Overwatch

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1.4

Overwhelming dislike- based on 3886 Ratings

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  1. sheppard90
    Jan 15, 2023
    4
    At first, the gameplay changes felt good. 5v5 instead of 6v6, less CC, new game mode and new maps, a bunch of new heroes...

    Then, the battle pass annoyed me. Even though I bought the Watchpoint Pack with extra OW coins, what I got was dismal at best, especially compared to Fortnite's battle pass at the time. The store is extremely greedy, and the 2000 coins I had from the pack weren't    At first, the gameplay changes felt good. 5v5 instead of 6v6, less CC, new game mode and new maps, a bunch of new heroes...

    Then, the battle pass annoyed me. Even though I bought the Watchpoint Pack with extra OW coins, what I got was dismal at best, especially compared to Fortnite's battle pass at the time. The store is extremely greedy, and the 2000 coins I had from the pack weren't enough to buy one single legendary skin pack. They have always priced 2200 coins or so...

    Then this new game mode "push" got boring pretty fast since it's pretty difficult to do a come-back in this mode. As I played the game more and more, It felt more and more like a big patch rather than a sequel. There is no fundamental improvement in the groundwork of the game. Like, the a-d spam is still a thing, the game still over-relies on healers, old maps have the same layouts, and there is no new gameplay mechanic or a new idea or anything. The game lacks the innovation and content to deserve a "2" at the end of its name.    … Expand
  2. AJCk19
    May 28, 2023
    4
    It is 2023, the game still needs to improve on its matchmaking and balancing of characters, while still allowing people to have fun. However it was nice of them to allow players from OW1 to transfer over all of their stuff, plus get a couple of bonuses. It doesn't deserve the 1.6 user score, and it definitely not a 8 out of 10. A 6 or 7 would be fair.

    UPDATE: Welp promises have been    It is 2023, the game still needs to improve on its matchmaking and balancing of characters, while still allowing people to have fun. However it was nice of them to allow players from OW1 to transfer over all of their stuff, plus get a couple of bonuses. It doesn't deserve the 1.6 user score, and it definitely not a 8 out of 10. A 6 or 7 would be fair.

    UPDATE: Welp promises have been broken, pve with rpg elements will not happen. A great game with so much potential, is now slowly dying. Also, why they haven't come back to twitch for esports is beyond me, the youtube exclusive deal was not smart. Originally 6 stars, dropping it to 4.
    I would only recommend to play this game, if you have a large group of friends with similar ranks.    … Expand
  3. Karljj
    Nov 7, 2022
    4
    Same game like the first one + share your phone number with China company Blizzard? A big No!
  4. Eloyjf
    Oct 17, 2022
    4
    -Overwatch 2 is a game without innovation.
    -An idea of ​​replacing six with half a dozen.
    -About F2P? sorry but it doesn't mean much.
    -4.0/10.0-
  5. freshtodhef
    Oct 8, 2022
    4
    Huge fan of the original and was excited to finally play the sequel. This is a massive disappointment from Blizzard. My first few hours are spent playing the same maps as I did in the original. A lot of the heroes are blocked until I pay for them and the servers are a mess. Not sure what happened during development but this game needs serious work if it’s to live up to the originals success.
  6. fdsafdsaafds
    Jan 1, 2023
    4
    The balance team needs to be fired and replaced with a drunk monkey. Genji was a high tier hero who had been bad for 2 years. He was not broken, just finally good. So they gutted him and buffed his counters. They cannot let Genji ever be good because support players can't be expected to learn matchups. A drunk monkey could probably balance the game better than the current balance team.
  7. AlSteiger
    Oct 7, 2022
    4
    If earlier it was my favorite game in which I spent a lot of time with friends, now it just looks like some kind of misunderstanding, with an absolutely inadequate monetization system, when in order to receive the final reward you need to spend more time in the game than on work, or pay more than a new AAA release is worth.

    Accumulating in-game currency just by playing, in order to    If earlier it was my favorite game in which I spent a lot of time with friends, now it just looks like some kind of misunderstanding, with an absolutely inadequate monetization system, when in order to receive the final reward you need to spend more time in the game than on work, or pay more than a new AAA release is worth.

    Accumulating in-game currency just by playing, in order to later buy the skin you like, will no longer work. Just pay, or save crumbs of coins by completing tasks every day during the week, so that at the end of the year you can buy yourself one or two skins, if you're lucky.

    The dynamics of the game have changed a lot, which did not benefit her. Now the game is completely made with a focus on eSports. For regular players who want to have a nice evening with friends, or whose rank in the competitive game is "Gold" or lower, this game is no longer suitable.

    On the plus side, I can say that they managed to preserve the very atmosphere of the old Overwatch. The visual component, music, scenery of the map - everything is still done quite well.

    However, this is not the same old Overwatch that I liked.    … Expand
  8. Haltsu
    Jun 25, 2023
    4
    Overwatch 2 promised a lot of features for the evolving hero shooter. I am sad to say though that Blizzard has missed hugely with OW2. And its sad as the game has excellent potential to be something great.

    Pros: + Heroes still feel fun to play + You need team work to succeed in the game! Cons: - A lot of the promised features are being cut out like the PvE mode. - The upcoming    Overwatch 2 promised a lot of features for the evolving hero shooter. I am sad to say though that Blizzard has missed hugely with OW2. And its sad as the game has excellent potential to be something great.

    Pros:
    + Heroes still feel fun to play
    + You need team work to succeed in the game!

    Cons:

    - A lot of the promised features are being cut out like the PvE mode.
    - The upcoming Story Missions are paid.
    - Some balancing issues.
    - Maps are pretty bad in my opinion.    … Expand
  9. nicerdicer
    Oct 19, 2022
    4
    Great game, as Overwatch. Enough new content and more or less acceptable Battle Pass for new players. Something is definitely wrong with Matchmaking system. Player pools are all mixed and matches are most of the times uneven. For now, Competitive Mode in it's current state is unplayable.
  10. Hokejovy_Svaz
    Dec 10, 2022
    4
    I'm really pissed of. I loved original Overwatch. I spent so much time in that game, had a great moments when I was playing solo or with my brother. I loved and I still do love most of the characters introduced in Overwatch: Tracer, Brigitte, Cassidy (McCree originally), Soldier 76, Winston, Reinhardt, Sombra, Mercy, etc. And even in Overwatch 2 they introduced Kiriko which becameI'm really pissed of. I loved original Overwatch. I spent so much time in that game, had a great moments when I was playing solo or with my brother. I loved and I still do love most of the characters introduced in Overwatch: Tracer, Brigitte, Cassidy (McCree originally), Soldier 76, Winston, Reinhardt, Sombra, Mercy, etc. And even in Overwatch 2 they introduced Kiriko which became instantly one of my favourites.

    It didn't really bother me for this game to be just one big update for the previous one, instead of full sequel. In the end, it's free and there is still going to be (I hope at least) PVE story mode.

    But the way Blizz decided to make monetization system is just unforgivable. They truly f**ked that up. Not only they randomly locked half of the characters in roster for every single person who didn't buy Watchpoint pack, they also completely destroyed progression/rewards system. That involves cosmetics and heroes themselves. New heroes, you can acquire by completing Battle Pass, but the old ones, you have to unlock them by paying with virtual currency. Which ofcourse you can get only by using your credit card. What is it? Is Blizz saying that you can get those coins by playing? Oh, you mean those 60 coins you can get only once in a week by completing weekly challenges? Well go fu** yourselves there in Blizzard with this bullsh**. That'd be Ok if legendary skins for heroes, wouldn't cost 2 000 COINS and BP 1000 COINS!!! ARE YOU OUTTA YOUR MIND?! And Blizz have enough guts for coming on game forums, saying that they are not satsified with this progression/rewards system as well, so that they could say there will be some changes in season 2. Guess what! They didn't change literally anything! F*** YOU!

    The saddest thing about all of this is the fact, that the game itself is still fun, it's still enjoyable, the gameplay is still great. But all the things around all of this is just pure awful bulls**it that never needed to happen. I'm sick and tired of watching these favourite game franchises of mine getting butchered and destroyed by some ass**les in nice outfits who only wishes to suck money out of faithful gamers. I'm sick that I have to leave another great game I used to love for it's wonderful gameplay and characters within really good story and this wonderful universe.

    Great job Blizzard! YOU FU*KED IT ALL UP AGAIN!    … Expand
  11. Kage63
    Oct 9, 2022
    4
    It feels like a clone of OW1 with only a few hero kit tweaks for some. Kiriko is fun as a support hero, Sojurn I could take or leave as a DPS, and Junker Queen felt great as a tank. nothing against the game play itself. It just doesn't feel like a leap forward and more like a patch to OW1. Thats the good.

    What REALLY made me give a negative score, it's the monetization push. Getting    It feels like a clone of OW1 with only a few hero kit tweaks for some. Kiriko is fun as a support hero, Sojurn I could take or leave as a DPS, and Junker Queen felt great as a tank. nothing against the game play itself. It just doesn't feel like a leap forward and more like a patch to OW1. Thats the good.

    What REALLY made me give a negative score, it's the monetization push. Getting greeted with the "Get the premium battlepass" on almost every screen ruined the experience and I immediately uninstalled after a single quick play match. Almost everything is locked behind the premium paid option, where OW1 you could earn everything through in game currency. The lootboxes sucked, but you weren't compelled to buy them as you had ways to earn them just by playing. This felt like they want you to buy passes over and over to get the sprays, emotes, and skins. I might revise this with PVE Story when it comes out. But as it stands right now, it's at best a mediocre F2P clone of Fortnite+OW1. I get the need to fund on going development, but this is not garnering good will back.    … Expand
  12. Richard_dias
    Aug 14, 2023
    4
    If even Blizzard has given up on the game, I don't think anyone else should insist. I thought it was fun when I tried to play and it all looked pretty cool! The matchmaking was kind of messed up, but that's become a standard for Activision Blizzard games. Let this game die already, while someone somewhere may still remember it as a good game.
  13. MetalReview
    Oct 7, 2022
    4
    Thank you blizzard. Deleting one tank role is like fresh air and add more action in game.
    Game plays smoothly.
    One problem and it is log wait to enter the game because of queue, but it's release so it's ok for now. But why we dont need battel pass or this **** thing stop blizzard.
  14. Pavlink89
    Oct 10, 2022
    4
    Few changes in the global plan, blocking the game in certain regions, turbopiggery.
  15. SuperCurry30
    Oct 6, 2022
    4
    Lies, capitalism, regression, rubbish, mess, incomplete, excuses, incompetence, loss of foundation
  16. BaldursThones
    Oct 18, 2022
    4
    They screwed up the ranked system. I was hoping for a rank reset so I could play with my friends. Instead they put everyone at bronze 5, so you can play 7 games with your friends, but once you have won 7 more then everyone is all over the place and now my friends who have played the game too much have to play solo because they are gold and everyone else is bronze 5. I don't understand whyThey screwed up the ranked system. I was hoping for a rank reset so I could play with my friends. Instead they put everyone at bronze 5, so you can play 7 games with your friends, but once you have won 7 more then everyone is all over the place and now my friends who have played the game too much have to play solo because they are gold and everyone else is bronze 5. I don't understand why they put everyone at the bottom rank instead of around silver the vast majority of players can play with each other, and only when you reach platinum do you start getting skill gap problems.
    Blizzard failed.    … Expand
  17. DITRIH
    Oct 16, 2022
    4
    The positives for me: orisa and dumfist reworks.
    Negatives: everything else.
    Character reworks after which some characters are very strong and others have become very weak. Certain other characters simply did not get the required changes, they still exist in another reality with different gameplay ow1. I like playing on tanks, I like the teamwork of two tanks with each other. Now the    The positives for me: orisa and dumfist reworks.
    Negatives: everything else.
    Character reworks after which some characters are very strong and others have become very weak. Certain other characters simply did not get the required changes, they still exist in another reality with different gameplay ow1.
    I like playing on tanks, I like the teamwork of two tanks with each other. Now the tank is only 1.
    I absolutely do not like the new interface, before it was much better. Now even worse than in Paladins. Judging by the interface, they want to port the game to mobile devices.
    The new monetization system is humiliating. P2W battle pass (any paid advantage, even temporary, is a P2W. Kiriko is not just an advantage in the form of a new hero, she is a strong hero. It is advantageous to make strong characters to place them in battle pass. Blizzard tried to hide it by the fact that the new hero will not be available for 2 weeks in the competetive game. So you have to play 3 hours every day for two weeks to somehow try to smooth it out and still get the hero later. That's a P2W).
    I liked the previous gameplay better. The new gameplay is too dynamic, which makes awareness and teamwork between players noticeably less. Usually gameplay now looks like chaos with little to no interaction. Even ranked matches now look like deathmatch. I've noticed that now, at the end of a match, sometimes players who have spent many hours in ow1 don't even realize whether they've won or lost until the game informs them with Victory/Defeat.
    Some new maps are bad in terms of game balance between the two teams.
    I don't like the new lighting on the maps, especially on the kings row and busan. The past lighting was better. The new lighting looks flat and cheap, like a mobile game.
    They changed the interface and lighting on the maps for the sake of mimicking the changes, but they did it poorly..
    The new character icons are designed for a zoomer audience.
    I would have liked to stay in Overwatch 1, but for obvious reasons, Blizzard didn't want to risk leaving the choice to the players understanding the quality of Overwatch 2. I buy a game and was deprived of a choice, Blizzard made the choice instead of me. It was the same with Warcraft. I do not welcome this attitude towards the players. New developers don't value their core audience, now they're targeting fortnite and valorant.
    Also, the game constantly closes without errors. It has been two weeks of communication with technical support. My game still just closes without errors. After 6 days of waiting I get the answer: «Unfortunately, due to a technical problem, all the attachments were removed before I opened your request. Please duplicate it. Thank you in advance!»

    1200 hours and 3600 max rating    … Expand
  18. Yosiris
    Jun 22, 2023
    4
    +
    Nice, modern approach to graphics
    Solid base mechanics, heroes
    Teamplay can make the encounters interesting, tense, emotional

    -
    Overwhelming—heroes, features, visuals, paywalls—feels like a mobile game
    Graphic choices, abrupt animations, poor balance make it hard to aim, play
    A wolf under the sheep's skin—I was blocked after 3 hours of play until SMS-verified, the agenda
  19. DrDoko
    Oct 24, 2022
    4
    If it says anything about the game, I've been playing since 2016, and got my newbie friend to give the game an honest try. He was done with the game after about 3 days of casual non-competitive play at night. Removing previous maps and modes, incredibly steep monetization, and poor balancing has made the game difficult to want to come back to daily, even if you don't play for cosmetics.If it says anything about the game, I've been playing since 2016, and got my newbie friend to give the game an honest try. He was done with the game after about 3 days of casual non-competitive play at night. Removing previous maps and modes, incredibly steep monetization, and poor balancing has made the game difficult to want to come back to daily, even if you don't play for cosmetics.

    'Allowing' me to open my wallet because a 'new bundle' hit the shop doesn't mean the game will be automatically good. The game should be good to start, giving me an incentive to occasionally throw some money towards it.
    Modern Blizzard obviously doesn't understand that part of the relationship, present in F2P monetization.    … Expand
  20. insaner_by
    Oct 5, 2022
    4
    The most GREEDY game developer.
    All they've done in 3 years is the battle pass. No story company, no graphics improvements. Only battle pass and paid heroes.
  21. LeonK317
    Oct 6, 2022
    4
    Gameplay is still great, but monetization system ruined this game for me. Can't recommend.
  22. VovanDe
    Oct 6, 2022
    4
    I’ll try to do this rate as more objective as possible. First of all, overwatch 2 could be better game and I have played 15 hours (I have played OW1 since Feb 2017). What I want to say. I did like 5x5 and especially Junker Queen. I liked new maps and new game mode. I even liked the idea to make ow f2p because it really COULD save overwatch. Battle passes, store. It looks great. But itI’ll try to do this rate as more objective as possible. First of all, overwatch 2 could be better game and I have played 15 hours (I have played OW1 since Feb 2017). What I want to say. I did like 5x5 and especially Junker Queen. I liked new maps and new game mode. I even liked the idea to make ow f2p because it really COULD save overwatch. Battle passes, store. It looks great. But it requires a good (let’s call it monetization grammar) . And OW2 has GREAT problems with it. First of all, there is a lot of donations. EVEN FOR OW1 COSMETICS THAT USED TO BE FREE. You can’t buy ow1 cosmetics for free if you don’t have enough ow1 credits and you can’t even earn them. One of the biggest mistake is heroes in Battle Pass. C’mon Blizzard, you serious? You can say that in Apex, Valorant, LoL etc. you have to buy new characters too but it seems that developers forgot that Overwatch is a game where you HAVE TO change heroes during a match to counter your enemy hero or enemy set-up. No one gives a **** about it’s free access (55 level of 80 seriously). A lot of donations even for casual cosmetics. Even Apex have more options to get some COOL cosmetics for free. They have special currency to get this cosmetics for free. Weekly challenges are not enough (60 per week). Pls blizz, give players an opportunity to get more ow coins and give free premium BO for OW1 owners. Giving ow1 owners a clown skin is HUMILIATING. . And please FOR GOD SAKE, make more servers because it’s impossible to wait whole queue. All I wanna say is I hope that Microsoft will save Bluizzard games from that **** that they are in right now.… Expand
  23. Ungamer
    Oct 6, 2022
    4
    Not much has changed as far as matchmaking goes within Competitive mode. Trolls throughout the lower tiers. An occasional hacker here and there. I'm not confident that the new ranking system is going to judge ones individual performance vs the teams so prepare to be hard stuck like in OW1. I'm about to give up on the game. Disappointed.
  24. supersonico
    Oct 6, 2022
    4
    I don't think I've seen a worse launch.

    The game plays fine enough, buggy and in need of some minor tweaks, but fine. Minus the awful queue times. In general, it's upsetting. I don't think I've ever seen a more soulless update as a long time player. I can't believe they deleted OW1 for this steaming, hot sack of **** and quite frankly predatory monetization. I grinded to try and    I don't think I've seen a worse launch.

    The game plays fine enough, buggy and in need of some minor tweaks, but fine. Minus the awful queue times.

    In general, it's upsetting. I don't think I've ever seen a more soulless update as a long time player. I can't believe they deleted OW1 for this steaming, hot sack of **** and quite frankly predatory monetization.

    I grinded to try and get a skin I wanted for 3,000 coins before the first game shut down, was unsuccessful in meeting my goal, and then see that skin marketed to me on OW2 for $20. So. **** Gross.

    They removed so many good functions (LFG, Loot Boxes, Stay as Team, On fire. etc) and I'm honestly just distraught that they took so much flavor out of the game. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy the game, but this **** is so greedy. It's not the same game that I played just days ago, it's a sad downgrade.

    Though I highly doubt it, I hope the corporate overlords over at Blizzard HQ listen to their fan base.    … Expand
  25. ebrerian
    Oct 8, 2022
    4
    The fact that you need to play up to 100 GAMES to unlock the entire roster is ridiculous in and of itself, especially when this game started as a full unlocked 24-hero list right off the bat for everyone. The battle pass system is just every other freemium garbage system designed to suck every loose penny out of you. This game would rather beg that you keep playing to unlock characters youThe fact that you need to play up to 100 GAMES to unlock the entire roster is ridiculous in and of itself, especially when this game started as a full unlocked 24-hero list right off the bat for everyone. The battle pass system is just every other freemium garbage system designed to suck every loose penny out of you. This game would rather beg that you keep playing to unlock characters you might think are cool instead of trusting that their game is good enough to justify putting that much time into it.

    5v5 I can take it or leave it. It feels like Blizzard didn't know what to do with Tanks so they just axed a team slot to save queue times. If you've been playing Overwatch for a long time and already have everything unlocked you may or may not like this title. Everyone else should just steer clear. This game asks way too much of new players.    … Expand
  26. akaytunaaa
    Oct 9, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is almost the same as the first game. Only the team compositions are different and the interface is different. Not counting maps and character. The game is like an Overwatch update.

    4/10    … Expand
  27. Potap
    Oct 9, 2022
    4
    I will put a higher rating if you return these things
    - 6 heroes
    - access to the choice of any hero
  28. kubbuk
    Oct 9, 2022
    4
    овервотч скоро станет фифой ,по сути игра не плоха если абстрагироваться от 1 части , но это сделать крайне сложно , несмотря на оценку я буду в нее играть
  29. Chaddy12
    Oct 9, 2022
    4
    Force update on overwatch, 5v5 sucks and it’s forced, just a three character update with a stupid battle pass PHONE NUMBER??????? What do you wanna call me?
  30. TetsuSan
    Oct 10, 2022
    4
    This game is a patch. It's derivative of itself somehow and feels like a cynical cash grab to try to boost it's own ratings by artificially inflating how much work is required to fully experience the game. Understandably, the game is free now, which makes sense for a patch so I will say that you get your money's worth, but where the original Overwatch brought something new and exciting toThis game is a patch. It's derivative of itself somehow and feels like a cynical cash grab to try to boost it's own ratings by artificially inflating how much work is required to fully experience the game. Understandably, the game is free now, which makes sense for a patch so I will say that you get your money's worth, but where the original Overwatch brought something new and exciting to the table, this is really just more of the same, but with more work expected of the player for the honor of playing it. Season pass makes sense for a Free Game, but when I already had paid for OW proper, this just feels like a let down that I would have received better had they just iterated on the old one, which is literally all this is. Again, bonus points for being free, but my time is not free, and OW 1 isn't available anymore because everyone knows that shows the nature of this release. Your time could be much better spent elsewhere.… Expand
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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 53 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 53
  3. Negative: 0 out of 53
  1. TouchArcade
    Oct 10, 2023
    70
    Overwatch 2 is a free to play game, and I’d definitely recommend trying it out if you haven’t to see how you feel about the gameplay and to see how well it runs on Steam Deck. Despite its flaws, it is still worth playing, but some of the decisions with how certain content has been handled in-game are weird. Overwatch 2 is yet to reach the highs of the original Overwatch, but it is still a great multiplayer game to play on Steam Deck. I enjoyed Overwatch 2 quite a bit on Switch despite the visual and performance cutbacks, but it really shines on Steam Deck.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Dec 13, 2022
    78
    While the game is called Overwatch 2, this all seems more like a transition to a full new game. The biggest changes are dropping the 6v6 gameplay in favour of a much more exciting 5v5 format. Three new heroes are also available, along with a new game mode, but for a final and real verdict, everyone should wait for the upcoming PvE segment.
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  3. GamesHub
    Nov 16, 2022
    60
    Overwatch 2 delivers high-octane multiplayer gameplay and a wholly improved version of the much-loved hero shooter. Now that the dust has settled, it’s becoming clear that despite a number of teething issues, the game manages to do what many sequels struggle to; build upon a successful game, and make it even better.
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