Overwatch

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1.4

Overwhelming dislike- based on 3886 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 341 out of 3886
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  3. Negative: 3,383 out of 3886

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  1. Pahz
    Oct 19, 2022
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  2. cosmomojo
    May 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is a complete embarrassment in the gaming community. What a hideous, underbaked "sequel". Disappointing outcome for one of gaming's most polished and enjoyable shooters. Blizzard has done a fantastic job of making horrible decisions at every turn with this game. I've uninstalled and will never look back.
  3. Ebi22
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    This disastrous and glorified patch ruined everything we loved about OW1.

    - Unbearable grind for most basic of cosmetics - unnecessary visual "rehaul" that gave the game a depressing feeling - movement and aim are off, everything one-shots you - fights are so chaotic and short you dont even know whats going on - horrendous and amateur looking UI - tons and tons of bugs This    This disastrous and glorified patch ruined everything we loved about OW1.

    - Unbearable grind for most basic of cosmetics
    - unnecessary visual "rehaul" that gave the game a depressing feeling
    - movement and aim are off, everything one-shots you
    - fights are so chaotic and short you dont even know whats going on
    - horrendous and amateur looking UI
    - tons and tons of bugs

    This patch is a sad excuse for a cash grab    … Expand
  4. ggilivaytimarak
    Oct 17, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. говнище для зумеров и малолетних фротнайтеров, близзард как всегда соснула. и вообще на серверах везде пендосы, хотя я на европейском сервере расчитываю что смогу нормально общатся. короче, 0/100, никому не советую.… Expand
  5. deepfriedkitkat
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Failed promises on launch, gameplay that is simply not an improvement over the first installment, lack of new content and digusting 'micro' transactions were not enough. The big argument for actually calling this Overwatch 2 has been cut down to such a degree that it in no way resembles what was promised, and what remains of the game is lacking in quality and content. Why would anyone everFailed promises on launch, gameplay that is simply not an improvement over the first installment, lack of new content and digusting 'micro' transactions were not enough. The big argument for actually calling this Overwatch 2 has been cut down to such a degree that it in no way resembles what was promised, and what remains of the game is lacking in quality and content. Why would anyone ever again give money to this shameless cash grabbing company?… Expand
  6. Metacritic_MeW
    Oct 7, 2022
    0
    16年预购老玩家表示非常愤怒，大量的BUG，不合理的售价，老物品涨价，破烂服务器，难看的界面，大量没兑现的承诺。我给0分！如果你是老玩家，对这个游戏有些感情，可以忍着痛继续玩。如果你是新玩家，请立刻逃离这个垃圾游戏，千万不要回头，千万不要下载，千万不要。这个游戏已经烂出新高度了！暴雪已经不是那个在乎玩家的暴雪了。16年预购老玩家表示非常愤怒，大量的BUG，不合理的售价，老物品涨价，破烂服务器，难看的界面，大量没兑现的承诺。我给0分！如果你是老玩家，对这个游戏有些感情，可以忍着痛继续玩。如果你是新玩家，请立刻逃离这个垃圾游戏，千万不要回头，千万不要下载，千万不要。这个游戏已经烂出新高度了！暴雪已经不是那个在乎玩家的暴雪了。
  7. Lordbanni
    Oct 20, 2022
    0
    Overwatch 2 ist auf der einen Seite ein echt gutes Game auf der anderen Seite beinhaltet es auch viele negative Punkte. Doch warum habe ich es so schlecht Bewertet obwohl, wie ich grade schon gesagt habe, es eigentlich doch ganz gut ist? Das ist einfach zu beantworten: Overwatch 2 ist Overwatch. Damit meine ich das Overwatch 2 sich genau wie der Vorgänger spielt und 90 Prozent des InhaltesOverwatch 2 ist auf der einen Seite ein echt gutes Game auf der anderen Seite beinhaltet es auch viele negative Punkte. Doch warum habe ich es so schlecht Bewertet obwohl, wie ich grade schon gesagt habe, es eigentlich doch ganz gut ist? Das ist einfach zu beantworten: Overwatch 2 ist Overwatch. Damit meine ich das Overwatch 2 sich genau wie der Vorgänger spielt und 90 Prozent des Inhaltes genau so schon im Vorgänger vorhanden war. Es gibt jetzt einen neuen Großen Spielmodi, 3 neue Helden und ein paar neue Karten, und Ansicht würde ich deswegen auch nicht sagen, das das Spiel deswegen eine 0er Bewertung verdient, doch dann kommen halt auch noch die negativen Punkte hinzu: Das Free to Play. Durch den Wechsel auf Free to Play wurden Preise verändert (von Skin) einer der, meiner Ansicht nach, schlechtesten Battle passe und das die Münzen Gewinnung in einer Woche auf 60 beschränkt wurde… Expand
  8. SomeDude9909
    Apr 1, 2023
    0
    In the beginning:
    Absurd, game breaking que times upon initial release
    Routine disconnects which prevent normal games for either team A surprising amount of bugs which interfere with normal gameplay After the first few days: Hey, I like a lot of these changes My matches are somewhat balanced Seems to be working well Last Weekend, Monday, Tuesday: Almost all of my heroes get    In the beginning:
    Absurd, game breaking que times upon initial release
    Routine disconnects which prevent normal games for either team
    A surprising amount of bugs which interfere with normal gameplay

    After the first few days:
    Hey, I like a lot of these changes
    My matches are somewhat balanced
    Seems to be working well

    Last Weekend, Monday, Tuesday:
    Almost all of my heroes get locked for a night
    I have to deal with que times again?
    Every match is, once again like in Overwatch 1, roll or be rolled, stomp or get stomped

    You know, I don't even care that much about the battlepass/store (even though it is atrocious and far worse than the old lootbox system), but I do care about being able to play a well matched game without bugs or disconnect issues. OW2 has already become OW1 in regards to this unacceptable circumstance.

    And the teammates you get these days, wow. I had a tank on my team last night in a competitive game who constantly bemoaned my inability to heal them, yet I had the most heals in the whole game from beginning to end. I said to them during the match, "press tab and look at the scoreboard." They obviously never did because they made the same complaint to the match chat at the end of the game. The enemy healers and my fellow support had about 7k healing each. I had 14k heals. So you can do literally twice the amount of healing as every other player in the game, lose, and still have your team's tank pin the failure on you. What more can you do in that circumstance? It is impossible to make your tank and other teammates not kill themselves by exposing themselves to multiple 5v1 scenarios (which is impossible to out-heal, of course). You can't make them kill the enemy or understand basic mechanics of the game like getting on the objective or appropriately using the map to avoid damage. Your teammates may very well not understand how their hero, their teammates heroes, or their enemy heroes function or how they should be countered. The game becomes broken, but you're the one getting blamed for the loss despite doing statistically more than anyone else in your role.

    Overwatch 2 is a frustrating group project without satisfying rewards.

    Sadly, I don't think I will even give OW2 a second shot after all of these issues. I say sadly because I really do appreciate and enjoy the idea of Overwatch. Unfortunately, the reality of Overwatch is a frustrating mess with some of the dumbest, most hateful people you will encounter on this planet.    … Expand
  9. Izoeros
    Oct 9, 2022
    3
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  10. Flickerack
    Mar 30, 2023
    3
    A good core shining through a pile of bad design decisions

    Overwatch 2 cannot be explained without its predecessor. Overwatch 1 was one of the very best multiplayer experiences in terms of accessibility and clear design choices. The multiplayer landscape is littered with games, designed for young players, eagerly waiting to spend countless hours to sharpen their skills. Overwatch 1, led    A good core shining through a pile of bad design decisions

    Overwatch 2 cannot be explained without its predecessor. Overwatch 1 was one of the very best multiplayer experiences in terms of accessibility and clear design choices. The multiplayer landscape is littered with games, designed for young players, eagerly waiting to spend countless hours to sharpen their skills. Overwatch 1, led by Jeff Kaplan, achieved to combine a more mature player base with a high enough skill ceiling for younger players. It did so by following two clear design principles: “fun over balance” and “easy to learn, hard to master”.

    The core of this game was so good, that even now, where none of these principles are kept, it can only leave scars at it, no matter how hard the developers try to destroy it. They introduce tanks, which have unclear abilities and no tank-resembling physique. They implement duplicates of existing heroes and new ones, which skill gap is so huge, that you can’t expect success with less than 10 hours of practice.

    And these decisions or “scars” start to add up, blurring the clear vision of a once great game, leaving only a feeling of hollowness and anger against the incompetence of the new staff. Adding to this, is the utter ridiculous new monetization system, charging players 26$ for one skin for one of the 36 heroes. Even the “Trostpreise” (German for consolation prizes) reach price tags of 10$, consisting of worthless profile pictures, sprays and victory poses. One might ask if there are unlockables, well, if you mean with money, then yes, there are unlockables.

    Last but not least, the wokeness of this game must be addressed. Due to the fact, that Blizzard employees can’t keep their hands off of women, proven by countless controversies, the executives are now trying to paint over their dark past by sending mendacious letters of excuse. These letters consist of posing only black heroes on the cover, cutting away from the Asian e-sport players in their trailers, renaming existing heroes and pushing an all-female agenda (and many more ridiculously small steps). I always liked Overwatch for pushing boundaries, but with this, they are not brave, but instead playing it safe to appeal to a modern audience.

    Since Blizzard tries to be responsible for the Top 5 Worst Rated Games on Metacritic, I must congratulate it to be one step closer to its, now very achievable, goal.    … Expand
  11. Yosiris
    Jun 22, 2023
    4
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    Nice, modern approach to graphics
    Solid base mechanics, heroes
    Teamplay can make the encounters interesting, tense, emotional

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    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
  12. Chastizer
    Oct 19, 2022
    5
    I have not played a lot of Overwatch 2, however considering the state that the game is in I don't believe I have to. Overwatch 2 is the first game with one less tank on each team, less shields and CC, and 3 new characters, a few new maps, and a new monetization scheme. That's really it. Don't get me wrong I like some of the changes that were made, but I really just don't think it's a bigI have not played a lot of Overwatch 2, however considering the state that the game is in I don't believe I have to. Overwatch 2 is the first game with one less tank on each team, less shields and CC, and 3 new characters, a few new maps, and a new monetization scheme. That's really it. Don't get me wrong I like some of the changes that were made, but I really just don't think it's a big enough change to get me to play this game for a long period of time like I did on "the first game's" release. It's ok, nothing more, nothing less.… Expand
  13. MoriDan
    Oct 13, 2022
    0
    Thanks blizzard, because in matches now, instead of all modes, 99% will be a mode with an escort for
    the defense side)
  14. enthusiast_29
    Oct 7, 2022
    0
    Kotick Entertainment still milking it. More battle pass, more microtransactions, less content, less gameplay. Rename the effing game Gachawatch and I might give it a better score. It would still be terrible but at least it would be honest.
    Don't get me wrong: I give it a 0 but if negative scores were a thing, I'd do it.
    No fun, no gameplay, terrible methods. Get out of my internet,    Kotick Entertainment still milking it. More battle pass, more microtransactions, less content, less gameplay. Rename the effing game Gachawatch and I might give it a better score. It would still be terrible but at least it would be honest.
    Don't get me wrong: I give it a 0 but if negative scores were a thing, I'd do it.
    No fun, no gameplay, terrible methods.
    Get out of my internet, Toxic Entertainment.    … Expand
  15. Ceej26
    Aug 13, 2023
    0
    Microtransaction hell, only company that gives you a middle finger with a smile and ice cream. How you gone kill the pve than add some of it back but for 15 bucks a mission?? **** them ann absolute shame.
  16. Bananimus
    Aug 13, 2023
    0
    When Blizzard announced Overwatch 2, the gaming community was abuzz with anticipation. Overwatch, with its colorful roster of characters and fast-paced gameplay, had cemented its place as one of the premier first-person shooters of its time. The sequel promised more: a fresh layer of depth with PvE (Player vs. Environment) content and an expansion on the already rich lore. But did it liveWhen Blizzard announced Overwatch 2, the gaming community was abuzz with anticipation. Overwatch, with its colorful roster of characters and fast-paced gameplay, had cemented its place as one of the premier first-person shooters of its time. The sequel promised more: a fresh layer of depth with PvE (Player vs. Environment) content and an expansion on the already rich lore. But did it live up to the hype?

    PvE Content - A Missed Opportunity:
    One of the standout features Blizzard highlighted for Overwatch 2 was its PvE content. However, upon release, it quickly became evident that this aspect of the game was not as fleshed out as many had hoped. The missions felt repetitive, lacking the depth and variety that would justify a full-priced sequel.

    Financial Concerns:
    The decision to release a sequel rather than updating the original Overwatch with new content raised eyebrows. To many fans, it felt like a calculated move to extract more money, especially those who had invested heavily in the original title, both financially and in terms of time spent.

    Familiarity Breeds Contempt:
    While sequels are expected to retain core elements from their predecessors, Overwatch 2 often felt more like an expansion pack than a full-fledged sequel. The gameplay mechanics, while still solid, didn’t offer much innovation. The line between familiar comfort and stagnant repetition became blurred.

    Technical Issues:
    Post-launch, players reported various bugs and glitches that, while not game-breaking, were significant enough to detract from the overall experience. For a sequel from a seasoned developer like Blizzard, such oversights were unexpected and disappointing.

    A Mixed Bag of Updates:
    While some heroes got intriguing redesigns and skill tweaks, others felt untouched or even unbalanced. This inconsistency made the meta feel uneven, impacting the competitive scene and casual play alike.

    Communication Breakdown:
    One of the enduring criticisms was Blizzard's perceived lack of transparent communication regarding their vision for the sequel, post-launch plans, and addressing community feedback. Given the passionate Overwatch community, this perceived silence felt like a snub.

    In conclusion, while Overwatch 2 did bring some new content to the table, it faltered in areas that mattered most to its dedicated player base. The decision to release it as a separate title, especially with its steep price point, left many feeling short-changed. The sequel, instead of elevating the franchise to new heights, serves as a cautionary tale about understanding and respecting a game's community and their expectations.    … Expand
  17. Esfenaj
    Oct 9, 2022
    0
    I bought OW2 many years ago and been playing with friends on and off. Unfortunately couldn't play the game anymore as it didn't like my phone#
    Thanks for destroying the game, now I can go back to League
  18. vinlon
    Oct 10, 2022
    0
    Queuing battle royale!Wow, i just eliminate 10000 people in the queue, now is 20000!!!!
  19. TheRealRCP
    Oct 9, 2022
    0
    Gameplay wise its alright but they have completely ruined everything else. Paying $20 for a skin you could get for free 2 weeks ago. Locking heroes behind the battlepass. I cant believe im gonna say this but I miss loot boxes. This game should have never existed.
  20. alterSchwede666
    Aug 21, 2023
    0
    Its so exciting to see, how a Behemoth of Goodness can fall so low. What a Time to be alive
  21. DHarland
    Aug 13, 2023
    2
    I am being generous with the 2 as this is the most shameless videogame money-grab released this year, and that is saying something. Game is also almost unplayable in its current state.
  22. lightningzxz
    Oct 9, 2022
    1
    A very big disappointing game. Instead of improving the old game, they decided to do a sequel that no one ask.
  23. tinennis
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    The game shamefully died from the greediness of Blizzard. You were supposed to destroy Sith, not join them.
  24. Hydra1708
    Oct 17, 2022
    0
    vai tomar no olho do cu perdi mó dinheiro tava conversando no chat quando vi compreei um monte de merda, e a blizzard n vai fazerr porra nenhuma
  25. chroniconundrum
    Aug 14, 2023
    1
    OW1 => OW2 is a downgrade where they made it free to play so they could include more micro-transactions. The game is fun, but 6v6 OW1 was better. It's sad to see acti-blizzard take advantage of a community that loves the game to extract money out of them. And the executives making the decisions just let the devs take all the heat. They are passionate and created an amazing game, but wereOW1 => OW2 is a downgrade where they made it free to play so they could include more micro-transactions. The game is fun, but 6v6 OW1 was better. It's sad to see acti-blizzard take advantage of a community that loves the game to extract money out of them. And the executives making the decisions just let the devs take all the heat. They are passionate and created an amazing game, but were forced to turn it into this monstrosity where the content they were excited to implement was canceled and the only thing they got to add was a shop and battlepass. 3 skins could have purchased OW1, and OW1 had a way to earn all skins in game. Now the only way to earn anything is by grinding out weekly quests for a max of 60 per week.… Expand
  26. Jedam
    Nov 4, 2022
    1
    none of the problems of O1 were solved: some heroes still way better than others, ELO doesn't work for 5v5, skins with downsides gameplay wise, overpriced shop. but they even added more problems with less teamply because of the 5v5, maps with so few healthpack you have to go back to spawn, asking for a phone number to register, and removing O1 alltogether. blizzard keeps on following thenone of the problems of O1 were solved: some heroes still way better than others, ELO doesn't work for 5v5, skins with downsides gameplay wise, overpriced shop. but they even added more problems with less teamply because of the 5v5, maps with so few healthpack you have to go back to spawn, asking for a phone number to register, and removing O1 alltogether. blizzard keeps on following the wrong path, sad.… Expand
  27. Bubbleshoot
    Oct 7, 2022
    0
    I played six games, and five of them had leavers.
    I am really unsure what Blizzard are doing.
  28. Rofii
    Oct 26, 2022
    0
    I had a proper review about the flaws in the matchmaking system typed up, but metacritic gave me a 404 error when I clicked submit, so now this is all you get. Enjoy my review.
  29. BlackDarkFOX
    Apr 30, 2023
    0
    Shadow clone of Naruto from the first episode of the original anime series.
    Return Overwatch 1 to the players!
  30. cdb12
    Apr 3, 2023
    0
    They made OW into a cash grab. there is no reason to lock hero's behind a battle pass. then also charge 20$ for a skin that's been in the gam since day 1. they got rid of (in my opinion) the best loot box system. they also ruined competitive. makes me sad thinking how good this game could of been
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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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