Overwatch (2016)

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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6659 Ratings

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  1. MarsDell
    Feb 12, 2022
    5
    competitive 0/10 worst thing ever, 1 you have to wait 10-15 minutes if you want to play dps 2 im 3500+ 5-12 seasons but now in 2500 sr and i can't do anything what's wrong with this game. And then your dps says yea im so bad and i don't want to switch, good game but now its trash
    this game could be like WOW but instead of making it better they are renaming Mccre
  2. Motoritz
    Feb 5, 2022
    8
    Easily some of the best shooters I've ever played, but I don't really enjoy the genre in general. Fun gameplay, ok variety of modes, great selection of characters.
  3. 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
  4. Odal
    Jan 28, 2022
    0
    It's one of the best Multiplayer shooters ever made I think. It's superfun and i've been playing it for years. I get tired of it, but I always go back to playing it.
    But the game is ruined completely by it's completely rigged and bad matchmaking system. The matchmaking system forces you to lose, if you are doing too good. This is not only a theory - this happens everytime. If you got on a    It's one of the best Multiplayer shooters ever made I think. It's superfun and i've been playing it for years. I get tired of it, but I always go back to playing it.
    But the game is ruined completely by it's completely rigged and bad matchmaking system. The matchmaking system forces you to lose, if you are doing too good. This is not only a theory - this happens everytime. If you got on a winstreak and play really good, let's say you get 9 wins and 1 loss the last 10 games - the matchmaking system will put you all of sudden with team-mates who are WAY below your level and your opposing teams level to make you lose.
    This happens every single time. All of a sudden you get a Reinhardt who don't know how to position, and charges in before the team can group and dies. I'm usually around 2800-3100 range.

    The counter argument i've seen is "but duh, the proos.. the 0.00001% can climb, so it's not the system dude. Right.. that is correct the 0.0000.1 % of the best players can climb no matter what, cause even in a bad matchup they are so incredibly good it doesn't matter. They are worth those other 4 people who are much worse. But for a normal human - like me and many others - this system is making you lose on purpose and there is almost nothing you can do and that is superfrustrating.

    I'm not sure why they do this, if it's to keep you in the game longer to buy boxes or whatever. But I recon it has some intent like that. It's really sad seing them having this anti-player system purposely.

    The second bad thing is they allow duos and teams in Solo-queue, this is also ruining the game for people like me who mostly play solo. The better DUO always wins (because they have much better cordination) and if they don't they are usually toxic. So they force you to play with a hopeless game or toxic people.

    The third bad thing with the game is that they never release anything new anymore. They are making an "Overwatch 2" which never comes out... im not sure what they're thinking - but I again knowing "Blizzard" (which is really just a bunch of new employees calling themselves Blizzard, all the real devs have left pretty much), it's probably because of some greedy reason. They are probably figuring out a way to monetize the game even more.

    Otherwise - awsome game. For the gameplay alone, the graphics, optimization etc, style. Everything like that is great. Sad it's ruined by this fact.    … Expand
  5. AndersBjorkman
    Jan 27, 2022
    8
    I have played over 500 hours of Overwatch. Many great memories, and of course some bad (some extreme instances of toxicity and so on)

    Graphics, characters and so on are good. But the game has suffered from a lack of updates (new maps/heroes) and the balancing at times have been lackluster. The game is much more enjoyable if you play with people you know! This is what the game was    I have played over 500 hours of Overwatch. Many great memories, and of course some bad (some extreme instances of toxicity and so on)

    Graphics, characters and so on are good.
    But the game has suffered from a lack of updates (new maps/heroes) and the balancing at times have been lackluster.

    The game is much more enjoyable if you play with people you know! This is what the game was designed for. Playing with strangers can be fun.. but it can at times also be horrible. Absolutely horrible

    The matchmaking system is the worst in any competitive game I have played, and those are quite a lot since I've been gaming for over 25 years. There are many conspiracy theories (50% win rate algorithms, intermittent reinforcement and so on). Never before have I rolled so many people, and been rolled so many times. Also a lot of smurfs in the game, some of them my friends (who have played since release and have many accounts, but are actually grandmaster/masters/high diamond). This sucks for people who face them.

    All in all, a good game, that has issues, and a really missed opportunity from Blizzard. The playerbase has dropped significantly from a few years ago, and many feel the game is neglected by Blizzard, who are putting their efforts into overwatch 2.

    Could have been a 10/10, in it's current state it's a 7-8/10. Hoping some Microsoft direction and money can fix it, and that Overwatch 2 is a success xD    … Expand
  6. Akopov7818
    Jan 26, 2022
    2
    Матчмейкинг не работает.
    Система репортов не работает.
    Значимых обновлений нет давным-давно. Часто ищешь игру от от пяти до десяти минут, после чего тебя закидывает в матч, где до поражения осталось пара-тройка секунд, и тебя закинуло вместо того, кто ливнул перед самым окончанием катки.    Матчмейкинг не работает.
    Система репортов не работает.
    Значимых обновлений нет давным-давно.
    Часто ищешь игру от от пяти до десяти минут, после чего тебя закидывает в матч, где до поражения осталось пара-тройка секунд, и тебя закинуло вместо того, кто ливнул перед самым окончанием катки.
  7. UrbanEelf
    Jan 17, 2022
    7
    one of the best games I've ever played one of the best games I've ever played
  8. vlecp
    Dec 21, 2021
    5
    OverWatch has a great variety of heroes to play. 32 characters over all that are split into 3 groups. Tank, support and damage. This system was forced some time ago into a 2/2/2 system. 2 tanks, 2 healers and 2 damage. Before it was that you could pick any. This system was even pushed onto casual modes. This leads to high queue times as a damage while tanks and supports got a near instantOverWatch has a great variety of heroes to play. 32 characters over all that are split into 3 groups. Tank, support and damage. This system was forced some time ago into a 2/2/2 system. 2 tanks, 2 healers and 2 damage. Before it was that you could pick any. This system was even pushed onto casual modes. This leads to high queue times as a damage while tanks and supports got a near instant queue. Blizzard has repeated the same mistake they have done in World of Warcraft. The reason for this system was because they could not balance around a specific strategy called "goats".

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    I give it a 5 because it's fun if you don't think about it too much, casuals can still enjoy it and it atleast gets new skins for events. But a lot of points are removed because Blizzard gave up on this game. It seems like they gave up on ALL their games. A shame really because the game could be much more.    … Expand
  9. Huevos_il
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    El apasionante multijugador de Visión Activa-Ventisca Rey Zinga Entretenimiento, centrado en el dispensamiento de plomo a través de cilindros metálicos inoxidables que forman parte del cañón de un instrumento que sirve para atacar a una persona o un animal para defenderse de ellos, aunque hemos tenido que mencionar a una persona, dada la gente detrás de esta empresa sería más propio hablarEl apasionante multijugador de Visión Activa-Ventisca Rey Zinga Entretenimiento, centrado en el dispensamiento de plomo a través de cilindros metálicos inoxidables que forman parte del cañón de un instrumento que sirve para atacar a una persona o un animal para defenderse de ellos, aunque hemos tenido que mencionar a una persona, dada la gente detrás de esta empresa sería más propio hablar de animales, perfectamente representados en este juego a través de dos personajes: Bola de demolición/Jamón, un roedor con sobrepeso introducido vilmente en una bola mecanizada de dolor y desesperación (como se puede comprobar en una de sus líneas de voz, biripiribiri), y el más fiel reflejo; Winston, una marca de tabac... ah no, un primate de aparencia superdotada pero que en cuanto le da un estímulo compulsivo saca sus raíces bestiales, como cualquier empleado de esta compañía indie cuando ve a una fémina.

    Pero bueno, hablando de Overwatch, ¿qué se puede decir? Lo que todo el mundo sabe, que es una gran sección de contenido pornográfico de la más exquisita calidad, puesto que disponéis de todo: milfs, asiáticas, interracial, morenas, rubias, hardcore, tentáculos, zoofilia y mecanofilia... Ah verdad, que también sacaron un juego... mmmmh...
    Bueno, pues os recomiendo que mejor juguéis a ARISTOPUTAS, tiene más y mejor contenido, y así os ahorráis abrir la ventana de incógnito. Ah, y ya de paso si compráis ARISTOPUTAS apoyaréis a una mejor empresa, Cherry Kiss Games. Nosotros no podemos esperar a jugar Vacaciones de Ensueño con mi Harem.    … Expand
  10. SonicIsTheBest
    Dec 13, 2021
    8
    This game is very fun its very cool because you have lots of variety of characters and habilities just good
  11. Vonudog
    Dec 10, 2021
    10
    An original representative of the genre. The game is perfect in everything except support. There is little new content. But this does not make the game itself worse
  12. B00tador
    Dec 4, 2021
    10
    The best and most accessible multiplayer shooter I've ever played. High skill ceiling, but not inaccessible for newcomers.
  13. Nikita98k
    Dec 4, 2021
    0
    Overwatch is dead/ I was grandmaster tank in season 20 and now its just unplayable. No heroes and good updates in 2 fking years. The most retarded game devs ever to exist.
  14. DeviderFar
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    The developers abandoned this game. The game has lost its former appeal. This game is dead.
  15. AymanEdirson
    Nov 27, 2021
    10
    perfect game , fine graphics and really fun compattive game ...............
  16. Rolfgot
    Nov 23, 2021
    0
    At the end of 2021 this game is the worst. Especially for moba/webshooter. Many cheaters, unbalance and bugs. And no hope on new anti-cheat system and the second part.
  17. IJustWorkHere
    Nov 17, 2021
    8
    I was surprised to see such a low user score on Metacritic for Overwatch on PC. I think it is an amazing FPS and very entertaining. The performance and graphics are good and when I play I feel like I can contribute to a group effort, unlike some other modern FPS games where there are so many people playing your own contribution is often insignificant in the grand scheme of things.I was surprised to see such a low user score on Metacritic for Overwatch on PC. I think it is an amazing FPS and very entertaining. The performance and graphics are good and when I play I feel like I can contribute to a group effort, unlike some other modern FPS games where there are so many people playing your own contribution is often insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Two thumbs up!… Expand
  18. kruci
    Nov 12, 2021
    6
    Zaprzepaszczony potencjał, developerzy zapomnieli o grze po dwóch latach. Przykro
  19. Alex_Smile
    Nov 2, 2021
    0
    Kaplan killed the game with Doomfist and Brigitte's releases. And the matchmaker will never be fixed. Smurfs forever.
  20. Kuluty
    Oct 25, 2021
    0
    After the first year the game started having problems with the Smurfs. Solution from Blizzard? Lots of free accounts. Now smurfs are playing against smurfs.
    I don't need skins, new events, arcades. I'm here for PVP. And it became regrettable.
    --------------------- 2021 blizzard makes an important fix. To fight the smurfing of disgruntled players? Of course not. McCree's name change due    After the first year the game started having problems with the Smurfs. Solution from Blizzard? Lots of free accounts. Now smurfs are playing against smurfs.
    I don't need skins, new events, arcades. I'm here for PVP. And it became regrettable.
    ---------------------
    2021 blizzard makes an important fix. To fight the smurfing of disgruntled players? Of course not. McCree's name change due to disgruntled investors.    … Expand
  21. Wewior
    Oct 24, 2021
    0
    The new name McCree is a joke and there shouldn't be such a change, no one knows where that name started, everyone has a **** on this man. Everyone associates Mc Cree with Overwatch, what Blizzard has been doing lately is crap, born from a company that made the best games in the world, and the Blizzard brand was associated with high quality, now it's a real joke.
  22. MojaveCourier
    Oct 22, 2021
    0
    Thanks to the developers for licking the ass of every screaming bastard. It was originally a game with soul, but lazy developers and terrible publishers ruined the game.
  23. PinkMurloc
    Oct 15, 2021
    1
    God, my hope is burning for NORMAL balance in the game. But no, unfortunately the blizzards don't need this, why try? Matchmaking is what will make you hate the whole human race. The awards are pointless, the cross-platform they came up with is great! Now there is no desire to play at all. The rating game is described simply - hit the bronze or silver, delete the game. Anyway, in any caseGod, my hope is burning for NORMAL balance in the game. But no, unfortunately the blizzards don't need this, why try? Matchmaking is what will make you hate the whole human race. The awards are pointless, the cross-platform they came up with is great! Now there is no desire to play at all. The rating game is described simply - hit the bronze or silver, delete the game. Anyway, in any case - DELETE THE GAME AND DO NOT PLAY ANY MORE, SAVE YOUR NERVES! All that is left to love in this game, only characters and maps, well, that's all. Especially, the Blizzards decided to carry out aggressive segregation of the population. I don't know Korean, I can't speak Korean, few Koreans know English. TEAM PLAY WHERE EVERYONE SPEAKS KOREAN IN THE TEAM. God, this game belongs in the garbage.… Expand
  24. Ordnik
    Oct 11, 2021
    0
    Unbalanced and annoying characters.
    Terrible community control.
    Too much audio and lighting effects, everything is chaos.
  25. kktls
    Oct 8, 2021
    0
    - characrers balance: crap
    - matchmaking system: crap
    - support from developers: no
    - new content: no
    - aim bots: yes
    - toxic community: yes
  26. SurfinBard
    Sep 30, 2021
    1
    Dead, just unplayable. There are 10 players left and 9 of them are cheating. Blizzard doesn't care.
  27. donaramu
    Sep 24, 2021
    10
    This is by far one of the best PC games I've ever played. I didn't start playing until 2017. Even in 2019, they're still adding stuff and not charging you for some bs DLC

  28. bmywuk
    Sep 18, 2021
    5
    Recent lags that can go on for weeks or even months make the game simply unplayble. No other game I play has such laggy servers. Also, lots of smurfs. Imbalance with every update. Finally, you should pay to change your nickname. Disgusting.
  29. Fur7ous
    Sep 4, 2021
    0
    Позорище всей игровой индустрии. Баланс говно, поиск говно, игра говно.
  30. 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
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Awards & Rankings

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

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 64 Critic Reviews

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