Overwatch (2016)

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  1. Nhiek
    Aug 16, 2016
    5
    Funny at first. But then you keep playing and try to improve your game, but this stupid game balance keep you matching with low skill players that don't get the game at all, and make the game absolutely boring and frustrating.
    Game: Good
    Competitive system : Relly bad
  2. 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
  3. Hack
    Aug 14, 2016
    8
    Good, with the potential to be great, it'll be interesting to see where Blizzard take it over the next 6 months. I would like to see major improvements to the competitive system which right now isn't rewarding and just not very fun unless you're playing with a full team which isn't reasonable for most people. Leavers are rampant as the penalty for leaving is so lenient, so you will oftenGood, with the potential to be great, it'll be interesting to see where Blizzard take it over the next 6 months. I would like to see major improvements to the competitive system which right now isn't rewarding and just not very fun unless you're playing with a full team which isn't reasonable for most people. Leavers are rampant as the penalty for leaving is so lenient, so you will often lose competitive ranks simply because a random on your team rage quit. Another major problem with ranked is people are too clumped, all the ranks aren't being used fully so you can have two people of the same rank who are miles apart in skill level, this leads to frustration when you're put with teammates who are the same rank but clearly not of the same skill, it's amazing how many people at SR60 seemingly don't care about winning and would rather pick their favourite hero even if it's being hard countered.

    The current hot topic is loot boxes, Blizzard originally stated all future cosmetic items would be available to be bought with currency, they have since gone back on this, updated their website and basically ignored the issue. Now we have limited edition boxes for the Summer games with unique items which are next to impossible to get without spending real life money, this has angered the community and rightly so, it's extremely scummy of Blizzard and it soured the entire event which otherwise was very enjoyable and this will clearly be their model going forward with future events, so expect to be disappointed every event when you don't get the skin you want because they won't allow you to spend your currency on it and you can't afford to drop £100 on RNG boxes (you can't simply buy what you want, you have to buy boxes and hope to get the item you want from 1000+ possibilities).

    The game also suffers with a host of hit registration issues which causes endless amounts of frustration, if you've played Overwatch for even an hour you've been hooked through walls, been killed around corners and died after activating a life saving ability simply because what the server sees and what you see are two very different things and the server thinks you never even pressed the key.

    If Blizzard can back off some of their greedy policies and fix competitive and the core gameplay issues then Overwatch could be amazing, if not it'll have a year or two and then fizzle out.    … Expand
  4. ShutupandJive
    Aug 14, 2016
    8
    Got a couple of guys and a couple of guys out on the boat, everyone's wasted. People hooking up left and right. Girls going fingers in butts, dicks in butts. So much fun. Sucking down on farts, outrageous fun.
  5. lande0
    Aug 14, 2016
    2
    SO MANY BUGS BUGS BUGS... and Who call it as shooting? It's more like lol. But match making system is worse than lol. Character balance is BAD. Just like lol. If you pick `weak' character, you will listen a bunch of swears. After the game, you push a report button. But nothing is changed.
  6. Ymirok
    Aug 14, 2016
    2
    Overwatch is superficially pleasing but the depth is nowhere to be seen. There are no alternate weapons for characters and they can only be played in one or two ways. Their abilities are far from original, borrowing heavily from a variety of games. To top it off, some abilities don't even require aiming. In an FPS. Do you see the contradiction here? A genre that's supposed to reward skill.Overwatch is superficially pleasing but the depth is nowhere to be seen. There are no alternate weapons for characters and they can only be played in one or two ways. Their abilities are far from original, borrowing heavily from a variety of games. To top it off, some abilities don't even require aiming. In an FPS. Do you see the contradiction here? A genre that's supposed to reward skill. In addition, hitboxes are completely wack. Simple google this (and look at videos about it) to find out how silly they are. Oh, a word about "progression" too. There is literally nothing to unlock except cosmetics. That'll surely help its longevity!

    To summarize; a game that looks good on the outside but has very, very low depth and doesn't require as much skill as any budding FPS fan would want it to. This is pretty much Baby's First FPS.    … Expand
  7. abzz123
    Aug 13, 2016
    1
    Recent change to lootbox system is a blatant cash grab targeted on people with gambling problems.

    When game came out Blizzard released it with lootbox system - you can earn or buy boxes with cosmetics. If you get duplicates then they would give you credits that can be spend on buying more cosmetics. Blizzard's website clearly stated that credits can be used on any cosmetic item. Fast    Recent change to lootbox system is a blatant cash grab targeted on people with gambling problems.

    When game came out Blizzard released it with lootbox system - you can earn or buy boxes with cosmetics. If you get duplicates then they would give you credits that can be spend on buying more cosmetics. Blizzard's website clearly stated that credits can be used on any cosmetic item. Fast forward to August and Blizzard released limited edition cosmetics (first addition of cosmetic items to the game since release) and changed the rules: credits can't be used to purchase new items and you get a chance for new item to drop from lootbox. This is a cash-grab gambling system built into not f2p game.    … Expand
  8. jamessamuel
    Aug 13, 2016
    9
    If you are someone who tried out League of legends and liked the concept of it but didnt like the gameplay, you should definetly give this a try. This has the same concept of a moba with fps genre mixed in. Its great for older fps gamers who are tired of COD and BF. I highly recommend it, the community is friendly most of the time, the competitive modes do create raging teammates. Overall 9/10
  9. hustlin
    Aug 13, 2016
    0
    Probably the worst first person shooter game of all time and super over hyped for no reason. It's a lot like team fortress 2 but it's like slightly better but that makes sense because TF2 is terrible. The worst part about it and why it's so awful especially is because it makes my queue times in league of legends longer like why does it take 20 minutes to get a game wtf
  10. Gamer2068
    Aug 11, 2016
    0
    love this game so much that I literally bought a PC for the first time in years because I wanted to play this game with friends on my PS4 and. Also with other friends I have that are PC Gamers. Take time to get great skills with it and that's the fun of it.
  11. Zerim
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    Matchmaking was broken in the Rio patch and, as dramatic as it sounds, I've been unable to find any fun in the game since. I've seen games with a total level of 1000 against a total level of 300, which end in about four minutes.
  12. bazzbro
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    reached rank 31 before giving up

    this game has some satisfying game play when you play a proper ranked match, but that is a rarity when you;re thrown into completely lopsided games the majority of the time.
  13. zLynn
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    Blizzard promised us that we can use in-game currency to buy any specific cosmetic item but we can't use in-game currency to buy summer event cosmetic items. Wihout buying hundreds of lootboxes by paying bucks, we have too little chance to get specific item. Overwatch became like a f2p game. They don't care what community says.
  14. Adures
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    I will give higher score when blizzard will keep their promises and stop false advertising. BLIZZARD PLS FIX YOUR GAME.

    Also no 60 tickrate is a joke in an fps game
  15. AlphaRebel
    Aug 9, 2016
    8
    Team Fortress 3 is a worthy successor to the legacy of Valves Team Fortress 2 game, after 10 years of Class based combat TF2 was showing it's age, TF3*ahem*I mean overwatch takes the best elements from TF2 and adds the best of FPS mechanics that evolved over that time and ads a heady dose of MOBA / MMO hero's for classes (and they are classes given you can rickroll an enemy team with aTeam Fortress 3 is a worthy successor to the legacy of Valves Team Fortress 2 game, after 10 years of Class based combat TF2 was showing it's age, TF3*ahem*I mean overwatch takes the best elements from TF2 and adds the best of FPS mechanics that evolved over that time and ads a heady dose of MOBA / MMO hero's for classes (and they are classes given you can rickroll an enemy team with a team comprised entirely of a single class)
    Right now only CP, payload and a hybrid capture then push the cart modes are in but they will be expanded over due course I am sure.    … Expand
  16. klkevinkl
    Aug 9, 2016
    5
    My experience with Overwatch has been a mess. The graphics of the game are bright and colorful instead of dark and gloomy like every shooter out there. Each of the characters has different abilities that they can use to their advantage in order to try to control whatever objective they are aiming after. A lot of the tanks have some kind of shield that can block damage. There are charactersMy experience with Overwatch has been a mess. The graphics of the game are bright and colorful instead of dark and gloomy like every shooter out there. Each of the characters has different abilities that they can use to their advantage in order to try to control whatever objective they are aiming after. A lot of the tanks have some kind of shield that can block damage. There are characters that specialize in tank slaying as well. The least played role is support though. There is a time limit to capturing the points, but it doesn't really matter since as long as someone stands on the point, it goes into overtime and overtime can extend indefinitely. The increased death timers do not really matter. If a match gets tied at the end, the game goes into sudden death where whoever captures the first objective instantly becomes the winner. I'd rather have the game just reward whoever did it faster with overtime counting against the team as well.

    One of the best things about the game is its focus on objectives rather than just flat out kills. Individual players matter a lot less than a group that can play together. But here in lies the problem. Players are grouped together based on a Dynamic Queue and premade groups inherently have an advantage. While the game does try to pit premades against other premade groups, it doesn't always work out. You often get very one sided match ups, especially since they allow for a massive variance in skill in ranked. There was one game where I was playing with a rank 30 and a rank 60 pairing on the other team while I was in the high 40s. Needless to say, the rank 60 wiped out everyone and I still had to suffer a massive rank decrease for it.

    My biggest complaint about the game is the lack of sense of progress. Your progress is measured by collecting experience from games. It takes 22000 experience to gain a level with most games netting you about 2000 experience. In about 11 to 12 games, you should gain a level and earn a loot box for 4 random items. The problem here is that duplicates are turned into very tiny amounts of currency, I'm talking like maybe 5. The cheapest items need around 25 while the most expensive cost 1000. There are some that you also cannot buy, such as the pre-order bonus Widowmaker and anything marked under "events," like the Summer Olympics themed items.

    When I heard this game was buy to play, I was hoping that it would be free of all the problems that came with free to play games, but I was wrong. This is a buy to play game with a cash shop and they do all of the things that free to play games do. They start with pretty bad servers. There are times when I randomly get disconnected for no apparent reason even though my Internet went down. There are times when Blizzard randomly decides to implement a patch with no warning, forcing everybody out of a game and having everyone take a loss. You can purchase loot boxes with real money to earn items faster and duplicates do get turned into currency.

    The second complaint about the game is balance. I really have no idea what they were thinking when they did some of their patches. Soldier 76's and D. Va's shots were made to be highly unstable to the point where you literally have to be in their face to use it. McCree constantly moves between insanely broken and insanely useless. To top it off, too many characters have invincibility abilities. While invincibility might be nice for something like an ultimate, far too many people have it as a defensive ability, especially when they can still be targeted by allies for things like healing and they still are counted as contesting a point.    … Expand
  17. 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
  18. MyHonestReview
    Aug 8, 2016
    10
    I'm giving the game a 10 to balance out the review score. In reality, I think the game is an 8/10. It's so much fun and the developers keep releasing free extra content. It's constantly rebalancing and adding new things. The game is not just standalone, though. To fully enjoy Overwatch you NEED a team of 5 friends to amke a 6 man squad and you also need to read the comics and see theI'm giving the game a 10 to balance out the review score. In reality, I think the game is an 8/10. It's so much fun and the developers keep releasing free extra content. It's constantly rebalancing and adding new things. The game is not just standalone, though. To fully enjoy Overwatch you NEED a team of 5 friends to amke a 6 man squad and you also need to read the comics and see the animated shorts to get any of the story. However, in game the gameplay is simply amazing. Varied heroes with different abilities, and every one feels unique in it's own way. All of them can be useful. I highly recommend playing it. Replay value is infinite. The competitive mode is broken for now, but it's more about the games itself. It's a gem that I keep coming back to.… Expand
  19. Espiritus8
    Aug 8, 2016
    0
    Story (0/10) - there is none
    Soundtrack (2/10) - voice acting is silly, and childish, while the music is nothing memorable
    Gameplay (1/10) - heroes are unbalanced, there is zero reward for being a skilled player and zero punishment for trolling
    Graphics (4/10) - there are older generation games that look better and play smoother
  20. Lone_Wolf_Sones
    Aug 7, 2016
    9
    Overwatch is Blizzard's take on the FPS (First Person Shooter). However to simply call the game a first person shooter would be a disservice. Blizzard has crafted a game in this emergent genre of 'hero shooters/arena shooters; that borrows the best ideas from other games in the genre like Team Fortress 2. Blizzard has put their own spin on it to make it a fresh experience. The art style isOverwatch is Blizzard's take on the FPS (First Person Shooter). However to simply call the game a first person shooter would be a disservice. Blizzard has crafted a game in this emergent genre of 'hero shooters/arena shooters; that borrows the best ideas from other games in the genre like Team Fortress 2. Blizzard has put their own spin on it to make it a fresh experience. The art style is fantastic too and is primed for a feature length film. It really is some gorgeous stuff and I don't think its an stretch to say that the visuals themselves would look at home in a Pixar film.

    The performance is rock solid as well. The game has been incredibly well optimized and features one of the most robust suites of options I have seen in a PC game. This feels like it was built from the ground up for PC. You can customize damned near any key. You also can adjust key-bindings at the hero level. Yup, you have a set of key-bindings for each of the 21 heroes currently in the game. You can also customize the shape, and color of the on screen reticle. Its this attention to detail that shows in just about every area of the game.

    Overwatch centers its focus on its heroes and how their abilities can be used with and against other heroes. Its focus on team composition and allowing you to swap heroes gives the game incredible depth and an underlying layer of player choice and strategy.

    The game features a variety of modes such as training, practices vs. AI, as well as quick play. Within these modes the actual game types themselves can consist of things like payload (familiar to fans of TF2), capture point and King of the hill style matches. One of the criticisms leveled against the game is lack of content. I would agree with this statement if it was in regards to the number of modes themselves. But not every game needs a single player campaign. I feel that with the number of heroes on display here, a single player campaign would have diluted the multiplayer experience. Jeff Kaplan of Blizzard also pointed out that support heroes like Mercy would be tough to work into a single player campaign because of their nature as support heroes.

    I would like to see more modes added over time. Perhaps Capture the flag. I don't think Team Death-match would fit well either. Blizzard has smartly decided to de-emphasize kills and kdr in favor of promoting team play. What is odd however is that the majority of the 'play of the game' are from people/heroes who rack up a lot of kills.

    The game features a commendation system which on its own doesn't really mean much. But it can be nice to get commendations from your team mates if you do a good job of healing. It also has things like "damage blocked." It is a way of saying hey look how well you did your job, or performed your role.

    The game features a progression system that gives you a loot box when you level up. These drops can be anything ranging from currency to skins, avatars, sprays, voice lines or victory poses. Its all superfluous but it is a nice way of customizing your character and making it your own. The game does have micro-transactions but these are only for loot boxes which are at the end of the day cosmetic stuff and don't impact the game itself. My initial concern is that the more games you play the higher the chance you will get duplicates from loot boxes. Fortunately those duplicates do reward you gold which can then be used towards something else you don't have.

    In the end Overwatch is a fantastic well crafted game despite needing a few more modes. Blizzard have created a solid platform to build upon and have stated that future heroes and maps will be free which is very welcome indeed. Multiplayer only games can struggle to find success. Overwatch however has enough depth in its gameplay that it never felt repetitive.    … Expand
  21. prossnip42
    Aug 7, 2016
    5
    Oh look another Team fortress 2 wannabe but unlike tf2 you need to pay money for it. 60 dollars at launch no less. Does it deserve it? well not really but let's get into the review.

    Pros: -I don't usually care much about graphics but the it's the art style that won me over. i'm a huge fan of Pixar and playing this game i felt like i was in an interactive and violent cartoon. But the    Oh look another Team fortress 2 wannabe but unlike tf2 you need to pay money for it. 60 dollars at launch no less. Does it deserve it? well not really but let's get into the review.

    Pros:
    -I don't usually care much about graphics but the it's the art style that won me over. i'm a huge fan of Pixar and playing this game i felt like i was in an interactive and violent cartoon. But the again tf2 had the same feeling so yeah.
    -The classes do feel different and it does require a decent level of strategy but that isn't really saying much.

    Cons:
    -The gameplay. It's your standard class based shooter that we've seen done a million times before and Overwatch doesn't exactly do anything different. The maps are good except when they're not, the weapons are unique except there's like only 3 useful classes in the entire game and it does have humor except there's another class based shooter that does it better (tf2).

    You know what just play tf2. It's much more fun and way more polished the this piece of forgettable mediocrity.    … Expand
  22. masamuneriku
    Aug 7, 2016
    6
    The game was promising at the beginning but currently it is getting a bit worse with every patch. Each balance fix seems to make the game even more unbalanced.

    Currently at season 1 competitive play is enjoyable only for premades. The rating system doesn't work, the rank gain/lose for healers is not fair and the skill of the teammates on solo play is on either extremes. There is no    The game was promising at the beginning but currently it is getting a bit worse with every patch. Each balance fix seems to make the game even more unbalanced.

    Currently at season 1 competitive play is enjoyable only for premades. The rating system doesn't work, the rank gain/lose for healers is not fair and the skill of the teammates on solo play is on either extremes.

    There is no new maps or modes in the near future which doesn't fix the lack of content. Yet they're planning on adding a new hero which presumably will make the games even more unbalanced.    … Expand
  23. Ogie
    Aug 7, 2016
    9
    Blizzard, GOOD JOB! This is amazing first person shooter game. I am really happy that Blizzard put so much effort into it and the result is just nice. I really like lore about characters, amazing cinematics and gameplay itself. Overwatch is running without any technical issues and is amazing. There is still place for some improvements, especially in competitive matches - I dont like muchBlizzard, GOOD JOB! This is amazing first person shooter game. I am really happy that Blizzard put so much effort into it and the result is just nice. I really like lore about characters, amazing cinematics and gameplay itself. Overwatch is running without any technical issues and is amazing. There is still place for some improvements, especially in competitive matches - I dont like much current Sudden Death, etc. Even I would really love to see single player campaign for more story. Anyway minor flaws aside, this is currently the best shooter game you can play!

    Graphic - 9
    Gameplay - 10
    Lasting Appeal - 8
    Execution - 9

    Overall - 9    … Expand
  24. drakhri
    Aug 6, 2016
    0
    Game isn't balanced, not even a little bit. Match making is horrible. In the vast majority of games one team will be severely outmatched by the other. Most maps are poorly balanced; only the king of the hill style maps are even. Map balance is less of an issue in competitive, where the game will swap sides in a time race sort of way. However, due to the imbalance of the maps this resultsGame isn't balanced, not even a little bit. Match making is horrible. In the vast majority of games one team will be severely outmatched by the other. Most maps are poorly balanced; only the king of the hill style maps are even. Map balance is less of an issue in competitive, where the game will swap sides in a time race sort of way. However, due to the imbalance of the maps this results in a long drawn out match. Boring.… Expand
  25. Muuvinki
    Aug 6, 2016
    4
    Stay away from this game. At first it may look like a really fun game but its all lies.
    Matchmaking system is absolutely worst I have ever seen in fps game EVER.
    Classes feel very unbalanced and certain heroes are nearly useless compared to other characters. What really makes this game even worse is the horrible playerbase. Most of the people that play this game have near 0 experience    Stay away from this game. At first it may look like a really fun game but its all lies.
    Matchmaking system is absolutely worst I have ever seen in fps game EVER.
    Classes feel very unbalanced and certain heroes are nearly useless compared to other characters.

    What really makes this game even worse is the horrible playerbase. Most of the people that play this game have near 0 experience in competitive multiplayer games and they can just jump right in without any qualifying or test before them. This makes teams unbalanced, unskilled and outright annoying.

    Maps are too small and offer almost nothing but straight attack in one straight line or one or two entry points to defend for the other team. This game ain't worth 40$ because it offers nothing but suffering all the time.    … Expand
  26. acidcritic
    Aug 6, 2016
    4
    Il gioco si presenta bene. Il gameplay ha un buon potenziale e lo stile è bello e piacevole. Se fosse gratis oppure fornito di più mappe, modalità ed eroi sarebbe almeno positivo.

    Invece costa 40 euro, ha pochi eroi, poche mappe, il peggior sistema di matchmaking che io abbia mai visto (semplicemente non lo ha), le competitive sono un caos totale, il bilanciamento è inesistente, i bug e    Il gioco si presenta bene. Il gameplay ha un buon potenziale e lo stile è bello e piacevole. Se fosse gratis oppure fornito di più mappe, modalità ed eroi sarebbe almeno positivo.

    Invece costa 40 euro, ha pochi eroi, poche mappe, il peggior sistema di matchmaking che io abbia mai visto (semplicemente non lo ha), le competitive sono un caos totale, il bilanciamento è inesistente, i bug e i glitch sono talmente numerosi da rendere il titolo oltremodo frustrante e come se non bastasse l'hitbox di gioco è folle e totalmente da riscrivere.

    Gratuitamente si trovano titoli più completi e meglio gestiti di questo, che attualmente presenta per lo più l'impossibilità di farsi match decenti, con fin troppi giocatori che fanno che diavolono vogliono senza la possibilità di segnalare la loro poco sportività e impegno nel teamplay.

    Non essendo un fps (e chi scrive il contrario non ha capito nulla sia del gioco che del mondo dei videogiochi), ma un MOBa la coordinazione fra personaggi è essenziale. La non esistenza di un servizio per la segnalazione di pessimi giocatori od un sistema per consigliare ad altri quel determinato soggetto, ogni partita è solo pura anarchia.

    Sconsigliatissimo.    … Expand
  27. cypronge
    Aug 5, 2016
    5
    There is a serious lack of content, n its current state it has the content of a free to play game. there are only 3 game mods, Defend objective/ Attack objective/ Escort. There is no story mode, and there are some issues with balance between heroes. the most annoying thing are the fanboys that will defend this game just because it has the blizzard logo. I have played the game for 30+ hoursThere is a serious lack of content, n its current state it has the content of a free to play game. there are only 3 game mods, Defend objective/ Attack objective/ Escort. There is no story mode, and there are some issues with balance between heroes. the most annoying thing are the fanboys that will defend this game just because it has the blizzard logo. I have played the game for 30+ hours but i regret buying it. The choice is yours, but there are much better games out there.… Expand
  28. TheLewdOne
    Aug 4, 2016
    8
    People think this needs to be a free to play game?

    Really? Counterstrike and Team Fortress 2 weren't free to play at first, why is this seemingly such a big deal for Overwatch? Microtransactions? Thats a problem with the industry as a whole, and Overwatch is far less abusive with it's microtransactions than much stronger cases of doing it horribly like Dungeon Keeper mobile,    People think this needs to be a free to play game?

    Really?

    Counterstrike and Team Fortress 2 weren't free to play at first, why is this seemingly such a big deal for Overwatch?

    Microtransactions? Thats a problem with the industry as a whole, and Overwatch is far less abusive with it's microtransactions than much stronger cases of doing it horribly like Dungeon Keeper mobile, Dragon Age Inquisition or any of Ubisofts ilk. At least Overwatch keeps it purely cosmetic, if you only care about the gameplay this game costs 20 dollars and ONLY 20 dollars (for PC).

    It's not even like you don't get skins through just playing the game, you do, and most players tend to get a fair amount of legendary skins, the game's most high dollar item...They just don't get the ones they want.

    Babies, the lot of them. Oh boo hoo, RNG gave you the wrong T-Shirt. Better rate the game a 0 and claim it's all due to the "high" price tag and the evil of microtransactions.

    Try to stick to actual criticism in the future, like how the competitive watch was a complete mess and how the gain and loss of points seems way too heavy on the loss with not nearly enough gain. Or how Overwatch's vibrant cast seems almost focus grouped to appeal to everyone without being remotely controversial.    … Expand
  29. 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
  30. 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
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Awards & Rankings

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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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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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