding trash. Do not believe the hype this is a free to play game that steals money from the Blizzard fan boys. Game options are limited, terrible balance on matches and worst of all the lore is vague and pathetic. Complete waste of money!
    The game is celebrating its one year anniversary and the matchmaking is still complete    Every time I play this game I keep looking for magic and finding trash. Do not believe the hype this is a free to play game that steals money from the Blizzard fan boys. Game options are limited, terrible balance on matches and worst of all the lore is vague and pathetic. Complete waste of money!
    The game is celebrating its one year anniversary and the matchmaking is still complete trash. My hypothesis is because I have never paid any addition money for bs loot boxes the game continues to screw me. Blizzard fan boys will continue to love this game, I will still play but let the world know it is terrible. So I am part of the problem!    … Expand
  21. Phil_8811
    Jun 8, 2017
    10
    This game is amazing. It's better than any other recent FPS game in my opinion, and costs less. It's all about teamwork and objectives, so if you're the kind of player who just wants to get the most kills, this isn't the game for you.
  22. Nianiouchka
    Jun 4, 2017
    0
    After one year, I still feel like I paid too much for this game.

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

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

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

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

    If you want to buy this game, I heavily suggest that you wait for it to be on sale, and never spend a single penny on loot boxes. It's not worth it, and this supports Blizzard into filtering communication with the community.    … Expand
  23. ZappRowsdower
    Jun 3, 2017
    3
    I mean, I guess you have to admit it's kind of nice that there's finally a game by people with mental disabilities, for people with mental disabilities. Others probably won't find it very entertaining.
  24. CoffeeBre
    May 29, 2017
    1
    No skilled game at all, just a chaotic rush. More like cool down click game where aim no matters. Another Blizzard kids game for money wasting same as WoW. Game also do not support 4:3 resolution.
  25. AxelrodG
    May 29, 2017
    0
    An experiment to gauge the depths of humanity's stupidity. It went horribly right.

    Shallow gameplay + repetitive, poorly designed maps + incompetent matchmaker + vastly unbalanced characters = "Sign me up!" to a lot of people, apparently.
  26. nibbersummoner
    May 25, 2017
    0
    i rather eat a dog **** , get aids from an indian and get cancer rather than playing this game, outright terrible. another **** and catered game for casuals and 12 year olds. **** you blizzard and your policies
  27. Grungle
    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.
  28. RiddlyDiddly
    May 23, 2017
    10
    I'm not fanboying, I know this game isn't 10/10, I'd give it an 8 or 9, however, there's a lot of people here who for some reason hate the game and give it criminally low reviews. I'm just gonna say they're COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY WRONG.

    Overwatch takes a lot of inspiration from multiple other titles, such as TF2 or MOBAs. It's not ripping them off and if you have played the game, you    I'm not fanboying, I know this game isn't 10/10, I'd give it an 8 or 9, however, there's a lot of people here who for some reason hate the game and give it criminally low reviews. I'm just gonna say they're COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY WRONG.

    Overwatch takes a lot of inspiration from multiple other titles, such as TF2 or MOBAs. It's not ripping them off and if you have played the game, you know this is true. The game itself blends all these influences together greatly, creating an incredibly fun gameplay loop playable for a long time. I have 150 hours on TF2 and it did get boring after some time. Now, I've been playing Overwatch for three months, I have 50 hours and I'm not even getting close to being bored. That's how good the gameplay (which this entire game is based on) is. Even after 50 hours I'm still excited to play the next round. There's more than enough variety for the game to keep being fun. It's much better to have fourteen great maps than 50 pointless mazes, isn't that right, TF2? The maps are also the only thing that gets a tiny bit repetitive. The characters themselves are vastly different from each other, original and so much fun to play. I do not understand why some of the female ones are so sexualized, but I don't let that take away my enjoyment for this game. Plus, the creators care very much about the game and address many of these issues as well as they update the game with new features, events and heroes.

    The art style of Overwatch is great too. The Blizzard polish works very well for this game and gives it also some originality. Speaking of Blizzard, YOU KNOW WHAT? FORGET ABOUT IT!!! I JUST REALIZED I'M TRYING TO JUSTIFY MY LOVE FOR A GREAT GAME IN FRONT OF A CROWD OF 9 YEAR OLD KIDS WHO GIVE THIS GAME A 0/10 BECAUSE THEY THINK THE 'RE EDGY. **** these people. I genuinely don't understand what's their problem. None of their comments are valid and if they are, they don't justify a 0/10.
    Can someone please tell me why are there so many terrible reviews?    … Expand
  29. SilkBot
    May 21, 2017
    5
    Overwatch isn't a horrible game, it just isn't a game for me and I made a mistake to believe that.

    I pre-ordered it, even, only based on the demo week we got to play it for free before release. Based on the hype and similarities to Team Fortress 2, I was expecting the game to be very similar to TF2 - more similar than it really is. Because it is not that similar to TF2 at all, and I'll    Overwatch isn't a horrible game, it just isn't a game for me and I made a mistake to believe that.

    I pre-ordered it, even, only based on the demo week we got to play it for free before release. Based on the hype and similarities to Team Fortress 2, I was expecting the game to be very similar to TF2 - more similar than it really is. Because it is not that similar to TF2 at all, and I'll likely never enjoy it as much and play it for as long as TF2.

    First off, gameplay - while at first it seemed very similar (hence I pre-ordered it), after several hours it became very evident that OW is lacking the depth and skill ceiling that have kept me hooked in TF2. 20% of gameplay time there I just practice movement and explosive jumps with the help of specifically community-crafted maps, mods, and community-hosted servers. Overwatch, on the other hand, just feels easy. There's nothing you can really practice for extended periods of time; in the end, when shooting is easy, movement is easy and gameplay is simple, all that's left to improve is gamesense and teamwork. And while that's definitely worth doing and certainly decides over victory or failure, I just prefer a game that also has that, on top of very challenging aim and movement mechanics giving it that much more depth - TF2.

    The other issue is how restrictive Blizzard is. No mods, no custom maps, you can't even host your own server or play OW offline. That sucks. And I mean, that really sucks. Half the fun in TF2 when I started out was to hop from insane community server to another one to see what crazy mods the community has thought of; WarioWare (with working minigames), Starfox (with working planes), Mario Kart (with working Karts), just to name a few that everyone can imagine what's going on. But there is way more, and the community was given limitless freedom to make whatever the heck they want. So we have a 30 vs 1 players boss battle mod, Dodgeball, Rocket Jump maps, Deathrun, Slenderman, and way, way more - not to mention regular but unofficial game modes such as capture the flag with only one flag.

    There was even one time where I joined a community server that just seemed like a "trade" server (lobby-type servers designed to investigate other people's loadouts, because TF2 has a ton of cosmetic items of which you can select three on your character, plus weapon skins), but it was kind of a disguise. By accident you could discover a hidden trap door, which led to other places, all of which required an entire team of characters working together to go from place to place, and it was an extremely long way almost at the map size limit filled with puzzles and explosive jump challenges. The most important part of the team was an Engineer building teleporters because not every required character is able to traverse the same ground as others. The final rooms required you to fight through a dungeon of AI controlled, respawning skeletons while blasting away at a massive door, which could finally be opened with the help of a Demoman shooting Grenades (like Junkrat) through a vent, opening a portal that led to - a Pony village from the current "Friendship is Magic" show. That was the final station. It was hilarious, and one heck of an experience.

    In short, TF2 is crazy diverse, and you can spend a month - if not months - not playing the same map, game mode, or even strategy twice.

    One might be thinking, "why would I want to do all this? I just want to play the game, I don't need mods." and I agree. Overwatch is not a bad game, it is in fact quite an enjoyable one. Mods shouldn't be a requirement, and I know that not everyone cares about them. It's just that I, personally, am really disappointed with how Blizzard handled things.

    If you take a glance at StarCraft and WarCraft - the games that were so mod-friendly that DOTA exists purely because of those, along with the obvious inspiration for OW being TF2 - yet, Overwatch is completely locked behind Blizzard's servers. It's a shame, really.

    I'm still playing TF2 after seven years, and it's almost like I was playing a very different game back then than I do now simply because I had different preferences for game modes.

    Overwatch got boring after two months. It feels like "been there, done that". I could potentially just keep playing competitively to improve my game, but I already do that in TF2. And that's just the much richer game for me.

    Finally, I'm probably rating OW lower than it deserves (kinda). Its gameplay is decent, if it was only that, I'd give it a 7/10. But I actually HATE always-online games. I hate that there is zero possibility for mods and community stuff. OW is a poor example for a video game, because games can be much more that. Sorry.

    Another issue with OW is that it wasn't programmed very well. There's always noticeable input lag unless I play on extremely low settings due to a "feature" called "1 frame interpolation" or whatever. This means 300 fps or bust.    … Expand
  30. Goettee
    May 18, 2017
    7
    Best game play potential of any game I've played to date. I'm sure in the upper levels of coordinated game play this game is amazing. That being said I score it a 7. The matchmaking in this game is the sorriest excuse for a matchmaking system I've ever seen. There is 0 balance at the lower competitive tiers. You have your usual smurf accounts but blizzard actual did a great job handlingBest game play potential of any game I've played to date. I'm sure in the upper levels of coordinated game play this game is amazing. That being said I score it a 7. The matchmaking in this game is the sorriest excuse for a matchmaking system I've ever seen. There is 0 balance at the lower competitive tiers. You have your usual smurf accounts but blizzard actual did a great job handling them. However if you lose a handful of game in placements and wind up in gold or lower just give up on that competitive season if you solo queue like I do. I can't tell you how many times I join a game only to have a team full of idiots only pick damage characters... The game is next to unwinnable at that point if the other team has even half of a brain. There are tons of ways to fix this. They could implement a top 5 character selection when you start a queue and at least try to find some form of a balanced team composition for you to group with. Not only that, but you can queue up against anyone within +or- 1000 SR of yourself... this opens the door for better players to offer bad players a "carry" which means that they go in wreck all the kids that havent got a clue whats going on and boost the other account. There are even people making money off of this nonsense... At the end of the day Overwatch is a brilliant game with great characters and fun game play but because it so heavily relies on teamwork for you to stand a fighting chance it would be really nice if they took people who solo queue games into consideration. I'd be more than willing to wait 10 mins a match if it meant i'd have a team with the right composition. even an option between that and regular queue would be nice.… Expand
  31. Lomiun
    May 16, 2017
    9
    Almost perfect, i loveeee it! Playing it nonstop, its a great easy to learn game. Point taken off for **** designed maps though. Characters and design is great though.
  32. Tachocline
    May 13, 2017
    0
    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.    … Expand
  33. Nedas
    May 11, 2017
    1
    Korean hackers are ruining the game. If you play from the US West coast, Europe, or South East Asia, you will be paired up with Korean hackers. In Korea, Overwatch itself is free. Players use "PC Bangs", internet cafes, to play and pay the cafe, which pays a royalty to Blizzard. Blizzard is actively profiting from the PC Bangs allowing users to download cheats, and letting the PC Bang
  34. BlyatCyka
    May 6, 2017
    0
    I want so much to like this game. The characters are well written (lore etc) and the game is well made (maps are pretty, game plays well). That's where the good ends. The characters are largely low skill/spammy, some even lock on to enemies! The ultimate abilities are actual gamehacks in other FPS (Although Overwatch isn't even a real FPS) wallhack/aimbot. The other ultimates can wipe anI want so much to like this game. The characters are well written (lore etc) and the game is well made (maps are pretty, game plays well). That's where the good ends. The characters are largely low skill/spammy, some even lock on to enemies! The ultimate abilities are actual gamehacks in other FPS (Although Overwatch isn't even a real FPS) wallhack/aimbot. The other ultimates can wipe an entire time with little to no effort. Blizzard are pandering to the casual/low skilled crowd. I hate that Blizzard will make money off this and it could change how FPS shape up in the future. I hate this game.… Expand
  35. C100
    May 5, 2017
    2
    God I wish I'd checked the reviews before buying this. After having played the game for some time, desperately wanting to like it, the best thing I can liken it to is an abusive relationship.

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

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

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

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

    In short it's probably best if you don't buy Overwatch. I'll admit I was suckered in with the free weekend and the cutesy shorts, but at the end of the day the only thing you're getting is an online game that is constantly being fixed, which is at the mercy of its own community.    … Expand
  36. thejoker1234
    May 5, 2017
    7
    overwatch is a fun game that can give you some good hours but it has no single player stuff(it makes me even more disappointed whan i saw the animated shorts on their youtube),it lacks content and uniqueness and the multiplayer isnt as good as others say, it has microtransactions in a 40$ game
    and has zero unlockes that worth your time, the only ones are skins,skins, skins, skins and    overwatch is a fun game that can give you some good hours but it has no single player stuff(it makes me even more disappointed whan i saw the animated shorts on their youtube),it lacks content and uniqueness and the multiplayer isnt as good as others say, it has microtransactions in a 40$ game
    and has zero unlockes that worth your time, the only ones are skins,skins, skins, skins and skins.
    i am not saying that overwatch is a bad game it just not worthy of all the "game of the year' awards it got, it an average game, it a good game with a alot of problems with it.(also get boring over time) 7/10    … Expand
  37. iamevilhomer
    May 4, 2017
    3
    Before I start... Yes... That's right. I gave this game a 3... That's right... A blizzard game gets a 3. Please do read on before just plain labeling me a hater. Because I do want blizzard to make a good game. I really do! Know why? Because they have made some great ones. Diablo 1 and 2 for example. Starcraft 1! I know they can pull off great games. It's just that they didn't this timeBefore I start... Yes... That's right. I gave this game a 3... That's right... A blizzard game gets a 3. Please do read on before just plain labeling me a hater. Because I do want blizzard to make a good game. I really do! Know why? Because they have made some great ones. Diablo 1 and 2 for example. Starcraft 1! I know they can pull off great games. It's just that they didn't this time lol. #Neverjoinupwithactivision lol

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

    Cons...

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

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

    The game does more things bad than it does things that are good. If it was half and half I would give it about a 5 of course to be fair... But since the bad is outweighing the game... I can't give it a score over 5... It's about a 4 to be honest. But since I put my foot down hard on games like this... You know... Micro transaction/overpriced games... I'm going with a 3 just to make a point. %$#! games like this : )    … Expand
  38. Rewenom
    May 4, 2017
    1
    Крайне посредственное произведение от "Метелицы". Голый скелет, не обросший плотью и органами. Всё что есть в этой игре это шутерная механика, с уникальными героями и их способностями. Однако стоит учитывать игра очень командо-зависима, а вам каждый раз будут попадать рандомные люди, а обсудить с ними тактику, выбор героев вам врят ли получиться.
    В игре абсолютно отсутствует сюжетная    Крайне посредственное произведение от "Метелицы". Голый скелет, не обросший плотью и органами. Всё что есть в этой игре это шутерная механика, с уникальными героями и их способностями. Однако стоит учитывать игра очень командо-зависима, а вам каждый раз будут попадать рандомные люди, а обсудить с ними тактику, выбор героев вам врят ли получиться.
    В игре абсолютно отсутствует сюжетная кампания, нет кооп миссий, даже катсцен. Зато есть сундуки за донат, с рандомной наградой в виде скинов, победных поз, граффити и прочего мусора. Ведь микротранзакции это именно то, чего не хватает в игре за полную цену.
    Мой вердикт - кал.
    1 бал за ягодицы в латексных обтягивающих штанах. Но даже это не стоит 60 баксов.    … Expand
  39. Pixelisak
    May 4, 2017
    0
    Reaper can reload now :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
  40. eNVyous
    May 3, 2017
    4
    Overwatch has the potential to be a good game. But there are SO many things wrong with it. For one, the lack of content. Within hours of playing Overwatch, the lack of maps and balanced gamemodes will start to grate on you, since it's practically the same match over and over and over and over, unless you play the Event gamemode, which is still restricted to once a year. Maybe it's even aOverwatch has the potential to be a good game. But there are SO many things wrong with it. For one, the lack of content. Within hours of playing Overwatch, the lack of maps and balanced gamemodes will start to grate on you, since it's practically the same match over and over and over and over, unless you play the Event gamemode, which is still restricted to once a year. Maybe it's even a one-time thing in general! This is something that Team Fortress 2, another class-based shooter, does very well. All gamemodes and all maps are playable from the get-go, aside from the Halloween maps, because, well... Halloween. Mann vs Machine, the TF2 equivalent of Overwatch Uprising is available all year long, with a free and paid matchmaking system, where you can have a chance of earning an Australium weapon, which is gold-plated, and sell it for a high price, even thousands of dollars in some instances. Overwatch has none of this. Sure, it has lootboxes, but after a few lootbox openings, you'll start to get duplicates more and more frequently, and you basically lost money for stuff you already have. Team Fortress 2 is also guilty of this, but at least you can get your money back if you sell it on the Community market or in-game trading system.

    Now, onto gameplay. Overwatch is repetitive as hell. The meta will almost always take place, especially in Competitive play. There's no variety in match-ups, unless someone decides "I should be Sombra or Symmetra and lower my team's expectations but actually turn out to be good. The meta is also extremely not fun to play against with anything BUT the meta, and that's how no-variety matches are born.

    But why are those specific heroes chosen to be in the meta? Because they're much stronger than others. And this leads me to my next point. Overwatch is unbalanced. Take Roadhog for example. His hook used to be guaranteed death for anyone under 250 health, being able to hook people behind walls and objects. A year later, and it was fixed. But it's still really, REALLY, strong. Not as strong as it used to be, but strong enough to the point where it's frustrating to play against, especially if a skilled Roadhog player's playing. Bastion, Hanzo, Symmetra, Genji, Ana, Reinhardt, Tracer and many more are extremely strong and not fun to play against, while heroes such as Winston, McCree and even Zarya (without a competent team) are left in the gutter.

    My next point is about the skill ceiling of Overwatch. To put it bluntly, it's very low. For one, Tracer's mobility and dodging capabilities are all thanks to her boost skill and rewind skill, which replenishes her health as well, which is frustrating, annoying and unfair in all senses of the words. Comparing Team Fortress 2's Scout, who requires health pack placement knowledge, mobility mastering and quick instincts, Tracer's MUCH easier to play and master. Another comparison, between Medic (TF2) and Mercy (Overwatch) may look as if they are the same, but Mercy has her flight skill, in which she can float over to an ally and heal them safely, whereas Medic has to constantly stick around his team while simultaneously trying not to get his Ubercharge dropped by being killed while also simultaneously trying to keep his teammates alive. Also, Overwatch is much more easygoing. When you get killed, your Ultimate charge remains the same, whereas Medic gets his entire Ubercharge meter drained whenever he dies, except if he uses the Vita-saw. He retains a maximum of 20% ubercharge. Some weapons also have damage/boost/hype meters that require to be filled up (such as the Soldier's banners) which drop down to 0 as soon as you die. Overwatch has some semblance of skill to it, but it's not enough. One button press and you're in the air as Pharah. Simultaneous button presses and a LOT of practice, and you're in the air as Soldier (TF2).

    Now let's talk about hackers. Both TF2 and Overwatch have problems with hackers, but only Overwatch's has the capacity to shut down an entire match just because something isn't going correctly. On the other hand, Team Fortress 2's VAC (Valve Anti-Cheat) system isn't doing very well, either. So my opinion on this topic stays neutral. There will always be cheaters.

    And finally, replayability.

    Overwatch DOES have some replayability and I'll give some credit to it for that, but Team Fortress 2 has a much larger replayability spectrum. I've currently put in over 1.5 thousand hours into TF2 and I've barely started to grow tired of it, whereas I uninstalled Overwatch within the first 40 hours.

    Although, Overwatch does have better optimization and graphics compared to TF2, which I will also give credit to it for that and is the only reason why I didn't give it a 2 instead of a 4.

    As I said in the start of my review, Overwatch has the potential to be a great game and it already is, for some players but it's just not enough for all of them.

    4/10    … Expand
  41. Bortx
    Apr 29, 2017
    3
    Nothing new. No game play innovations in this over played genre. No campaign so no interesting story or lore. No real motivation to play. Graphics are below what is possible today. Clearly dumbed down to support consoles. Gave up on it after 1 hour. Couldn't get myself to continue this boring game. Not even worth $10.
  42. gairiquemero
    Apr 29, 2017
    9
    Dynamic,entertaining and easily to enter.
    Is not a goty, is not the best shooter in the world, but is a good game.
    Have a good combination of casual and competitive
  43. Alex0001
    Apr 26, 2017
    7
    Отличная история и не плохой баланс персонаже но просто ужасная система подбора соревновательных игр
  44. epicmick
    Apr 25, 2017
    8
    This game is great in many, it is not only a very stresful game when you play with friends but it is also fun when you play alone each characters are different and fun to play. Plus getting the play of the game can not be more rewarding, maps are great though there are not many blizzard said they were going to continue adding maps over time. The only thing that detracts it from a 10 out ofThis game is great in many, it is not only a very stresful game when you play with friends but it is also fun when you play alone each characters are different and fun to play. Plus getting the play of the game can not be more rewarding, maps are great though there are not many blizzard said they were going to continue adding maps over time. The only thing that detracts it from a 10 out of ten is the lack of game mode I dont really care about having more character though fun I dont mind to only have 23 character what I would like to see is lucio ball coming back to overwatch… Expand
  45. DelWolf
    Apr 23, 2017
    9
    This game is extremely enjoyable, with a fun multiplayer. It will keep you entertained for hours upon hours with just how unique it is.
    However, lack of a campaign keeps this from the perfect 10/10 it well and truly deserves.
  46. Kulkuri
    Apr 21, 2017
    0
    First 50 hours of Overwatch are kind of fun but then you'll start to realise all the very minor but highly annoying design faults in this game and its internal logic. The characters are all fun and the lore is interesting. However the game mechanics are very very very poor at closer inspection compared to other similar games such as TF2. Blizzard also has "Not Invented Here Syndrome".First 50 hours of Overwatch are kind of fun but then you'll start to realise all the very minor but highly annoying design faults in this game and its internal logic. The characters are all fun and the lore is interesting. However the game mechanics are very very very poor at closer inspection compared to other similar games such as TF2. Blizzard also has "Not Invented Here Syndrome".

    Blizzard keeps attempting various ideas which have been tried before decades ago and conclusively determined to be bad before discovering on their own an existing known best practise or design. The management is also quite bad. By the time you have 200 hours like I have you'll absolutely hate this game. This truly is a strategy game company's first attempt at making first-person shooter. They just do not "get it".

    One design idea Overwatch employs a lot is to make the each team responsible for their collective actions. Thus Overwatch is a game which doesn't care what ever you do in your team as an individual player. You could be the best guy to heal people, best guy to do frags, but ultimately that doesn't matter as you're not evaluated based on your individual performance. You get points by doing teamwork and the game only evaluates players how much and how well they do teamwork. Individuals aren't welcome.

    If one of the mates quits the game in your team, all players, including the opposing team, will have their points reduced. It's made to disincentive leaving during a match but it just makes not so fun game when you know you're forced to play a game you cannot win any longer and you've lost interest to.

    Overwatch also does player profiling where it attempts to place similarly playing individuals against each others. Do you play with people who often rage quit during a match or have done it yourself few times? Well, start expecting to see people who quit the match more often than not. Text chat a lot during game? Ok, you'll end up with people who chat a lot and don't concentrate on game. This is apparently a means to fight trolls.

    How about we throw 12 random individuals of various skill levels, nationalities, languages, experiences, etc. who don't know each other beforehand and don't communicate during a match? The result is just a disaster. This is a game for groups of friends not for individual players and you will constantly lose and lose and lose and lose until you find a group for yourself. Otherwise there is going to be always that one guy who doesn't get the pacing of the team and blames everyone for the problems of the team except himself or herself and doesn't concentrate on improving the team. Also the people who "main" certain characters a garage who need to quit Overwatch as they've not understood the game at all.

    Having just any group also won't do. It needs to be a group that has trust inside it and ability to know each character inside and out to be able to improve the group's collectivist skill cap and to support your team. That is an impossible equation.

    By the way the community in Overwatch is cancer and Blizzard is feeding them. Blizzard for example banned certain words from chat because according to the community "hurt feeling" of people which was just ridiculous.

    Technology in Overwatch also doesn't really work. I don't like the latency issues caused by data centre approach to servers. I'd prefer player controlled and owned servers. The loot box system is cancer and makes the game unfunny and unenjoyable since you cannot play the game to have skins and other costumes you want. Instead you'll receive random things and seeing constant boxes of duplicates is very very common.

    What little there is music, it's great. Most of the characters are decent but some are just throughout useless and hinder the lowest common determination combination possible which might win. Widowmaker in particular because most people are not good at shooting with sniper rifle in this game. And each time you see a person select Widowmaker you know your team is going to lose. Character balance is just bad in OW and the amount of characters make sure that it's impossible to reach a balance.

    Just don't. Don't get into Overwatch unless you have a group of friend who constantly keeps playing this game and you all think alike, drink same liquids, eat same food, live under same roof, etc. You will lose as an individual player regardless of your skill level and history in FPS games.

    And I know it isn't a real thing in most games but in Overwatch the ELO Hell is a real thing and it exists and once you get into sub 1500s in competitive mode there is no way out from there unless you have a group of friends to play the game with.    … Expand
  47. kamhagh
    Apr 20, 2017
    5
    This game is very boring and lacks content and has so many issues.
    you have to wait like 10m to play a very short game. after having this game since release I barely got to enjoy any heroes
    the MM is so awful. you either win without effort and lose in a second, there are no matches that I have to put effort in You join a lot of games where you see (waiting for players) and after a    This game is very boring and lacks content and has so many issues.
    you have to wait like 10m to play a very short game. after having this game since release I barely got to enjoy any heroes
    the MM is so awful. you either win without effort and lose in a second, there are no matches that I have to put effort in
    You join a lot of games where you see (waiting for players) and after a minute you get kicked out saying (not enough players) and this issue is annoying considering you have to wait for the loading screen a few times.

    otherwise the game has a really beautiful design and art    … Expand
  48. Seafox89
    Apr 20, 2017
    8
    Super fun team-strategy FPS multiplayer action. In some ways, Overwatch is a spiritual successor to Team Fortress 2, but vastly improved, with tons of unique features and gameplay quirks. A huge variety of heroes with unique weapons, stats, and abilities makes for a great variety of strategies and team comps. Blizzard is intentional with balancing overpowered heroes, but there couldSuper fun team-strategy FPS multiplayer action. In some ways, Overwatch is a spiritual successor to Team Fortress 2, but vastly improved, with tons of unique features and gameplay quirks. A huge variety of heroes with unique weapons, stats, and abilities makes for a great variety of strategies and team comps. Blizzard is intentional with balancing overpowered heroes, but there could probably be some more development in matchmaking and team arrangements between games for solo players. The gorgeous levels are eye-catching and fun to battle in, but Blizzard's visuals still prioritize your allies and opponents to keep the environment from being too distracting.. Overall, super smooth with a good PC (or console) and really fun to play.… Expand
  49. derkonig6
    Apr 20, 2017
    7
    7 is a good score for this game,anything above is just blizzard fanboy,let's be honest this game should cost 20$ ffs.No excuse for the 40$ price range.Marketing had a huge impact,because the game itself is average at it's best.Fun but not that much. Put Blizzard name o a poop and it will be a diamond
  50. Fonix42
    Apr 20, 2017
    9
    Honestly, this is probably the best blizzard game right now. It is a great fps that is keeping up with and even surpassing the sales of the (lately disappointing) CoD series and games like Battlefield 1. It has constant updates, and a developer that is actively listening to the community. Pros are endless amount of replay value, a server browser for custom games, seasonal events every 2-3Honestly, this is probably the best blizzard game right now. It is a great fps that is keeping up with and even surpassing the sales of the (lately disappointing) CoD series and games like Battlefield 1. It has constant updates, and a developer that is actively listening to the community. Pros are endless amount of replay value, a server browser for custom games, seasonal events every 2-3 months, PvP and PvE events. Cons are: Really toxic community at lower ranks. It deserves a solid 9.… Expand
  51. 7ShadesOfEffort
    Apr 19, 2017
    0
    «How to downgrade an outdated free2play game, successfully sell it for 40 bucks, start yet another cancerous trend in video game industry and overflow internet with low quality porn and arsepull memes : The Game»

    1 out of 7: zero effort.
  52. WJPetersen
    Apr 14, 2017
    1
    I had very high expectations for this game until I actually played it. Everyone told me this was "like" Team Fortress 2. Which I played for months and really enjoyed (looking back - it was way ahead of its time). But Overwatch is NOTHING like TF2. There are 21 characters - each with different abilities. And frankly, some of them really suck. If you shrank it down by half, it wouldI had very high expectations for this game until I actually played it. Everyone told me this was "like" Team Fortress 2. Which I played for months and really enjoyed (looking back - it was way ahead of its time). But Overwatch is NOTHING like TF2. There are 21 characters - each with different abilities. And frankly, some of them really suck. If you shrank it down by half, it would make the game more enjoyable. The reason for the 1 rating rather than 0 was because all of the maps are well designed. But, all the choices for characters with all those maps makes the game far too complex. It was fun for a couple of days. But, then gets old after that. To the point that I don't even want to play it anymore and will return it. Another big issue with me is the amount of time it takes to get to level 25 to play against others and the "quick play". I put about 8 hours into this stupid game and only got to level 4! And I am not a horrible player! On the quick play, it constantly boots you from one game to the next. When this happens, you play for a little while, then get kicked, then go to another game, get kicked again, and so on. This goes on for about 1 hour and you don't get to finish a game and get credits for the play. How frustrating!!! Don't waste your money on the game. It is a complete let down.… Expand
  53. knazig123
    Apr 14, 2017
    0
    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.
  54. MrBulldops
    Apr 11, 2017
    10
    I cannot stop playing this game. I've got at least 60+ games on my computer and I find myself forcibly prying this game away so that I can give my others a turn. The constant updates and free DLC make this a model in which all other gaming companies should take note of and aspire to live up to. The fact that it was only $40 from launch makes it a lot more palatable than the $60 norm.I cannot stop playing this game. I've got at least 60+ games on my computer and I find myself forcibly prying this game away so that I can give my others a turn. The constant updates and free DLC make this a model in which all other gaming companies should take note of and aspire to live up to. The fact that it was only $40 from launch makes it a lot more palatable than the $60 norm.

    The gameplay and graphics style are stellar and feels extremely well polished. The fact that it doesn't include a "single player" or "story mode" is actually a plus for me, as I've found that a lot of games that have both tend to half-ass the single player and put most of their development into the multiplayer, or vice versa. I'd rather have a dedicated team to making one truly amazing, and Blizzard has done that for me with this game.

    Despite the many characters and continuous additions, they somehow manage to keep it balanced, which blows my mind.

    I am absolutely obsessed and would recommend this to any fan of multiplayer first-person shooters. 11/10.    … Expand
  55. prince_warhero
    Apr 7, 2017
    7
    Best multiplayer game I have played in a long time. Completely polished, awesome looking and the best part is the heroes and gameplay. So much depth, but very easily accessible from outside.. I am going to be playing this game for a long long time..

    Update : the game has become stale, blizzard does not focus on giving new game modes/new heroes.. every match its like seeing same heroes    Best multiplayer game I have played in a long time. Completely polished, awesome looking and the best part is the heroes and gameplay. So much depth, but very easily accessible from outside.. I am going to be playing this game for a long long time..

    Update : the game has become stale, blizzard does not focus on giving new game modes/new heroes.. every match its like seeing same heroes again and again.. Each competitive season they make a lot of changes and its like even they are confused how to proceed. Also it lacks basic features of esports like replay saving, match history and stuff    … Expand
  56. stiglitzz
    Apr 3, 2017
    0
    It is absolutely impossible to perceive such a game design - seriously.
    Okay, so game design, but this cardboard animation and physics, just cry, that this game should be - f2p.
    People, are you serious? cybersport ? what ?
  57. Nikey17
    Apr 2, 2017
    4
    Whilst the game certainly has potential, Blizzard's sloppy managing makes this a repetitive and unsatisfying game. The lack of hero and map variety is horrendous, making every game feel the same. I sincerely regret the fact I payed €40 for this whilst I did kind off enjoy some 30 hours spent, it's not worth it, and the fact that the company selling the game in an (in my opinion) unfinishedWhilst the game certainly has potential, Blizzard's sloppy managing makes this a repetitive and unsatisfying game. The lack of hero and map variety is horrendous, making every game feel the same. I sincerely regret the fact I payed €40 for this whilst I did kind off enjoy some 30 hours spent, it's not worth it, and the fact that the company selling the game in an (in my opinion) unfinished state for full price is ridiculous. Oh don't forget the horrible matchmaking/servers, clunky interface and constant crashing (like most Blizzard games).… Expand
  58. KittyWhisky
    Apr 1, 2017
    8
    This game is just great! in open beta I fell in love with the game and spent 30 hours straight. But then I wondered "How long it will be interesting to play this game?".

    Overwatch is not a stupid clone of Team Fortress 2 as many thought. Overwatch is much more interesting, more colorful, it is much nicer to play. In Overwatch a large number of characters that will only grow. Each    This game is just great! in open beta I fell in love with the game and spent 30 hours straight. But then I wondered "How long it will be interesting to play this game?".

    Overwatch is not a stupid clone of Team Fortress 2 as many thought. Overwatch is much more interesting, more colorful, it is much nicer to play. In Overwatch a large number of characters that will only grow. Each character not similar to each other both appearance and gameplay. Fun to play for each character. Don't focus on one, try different characters for different gameplay (even the doctors are different). Yes, the game has gameplay similar to Team Fortress 2 (even some characters), but still it is distinctive. Overwatch can be called mobay, especially all the characters have their own special ultimate. Timely filed ultimate can change the course of the match (I will not say. that's good). You can even combine ultimate between characters of the team.

    The maps where we play as different. The design of the game is good, and the game itself looks great. Let some say that cartoony is the style of the game very well. Some cards, I think. there is a certain imbalance: some are easier to win for the defense, and the other for the defense.

    Overwatch refers to the type of games easy to play but hard to master. In this game, just need to have a full team. You are alone in this game will not do anything, how skilled you wouldn't be. This game decides the interaction between the team. Even if you'll play well, because teams still lose. For playing Overwatch you need to have a good team. Yeah, playing with random players is also possible, but will be less fun at times.

    So how long will be interesting to play this game? I played Overwatch in a little less than 200 hours and is tired of playing games. She no longer brings me joy. The problem with Overwatch is annoying (although I won't speak for everyone). In this game there is no plot, Yes, there is lore and wonderful videos on YouTube, but that doesn't count. Overwatch is a wonderful multiplayer game, the interest of which is purely individual - someone she will hold for long, some don't. I fell in love with these characters, but the gameplay is boring, and it is very annoying that this is purely a team game - sometimes because of his bad team, you just can't do anything and only have to suffer until the end of the round. In Overwatch a lot of random moments that I just hate. I played Overwatch in a little less than 200 hours, and she gave me so many emotions, and what you want.    … Expand
  59. Shaamaan
    Apr 1, 2017
    5
    Technically, the game is polished to a mirror shine. However, game-play is meh when the MM is so poor. Avoid at the current price. Add to it the toxic players, non-existant SP (no, VS CPU doesn't count) and some weird "there's ton of lore but not really" approach, and you get Overwatch. A game which feels like it COULD be fantastic, but somehow... isn't.

    Also, microtransaction BS (+    Technically, the game is polished to a mirror shine. However, game-play is meh when the MM is so poor. Avoid at the current price. Add to it the toxic players, non-existant SP (no, VS CPU doesn't count) and some weird "there's ton of lore but not really" approach, and you get Overwatch. A game which feels like it COULD be fantastic, but somehow... isn't.

    Also, microtransaction BS (+ gambling-like shenaningans) for cosmetics.    … Expand
  60. Lykmer
    Mar 31, 2017
    0
    Минусы:-
    не проработанные карты
    не проработанная механика не проработанные и не сбалансированные герои не проработанная ранкед система(может быть ничья) вечно каждую игру у меня афк или лив в команде комьюнити 12+ ужасные уродливые скины 0 контента,надоедает через пару недель цена 2тыщи Плюсы+: каждый герой и способность индивидуальны,интересно играть почти за каждого очень    Минусы:-
    не проработанные карты
    не проработанная механика
    не проработанные и не сбалансированные герои
    не проработанная ранкед система(может быть ничья) вечно каждую игру у меня афк или лив в команде
    комьюнити 12+
    ужасные уродливые скины
    0 контента,надоедает через пару недель
    цена 2тыщи
    Плюсы+:
    каждый герой и способность индивидуальны,интересно играть почти за каждого
    очень красивая и сочная графика,анимация,карты и персонажи    … Expand
  61. Strxex
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    Huge lack of hero diversity, way too slow new hero releases means you will see have very frequent mirror match ups. Ranked need a soloque as most 5 or 6 man stack will dominate soloque players. Game feels bland as everything revolved around a choke point and lack of diverse strategy.
  62. PurplePoodlez
    Mar 25, 2017
    9
    Overwatch is a game millions of people have put countless hours into, but do we know why? Is it the amazingly fluent game play that just works?
    Or is it the drive to become a better player? Maybe for most, the answer is all those things but for me, its about the personality each character holds.
    There stories that just scream to us for more exploration of Blizzards beautiful world they    Overwatch is a game millions of people have put countless hours into, but do we know why? Is it the amazingly fluent game play that just works?
    Or is it the drive to become a better player? Maybe for most, the answer is all those things but for me, its about the personality each character holds.
    There stories that just scream to us for more exploration of Blizzards beautiful world they have created.

    On launch day most of us players can recall that Overwatch had a Huge shortage of content, being the only option for players to play was "quick play", but that was all we needed to be hooked into the game. Though what we didn't realize is that the story would soon grasp us and claw at our minds to learn more. 21 hero's (Playable Characters) on launch day with more to come, a character for everybody seemed to fit the Blizzard motto. Each character well equiped with very well crafted abilities, stylized looks, with most importantly there very own unique personality. Given that the game play feels damn near flawless its no wonder a game like Overwatch grew to be so successful, but that's not where this game shines its brightest, at least not in its entirety. Blizzard Entertainment actually put forth the effort to create a story on there Competitive Based FPS. Though there are no single player campaign element to the game Blizzard still continues consistently gives us information on the universe and characters of Overwatch, Through comic shorts or there cinematic shorts which always perks the interest of all fans of the Overwatch universe. Seeing these consistent updates and new content being added to Overwatch one might think there is a budgeting issue within there team or some sort of annoying DLC available for purchase within the Overwatch game/website, well Im here to reassure you that is not the case. Everything that is Overwatch you can get with just one Purchase of the main game, though there are micro-transactions in game you may only purchase skins in game that you may still unlock via in game currency. This effectively lets Overwatch have a very respectable and financially profitable business model that the fans and I have grown to love.    … Expand
  63. robmak3
    Mar 25, 2017
    10
    It is an amazing team-based multiplayer FPS which will surround you for hours if you are a fan of AAA multiplayer games (CoD, Titanfall, Battlefield) and other only-online games (CS:GO, DOTA, League of Legends). You are able to both enjoy a casual experience via arcade and quick play modes, as well as learn the skills, get better, and have fun through competitive modes.

    It is very    It is an amazing team-based multiplayer FPS which will surround you for hours if you are a fan of AAA multiplayer games (CoD, Titanfall, Battlefield) and other only-online games (CS:GO, DOTA, League of Legends). You are able to both enjoy a casual experience via arcade and quick play modes, as well as learn the skills, get better, and have fun through competitive modes.

    It is very easily a 10/10 for someone who likes the sort of games mentioned above at half the price of a triple-a game. It is easy to sink in a lot of time, and learn a ton of characters. Blizzard has been dedicated to adding content, and the game has a large community. If you are not sure if you like the genre, maybe try out another game like Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Global Offensive, DOTA 2, or League of Legends which have the similar style of not giving a huge game, but the game is played by improving your skill level, and are much cheaper or free. However, if you are someone who would prefer a lot of content in their games, $40 or $30 on sale is a little high of a price to get this one at.    … Expand
  64. drtsfu
    Mar 22, 2017
    6
    It was fun for the first couple weeks, but the repetitive game modes and gameplay makes this a 6/10 at best. CS go is a much more fun, strategic game in my opinion and Overwatch is the kind of game that I only play when I'm terribly bored and have nothing else to do
  65. Inzaine
    Mar 19, 2017
    9
    Overwatch is a GREAT game. By no means is it BAD. It has a variety of "Heroes" to play, each with their unique abilities. Every hero has their own charming personality.

    The one flaw with this game is lack of content. Seriously, this game gets BARELY updated. Sure you could say the Seasonal Events are common, but all they add are cosmetics and a POSSIBLY good gamemode. Only 3 new    Overwatch is a GREAT game. By no means is it BAD. It has a variety of "Heroes" to play, each with their unique abilities. Every hero has their own charming personality.

    The one flaw with this game is lack of content. Seriously, this game gets BARELY updated. Sure you could say the Seasonal Events are common, but all they add are cosmetics and a POSSIBLY good gamemode.

    Only 3 new characters have been released so far.    … Expand
  66. RainbowStaple
    Mar 17, 2017
    6
    Used to love TF2 and its game play and I honestly loved everything about this game, but I found that without the weapon capabilities of TF2 and the many different ways to play TF2 it just simply doesn't stand up to it, as it gets boring quickly compared to TF2 and other arena shooters. The meta only changes if there are nerfs or buffs and honestly it gets boring knowing exactly whats goingUsed to love TF2 and its game play and I honestly loved everything about this game, but I found that without the weapon capabilities of TF2 and the many different ways to play TF2 it just simply doesn't stand up to it, as it gets boring quickly compared to TF2 and other arena shooters. The meta only changes if there are nerfs or buffs and honestly it gets boring knowing exactly whats going to happen and being unable to counter effectively, that's where this game falls down sadly.
    Another feature which it cant compare to other games such as TF2 is the server browser, honestly because there are no disadvantages to any of the characters such as the weapons in TF2 everything is just either OP , or terrible and its just not fun.    … Expand
  67. donle100
    Mar 15, 2017
    0
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  68. KalrocVN
    Mar 15, 2017
    0
    This is an example of AAA graphics and sound coupled with bland gameplay. Combat is clunky and dissatisfying. Blizzard has not shown the capacity to address imbalances between characters. Power adjustments are more of marketing actions to address complaints in Blizzard's forums rather than rational decisions made by developers looking at aggregated data. Competitive is literally the worstThis is an example of AAA graphics and sound coupled with bland gameplay. Combat is clunky and dissatisfying. Blizzard has not shown the capacity to address imbalances between characters. Power adjustments are more of marketing actions to address complaints in Blizzard's forums rather than rational decisions made by developers looking at aggregated data. Competitive is literally the worst experience that I have ever encountered in an online game.… Expand
  69. icesystem
    Mar 15, 2017
    9
    Игра отличная, но есть маленькие недостатки.
    Плюсы игры:
    1,Приятная графика и стилизация. 2.Интересные и харизматичные персонажи. 3. История мира игры, но как раз тут есть закавырка. 4. Геймплей. Минусы игры: 1. Контент- его мало, точнее наград за победы и все такое ( скины граффити реплики впрочем все) 2.Мир игр не полностью раскрыт, будто сначала придумали персонажей и их краткую    Игра отличная, но есть маленькие недостатки.
    Плюсы игры:
    1,Приятная графика и стилизация. 2.Интересные и харизматичные персонажи. 3. История мира игры, но как раз тут есть закавырка. 4. Геймплей.
    Минусы игры: 1. Контент- его мало, точнее наград за победы и все такое ( скины граффити реплики впрочем все) 2.Мир игр не полностью раскрыт, будто сначала придумали персонажей и их краткую историю , а потом начали доделывать его. Возможно мне кажется или я просто не прав, но игра от этого не становиться хуже. ( В том же TF2 сюжета вовсе нет и персы все тупые болванки).
    Однозначно стоит покупать игру если вы любити красивые и динамичные командные шутеры с интересными персами.    … Expand
  70. karson
    Mar 15, 2017
    7
    It was a fun game to play with a bunch of friends until we all thought it was too boring after a week or two. The balancing and tweaking are the problems Blizzard don't know how to fix even until now. In every patch, you can see the same 6 heroes getting picked in every ranked game because they are just broken and others are just bad. Blizzard also like to remove mechanics in the game thatIt was a fun game to play with a bunch of friends until we all thought it was too boring after a week or two. The balancing and tweaking are the problems Blizzard don't know how to fix even until now. In every patch, you can see the same 6 heroes getting picked in every ranked game because they are just broken and others are just bad. Blizzard also like to remove mechanics in the game that people love to use/enjoy. Ranked play is horrible in this game as there is no true solo/duo queue. It is an okay game for casual play with friends but not anything competitive.

    Unless Blizzard fix the problems, this game is not recommended for anyone.    … Expand
  71. SuckMyCrumpet
    Mar 12, 2017
    1
    Although having a well polished art style as a staple of a blizzard game, I feel if this wasn't a blizzard game people would see it for the mechanically broken and unbalanced shooter it is which a clear lack of attention to detail to game play mechanics and learning resources with the budget instead spent entirely on marketing.
  72. Zantimago
    Mar 11, 2017
    10
    Cuando vi el juego, que es caro, pero vale infinita mente más la pena que muchos triples As, me dije:"¿ Y con qué personaje juego? Esto es mucho contenido para practicar con cada héroe, llevaría horas" Y, entonces, me di cuenta de que había hecho una buena inversión. Le pongo un 10 para contraatacar los 0 sin sentido.
  73. SubbotaAnton
    Mar 10, 2017
    10
    I read a lot of reviews here and was surprised when people marked this game as really bad because they for some reason expected some story here, for example. No, it's only high-quality shooter, and nothing more. And it's best one among others, like TF2 or "free" shooters.

    Here you should only buy this game once and have fun. You absolutely don't need to buy anything more here, and I    I read a lot of reviews here and was surprised when people marked this game as really bad because they for some reason expected some story here, for example. No, it's only high-quality shooter, and nothing more. And it's best one among others, like TF2 or "free" shooters.

    Here you should only buy this game once and have fun. You absolutely don't need to buy anything more here, and I have played since August 2016 and have never done it. No reason to pay for it if you can take it for free because of your level.

    And skins here matters nothing.

    Also people hate matchmaking, and of course they have some reason for it. But your skill is matter too, and if you are really good, you will increase your rating (for example, I raised from 2000 to 3300 for this 6 months).

    As summary it's 10 of 10 among shooters with different heroes.    … Expand
  74. SJile
    Mar 8, 2017
    6
    I want to say "I don't get it," but I mostly get it. People loved Team Fortress 2 for whatever reason, and people love Blizzard, so when you combine the two, you get lots and lots of success. So, I get it.

    This game is fun for a few rounds as far as I'm concerned, but its competitive potential seems shallow compared to a lot of titles on the market right now. The character design is    I want to say "I don't get it," but I mostly get it. People loved Team Fortress 2 for whatever reason, and people love Blizzard, so when you combine the two, you get lots and lots of success. So, I get it.

    This game is fun for a few rounds as far as I'm concerned, but its competitive potential seems shallow compared to a lot of titles on the market right now. The character design is hit-or-miss, but mostly miss for my money. It has generated an insane amount of porn, so I guess we have Blizzard to thank for that.    … Expand
  75. maiyagygery
    Mar 7, 2017
    10
    Overwatch is the first game of team based shooter genre that i ever play in my life and it is indeed an amazing game.
    Then i tried Team Fortress 2, Paladins, and Battleborn.
    All was nothing compared to Overwatch. It has so much fun, great characters design, great map design, great gameplay and all. No wonder it is the GOTY of 2016. It is the best multiplayer experience from 2016 and    Overwatch is the first game of team based shooter genre that i ever play in my life and it is indeed an amazing game.
    Then i tried Team Fortress 2, Paladins, and Battleborn.
    All was nothing compared to Overwatch.
    It has so much fun, great characters design, great map design, great gameplay and all.
    No wonder it is the GOTY of 2016.
    It is the best multiplayer experience from 2016 and until now.    … Expand
  76. AstralAssassin3
    Mar 4, 2017
    7
    Re reviewing this game, more content has been added and that pushes the score up:

    Pros: -Gameplay is fun fun fun and more fun. -A great variety of characters, each with unique abilities and ultimates -Lots more game modes, with a newly added 3v3 elimination and capture the flag modes Neutral: -Cartoon style graphics and sound design that some will love, others won't (I personally    Re reviewing this game, more content has been added and that pushes the score up:

    Pros:
    -Gameplay is fun fun fun and more fun.
    -A great variety of characters, each with unique abilities and ultimates
    -Lots more game modes, with a newly added 3v3 elimination and capture the flag modes

    Neutral:
    -Cartoon style graphics and sound design that some will love, others won't (I personally like it)

    Cons:
    -Still no story or campaign :/
    -Some characters need balancing
    -You will most likely find a character you despise (mine is tracer >:( )

    Overall:
    Story: 4/10 for improved background lore
    Gameplay: 9/10
    Graphics and sound design: 8/10
    Overall: 7/10    … Expand
  77. jmendez
    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.
  78. draifu
    Mar 3, 2017
    9
    This game helps me spend time with friends and reconnect with my old ones. It even made a lot of my non-gamer friends play everyday. Although toxicity exists, it is without a doubt a fun game. Keep it up Blizzard.
  79. OnlyLegends
    Mar 2, 2017
    10
    I don't really understand all the hate, yeah I'm stuck in Elo hell too, but that doesn't mean you can't still have fun. The custom game modes you can make in this game are really entertaining and they are adding more stuff seems like every week, and there should be a new hero coming up fairly soon as well. I am level 140 or so and I think this game is very good, they are trying as hard asI don't really understand all the hate, yeah I'm stuck in Elo hell too, but that doesn't mean you can't still have fun. The custom game modes you can make in this game are really entertaining and they are adding more stuff seems like every week, and there should be a new hero coming up fairly soon as well. I am level 140 or so and I think this game is very good, they are trying as hard as they can to balance all the heroes abilities etc. but every once in a while the Overwatch team won't heed the community's advice and they mess up, but we're all human. VERY SOLID GAME OVERALL WOULD BUY AGAIN… Expand
  80. Zajonc
    Feb 25, 2017
    3
    Please do not buy this game because it is a SCAM. Unbalanced characters and matchmaking, smurfing, salty community, shouting Russians expecting you to understand them whilst charging with a healer.

    Teamwork only and only works is 6v6, everything else is just a well covered lie.

    Blizzard bought the critics (91 VS 6.7) because this game is not even close to be mediocre.
  81. carrot_reviews
    Feb 14, 2017
    6
    Overwatch is a game that is,,,, so repetitive.
    sometimes for example at the china map theres always a player waiting for you at the same point.
    this game is popular because the "sexy female characters". recently this game has some new game modes but those are practically the same thing just with a very few changes. In my experience theres a few bugs in the game but nothung that affects    Overwatch is a game that is,,,, so repetitive.
    sometimes for example at the china map theres always a player waiting for you at the same point.
    this game is popular because the "sexy female characters".
    recently this game has some new game modes but those are practically the same thing just with a very few changes.
    In my experience theres a few bugs in the game but nothung that affects the in game experience    … Expand
  82. Nel
    Feb 14, 2017
    7
    Blizzard usually makes well made games, and this is no exception. However, for me the game feels very repetitive. The nice part of it that is not free, so you dont have to grind forever to get your characters, but they still make you pay for different boxes that contains items, that generally really don't have any impact, but it makes it feel like a free to play game
  83. CO_Grimm
    Feb 13, 2017
    0
    The epitome of a polished turd. Blizzard was so busy making it look shiny that they overlooked things like:

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

    - There's just a handful of incredibly OP heroes (about 7 out 23) that make the rest simply not worth using. Their balance changes thus far have given me no hope that this will ever change.
    - Very low skill cap, especially on most of the OP heroes.
    - Not many maps and they all feel pretty much the same, within the same game mode. If you took away the textures, they'd almost be hard to tell apart. This is really where Blizzard's inexperience with FPS's shines through; it's like they just haphazardly threw together some hallways and chokepoints with no thought towards level design theory.
    -Even if there was a good standout map, you couldn't choose to play on it (except in custom games with bots/friends only and no progression).
    -Matchmaker is horrid, like many other reviewers have already discussed.
    -No scoreboard so the really bad players don't know just how little they're contributing. Medals don't count because you can't see other player's medals.
    -Mystery Heroes might be fun if it had hero limits and didn't snowball from total ult reset.    … Expand
  84. Cezkarma
    Feb 12, 2017
    10
    Let me first start off by saying that no game has ever surprised me like this.
    At first I hated this game because I thought "Who would pay to play TF2???". It seemed so retarded.
    That is until a friend let me play on his PC and I immediately fell in love.
    I bought the game that afternoon and have never had more fun with a multiplayer game. And I'm saying that even though I also own BF1
  85. OnyxWeapon
    Feb 7, 2017
    2
    Remember the times where you were practicing to get better at Counter-Strike, getting a sense of the differences between the classes in Team Fortress, learning to bunny-hop in Natural Selection, getting a handle on the recoil of the guns in Day of Defeat, perfecting your aim with the rail gun in Quake or mastering the flak cannon in Unreal Tournament? During those times, do you stillRemember the times where you were practicing to get better at Counter-Strike, getting a sense of the differences between the classes in Team Fortress, learning to bunny-hop in Natural Selection, getting a handle on the recoil of the guns in Day of Defeat, perfecting your aim with the rail gun in Quake or mastering the flak cannon in Unreal Tournament? During those times, do you still remember joining random servers on and on and on, hoping to find some equally skilled players to play with and have some fun? Yeah, me too. Good times.

    But... you also remember joining those servers where you got absolutely bulldozed by a seemingly "too" coordinated tight-knit group of players. What was their advantage, you were thinking back then? Were they using a program like Team Speak? Maybe they were a group of friends playing together in the same room? Or maybe they only played this one map for hundreds of hours, using the same general tactics and you just stumbled on their server. Or maybe all of the above.

    I remember I had a choice back then, I remember being able to choose for myself that I didn't like playing with these players, because there was no fun to be had for me. I couldn't hone my skills or perfect my tactics by observing them make the same moves every round, with the same weapons, with the same classes, in the same order, every single time. There was nothing te be gained on these servers. At those moments, I didn't realise the luxury I had of simply exiting those games and joining another within 10 seconds.

    This game takes away that basic luxury.

    As mentioned before by other reviewers here, this game forces you into games where the end goal is to have everyone maintain a 50% win rate. Sounds good on paper, right? Everyone has a 1 in 2 chance to win the game. Sounds logical. You win some and you lose some.

    But read that sentence again: "the end goal is to have everyone maintain a 50% win rate".
    What this game does, it will disregard your personal and in game skill level and forcefully match you against players who are overwhelmingly more skilled than you, or match you up against a a seemingly "too" coordinated tight-knit group of players (which is visually indicated in your game) when you're on a winning streak.

    You feel that cold chill yet?

    Yes, this game willfully puts you in a meat grinder against individual top-tier players with hundreds of playing hours or clans of 3, 4, 5 or 6 players, because the game deems it is now "time" for them to win their next game. You are the sacrifice in achieving that goal. There's no way out of this circle. If you make the choice to exit this game, you will get a "leaver penalty" if you repeatedly keep leaving these kinds of games. When you join a new game, you will (again) get matched up against similar overwhelming odds. Until it's your "time" again to win and get matched up against a random group of lower skilled players.

    It's maddening to play this game where the odds of you winning or losing are calculated and manipulated beforehand. In the end, you feel like you don't have any control on the outcome of the match.

    In closing, this game fills me with an almost unbearable sorrow. From afar, the production values of this game are sky high. Excellent art style, good sound design, interesting characters/class mechanics, stable engine, etc. Yet their choice to not let you choose your own servers and the inclusion of this fixed matchmaking will be the reason many gamers will leave behind this game.

    When Overwatch someday decides to give players the freedom to play with similar skilled players, you can up the score of this game to a 7.5 out of 10. There are fun times to be had, on the very rare occasion 2 teams of equal skill do get matched up against each other.

    P.S.: Oh, and "Quick Play" in this game means waiting up to 3 minutes to start/find a game with other players. Remember 2 weeks ago it was publicized there are 25 million registered players in this game. Even if you look at that number from an extremely pessimistic view and guess that about 1 in 250 registered players still plays this game, you still would have 100 000 active players. It should not take 3 minutes to find you a game with those numbers of people.    … Expand
  86. everin
    Feb 6, 2017
    9
    TIER 1

    + Polished, fun, diverse, and beautiful -- on the surface, little goes wrong in this title. + Provides a variety of player experiences and fantasies, caters itself well to all demographics from casual to high level play. ? Most major "problems" with the game come from two things: players' unwillingness to focus on objectives at low skill levels, and the reality that this title    TIER 1

    + Polished, fun, diverse, and beautiful -- on the surface, little goes wrong in this title.
    + Provides a variety of player experiences and fantasies, caters itself well to all demographics from casual to high level play.
    ? Most major "problems" with the game come from two things: players' unwillingness to focus on objectives at low skill levels, and the reality that this title has a much lower skill ceiling than most good FPS games.
    ? From my experience, it started to feel stale around the 200 hour mark. Good staying power for a game, but doesn't compare well to my 1000+ hours logged in DotA 2 and League of Legends.    … Expand
  87. RoyceBracket
    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.
  88. The_BlueRose
    Feb 6, 2017
    8
    A long-term game that started with low content but month by month shows improvement.

    Good looking characters and well built

    New game modes: scort the payload, control, 1vs1, 3vs3... And one termporary mode every event.

    Events: new modes and customization stuff.

    And overall fun.
  89. PtStar
    Feb 5, 2017
    3
    I have a few beefs with this game but they're pretty big "beefs". One of them is that this game really shouldn't be 40 dollars, or even 60 just because you get a few skins. I believe Team Fortress 2 was 20 dollars by itself when it came out and it was 50 in the orange box bundle that came with Half Life 2 and Portal 2, but you actually owned those games and didn't need to connect to anyI have a few beefs with this game but they're pretty big "beefs". One of them is that this game really shouldn't be 40 dollars, or even 60 just because you get a few skins. I believe Team Fortress 2 was 20 dollars by itself when it came out and it was 50 in the orange box bundle that came with Half Life 2 and Portal 2, but you actually owned those games and didn't need to connect to any servers to play the game. You can't even access your settings if you're not connected to the internet. I don't see what justifies Overwatch's price. It hardly has any content at all and the content that it has is flawed. It should honestly be about 20 dollars like Team Fortress 2 was. The add special gamemodes like Lucio ball(basically soccer) and Junkensteins Revenge(AN ACTUAL HORDE MODE THAT PEOPLE WANTED) which were actually unique gamemodes....for a few weeks...and they're never seen again. Why do this? They also have a feature where you can buy loot boxes to unlock cosmetic items, while including the feature to find them via leveling up, which is a total grind fest and you get sprays and voice lines out of them 90% of the time. The feature to find cosmetics via leveling is completely redundant when it takes about an hour to level up once if you're doing decent, and not all of us have the time to sit and play for longer than two hours every single day.

    Ranked is very poorly designed. The way ranked works is if your team wins, you go up in rank. If you lose, you go down. And win streaks and loss streaks effect how much you earn and lose. This seems well designed, but then you realize you need to rely on 5 other people to cooperate with you. This doesn't happen very often and people just want to argue or not cooperate at all. Players also like to blame each other and refuse to switch heroes when they aren't working out well. A bastion player will die because he's completely immobile and blame his team, or a Widow/Hanzo will never kill anybody because of a massive rein shield or their Winston keeps jumping them, and then they blame their healers or even the whole team when they were the ones in a bad position as bad heroes for the situation. These players end up leaving eventually in the middle of the game, and then the enemy team ends up with a man advantage and the game becomes even more one sided because backfilling isn't allowed in ranked.

    Quickplay is almost exactly identical, but doesn't involve ranks. There's also the added benefit of being roasted by your team whenever you ask them to switch or to simply stand behind your Reinhardt shield(so they don't die) because "bruh it's just quickplay", which is just excuse to perform poorly.

    And then there's arcade mode which is horridly unbalanced and only exists to make it look like there's more content, but it's literally just quickplay with randomizer, except for the 3v3 mode. I'll admit that 3v3 is pretty fun at times, but that's only when you have a friend or land with somebody who cooperates, which isn't often because arcade mode is a barren wasteland and it takes 5 minutes just to find a game. The special capture the flag game mode right now is absolutely broken and ends in a draw about 90% of the time it seems unless the enemy team is stacked with people in a group, which is honestly the only way to really have fun or win consistently in this game.

    The only good thing I really like about the game is some of the characters themselves. The characters have a lot of personality and different skills to make each one unique, but some, while not broken, are not enjoyable to play against. Mei and Symmetra are the biggest offenders of this(And D.va before the January patch). Mei is capable of placing down an ice wall which can separate players from their team so they get singled out by the team. It's very hard to overcome this on certain maps without a cooperating team, which you usually won't have. On top of that, her gun slows and freezes enemies which sets up for an instant kill on most heroes. She's typically called one of the best one on one heroes in the game just because of this, only really beaten by Mccree. On top of that, you have Symmetra who can easily 1v1 most flanking characters that could potentially deal with Mei, as Symmetra has a lock on weapon that melts most heroes like ice cream and has a surprisingly long range that can reach you while you're on the other side of a truck after it's already locked onto you. You have to severely outplay the Symmetra if you get caught by surprise as most of the heroes in the game. These characters aren't necessarily overpowered. Symmetra isn't that good in fact, but they're still not fun to play against and they'll win a 1v1 fight in most cases just because you didn't see them first.

    The game lacks content, has bad matchmaking flaws, and toxic players. The game can be fun with friends, but it's just very bare bones and below average for a 40 dollar price, or $60 for some reskins. GG Blizzard.    … Expand
  90. M_Ridcully
    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.
  91. Old_Huntress
    Feb 2, 2017
    6
    In short: good game, but gets old quickly (even with updates) mainly due to its simplicity.

    At the first glance, the game is very good: distinct and colorful visual style, diverse cast of characters to play, admirable amount of polish and quite a few maps. It is important to note that Blizzard doesn't abandon the game and continues to add new maps, game modes and characters free of    In short: good game, but gets old quickly (even with updates) mainly due to its simplicity.

    At the first glance, the game is very good: distinct and colorful visual style, diverse cast of characters to play, admirable amount of polish and quite a few maps. It is important to note that Blizzard doesn't abandon the game and continues to add new maps, game modes and characters free of charge (so far). This is a shooter, but there are "aim in the general direction" characters, so, even if your accuracy isn't that good, you won't feel helpless. Playing with friends is preferable, but going solo doesn't really ruin the experience either, since the community isn't all that bad. Sure, you can run into some toxic players once in a while, but they can be muted, chat can be hidden and those players themselves reported (although, reporting system is far from perfect - 5 premades you play with can easily gang up on you). Matches are quick (usually 5-10 minutes long), so even if you lose, you don't really feel the blow. Matchmaking is on and off kind of deal - if you play in off peak hours, your chances of being stomped or run into some inadequate players increase; in peak hours, it's rare, but still happens once in a while.

    However, after having played around 100+ hours, the game's lack of depth is starting to show. The characters are pretty straight forward - once you've learned how their gun and abilities work, you have nothing new to discover. Same goes for the maps. After a certain amount of time, you know how the match will unfold, where the enemy will come from (sometimes even in what formation) before it even begins. It gets tiresome even though I didn't play this game on daily basis for hours at a time. Despite Blizzard's continuous support of the product and updates, there isn't anything that would make the game feel interesting again (I liked Halloween Terror, but that was an event - can't play it now).

    Overall, the game is good, but designed for more casual play. If you want something you can play once in while, have a bit of fun and be done with it - you should buy it during the sale (I'd recommend going for standard editions, since the skins in the Origins edition aren't even that good). If you're looking for a game with high learning curve, complicated mechanics that can still give you something new even after hundreds of hours played, you better look elsewhere. In the end, I got my money's worth, but there are f2p titles that can do basically the same thing (TF2, Paladins).    … Expand
  92. jacksonishere
    Feb 2, 2017
    0
    This game is easily the worst game I've ever played. The matchmaking is so unfair it's laughable and Jeff Kaplan and the retards at blizzard have no intention of making it any better. Some of the characters have 0 use in the game and are troll picks and other heroes are so OP they are played every single game. after thousands of hours I've never played against players who don't know whatThis game is easily the worst game I've ever played. The matchmaking is so unfair it's laughable and Jeff Kaplan and the retards at blizzard have no intention of making it any better. Some of the characters have 0 use in the game and are troll picks and other heroes are so OP they are played every single game. after thousands of hours I've never played against players who don't know what to do or who to pick or how to play but somehow I get the WORST POSSIBLE teammates on my team literally every **** game(so sad).

    There's a stats app that shows how well you do in each game and my stats say I play better than 99% of players but my rank is Silver which is second from the worst. Hilarious. Idk if blizzard can make a good anymore. D3 = total **** hearthstone = beyond garbage and WoW hasn't been fun since 70 launch. I honestly don't think blizzard could make the game any worse. Better than that half the time when I go to join a game it kicks me out and won't let me rejoin(the button breaks x'D) and I have to relaunch the **** game just to be able to rejoin and then after I do all that AND rejoin the game the server closes down and it gives me A **** LEAVE and I can't play for 30min. **** THIS GAME. It is BEYOND trash and wouldn't even be worth the time to play IF IT WAS FREE.

    I mean there are free to play shooters that are WAY better than this game. On top of that, I paid 200+ dollars(after buying a few loot boxes after launch) all WASTED. I've uninstalled that piece of **** and if I had a physical copy of the game I'd burn it. **** Blizzard **** Jeff Kaplan and **** whoever else ruined what could have been a fun game to play.

    Please do yourself a favor and spend your money and time elsewhere. Blizzard trying to make an esport out of this POS x'DDD who the **** wants to watch that?! Retards on twitch might but not me that's for sure. I really feel sorry for people who are taking this game seriously because of the lag, retard teammates and unfair matchmaking system is here to stay.

    Dear Jeff Kaplan, kill yourself. It's the only way out.    … Expand
  93. wavegab
    Jan 31, 2017
    0
    Overwatch is a shooting game which literally requires no aim. Blizzard is trying so hard to have a bigger player base they decide to develop some 0-skill heroes so that more players will join. Nice try though.
  94. malv83
    Jan 29, 2017
    6
    Overrated. Shallow rock, paper, scissors character combat on narrow confined maps. Teamwork is an illusory in most instances. Lots of special chargeups which are too effective at clearing out a capture point of enemies negating a solid defense. Most chargeups don't seem very difficult to play super effectively.

    Frankly, I am not really sure what separates a good player from a poor one    Overrated. Shallow rock, paper, scissors character combat on narrow confined maps. Teamwork is an illusory in most instances. Lots of special chargeups which are too effective at clearing out a capture point of enemies negating a solid defense. Most chargeups don't seem very difficult to play super effectively.

    Frankly, I am not really sure what separates a good player from a poor one in this game. It seems that hitting enemies and dealing massive damage is fairly direct and easy to do. There doesn't seem much in the way tactical opportunity given the map designs. Not a whole lot you can really do apart from mob with your teammates down a fairly narrow path and confront the enemy mob head on.

    I think the only aspects of this game which have merit are the art and code. The game is very attractive and delivers solid performance on old hardware. That said, gameplay-wise this game is a mess. I can only surmise that Blizzard bought the high reviews for this game. I honestly don't see how anyone could consider this game to be exceptional.

    Giving that I feel I've been duped out of $20 based on full of bs reviews I'm going to give it a lower score than I would have otherwise.    … Expand
  95. marbellous
    Jan 29, 2017
    1
    An unbalanced mess.

    Overwatch may look fun from an outside perspective, however don't let this game fool you. - 2-3 minute queue wait times. - Terrible matchmaking. - Atrocious ping times reaching 1500!! - specifically when in a competitive match - Pairing with bronze players against gold or higher in competitive. - A loss in competitive makes you lose a full rank. - All    An unbalanced mess.

    Overwatch may look fun from an outside perspective, however don't let this game fool you.
    - 2-3 minute queue wait times.
    - Terrible matchmaking.
    - Atrocious ping times reaching 1500!! - specifically when in a competitive match
    - Pairing with bronze players against gold or higher in competitive.
    - A loss in competitive makes you lose a full rank.
    - All other loot box items are unwanted other than skins.
    - Team composition at the time of writing must consist of 7 of the 21 playable characters.
    - Toxic player base, akin to that of COD
    - Few game modes
    - Multiplayer maps are quite boring after a couple rounds, there are only 8 (game has been out for almost a year and a half now)

    Overall, pass, play something better this game is not worth your time.    … Expand
  96. Tarles44
    Jan 29, 2017
    10
    I don't really know why too much people are hating this game, it's fun, the matches are different depending of which hero are you using, i've spent around 250 hours playing and it's still cool to me. I know this game it's perfect but c'mon it's something "fresh" comparing to all the generic shooters outside.
  97. FromKanga
    Jan 29, 2017
    8
    I like it a lot, but I do understand why so many people dislike it.
    Yes the fan base is terrible and again yes it's completely stupid that this game had so little content at release (for 60 bucks).
    But I'm okay with that, because the game itself is really fun, every match feels different from the other, the fact that you have a lot of different characters to choose from gives a lot of    I like it a lot, but I do understand why so many people dislike it.
    Yes the fan base is terrible and again yes it's completely stupid that this game had so little content at release (for 60 bucks).

    But I'm okay with that, because the game itself is really fun, every match feels different from the other, the fact that you have a lot of different characters to choose from gives a lot of variety.
    So the gameplay is really good, it's dynamic, fast, fluid and really enjoyable.
    And this game has a lot of personality, so there is a lot to like.

    In conclusion, I love this game, I know that the amont of content is poor and some fans are really annoying, but if you can forgive that, then you'll experience one of the best muliplayer games of 2016.    … Expand
  98. PartyTimeMentat
    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.
  99. extremext
    Jan 23, 2017
    0
    Game is worth a 6 at best. Limited maps. POTG is broken. The matchmaking is broken, occasionally you face bronze opponents. Other times you face 2 or 3 diamonds. No single player. of all the characters only a few are worth playing in competitive. Also the game still doesn't handle idle/afk or players who deliberately bomb competitive matches.
  100. IronDeHavilland
    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.
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  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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