Overwatch (2016)

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  1. AuldWolf
    Jun 30, 2016
    0
    I really don't like how it objectifies women to bring in skeevy perverts who brag about their in-game 'waifus.' I mean, it has one woman with no pants and stripper boots, it has another with a mecha thong, and the less said about Widow Maker, the better.

    Also, there's a questionably unethical undercurrent in how every one of the women has this idiotic, asinine, childish backstory about    I really don't like how it objectifies women to bring in skeevy perverts who brag about their in-game 'waifus.' I mean, it has one woman with no pants and stripper boots, it has another with a mecha thong, and the less said about Widow Maker, the better.

    Also, there's a questionably unethical undercurrent in how every one of the women has this idiotic, asinine, childish backstory about how they didn't age. Cryogenically frozen! Stuck in a time vortex! Injected with Captain America drugs! You will facepalm every time. Every. Single. Time. (These aren't spoilers, they exist in the lore outside of the game.) Being an ethical person who cares about equal representation rights, I'd ask where the objectified men and older women are. They're not there. There are lots of games out there with a much more genuinely diverse cast of characters, and without all of this skeevy sexism intended to result in porn.

    Did you know that major porn sites had to block 'Overwatch' searches and uploads because it was getting out of hand? It was all over the gaming news because it pretty much exemplifies what Overwatch is about. It's a skeevy porn game. And the game is designed to be as comforting and as easy as possible to reach as many perverts as possible.

    It's overly easy, slow paced, and nothing about it requires any skill whatsoever. It's basically what would happen if Candy Crush Saga and Team Fortress 2 had a kid, and then that kid was raised by a skeevy uncle with regressive views about women. That's exactly what it is. And with the tiny amount of content present and how lazily designed it all is, it just felt like a rip off to me.

    There are just better experiences out there. Games more deserving of your money.    … Expand
  2. moviemogul2335
    Jun 30, 2016
    0
    Really bad game. Unreal Tournament from 12 years ago was way better than this clunker.
    So much hype and it was boring within 2 hours of playing it. Same thing game after game after game.
    Graphics are silly and there are some glaring issues with exploiting.
  3. Ace_Lionheart
    Jun 28, 2016
    2
    A poorly balanced game with only one game mode, and no single player. I really don"t get what people think is good about this game. It's boring and repetitive, i don't know how people can play this for more than a week without getting tired of it.
  4. Ashreon
    Jun 28, 2016
    0
    Pros:
    - Great hero concepts
    - Polished Cons: - Matchmaking - Competitive play - Quick play This game could have, should have and would have been great if it was not for the usual Blizzard matchmaking that failed both Heroes of the Storm, Starcraft 2, Warcraft 3 and why not Overwatch too. Competitive play employs the same MMR system that Quickplay does (quick play is know to be    Pros:
    - Great hero concepts
    - Polished

    Cons:
    - Matchmaking
    - Competitive play
    - Quick play

    This game could have, should have and would have been great if it was not for the usual Blizzard matchmaking that failed both Heroes of the Storm, Starcraft 2, Warcraft 3 and why not Overwatch too.
    Competitive play employs the same MMR system that Quickplay does (quick play is know to be roflstomps with exceptionally unfair teams). This is, sadly, also the experience you have when it comes to Competitive play.
    I do not suggest you buy or play until said issues have been fixed.    … Expand
  5. Pax114
    Jun 28, 2016
    9
    Fun and light, lots of characters to try out that feel unique. A campaign would have been great, but for $40 i cant really complain. Just an overall easy to pick up and play game.
  6. RareSubdivision
    Jun 27, 2016
    6
    Overwatch is a pretty solid and well-made game, but it suffers from a lot of frustrating issues that prevent it from reaching its full potential. The enforced 50% win-rate is a great source of frustration, as you will join matches that are very one sided. Either you lose hard, or win easily.

    The inability to actually choose what maps to play on (and even game modes! You aren't allowed    Overwatch is a pretty solid and well-made game, but it suffers from a lot of frustrating issues that prevent it from reaching its full potential. The enforced 50% win-rate is a great source of frustration, as you will join matches that are very one sided. Either you lose hard, or win easily.

    The inability to actually choose what maps to play on (and even game modes! You aren't allowed to select a game mode) is a very weird design decision. I don't think I've ever played a game before where you can't choose a game mode, but instead have one forced upon you.

    Many heroes are badly balanced due to Blizzard's choice to always favor the shooter, regardless of latency (and to make matters worse, Blizzard - for whatever reason - have chosen to implement notably poor tick rates in their servers). This means you will often times be killed behind cover or targeted by abilities that shouldn't be able to go through walls. A prime example of this is Roadhog's hooking ability, which will drag you through walls to the opponent who then instantly kills you. This happens more often than not, and is extremely frustrating to experience.

    For a game that is seemingly designed to be F2P but with a full price tag, it is alarmingly lacking in content.

    Would I recommend Overwatch? It depends... If you're a solo online player, I wouldn't be bothered by it. But if you can stomach the issues it suffers from and have some mates to play with, it might be worth a shot.    … Expand
  7. Tyggna
    Jun 27, 2016
    0
    Here's what you need to know:
    Blizzard clearly bought favorable reviews from professionals to build hype--hence the disconnect.
    This game is not awful--it might be your favorite game ever. That's the nature of FPS games, some resonate with you and some don't. If you don't enjoy a wide variety of FPS games, or FPS games in general, then give it a try and see if you like it. I scored a    Here's what you need to know:
    Blizzard clearly bought favorable reviews from professionals to build hype--hence the disconnect.
    This game is not awful--it might be your favorite game ever. That's the nature of FPS games, some resonate with you and some don't. If you don't enjoy a wide variety of FPS games, or FPS games in general, then give it a try and see if you like it.
    I scored a 0 because I have enjoyed many FPS games dating back to DOOM2.
    Pros:
    Rich lore and backstory to all the characters
    Fun ability mechanics
    Good interplay between characters

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

    Long and short of it, this game is the most atrocious cash grab since CoD 6. It contributes nothing to the FPS genre and actually takes us back more than 25 years in overall gameplay quality. Blizzard tried to make a game about interesting characters but missed the basic premise of a first-person game: THE PLAYER IS THE CHARACTER! First person games are supposed to be about choices and consequences and they jail their players into liking their interpretation of the first person genre, and then try to cover up their lack of basic understanding of the genre by paying off reviewers. I expected so much better from Blizzard--but this really is their first attempt at making a FPS games and their lack of experience is painfully obvious. If this was a 3rd person multiplayer action game, it might feel different and be more enjoyable, but at this point that's just an awful way to save face on an otherwise poorly executed game.    … Expand
  8. Ghost232
    Jun 26, 2016
    9
    Pretty good game but quickly tired of the game and the cost too high especially editions and so pretty dynamic shooter with panache and good graphics, realistic characters on this 9/10
  9. lapse
    Jun 26, 2016
    2
    its been a while and im going to make this as short as possible its a fun and polished game but its slow the updates are slow and i dont see them getting faster the team does not know who to nerf and not the matchmade system isint that great even tho they anounce most of the stuff i have random disconects from the server that just closes my game and does not give me any xp and overal forits been a while and im going to make this as short as possible its a fun and polished game but its slow the updates are slow and i dont see them getting faster the team does not know who to nerf and not the matchmade system isint that great even tho they anounce most of the stuff i have random disconects from the server that just closes my game and does not give me any xp and overal for a 40$ base game its just not enough and right now the biggest mistake ive made is made my friends quit other games for this game some of them dont even follow me around in games anymore since this turned out to be a huge dissapointment for them and slowly im starting to view it from their point of view on the good side the developers post every update and plans in videos on their youtube channel and they seem to listen to their fans but how long till they stop ?… Expand
  10. Himmel
    Jun 25, 2016
    0
    Fun characters and nice graphical polish don't make a game.

    I've played fps for thousands of hours and not once had to suffer such a bad netcode / hit detection.

    Bad matchmaking, no server list, no private servers, only 3 game modes and no custom maps
    only add onto overwatch's shortcomings.
  11. Shadow1
    Jun 24, 2016
    9
    Many good characters eg Mercy, Torjorn, Roadhog, Winston and other . This game compare with Team Fortress, but in OverWatch graphics is very awesome, in Team Fortress graphics is average, even for 2008 and in Team Fortress there isn't story, in OverWatch there is story and multiplayer, in OverWatch very awesome multiplayer and I think this is one of the best multiplayer shooter andMany good characters eg Mercy, Torjorn, Roadhog, Winston and other . This game compare with Team Fortress, but in OverWatch graphics is very awesome, in Team Fortress graphics is average, even for 2008 and in Team Fortress there isn't story, in OverWatch there is story and multiplayer, in OverWatch very awesome multiplayer and I think this is one of the best multiplayer shooter and gameplay in OverWatch is wonderful as and characters and graphics .… Expand
  12. Master25
    Jun 24, 2016
    0
    Hola esta es una critica en español y mi opinión de OW es de que es un fiasco y un total intento fallido de hacer un juego como el TF2 solo que los de Blizzard le agregan los poderes secundarios tipo moba y ya con eso según ellos tiene un juego la pura verdad este juego va dirigido al publico masculino y a niños por el echo de que trata del típico escuadrón de HÉROES y en TF2 no solo son 9Hola esta es una critica en español y mi opinión de OW es de que es un fiasco y un total intento fallido de hacer un juego como el TF2 solo que los de Blizzard le agregan los poderes secundarios tipo moba y ya con eso según ellos tiene un juego la pura verdad este juego va dirigido al publico masculino y a niños por el echo de que trata del típico escuadrón de HÉROES y en TF2 no solo son 9 mercenarios con mucho carisma, la gente que consocio el OW conoció primero al personaje femenino Tracer y luego ala WindowMaker gracias a paginas de arte o vídeos para adultos si saben de los que dijo y para mi es la primera ves que veo mucho de ese contenido para adultos y así ha pasado con todas las Mujeres del OW y hasta ahora la única que les interesa es la D´va por su estilo como chica Otaku Gamer.

    Y otro punto es de que el juego es puro OLINE y tiene los mismos modos de juego como captura la bandera, captura el punto de control, y la que mas me llamo la atención fue la de Carga explosiva como se dice en TF2 (que consiste de llevar por unas vías de tren un un carreta una bomba y llevarla su destino) pero a qui en ves de ser una bomba es una limusina blindada, la verdad es los mismos TF2 sin excepción solo con mujeres muy sexualizadas y el publico no ve las criticas reales que son las de los jugadores a mi en lo personal no me interesa una critica de un critico de Ahora por razones de corrupción, lo malo que el juego esta incompleto solo ONLINE en serio a pero eso si puedes comprar skins que para mi es como si el juego lo hubieran echo hace 6 meses no loan terminado por falta de dinero y como se lo gastaron mas en propaganda de todo tipo si hasta contenido para adultos por que esos artistas no cobran barato y debió ser un buen trato, pero volviendo al tema del Gaming es igualito al TF2 y el TF2 es gratis y la comunidad genial pero esto que esto no es un juego real esto es un juego reciclado y pagar como 999.00 pesos mexicanos no lo vale y creo que sera de esos juegos como TF2 que antes fue de paga y después Gratis y como deje antes ami se me hace un juego incompleto y que aparte sera terminada después de recaudar dinero con los skins .

    Personajes:
    Los personajes de OW para mi y en verdad 2 o mas hacen a uno del TF2 como un ejemplo: WindoWmaker+Hanzo=Sniper del TF2 pero por que miren para los que no han jugado TF2 el sniper tiene varias arnas pero se dividen en 2 Sniper y arco y tiene la misma jugabilidad hasta las dos armas de Window que son el sniper y rifle de asalto eso los tiene el mismos Sniper pero del TFClassic y así con todos Tracer+Lúcio=Scout, Spy=Genji+Reaper+McCree(El spy tambien depende de los disparos ala cabeza), Ingeniero=Torbjörn+Symmetra, este he visto en el juego de OW 4 Heavy=Roadhog+BASTION+WINSTON+Zarya, Medic=MERCY+Zenyatta, Pyro=Mei, Saldado=Soldado: 76+Pharah, y al final mi perosnaje favorito del TF2 que es DEMOMAN que se comforma 2 uno repetido que son: Demoman:REINHARDT+PHARAH(de nuevo)+JUNKRAT ere fianl es el mas copiado por si lanza bombas lapa y su famoso sticky jump, mismas mecánicas en todos los personajes y por favor antes de critica mal o bien un juego comparen los 2 tanto como OW y el TF2 que tiene suerte de ser gratis y no pierden nada

    Motivos por que su éxito:
    1.- Mucha publicidad de cual quier tipo sin perdonar.
    2.- Gaming reciclado de un FPS real que es el TF2 que lleva mas de 9 años apenas en este año.
    3.-Personajes femeninos muy sexualizadas tanto como en FanArt como en el Juego.
    4.-Mucha prensa Corrupta.
    5.-Una jugabilidad muy fácil como en PC y en consolas que la verdad lo puede jugar un niño que juega COD o Splatoon sin tanta experiencia.
    6.-El juego esta dirigido al publico masculino de 12 a 25 años.
    7.-Texturas muy infantiles y no tiene Gore.
    8.-Y personas que compran jugos pro moda.

    Gracia por ver este comentario y piensa lo 2 veces por que como dicen en steam no hay devoluciones Saludos :D!

    PD: Estes es un mensaje para todos los jugadores de OW o fanboys que dicen a los de TF22: juégalo antes de criticar al OW pues mira yo te dijo los mismo con TF2 juega primero TF2 compáralo con el OW y tu dime cuales mejor por que eso de decir que por que tu juegas al OW y muchos estén de acuerdo con eso argumento no se me hace una excusa ni aceptable por que el TF2 ya cumple en este 2016 sus 9 años desde su entrega y se me hace una tontería de decir eso pro que el OW es de paga y por que uno que no le gusta ese juego lo va comprar para hacer una critica buena pero en cambio los de OW puedes criticar al TF2 en total por que es un juego F2P y muchos jugadores le dan de User Score 9.1 t los críticos 9.2 en cambio el OW tiene miren que es raro decir esto un juego reciclado de un juego de VALVE que por los críticos: 9.1 en pc 9.1 en Xbox one y en Play Station 4 es de 9.0 he pero esperate esa son de los críticos pero la que en verdad importa es del consumidor osease el publico y mira que hay un cambio drástico: PC:7.0, y las mas fatales XboxOne:5.7 y Playe Station 4:6.2    … Expand
  13. FauxEden
    Jun 24, 2016
    0
    Right.

    The game has terrible maps, 2 game modes, immensely stupid characters with one button combos which in most instances are impossible to counter. The rock paper scissor balancing is the biggest nuisance in the game, but that is to be expected from Blizzard who are known for atrocious player vs player experiences. The game runs on 20 ticks servers, which is something that should    Right.

    The game has terrible maps, 2 game modes, immensely stupid characters with one button combos which in most instances are impossible to counter. The rock paper scissor balancing is the biggest nuisance in the game, but that is to be expected from Blizzard who are known for atrocious player vs player experiences.

    The game runs on 20 ticks servers, which is something that should be a thing of the past, basically it is like playing BF2 all over again. You will get shot through walls and behind cover constantly. If you have ever played an FPS before, you will get annoyed with this game almost instantly once you realize that there is no difference between people who are absolutely garbage and people who know what they are doing.

    Some of the ultimates are literal aimbots, meaning that even if you're the worst player with parkinsons and brittle bone disease you will get easy kills. The skill ceiling of this game is reached within the first few matches. The only competitive thing being the pre-match sitting-around-in-spawn arguing with people trying to make a coherrent team. Not that it matters, as one button ultimates will demolish good or bad alike.

    I've played CS 1.6, CS:GO and BF2-4 on a very high level and I can without the shadow of a doubt say that this is the worst FPS game I have ever seen. There's no recoil, you don't need to aim as the hitboxes and abilities will do all the work for you, the servers are atrocious 20tick compared to 128 in games like CS, the graphics look like TF2 but use resources like it's the Witcher with hair physics on with useless garbage cluttering the screen at any given time, maps are boring and horribly made with chokepoints.

    The custom game option is probably the only enjoyable thing about it to play with friends, as you can change the recharge and spawntimes of abilities, but even that gets old quickly due to the lack of content and the AI being absolutely garbage and it only being able to use about a 4th of the heroes in the game.

    It's overpriced, overhyped and a terrible FPS game. People will tell you that you're "hating on it because it's popular" but these people have no reference as to what a competitive game should offer.

    TL;DR

    **** maps, terrible balancing, boring visuals, no progression, no learning or improving one self except for map layout, atrocious matchmaking, terrible voice acting, dumb abilities and ****ty attitudes.

    Avoid at all cost, until it goes Free-to-Play.    … Expand
  14. KamKant
    Jun 24, 2016
    4
    The game lacks alot of depth and game modes, developers have promised they will add ranked but they shouldn't have to add it over a month after initial release when the game is 59.99€ that's just ridiculous.
    Also one of the most toxic communities in a game that iv'e ever played.
  15. Braquiador55
    Jun 23, 2016
    9
    Overwatch is a great game.
    It may be lacking content, it may not be the best looking game out there, and yes, it is a fusion between TF2 and MOBAs, but nothing of this really matters, when the game itself is of such high quality.
    Please, trust me when i say that you will have the best game experience of this year playing this game.
  16. Captain_Chaos
    Jun 22, 2016
    0
    Overwatch is a fundamentally flawed team shooter with uninspired character design, laughable balance, and over seven million players who once again assumed that just because Blizzard made a game, it must therefore automatically be good. I've never liked multiplayer in Blizzard games. And Overwatch is no exception. People like to say that Overwatch is the “new” or will “replace” TeamOverwatch is a fundamentally flawed team shooter with uninspired character design, laughable balance, and over seven million players who once again assumed that just because Blizzard made a game, it must therefore automatically be good. I've never liked multiplayer in Blizzard games. And Overwatch is no exception. People like to say that Overwatch is the “new” or will “replace” Team Fortress 2. This is completely untrue for a number of reasons. Really, this game should be compared to the equally poorly-designed Dirty Bomb. They share a colorful aesthetic and a quasi-militaristic character design, but also, and this is Overwatch's fatal flaw, an unbelievably awful damage model. The balance issues have been called out by the playerbase, and there do seem to be efforts made in that regard. But that ignores the deeper issue: Overwatch is, at its core, not fun to play, for the same reason most “modern” shooters are.
    Let me refer here to a game I refer to often, and will continue to refer to, an icon of the golden age of PC Gaming: Unreal Tournament, better known today as UT99, after the year of its release. Among the first entirely multiplayer-focused FPSs, Unreal Tournament required players to hone not only their ability to draw an initial bead on a target, but also their team coordination, knowledge of the map, locations of weapon and item spawns, and, ultimately, their ability to maintain your aim on a target and sustain an engagement until your opponent was dead, which in some cases could last for several continuous seconds. Can you even imagine? A gunfight in a team shooter that lasts longer then it takes to hit the like button on a picture of Tracer's ass?

    Overwatch has no “sustained engagements.” What it has, like what Dirty Bomb has, what Call of Duty has, what Planetside 2 has, what nearly every “modern” shooter has, is a glorified game of rock, paper, scissors, or perhaps a cell phone “clicking” game. The two teams crash together, whoever picked the right weapon, or in this case, characters and mashed their ability buttons fast enough bowls over the other team, leaving them scrambling to group together and try to reengage successfully. It even manages to build on the “blink and your dead” gameplay by providing its characters with, in many cases, instant-kill abilities that, unlike Call of Duty, they don't even have to “earn” by “killstreaks”, they simply recharge on their own, over time. You won't believe how much time you can spend dead in a game with a 5 second respawn timer. Because it's a hell of a lot.

    It's surprising considering they've never made an FPS before, but Blizzard has created one so dependent on mere reaction time that you'll scarcely believe that every player but you isn't hacking. They've pushed the “modern” shooter to the pinnacle of its horrific genetic degradation,  successfully dumbing down FPS gameplay into a mathematical equation with only one acceptable answer. No time to look for health pickups or run to your healer. No time to turn around and counter-fire. No time to look for an alternate route to try and flank. No time for anything. If you do the slightest thing wrong, you're not only dead, you probably just cost your team the win.

    Sure, you could try some medium bot games to cool off, but they're some of the dumbest bots around and while they might be good for a laugh, they certainly won't give you good practice. Or you could play on hard bots and watch them mob up flawlessly and play murderball with your team and your mood. Or you could play some custom games with your friends and not earn any XP towards the game's paltry rewards.

    Overwatch attracts a certain subset of players that have no shortage of hate, especially where Battleborn is concerned. As someone with not only a lot of vitriol to dispense about multiplayer games but also the capacity to be aware of that fact, and as someone who is generally unpleasant when salty, I generally try to avoid games l like this one. I bought it only because it seems to be the “in thing” with people I know and I'd rather be sociable then not. But really, the game just makes me sad, not only because it's a sorry excuse for an FPS, but because the vast majority of people seem to be blissfully unaware of that fact. I'm not saying I'm smarter then them or even a better player. I just think they've been lied to. I don't think any less of people for playing the games they want to play, because I do that every day of my life. But I can and will think less of people who willfully put down the games that I like because they're not Overwatch, or something equally formulaic. I give it a 1 here because it at least didn't crash.

    I am damn glad that I have alternatives. I urge everyone here to go give Unreal Tournament 4 a try- It's free, after all.    … Expand
  17. guyverz
    Jun 22, 2016
    5
    O how I wanted to like this game but for me it felt really average. Something about this game just lacks a soul. The designs looks nice but when playing it I just didn't like how it felt at all. I played most of the cast and there wasn't any character I liked. I thought i would like genji but he has a very high skill ceiling when compared to the rest of the cast which seems unfair. I wasO how I wanted to like this game but for me it felt really average. Something about this game just lacks a soul. The designs looks nice but when playing it I just didn't like how it felt at all. I played most of the cast and there wasn't any character I liked. I thought i would like genji but he has a very high skill ceiling when compared to the rest of the cast which seems unfair. I was wreckin scrubs with bastion and hiding behind turrets with torbjörn. Everytime i would see a scrub genji i would just bait him to use deflect and then unload on him. The characters dont seem to be balance very well and it all turns into a game of who can counterpick the best. The map designs seem uninspired. This game was built more for team play so its hard for anyone to carry. You will always need a healer just to get anywhere. There was nothing in this game that blew my mind. Maybe it might appeal to people who never played TF2 when it first came out. It currently feels like a f2p game. I don't know why the loot boxes are random when they should only give you loot for the characters you are playing. This game wasn't fun to me. I had more fun with battlefront and titanfall. I guess this is not a game for me.… Expand
  18. rogerxman
    Jun 22, 2016
    1
    It's on the same level of a free-to-play game.
    I mean, the mechanism is so simple and it is not pro-friendly.
    I can beat you with the left mouse button. When you play Genji, I wait during your reflection. When you play Reaper, I move when you Lshift. When you play Pharah, I can f****** put you down before your rocket reaches me. And I have two more teammates, mercy and Reinhardt.    It's on the same level of a free-to-play game.
    I mean, the mechanism is so simple and it is not pro-friendly.

    I can beat you with the left mouse button.
    When you play Genji, I wait during your reflection.
    When you play Reaper, I move when you Lshift.
    When you play Pharah, I can f****** put you down before your rocket reaches me.
    And I have two more teammates, mercy and Reinhardt. (Seriously, this freaking combo is so powerful)

    You don't want a game which makes you get beaten by noobs.
    You don't even want a game with so little balance (See Dota2, League, CounterStike and TF2. How much time did they spend on the balance. It's not about player feedback. It's about science and mathematical analysis)
    You don't want a f******* game which does not worth to spend time onto.

    Shame on you Blizzard, shame on you.
    Artists will not save the world, but engineers will.
    Fancy appearance, rotten in the heart.

    How dare you name your game "overwatch"    … Expand
  19. Clinnger
    Jun 20, 2016
    4
    Overwatch is overhyped, but it's a fine game. If it wasn't for the low 20hz server refresh rate, terrible servers at 140+ ms ping, surprising Roadhog doing a Hook on you while you're behind a wall or corner and getting pulled only to see yourself die.

    Not to mention; the player base is toxic as it could get, if you're a positive player, and have a nice attitude, good luck, as you'll be    Overwatch is overhyped, but it's a fine game. If it wasn't for the low 20hz server refresh rate, terrible servers at 140+ ms ping, surprising Roadhog doing a Hook on you while you're behind a wall or corner and getting pulled only to see yourself die.

    Not to mention; the player base is toxic as it could get, if you're a positive player, and have a nice attitude, good luck, as you'll be offending those brats that you're friendly with.

    There are just too many annoyances from characters; they're diverse, fantastic! Are some well-balanced? Yes! But some... are just too **** overpowered and beyond annoying!

    Widowmaker has no sway on sniper-mode, deals too much damage still and you can't even hear her ultimate which is seeing through walls.

    Tracer; the most annoying **** character you can play as, being way too **** mobile and obnoxious while dealing a **** of damage in a short manner of time.

    If these things were fixed, Overwatch would good. But as it stands, it's just a **** cheap Team Fortress 2 with craptastic servers. I'm not even joking around here, this is a horrible mess of server management, and even for a first-person shooter, where you need high reflex, you're only gret with "Favor the shooter", where you die by hiding behind a wall, only to see that you got shot by another player who lagged his **** out.

    Got to stop these "Favor the shooter" too, this is just beyond dumb and unforgiving.    … Expand
  20. drunken_Corso
    Jun 20, 2016
    3
    I didnt like the game so i have tryed to get a refund, butbecause I bought it online I can't.
    Now I'm stuck with a game that i didnt like and I can't resell (its liked to the accound). Thanks a lot blizzard, hope you enjoy the score by users on metacritic.
  21. Vakmix
    Jun 20, 2016
    10
    Im all over Blizzard games, i love each one of them, and this game is not an exception! I love this game!
    Though the game can be repetative i didnt feel like i wanted to stop playing it.
  22. Kurushi
    Jun 20, 2016
    6
    Overwatch has the makings of a great multiplayer shooter, but in its current state, overrated. It's lacking in content, has a large portion of imbalanced characters, which are spread across the roster too thin, making some of them feel useless if you're the 'wrong' class, with illogical strengths and weaknesses in some cases.

    The most interesting mode, Escort (where you push or defend    Overwatch has the makings of a great multiplayer shooter, but in its current state, overrated. It's lacking in content, has a large portion of imbalanced characters, which are spread across the roster too thin, making some of them feel useless if you're the 'wrong' class, with illogical strengths and weaknesses in some cases.

    The most interesting mode, Escort (where you push or defend the cart TF2 style) doesn't have enough maps, where the other modes rely on lazily made symmetrical/mirrored maps with not much scope.

    Overwatch aims to be casual fun with your friends as well competitive if you want to be, but the skill floor is so high it doesn't take much skill to use certain abilities that you can't do much about unless you're a specifically hard counter character - which is a poor excuse for balance if you ask me (whatever anyone says)

    Overwatch WILL be a great game eventually, when it's balanced properly and gets more content. All future content will be free, and with over 10 million players already, it's worth being part of the movement if you have the money burning a hole in your pocket. If you don't, wait a year or so until it's fixed I will probably be giving it a much high score, we'll see.    … Expand
  23. planetside2suck
    Jun 20, 2016
    1
    If this game had competent people playing it I would give it a higher rating, but almost everyone is stupid and worthless. They can't figure out basic strategies against combos, they don't understand the mechanics of capturing, they don't know how to synergize multiple ultimates. OMG a guy with a shield with a turret behind him, oh no what do we do, let's just throw ourselves at themIf this game had competent people playing it I would give it a higher rating, but almost everyone is stupid and worthless. They can't figure out basic strategies against combos, they don't understand the mechanics of capturing, they don't know how to synergize multiple ultimates. OMG a guy with a shield with a turret behind him, oh no what do we do, let's just throw ourselves at them single file for the entire match. The game itself is excellent, but the people are awful retards who only know how to shoot from years of the mindlessness of call of doody and I can't carry 5 other people no matter how good I am. This is an indictment of you, frothy idiots of the world, not the game. Humanity: 1/10.… Expand
  24. BOXTiger
    Jun 20, 2016
    0
    I played it 5 minutes and it's..... personally I don't like this one. I've enjoyed Team fortress 2 for 1,200 hours though, it's not mine. Too fast game plays and complete idiot about design
  25. BioTofu
    Jun 20, 2016
    9
    I am giving this a 9/10 after 17hrs of play because of the innovative combination of moba and fps. The fluidity of gameplay reminds me of the classic unreal tournament. Colorful cast of characters filled with blasting personality (how often do you remember characters and their lines from an FPS?). Enjoyable teamwork plays with friends for wins. It is astonishing to read all theseI am giving this a 9/10 after 17hrs of play because of the innovative combination of moba and fps. The fluidity of gameplay reminds me of the classic unreal tournament. Colorful cast of characters filled with blasting personality (how often do you remember characters and their lines from an FPS?). Enjoyable teamwork plays with friends for wins. It is astonishing to read all these haters on the user review section who just blurt BS out of their behinds...

    I havent played a competitive FPS for a few years and I am having a blast with this new IP from Blizz. It is pretty BS to see people giving this the worst score possible of 0 because that score should be reserved for games which are broken to the point of being unplayable... I havent suffered from any crash or bug in my play time. It has a pretty good voice chat system. the characters were well polished and balanced enough at launch. The match making is quick.

    My only complaint is the lack of competitive match making at launch.    … Expand
  26. night4
    Jun 19, 2016
    2
    Micro transactions after you pay for it? How lame.

    Blizzard should be ashamed.

    I'm giving it a 2, though, because it's the first time in over a decade they've come up with something that isn't directly from their Starcraft/Warcraft/Diablo universes.
  27. Baluberda
    Jun 18, 2016
    0
    Empty game, 4 small maps,3 modes, 10 unfinished champions. Let's add its incomplete also and cost 60 Euros.
    The worst comes about the ranked part, will make everything worst as all MOBAs
  28. bigbangbol
    Jun 18, 2016
    10
    Juegazo de 10.

    Las ampliaciones de contenido serán gratuitas

    los micropagos son solo para cosas estéticas que no afectan al juego, y que de todas formas consigues jugando sin pagar.

    Diversión, jugabilidad y adicción al máximo nivel.
  29. Twixar
    Jun 18, 2016
    4
    It's essentially HotS in shooter form
    the matchmaking is awful, one bozo on your team will ruin the next 30 minutes of your gameplay, the only difference being this game isn't free and instead of either spending hours grinding to unlock characters or paying a ridiculous fee
    you can do the same with cosmetics if a game cost 40$ cosmetics should be unlock-able in the base game without    It's essentially HotS in shooter form
    the matchmaking is awful, one bozo on your team will ruin the next 30 minutes of your gameplay, the only difference being this game isn't free and instead of either spending hours grinding to unlock characters or paying a ridiculous fee
    you can do the same with cosmetics
    if a game cost 40$ cosmetics should be unlock-able in the base game without spending hundreds of hours playing the base game for one cosmetic item
    its a below average shooter and thats why im giving it a 4    … Expand
  30. Riba9495
    Jun 17, 2016
    6
    I better wait for a Overwatch clone that is more balanced and f2p that follows the footsteps of DOTA2 so that Blizzard could realized that they missed a bigger portion of the Market today
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Universal acclaim - based on 64 Critic Reviews

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  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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