Overwatch (2016)

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  1. Kornyous
    Jun 4, 2016
    4
    Overwatch without any doubt has many aspects that makes it a great game. It has great graphics, smooth gameplay and excellent quality of music and sounds. However, I am bound to mention that many aspects of the game are lacking in respect to the price of the game.

    As many other reviewers have said, this is a multiplayer-only game. The big issue and the elephant in the room is the    Overwatch without any doubt has many aspects that makes it a great game. It has great graphics, smooth gameplay and excellent quality of music and sounds. However, I am bound to mention that many aspects of the game are lacking in respect to the price of the game.

    As many other reviewers have said, this is a multiplayer-only game. The big issue and the elephant in the room is the pricing of the game. I really do not feel I received in fun the $40 I invested in the game; further, Blizzard disrespectfully decided not to refund the purchase even though I bought the game a day before.

    Despite the graphics, sound, and game-play, Overwatch is a lacking game in matters of:
    -Story: (giving a short background for every character in a Multiplayer-only game is as useful as waiting for a shoe to sing).

    -Matchmaking: I understand this feature will be added in the near future, but the fact is that this aspect should have been done before the game was made public.

    -Campaign: This would give light to the story behind each character, and I hope they bring it in the future (for free)

    In short, Overwatch is a BETA game released to the public as a whole game for $40 or more. For the playable contents of the game it deserves an 8.0. However, since half of the game is non existent, I will give it a 4.0. The fair price for this game is not $40-$60. It should be $20-30.    … Expand
  2. zandaa29
    Jun 5, 2016
    4
    Honestly the game was very fun maps and characters feel unique. But if ur like me and have zero friends to play with do not bother getting the game unless you love losing to OP characters and worst matchmaking. Game should have stay F2P. They need to balance this game OP characters quick. Hanzos BS arrow hitbox/ damage angers me every time I get killed but wait here's the best part theyHonestly the game was very fun maps and characters feel unique. But if ur like me and have zero friends to play with do not bother getting the game unless you love losing to OP characters and worst matchmaking. Game should have stay F2P. They need to balance this game OP characters quick. Hanzos BS arrow hitbox/ damage angers me every time I get killed but wait here's the best part they don't even need to aim to one-shot u. save yourself the hassle and rage and 40$ better game out there… Expand
  3. Myon-Neutrino
    Aug 4, 2016
    4
    Nothing special... That blizzard typical design, animation and character style has become more and more redundant over the last years The gameplay mechanics aren´t innovative, there were other games before who did the same job more than well. I don´t like the simple maps, the ugly graphics (old and obsolete casual gamer rigs compatibility) and the fact that this game doesn´t offer too muchNothing special... That blizzard typical design, animation and character style has become more and more redundant over the last years The gameplay mechanics aren´t innovative, there were other games before who did the same job more than well. I don´t like the simple maps, the ugly graphics (old and obsolete casual gamer rigs compatibility) and the fact that this game doesn´t offer too much variety, the gameplay itself is somehow monotonous. I´m clearly not the target for this game.… Expand
  4. Twixar
    Jun 18, 2016
    4
    It's essentially HotS in shooter form
    the matchmaking is awful, one bozo on your team will ruin the next 30 minutes of your gameplay, the only difference being this game isn't free and instead of either spending hours grinding to unlock characters or paying a ridiculous fee
    you can do the same with cosmetics if a game cost 40$ cosmetics should be unlock-able in the base game without    It's essentially HotS in shooter form
    the matchmaking is awful, one bozo on your team will ruin the next 30 minutes of your gameplay, the only difference being this game isn't free and instead of either spending hours grinding to unlock characters or paying a ridiculous fee
    you can do the same with cosmetics
    if a game cost 40$ cosmetics should be unlock-able in the base game without spending hundreds of hours playing the base game for one cosmetic item
    its a below average shooter and thats why im giving it a 4    … Expand
  5. KamKant
    Jun 24, 2016
    4
    The game lacks alot of depth and game modes, developers have promised they will add ranked but they shouldn't have to add it over a month after initial release when the game is 59.99€ that's just ridiculous.
    Also one of the most toxic communities in a game that iv'e ever played.
  6. Ezlome
    Jul 4, 2016
    4
    Veamos.... Overwatch un FPS con toques de moba que no es para tanto, las mecánicas tienen su aquel (siempre depende de la gente que toque en el equipo), el precio... bueno espere su tiempo para que pusieran el competitivo y no el precio esta muy desorbitado, la variedad de contenido.... no opinare ya que se supone que pondrán mas (pero actualmente es tan escaso como el agua en elVeamos.... Overwatch un FPS con toques de moba que no es para tanto, las mecánicas tienen su aquel (siempre depende de la gente que toque en el equipo), el precio... bueno espere su tiempo para que pusieran el competitivo y no el precio esta muy desorbitado, la variedad de contenido.... no opinare ya que se supone que pondrán mas (pero actualmente es tan escaso como el agua en el desierto), como punto final, y más que nada pensamiento es que el juego se esta (quizás no se la palabra correcta pero bueno) sobre valorando, si profundizo mas, seria que lo ponen demasiado alto para lo que es.

    (Con el paso del tiempo actualizare esta critica y según yo aconsejo que no lo compréis tan rápido que esperéis un par de muchos, muchos meses) Que tengan una vida feliz.    … Expand
  7. Alex_Sleppyhead
    Nov 19, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego es muy repetitivo te cansas fácil de el, si tenemos en cuenta los 40 o 45 dolares que te cuesta el jugo. para mi el juego no lo vale por lo menos no a ese precio.… Expand
  8. 1hellspawn
    Sep 3, 2016
    4
    Overpriced, overhyped, little content.
    Extremely unbalanced and dumb characters.
    Amateur, unprofessional and dumb AF hitboxes.
    Very unpleasant to solo players, literally unplayable and very much frustrating.

    Game is fun when you just start and are learning. Once you're done it is extremely frustrating and anti-fun.
  9. Nyakuya
    Dec 31, 2016
    4
    - Sale 60 dolares y el contenido que tiene vale 20 o como mucho 30.
    - Los personajes estan muy disparejos en cuanto a poder. Hay algunos personajes que te matan de un soplido y otros que no te hacen ni cosquillas. Hay personajes que tienen mucha defensa y otros que son muy blanditos.
    - No han agregado prácticamente nada desde que salió el juego. - Tras jugar un par de partidas, se    - Sale 60 dolares y el contenido que tiene vale 20 o como mucho 30.
    - Los personajes estan muy disparejos en cuanto a poder. Hay algunos personajes que te matan de un soplido y otros que no te hacen ni cosquillas. Hay personajes que tienen mucha defensa y otros que son muy blanditos.
    - No han agregado prácticamente nada desde que salió el juego.
    - Tras jugar un par de partidas, se vuelve monótono y repetitivo, pues los modos de juego son pocos, y los personajes limitados en cuanto a estilo de juego.    … Expand
  10. Keitom
    Dec 21, 2016
    4
    Its a good game with some bugs but what i hate of this game is that the servers are ruined and the game its so so so so so so so so so so so so so overrated they only like ass and ****
  11. 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
  12. Diugo
    Nov 30, 2017
    4
    Fun with friends but starts to become really boring after a few matches. I just can't get myself to play overwatch more than an hour a week. and that's not something good in my opinion.
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. fukoverwatch
    Aug 6, 2017
    4
    I have owned the game since it came out, and it has become utter crap. I see hackers in more than 10% of games, utterly destroying the game. It wasnt good enough to start to be worth playing with this many hackers. GG
  16. Tenebris
    Sep 20, 2017
    4
    A game that looks good from the outside, but the more you play it, the more its many flaws stand out.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Add that all up with the repetitive feel of the game (In under a dozen hours, you will probably see just about everything the game has to offer), and I think giving it a 4/10 is still a little generous. Blizzard is slow to add content, and mostly we just get events with limited-time game modes and skins.    … Expand
  17. ljfrench
    Sep 27, 2017
    4
    Trying desperately to win a game, playing as Bastion, shooting everyone. Enemies are camping our spawn, I'm shooting everyone, using my ult, etc. Suddenly it appears I've crashed back to menu. Nope, "Removed from the match due to inactivity". BS.

    AND it kicked me from the group.
  18. WinterSilence
    Nov 16, 2017
    4
    Невозможно играть из-за отсутствия нормальных серверов. Система репортов не работает.
  19. MinehDerp
    Nov 25, 2017
    4
    I would like to say something before this review, I love the game, the animation, the game play, the characters, almost everything! Though there is one major thing I find horrible is...

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

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

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

    Like I said, I love this game, but the horrible matchmaking has lead me to giving this game a 4/10 (also junkrat led me to this, he's op Jeff)    … Expand
  20. FuzzyBadger
    Jan 18, 2018
    4
    Before reading ALL OF IT, it is a biased approach to the game (And other FPS games), read it with that in mind please.

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

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

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

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

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

    Overall, Overwatch is a game that was born from an idea from Blizzard. It can be a hard and frustrating experience. Don't get this wrong, at times it is a rather fun game; it is just very difficult to squeeze out its enjoy-ability in the over-competitive, skill-lacking mindset of people like me. I hope you get some great insight out of what I have wrote.    … Expand
  21. Aspromixy
    Oct 22, 2022
    4
    the first part of me could not tighten, very fast gameplay, the game could not lure me, a couple of hours and I got tired of it
  22. BulgarianCritic
    Aug 31, 2019
    4
    At the start overwatch was really fun and had a interesting gameplay but year after year with barely any updates or new heroes and even if they updated the game it usually broke the balance of the game and made it **** i can say that Jeff Kaplan butchered this game and everything great that it had was destroyed by the decisions of the top.Long queue role time, bad matchmakingAt the start overwatch was really fun and had a interesting gameplay but year after year with barely any updates or new heroes and even if they updated the game it usually broke the balance of the game and made it **** i can say that Jeff Kaplan butchered this game and everything great that it had was destroyed by the decisions of the top.Long queue role time, bad matchmaking ,unbalanced heroes and for 1 year we only had 2 new heroes released and there is barely any lore that u can stick to.From a pretty ok game it became a pretty meh game you will find it better to buy some other mp game than this… Expand
  23. Garbageman111
    Feb 18, 2019
    4
    Absolute unbalanced garbage that rewards low skill ceiling trolls. Don't play this if you want to be rewarded for skilful play
  24. MerleXs
    Mar 23, 2019
    4
    Эта игра портит всё впечатление из-за своего токсичного и отбитого комьюнити.
  25. foofaloop
    May 26, 2019
    4
    Overwatch is a game that you can definitely have fun with, but I feel that you need friends who play as well for that and that playing solo is not all that rewarding. It doesn't really help that the game is structured like it should be a free to play game which makes some aspects less rewarding.

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

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

    Overall this is a game that will likely lose its luster pretty quickly and isn't really worth it in my opinion if you don't have other people to play it with.    … Expand
  26. rosaxios
    Dec 16, 2020
    4
    After its launch in 2016 I spent almost every night for 2 years playing Overwatch. I made good friends and really enjoyed it at first. But the reality is blizzard never invested that much content into the game. It was suppose to be a new esports thing, but didn't have hardly any teams until 2019ish.
    Overall overwatch had great potential, you can see it in the mechanics, the story, and how    After its launch in 2016 I spent almost every night for 2 years playing Overwatch. I made good friends and really enjoyed it at first. But the reality is blizzard never invested that much content into the game. It was suppose to be a new esports thing, but didn't have hardly any teams until 2019ish.
    Overall overwatch had great potential, you can see it in the mechanics, the story, and how well made the characters are. But you can also see that someone in Blizzard didn't give a **** to properly roll it out.
    Playing the game is frustrating because everything relies on how involved your team is. and sometimes they literally don't give a **** Even in competitive mode. I've never received so much harassment, or seen so much vitriol in a online game before. And I've been online for a very long time. Hell I've been better treated by teammates in League for crying out lout.
    Unless you get a heavy discount for this game. Don't bother. This is coming from someone with more than 1500+ hours played. Wish I had quit after the first 100 or so; might actually have some good memories tied to it then.    … Expand
  27. Lizarino
    Aug 22, 2019
    4
    A great game but is ruined by the toxic playerbase.
    The game heavily lacks content, events are the same every time, temporary and boring.
  28. Wil_FF
    Aug 1, 2020
    4
    Great game if you have patience enough to lose dozens of times. It's not satisfying when you win 3 matches and then loose another 7. For me, playing Overwatch was stressful, so I gave up.
  29. Poochingus
    Nov 14, 2019
    4
    Probably one of the biggest let downs I have personally endured. I played since launch, and it became clear that the developers didn't care much about the game. I look at other games with a purely multiplayer aspect and wonder where all the money is going from lootboxes. TO start, most games like this are at least free. LoL, TF2, DOTA2, SMITE, and more. Then on top of that you can't justProbably one of the biggest let downs I have personally endured. I played since launch, and it became clear that the developers didn't care much about the game. I look at other games with a purely multiplayer aspect and wonder where all the money is going from lootboxes. TO start, most games like this are at least free. LoL, TF2, DOTA2, SMITE, and more. Then on top of that you can't just outright buy cosmetics which isn't a good feeling.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    In the end, this game is not worth the money no matter how you look at it. I'd just suggest playing Paladins, or find another game.    … Expand
  30. Cakper
    Dec 31, 2019
    4
    game is ok, good but not very good. Its decent good, but not the goodest.! xD y
  31. Pizzil
    Feb 1, 2020
    4
    What a great game this was in it's first year, I would have easily rated it 8/10. However they have killed this game slowly but surely. Shame really.
  32. grreaper
    Feb 6, 2020
    4
    Прекрасная на старте, неплохая через год и ужасная сейчас.
    Развитие игры свернуло не туда. Платная 2 часть в которой нового... пве миссии. И это на фоне отсутствия контента к 1 части (3 героя в год и пара карт - поддержка маленькой инди конторы одного из основных своих проектов, ага).    Прекрасная на старте, неплохая через год и ужасная сейчас.
    Развитие игры свернуло не туда. Платная 2 часть в которой нового... пве миссии. И это на фоне отсутствия контента к 1 части (3 героя в год и пара карт - поддержка маленькой инди конторы одного из основных своих проектов, ага).
  33. LeaLawliet
    Apr 11, 2020
    4
    I started this game during the open beta in 2016 and played it religiously for two years. I really thought this game was it; it was the one for me. As of 2020 it has unfortunately lost its charm, even with the improvements Blizzard tried to add. Compared to other games, like CS:GO or LoL, it is not fun to play occasionally or to casually get back to the game once in a while, at least for me.
  34. POCTEXHAD3OP
    Jul 9, 2020
    4
    The game is good, the idea is interesting, you can play for several hours in a row and do not bother for a long time. But when the developers add a new character to the game, the game becomes complete nonsense. This character comes out very strong and imbalanced, and you need to wait at least three months to be fixed. There is absolutely no balance. a player with a level of 100 canThe game is good, the idea is interesting, you can play for several hours in a row and do not bother for a long time. But when the developers add a new character to the game, the game becomes complete nonsense. This character comes out very strong and imbalanced, and you need to wait at least three months to be fixed. There is absolutely no balance. a player with a level of 100 can throw against a player with a level of 400-500, or even with a level of 1000.… Expand
  35. averagegamer4u
    Jan 9, 2021
    4
    Used to be a great game when it started. But now that there are so many champs that can one-shot you as a healer it's getting frustrating! Don't forget the 8+ min queue to find a game ( I am low elo so that shouldn't be a problem to find people down here). If anyone wants to buy this game in 2021, don't!
  36. Gr1bs
    Dec 31, 2020
    4
    It is good quality bliz game, but you will hate this game in the end. Two words: team balance. It is crap. The game can put you into team with 5 of 6 noobs against golden and platinum cyborgs and you will say goodbye to your rating.
  37. defenz
    Aug 8, 2021
    4
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  38. SuperCurry30
    Feb 4, 2022
    4
    - Overly used yearly events
    - No new character since March, 20th, 2020
    - Skill Rating Inflation * Season 21 3000 chining player can beat the crap out of Season 32 3300~3400 players
    - Really long matchmaking
    - Balacing team which doesn’t listen user’s complains
  39. molten
    Feb 16, 2022
    4
    Probably on of the worst bullet registration ever,terrible matchmaking system-I have to wait 15 minutes to get players in the team whose ranks are much lower than mine.Broken POTG system.I hope Overwatch 2 will be better a lot than this.
  40. cranos96
    Aug 13, 2023
    4
    I don't consider it a true FPS on the level of UnrealTournament and Quake, but I can say that at least, in its medicore quality, it managed to entertain me and **** me up when I got bored. I'm not saying it's a deserving game, but I certainly prefer people on this game than on Valorant or Fortnite, for the rest, it remains a fun game to play with friends just to... Graphically it's wellI don't consider it a true FPS on the level of UnrealTournament and Quake, but I can say that at least, in its medicore quality, it managed to entertain me and **** me up when I got bored. I'm not saying it's a deserving game, but I certainly prefer people on this game than on Valorant or Fortnite, for the rest, it remains a fun game to play with friends just to... Graphically it's well done, although like any modern game the ranked games are scripted.… Expand
  41. X3NekoChanX3
    Oct 8, 2022
    4
    A decent shooting game with mechanics and gameplay forcing you towards a more strategic play style.
  42. jedi5diah
    Aug 15, 2016
    3
    The worst franchise of blizzard cashing in on old gen pixel cell shading art...all style but no substances aka depth. Simply flooding the classes standard fps and mashing & forcing in all the nonsensical moves for each characters clearly exhibits the care and dedication for each one of them. UNREMARKABLE!!! Surely by now you should know that, why this game is not a free to play as nobodyThe worst franchise of blizzard cashing in on old gen pixel cell shading art...all style but no substances aka depth. Simply flooding the classes standard fps and mashing & forcing in all the nonsensical moves for each characters clearly exhibits the care and dedication for each one of them. UNREMARKABLE!!! Surely by now you should know that, why this game is not a free to play as nobody wants to play anymore...

    Get off the Hype Train pple...    … Expand
  43. Mmmmph
    Oct 29, 2016
    3
    I bought this game an in my second match the game was putting me up against people level 90+, there wasn't a single person in the game that was even on a similar level to me. Every single player had at least tens of hours into the game more than I did.
    I'm told this is because the game enforces a 50% win rate, so basically I was being sent into hell because the people I was playing with    I bought this game an in my second match the game was putting me up against people level 90+, there wasn't a single person in the game that was even on a similar level to me. Every single player had at least tens of hours into the game more than I did.
    I'm told this is because the game enforces a 50% win rate, so basically I was being sent into hell because the people I was playing with were doing too good and they needed a good loss to bring them back in line. Great Blizzard, just great, that's a perfect way to introduce people to your game.

    That doesn't mean the game isn't without positives, it looks great, it runs great, the heroes feel pretty well balanced, there aren't really any duplicates in the roster. But since there are no dedicated servers that you can run yourself that's it end of story you're stuck with the enforced 50% win rate, as opposed to interesting games or good teams or even being matched up with players of a similar skill level, nope 50% win rate.    … Expand
  44. sheppard90
    Oct 12, 2018
    3
    In its core, it's a good team based shooter/MOBA, but they refuse to tackle toxicity directly, they don't give a **** about Competitive, aside from Archives events they recycle old events and it's boring af.

    Core game design itself has a fundamental flaw though, and it makes everything so much worse; HEALING. Healing is the most important thing in this game, if you have a bad healer, a    In its core, it's a good team based shooter/MOBA, but they refuse to tackle toxicity directly, they don't give a **** about Competitive, aside from Archives events they recycle old events and it's boring af.

    Core game design itself has a fundamental flaw though, and it makes everything so much worse; HEALING. Healing is the most important thing in this game, if you have a bad healer, a single bad healer in 2-2-2 comp, you're dead. But same does not apply to other classes, you can live with a bad DPS or a tank because they won't die if you have semi-competent healers. And... NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY HEALERS!! Most people who play them are forced to play them and it's a gamble; will they tilt because they get bored of holding down left click? There are almost none healer mains, and it's not their fault, the game is designed around healers and no one wants to play them.

    Not only this but all heroes are designed in such a way that they require a healer to function properly. A Doomfist without a half-decent healer will feed if he/she is not playing against 3 tiers lower players. Same goes for almost all heroes that are not healers.

    And you know what, I'm a healer main myself, and I was forced into this situation because I wanted to climb. When I realized that healing is the single most important thing in OW, I mained healers and climbed from Silver to Plat. That's how bad it is.

    I quit playing OW several seasons ago, I check the game out every once in a major patch or update, other than that, it's a waste of time.    … Expand
  45. Grenodeur
    Dec 3, 2016
    3
    All praise is that the game has a perfect balance, but it is a myth, the game has a major flaw, it is Genji, the hero is a completely unbalanced, the most powerful and disgusting sobershenno gaming community all scum constantly choose Genji. Blizzard should worsen this character or completely remove it. It's pathetic. Everyone who plays this piece of **** very real creature worthy of a ban.
  46. KocmoCat
    Jul 6, 2018
    3
    im done playing this game because it feels like new characters ruin game for me (brigitte, doomfist).
    its so unfun play against them. it was a good game bud now, i dont feel it
  47. Cinders
    Aug 3, 2016
    3
    TF2 with better graphics? It's full of the same Quake style gameplay, very fast paced. It's also terrible imbalanced, the random teams are usually very one-sided, and there are plenty of invisible walls that exist without explanation and ledges you cannot get on because of said invisible walls.

    I loved TF2 for a while, but it eventually became repetitive. Picking up Overwatch was    TF2 with better graphics? It's full of the same Quake style gameplay, very fast paced. It's also terrible imbalanced, the random teams are usually very one-sided, and there are plenty of invisible walls that exist without explanation and ledges you cannot get on because of said invisible walls.

    I loved TF2 for a while, but it eventually became repetitive. Picking up Overwatch was like replaying TF2, it became repetitive inside of 1 day. Same turrets, same medic + heavy, same rocket jump soldier, etc. I did not find anything new about this game to warrant a good review, rather a poor one for making a weak rip-off of a classic.    … Expand
  48. leaveit
    Jul 13, 2016
    3
    An underwhelming, overhyped, overrated game. It is Team Fortress without Capture the Flag and 20 years later. It is Tribes without vehicles or substantial verticality and 18 years later. It is Battleborn or Destiny without single player. It is Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory without originality or campaigns and 13 years later. It is Brink without freerunning or interesting unlocks and 5 yearsAn underwhelming, overhyped, overrated game. It is Team Fortress without Capture the Flag and 20 years later. It is Tribes without vehicles or substantial verticality and 18 years later. It is Battleborn or Destiny without single player. It is Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory without originality or campaigns and 13 years later. It is Brink without freerunning or interesting unlocks and 5 years later. See that new character trailer for Ana? It's the medic from Killing Floor, but 7 years later. It is all these things but less, and yet it is rated equally or higher than any of them.

    The art assets are stunning, fluid, and surprisingly consistent in their styling. The game runs practically without a hitch. And yet it is dull, uninspiring, unoriginal, and hardly fun.

    Weapon reloads break up action for no reason. Respawn times break up action for no reason. Every game mode is a variation of capture and hold with minimal variation in the back end. Character classes are almost exclusively lifted from prior team shooters. Off the top off my head (straight from memory, no checking):

    Tracer is the scout from TF
    Widowmaker is the sniper from TF
    Hanzo might as well be the same
    Pharah is the soldier from TF or a soldier with a spinfusor from Tribes
    Junkrat is the demoman from TF
    Mercy is the medic from TF 2
    Zarya is the heavy weapons guy from TF and TF 2
    Torbjorn is the engineer from TF
    Reaper is the spy from TF (2 specifically)
    McCree's special honor is having the spy's pistol
    Roadhog is the smoker from Left 4 Dead
    Every support character's powers are lifted verbatim from City of Heroes - Lucio is a sound defender, Symmetra is an energy/force field defender, Mercy is an empath or the medic as mentioned, and Zenyatta is roughly a dark defender
    Winston is essentially the tank from Left 4 Dead but with a gun
    Soldier 76 is Visor from Quake 3 Arena
    D. Va is the mech from Gloom
    Reinhardt is also a tank from Left 4 Dead, but with defense powers of the assault from Global Agenda
    Bastion is also more or less the HWGuy from TF in his application
    Ana is the medic from Killing Floor
    Mei is an ice controller from City of Heroes

    Who else is left? Genji, who is Grey Fox but worse. The designs are pretty good-looking and again, stylistically consistent which is rarely achieved. But we've seen all of this before, or at least I thought we had.

    Escort game mode is ripped straight from TF 2, which ripped it from Wolfenstein: ET (Gold Rush for example).

    Assault is as old as objective-based maps from Unreal Tournament (1999) or Counter-Strike but without objectives.

    Hybrid is a half-hearted attempt at solving that problem.

    Control dates all the way back to "Canal Zone" in TF, but its application was heartily used in practically every game since from all of the Battlefields to Global Agenda.

    Most female characters have identical faces; literally half the skins are palette swaps.

    Many unique features of previous team shooters were left on the floor for no apparent reason: single player campaigns, objective-based missions, elimination, free-for-all modes, CTF and Threewave - more than 2 teams at once for that matter, power-ups, escort-the-VIP, vehicles, story-based multiplayer campaigns, dedicated server listings, co-op modes, fortifications beyond just turrets and mines, freerunning, loadout customization, pets, modding... Again, all straight from memory.

    Overwatch is an utterly banal, unoriginal game that is light on content. It does nothing new at all: in fact, even the UI work is mostly borrowed conceptually from decades-old games like Halo 2. It uses no new or groundbreaking rendering methods. It does not make any developments in networking or technology period. We are made to believe that this game that could have come out 15-20 years ago, if not for poly count, deserves "universal acclaim." Think harder, and welcome to post-Diablo-2 Blizzard.    … Expand
  49. Vigilem
    May 29, 2016
    3
    Horrible community, one of the worst I've experienced in my 15 years of online gaming, expect to be ridiculed, belittled, insulted very frequently. No progression of any kind (unless you consider randomized aesthetic unlocks to be progress). Very little variation in maps and game modes. Huge price tag for an multiplayer-only game. Its fun at first, but hugely repetitive after and theHorrible community, one of the worst I've experienced in my 15 years of online gaming, expect to be ridiculed, belittled, insulted very frequently. No progression of any kind (unless you consider randomized aesthetic unlocks to be progress). Very little variation in maps and game modes. Huge price tag for an multiplayer-only game. Its fun at first, but hugely repetitive after and the community just depresses you further.
    In my honest opinion, this is a huge price tag for such a small game and not worth it. I only wish I knew of Blizzard's refund policy before I went past level 5.
    There are many games out there which are more worth your money than this. This is a borderline scam for how much you get for what you pay.
    Really, really, do NOT recommend to anyone.    … Expand
  50. 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.
  51. Sargeth06
    May 31, 2016
    3
    it's a shame, in these days, a game without content except multiplayer....
    for me, it's the same as Battlefront (EA).
    why no solo campaing?
    why no coop campaing?
    why microtransactions¿?
    only money for blizzard, i like a lot FPS, and Overwatch it's a copy paste of others FPS, but with a fancy graphics
  52. drunken_Corso
    Jun 20, 2016
    3
    I didnt like the game so i have tryed to get a refund, butbecause I bought it online I can't.
    Now I'm stuck with a game that i didnt like and I can't resell (its liked to the accound). Thanks a lot blizzard, hope you enjoy the score by users on metacritic.
  53. masterchief247
    Jan 19, 2019
    3
    Bought this game at full price 2 years ago. Played hundreds of hours. Last week, I not only uninstalled the game, but also called Blizzard to have them completely close my account never to be played again. That is how frustrating the game has become. Unbalanced gameplay, toxic players in game degrading you, Blizzard hates its own players and ruins the game with awful nerfs and buffs,Bought this game at full price 2 years ago. Played hundreds of hours. Last week, I not only uninstalled the game, but also called Blizzard to have them completely close my account never to be played again. That is how frustrating the game has become. Unbalanced gameplay, toxic players in game degrading you, Blizzard hates its own players and ruins the game with awful nerfs and buffs, smurfs in lower rank making most matches unfair, etc. If I could rate this game on its graphics and maps, I'd give it a 10. Although, what good are those if the core of the game, the gameplay, is enough to make you want to slit your throat. I've moved on to the game Paladins, which is a free to play game, and frankly, I wish I'd started with it 2 years ago instead of Overwatch. It is so much more rewarding, fun, and balanced than Overwatch ever has been. It is rumored that Overwatch is also going free to play to compete with Paladins in 2019. I'd wait for that before wasting your money like I did for an awful maddening experience.… Expand
  54. 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.
  55. inkblowout
    Jul 7, 2016
    3
    Before I rated this game a 7/10 before competitive was implemented into OW. And god do I hate this game now... this game has been ruined by Blizzard and the Community.

    The competitive mode sucks hard.. (Quick play didn't have great matchmaking balancing due to the 50/50 rule..) but matchmaking in comp is bad. The ranking system doesn't even make sense when it doesn't even track down    Before I rated this game a 7/10 before competitive was implemented into OW. And god do I hate this game now... this game has been ruined by Blizzard and the Community.

    The competitive mode sucks hard.. (Quick play didn't have great matchmaking balancing due to the 50/50 rule..) but matchmaking in comp is bad. The ranking system doesn't even make sense when it doesn't even track down your personal skill level it focuses on win/losses and. And solo queuing games is a nightmare... you'll be expected to lose a lot because a pre made lobby is a lot more functional than a group of randoms. Why is a pre made necessary to efficiently rank up, whereas solo queuing players work like a dirty dog to actually rank up.

    How can anyone justify this dsyfunction-palooza of a matchmaking... it's honestly one of the worst excuses for any type of competitive gamemode I've ever seen. Good job guys you ruined Overwatch which had the potential to be the "next FPS". Really is such a shame... Why bother releasing a half a**ed game... so I'll be making a half a**ed review because you deserve it.    … Expand
  56. Snakus
    May 29, 2016
    3
    Overwatch is yet another Blizzard title which has been developed for an extremely long time and yet manages to launch with less content than even most indie games. Ever since Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard has released increasingly low quality titles that somehow manage to get good reviews and make a lot of money. Overwatch is another Blizzard title that is more like a mobile app than anOverwatch is yet another Blizzard title which has been developed for an extremely long time and yet manages to launch with less content than even most indie games. Ever since Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard has released increasingly low quality titles that somehow manage to get good reviews and make a lot of money. Overwatch is another Blizzard title that is more like a mobile app than an actual multi platform game.

    Pros and cons:

    + Not many bugs or stability issues, runs really well
    + All characters are unlocked from the go so you can easily try your favorite hero
    + Lots of different characters with different play styles
    + Graphics are typical for Blizzard, game looks pretty nice and doesn't require you to have a beefy PC

    - Netcode is quite simply horrible
    - Servers seemingly don't boot players with extreme pings
    - Game is designed around countering heroes/teams rather than improving your skills
    - Many auto win mechanics that will net you easy cheap kills with a press of a button
    - Matchmaking right now is quite bad, most rounds are insanely unfair and end pretty fast with one team just steamrolling the other. I've only had a handful of rounds that felt balanced and played well.
    - Punishing for solo players
    - Only a few maps and game modes, game is very repetitive. After playing for about 10-15 hours you've already seen and experienced the entire game and it doesn't really offer variety since the maps always play exactly the same.
    - For 40€, you get a polished game worth about 10 hours of play time, most f2p titles can offer twice that, easily.
    - The game is constantly trying to guess where you're character is going to move because the tickrate is so low, so you will notice (at least I do, playing with 144hz @ 144+ fps) a lot of stuttering when moving as a fast character. To me this is really really annoying and I can't understand why this would be a thing in 2016.

    Conclusion:

    This is one of those games that feels like the designers were focusing on perfecting one aspect of the game and completely forgot about everything else. In traditional Blizzard manner, this game is pretty much bug/glitch free and runs really really well, performance wise. It is however very apparent that Blizzard has no experience making FPS games. The horrible netcode, cheesy free kill mechanics and lack of content really scream for f2p. I do understand the benefits of having a 40€ price, as it will discourage cheating and will eliminate any sort of pay-to-win model, but trying to justify that price for a multiplayer only title that has as much content as Dirty Bomb seems hard.

    Nevertheless, this will be a fun game to play with friends, for a while. I wouldn't pay full price for it unless they add more free content in the future. If you are an FPS games, this game is probably not for you, as it seems to be more aimed at the MOBA people out there. I've played a lot of games but I would consider myself mostly an FPS games, and I can safely say this game is definitely NOT aimed at players like myself.    … Expand
  57. TheRedFern
    Jul 8, 2023
    3
    At some point, it was my 2 or 3 favorite fps game ever. But man did they butcher this game. I cant give it above a 4. Miss ya Jeff!
  58. heisnberg0
    May 25, 2016
    3
    I feel like i have been ripped off, getting constant 200~ ms ping no matter what region i choose.
    I have 100/40mb internet, and there should be no reason for me to get this kind of ping.
    Not after spending $69 for a PURELY multiplayer game. WHERE ARE THE AUSTRALIAN SERVERS?!?! If i could refund, i would. game is is highly frustrating due to poorly balanced teams, you will get    I feel like i have been ripped off, getting constant 200~ ms ping no matter what region i choose.
    I have 100/40mb internet, and there should be no reason for me to get this kind of ping.

    Not after spending $69 for a PURELY multiplayer game. WHERE ARE THE AUSTRALIAN SERVERS?!?!

    If i could refund, i would.

    game is is highly frustrating due to poorly balanced teams, you will get smashed 9/10 times if you play solo.    … Expand
  59. Zedentin
    May 25, 2016
    3
    First of all Overwatch is fun to play, I wont deny that. But and this is a big "but" for a couple of hours.
    The game has no content besides Multiplayer, and a few cosmetics to get.
    This is clearly a F2P game, and just because it has Blizzard as a developer it can charge players for a full price and also have micro-transactions already in-game. With so many small developers creating    First of all Overwatch is fun to play, I wont deny that. But and this is a big "but" for a couple of hours.
    The game has no content besides Multiplayer, and a few cosmetics to get.
    This is clearly a F2P game, and just because it has Blizzard as a developer it can charge players for a full price and also have micro-transactions already in-game.
    With so many small developers creating amazing games, people need to open their eyes and stop
    encouraging this AAA companies to release "polish" games and boast as they had an immense work to release such shallow games.

    Another thing that bother me is the "lore" factor of the game. Blizzard created interesting characters and lore that don't related at all with how the game plays! It feels very forced to say that the Overwatch team was needed in a war crisis against robots and they stood by humanity security, but now they just shoot themselves off. If there was at least a small single player campaign , maybe, all this released you tube videos would make sense, and then I would agree with the MP being a "free for all, no lore sense" of the game. But its not fair to with costumers to released a couple of videos and say it has a rich lore and at the same time the game itself its a full price shallow experience.

    This is incomplete F2P game with a full price tag (and in-game store) just because it can, since its a Blizzard game.    … Expand
  60. Arronmax
    May 24, 2016
    3
    I couldn't wait to play this game. I have to give this game a 3/10 reasons being. How this gets a 98 blizzard paying for it. Here is my Five reasons not to get game

    1. Not enough content at all 2. Sad when it's repetitive in the second hour. 3. Micro transactions 4. Paying for content when you pay $60 the rewards should be reading not buying 5. Feels more like a $10 game I am    I couldn't wait to play this game. I have to give this game a 3/10 reasons being. How this gets a 98 blizzard paying for it. Here is my Five reasons not to get game

    1. Not enough content at all
    2. Sad when it's repetitive in the second hour.
    3. Micro transactions
    4. Paying for content when you pay $60 the rewards should be reading not buying
    5. Feels more like a $10 game

    I am taking this game and trading it in immediately    … Expand
  61. TheSunBro
    May 29, 2016
    3
    I'm giving a 3 because there is lots of Eyecandy on the game, and blizzard is pretty good at designing beautiful and cool stuff.

    But lets talk about gameplay. It's terrible. Low tick ruins the game, sometimes you have a 2 seconds delay on what is going on, and its terrible! The MM is ridiculous and forces a 50% win ratio. The game is not balanced at all, and its in a really sorry state.    I'm giving a 3 because there is lots of Eyecandy on the game, and blizzard is pretty good at designing beautiful and cool stuff.

    But lets talk about gameplay. It's terrible. Low tick ruins the game, sometimes you have a 2 seconds delay on what is going on, and its terrible! The MM is ridiculous and forces a 50% win ratio. The game is not balanced at all, and its in a really sorry state. If i could refund it, I would easily do it.    … Expand
  62. aNivx
    May 30, 2016
    3
    I think Overwatch has a huge potential, however, it simply doesn't fit to it right now.

    - It's too noob-friendly, for some ultimate skills it just feel too simple, like Soldier76 one. - Some characters have extremely repetitive gameplay, like McGree's "Stun+right click" technique. - The game lacks game modes and maps atm, making the price for this game almost unreasonable. I felt    I think Overwatch has a huge potential, however, it simply doesn't fit to it right now.

    - It's too noob-friendly, for some ultimate skills it just feel too simple, like Soldier76 one.
    - Some characters have extremely repetitive gameplay, like McGree's "Stun+right click" technique.
    - The game lacks game modes and maps atm, making the price for this game almost unreasonable.

    I felt the same thing when I played Starwars Battlefront, a great game but lacks of content and has a repetitive gameplay. At same time I like the map design, sometimes it makes me feel so sick about how unbalanced some matches are because of it.

    Hope Blizzard either makes this game affordable to new players or start developing new content right now. Otherwise this game will be dead in no longer than 6 months...    … Expand
  63. Brackio
    Jun 13, 2016
    3
    Overwatch is okay, but it was definitely not worth the hype. I'm going to be comparing it with TF2, its so called counterpart.

    The gamemodes, while critics praise them for being "creative", are just recycled from Team Fortress 2 (which, in my opinion, a much better game). In fact, the whole game is basically TF2 with "Blizzard" slapped onto the cover. While the heroes are vast in    Overwatch is okay, but it was definitely not worth the hype. I'm going to be comparing it with TF2, its so called counterpart.

    The gamemodes, while critics praise them for being "creative", are just recycled from Team Fortress 2 (which, in my opinion, a much better game). In fact, the whole game is basically TF2 with "Blizzard" slapped onto the cover.

    While the heroes are vast in number, every hero only has one set of weapons, and you cannot change them out with different ones made for your hero. This makes gameplay feel linear, and you can only do what the game makers intended. It's basically a competition on who can left-click faster.

    The main thing I am upset about is the attention this game is getting. At the time of this review, Overwatch has about 9 million players playing it, while TF2, the much better game, is left with 47,000.

    In conclusion, please, do NOT spend $59.99 on this game. It's not worth it, considering how incomplete it feels. If you want a way better game like this, try TF2. It's free and you'll probably like the dedicated fanbase the game has built up. The only reason I'm not giving Overwatch a 0/10 is that you can give $60 to Blizzard so that they can hopefully make Legion come out sooner.    … Expand
  64. wilkow
    Jul 3, 2016
    3
    perhaps worst competitive play system ever imagined. Super penalties for losing, no reward for winning. Matchmaking is awful. Being late from launch, no excuse for this level of bad.
  65. aibolith
    Jul 10, 2016
    3
    What is awewome about this game is the incredible shiny graphics, juicy sounds and voiceovers and its friendliness to low-end hardware setups. But that's about it.
    The gameplay is just plain boring. Over the best years of the genre arena 1st person shooters developed such balanced and entertaining weapons, movement strategies and tricks, and OV uses non of it, even though it's a shooter.    What is awewome about this game is the incredible shiny graphics, juicy sounds and voiceovers and its friendliness to low-end hardware setups. But that's about it.
    The gameplay is just plain boring. Over the best years of the genre arena 1st person shooters developed such balanced and entertaining weapons, movement strategies and tricks, and OV uses non of it, even though it's a shooter. This is just another MOBA game , just on a FPS engine and POV. And the core of the gameplay isn't masterful shooting or dodging or jumping, no, it's rock-paper-scissors with picking the correct composition of hero characters. Well, I say you have a wide variety of Facebook games for rock-paper-scissors. And with such amount of content this game does not deserve to have a price higher than, let's say, Doom. Gave it 4 bars of 10, because that's how I value games: 4 bars for the visuals/audio/comforts, and 6 bars for the gameplay. Graphically it's 4/4, gameplay-wise it's 0/6 for me.    … Expand
  66. 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
  67. jiblet
    Aug 9, 2016
    3
    IM GOING TO GIVE MY REVIEW ON BROCKTONS MEDIC SKILLS IN the popular game over watch he must be the worst medic ever he wonders around and starts getting a killed by a tracer he would yell for help but never say where he is. then dies and blames it on u. If u insult him once he will watch u die and not heal u . If I ever say dva he will not shut up until u say brocktons waifu . He got aIM GOING TO GIVE MY REVIEW ON BROCKTONS MEDIC SKILLS IN the popular game over watch he must be the worst medic ever he wonders around and starts getting a killed by a tracer he would yell for help but never say where he is. then dies and blames it on u. If u insult him once he will watch u die and not heal u . If I ever say dva he will not shut up until u say brocktons waifu . He got a message from a guy with Down syndrome telling him that he's a good Ana so whenever u mention Ana he'll tell u how great he is at Ana . Probably the worst medic I've ever played with… Expand
  68. PGMP
    Sep 29, 2016
    3
    It would be good if the competitve match making system and ELO system were not completly **** up.

    Enjoy your frustration trying to climb it. Im not touching this game till that **** is fixed.
  69. Rozza
    Jan 19, 2017
    3
    a lot of bugs for a 40 dollar game from a game company i heard great things about if they wanted to make a good game instead of a 40 dollar beta they should have released it mid this year maybe
  70. 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
  71. 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.
  72. aoejunkie
    Aug 11, 2017
    3
    Extremely over-rated game. Lacking content for the high price, still quite unbalanced over a year into being live. It is unfortunate blizzards content is steadily declining year on year.
  73. Pinkpansylove
    Aug 17, 2018
    3
    A game bursting with excellent characters, art style, voice acting, and personality. However my fault with this game comes with its gameplay:
    - Too much disparity of difficulty between characters (eg. mercy and genji)
    - Healing regenerates far too much health, and so far only Ana has any antihealing abilities - Team comps are generally quite restrictive and revolve around a meta. -    A game bursting with excellent characters, art style, voice acting, and personality. However my fault with this game comes with its gameplay:
    - Too much disparity of difficulty between characters (eg. mercy and genji)
    - Healing regenerates far too much health, and so far only Ana has any antihealing abilities
    - Team comps are generally quite restrictive and revolve around a meta.
    - Shields usually come with too much health or too short a cooldown
    - Unlimited, instantaneous crouches
    - Only 6v6 team modes. TF2 was a far more fun game with 20v20 etc
    - Personally I find only the DPS characters are fun to play, which I think most people agree with as these are usually the sought after characters in ranked play    … Expand
  74. blainicus
    Dec 21, 2018
    3
    At its core, the gameplay is good when you understand how to play the team compositions. However, as someone who has been trying to get back into it recently, I just can't deal with the overwhelming abundance of smurfs in low ranks any more. More than half of my games are ruined by a master widow/hanzo player sniping my entire team down as we scramble to play the game the way it's intendedAt its core, the gameplay is good when you understand how to play the team compositions. However, as someone who has been trying to get back into it recently, I just can't deal with the overwhelming abundance of smurfs in low ranks any more. More than half of my games are ruined by a master widow/hanzo player sniping my entire team down as we scramble to play the game the way it's intended to be played.

    Update: Hackers still rampant.    … Expand
  75. Thornep
    Apr 9, 2018
    3
    The main problem I have with this game is that its matchmaking is AWFUL, at least in solo queue (and holy hell Arcade modes are just unplayable and everything gets even worse after 10pm). Almost every match is a complete washout for one side or the other, depending on whether the MM has decided you should win or lose. New players, prepare your anus because the matchmaking only (allegedly)The main problem I have with this game is that its matchmaking is AWFUL, at least in solo queue (and holy hell Arcade modes are just unplayable and everything gets even worse after 10pm). Almost every match is a complete washout for one side or the other, depending on whether the MM has decided you should win or lose. New players, prepare your anus because the matchmaking only (allegedly) tries to match aggregate skill on the two teams. That means that a bad player can and WILL get thrown in a match where almost everyone is much better as long as the magic algorithm thinks that the approximate team skill levels are balanced. Leaving aside the point I made above that matches are almost always garbage in solo-queue, even a near even match between teams will be a complete joyless pain if you are just fodder for the enemy team, and that's what is going on. Try logging on to some of the modes anywhere after about 8pm and watch what you'll get- one team around level 100 (or less) each against 3-5 people above 400lvls of experience. Pre-made teams against randoms. It's not a gg. So what I said before about matching the average skill of a team is BS, they don't even come close.

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

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

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

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

    Also, Genji is cancer.    … Expand
  76. FLeXi
    Mar 12, 2018
    3
    What isn't wrong with this game. Matchmaking is just rigged to do the same bs over and over. It goes by clusters of easy games followed by clusters of awful games. One team is always stacked no matter what. I've reached 1800 several times, then it gives me nothing but bad players for the next 15 games straight. Way too few maps, and too few characters. Game feels nowhere near balancedWhat isn't wrong with this game. Matchmaking is just rigged to do the same bs over and over. It goes by clusters of easy games followed by clusters of awful games. One team is always stacked no matter what. I've reached 1800 several times, then it gives me nothing but bad players for the next 15 games straight. Way too few maps, and too few characters. Game feels nowhere near balanced either, 1 player not picking right can make you lose 90% of the time. Not worth the time.… Expand
  77. Sk1ppY
    Sep 8, 2018
    3
    In this "balanced" game i feel like im always pissed off more than in any rage-game I played. Game is buggy as f, 4/10 heroes are being countred by all the other heroes, community is almost always trash-talking, awfuly lot of heroes have these stupid one-shot abilites and they counter 5/10 other heroes and they are also being countered by another 5/10 heroes. Matchmaking always wantsIn this "balanced" game i feel like im always pissed off more than in any rage-game I played. Game is buggy as f, 4/10 heroes are being countred by all the other heroes, community is almost always trash-talking, awfuly lot of heroes have these stupid one-shot abilites and they counter 5/10 other heroes and they are also being countered by another 5/10 heroes. Matchmaking always wants someone to care his allies, but THIS IS NOT TEAMPLAY BLIZZARD. Mystery heroes mode is probably the least balanced thing in a game. In almost every game i had 3-6 deaths and alwas had to play stupid torbjorn, orisa, bastion, symmetra, reinhardt or mercy. I absolutely hate these heroes, but I really like tracer. And read this: I played Mystery Heroes maybe 20 times yesterday and today, and I got tracer ONLY 4 times. This is b-u-l-l-s-h-i-t. The balance updates are very rare... why? Because Blizzard always makes another events and another loot boxes filled with **** They are really not cheap, and the legendaries are very rare. Now BLIZZARD READ THIS: stop thinking your game will be always fresh, because you add a lot of looboxes and other trash. Stop adding new "great content" and fix the old one. In this point i thing the old overwatch was much better than this one piece of crap...

    3/10 - I hope you will fix this game... pls Blizzard, I really loved it...    … Expand
  78. BTBAM797
    Oct 16, 2018
    3
    The most poorly balanced game I've ever played. Some characters need to be completely reworked. Some are very weak by comparison, and one character, Bastion, stands out like a sore thumb. They give him a huge buff after people complained, which makes no sense at all. He single-handedly tears through teams by himself more or less, and has far too much health and armor. He has no realThe most poorly balanced game I've ever played. Some characters need to be completely reworked. Some are very weak by comparison, and one character, Bastion, stands out like a sore thumb. They give him a huge buff after people complained, which makes no sense at all. He single-handedly tears through teams by himself more or less, and has far too much health and armor. He has no real counter, and you need very good teamwork to take him down, as opposed to no strategy/skill character. Quick Play is horribly unbalanced with teams, and Competitive is toxic as hell. Loot boxes are a punch in the balls, offering no consistent credit system, forcing you to buy them if you want anything specific (basically gambling). Game has a lot of potential, but is ruined by blind devs. Don't buy this trash.… Expand
  79. igormuba
    Sep 29, 2018
    3
    The game is fun, until it starts to push micro transactions into you with tons of skins you will never have, loot boxes with **** loot. Also the forced 50/50 win ratio sucks, you might have the skill to carry the team, you might be very good at team work, but if you have a win streak blizzard will put you against a team absurdly more strong than yours
  80. proneisntsupine
    Nov 18, 2018
    3
    Overwatch was really fun when it came out, but was subsequently ruined by balance changes in an attempt to generate an E-sports scene. On top of that, many of the characters added after release (Sombra, Doomfist, Hammond, and Brigitte) are extremely unfun to play against. Couple this with an increasingly toxic userbase and continued emphasis on 'competitive' balance changes, and the gameOverwatch was really fun when it came out, but was subsequently ruined by balance changes in an attempt to generate an E-sports scene. On top of that, many of the characters added after release (Sombra, Doomfist, Hammond, and Brigitte) are extremely unfun to play against. Couple this with an increasingly toxic userbase and continued emphasis on 'competitive' balance changes, and the game is well past its prime.… Expand
  81. turitz
    Nov 2, 2019
    3
    The Game is a Masterpiece, or it could be if

    the game gets more balance patches. does something against some rly just anoying bad designed heroes And most importantly the game has the worst matchmaking I have ever seen ruining just everything the Game suceeds. Everytime I try the Game again I get some Rounds where the Teams are equally strong and this Games are a lot of fun, but    The Game is a Masterpiece, or it could be if

    the game gets more balance patches.
    does something against some rly just anoying bad designed heroes

    And most importantly the game has the worst matchmaking I have ever seen ruining just everything the Game suceeds. Everytime I try the Game again I get some Rounds where the Teams are equally strong and this Games are a lot of fun, but most of the Time its either destroying the enemy team or just getting destroyed, It feels like every 5th Game is a good one and the Rest is Garbage where ur just bored by getting a ez win or frustrated by getting stomped, and what me annoys most is that Blizzard never adressed th9is Problem it seems like they don't notice but a lot of people say that the matchmaking needs a fix

    At this state the Game is at least for me nearly no fun anymore

    But overwtach can still be a lot of fun so try it yourself    … Expand
  82. ExtremeGamer
    Jun 30, 2022
    3
    A dead game with a **** matchmaking.
    Prepare to wait for 25 minutes queue times only to play a 5 minutes game. Smurfs and cheaters are everywhere. You'll get an AFK almost once every 3 games.
    Character gameplay balancing is a joke that no one wants to play anything other than DPS.
  83. LuckySanta
    Jul 7, 2020
    3
    Good game, but.... matchmaking is worse which i know.
    10 lose of 10 games? easy
    Unbalance team? every battle. Competive.... take gold and lose to bronze

    Don't belive mt? Check forum
    blizzard break game and don't want fix
  84. yobrotom
    Dec 12, 2018
    3
    This used to be a good game, but in an attempt to cater to a wider audience, devs stared introducing new characters and ruined the game balance and they can't seem to get it back to its glory days.
    Developers appear to be more concerned with appeasing fringe community voices than actually fixing their game.
  85. slaithe
    Sep 2, 2021
    3
    Much to love, more to hate. Lacks content and updates. Persistent balance problems. Forced Overwatch League. Matchmaking uses hidden metric (MMR) and uses handicapping scheme rather than getting best available similar skill players in the same match. Rewards bad players and punishes good players. Very anti-competitive. Players can make their profile private and it's private byMuch to love, more to hate. Lacks content and updates. Persistent balance problems. Forced Overwatch League. Matchmaking uses hidden metric (MMR) and uses handicapping scheme rather than getting best available similar skill players in the same match. Rewards bad players and punishes good players. Very anti-competitive. Players can make their profile private and it's private by default, now. Lacks real scoreboard. Medal system doesn't really encourage teamwork. Competitive mode really isn't much better, if at all, than Quick Play. One would expect much more from Blizzard. Forced political, social themes, but most of that is kept to offline mediums. It's pretty, flashy, but lacks substance. Good for some distraction, until its flaws become glaring.… Expand
  86. Tilt1k
    Jan 30, 2019
    3
    BORING thats how you describe Overwatch.

    A boring mix of Team fortress 2 and League of legends. In theory it could be a good game i like the idea, but when i tried to play it in-game its absolute crap. No enjoyment from kill in FPS game= rubbish for me. Yeah maybe i felt good after some headshots but it was like 5-10 % and thats not enough for me. There are some cool designated    BORING thats how you describe Overwatch.

    A boring mix of Team fortress 2 and League of legends.

    In theory it could be a good game i like the idea, but when i tried to play it in-game its absolute crap. No enjoyment from kill in FPS game= rubbish for me. Yeah maybe i felt good after some headshots but it was like 5-10 % and thats not enough for me.

    There are some cool designated characters thats what Blizzard can always do and even some backstory to it which i like. But the gameplay is just a pain for me... sorry.    … Expand
  87. Evolve123
    Feb 17, 2019
    3
    Mechanically game is fun, but Blizzard had a long story of mishandling the PVP and cybersport aspects of their games and completely ignoring the playerbase and ALWAYS act like it's the community who isn't right and not them. In the end we will see them go down and forgotten, good job.
  88. chaeronn
    Oct 31, 2019
    3
    Game looks and sounds great, and feels very polished. That's where the good stuff ends. Almost all heroes that have been added post-launch have power crept the game to a point where it's just not fun to play. Blizzard's balance philosophy is to make the least effort, easiest to play characters as effective as the skill and aim-intensive heroes. Basically they're balancing around casualsGame looks and sounds great, and feels very polished. That's where the good stuff ends. Almost all heroes that have been added post-launch have power crept the game to a point where it's just not fun to play. Blizzard's balance philosophy is to make the least effort, easiest to play characters as effective as the skill and aim-intensive heroes. Basically they're balancing around casuals instead of pros. Aim-in-the-general-direction-projectile-spam and shooting at shields, that's Overwatch in 2019, and it's not getting better. Matchmaking in competitive play in atrocious and the role queue system has made the queue times awfully long in the high elo ranks, and depending on your region the game may be unplayable completely. Overall? Don't bother. There are much better multiplayer games than Overwatch. If you're looking for a fun shooter game, this is not it.… Expand
  89. Pyrowolf2
    Apr 20, 2020
    3
    Pros: Es un muy buen juego con un arte y lore hermoso, gráficos muy buenos, un gameplay adictivo, muy lindos detalles como skins y easter eggs, varios personajes con distintas formas de jugarse, ninguno igual a otro, tiene eventos divertidos y te divertís cuando jugas

    Cual es el problema entonces? Contras: El juego como no tenia competitivo se lo agregaron, le hicieron full    Pros: Es un muy buen juego con un arte y lore hermoso, gráficos muy buenos, un gameplay adictivo, muy lindos detalles como skins y easter eggs, varios personajes con distintas formas de jugarse, ninguno igual a otro, tiene eventos divertidos y te divertís cuando jugas

    Cual es el problema entonces?

    Contras: El juego como no tenia competitivo se lo agregaron, le hicieron full propagandas de que el competitivo era el mejor y ibas a sentir un progreso, que estaba super pulido, pero no lo está, quedas en un rango del 1 al 5000 y vas subiendo y bajando 500 puntos de donde quedaste, si subis mucho te empieza a poner con trolls, leavers,lvls bajos, niños y te desconecta de las partidas sin razon alguna, cualquier persona de la comunidad te lo puede confirmar, y si bajas muchisimo te va regalando las partidas por que las podes carrear tranquilamente.

    Yo me volví adicto a este juego y estoy tratando de dejarlo, es un sufrimiento el competitivo, subís con esfuerzo viendo videos, practicando y ganas 2 partidas para perder 4 por que no te emparejan bien

    No compres este juego, la vas a sufrir, blizzard va en decadencia    … Expand
  90. Hypnokitty
    Apr 15, 2020
    3
    This game used to be awesome! I'm sure it can be again, but right now... Its, play your role or instantly get screwed over. Its become more realistic combat wise, and I'm sure it can appeal to you if you like gluing yourself to a tank support so you don't die, but if you want to be ablet to engage in the actual combat mechanic at all, youre stuck with playing dps, which is why the queneThis game used to be awesome! I'm sure it can be again, but right now... Its, play your role or instantly get screwed over. Its become more realistic combat wise, and I'm sure it can appeal to you if you like gluing yourself to a tank support so you don't die, but if you want to be ablet to engage in the actual combat mechanic at all, youre stuck with playing dps, which is why the quene takes forever, everyone is doing that.… Expand
  91. Lex_x
    Jul 19, 2020
    3
    Сама игра может и неплоха, но так как это мультиплеер, то важной частью будет являться комьюнити. Имея немалый опыт в различных соревновательных играх, могу заявить, что в overwatch самое худшее комьюнити. Разработчики будут продолжать делать вид, будто что-то предпринимают, хотя на самом деле ничего не меняется. Судя по кол-ву ливеров (даже в рейтинговых играх (каждые 2-3 игры минимумСама игра может и неплоха, но так как это мультиплеер, то важной частью будет являться комьюнити. Имея немалый опыт в различных соревновательных играх, могу заявить, что в overwatch самое худшее комьюнити. Разработчики будут продолжать делать вид, будто что-то предпринимают, хотя на самом деле ничего не меняется. Судя по кол-ву ливеров (даже в рейтинговых играх (каждые 2-3 игры минимум один)) и токсичных игроков баны раздаются крайне неохотно. Также присутствует огромная проблема баланса, которую разработчики с каждым патчем лишь усугубляют. Помимо этого игра скучна и многим может быстро надоесть, ибо несмотря на немалое кол-во персонажей матчи остаются крайне однообразными, нету возможности придумать какие-нибудь тактики или стратегии, абсолютно все неаркадные матчи сводятся к стоянию стенка на стенку. И всё это приправленно одной из худших рейтинговых систем в истории игр.… Expand
  92. DunZWorry
    Sep 27, 2020
    3
    This game looks great and it feels great to play. The playstyle for each hero is unique and fun. However, what brings this game crashing down hard are the terrible, horrendous, garbage balancing issues and balancing decisions. I've played this game since release and I've seen so much of this crap that I'm honestly never going to touch it unless it's during an event.

    Speaking of events,    This game looks great and it feels great to play. The playstyle for each hero is unique and fun. However, what brings this game crashing down hard are the terrible, horrendous, garbage balancing issues and balancing decisions. I've played this game since release and I've seen so much of this crap that I'm honestly never going to touch it unless it's during an event.

    Speaking of events, OWs' event gamemodes are braindead and boring and I've never played an event so boring before in my life. The only reason I will play this game during events is because of the hero skins. The art department for OverWatch does SO GOOD on their character designs and hero skins however it's wasted by the balancing issues this game has and the fact that the devs can never decide how they want their game. The overwatch devs will NEVER go out of their way to fix an issue as soon as possible. They always wait for the monthly balance patches, sometimes they wait longer to address a huge and glaring issue and who suffers from that? The players.

    There's multiple reasons so many people no longer enjoy this game, there's multiple reasons why so many well known community members and pro players have left the game. Don't believe the whole "Overwatch has 40 (or 50 or whatever the number is now) million players!" No, Overwatch probably has 40 or 50 million accounts. Which is a big difference seeing as so many people have more than 1 account. Which brings me to the next problem.

    Smurfs.

    So many smurfs. People wanting to feel validated so they make a new account and trash lower skill players. Not to mention every patch (maybe not every patch but it feels like it to me) they nerf a hero into oblivion and buff a hero into OP status to take the nerfed heroes spot. It's crazy and this game is not fun. This game is the only game I've EVER been mad while playing. This game had so much potential but sadly the balancing team makes nothing but bad decisions (mostly, the Brig nerf was SO necessary but then again she shouldn't have been that strong anyways). The only thing I can recommend for what Blizzard is giving us is this: Save your money for something else.

    TL:DR Smurfs, reworks, design decisions and so many freaking balancing issues makes this game a nightmare to play. Save your money.    … Expand
  93. Ghostly_not_her
    Oct 29, 2020
    3
    Terrible game, the combat feels pretty smooth; but the thing I absolutely hate is the fact that who you play determines who wins. this game is so unbalanced seeing that roadhog and junkrat can kill almost anyone instantly. also the community is really toxic but if all character's where balanced and people did not act like this, this can be a great game
  94. WolfiAUT
    Oct 29, 2020
    3
    Is Overwatch worth getting into in 2020?

    Depends on the kind of person you are. If you like to play team based pvp shooters in a competitive environment, you should stay away.

    Overwatch enables every kind of team destroying behavior, may it be opting out of communications or throwing a game without consequences.
  95. Akibei
    Dec 23, 2020
    3
    наиграв в эту игру уже 2 с половиной года могу сказать что она ужасна , в аркадах есть такой режим загадочные герои , я за все это время в этом режиме в 80% случая играл за защиту и на танке и саппорте и в большинстве случаев я проигрывал , игра намеренно закидывает сильнее соперниках против тебя не зависимо от режиманаиграв в эту игру уже 2 с половиной года могу сказать что она ужасна , в аркадах есть такой режим загадочные герои , я за все это время в этом режиме в 80% случая играл за защиту и на танке и саппорте и в большинстве случаев я проигрывал , игра намеренно закидывает сильнее соперниках против тебя не зависимо от режима
  96. Mazma
    Dec 25, 2020
    3
    Un'altro esempio di pura competitività, sicuramente meglio realizzato di altri titoli nella sua categoria. Ma qui ci vedo solo soldi, competitività, il termine "gioco" è inesistente.
  97. maxrev
    Aug 14, 2021
    3
    Played since Beta, characters are fantastic, maps are poorly designed, matchmaking has always been horrific. Competitive is nothing more than a time killer, no real enjoyment as it feels like rolling the dice every game you play. Pass on this one at this point, and keep the expectations low for the sequel.
  98. jepega
    Jun 9, 2022
    3
    how to fail ctrl+c ctrl+v team fortress2. right make overwatch kekw.can be fun at beta but only in beta.
  99. Hyperfailure
    Nov 27, 2022
    3
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  100. Ansatsu83
    Feb 2, 2018
    2
    I am sorry but this team fortress 2 knockoff is so horrendously bad it makes me question if blizzard is still a triple A developer. There is a massive imbalance with the characters, the game modes are not unique at all and have been done to hell and back, the matchmaking is piss poor.

    Blizzard has always had a balancing issue, but you cannot have that in a game like this. After 3    I am sorry but this team fortress 2 knockoff is so horrendously bad it makes me question if blizzard is still a triple A developer. There is a massive imbalance with the characters, the game modes are not unique at all and have been done to hell and back, the matchmaking is piss poor.

    Blizzard has always had a balancing issue, but you cannot have that in a game like this. After 3 matches I would rather be playing tf2. I am sorry 2 out of 10 cause the art style is good but the game is sheer RUBBISH! Dont even bother, blizzard screwed up. Those giving this game a pure 10 should be met with a grain of salt as the game is just terrible. Its not worth 60, not even worth 0. Dont bother. Also, the game is run by the PC Police, if you want to find a hive of SJW/feminazi's, go play this garbage of a game.    … Expand
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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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