Overwatch (2016)

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6.4

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  1. chris12312
    Jul 13, 2017
    0
    The only reason this game got as much praise as it did is because it's made by Blizzard and because there's lore. Gameplay wise, matchmaking is bad, much of the community is toxic, there's an extreme lack of content unless you consider skins and emotes as "content," and the gameplay and mechanics are lacklustre and mediocre at best. If you want a team based shooter, get tf2 consideringThe only reason this game got as much praise as it did is because it's made by Blizzard and because there's lore. Gameplay wise, matchmaking is bad, much of the community is toxic, there's an extreme lack of content unless you consider skins and emotes as "content," and the gameplay and mechanics are lacklustre and mediocre at best. If you want a team based shooter, get tf2 considering it's free and not a rip off. I've played much of this game on both PC and Xbox but it never really feels fun to play. This game gets me more mad at all the BS and dumb moments than excited to play. Just try paladins or tf2 instead.… Expand
  2. evervolv
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    10 disconnects from 10. You can play 5 games per day and be kicked on EVERY ONE (and get penalty for this of course). This happens ONLY on Overwatch. ABSOLUTELY UNABLE TO PLAY.
  3. cookthesauce
    Dec 4, 2016
    0
    Aside from being one of the biggest wastes of time video games you could possibly play, Overwatch is anything but fun. With horribly balanced heroes and maps that share the same make up, the game is basically boring. Say you wish to try your hand at competitive; maybe test your skills with people of similar talent? Well good luck. Overwatch has a nasty habit of pairing you with otherAside from being one of the biggest wastes of time video games you could possibly play, Overwatch is anything but fun. With horribly balanced heroes and maps that share the same make up, the game is basically boring. Say you wish to try your hand at competitive; maybe test your skills with people of similar talent? Well good luck. Overwatch has a nasty habit of pairing you with other players that are multiple levels of prestige higher than you. Additionally, since the newest update, winning your ten games is equivalent to not even playing the game. Someone who wins 7 or 8 out of their games has the same chance of being ranked with players who have only won one. All-in-all, Overwatch is a poor excuse for an FPS with Blizzard once again trying to hop on the band wagon of popular game genres (I'm looking at you Heroes of the Storm) with basically what you could call a poor man's Team Fortress 2. Thanks Blizzard for once again setting the bar so low, we knock our heads on the way out of uninstalling the game.… Expand
  4. AdamM88
    Jun 2, 2016
    0
    Let's start with the positive stuff.

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

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

    But I can't.

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

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

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

    I never had such an awful online experience in my life.    … Expand
  5. samfischer354
    Apr 4, 2020
    0
    and there you can see what happend if a mmorpg studio produce fps a lot of ****
    you want good ranked fps team shooter play r6siege
    you want a bad one play overfail
  6. navytent
    May 27, 2016
    0
    its fun to play but too expensive for this amount of content 40 dollar for this is not acceptable for me.
    multiplayer with 21 hero and a normal game mode that you find it many other game but many other game i told you they have story mode,co-op and multiplayer.
  7. Aqprox
    May 24, 2016
    0
    Evolve 2.0, built on hype, but that's all, you will get bored after a couple hours.

    If this game wasn't from Blizzard, it would be forgotten pretty fast.
  8. CodyCoyote64
    May 24, 2016
    0
    I have played the game extensively for the past several hours, and I find myself marveling at just how plain terrible it is. When I compare it to the infinitely superior Wii U exclusive Splatoon, I find myself taken aback at just how much better Splatoon is than this trash. I have other a thousand hours in Splatoon compared to my handful in OverWatch, and I honestly would much ratherI have played the game extensively for the past several hours, and I find myself marveling at just how plain terrible it is. When I compare it to the infinitely superior Wii U exclusive Splatoon, I find myself taken aback at just how much better Splatoon is than this trash. I have other a thousand hours in Splatoon compared to my handful in OverWatch, and I honestly would much rather return to Splatoon for another thousand before popping this game in ever again.

    That's the difference in quality we are talking about here. I am not trying to hype up Splatoon, here. I am here merely to offer my experiences with Overwatch and how I find, in my opinion, that it is a waste of time. There are so many better games out there... why bother with this one? Because it's brand new? Please. By that logic, Uncharted 4 would be the best game ever made, even though the recent Tomb Raider reboot was a superior experience in every way.

    So what about Overwatch makes me so upset?

    There are too many examples to list, really, so I think I will just sum up: It's just not fun. That's it. That's all I have to say about this title in particular because that's all I need to say. The game is just not fun.

    There is not enough time in your life to waste talking about or playing bad games. It's time for us to move on, forget about Overwatch, and play some more Splatoon. Who is with me?    … Expand
  9. Zozobra
    May 25, 2016
    0
    I don't review games. Ever. But what Blizzard has done here is really frustrating.

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

    As it stands:

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

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

    Unless you enjoy playing with hackers, do not buy Overwatch. Yes, it's fun and it's a great game, but neither of those things matter when the playing field is never leveled.    … Expand
  10. AizWallenstein
    May 25, 2016
    0
    2 game mode
    no teamplay request
    no balance heroes
    as im tf2 player seems game nothing brings new thinks to me
    and probly game microtransactions become very annoying at next ( look at heartstone same cards with windowed bla bla thinks )
    and last think 40 euro in europe LOL
  11. DwaneDibbley
    Jun 4, 2016
    0
    This game is **** in so many ways, theres no way any half decent critic give it 10/10.
    Its presented as shoter game, but shoting is almost meaningless for most classes. It goes all down to skill usage and cheap unavoidable deaths, be it by retarded combos like mccrees flash+m2 instadeaths, or "press Q to wipe half of enemy team".
    Poor content for 40€ game with terribly designed maps full    This game is **** in so many ways, theres no way any half decent critic give it 10/10.
    Its presented as shoter game, but shoting is almost meaningless for most classes. It goes all down to skill usage and cheap unavoidable deaths, be it by retarded combos like mccrees flash+m2 instadeaths, or "press Q to wipe half of enemy team".
    Poor content for 40€ game with terribly designed maps full of small chokepoints. Terrible 20tick servers (thats sooooo last-century in FPS genre).
    Plenty of heroes? Well, half of them are very situational, while few are pretty universal on every map. As theres this stupid rock-paper-scissor mechanism (and some scissors are so sharp to cut even mountains), u cant even play what u want as u have to counterpick, making high hero counts meaningless.
    Its team-based game. Its soooo hardcore in this, that if u dont have 5 friends playing with you all time, its just **** game as u gona most likely face pug vs premade.
    All in all, if ur interested in shoter game, this is not for you.    … Expand
  12. Aaron1
    May 25, 2016
    0
    I bought this game super hyped for it but this game literately has 2 super boring game modes that get old after a couple of hours. Honestly this game has the content of a FTP game like seriously league and dota have more content than this game that you have to pay $40 for....
  13. Tyggna
    Jun 27, 2016
    0
    Here's what you need to know:
    Blizzard clearly bought favorable reviews from professionals to build hype--hence the disconnect.
    This game is not awful--it might be your favorite game ever. That's the nature of FPS games, some resonate with you and some don't. If you don't enjoy a wide variety of FPS games, or FPS games in general, then give it a try and see if you like it. I scored a    Here's what you need to know:
    Blizzard clearly bought favorable reviews from professionals to build hype--hence the disconnect.
    This game is not awful--it might be your favorite game ever. That's the nature of FPS games, some resonate with you and some don't. If you don't enjoy a wide variety of FPS games, or FPS games in general, then give it a try and see if you like it.
    I scored a 0 because I have enjoyed many FPS games dating back to DOOM2.
    Pros:
    Rich lore and backstory to all the characters
    Fun ability mechanics
    Good interplay between characters

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

    Long and short of it, this game is the most atrocious cash grab since CoD 6. It contributes nothing to the FPS genre and actually takes us back more than 25 years in overall gameplay quality. Blizzard tried to make a game about interesting characters but missed the basic premise of a first-person game: THE PLAYER IS THE CHARACTER! First person games are supposed to be about choices and consequences and they jail their players into liking their interpretation of the first person genre, and then try to cover up their lack of basic understanding of the genre by paying off reviewers. I expected so much better from Blizzard--but this really is their first attempt at making a FPS games and their lack of experience is painfully obvious. If this was a 3rd person multiplayer action game, it might feel different and be more enjoyable, but at this point that's just an awful way to save face on an otherwise poorly executed game.    … Expand
  14. peneconsida
    May 26, 2016
    0
    Me parece indignante que este juege tenga esta puntuación tan alta, osea es realmente abusivo. Un juego que no ofrece ningún modo de juego solamente online, con unos gráficos muy normalitos..Y encima tiene el semejante precio de 40 € en pc y 60 en consolas. Absolutamente los maletines vuelvan por aqui y despues los fanboys de blizzard son incapaces de dar una nota real a este juego. EsteMe parece indignante que este juege tenga esta puntuación tan alta, osea es realmente abusivo. Un juego que no ofrece ningún modo de juego solamente online, con unos gráficos muy normalitos..Y encima tiene el semejante precio de 40 € en pc y 60 en consolas. Absolutamente los maletines vuelvan por aqui y despues los fanboys de blizzard son incapaces de dar una nota real a este juego. Este juego no merece un 0 de nota, de acuerdo yo le daria un 5 pero no quiero que tenga una media tan alta.… Expand
  15. OldSaltyDog
    May 27, 2016
    0
    BOOOSTED GARBAGE. This is a FTP game that you get ripped off paying 40$ Lets be clear it is stupid fun. But mostly just stupid. Its pure cheese. Terrible balance, junk maps, tons of points to hang your character up on. Characters have 1 hit kills that require no skill and kill your whole team? Really blizzard thats fun? Also crippling lag Ive never played a game without game breaking lagBOOOSTED GARBAGE. This is a FTP game that you get ripped off paying 40$ Lets be clear it is stupid fun. But mostly just stupid. Its pure cheese. Terrible balance, junk maps, tons of points to hang your character up on. Characters have 1 hit kills that require no skill and kill your whole team? Really blizzard thats fun? Also crippling lag Ive never played a game without game breaking lag so I cant win unless I play lucio then I win 80% This is prrly the last game I buy from blizzard its basically just candy it looks good and even tastes ok but its really garbage.… Expand
  16. EdgeTheHollow
    Dec 25, 2018
    0
    OW es una pta mierda, es una copia descarada de TF2 pero para nenes de 9 años. Los personajes son super cliché e infantiloides, la comunidad esta llena de retrasados y Blizzard son todos unos subnormales. Quieren un juego competitivo pero no aguantan ni un 1% de tensión, a la minima que levantes la veoz te han baneado 7 veces. Optimizado como el culo, tengo que jugarlo todo en low siOW es una pta mierda, es una copia descarada de TF2 pero para nenes de 9 años. Los personajes son super cliché e infantiloides, la comunidad esta llena de retrasados y Blizzard son todos unos subnormales. Quieren un juego competitivo pero no aguantan ni un 1% de tensión, a la minima que levantes la veoz te han baneado 7 veces. Optimizado como el culo, tengo que jugarlo todo en low si quiero 60 fps estables, todos los años los mismos eventos, sacan contenido a la velocidad de la mierda...Haceos un favod y evitad esta basura a la que llaman juego.… Expand
  17. HgEsteban
    Jun 2, 2016
    0
    Lets point the important here without talking... thrash
    The game is awesome, in what gameplay means of course BUT...
    The content, everybody knows, just, the content its not even worth 20$ The unbalance, its like a rock paper scissor game, but changing beetween the same 3 characters depending on map The "Reward" level up system which gives u craters that drop cosmetic items, yeah its    Lets point the important here without talking... thrash
    The game is awesome, in what gameplay means of course BUT...
    The content, everybody knows, just, the content its not even worth 20$
    The unbalance, its like a rock paper scissor game, but changing beetween the same 3 characters depending on map
    The "Reward" level up system which gives u craters that drop cosmetic items, yeah its cute but it just dont has any point on getting by luck the best things for a character that you may love or hate, without taking on point what matters in this kind of games with unique characters, THE PLAYER SKILL WITH IT.

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

    Its fun yeah, the first 10 hours.    … Expand
  18. rock5vat1
    Jun 2, 2016
    0
    Overwatch is a very enjoyable team shooter. The game is a perfect casual game where you can jump in for 5-10mins and shoot up some people. The characters are fun to play and I do love that the game tells you what your team comp is lacking or has too much of. A nice thing that other team games should put in.
  19. daniel_albo91x
    Jun 4, 2016
    0
    I played the demo and the original game. I must say that has little content , but the demo looked somewhat promising ... testing the final game I realized , it's a scam , does not bring almost nothing , playing the same modes becomes boring, never before a game I was bored so fast, the last was Evolve ... although I must say that to play a few games occasionally is fine , you can have fun,I played the demo and the original game. I must say that has little content , but the demo looked somewhat promising ... testing the final game I realized , it's a scam , does not bring almost nothing , playing the same modes becomes boring, never before a game I was bored so fast, the last was Evolve ... although I must say that to play a few games occasionally is fine , you can have fun, but with this I think ... that there is equal and free games that offer the same or even more fun by playing them occasionally . I do not understand even as he got so good grades. Maybe, by the publicity so people had to spend money on this ...… Expand
  20. Garfie1d
    Jun 4, 2016
    0
    Blizzard removed the support of 21:9 monitors with its latest patch. Seriously, Blizzard?

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

    Uninstalled. Wasn't too interesting anyway.
  21. Rade8888888888
    Jun 5, 2016
    0
    Tottaly not worth the 40$. I would be able to put up with it if it didn't have day 1 microtransactions . It would make a great f2p game but this is just a hot mess after 10h of gameplay.
  22. Demonicstab
    Jun 5, 2016
    0
    Well.
    A Blizzard game, without camping.
    Oh, wait, if you really want to check the true story about Overwatch, go to Youtube, It's free.
    A really big disappointment.
  23. Nowayder
    Jun 5, 2016
    0
    I can't believe blizzard do this to us. This game is something we see in TF2 before, and now are a lot of games like this but Blizzard sell us at 40$. I regret of buying this.
  24. BAUMFX
    Jan 3, 2017
    0
    A serie with alot of hype, mainly because it is a Blizzard game with their "Blizzard polish". This game is fun, but won't have a long longevity for me after spending a decent amount of hours(around 100) playing this game. I will explain it as short as possible for the people who wants quick and short reviews to compare it with each other:
    sadf adsf asdf asf erg eg eg dg df rt hgrt hgd sh    A serie with alot of hype, mainly because it is a Blizzard game with their "Blizzard polish". This game is fun, but won't have a long longevity for me after spending a decent amount of hours(around 100) playing this game. I will explain it as short as possible for the people who wants quick and short reviews to compare it with each other:
    sadf adsf asdf asf erg eg eg dg df rt hgrt hgd sh sdthfd th fgdh dfg hdft hfdt    … Expand
  25. Charles007
    Jun 7, 2016
    0
    60 Euros's for this?????? Worst game ever i rather pay 150 Euro's then for a game like league of legends. Seriously i mean it is not even fun to play bored after playing 30 minutes.
  26. Awesometron
    Jun 9, 2016
    0
    I spent about 150+ hours on Overwatch thinking, "Hey, this feels like a terrible version of TF2, why did they ripoff the class types and the animation style but none of the clever maps or character balance?"

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

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

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

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

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

    overwatch: tf2 with waifus

    >:-)
  29. Terminex
    Jun 16, 2016
    0
    In your first week it feels fun and good, but as you gain level it will match you against 90 or more leveled players while you are still at 25 level means they're 3, 4 times more experienced than you in this game, terrible matchmaking, no balance. Don't buy this game, doesn't worth it.
  30. Junder
    Mar 24, 2019
    0
    This used to be my favorite game. However alle the OP new heroes, the unbalanced reworks, the nerfs, the completely busted matchmaking, and the community slowly moving towards playing for medals and not caring about winning, has absolutely destroyed this game for me.
    I have spent a fortune on lootboxes, I have spent several fortunes on merch, convering my living room to a shrone to Dva    This used to be my favorite game. However alle the OP new heroes, the unbalanced reworks, the nerfs, the completely busted matchmaking, and the community slowly moving towards playing for medals and not caring about winning, has absolutely destroyed this game for me.
    I have spent a fortune on lootboxes, I have spent several fortunes on merch, convering my living room to a shrone to Dva and Mei, but right now, the game is unplayable. Whenever I jump in, if I go quick play, people will troll pick and tell me "relax just qp", but the same happens in ranked, only much worse. I have been in a constant state of denial, but I have finally concluded how much ass this game is.    … Expand
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#3 Best PC Game of 2016
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#13 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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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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