Overwatch

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1.4

Overwhelming dislike- based on 3886 Ratings

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  1. Jeanmarielepen
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. overwatch 2 is not even a sequel to the first one is not even a marvelous game people who like it are crap and have to be careful if you want to get cancer this game is the right one… Expand
  2. andyroohoo
    Oct 8, 2022
    1
    Nothing like the original, free but more expensive in the long run. Made to be a game for eSports, not so much the rest of us.
  3. Rsb0-0
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    don t waste your time it's bad just bad
    idk how it became so bad after becoming free
    you better off playing paladins
  4. Scorpions
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Well, f me. Overwatch 1 was good. But man how call they call this 2? It's like maximum 1.1. The heroes that were perfectly balanced were changed for a reason nobody ones. GOOFY AH GAME
  5. forzeg
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Это самая худшая игра которая когда либо была, все лагает, надписи в игре во время сопровождения груза, вечные фризы( ни в одной другой игре не наблюдаются) ужасные сервера, сложно поиграть с друзьями, иногда не пускает в игру или вообще во время игры вылетает сервер. Лучше бы оставили первый овер вотч и все бы было хорошо.Это самая худшая игра которая когда либо была, все лагает, надписи в игре во время сопровождения груза, вечные фризы( ни в одной другой игре не наблюдаются) ужасные сервера, сложно поиграть с друзьями, иногда не пускает в игру или вообще во время игры вылетает сервер. Лучше бы оставили первый овер вотч и все бы было хорошо.
  6. gamgamer
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Игра полностью провалилась. Полное г*вно. Вместо того чтобы создать что-то новое и интересное, оставив старое как альтернативу, Близы испохабили хорошую, ламповую, локальную игрушку и превратили ее в обычный фри-ту-плей донатный шутан по типу апекса. Играть в это невозможно. Тиммейты будут набираться в квиках как из помойной ямы, разминаться придется в ранкеде и все время там же и играть.Игра полностью провалилась. Полное г*вно. Вместо того чтобы создать что-то новое и интересное, оставив старое как альтернативу, Близы испохабили хорошую, ламповую, локальную игрушку и превратили ее в обычный фри-ту-плей донатный шутан по типу апекса. Играть в это невозможно. Тиммейты будут набираться в квиках как из помойной ямы, разминаться придется в ранкеде и все время там же и играть. Про цены на СКИНЫ и ПЛАТНЫХ ПЕРСОНАЖЕЙ я вообще молчу. это пробитое дно. #ВЕРНИТЕСТАРЫЙОВЕРВОТЧ… Expand
  7. Tiwanacu
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Played OW1 all the time. Then they stop making any content for it to gear up for the second instalment. What do we get? 3 heroes and a few maps. THREE YEARS of nothing for this?!? Are you insane? What a complete joke of a """"sequal"""" this is. Its just a facade for them to implement the moste greedy trashfire monetization system I have ever seen. Just pure Acti/Blizz at its finest.Played OW1 all the time. Then they stop making any content for it to gear up for the second instalment. What do we get? 3 heroes and a few maps. THREE YEARS of nothing for this?!? Are you insane? What a complete joke of a """"sequal"""" this is. Its just a facade for them to implement the moste greedy trashfire monetization system I have ever seen. Just pure Acti/Blizz at its finest. Completely out of touch and greedy. GG OW. Was fun.… Expand
  8. Dink
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    I don't like the game balance. It is greatly changed whenever the new character is added. The game turned into a clowning with many stupid looks of characters :(
  9. led_lightbulb
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Overwatch 1 but take out all the fun stuff and replace it with every money hungry practice you could possibly have in a mobile game
  10. rookie1978
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Do not invest any money or time into this game, read the reviews and save yourself the pain.

    This is my first time using this fresh account or ever really using this site. Overwatch 2 is a massive disappointment pushed out by a scummy company that exists to push a f2p battle pass model on it's playerbase. The balance team has lost the plot, the lore team never had a plot, and everything    Do not invest any money or time into this game, read the reviews and save yourself the pain.

    This is my first time using this fresh account or ever really using this site. Overwatch 2 is a massive disappointment pushed out by a scummy company that exists to push a f2p battle pass model on it's playerbase. The balance team has lost the plot, the lore team never had a plot, and everything from ingame model and UI designs to gameplay has been dumbed down to try and approach a broader audience while simultaneously spitting, pissing and **** on the unique flow and character Overwatch 1 had. I did not buy Overwatch to play Call of Duty with funny buttons. I played Overwatch to play Overwatch. Now I can't even do that, because the developers have actively decided to **** delete the first game out of everybody's library to replace it with the second one that has all these bad changes. Even if you liked the first game more, you literally can never play it again.

    Which is **** insane, by the way. You spend money to play the first game, it gets deleted and replaced with a free game, and your 'compensation' is such a joke i'm not even going to mention it, because it isn't a real compensation. Blizzard actively seems to want this game to only survive off of people that are too **** stupid to play other games. I have never seen a game company put 'alienate a majority of our playerbase' on their list describing a path to success.

    The entire community, at large, has criticized their changes to the game almost every step of the way, and instead of addressing any of it, they have decided to keep making things worse. When your entire playerbase, or at least 90% of it, is screaming and begging you to stop mutilating the corpse of a once beloved game, and you decide to start cooking and eating the remains instead of stomping whatever jello is left into the dirt, you are not creating videogames correctly. That was not the correct response. Doubling down on every single thing people don't like about overwatch 2 is why I hope blizzard burns to the ground.

    There isn't even normal marketing. There is only scum. The company is only scum. I've always known Blizzard was full of hacks, but the occasional diamond in the rough always gets 'polished' into a lump of generic, dirty stone when in the hands of Blizzard Entertainment. You should've put all the funding from overwatch 2 into an Arcane-style Overwatch cinematic production and left the first game alone.

    Now that my general thoughts are out of the way, here are a quickfire list of things I dislike

    Battle passes. They're awful. I dislike every and any kind of stupid pseudo-gambling mechanic, and I do the same to anything that locks ingame content through unnecessary grind. And it's not just cosmetic content either, since now heroes (the game's main draw- your only way of accessing different weapons and abilities) are also locked in battle pass levels, which will be the only way to access new heroes going forwards.

    Old characters are also locked for new players, so it's not just the new heroes your going to have to grind and do silly 'challenges' for, while Overwatch 1 had every hero available for the entire playerbase on release, which was infinitely more consumer friendly.

    The way they've changed certain characters (Doomfist for example) have entirely ruined what made them interesting in the first place. Instead of trying to balance a character's kit, they've decided on replacing it entirely. There are very, very few times where this is the right move to make, and this was not one of those times.

    On the topic of battle passes, Genji (a character in the game) is incredibly strong right now. It is obvious that Genji is too powerful. His presence alone in a game, especially the 'free for all' mode, can ruin it. He is strong right now because he has a mythic skin on the battle pass, the 'big money item' that draws players into grinding for it. Of course he's broken on release, the same day that the battle pass is introduced to everybody.

    Switching from a 6v6 to a 5v5 format is a big step, and it hasn't been done well. Overwatch 1 had 32 playable characters who were all created, designed, and balanced for a 6v6 format. Less than half of those characters get real adjustments for the new 5v5 gameplay. The game feels off because it is off.

    The story mode the game was advertised besides is not actually part of overwatch 2 and will be a separate purchase releasing next year.

    It is not a sequel. There are so little real changes to the game that it feels like one big bad update, not a fresh title.

    Additionally, the new content is just boring. Mostly lacking character, very generic. The newer hero additions to the roster are lacking substance and polish, as are their cosmetics (the Junker Queen's skins all look the same regardless of rarity)

    Don't play this game. it will make you feel bad, and Blizzard doesn't deserve your playtime, much less money.    … Expand
  11. SatireVI
    Oct 8, 2022
    1
    For all the time they had to get this right, and from such a solid start as Overwatch, this is awful.

    The UI is buggy. Unforgiveable from such a huge title. Removing a tank, intrioducing a damage tank, and changing Orisa beyond recognition has transitioned this game from a balance of team supports, to who can keep their tank alive the longest. It's ridiculous. Just scrap tanks and    For all the time they had to get this right, and from such a solid start as Overwatch, this is awful.

    The UI is buggy. Unforgiveable from such a huge title.

    Removing a tank, intrioducing a damage tank, and changing Orisa beyond recognition has transitioned this game from a balance of team supports, to who can keep their tank alive the longest. It's ridiculous. Just scrap tanks and heals, and go all damage, this appears to be the desired outcome ultimately.

    The endorsement system is dramatically reduced - why can't we endorse an enemy player?

    And still, despite the horrendous privacy violation REQUIRING a mobile telephone (is this a crude snipe back at the criticism of the Diablo mobile announcement?) there are trolls looking to spoil the game. And with only 5v5, that's all it takes. The balance is far more precarious, and Blizzard have shown themselves incapable of figuring it out.

    What a sad legacy to the promise that was Overwatch.    … Expand
  12. somakard
    Oct 8, 2022
    1
    Its almost the same game but they still managed to make it worse by removing loot boxes in favour of a massively expensive item shop and battle pass, making the game 5v5 and adding barely any content after years. the only reason im giving it a 1 and not a 0 is because its f2p and i can play with my imaginary friends
  13. Chursyatina
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Сервера - просто космос. Хочешь зайти в игру - разорвано соединение с сервером. Вошёл? - разорвано соединение с сервером. Пикнул нового перса? - разорвано соединение с сервером. Проиграл? Выиграл? - разорвано соединение с сервером. Получил достижение? - разорвано соединение с сервером. Разорвано соединение с сервером? - разорвано соединение с сервером.Сервера - просто космос. Хочешь зайти в игру - разорвано соединение с сервером. Вошёл? - разорвано соединение с сервером. Пикнул нового перса? - разорвано соединение с сервером. Проиграл? Выиграл? - разорвано соединение с сервером. Получил достижение? - разорвано соединение с сервером. Разорвано соединение с сервером? - разорвано соединение с сервером.
  14. FredFerretti
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Era melhor nem ter lançado. A blizzard se esforçou em fazer um serviço porco. Filas exorbitantes. Problemas de servidor que impedem a grande maioria dos players de logar. Conteúdo como skins e personagens sumindo da conta. Desconexões toda vez que conquistas são adquiridas. O jogo é injogável. Nunca vi um lançamento tão ruim e problemático em toda história do mundo dos games. Esse é oEra melhor nem ter lançado. A blizzard se esforçou em fazer um serviço porco. Filas exorbitantes. Problemas de servidor que impedem a grande maioria dos players de logar. Conteúdo como skins e personagens sumindo da conta. Desconexões toda vez que conquistas são adquiridas. O jogo é injogável. Nunca vi um lançamento tão ruim e problemático em toda história do mundo dos games. Esse é o conceito de jogo como um serviço? Só se o serviço for produção de suco de lixo.… Expand
  15. Vic0202
    Oct 8, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Shameful game, no pve at launch, price increase, awful servers, absolut disrespect to the players… Expand
  16. Atten
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    It took 3 years to make 5 vs 5 fights, remove free lootboxes and add a battle pass. Save your nerves and money. This patch is just a waste of time.
  17. Argo_Viking
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    They call it a new game, Overwatch 2, but what is new?
    1. Donate too much money.
    2. Battle pass.
    3. Day/night map.
    4. 3 new heroes.

    So why is this a new game?
    Dead balance in game, why should i buy skins from overwatch to overwatch 2 with real money, it is now impossible to see the levels of players in a match.
  18. DIesel_Fueled
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Let me start out by saying, I didn't want this game. I didn't buy it. I bought Overwatch 1, not OverWatch 2. You took away the game I bought and gave me something I didn't want. That's unethical at its finest. It's like taking away my steak that I ordered at a restaurant and given me a pork chop and telling me it's the same thing just because it's meat.

    Now, on to the reasons I    Let me start out by saying, I didn't want this game. I didn't buy it. I bought Overwatch 1, not OverWatch 2. You took away the game I bought and gave me something I didn't want. That's unethical at its finest. It's like taking away my steak that I ordered at a restaurant and given me a pork chop and telling me it's the same thing just because it's meat.

    Now, on to the reasons I don't like it. This game was designed to be a 6v6 not a 5v5. The developers had issues balancing the first version, much less this drastic change it was never intended to be to begin with. I played both beta's they took out all CC, but left in all the dive that the CC was meant to counter. What the hell did they think was going to happen? This just created a huge power gap where every dive character is now the strongest thing in the game with nothing to stop it. Effectively this just turned it into a DPS game. The tanks don't matter, the healers don't matter. It's just who can put out the most accurate DPS damage and kill the other team faster, essentially bringing it down to a 2v2. This is just Call of Duty: Overwatch.

    I see why Jeff Kaplan left.

    This company bullied their employees to the point of suicide due to sexual harassment...

    https://www.npr.org/2022/03/29/1089577389/judge-activision-blizzard-settlement-sexual-harassment

    Now they're introducing things we didn't want or ask for and hiding everything behind a paywall that we did enjoy about the game. Much like their history of sexual harassment now they're trying to clap the cheeks of the player base through their wallet and non-consensually taking away what we paid for to give us what we didn't buy to begin with.

    I'll be playing Paladins. At least they get regular updates and new champions and was designed to be a 5v5 from the start and the que times are like 2 minutes tops for any que and I can play any position I want without roll lock just like classic.    … Expand
  19. WinLord
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Заплатил за первую часть в прошлом, чтобы не смог запустить вторую в будущем.
  20. Gorus
    Oct 8, 2022
    1
    Previously earned in-game currency disappears and resets to 0 and some previously purchased skins are also removed.
  21. TrexNoises
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Way too much for old trash skins. Ridiculous to require phone number that you then give to third parties
  22. Aidensomnus
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    My mom is dead after playng this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  23. Lasaaagna
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    I miss Overwatch Origins. I paid $60 for it, it was my favourite game, I played almost every single day. I hate that it's been taken over by Overwatch 2 and it's just gone now. It should have been sold as a separate game, or they could have kept it free and left the original alone. Unless they bring it back, I may end up with more space on my Xbox.
  24. mhuato
    Oct 8, 2022
    7
    Not as bad as people say it is. It's basically the same formula as Overwatch 1 but for free.
  25. ptroedsson
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Worse game release baser on reviews ever? Don’t even dare to play it although I liked Overwatch I.
  26. Johannvl
    Oct 8, 2022
    2
    Some pluses:

    There is a new dynamic in the game with 5 players instead of 6: it's quicker and requires different strategies. Graphics are different, they look clean. New heroes are fun to play and there are new maps that are genuinely really fun. The negatives: HUD is difficult. For example, it's very hard to see if you eliminated a player because it's only written in small    Some pluses:

    There is a new dynamic in the game with 5 players instead of 6: it's quicker and requires different strategies. Graphics are different, they look clean. New heroes are fun to play and there are new maps that are genuinely really fun.

    The negatives:

    HUD is difficult. For example, it's very hard to see if you eliminated a player because it's only written in small letters. The main issue is that Overwatch moved away from being an uncomplicated game and now requires people to spend stupidly amounts of time playing this game and/or paying a lot of money to unlock features. It's really expensive and in no context to the previous game, Overwatch 1. I'm not sure if I will stick with this game, as it's designed as a time and money sink. That's sad given that I really enjoyed Overwatch 1.    … Expand
  27. Akopov7818
    Oct 8, 2022
    1
    Its not Overwatch 2, its Overwatch 1.1 xD Well, Team Fortress 2 and Paladins better now. Nice work, Blizzard.
  28. Moraith88
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    They've changed to micro transactions.. Enough said. This is unfair to the original buy to play set up from OW1
  29. RhenaD
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Failed launch. Deaf customer support. Not a second version but a bad update. Should be called OW1.5 Horrible cash grab.
    By a crappy company.
  30. zq_Aux
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Skins can now only be bought ($) or earned through the god forsaken battle pass. If they wanted to move to a battle pass, they should've done it before people got burned out on the monetization scheme. No longer will I allow myself to be guilted into playing a game out of Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO). At this moment, the game is not worth supporting because of the predatory monetization practices.
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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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