Overwatch (2016)

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  1. Wheater
    Jul 19, 2016
    5
    At least this version cost somewhat nearer of what it's worth: U$40 instead of U$60 on consoles.
    Though it still feel like a well polished f2p to me.
  2. Nyakuya
    Dec 31, 2016
    4
    - Sale 60 dolares y el contenido que tiene vale 20 o como mucho 30.
    - Los personajes estan muy disparejos en cuanto a poder. Hay algunos personajes que te matan de un soplido y otros que no te hacen ni cosquillas. Hay personajes que tienen mucha defensa y otros que son muy blanditos.
    - No han agregado prácticamente nada desde que salió el juego. - Tras jugar un par de partidas, se    - Sale 60 dolares y el contenido que tiene vale 20 o como mucho 30.
    - Los personajes estan muy disparejos en cuanto a poder. Hay algunos personajes que te matan de un soplido y otros que no te hacen ni cosquillas. Hay personajes que tienen mucha defensa y otros que son muy blanditos.
    - No han agregado prácticamente nada desde que salió el juego.
    - Tras jugar un par de partidas, se vuelve monótono y repetitivo, pues los modos de juego son pocos, y los personajes limitados en cuanto a estilo de juego.    … Expand
  3. eNVyous
    May 3, 2017
    4
    Overwatch has the potential to be a good game. But there are SO many things wrong with it. For one, the lack of content. Within hours of playing Overwatch, the lack of maps and balanced gamemodes will start to grate on you, since it's practically the same match over and over and over and over, unless you play the Event gamemode, which is still restricted to once a year. Maybe it's even aOverwatch has the potential to be a good game. But there are SO many things wrong with it. For one, the lack of content. Within hours of playing Overwatch, the lack of maps and balanced gamemodes will start to grate on you, since it's practically the same match over and over and over and over, unless you play the Event gamemode, which is still restricted to once a year. Maybe it's even a one-time thing in general! This is something that Team Fortress 2, another class-based shooter, does very well. All gamemodes and all maps are playable from the get-go, aside from the Halloween maps, because, well... Halloween. Mann vs Machine, the TF2 equivalent of Overwatch Uprising is available all year long, with a free and paid matchmaking system, where you can have a chance of earning an Australium weapon, which is gold-plated, and sell it for a high price, even thousands of dollars in some instances. Overwatch has none of this. Sure, it has lootboxes, but after a few lootbox openings, you'll start to get duplicates more and more frequently, and you basically lost money for stuff you already have. Team Fortress 2 is also guilty of this, but at least you can get your money back if you sell it on the Community market or in-game trading system.

    Now, onto gameplay. Overwatch is repetitive as hell. The meta will almost always take place, especially in Competitive play. There's no variety in match-ups, unless someone decides "I should be Sombra or Symmetra and lower my team's expectations but actually turn out to be good. The meta is also extremely not fun to play against with anything BUT the meta, and that's how no-variety matches are born.

    But why are those specific heroes chosen to be in the meta? Because they're much stronger than others. And this leads me to my next point. Overwatch is unbalanced. Take Roadhog for example. His hook used to be guaranteed death for anyone under 250 health, being able to hook people behind walls and objects. A year later, and it was fixed. But it's still really, REALLY, strong. Not as strong as it used to be, but strong enough to the point where it's frustrating to play against, especially if a skilled Roadhog player's playing. Bastion, Hanzo, Symmetra, Genji, Ana, Reinhardt, Tracer and many more are extremely strong and not fun to play against, while heroes such as Winston, McCree and even Zarya (without a competent team) are left in the gutter.

    My next point is about the skill ceiling of Overwatch. To put it bluntly, it's very low. For one, Tracer's mobility and dodging capabilities are all thanks to her boost skill and rewind skill, which replenishes her health as well, which is frustrating, annoying and unfair in all senses of the words. Comparing Team Fortress 2's Scout, who requires health pack placement knowledge, mobility mastering and quick instincts, Tracer's MUCH easier to play and master. Another comparison, between Medic (TF2) and Mercy (Overwatch) may look as if they are the same, but Mercy has her flight skill, in which she can float over to an ally and heal them safely, whereas Medic has to constantly stick around his team while simultaneously trying not to get his Ubercharge dropped by being killed while also simultaneously trying to keep his teammates alive. Also, Overwatch is much more easygoing. When you get killed, your Ultimate charge remains the same, whereas Medic gets his entire Ubercharge meter drained whenever he dies, except if he uses the Vita-saw. He retains a maximum of 20% ubercharge. Some weapons also have damage/boost/hype meters that require to be filled up (such as the Soldier's banners) which drop down to 0 as soon as you die. Overwatch has some semblance of skill to it, but it's not enough. One button press and you're in the air as Pharah. Simultaneous button presses and a LOT of practice, and you're in the air as Soldier (TF2).

    Now let's talk about hackers. Both TF2 and Overwatch have problems with hackers, but only Overwatch's has the capacity to shut down an entire match just because something isn't going correctly. On the other hand, Team Fortress 2's VAC (Valve Anti-Cheat) system isn't doing very well, either. So my opinion on this topic stays neutral. There will always be cheaters.

    And finally, replayability.

    Overwatch DOES have some replayability and I'll give some credit to it for that, but Team Fortress 2 has a much larger replayability spectrum. I've currently put in over 1.5 thousand hours into TF2 and I've barely started to grow tired of it, whereas I uninstalled Overwatch within the first 40 hours.

    Although, Overwatch does have better optimization and graphics compared to TF2, which I will also give credit to it for that and is the only reason why I didn't give it a 2 instead of a 4.

    As I said in the start of my review, Overwatch has the potential to be a great game and it already is, for some players but it's just not enough for all of them.

    4/10    … Expand
  4. Xelluse
    Aug 12, 2017
    0
    Nope... Not worse, not even F2P level quality for 40 Euros, some kind of mix of Global Agenda, Team Fortress and Archeblade with SMITE arcade modes, but no one play that modes here, even main mode in a quiet hour takes 15+ minutes to find one game... Also very repetitive, quite linear in tactics, maps and characters are predictable, OBT bugs are still alive, balance is primitive, contentNope... Not worse, not even F2P level quality for 40 Euros, some kind of mix of Global Agenda, Team Fortress and Archeblade with SMITE arcade modes, but no one play that modes here, even main mode in a quiet hour takes 15+ minutes to find one game... Also very repetitive, quite linear in tactics, maps and characters are predictable, OBT bugs are still alive, balance is primitive, content updates once in 4-6 months, graphics is very eye heavy and epileptic. $9 is maximum that this game deserves, not really bad, but on practice and for that price is just one more Overpromoted and Overpriced trash.… Expand
  5. wavegab
    Jan 31, 2017
    0
    Overwatch is a shooting game which literally requires no aim. Blizzard is trying so hard to have a bigger player base they decide to develop some 0-skill heroes so that more players will join. Nice try though.
  6. PowerUnlimited
    Oct 6, 2017
    0
    terrible game: those are the only two words we at Power Unlimited have for this sorry excuse of a game. we want to see this game die in a fire while the fire is being **** out by satan. just, just why must this game exist? it's just a blatant rip-off of team fortress 2 so that blizzard can make money to make more rip-offs
    **** jeff kaplan
    **** the communtiy full of 8 year olds that can't    terrible game: those are the only two words we at Power Unlimited have for this sorry excuse of a game. we want to see this game die in a fire while the fire is being **** out by satan. just, just why must this game exist? it's just a blatant rip-off of team fortress 2 so that blizzard can make money to make more rip-offs
    **** jeff kaplan
    **** the communtiy full of 8 year olds that can't stand it if the healing beam is off of them for 1 second
    and **** blizzard
    become original for once ffs
    bad matchmaking system
    no community servers
    no workshop
    nothing
    no fun
    worthless piece of bad copied trash    … Expand
  7. tomchee
    Dec 11, 2016
    1
    Brainless GoAndDie Arena shooter for $60. Low budget game for high price, with great cinematics, and loveable character tho.
    Was a good choice if it was F2P, but this way its just a waste of money.
    Even buying No Man's Sky is a better choice.
  8. OnyxWeapon
    Feb 7, 2017
    2
    Remember the times where you were practicing to get better at Counter-Strike, getting a sense of the differences between the classes in Team Fortress, learning to bunny-hop in Natural Selection, getting a handle on the recoil of the guns in Day of Defeat, perfecting your aim with the rail gun in Quake or mastering the flak cannon in Unreal Tournament? During those times, do you stillRemember the times where you were practicing to get better at Counter-Strike, getting a sense of the differences between the classes in Team Fortress, learning to bunny-hop in Natural Selection, getting a handle on the recoil of the guns in Day of Defeat, perfecting your aim with the rail gun in Quake or mastering the flak cannon in Unreal Tournament? During those times, do you still remember joining random servers on and on and on, hoping to find some equally skilled players to play with and have some fun? Yeah, me too. Good times.

    But... you also remember joining those servers where you got absolutely bulldozed by a seemingly "too" coordinated tight-knit group of players. What was their advantage, you were thinking back then? Were they using a program like Team Speak? Maybe they were a group of friends playing together in the same room? Or maybe they only played this one map for hundreds of hours, using the same general tactics and you just stumbled on their server. Or maybe all of the above.

    I remember I had a choice back then, I remember being able to choose for myself that I didn't like playing with these players, because there was no fun to be had for me. I couldn't hone my skills or perfect my tactics by observing them make the same moves every round, with the same weapons, with the same classes, in the same order, every single time. There was nothing te be gained on these servers. At those moments, I didn't realise the luxury I had of simply exiting those games and joining another within 10 seconds.

    This game takes away that basic luxury.

    As mentioned before by other reviewers here, this game forces you into games where the end goal is to have everyone maintain a 50% win rate. Sounds good on paper, right? Everyone has a 1 in 2 chance to win the game. Sounds logical. You win some and you lose some.

    But read that sentence again: "the end goal is to have everyone maintain a 50% win rate".
    What this game does, it will disregard your personal and in game skill level and forcefully match you against players who are overwhelmingly more skilled than you, or match you up against a a seemingly "too" coordinated tight-knit group of players (which is visually indicated in your game) when you're on a winning streak.

    You feel that cold chill yet?

    Yes, this game willfully puts you in a meat grinder against individual top-tier players with hundreds of playing hours or clans of 3, 4, 5 or 6 players, because the game deems it is now "time" for them to win their next game. You are the sacrifice in achieving that goal. There's no way out of this circle. If you make the choice to exit this game, you will get a "leaver penalty" if you repeatedly keep leaving these kinds of games. When you join a new game, you will (again) get matched up against similar overwhelming odds. Until it's your "time" again to win and get matched up against a random group of lower skilled players.

    It's maddening to play this game where the odds of you winning or losing are calculated and manipulated beforehand. In the end, you feel like you don't have any control on the outcome of the match.

    In closing, this game fills me with an almost unbearable sorrow. From afar, the production values of this game are sky high. Excellent art style, good sound design, interesting characters/class mechanics, stable engine, etc. Yet their choice to not let you choose your own servers and the inclusion of this fixed matchmaking will be the reason many gamers will leave behind this game.

    When Overwatch someday decides to give players the freedom to play with similar skilled players, you can up the score of this game to a 7.5 out of 10. There are fun times to be had, on the very rare occasion 2 teams of equal skill do get matched up against each other.

    P.S.: Oh, and "Quick Play" in this game means waiting up to 3 minutes to start/find a game with other players. Remember 2 weeks ago it was publicized there are 25 million registered players in this game. Even if you look at that number from an extremely pessimistic view and guess that about 1 in 250 registered players still plays this game, you still would have 100 000 active players. It should not take 3 minutes to find you a game with those numbers of people.    … Expand
  9. MikeZillaGames
    Jul 16, 2016
    6
    Overwatch is highly polished. The gameplay is fast, fun, and enjoyable. It plays A LOT like Team Fortress 2.

    And herein lies the problem. At first you'll be excited and mesmerized by Overwatch...but after several dozen matches you'll come to a realization: you've just paid $60 for a game that has one-tenth the content of TF2. No modding community, not as many maps, and worst of all only    Overwatch is highly polished. The gameplay is fast, fun, and enjoyable. It plays A LOT like Team Fortress 2.

    And herein lies the problem. At first you'll be excited and mesmerized by Overwatch...but after several dozen matches you'll come to a realization: you've just paid $60 for a game that has one-tenth the content of TF2. No modding community, not as many maps, and worst of all only two modes.

    Team Fortress 2 currently has death match, team death match, king of the hill, capture the flag, and escort the payload. Overwatch has king of the hill and escort the payload. That's IT. There are lots of other things TF2 just does a lot better as well.

    I think another big problem is that Overwatch's unlockables system is horrible. TF2 brought unlockables to the game WHEN it became free to play. With overwatch you pay $60 dollars and yet they STILL managed to sneak in micro transactions. Want as skin? Well, you could wait to earn it with in game currency, but as usual this takes ages. Or, you can pay real world money for it.

    The matchmaking is crap, too. Kinda like a MOBA, one bad player makes the whole team crumple BADLY. The process feels like playing World of Warcraft battlegrounds/arenas with a pick up group...and I didn't want to pay $60 for that experience.

    Right now the game feels like it's an early access game almost. The gameplay is solid, but it's lacking content. Frankly, there's no way I could justify dropping 60 dollars on the game as it stands now.    … Expand
  10. 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
  11. Drak71
    Jul 10, 2016
    6
    Nice to look at, but terrible balance, maps and matchmaking make this game more frustrating than enjoyable. Other than skins, there is no reason to continue to level in this game, and the limited selection of maps becomes tedious quickly. There are other fps that are more worthy of your money.
  12. dlc101
    Aug 22, 2017
    0
    To be honest initially this game WAS fun to play.
    However that is no longer true.
    The problems, well the game is limited, essentially there is very little variance between the game modes at all. Although they are initially fun, they pretty much play the same. Maps are limited, very limited. Ok you need a strangle point but after 10 times it gets a little repetitive. As for the actual    To be honest initially this game WAS fun to play.
    However that is no longer true.
    The problems, well the game is limited, essentially there is very little variance between the game modes at all. Although they are initially fun, they pretty much play the same. Maps are limited, very limited. Ok you need a strangle point but after 10 times it gets a little repetitive. As for the actual gameplay, not much skill required, it's pretty much like moving from snooker to pool. Very difficult to miss unless you are trying to miss. Also it's pretty annoying suddenly dying at 100% health for no particular reason.
    Next is the social element, to be honest most players that I am on the same team with tends to be less competent then the computer at the easiest setting. Additionally I tend to report at least one player every time I play, players refuse to actually realise what the game is about i.e. teamplay instead follow their own agenda and let the teammates die horribly. Also those players who cannot play at all and blame other people on their team.
    To be honest the game has potential like TF2 in the early days before it became free to play and became as appealing as a crack whore with crabs.
    The main difference between this and TF2 is that TF2 has more variety, but unfortunately this game just cannot manage the competitive element. As well as the classes being completely unbalanced and team members not wanting to participate as a team.

    To be honest I am waiting for Unreal Tournament 4, at least the bots would be a challenge!    … Expand
  13. Tired0ftheBS
    Sep 7, 2017
    0
    $60 game with lootboxes.
    Exploits the sick. takes away content. stolen character designs galore and a thick viscous coating of racism to boot where no character born outside of america can speak with chinging, chonging, and clicking in their speech.
    trash is trash
    will most likely succeed anyway because noone cares about ruining things for themselves
  14. AnEarthling
    Jun 9, 2019
    0
    This game make EA blush. Literally the only reason to keep play is to unlock a lootbox, and even then you'll never get what you want. You can literally spend hundreds of dollars and never get one stupid skin that you want.
  15. Upeter
    Apr 19, 2019
    0
    Worst game of my life. A clear example of how not to make online shooters. I want my money back
  16. Diugo
    Nov 30, 2017
    4
    Fun with friends but starts to become really boring after a few matches. I just can't get myself to play overwatch more than an hour a week. and that's not something good in my opinion.
  17. ZappRowsdower
    Jun 3, 2017
    3
    I mean, I guess you have to admit it's kind of nice that there's finally a game by people with mental disabilities, for people with mental disabilities. Others probably won't find it very entertaining.
  18. Grenodeur
    Dec 3, 2016
    3
    All praise is that the game has a perfect balance, but it is a myth, the game has a major flaw, it is Genji, the hero is a completely unbalanced, the most powerful and disgusting sobershenno gaming community all scum constantly choose Genji. Blizzard should worsen this character or completely remove it. It's pathetic. Everyone who plays this piece of **** very real creature worthy of a ban.
  19. LordExarus
    Jun 13, 2016
    6
    Game is alright,but certainly not worth the asking price

    Pros -Intuitive Game Mechanics -Likeable Heros/Champions -Good lore -Easy kind of "Jump right in" gameplay,anyone can understand the gameplay -Quickpaced Combat -All of the characters are feasible and have a role Cons -None of the lore is in the game -No singleplayer of any respect -Some characters are easier to play    Game is alright,but certainly not worth the asking price

    Pros
    -Intuitive Game Mechanics
    -Likeable Heros/Champions
    -Good lore
    -Easy kind of "Jump right in" gameplay,anyone can understand the gameplay
    -Quickpaced Combat
    -All of the characters are feasible and have a role

    Cons
    -None of the lore is in the game
    -No singleplayer of any respect
    -Some characters are easier to play then others,which results in those ones being far more common (cough bastion)
    -Similar arcade games likes CS:GO and TF2 are far less expensive and offer a similar play style.

    Overall a overpriced game that was overhyped.    … Expand
  20. Balian
    Jun 30, 2016
    6
    After playing a lot of hours at this game, I must say one thing, the game is really fun the first hours, but, Im level 65 and It's very very boring play the same maps and the same game modes, this game needs content right now
  21. 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
  22. GenoyTexy
    Sep 22, 2016
    0
    Do not buy it. The matchmaking and balancing of the game is broken. The game is purely hype. You'll enjoy the first hours of the game but when you start competitive the matchmaking breaks to pieces.
  23. SuckMyCrumpet
    Mar 12, 2017
    1
    Although having a well polished art style as a staple of a blizzard game, I feel if this wasn't a blizzard game people would see it for the mechanically broken and unbalanced shooter it is which a clear lack of attention to detail to game play mechanics and learning resources with the budget instead spent entirely on marketing.
  24. Primpy
    Jun 27, 2017
    0
    Overrated as **** I wouldn't recommend anyone play this overpriced, overhyped crap. Oh, I guess we know what the "over" from Overwatch stands for! **** this game.
  25. mokn
    Jul 18, 2016
    6
    The game is ok, not as balanced as TF2. The skill required is far lower than TF2.

    What let's the game down the most is solo vs premade. The team with 6 man premade has a 67 AVG MMR, the team of solo's has a 68 AVG MMR, The premade is considered the underdog. The system punishes SOLO players two fold. It makes for completely one sided games. There's also the issue of people    The game is ok, not as balanced as TF2. The skill required is far lower than TF2.

    What let's the game down the most is solo vs premade.

    The team with 6 man premade has a 67 AVG MMR, the team of solo's has a 68 AVG MMR, The premade is considered the underdog.
    The system punishes SOLO players two fold. It makes for completely one sided games.

    There's also the issue of people queuing with low levels 70 70 28, which drives down their MMR and gives them underdog status. The guy who is 28 is actually a friend of theirs who is really a 70 MMR player.    … Expand
  26. Pnx725
    Jan 7, 2018
    0
    This is an incomplete game, it has only multiplayer and to me it is NOT even fun to play. This game has the level of complexity for retarded monkeys. But the real problem here is how Activision dares to put the **** damn lootboxes on top of a paid game that does not even include a freaking campaign. If that **** is not enough, it is the fact that you get to see how this gameThis is an incomplete game, it has only multiplayer and to me it is NOT even fun to play. This game has the level of complexity for retarded monkeys. But the real problem here is how Activision dares to put the **** damn lootboxes on top of a paid game that does not even include a freaking campaign. If that **** is not enough, it is the fact that you get to see how this game gets rated so high as best sports game over and over when it is NOT and it is crystal clear that Activision is buying these titles. It is a disgrace for the gaming industry to see this type of low standard. PS, the game is not even fun imo, after some battles you are already bored.… Expand
  27. Manjisan13
    Jul 2, 2016
    7
    Team Fortress : Waifus edition.

    To be fair: It is an entertaining game but I miss a lot of story and lore of the charachters.

    the game should have been free...like LOL, Wargaming, and other
  28. 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
  29. AdaptiveTech
    Sep 9, 2019
    1
    Update 9/2019

    Blizzard is *trying* to fix the game with role queue, which *is* a step in the right direction. However, the loot box incentive just leads to players announcing "I don't play tank / support, I'm just here for the reward, so expect a loss". This makes it all too common to have players just AFK or run around in spawn and throw *in competitive mode*. So, unless you have    Update 9/2019

    Blizzard is *trying* to fix the game with role queue, which *is* a step in the right direction.

    However, the loot box incentive just leads to players announcing "I don't play tank / support, I'm just here for the reward, so expect a loss". This makes it all too common to have players just AFK or run around in spawn and throw *in competitive mode*.

    So, unless you have a full 6 players on your team that you *know* won't sabotage the match, you're going to have a miserable time.

    --------------------------

    Okay.

    I love the little movie vignettes... the concept art and character design... the level layout... and I love WATCHING this game as an E-sport.

    But PLAYING the game is strangely awful. Only about 1 out of 10 games are close matches -- the other 9 are just steamrolls, or exercises in teeth-gnashing frustration.

    I understand the IDEA of encouraging players to cooperate through complementary character roles and all that. But people just DON'T.

    Regardless of how visually beautiful the levels are, you're trapped with essentially one very tired game mode -- capture the point. It's been done *to death* over the last several decades. Please, please, please continue to experiment with other options.

    This tears me apart, but I have to be honest. This still feels too much like a TF2 clone; with a ton of charm and finesse, but a TF2 clone nonetheless.    … Expand
  30. jjoossee
    Jul 3, 2016
    0
    There's a good game buried in Overwatch, but it is grossly overshadowed by one of the worst match making mechanics around. Enforcing a 50% win rate, you will have frustrating, boring match after frustrating, boring match. Even if, somehow, you get a decent one, a rarity, the lack of maps will quickly make this game a dull use of forty dollars.
  31. 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.
  32. Nyalarthotep
    Oct 26, 2016
    0
    Another review after giving this game a go.

    It is an unbalanced mess. Some heroes are more broken than others. Horrible hit detection. TOO casual as in: red outlines, tracer bullets. The game is a horrible mix mash of FPS and MOBA. AND THEY DO NOT MIX well. Overwatch is proof of that. Pardon my language: This is the worst FPS game i have by played by far. It is broken at it's core    Another review after giving this game a go.

    It is an unbalanced mess. Some heroes are more broken than others. Horrible hit detection. TOO casual as in: red outlines, tracer bullets.

    The game is a horrible mix mash of FPS and MOBA. AND THEY DO NOT MIX well. Overwatch is proof of that.

    Pardon my language: This is the worst FPS game i have by played by far. It is broken at it's core with lackluster gamemodes, poor map design and horrible godawful weak and **** lore with low immersion in the heroes and the areas.

    It an overhyped piece of garbage game made by leftovers they had.

    Overwatch is a broken horrible messy game that fails on almost every aspect of a game except the aesthetic and optimizational area. Other than that it fails on everything a good decent fps has to over.

    MOBA and FPS DO NOT MIX. IT WAS A HORRIBLE IDEA TO GIVE HEROES GAME CHANGING ULTS.

    The ults destroy this game as some ults are more **** up than others.

    I truly dare say i hate this game after a long try of liking it.    … Expand
  33. 8inchesfat
    Sep 20, 2016
    0
    Overhyped, overpriced, boring, lifeless and unbalanced piece of **** game.

    Blizzard and their fanboys can take this game and shove it up their asses.

    0/10
  34. killafrog
    Oct 2, 2016
    0
    If you got money simply DONT buy overwatch. I wish I coudl have a refund for this :(
    The game is like in an "alpha stage". Classes are TOTALLY unbalanced and there are a plenty of hackers with their aimbot ruining every single quick match.
    I think this is another blizzard fail after diablo 3 ..... GG BLIZZ!
  35. freandolf
    Jun 30, 2016
    0
    i seroiusly don't know what to say,everyone has already said everything about this **** balance, sexual exploitation of female character, just being tf2 with waifus.just stop playing it pleas
  36. Cidcaldensfey
    Jun 12, 2016
    5
    The truth of Overwatch is this...

    Pros: ☼ Interesting and entertaining characters ☼ Gameplay generally feels pretty good/response/etc. ☼ It -can- be fun Cons: ☼ The gameplay has nothing to do with the story. Nothing you do actually takes place in the game's lore. At all. All lore is explained outside of the game. ☼ Although the game FEELS responsive, the truth is that    The truth of Overwatch is this...

    Pros:
    ☼ Interesting and entertaining characters
    ☼ Gameplay generally feels pretty good/response/etc.
    ☼ It -can- be fun

    Cons:
    ☼ The gameplay has nothing to do with the story. Nothing you do actually takes place in the game's lore. At all. All lore is explained outside of the game.
    ☼ Although the game FEELS responsive, the truth is that the game runs on a 'favor the shooter' system with a low tickrate. What this means is, if someone shoots you on their screen, it will register as hit even if you were not where they shot you based on your screen. Think Planetside 1.
    ☼ The game is -extremely- frustrating. You will stick to a 50% winrate give or take 5%. You will get placed in unwinnable matches, you will get placed in matches where your team dominates. You will sacrifice playing your favorite character often because other people will not play characters/roles required or will pick characters/roles not suitable for the match.

    Overall, Overwatch may be a better experience if you have 6 people to play with, or at least 1 person to queue up with, but ultimately for most of us, I think, the game is just a very frustrating game. I was hoping for better from Blizzard, but if you're prone to getting upset over games (which I am not, but man...) this is a game to avoid. Like I said, you will get forced to play something you do not want to play, you will try your hardest, and yet even so you will still lose. You will still encounter people who refuse to do something for the team, you will find people who pick characters that are not suitable for the match, and on top of that the playerbase is extremely hostile.

    If you want to play Overwatch, you have to be mentally prepared that you will not own, you will not get to play what you want to play, and you will get called names/get hate directed towards you. You really need mental fortitude for this game otherwise you will rage and just feel like crap.    … Expand
  37. 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
  38. Falrinth
    Jun 11, 2016
    5
    Its both: Kinda fun with potential and very frustrating and disapointing.
    Frustrating when you expect it to give you shooter experience. Game feel so chaotic and unaccurate, your aiming and reflexes arent as important as intuitiion and kind of guessing while aiming. First i didnt knew why it is that way, thought maybe i got to old for shooters, but now i know, its the ultra low tickrate    Its both: Kinda fun with potential and very frustrating and disapointing.
    Frustrating when you expect it to give you shooter experience. Game feel so chaotic and unaccurate, your aiming and reflexes arent as important as intuitiion and kind of guessing while aiming. First i didnt knew why it is that way, thought maybe i got to old for shooters, but now i know, its the ultra low tickrate for a shooter game that makes the movements so chaotic.
    I dont get why they didnt made the heroes tougher on hit points if the game is played more like a fp moba than fps. It results in unpleasant and frustrating moments of "i-win-buttons" if you try to get some nice fps experience.    … Expand
  39. 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
  40. SQLOwns
    Jun 24, 2017
    5
    A good game, but overpriced for the amount of content, like most blizzard games. A huge grind to get any cosmetic items, which just exacerbates the price per content issues. If you like team based shooters and can get it on sale, go for it.
    Also, as others have said, the matchmaking is horrible.....Which again, just makes it more difficult to grind for the few cosmetic items that exist..
  41. 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
  42. Purplestahli
    Jul 10, 2016
    0
    It's a fun game, there's a lot of good things to say about it in theory. But in practice, I've found it to be much more stressful than fun. I only REALLY enjoy maybe 1 out of every 8 games I play. That's not to say I only win 1 out of 8, or even that the other 7 are miserable, but when I step back and think about how I felt after playing for 2 hours straight... I realize i only spent aIt's a fun game, there's a lot of good things to say about it in theory. But in practice, I've found it to be much more stressful than fun. I only REALLY enjoy maybe 1 out of every 8 games I play. That's not to say I only win 1 out of 8, or even that the other 7 are miserable, but when I step back and think about how I felt after playing for 2 hours straight... I realize i only spent a small fraction of that time having actual fun. I mean, I can win a game thats a complete 1 sided stomp in the favor of my team. but is that really all that fun?

    I'm sure this game is a lot more fun for people who can consistently have 5 friends online who all are in discord or skype coordinating and making it happen together as a team. But for anyone trying to go at it solo, you are at the mercy of a horrible MM system to decide whether or not you're worthy of a game that either doesn't end in a complete one sided stomp.    … Expand
  43. Karmafunkz313
    Sep 15, 2016
    0
    "What's in the box" Oh god, what's in that box?" I tried to love Overwatch, I tried to ride the hype train, but it didn't work out. So i took a souvenir during F2P beta day (memories of potentially fun, simple game that looked like polished Battlefront or Team Fortress but was still more than that; more unique in a way as far as heroes and their abilities went). Sadly, that was all just a"What's in the box" Oh god, what's in that box?" I tried to love Overwatch, I tried to ride the hype train, but it didn't work out. So i took a souvenir during F2P beta day (memories of potentially fun, simple game that looked like polished Battlefront or Team Fortress but was still more than that; more unique in a way as far as heroes and their abilities went). Sadly, that was all just a minigame, simple and unfinished but addictive enough to bait you into the real game that's hidden inside; and what hid inside was a very, very dark place, exactly the same place that you can find in the Cs:GO or many modern games, and a place that will exist as long as 1st world players (be it 13 or 60), except to be treated like addicts, even when they're not, it's aimed toward those prone to addiction, vanity, and gambling. Those are the customers that every modern company aims for these days, and sadly, they keep coming back to play their slot machines, even though we all know "the house always wins". But unlike dangers and unappealing aspect of gambling and specifically slot machines, where everything and everyone warns you that you shouldn't spend money playing it, this road is paved by people shilling the game for you, You tubers with fake personas that ride every hype train and play along to the tune of the companies for their micro-share of the micro-pie, to soothe the vanity and get their taste of fame, they will guide you to these games with fake "omg amazing" reviews, much like gaming journalists, only with more popularity and less rich vocabulary; there are no grannies with crutches standing in front of these slot machines, only people surrounding you pm-ing how cool you look in this or that skin, voice (new feature yay!), spray tag."Just cosmetics" just became part of your social/gameplay xp.
    Most games today, especially multiplayer ones, are just 1 hour expiration date minigames that guide you into the real game-online gambling, with everything produced by other fans and players, but restricted to people because you sold your soul at the start of the agreement policy, and everything you produce while playing or being inspired by the mini-game can be recycled, and will be recycled, as a new product you have to pay for, be it maps or "mission packs", but it is all focused and boils down to the gambling aspect where you roll for cosmetic features that games are centered on, and you receive by leveling (10% of them) or spending infinite amount of money (and I do mean infinite, the more you spend and obtain the lower the chance for the skins you don't have but want to drop, to drop). Online gambling trap=1/10; Minigame called Overwatch you will get bored by in first few hours: 7/10 (could actually be a promising game, but don't be fooled to think you can ignore the "it's just cosmetics, silly" because the game is all about those cosmetics, and everything will guide you to focus on obtaining all those silly cosmetics).
    TL;DR I cannot put this simpler: DO NOT BUY THIS. Just because you trust Activision-Blizzard (as good old Bobby Kotick said, explaining the WoW corpse yearly remakes: "If we cannot run a game into the ground, we don't want it" meaning if the game isn't addicting/cool enough for people to deal with micro-transactions (understatement of the decade=straight up ego stroking for money) and addiction/vanity mechanics hidden inside, we don't bother with it. This quote explains a lot about the inner workings of the gaming industry, and that means any company,not just EA and similar designated meanies, they ALL work on the exact same business model from Valve through ActivisionBlizzard to EA, with some being nicer to your face but pulling their pants down once you turn around, and other's getting caught with their hands in the cookie jar, but there is no difference behind the curtains; there is no magic, just same suits working on the same con to exploit you. It's gambling with a mini-game attached, not vice versa.
    In fact, best thing you can do for gaming atm, is play only single-player classics with no DLCs to pay for or completely lay off video games, cause they are in a very dark place atm, as far as consumers are concerned. Moneywise or industry-related, they are blooming like never before and putting movie industry to shame, exactly because people pre-order and ride hype trains just to realize all of it is introduction into gambling (only more polished than a real casino, with all the geriatrics or the elderly turned into T&A to distract you). It's nice for them to add some elderly character into the game, and some butch lesbian, and work on gender/age issues that suddenly became important; but when are we going to talk about much bigger issue of players-exploited, no matter the gender, and abusing psychology research a la Mengele to switch on addiction baits and turn players into chronic gamblers; or the fact that 2/3 of Pc owners can't enjoy most games with or without others    … Expand
  44. Dark_D3s7r0y3r
    Jul 7, 2016
    5
    There's simply not enough to this game. Right from the get-go, all I can do is get put in terribly mismatched matches where my team either steamrolls the enemy team or the enemy team steamrolls us. There's not much in-between and I've had few moments where I genuinely enjoyed the gameplay instead of waiting for the slaughter to end. I'd play against AI if they weren't so totally braindeadThere's simply not enough to this game. Right from the get-go, all I can do is get put in terribly mismatched matches where my team either steamrolls the enemy team or the enemy team steamrolls us. There's not much in-between and I've had few moments where I genuinely enjoyed the gameplay instead of waiting for the slaughter to end. I'd play against AI if they weren't so totally braindead and if I didn't have to match with real players to be on my team.

    I'd honestly just say to stick to Team Fortress 2, at least for now. It has far more content, game modes, support, and customization, and it's free. Overwatch is prettier and has a wider variation of characters, but in the end the game's structure seems to struggle with itself far too much. It sets itself up to be a big, interesting universe with interesting characters and events, but then all it does is throw those characters in a pit and make them duke it out. Hopefully in the future Blizzard will add some more substance to this game, but as of right now, it feels pitifully average.    … Expand
  45. donkeymoose
    Apr 21, 2020
    2
    Overwatch is an amazingly well made and polished base game. Unfortunately it is managed by people thinking they can make it into something as big as LoL or similar in terms of competetive gaming popularity. Every time they try to make it more appealing they make it less enjoyable bit by bit.

    Playing it is essentially like being in a job that should be amazing but having a boss who tries    Overwatch is an amazingly well made and polished base game. Unfortunately it is managed by people thinking they can make it into something as big as LoL or similar in terms of competetive gaming popularity. Every time they try to make it more appealing they make it less enjoyable bit by bit.

    Playing it is essentially like being in a job that should be amazing but having a boss who tries to micromanage every minor detail and change your aims and goals every couple of months.    … Expand
  46. 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
  47. UnkreativHoch2
    Aug 24, 2016
    1
    I really tried having fun with this game and i thought I did suceed at first. Its okayish in terms of a multiplayer online game but in the long run it has immeanse flaws.

    One thing is the way hits and kills are counted in this game. Its not the evading player that is favored for, wel, evading, but the one shooting. that means, that if you are a tracer and blink around the corner you can    I really tried having fun with this game and i thought I did suceed at first. Its okayish in terms of a multiplayer online game but in the long run it has immeanse flaws.

    One thing is the way hits and kills are counted in this game. Its not the evading player that is favored for, wel, evading, but the one shooting. that means, that if you are a tracer and blink around the corner you can die from a shot from a player with higher ping, that hit you on his screen. this is a well rounded mechanic for competitive matches in a closed network, but is the most **** up thing to ever be implemented in an ONLINE shooter.

    another thing is the imbalance of heroes. the game is kept in balance by competitive and regular matches. this means there is a massive skill difference in the balancing itself. the hero bastion, the sitting turret of salt, is a strong pick and saltgrinder in normal games, but is so easily coutered in pro plays, that he is considered weak and is apt for a buff. the hero dva was considered relatively weak in the pro play and is now one of the best picks in a normal queue. this list goes on for a while.

    Next nagging point: Matchmaking there is experience in this game. experience is gained by playing matches and, well, getting experience with the game. this means there is a big number that indicates a level of skill that this player is supposed to have attained. Now overwatch doesnt care at all. You WILL be matched with players much weaker than you or with players much much better than you for the sole purpose of creating relatively even win percentage, that enables blizzard to call their game "balanced".

    Now the thing that made me so furious I decided to write a review about my experience with overwatch so far. Loot.
    The loot - mechanic in this game is based on lootboxes handed out every level and always containing 4 items of varying rarity. these are white - common, blue - rare, pink - epic and orange - legendary. now white and blue is so common it doesnt even need to be divided at all and epic skins equal mildly rare items in every other game with loot. only legendary items are relatively rare. loot must not be obtained by luck alone but can also be bought for ingame curency, that is NOT buyable but has to be collected either as drop from boxes or from duplicates. additional to that there are skins that are exclusive to certain game editions or events. and these events are what caused me to see the **** that is the reward system in overwatch. Loot has been examined by reddit users and the largest quantity of loot listed there was a table of the experience of 30000 players. now they found that legendary loot spawns approximately every 14 boxes. now I had managed to obtain whole 4 legendary skins prior to lvl 35 and then started investing huge amounts of time in the summer event, to get exclusive skins, as i had already gotten 1. now I invested a whole day, not with sleep and eating, but whole 24 hours of my life to get more skins of the little above 4 legendaries for all 20+ characters. and when i hit lvl 53 at the end of the event i had an astounding 4 legendaries with 2 duplicates of said legendaries. of the 60 skins available I managed to pillage 4 and the game gave me 2 more of those i had already in possesion. now one might think they would be valuable, but they are not. Legenfdary skins cost 1000 currency (cur in short) and a legendary currency drop values at 500 cur. that means you have to get 2 legendary currency drops for a single legendary skin, but what value do legendary duplicates have? 200 cur! that is not even enough to buy an epic piece of loot. 5 legendary duplicates equal 1 skin in the shop, and the skin you might want to have cant possibly bought as it is an event skin you cannot get. you cant reroll these drops. you cant buy themwith money. you cant get them with time investment.

    the game is, as i said, okayish, but its flaws weigh out its pros heavily. to screw up something like a reward system so hard, a system that has been done right in so many games, even in blizzard ones, is so sad to watch. i really wanted this game to make me have fun, but this single thing made me hate it so much.
    buy the game, have your fun, but dont expect a balanced game or teamplayers. Do not open the lootboxes and dont even try looking at the hero gallery. you wont get much fun, they made it that way.    … Expand
  48. FkOverwatch
    Dec 1, 2018
    1
    Absolute garbage game. This game is so unbalanced and poorly made. Few good things but doesn't make up for the overall ****
  49. tboy123
    Jun 3, 2016
    4
    This game has that typical Blizzard feel, well made and looks good. There are some balance issues, only two game modes (hardly), some balance issues, match making issues, server issues (lack of servers), drop rate is crap (I am level 32 in the game and got ONE legendary skin and maybe 3 purple--one being coins) and no campaign.
    This game is hardly worth the $40 asking price on PC and    This game has that typical Blizzard feel, well made and looks good. There are some balance issues, only two game modes (hardly), some balance issues, match making issues, server issues (lack of servers), drop rate is crap (I am level 32 in the game and got ONE legendary skin and maybe 3 purple--one being coins) and no campaign.
    This game is hardly worth the $40 asking price on PC and certainly not worth the ridiculous $60 price on console.
    Maybe once they patch it and the price on console drops a bit, consider picking it up. It is fun.    … Expand
  50. g4blel
    Jun 12, 2016
    1
    this game could have been brilliant, however blizzard f***ed it up, it isnt fun and the online is just purely enraging as the "heroes" are so unbalanced, and after a while the bots are just crap and dull, so please dont waste your money on this, just save it for something better.
  51. Twixar
    Jun 18, 2016
    4
    It's essentially HotS in shooter form
    the matchmaking is awful, one bozo on your team will ruin the next 30 minutes of your gameplay, the only difference being this game isn't free and instead of either spending hours grinding to unlock characters or paying a ridiculous fee
    you can do the same with cosmetics if a game cost 40$ 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
  52. 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
  53. justarealopinio
    Jul 11, 2016
    0
    This game is extremely overrated, the Blizzard took the idea from other games without any shame did not add any single player and still ask us to play the price of a normal game whose developers worked hard and brought something new in the industry unlike Blizzard.
  54. Chris_DK
    Jul 3, 2016
    0
    The community is god damn toxic and unbearable, I love Overwatch and I have played it since release but the community is seriously ruining the experience.
  55. Taanz
    Oct 5, 2016
    0
    No matchmaking in unranked, bad matchmaking in ranked (less then 1 second queue often), toxic community, little amount of maps, lack of balance...all in all great potential but terrible management.
  56. caemasa
    Jul 11, 2016
    1
    Un robo el precio comparado con lo que ofrece un juego desarrollado a medias que debio ser free to play comparado con otros juegos este se queda en la mierda aparte que tiene solo 3 modos de juego que P**** Mierd*
  57. Chimaires
    Sep 8, 2016
    0
    I will give it a positive review until I hit diamond cause that **** is impossible. I always get to 2900 but right at the second I just keep falling down. A vicious cycle. This game is too frustrating.
  58. Garbageman111
    Feb 18, 2019
    4
    Absolute unbalanced garbage that rewards low skill ceiling trolls. Don't play this if you want to be rewarded for skilful play
  59. nickname740
    Jul 1, 2016
    0
    well,this game could be fun,it could be a game you play 1h in a week with friends.But no,this game is pretentious,it wants to be competitive,it wants to be 40€,such a shame.
  60. cucochukoluko
    Jul 11, 2016
    0
    Overwatch is essentially a Early Access, which costs neither more nor less than $40 for PC and $60 for consoles. Blizzard is a genius company, they are the best when it comes to disguising! You are paying that money for a Quick match, and promises, a lot of promises. You PAID $40 for a ranked system which WAS gonna be great, blah blah. Look at it now that it has launched, it's **** but IOverwatch is essentially a Early Access, which costs neither more nor less than $40 for PC and $60 for consoles. Blizzard is a genius company, they are the best when it comes to disguising! You are paying that money for a Quick match, and promises, a lot of promises. You PAID $40 for a ranked system which WAS gonna be great, blah blah. Look at it now that it has launched, it's **** but I won't go into that, investigate it yourself. That happens when one pays for promises, it's like buying a car without doors, but hey the promise you they will give these to you in 4 months. Great. Just great. AND NOT ONLY THAT, the game itself is a copy of TEAM FORTRESS 2. Yeah guys, the CORE is the same, but of course, it has a lot of improvements and a different gameplay vision (each character has its own abilities, etc...). So, paying $40 or $60 for that? Nope. If you ask me to review this game in an independent way.. Well, it's solid, definitly not a 1. But it's not a **** F2P. You have to pay a lot, and the game has microtransactions, the worst kind of microtransactions, which is trending now in the industry. You like a skin huh, ok, you have to buy a box which contains random loot, so it's about luck to get your skin. Yep, you can't purchase it straight forward like in League of Legend for example. You have to buy a whole lot of boxes to get your skin. This is what I call random microtransaction. So, overall: it's fun, but have a ****ed up competitive mode, it's still in Early Access metaphorically speaking, and it's priced like a AAA video game. **** you Blizzard and your awful politics. Since Activision bought Blizzard, they had died.… Expand
  61. tamthalas
    Jul 19, 2016
    0
    The game is repetitive heroes that are chosen depend on both the map that all items are equal, competitive is completely broken, unfairly benefits those who play in groups and there is no INDUCEMENT to play only the stupid boxes, which best you can touch is a skin chroma.
    of course not deserve 0 but I will do as the press put a 10, exaggerating all
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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.
  66. 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.
  67. Silentwalker
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    Since first writing my review they have increased the tick rate and fixed a lot of issues with competitive play so I've increased my score.

    I come from a competitive background, I love playing games like CS or Quake, fast paced games but when playing overwatch it feels slow and clunky. Because in it's current state it's tickrate is locked at 20 and is not fit for any kind of first    Since first writing my review they have increased the tick rate and fixed a lot of issues with competitive play so I've increased my score.

    I come from a competitive background, I love playing games like CS or Quake, fast paced games but when playing overwatch it feels slow and clunky.

    Because in it's current state it's tickrate is locked at 20 and is not fit for any kind of first person shooter. If you want to buy this game and you're coming from other fps games and expect a smooth game then prepare to be disappointed.

    Wait till blizzard patches the game and we get higher tickrate servers.    … Expand
  68. Zajonc
    Feb 25, 2017
    3
    Please do not buy this game because it is a SCAM. Unbalanced characters and matchmaking, smurfing, salty community, shouting Russians expecting you to understand them whilst charging with a healer.

    Teamwork only and only works is 6v6, everything else is just a well covered lie.

    Blizzard bought the critics (91 VS 6.7) because this game is not even close to be mediocre.
  69. 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
  70. 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
  71. markgatt
    Jun 30, 2016
    0
    overwatch:the scientific proof that you can have a succsesfull game basing yourself on porn,without even having porn on it ;);););););;);););););););)
  72. FrenziedRoach
    Jun 2, 2016
    6
    Good stupid fun for about 10 minutes get get's stale fast. Just not for me, but I can understand if other people like it.

    characters are about the only thing in the game I liked. The rest was just.... MEH
  73. 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
  74. aibolith
    Jul 10, 2016
    3
    What is awewome about this game is the incredible shiny graphics, juicy sounds and voiceovers and its friendliness to low-end hardware setups. But that's about it.
    The gameplay is just plain boring. Over the best years of the genre arena 1st person shooters developed such balanced and entertaining weapons, movement strategies and tricks, and OV uses non of it, even though it's a shooter.    What is awewome about this game is the incredible shiny graphics, juicy sounds and voiceovers and its friendliness to low-end hardware setups. But that's about it.
    The gameplay is just plain boring. Over the best years of the genre arena 1st person shooters developed such balanced and entertaining weapons, movement strategies and tricks, and OV uses non of it, even though it's a shooter. This is just another MOBA game , just on a FPS engine and POV. And the core of the gameplay isn't masterful shooting or dodging or jumping, no, it's rock-paper-scissors with picking the correct composition of hero characters. Well, I say you have a wide variety of Facebook games for rock-paper-scissors. And with such amount of content this game does not deserve to have a price higher than, let's say, Doom. Gave it 4 bars of 10, because that's how I value games: 4 bars for the visuals/audio/comforts, and 6 bars for the gameplay. Graphically it's 4/4, gameplay-wise it's 0/6 for me.    … Expand
  75. Kappakeepo2014
    Jul 17, 2016
    0
    This game is a total joke, it's all good until you try conpetitive where winning or loosing is about a toss of a coin. This completly destroyed all the fun from the game for me 0/10
  76. Eyy
    Jul 25, 2016
    0
    Bastion's tank form is cute. Overwatch more like Overhype, the game is broken, many heroes are unfair to go up against, many heroes are hard to play just cause they do not do much damage or are really squishy.
  77. 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
  78. 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.
  79. localhost
    Sep 24, 2017
    0
    Toxic censorship and bigbrotherish reputation system. Run like the wind and go play something else, let the political correctness **** die alone.
    A zer0 well-earned
  80. azamio143Review
    Jul 19, 2016
    2
    Este juego esta muy incompleto!!!!!
    Ahora demuestro como valoro el juego.
    Historia:2.5 Comunidad:5.0 Contenido:3.5 Precio:(60$) 0 (tendria que ser free to play!!!!) Historia de los personajes:4.0 Obviamente no se quien mas cree que la prensa de overwatch esta muy comprada , desde cuando overwatch es mejor que gta V , Uncharted 4 , The witcher 3 y sus expansiones. Es obvio que    Este juego esta muy incompleto!!!!!
    Ahora demuestro como valoro el juego.

    Historia:2.5
    Comunidad:5.0
    Contenido:3.5
    Precio:(60$) 0 (tendria que ser free to play!!!!)
    Historia de los personajes:4.0

    Obviamente no se quien mas cree que la prensa de overwatch esta muy comprada , desde cuando overwatch es mejor que gta V , Uncharted 4 , The witcher 3 y sus expansiones.

    Es obvio que Blizzard pago a la prensa para tener ese numero no?.    … Expand
  81. AlexHallett
    Oct 9, 2017
    6
    Overall Overwatch is a decent game however it has its flaws.

    It has relatively solid game pla with a variety of heroes with different skill sets. This allows you to easily find one you prefer with the bonus of all of them being unlocked from the start. Another great thing about Overwatch is that micro transactions are only for cosmetics and so don’t give players an unfair advantage. The    Overall Overwatch is a decent game however it has its flaws.

    It has relatively solid game pla with a variety of heroes with different skill sets. This allows you to easily find one you prefer with the bonus of all of them being unlocked from the start. Another great thing about Overwatch is that micro transactions are only for cosmetics and so don’t give players an unfair advantage. The game also requires little time commitment however can be played for hours at a time without getting boring. Overwatch has a distinct art style which is consistent throughout its many maps. But this quickly gets boring with the lack of maps for each game mode. One of the best things are the events such as the 'summer games' which add a new game mode available for a short amount of time. These are good for when you get burnt-out. The voice acting is very good with multiple different voice lines for each character.

    However, there are multiple flaws with the game such as the small amount of game modes. These are assault, escort, hybrid and control. However, this is increasing as recently as death match mode has been added. Another flaw is that it can be frustrating as a solo player when you are matched with pre-made teams. Another bad thing about this game is the fact that is doesn't have a single player/co-op campaign which is a disappointing due to the amount of lore behind each of its characters. The closest thing to a campaign ever added was a singular story mission which came with the games 'uprising' event which only lasted 3 weeks and then it was gone. This shows that blizzard has the tools to create a story mode but for some reason haven't. The worst thing is the community which insults and belittles you every time you do something which isn't to their liking. This is mainly in competitive however but can also occur in quick play occasionally.

    It is better value for money now due to the fact more maps and heroes have been added since launch however can still get boring as some maps seem to appear more often than others.

    Overall, I feel that this game is fun but is ruined by how repetitive it is (seeing the same team comps in every game) and also its horrible community.    … Expand
  82. VampireIdle
    Jan 24, 2018
    0
    I originally pre-ordered the Game and have been playing since Beta.

    I am sad to give this Game such a Low Score as I had my hopes up high for this FPS. Blizzard is generally a company with excellent Games and outstanding quality, however Overwatch is no such thing. Originally Overwatch was a first person MOBA Game that required team play and team communication to win. With    I originally pre-ordered the Game and have been playing since Beta.

    I am sad to give this Game such a Low Score as I had my hopes up high for this FPS.

    Blizzard is generally a company with excellent Games and outstanding quality, however Overwatch is no such thing.

    Originally Overwatch was a first person MOBA Game that required team play and team communication to win. With different Heroes being good at different Things in their own Way. This used to be its Soul, which sadly has been completely destroyed.

    Quick Play is now just a mode for you to try out heroes and get lucky. Arcade surprisingly is where people actually try and win, because each third win will get you a lootbox, for up to 3 Lootboxes.

    Competitive Mode is completely destroyed, thanks to smurfs and Boosters. You can go and google "overwatch boosting" and find millions of people that boost you up to any rank you want via their smurf accounts. This is especially frustrating when you try and want to get better in the game by ranking up. To explain this a little bit better this is the current state:
    Grandmasters & Master cant connect to anybody that isnt within 500SR Range, however if they make a new account they can play with anybody they want and stomp any SR below them.

    This Game does not require team play anymore, thanks to heroes being nerfed to either being unplayable or buffed to do the max dps possible (yes even the medics). Whats the point in taking Widowmaker a defense hero on defense? If Ana the medic sniper can do more Damage.

    The Game is not only incredibly unbalanced it is also rather unfair, especially when it comes to matchmaking.

    As long as smurfes arent banned from the Game the Competitive Mode will never work correctly.

    It seems Overwatchs Priority lays on one thing and one thing only, Lootboxes & Money. As they showed recently by adding a new currency you can only get by paying real money. Microstransactions in a 60€ Game is absolutely disgusting.

    So is Overwatch recommandable? Not at all, Overwatch has lost its Soul and its Charm. The Developer Team has been arguing within development and it shows its lack of love towards the game. Heroes have been completely rehauled making the game even more unbalanced then it was before.

    If it doesnt speak in Dollar Signs Overwatch does not care what you have to say. When they say they listen to the community, they mean we listen to the 1 percent of streamers and League players.

    When Mercy first got her complete revamp there was a 200+ page thread of people being against it, but nothing.

    The Team of Overwatch has completely gone off track and using it just to get money. Do not buy the game and dont support such greed!    … Expand
  83. Maxmigue
    Aug 30, 2016
    7
    no story mode
    micro transactions for a 50€ game
    no competitive mode
    not all characters available
    copy-paste from Tf2, an 8y old game.
    what else?
  84. Settron
    Aug 14, 2019
    2
    This game has fallen very far, from its original glory. It is now a pandering playpen for crying children who report you to an automated system, the second they don't get their way. The company seems to roll out updates, nerfs and content often but only serves to drive this game further into the ground. This is no longer a "play your hero" type game. It has become a "Oh they are thatThis game has fallen very far, from its original glory. It is now a pandering playpen for crying children who report you to an automated system, the second they don't get their way. The company seems to roll out updates, nerfs and content often but only serves to drive this game further into the ground. This is no longer a "play your hero" type game. It has become a "Oh they are that person, that means I need to be this person" or else risk getting yelled at by a team of pent up anger filled soy boys who rather than talk little bits or trash, explode in a fit of tantrum only rivaled by Stew Shivers in 1987 in a Washington D.C. Toys-R-Us. This also stems back to a system in the game called (Reporting for Abusive Chat) Something anyone is free to report and without any drawback at all. Want to mess with someone's account? Tell everyone in chat to report them for Abusive Chat and once 10 is reached they are auto silenced by a system that has little to no checks and balances. The way the game is structured gives you a sense that you are doing so much better than all others. To the point where everyone ends up just talking down to one another and ends in someone being a child and throwing a game just to spite one person.

    Avoid this game at all costs at risk of you kicking a puppy while walking the streets, due to OSTD (Overwatch Stupid Team Disorder) You cant yell at them so you end up taking it out on the world.

    Go play Vermentied 2, better experience and actual teamwork involved    … Expand
  85. 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
  86. Hrodor
    Nov 3, 2016
    2
    Плюсы:
    - Много героев
    - Отличный дизайн карт и персонажей - Хорошая работа над звуком в игре - Да почти вся игра сплошные плюсы, но есть один МИНУС, который перечеркивает все плюсы игры Минус(ы): Матчмейкинг - По личному опыту, и опыту друзей понял для себя следующее - если ваш уровень побед достигает значения близкого к 50% (винрейт), и вы относительно средний, хоть и скилловый    Плюсы:
    - Много героев
    - Отличный дизайн карт и персонажей
    - Хорошая работа над звуком в игре
    - Да почти вся игра сплошные плюсы, но есть один МИНУС, который перечеркивает все плюсы игры

    Минус(ы):
    Матчмейкинг - По личному опыту, и опыту друзей понял для себя следующее - если ваш уровень побед достигает значения близкого к 50% (винрейт), и вы относительно средний, хоть и скилловый игрок, но без 5 друзей в пати, можете как правило готовиться к унижению, игра будет жестко держать вас в рамках винрейта 50%, шаг влево, шаг вправо, наказывается "случайной" серией подбора матчей где противники на 100-200 уровней выше вас, а ваши комрады на пару десятков уровней ниже вас, либо почти сразу после захода в матч вы видите чудесную табличку "ПОРАЖЕНИЕ".

    Итог:
    Не вздумайте брать игру, при текущей системе матчмейкинга она прямо открыто будет вас наказывать за успехи если:

    - Вы играете только соло, или с двумя-тремя друзьями
    - Вам важен не только процесс, но и игра на результат (винрейт, росто скилла и т.д.)
    - Вам не по душе игры с токсичными игроками (привет любая моба)

    Берите игру если:
    - О боже это ж близзард!
    - "Ну... у меня все в классе купили, чо я как **х буду?"
    - Я не замарачиваюсь, люблю пострелять под пивко.
    - Автор криворукое рачье, а я в топчик за пару деньков.    … Expand
  87. Lask1235
    Dec 20, 2016
    5
    I have played 200 hours on this game. One should not have to beg, plead, hope, pray (etc...) that complete randoms will at least make an ATTEMPT to play this game the way it's creators meant it to be played. This game takes an INSANE amount of coordination to play, and it's simply not possible to expect that on any consistent basis. this game is full of great highs, and terrible lows.I have played 200 hours on this game. One should not have to beg, plead, hope, pray (etc...) that complete randoms will at least make an ATTEMPT to play this game the way it's creators meant it to be played. This game takes an INSANE amount of coordination to play, and it's simply not possible to expect that on any consistent basis. this game is full of great highs, and terrible lows. Nothing is more frustrating, when you try to communicate, everyone just does what they please, and you can just feel the match is over, just as it starts. Don't get me wrong, I am not the best player ever, in fact I am pretty pedestrian, but i think its reasonable to expect some type of competent play from others. Quick play mode seems like place to just mess around (that is what VS AI, or the practice range is for), and you would think that this would not be the case in ranked play, but it is. the current ranking system does not seem (in my opinion) to accurately reflect and or adjust for skill gap disparities, so its really hard to judge how good x player really is. My question is how can you expect to climb the ladder in solo que? I am a bronze player, (Silver season 2), and its like your stuck in SR heck. Its seems that all the levels are like this to an extent. It's also very misleading when you find a group that seems to play well, and you all group up together, and then get crushed because teams are so much more coordinated than what you thought your team was. Its seems that sometimes the only way you win is because the opposing team is just way worse than your already terrible team; its like a challenge of who can be the worst, instead of who can be the best. If you had 6 people that you know and trust that can play this game with any type of regularity, will not get salty when things go bad, and play for fun, and work as team win or loose, then i would say this game is for you. Otherwise, it will make you want to pull your hair out. I am such a blizzard fan, but the game is just so madding to play. Its so fun, but so stressful at the same time. I am just torn on weather i want to uninstall or not. The game's logic is flawed because people are flawed, and almost seems the game is doomed by it's own design.… Expand
  88. arcanum2240
    Nov 15, 2020
    0
    This game is a piece of garbage. It's horribly balanced, the gameplay relies on hard counters between the characters instead of rewarding skill, the matchmaking system is a flaming pile of garbage that virtually ensures how the game will go before it's even begun, the community is utterly toxic, and you have to play it for 40+ hours a week to stand a chance of success at it. Don't spend aThis game is a piece of garbage. It's horribly balanced, the gameplay relies on hard counters between the characters instead of rewarding skill, the matchmaking system is a flaming pile of garbage that virtually ensures how the game will go before it's even begun, the community is utterly toxic, and you have to play it for 40+ hours a week to stand a chance of success at it. Don't spend a dime on it, not when there are far better games available.… Expand
  89. WinterSilence
    Nov 16, 2017
    4
    Невозможно играть из-за отсутствия нормальных серверов. Система репортов не работает.
  90. Jabbam
    Apr 8, 2018
    0
    Absolutely abysmal matchmaking. Jeff Kaplan announced via livestream recently that the team does not consider forum feedback for decision-making. Do not buy until Blizzard decides to change.
  91. oberstabfuhrer
    Mar 14, 2020
    0
    Poor gameplay, no synergy between the characters (which means lack of depth to the game), awful matchmaking, lots of smurfs, toxic community, useless reporting system (you'll get reported for simply being good at the game and might get banned if you get a considerable amount of reports) etc. etc.
    Don't waste your money on this garbage. It's just as **** as any other blizzard game has been    Poor gameplay, no synergy between the characters (which means lack of depth to the game), awful matchmaking, lots of smurfs, toxic community, useless reporting system (you'll get reported for simply being good at the game and might get banned if you get a considerable amount of reports) etc. etc.
    Don't waste your money on this garbage. It's just as **** as any other blizzard game has been recently.    … Expand
  92. aeneas1225
    Mar 4, 2019
    1
    This game used to be great but got overrun by a horde of whiney little snowflake kids. Chat is unbearable, banal and outright whiney. The magic, like in all Blizzard games, is gone! Time to move on.
  93. BEZQ
    Jul 8, 2019
    1
    I was writing a long review on this and then I accidently hit the "back" button on my mouse mid way so the short version will have to do:

    ONLY TRY THIS GAME IF YOU'RE A CASUAL. STAY AWAY FROM IT IF YOU LIKE COMPETITIVE FPS.
  94. os2251car
    Apr 11, 2020
    7
    es buen juego es entretenido y bastante adictivo. pero sin embargo carece de contenido si bien meten personajes constantemente el juego después de unas horas se vuelve repetitivo. las mecánicas del juego son bastante buenas y como cualquier juego competitivo tiene una comunidad grande. en su tiempo estaba muy incompleto pero cada vez meten mas contenido. actualmente el juego tomo un caminoes buen juego es entretenido y bastante adictivo. pero sin embargo carece de contenido si bien meten personajes constantemente el juego después de unas horas se vuelve repetitivo. las mecánicas del juego son bastante buenas y como cualquier juego competitivo tiene una comunidad grande. en su tiempo estaba muy incompleto pero cada vez meten mas contenido. actualmente el juego tomo un camino cuestionable pues parece que los desarolladores del juego les importa mas la OWL que la misma comunidad. haciendo que todos los cambios del juego sean hechos por la liga. el juego se podría decir que esta un poco muerto por su monotonía. en general es un buen juego que le eche muchas horas pero que en mi opinión me llego a cansar.… Expand
  95. LeaLawliet
    Apr 11, 2020
    4
    I started this game during the open beta in 2016 and played it religiously for two years. I really thought this game was it; it was the one for me. As of 2020 it has unfortunately lost its charm, even with the improvements Blizzard tried to add. Compared to other games, like CS:GO or LoL, it is not fun to play occasionally or to casually get back to the game once in a while, at least for me.
  96. DudDOOD
    Apr 25, 2020
    0
    Division by zero. The complexity of a puzzle is welcome when you can achieve control over pieces of the puzzle. This game goes too far where it should not be going.
    1.The game expands and amplifies all the problems that are impossible to control making it addictive and unbelievably unfun. Even pro-scene can't achieve proper team synergy after months of scrims, what could you say about    Division by zero. The complexity of a puzzle is welcome when you can achieve control over pieces of the puzzle. This game goes too far where it should not be going.
    1.The game expands and amplifies all the problems that are impossible to control making it addictive and unbelievably unfun. Even pro-scene can't achieve proper team synergy after months of scrims, what could you say about ranked gameplay of random people?
    2.The game stresses the limits of poorly designed netcode too far. Because of complexity of hero interactions Blizzard has sacrificed important gameplay mechanics. First of all they butchered movement acceleration which is needed for aiming to be consistent and rewarding. Heroes in this game can crouch-spam and strafe-spam. Playing a dps hero in this game at high enough levels is incredibly stressful, you never know if you can be consistent today or tomorrow. Assembling a consistent team is also almost impossible. Because if only 2 players of the team take dps-role and if they are locked into that role - that means that consistency of 6 people team might be largely dependent on consistency of their aim, especially at higher tiers(this is only dps example, don't get me started on complexity of classes interactions and consistency of execution, it's just horribly overcomplex, it's like dota salt squared. in dota you at least can gather a team and can achieve consistent synergy) Now you can imagine what Overwatch pro-scene looks like. Like, in case of this bad design, a team has to have many dps-players, and if needed they should be able to replace each other as needed. But, in that case, how do you develop team synergy if you have so many players? Overwatch as e-sports is divided by zero.
    So I could say, that the game is unfun to play, but fun to watch as e-sports. Except it isn't fun to watch either if we get into bigger picture. With the problems observed above, we can see, that it's very important to increase the consistency of outcomes in tournaments, since there is too much luck involved. Which means, that pro-scene has to play a lot more rounds in a tournament. Like three times more at least? Or we have to dramatically increase all heroes hp, like make it twice more for all heroes and somehow balance it. Tanks are way more consistent in this game on all accounts even in damage output, that's why it's broken by design. If this issue will be addressed, then we can weight outcomes more seriously. But wait! It won't be fun to watch, right?
    It can become an e-sport if the netcode will become godly optimized and/or networking hardware will allow for higher tickrate and proper movement acceleration. In the current state proper Overwatch as an e-sports is GOATS or anything non hitscan, but the community does not want to see that.
    You also have to buy the game while it has microtransactions like a free-to-play game would have. Blizzard were so salty about dota and wanted their own Team Fortress+Dota as quickly as possible, so they even abandoned their project Titan and started to quickly roughly somehow make overwatch with no idea what were they doing exactly anyway. "Let's just use wc3 formula, just let's add a lot of diversity make it all flashy, then we will somehow sort it out."
    Maybe, just maybe, Blizzard was thinking years ahead. But I don't believe that. Game theory does not work that way. I would believe a story about that Overwatch core ideas were created by salesmen who don't even play games or they are really bad and basic at the games, that is why they simply threw away core fps gameplay mechanics without understanding what they are doing. And after a while they have listened to pro players talking about that the game is mechanically unfun, then they listened to devs talking about that it's technically impossible, and then they went 'ok, let's just continue with our marketable rainbow vomit'
    Annd they started to add so many dps classes, so it's now progressively harder to perform consistently in dps-role, the entry level is absurd for dps-role, and probably there will be more balance changes that will shift everything again. Also at some point your main will get nerfed into oblivion - that will happen, that's how balance made by salesmen works. And you will feel betrayed for putting so many hours into playing your favorite hero. It's like taking away the reward you deserve.

    Overly complex, frustratingly hard to track piece. Designed with no other thought than to attract with colors and diversity without any understanding how a competitive fps works. This **** monster can never lift off without a retarded amount of investment, because you can't attract a lot of viewers and players to something that is not even fun to aspire to. Who would aspire for a chance to be a star for only 2 years before massive burnout?    … Expand
  97. BaBka_YaGGa
    Aug 28, 2021
    1
    Blizzard переименовали Маккри, игра плохая, как и сама компания, той blizzard больше нет, желаю быстрее им утонуть.
  98. johnangel
    Jun 8, 2016
    4
    Not enough content , overpriced and micro transactions plus a broke hit box drug this game to below average status.
    I would not recommend this game to anyone looking for a competitive fps but if you look for a fun pvp game and you have a few hours to play every month and don't mind gambling with loot boxes overwatch is for you.
  99. Kornyous
    Jun 4, 2016
    4
    Overwatch without any doubt has many aspects that makes it a great game. It has great graphics, smooth gameplay and excellent quality of music and sounds. However, I am bound to mention that many aspects of the game are lacking in respect to the price of the game.

    As many other reviewers have said, this is a multiplayer-only game. The big issue and the elephant in the room is the    Overwatch without any doubt has many aspects that makes it a great game. It has great graphics, smooth gameplay and excellent quality of music and sounds. However, I am bound to mention that many aspects of the game are lacking in respect to the price of the game.

    As many other reviewers have said, this is a multiplayer-only game. The big issue and the elephant in the room is the pricing of the game. I really do not feel I received in fun the $40 I invested in the game; further, Blizzard disrespectfully decided not to refund the purchase even though I bought the game a day before.

    Despite the graphics, sound, and game-play, Overwatch is a lacking game in matters of:
    -Story: (giving a short background for every character in a Multiplayer-only game is as useful as waiting for a shoe to sing).

    -Matchmaking: I understand this feature will be added in the near future, but the fact is that this aspect should have been done before the game was made public.

    -Campaign: This would give light to the story behind each character, and I hope they bring it in the future (for free)

    In short, Overwatch is a BETA game released to the public as a whole game for $40 or more. For the playable contents of the game it deserves an 8.0. However, since half of the game is non existent, I will give it a 4.0. The fair price for this game is not $40-$60. It should be $20-30.    … Expand
  100. 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.
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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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