Overwatch (2016)

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  1. 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
  2. Crisener
    Sep 21, 2020
    8
    I do realise I'm a bit late to the party and a lot has changed since this game's release, but it did get a GOTY nomination (a win, at that) so I have to put my own spin on it.

    And well, I had fun. A large variety of characters to choose from, flaming with personality and uniqueness, each with their own story to which you can be exposed in a variety of ways. There are many maps that are    I do realise I'm a bit late to the party and a lot has changed since this game's release, but it did get a GOTY nomination (a win, at that) so I have to put my own spin on it.

    And well, I had fun. A large variety of characters to choose from, flaming with personality and uniqueness, each with their own story to which you can be exposed in a variety of ways. There are many maps that are justified plot-wise and they come with a vast collection of different modes, with ones exclusive to certain festivities. And of course, a lot of customisation options, but you can get your favourite skins without breaking a sweat just by playing the game, so that is a big plus.

    The main issue with this game is balance. It's not even the main issue, it's THE issue. I'm aware of how this game looked like when it released, and it is puzzling why they introduced the gameplay changes they did. As of now, there are two ways to enjoy quick-play/competitive modes: a queue with role regulations, and a queue where you can play whoever you want. I like the idea of making this game a little bit less chaotic with defining three main roles, but it is not fun that you have to wait roughly 8 minutes every time you want to play the DPS role, considering that this role has more than half of the game's characters in it. And the non-restrictive queue does not help with that either, since even if you try to play your favourite character, if it is out of meta, you will get stomped pretty quickly by those abiding it. And we are talking about the main modes, which means this is mainly how the game is supposed to be played, so it really does lower the score for me. But all these are flaws that can be fixed and it seems that Blizzard is slowly starting to realise its mistakes, though for the results we will probably have to wait for some time.

    If you haven't played this game yet, I recommend taking a few of your friends with you to try it out, since it still is a lot of fun and the price right now isn't too high. But for now, I recommend you stick to those non-competitive quirky modes, where people generally try to enjoy the game.    … Expand
  3. Killiomadness
    Aug 7, 2020
    8
    Full of tryhards but it’s amazing I live the lore I live the esports hell its amazing
  4. Bloggerman
    Jun 30, 2022
    2
    Do yourself a favor and look for another game to play.

    Visual is this game amazing, but the gameplay just feels bad and clunky. And the worst part is is that it started as a great and fun game. It's the terrible balancing that caused an unfun gaming experience. Heck, the devs even openly admitted that they are biased and only want to see a select few strong. And currently are they    Do yourself a favor and look for another game to play.

    Visual is this game amazing, but the gameplay just feels bad and clunky. And the worst part is is that it started as a great and fun game. It's the terrible balancing that caused an unfun gaming experience. Heck, the devs even openly admitted that they are biased and only want to see a select few strong.

    And currently are they working on a "sequel" that will automatically replace the current one, which shows their bias even stronger. Utility characters are stripped of their utility and massively nerfed despite then already underperforming, and strong damage dealers who has been meta since day 1 are even made more stronger with more buffs. It's absolutely mind boggling.    … Expand
  5. 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.
  6. GianpaoloUmarel
    Aug 25, 2020
    6
    Some years ago it was a fun and an addictive game, but over the time, with all the updates, it became more competitive, annoying, and raging.

    6/10
  7. playstoomuch
    Aug 26, 2020
    0
    honestly ive been playing for about four years now on several different accounts, i have 4k+ hours on ark and this game has a worse community absolutely garbage reporting system and community. mechanically sound but you cannot play this game with only one or two friends. you will rip your hair out .
  8. BigBeanBoss
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Holy **** if I ever need to get lessons on how to ruin a good game I know I just need to ask blizzard!, your over exaggeration on OW and twitch streamers has made this game neat to look at and dog **** to play, **** blizzard y'all ruined it
  9. MrPajamas
    May 27, 2021
    6
    Overwatch is one of the games that just didn't interest me at all, but not at all. I've said from the start that this review is subjective and the game itself isn't bad at all, but for me it's nothing more than an above average FPS affair in the form of LOL. The game has several champions to choose from and there are also several maps, which is nice that unlike LOL you don't play the sameOverwatch is one of the games that just didn't interest me at all, but not at all. I've said from the start that this review is subjective and the game itself isn't bad at all, but for me it's nothing more than an above average FPS affair in the form of LOL. The game has several champions to choose from and there are also several maps, which is nice that unlike LOL you don't play the same one over and over again. However, I just don't like the game graphically. This is purely a subjective thing. I'm not some fan of realistic graphics, and I love the Borderlands style for example, but Overwatch just didn't do it for me at all. The whole game ultimately feels to me like some sort of F2P title, not to mention the fact that it's not and you have to pay for the game. On top of all this, expect to see more of the developers trying to scrounge money out of you in the form of various skins. The matches are fine, but nothing that makes me want to shell out the dough. As I said the game isn't bad, but I don't like Overwatch and therefore don't want to recommend something I don't like myself. For me, this is nothing more than an above average game that in my opinion deserves to be free-to-play.… Expand
  10. RogerSalazar
    Sep 16, 2020
    9
    It is the one of the fewest games I have dedicated many hours. Even if you have bad aim there are heroes you can still use and have fun with.
  11. 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
  12. Boxylyric
    Oct 7, 2020
    2
    2cp maps are an actual nightmare, toxic community, rampant smurfs and cheaters which never get addressed, backwards boring meta. Only reason i'm not giving it a 0 is because with a stack of friends this game is occasionally tolerable.
  13. Resonator
    Oct 20, 2020
    8
    Is the best predecessor of TF2. Fun gameplay and the animations are fantastic. Blizzard made an amazing FPS, but they had a lot of problems with balancing heroes and matchmaking on the competitive was sometimes awful. The playerbase was toxic af but when you find a team who wants to win was a great expirience. Jeff Kaplan and the overwatch team did a great job :)
  14. 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
  15. kaczan3
    Sep 25, 2022
    0
    It was a bait-and-switch. I bouth a game with cools guys, like a ninja and a cowboy, and with cute and sensual chicks, but then they started pumping political postergirls. And have you seed the new OW2 characters? It's getting worse.

    And if you ignore all that, it's still a mediocre game of deathball vs deathball in a chokepoint. I don't think people are relly watching its e-sports. I    It was a bait-and-switch. I bouth a game with cools guys, like a ninja and a cowboy, and with cute and sensual chicks, but then they started pumping political postergirls. And have you seed the new OW2 characters? It's getting worse.

    And if you ignore all that, it's still a mediocre game of deathball vs deathball in a chokepoint. I don't think people are relly watching its e-sports. I think this is just a money laundering scheme. I play for an hopur, and I'm done for 3 months. Boring.    … Expand
  16. 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!
  17. kruci
    Nov 12, 2021
    6
    Zaprzepaszczony potencjał, developerzy zapomnieli o grze po dwóch latach. Przykro
  18. KnightNoldor
    Mar 1, 2021
    0
    what Chris Metzen devised as a masterpiece, the completely incompetent Kaplan has turned into a real disaster
  19. scorae
    Dec 23, 2020
    7
    God this game pisses me off, but I love it. This game could seriously be one of the best competitive multi-player games out there if the devs didn't take months to nerf broken heroes and to buff the heroes that are simply not viable.
  20. 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.
  21. Maurer
    Jul 12, 2021
    7
    I love the PvE events, cant wait for OV2 for the ala' story line. Gameplay is very entertaining but heroes "balance" changes are taken from the as*. Poor antycheat. Opening the crates is addicting.
  22. SerchAE86
    Jan 1, 2021
    0
    After many years after the game was launched, it makes its purpose, entertain the player, but loot boxes are are the worst in this game, if you want some legendary item you must have to purchase it, you will die waiting something good...
  23. kurtisisgood
    Mar 16, 2021
    0
    I really wanted to give this game an amazing review. But I can't. Because on one hand, I've sunk 100 hours on this game spanning two accounts (one on pc and the other on Xbox). But on the other hand, my pc account got banned with no warning. Yes, I've had a few leaver penalties and even a chat ban. But nothing has gone this far. No warning or email. No message when I got on the game.I really wanted to give this game an amazing review. But I can't. Because on one hand, I've sunk 100 hours on this game spanning two accounts (one on pc and the other on Xbox). But on the other hand, my pc account got banned with no warning. Yes, I've had a few leaver penalties and even a chat ban. But nothing has gone this far. No warning or email. No message when I got on the game. Nothing. The only way I figured it out was by logging onto my account in a forum. Like are you kidding me? I sat trying to figure out why I couldn't log into my account for almost two hours. Other than that, my experience wasn't even that good. Terrible teammates, 2cp, getting Hanzo sniped across the map, the whole shebang. Blizzard clearly can't balance the game, as it's either making a hero op like ball or nerfing a hero to the ground like Orissa. I would only buy this game if it's on sale for 20$ or less. Even that's a bit much. If I didn't get banned, maybe the game would be a 4, but it's still not worth it.… Expand
  24. astawar89
    Jan 31, 2021
    0
    The worst matchmaking I've ever seen in a computer game. Remember, if you're doing too well, you'll have a losing quee and you can ask your teammates if they're in the same situation as you, they'll definitely be.
  25. In-between
    Jan 30, 2021
    1
    The game is in a terrible state. Both the matchmaking system and the community are suffering from horrible decisions.
    If you're playing this alone, either make friends quick or just play this like a casual Candy Crush game. There is nothing for you. Community is toxic and not helpful at all. Since OW release a bunch of better teamplay games have been released, throwing this one out of the    The game is in a terrible state. Both the matchmaking system and the community are suffering from horrible decisions.
    If you're playing this alone, either make friends quick or just play this like a casual Candy Crush game. There is nothing for you. Community is toxic and not helpful at all. Since OW release a bunch of better teamplay games have been released, throwing this one out of the window. The balancing aspect in the game is far gone, replaced by the "everyone is a DPS" thing to shorten queues. The game is also struggling to keep you entertained with almost no new content and generally low replayability aside the same matches on your rank over and over. Play it with someone and try to have fun. Not recommended.    … Expand
  26. RickAstley
    Jan 31, 2021
    9
    Best hero shooter on the market. Unfortunately there are a lot of smurfs in competitive, which makes climbing from ranks harder
  27. MoistNugget
    Feb 15, 2021
    5
    I have played Overwatch in and out for 3 years now and have amassed more than enough hours to be able to give an actual review of the game. The TL:DR is - I would be lying if I said the game hasn't given me good memories but frankly I can count the times I closed the game in a good mood on my fingers. The simple truth to why the game leaves a sour taste in many people's mouths, as well asI have played Overwatch in and out for 3 years now and have amassed more than enough hours to be able to give an actual review of the game. The TL:DR is - I would be lying if I said the game hasn't given me good memories but frankly I can count the times I closed the game in a good mood on my fingers. The simple truth to why the game leaves a sour taste in many people's mouths, as well as mine, is that it's just not really an FPS. The marketing and surface-level gameplay make it out to be just that, but I would argue the game possesses much more MOBA elements rather than FPS ones. Sure, you shoot guns and the game is first-person but the focus is more on team fights, and getting something done by yourself is a rare occurrence, much rarer if you stick with the game and actually climb the ladder. Frankly, no other game is similar to Overwatch in that aspect and a large portion of the community, as well as the balancing team really, can't handle such an innovative concept, which results in the infamous toxic players. You'd think there would be some compensation in terms of varying game modes but there is just one - a competitive mode. Even that mode is barely playable due to the constant smurfing as blizzard has put 0 effort in trying to put a stop to it, with many signed players openly smurfing on streams. "Ah, but what if I play with 5 of my mates", you would be matched against another 6 stack with at least 1 being a booster/smurf. "At least the lore is good and the characters are interesting" you might have heard but the lore consists of 5 animated shorts and 10 comic books. Even so, all of them are build-up with none actually attempting to progress the story in any way. If you are reading this and still wondering whether you should buy this game - just don't bother, play any other shooter or MOBA as this doesn't excel at anything.… Expand
  28. Asandberg
    Feb 28, 2021
    7
    Very fun in the beginning but only with friends and the game gets extremely boring after a while because of how repetitive it is. There are not that many fun gamemodes and the fun ones are either on rotation or only during special events. The game has lootboxes that you can buy and I really hate that, the chances of getting a legendary skin is really low (atleast in my experience) and youVery fun in the beginning but only with friends and the game gets extremely boring after a while because of how repetitive it is. There are not that many fun gamemodes and the fun ones are either on rotation or only during special events. The game has lootboxes that you can buy and I really hate that, the chances of getting a legendary skin is really low (atleast in my experience) and you can't even see the skins because it's a first person shooter.… Expand
  29. Zhek87
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    И как это купить в России, прогнулись знатно
  30. KleberValente
    Mar 21, 2021
    0
    Um baita disperdício de jogo no sistema da Blizzard. Cansado de jogar com time nerfado porque a blizzard não consegue equilibrar os níveis nem os times. Era pra ser bom, mas a experiencia se resume em uma perfeita porcaria.
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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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