Overwatch (2016)

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  1. jdb1917
    Jun 1, 2016
    5
    i was super hyped for overwatch. i did not end up getting into the beta due to time constraints, but from what i've seen and heard, i was ready for it to find its way into my regular rotation.

    suffice to say i was extremely disappointing. the good; great art style good gunplay mechanics the bad; uninspired game modes little to no team balancing bad map design the ugly;    i was super hyped for overwatch. i did not end up getting into the beta due to time constraints, but from what i've seen and heard, i was ready for it to find its way into my regular rotation.

    suffice to say i was extremely disappointing.

    the good;
    great art style
    good gunplay mechanics

    the bad;
    uninspired game modes
    little to no team balancing
    bad map design

    the ugly;
    already cancerous community
    chests with skewed rolls to increase duplicate drops

    all in all the game is just average. not nearly as good as some competitors (dirty bomb for example) with an ok pay model of pay to buy with large amounts of cosmetics you "could" buy. it feels good to play, but is nothing to write home about and after a while the repetitiveness got tedious.    … Expand
  2. mohbaboo
    May 25, 2016
    5
    Great gameplay with great characters but short on modes and I can't see myself playing it more than a couple of weeks which makes the game's price questionable.
  3. GAGMR
    Nov 21, 2016
    5
    It's basically Call of Duty, but with Porn Stars.

    Just get prepared to die every 3 seconds because everyone has to be all L33T, so **** balance! Make everyone kill everything super quick! Then get ready to die every time you use your ultimate because all ultimates suck.

    Go play Paladins instead. It's free & is just a better game.
  4. InfiniteYT
    Sep 20, 2017
    5
    Overwatch as a casual game is very enjoyable. It's filled with interesting mechanics, a nice art style, and fun gameplay. Sadly as a competitive shooter the game falls flat.

    The gamemodes are almost a copy of TF2 involving either moving a payload or attack/defense control points. The way play these modes is through quick play, the weekly brawl, vs bots, or competitive(I will get to    Overwatch as a casual game is very enjoyable. It's filled with interesting mechanics, a nice art style, and fun gameplay. Sadly as a competitive shooter the game falls flat.

    The gamemodes are almost a copy of TF2 involving either moving a payload or attack/defense control points. The way play these modes is through quick play, the weekly brawl, vs bots, or competitive(I will get to later). The game as of July 24th has 22 characters with there own ability's. Most of them are fairly generic like a sniper(widowmaker), a engineer(torbjorn), a scout(tracer), a soldier(Pharah), a medic(Mercy), and a demoman(junkrat), but the still differ themselves enough from there TF2 counterparts. The other characters though very one dimensional are fairly unique and offer a wide variety of gameplay styles. Each character typically only has 1 gun, 1-2 abilities, and a special. The guns control fairly well except they lack any recoil and really have a low skill ceiling to use most of them. Most of the abilities are cool like creating a ice wall or providing armor to teammates. The problem stems from the specials. Some of the specials are nothing much but the others are downright ridiculous. Here is where competitive falters, the specials not only are OP and unbalanced but take little to no skill to pull off. Wallhacks, aimbots, Invincibility all sound like hacks but are REAL specials for some of the overwatch characters. That's not competitive nor fun to play with or against. To add to that there are broken hitboxes for most character and weapons making any chance to be competitive pushed to the side. Also you have to be level 25 to unlock competitive which takes far too long to achieve. The game even in casual is ruined by these "Specials" due to there limited skill to use and overall cheapness when you get killed by one. The soundtrack of this game however is great and fits the heroic mood of the game very well. I always enjoy booting up the game and hearing the music as I prepare for battle against...overwatch? Yea, the lore is fairly week as well as the gameplay doesn't correlate at all with the lore made for the game making you wonder what the point of having all those cool short films to advertise the game. Luckily that does little to affect the game play. The last thing is the in game cosmetics which do look cool and don't affect the gameplay and it is fun to be rewarded with when you play more. The loot boxes are overpriced if you want to buy them but there really is no point. In conclusion Overwatch does have some great things going for it but as a competitive shooter it falls flat. Hopefully it goes for a more casual approach like TF2 did or a competitive approach instead of this frustrating middle ground of a unbalanced annoying mess. There is still going to be more updates so I'm eager to see what Blizzard does with the game in the future. 7.4/10 -Infinite    … Expand
  5. kamhagh
    Apr 20, 2017
    5
    This game is very boring and lacks content and has so many issues.
    you have to wait like 10m to play a very short game. after having this game since release I barely got to enjoy any heroes
    the MM is so awful. you either win without effort and lose in a second, there are no matches that I have to put effort in You join a lot of games where you see (waiting for players) and after a    This game is very boring and lacks content and has so many issues.
    you have to wait like 10m to play a very short game. after having this game since release I barely got to enjoy any heroes
    the MM is so awful. you either win without effort and lose in a second, there are no matches that I have to put effort in
    You join a lot of games where you see (waiting for players) and after a minute you get kicked out saying (not enough players) and this issue is annoying considering you have to wait for the loading screen a few times.

    otherwise the game has a really beautiful design and art    … Expand
  6. Crackfarmer
    Jun 7, 2016
    5
    First of all you think wow what an impressive Game, but if you play this Game for like 3-4 days you will see the downsides pretty fast. I'll list it in positive and negative stuff.

    positive : - very immersive - good looking characters - running smooth (except for the server/host lags) - you can get all content for free ingame after purchasing the Game negative : - unbalanced    First of all you think wow what an impressive Game, but if you play this Game for like 3-4 days you will see the downsides pretty fast. I'll list it in positive and negative stuff.

    positive :
    - very immersive
    - good looking characters
    - running smooth (except for the server/host lags)
    - you can get all content for free ingame after purchasing the Game

    negative :
    - unbalanced characters, you will find out whos good pretty fast
    - matchmaking without any sense (lv 20ish people get's matched with lvl 60+, had 4 games in a row with that - they have to improve that
    - **** low tick servers (shots not hit properly), get killed around the corner, grab through walls
    - bad latency servers (50mbit fibre internet with usual 10ping, i got ingame like 70-100ms (feels like player host in CoD (host migration servers)
    - time intense as fck
    - rng of lootchests is ridiculous, got like 20 stuff doubled on lvl 10...
    - no proper report function without having a person speak in chat, need to be targeted to report. Cheaters just never say anything in chat and can't get reported.
    - 40-50€ for an Game which has a terrible matchmaking, 2 game modes and unbalanced champions
    - unplayable in solo-queue (you get matched in teams where you see 3 widowmakers and 2 pharahs in one team)
    - after lvl 26 exp needed for levelup doesnt change anymore, easy for powerlevlers

    One upside is that i purchased the key on a keysite with paypal - refund money after 2 weeks. So it's pretty much free 2 play for people who doesn't want to blow money into blizzard's butt for no reason.    … Expand
  7. Damtitus
    Jan 3, 2018
    5
    I bought Overwatch almost immediately after release, and at first it looked like a great game. (I played till April 2017, scoring high plat-low diamond in competitive, spending 300+ hours ingame.)

    Very polished engine that runs decently even on old PC, flashy graphics, Blizzard's name & fame - all these promised top-tier multiplayer shooter for years to come. However, the reality was    I bought Overwatch almost immediately after release, and at first it looked like a great game. (I played till April 2017, scoring high plat-low diamond in competitive, spending 300+ hours ingame.)

    Very polished engine that runs decently even on old PC, flashy graphics, Blizzard's name & fame - all these promised top-tier multiplayer shooter for years to come.
    However, the reality was disappointing.
    - This is so called "team" game where you can not see your (or anyone's else) team-related performance. If something goes wrong, you can only make wild guesses. We have completely useless and misguiding medals instead, which tell nothing about teamplay or team contribution or team needs at current moment.
    - Blizzard promised great "casual-competitive" gameplay, but solo queue competitive is abysmal. Every third game is won or lost due to reasons-related-to-ONE-player (someone is a troll and decided to throw a game, someone is 4000-rating genji main in 3100 game and just eliminates opposing team, someone is unlucky to have crappy ISP and disconnects midgame, someone is that special person who plays ONLY Torb/Widow/Hanzo, etc, etc - you can't do anything in these cases to change the outcome). The only way would be to find your own 6-10-20 man team of similar skill & mindset; but that is completely opposite of "casual" - and required too much effort for majority of the players.
    - There is NO way to perma-mute trolling or harassing players. I was lucky enough never to meet really stinky trolls in game, but once I was paired with "widow only" player 3 times in a row. This person admitted they are losing on purpose, so I reported/muted them - and I was still put into the same team 2 more times... Report system apparently don't work, and some players just insult everyone else, spoiling the mood a bit. They are never banned. As a result, there are trolls in every second game.
    - There are too few maps, and map design is mediocre at best. 2 of the maps have the sole entrance in the beginning, which is easily blocked - that makes both defense and offense quite boring and repetitive quite often. Number of game modes isn't great either.
    - Outside of the game, heroes are great - they have their own stories, agendas and characters. Ingame you do not feel of see ANY of that. Storywise, you don't understand why brutal killers from Talon are fighting on the same team, as their Overwatch adversaries, or why they are fighting at all. There is no singly player mode at all, which is really sad for a game with such rich background.    … Expand
  8. Micalica
    May 24, 2016
    5
    Short: Play TF2 instead, not worth a full $60 yet. You WILL be disappointed.

    Overwatch is a good game. However, it suffers from the myriad of issues that plagued its readily comparable predecessor, Team Fortress 2. The balancing tactic relies on "making everybody strong", and making everybody "OP" instead of attempting some skill-based balance. Where that design philosophy can work in    Short: Play TF2 instead, not worth a full $60 yet. You WILL be disappointed.

    Overwatch is a good game. However, it suffers from the myriad of issues that plagued its readily comparable predecessor, Team Fortress 2. The balancing tactic relies on "making everybody strong", and making everybody "OP" instead of attempting some skill-based balance. Where that design philosophy can work in MOBA's like Dota 2 and to an extent League of Legends, Blizzard drops the ball here.

    Simply being on the attacking team puts you at an astounding disadvantage. There are no counters for abilities that make players invincible, nor a defending team composed for tanks. The first two minutes of the game revolve around getting the payload to the final point, and the rest is devoted to trying in vain to end the game.

    Problems that existed in the beta have not been solved. What was brushed off as "Oh it's just a beta release" has become "They've voluntarily and knowingly released this product for full price."

    If EA and Ubisoft damn themselves into early graves through poor practices, Blizzard has no excuse.

    Wait for a sale, if anything at all.    … Expand
  9. rustyfeeder
    May 27, 2016
    5
    This game is mediocre. It lacks creativity and originality. There are many f2p games of the same genre out there. It has Blizzard brand behind it and an army of Blizzard fans. Remove this and I doubt this game would be any such popular. It is really sad to see that so many innovative games do not get attention and games like this receive so much praise.
  10. royben14
    Mar 28, 2018
    5
    The game is perfect.
    On a gameplay level it's perfect and balancing is only a problem for a short time after a hero launches.
    Characters are perfect in every way and immerse you into the game. Every smallest detail is made to perfection. everything i wrote in my original review still stands but the game doesn't run anymore... it just doesn't open and I've searched for a solution    The game is perfect.
    On a gameplay level it's perfect and balancing is only a problem for a short time after a hero launches.
    Characters are perfect in every way and immerse you into the game.
    Every smallest detail is made to perfection.

    everything i wrote in my original review still stands but the game doesn't run anymore... it just doesn't open and I've searched for a solution everywhere but Blizzard does not offer one.    … Expand
  11. saywhaaaat
    Jun 2, 2016
    5
    Overwatch or Overhype?

    I waited through beta and launch to see the full reviews to buy this game. As the majority of reviews were positive I decided to give it a go. I am not a Blizzard fanboy and my choice of game is FPS, so this is my first weeks impression of the game. If you are a casual gamer who enjoys FPS shooters then this may give you an idea of the game. Characters: Pros    Overwatch or Overhype?

    I waited through beta and launch to see the full reviews to buy this game. As the majority of reviews were positive I decided to give it a go. I am not a Blizzard fanboy and my choice of game is FPS, so this is my first weeks impression of the game. If you are a casual gamer who enjoys FPS shooters then this may give you an idea of the game.

    Characters:

    Pros - The game comes with all characters unlocked. They are very nice creations and look amazing. Each individual character comes with their own play style and perks allowing team creation. I have yet to find a significantly overpowered character, so balancing seems fine.

    Cons - The game comes with all characters unlocked. The use of special powers leaves a lot of characters feeling slow and lumber some. The tanks feel as though they are fighting a losing battle as they have high Armour and extremely low attack (except for Rienhardt who is melee). There is zero customization for each individual character meaning you have no way of changing a characters play style.

    Maps:

    Pros - All the maps look and feel great. Depending on game type their will be around 4 maps you play on, making a lot of maps. The maps have a decent amount of vertical movement which helps break up play.

    Cons - Even though there are a good number of maps the specific game mode to map make you feel as though you are fighting the same battle over and over again. A similar feeling to that of Battlefront walker assault (if you were suckered into buying that to for hype).

    Scoring System:

    Pros - The scoring system doesn't just focus on the sheer number of kills you made. It has separate focus on each character type preference, whether that be blocking damage or healing your team. Play of the game shows the 'best play of the game' instead of final kill.

    Cons - The scoring sometimes focuses on players achievements which are pretty average while leaving out the real MVP's who carried the games. While the 'play of the game' is a great idea, it seems to rarely focus on the actual best play of the game. An example, I made two double kills in short succession then used my special for a 5th kill in the space of about 5 seconds. At the end game 'play of the game' someone killed a player and themselves. Feels a bit empty.

    Loot System:

    Pros - Good Looking Skins

    Cons - Loot boxes are rubbish. They throw out loads of extras like tags that no one uses/wants and new voices that are generic. Every now and again you will receive a new skin. The skins are cool, but they are full body skins. This lowers the amount of customization and also the longevity of loot boxes as they are the only things worth winning. Also the majority of skins are just color copy's with each character having a couple of unique looks.

    Overall game play:

    Pros - Feel crisp and using the right power at the right time can be rewarding.

    Cons - Messy. Can feel slow and a bit of a grind. Movement is sacrificed for specials so there is no option to dash out of danger if needed. This also becomes annoying after you die and have to run back across the map to get into the fight. Guns feel under powered. Overall the whole time you can be running around shooting at people and not make a single kill, Something I have not experienced before. Alternatively, you could be making a load of kills and not even know as the scoring is so bad.

    Edit: Tick rate is really effecting game play. You will not realize the majority of the time that you are being shot at. This gives the impression that you are constantly one shot killed while not doing damage to anyone, until you see the kill cam and realize that you were being shot at for a huge amount of time. O Its almost a joke that is more funny than frustrating though.

    Conclusion:

    The game feels chunky and clunky. The fact that it focuses so strongly on team buildings means that individual casual player will always be at a huge disadvantage. No one in your team will want to be the healer and nine times out of ten you will find yourself in a game with all attackers. If you do have a good crew ready to play hopefully you have that mate who doesn't mind being the healer to follow you round while you rack up kill streaks.
    Each game feels the same as the last on that specific map. Use the same strong points to resist attack over again or vice versa.
    After a solid 30 hours really wanting this game to work it feels lacking and I have left feeling empty even through some of the best matches played.
    I would not recommend this game to any FPS who enjoys the likes of COD, BF3/4, Insurgency, Rainbow Six Siege, or even DOOM or Unreal tournament. This game is a FPS MOBA and it takes away from the overall skill of the game.
    The game is a gimmick and while feels great when first picked up, it quite quickly becomes boring and repetitive. For the price I may force myself through some more hours, but would recommend picking this up for a discount later down the line when bored of other your game    … Expand
  12. time4b
    Jul 5, 2016
    5
    What started out as an awesome 100% game of the year has taken a turn for terminal, competitive mode is toxic and badly done, don't even bother with it till Blizzard fix their abortion.
  13. Spookyer
    Jun 4, 2016
    5
    Underwhelming for the price. I have put almost 3,000 hours into TF2, I love that game. During beta I really liked overwatch but I feel the community is just giving it a straight pass because it's a Blizzard game. The game has some deep running flaws people refuse to admit to. They are choosing to be blind to it.

    I really want to like this game, but in its current state? No, not at all.    Underwhelming for the price. I have put almost 3,000 hours into TF2, I love that game. During beta I really liked overwatch but I feel the community is just giving it a straight pass because it's a Blizzard game. The game has some deep running flaws people refuse to admit to. They are choosing to be blind to it.

    I really want to like this game, but in its current state? No, not at all.

    +20 tick servers are primitive.

    +Some heroes have such low skill ceilings.
    - This can be good for attracting a casual audience, but since this is supposed to be such a 'competitive game' - even having tournaments arranged before release it seems somewhat wrong.

    + There is nothing more to the characters than is intended by Blizzard.
    - No forms of complex movement, something that really makes or breaks a game for me.

    + Ultimate's require no skill to use.
    - How effective an ult is is based completely on timing and luck. There is no SKILL in lucky timing.

    + Some classes have weapons which literally require you to aim within 75 degrees of an enemy to hit them. It's a little ridiculous for a "Skilled" FPS.    … Expand
  14. Specter36
    May 27, 2016
    5
    в и целом общем денег своих не стоит
    увлекает на недельку максимум
    ожидал большего
    а вышел очередной HOtS
    очень жаль что Близзы так скатываются в последнее время
  15. MadViking
    Oct 20, 2017
    5
    Technically, the game is well made so that's not a problem. The animations are smooth, the characters are colourful and the maps diverse enough. But the reason I giving it such a low score, is because the most crucial aspect of the game is broken beyond repair and that's the matchmaking system. You're more likely to find a trash fight with trollers and throwers both in Quick Play andTechnically, the game is well made so that's not a problem. The animations are smooth, the characters are colourful and the maps diverse enough. But the reason I giving it such a low score, is because the most crucial aspect of the game is broken beyond repair and that's the matchmaking system. You're more likely to find a trash fight with trollers and throwers both in Quick Play and Competitive. If you have a group of 4 or more friends that play together, then maybe it's worth a shot. But until Blizzard fixes their dismal matching system, I won't recommend this to any new players. I have roughly 400 hours of gametime and have played since it was released, and the matching system has just steadily declined to the mess that it is today.… 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. YuriZakhaev
    Apr 19, 2018
    5
    A stunning game with extremely solid gameplay plagued by the indecisiveness of Blizzard's "balancing" powers and an overwhelmingly toxic community. New content is locked behind seasonal events where loot box odds plummet so that you can't grind out most of the skins without almost being forced to pay to better your odds. From someone who has 400 hours in-game (most in competitive) and hasA stunning game with extremely solid gameplay plagued by the indecisiveness of Blizzard's "balancing" powers and an overwhelmingly toxic community. New content is locked behind seasonal events where loot box odds plummet so that you can't grind out most of the skins without almost being forced to pay to better your odds. From someone who has 400 hours in-game (most in competitive) and has been playing since actual day one, this game is a shell of what it claimed to be and is dying because Blizzard can't figure out how to balance a game between the wants of the casual and pro community. Not only that, but the playerbase is unbelievably toxic in and out of ranked. Throwers, leavers, general griefers in chat and BM all around. For a game that took 2016 by storm, it's fading into obscurity. A forced entry into e-sports (Overwatch League) only brings viewer counts, not player counts.… Expand
  18. GroundStatue
    May 24, 2016
    5
    Within 30 minutes I felt like I've played this game years ago after spending a decent amount of time with TF2. You cannot select which game mode you'd like to play. The game is so reliant on both a competent team composition, as well as competent players behind those selections. It's difficult to ever feel good at playing this game since you're not given the opportunity to select theWithin 30 minutes I felt like I've played this game years ago after spending a decent amount of time with TF2. You cannot select which game mode you'd like to play. The game is so reliant on both a competent team composition, as well as competent players behind those selections. It's difficult to ever feel good at playing this game since you're not given the opportunity to select the character you enjoy or want to learn. Rather, you'll need to pick the tank or healer role most of the time. The alternative is that everyone is a sniper or Reaper and you'll lose the game within 30-45 seconds (this has happened to me more than once). Unless you're a huge Blizzard fanboy, more power to you if you are, this game gets old extremely fast. The $60 price tag for consoles is ludicrous, and Blizzard has the audacity to bring in microtransactions on top of that price. Every one of my friends I've played with has gone right back to whatever game they were playing after about 2 hours of Overwatch.

    P.S. A game being "polished" is not a feature, it just means the game is actually working as intended.
    P.P.S. A game cannot be credited for "world building" when the only lore exists outside of the game. Where are all the former Destiny critics on this one? Winston says the world needs us? Somehow that translates the world needing us to push this car from point A to point B. Things can't be too bad in this world if the worst problem they need the Overwatch folks to solve is a flat tire.    … Expand
  19. turdefaroth
    May 25, 2016
    5
    team fortres 2.1 no campaign mode, gameplay too simple, very expensive, repetitive and lineal, very small maps. but its beauty and It has charismatic characters. Its not bad game, only not bad....
  20. ScottyDawg1995
    May 24, 2016
    5
    I played the beta for Overwatch and in my opinion.. It was all that good. It just seem's to be another generic fast paced shooter with loads if things going on. Its also repetitive which is never a good sign.
  21. supermanultra
    May 25, 2016
    5
    It's okay, but not for a full priced game. Not much content, extremely repetitive after ~5 hours, and the skill ceiling is insanely low. Clicking Q and killing the entire team isn't very fun or skill-based.
  22. Hooch
    May 25, 2016
    5
    It is nice looking, good optimized game when looking from engine perspective.

    BUT (I'll just write things I don't like, good stuff was already mentioned by others). - Very, very short games. 5-10 minutes for match. - Long time between matches. Long post match screens, long hero selection and long "warmup" time. - Playing to looking at menu time ratio is 50:50. - Very casual, there    It is nice looking, good optimized game when looking from engine perspective.

    BUT (I'll just write things I don't like, good stuff was already mentioned by others).
    - Very, very short games. 5-10 minutes for match.
    - Long time between matches. Long post match screens, long hero selection and long "warmup" time.
    - Playing to looking at menu time ratio is 50:50.
    - Very casual, there is no real learning curve and because of this even great player will be killed by one of too many "luck", "no skill required" shots from novice player.
    - Microtransactions... I just don't support them in full AAA price title. This game looks and feels like a F2P game (F2P with micro transaction is acceptable for me).

    BIG PLUS:
    I requested refund as this game didn't suit me well and Blizzard wasn't making any problems.
    BIG PLUS for their customer support.    … Expand
  23. Ukupnik666
    May 27, 2016
    5
    A clone TF2 with assesA clone TF2 with asses !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Expand
  24. gsq
    May 25, 2016
    5
    blizzcon 2014: "check out a very early version of our new game overwatch" --- yeah it's great fun, eager to see where it's going.

    24.05.2016: "we have added 555 cosmetics and some polish, enjoy !" 1 game mode called "run to a certain spot on the map and do your thing". 1 hour in and you have seen everything the game has to offer. that's just insane. but i guess we have shiny short    blizzcon 2014: "check out a very early version of our new game overwatch" --- yeah it's great fun, eager to see where it's going.

    24.05.2016: "we have added 555 cosmetics and some polish, enjoy !"

    1 game mode called "run to a certain spot on the map and do your thing". 1 hour in and you have seen everything the game has to offer. that's just insane. but i guess we have shiny short movies and 555 skins. all that WASTED development time *sigh*. but i guess you have to set priorities when it comes to such a huge game like overwatch ...
    and we are talking about blizzard here. that's the actual shocking part. they just leisurely cut ranked mode "to make it fun" but still release the game as if there's enough content anyway. that would not have happened 10 years ago. and then all those 10s from magazines. who are they trying to fool ?

    if this wasn't a blizzard game players would jump in, play for 2 to 3 hours and never touch it again, because there is nothing to touch. if this wasn't a blizzard game magazines would be like "nice idea ... fun gameplay but 0 content/longevity, wait for it to go f2p".

    i guess hopefully one day even blizzard will get punished for their bold game releases these days ...    … Expand
  25. Rickswan
    May 26, 2016
    5
    Overwatch is popular, and it scores highly. Is this because it's a mind-bendingly great game? I don't think so. I think it's average at best, shallow and flawed at worst. I think the reason it's scoring so highly across the board boils down to three factors:
    1) it's different - it's been years since a fundamentally original FPS with a large base of players has come out.
    2) Blizzard has a    Overwatch is popular, and it scores highly. Is this because it's a mind-bendingly great game? I don't think so. I think it's average at best, shallow and flawed at worst. I think the reason it's scoring so highly across the board boils down to three factors:
    1) it's different - it's been years since a fundamentally original FPS with a large base of players has come out.
    2) Blizzard has a fantastic marketing team. I think the shorts are better than the actual game. They've really created a world that is exciting and interesting.
    3) Blizzard has some pretty devoted fanboys/girls. Many companies have blindly devoted and un-objective fans, and Blizzard is no different. It helps that this is their first new IP in ages, as well as Blizzard's first foray into the FPS market.

    The actual gameplay? It's alright. I was never a fan of asymmetric competitive shooters, so that doesn't help. In general I find the game to be just... decent. Not bad at all, but not great either. I played every character in the beta for a few hours, and I can tell this will be another game that I play for a few weeks and then slowly stop once the buzz wears off. It is fun to play with friends, I'll give it that. Just don't expect it to be the greatest thing ever.    … Expand
  26. Shad0wfire99
    May 27, 2016
    5
    Fun game. Gameplay is smooth and responsive. That being said, no single player, no progression. It's a half-game with nothing to keep you coming back after the first couple of days.
  27. pootismanextrem
    May 29, 2016
    5
    The heroes are very unbalanced. The game follows a "rock-paper-scissors" mechanic when it comes to combat (e.g. hero X has a much lower chance to defeat hero Y than hero Z), rather than encouraging using and learning mechanical skill. The HUD is horrible, and solo-queueing is the most frustrating experience I've had in multiplayer games in a long time.

    The game is REALLY team based,    The heroes are very unbalanced. The game follows a "rock-paper-scissors" mechanic when it comes to combat (e.g. hero X has a much lower chance to defeat hero Y than hero Z), rather than encouraging using and learning mechanical skill. The HUD is horrible, and solo-queueing is the most frustrating experience I've had in multiplayer games in a long time.

    The game is REALLY team based, meaning that no matter how good you are, you can't carry your team to victory. So forget getting any enjoyment from the game if you don't have at least 3 friends to play with.

    The maps are poorly designed, with multiple chokepoints which result in long lasting stalemates (even up to 10-15 minutes because of the overtime counter).

    The game is only fun when you play maybe one to two matches per day, and when you are winning.

    It is in no way worth $40. Wait until the price comes down to at least $15-$20 before purchasing.    … Expand
  28. chris5701
    May 29, 2016
    5
    this is a game with beautiful visuals, unique characters, 2 modes and 12 maps you can literally get through all the content iwhich is only multiplayer and ai . two modes on 12 maps all the characters are interesting but woefully unbalanced.
    this game is a complete rip off for $60 when it should be a $20 game or a Free to play game
  29. ReziuS
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Could stay a good game if the balance team got fired, but the incessant esports chasing removed any semblance of soul from it.
  30. AcidRivix
    Jun 5, 2016
    5
    The game is fun, I will give blizzard that. but at 40 dollars and 60 dollars for the origin edition, this is a complete rip off. Not only that, to play online is extremely taxing on your internet connection. You need to have a high end Wi-Fi connection to be able to enjoy this rip off of a game.
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#3 Best PC Game of 2016
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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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