Overwatch

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1.4

Overwhelming dislike- based on 3886 Ratings

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  1. Rezken
    Dec 31, 2022
    4
    Coming from Overwatch1 I played Overwatch 2 for season 1 and quit immeditately after. It feels like the game has been stripped off it's elements which made it a great game from the beginning (e.g. Ranking System, Loot Boxes, 6 vs 6 and, and and). Instead, a useless and absolutely wiorthless Battle Pass has been introduiced of which items 99% have no use. Not worth my time, sorry.
  2. Roarage
    Dec 31, 2022
    0
    Ruined my favourite game. used to log in for the joy of medals, voting on best players, the on fire symbol, The ques now qtf are they about with 9min for a support. The fact MH isn't in arcade its unranked.... The fact blizz called it overwatch 2.... come on its a lame xpac. oh the levels they removed as in portrait levels. i was just in gold heading up. now its gone, sad very sad. I wouldRuined my favourite game. used to log in for the joy of medals, voting on best players, the on fire symbol, The ques now qtf are they about with 9min for a support. The fact MH isn't in arcade its unranked.... The fact blizz called it overwatch 2.... come on its a lame xpac. oh the levels they removed as in portrait levels. i was just in gold heading up. now its gone, sad very sad. I would in and enjoy playing to earn loot boxes for my kids to open. they would be excited on a epic or legendary skin. i would log in daily for at least 2hrs if i could, now i am struggling to be bothered even logging in and i hardly do. just enough to get the free battle pass stuff done. Anyways sad blizz ruined my favourite game.… Expand
  3. JordanCat
    Dec 30, 2022
    2
    It's absolutely a downgrade from OW1. The inflated prices for the skins and battle pass are one part, however the gameplay changes and continuing balancing issues are the real kicker.
    OW1 was build around the concept of counter play, it's the reason hero switching mid game exists. With OW2 they official said goodby to counter play - probably because it's a really bad look to lock game    It's absolutely a downgrade from OW1. The inflated prices for the skins and battle pass are one part, however the gameplay changes and continuing balancing issues are the real kicker.
    OW1 was build around the concept of counter play, it's the reason hero switching mid game exists. With OW2 they official said goodby to counter play - probably because it's a really bad look to lock game changers like new characters behind a pay wall if it interfers with the basic game mechanics. (It is anyway no good look tbh).

    Issue is just that counterplay is absolutely deep seated in the game, the balancing, the hero designs. Blizzard changed much around to try and get rid of it, but getting rid of a core gameplay aspect is difficult without stripping a game of it's identity. The change to 5v5 might distract from that, but that change also worsened the balancing issues and it's nowhere as noticable as with the new heroes: They play actually very well in 5v5. Just most of the original heroes don't. They were created to fill niches, to be used to counter other characters, to work in the framework of 6v6 and it's noticable. The game is in permanent need of patches and reworks and that much more as it was during OW1 times. The slow patch cycles are painful by now, and won't sustain the game for long.

    In the end OW2 is a half-baked sequel in more than one sense: It lacks the PvE mode used as original drawing point, it needs to balance the need to stay just enough like OW1 while it actually wants to be something completely different and while doing so becomes a mess that slowly breaks apart (most noticable with the decline in support players, a role that should have gotten a huge rework the moment the change to one tank was decided).

    The developers should better work fast to get the balancing issues, the stale battlepass, the bugs, the matchmaking, the imbalance between roles and the removal of actual nice game features (like the end of game cards) under control. Maybe a completely different game instead of a sequel might have worked better as it wouldn't have come with as much baggage.    … Expand
  4. Grimsdol
    Oct 7, 2022
    0
    The game isn't worth the wait, this isnt an Improvement to the game, it's at best the same quality with some changes and at worst a complete downgrade that destroys the IP's Good Name. They decided to go Free to Play as an Excuse to try and milk as much money as possible from the playerbase, damaging both competitive integrity as well as the game experience in the process. Everything inThe game isn't worth the wait, this isnt an Improvement to the game, it's at best the same quality with some changes and at worst a complete downgrade that destroys the IP's Good Name. They decided to go Free to Play as an Excuse to try and milk as much money as possible from the playerbase, damaging both competitive integrity as well as the game experience in the process. Everything in the shop is overpriced whether or not you can grind for them, and Locking heroes behind a battlepass, forcing you to either pay up or Grind for weeks just to keep up in a competitive is not acceptable, in a Hero based game it is ridiculous and has a net negative on the game, providing no silver lining besides that the execs get even more money

    They made the decision to remove one tank player from each team as well as most CC and some barriers in the game. However they have utterly fail to change and redesign the roster in order to fit with this new environment, causing a meta that heavily favored The Flankers and precision based players while severely weakening the already unpopular but very necessary support and tank players.


    The game also failed to live up to even the bare minimum expectations, players have been waiting 3yrs for this and yet i can name all of the new things OW2 has in a single Breath.

    This game gets 0 as it is an overall downgrade in almost every aspect from OW1, the game it replaced and all of these new greed based changes are compounded by the fact that players have been patient waiting several years for this suffering through extremely long content drought that was al in vain.    … Expand
  5. donotius
    Dec 29, 2022
    2
    I've played OW since it's release and gave OW2 a bit of time to grow on me but I can't stand it anymore. They removed so many rewarding elements. The game feels like it gives you so little time to react to how much worse this game is by cutting down the time to even talk to other players after every game and even removing general chat. Getting rid of after game cards and being on fireI've played OW since it's release and gave OW2 a bit of time to grow on me but I can't stand it anymore. They removed so many rewarding elements. The game feels like it gives you so little time to react to how much worse this game is by cutting down the time to even talk to other players after every game and even removing general chat. Getting rid of after game cards and being on fire removes so much. Push maps are designed to make games as long as possible, making it worse than 2cp ever was. Endorsement levels are at an all time low because you don't see cards highlighting how well someone was doing compared to everyone else. I don't even want to get into how bad the loot box and battle pass system is. 5v5 wouldve been great if they actually made tanks feel like tanks, instead of just further incentivizing tanks to act like DPS with more HP and call it "making space" instead of being the only defensive specialists the game has. The game has become who can kill the supports the fastest.… Expand
  6. AmrKhalid
    Dec 28, 2022
    0
    Very unrewarding game. Unlike Overwatch 1, you don't get loot boxes from just playing where you can get the skins you want. Every new hero is locked behind a Battle pass where you either pay $10 to play it immediately or grind for weeks to play it.

    To get a legendary skin, you have to grind for a MINIMUM of 8 months as you get 60 coins for the 3 weekly missions. In short, there's no    Very unrewarding game. Unlike Overwatch 1, you don't get loot boxes from just playing where you can get the skins you want. Every new hero is locked behind a Battle pass where you either pay $10 to play it immediately or grind for weeks to play it.

    To get a legendary skin, you have to grind for a MINIMUM of 8 months as you get 60 coins for the 3 weekly missions.

    In short, there's no incentive to play Overwatch 2, and as it stands, it's a boring game.    … Expand
  7. Cidiust
    Dec 27, 2022
    1
    This is not a new game! This is a patch that ruined de original game.
    Yes it became a free-to-play, and, in my opinion, that ruined everything. There is no more grinding for skins (well unless you are willing to spend 5 years playing for 1 skin) the only way to get them is paying 20 bucks a piece.
    They force you to go through their tedious battle pass to unlock new characters at lvl 45    This is not a new game! This is a patch that ruined de original game.
    Yes it became a free-to-play, and, in my opinion, that ruined everything. There is no more grinding for skins (well unless you are willing to spend 5 years playing for 1 skin) the only way to get them is paying 20 bucks a piece.
    They force you to go through their tedious battle pass to unlock new characters at lvl 45 (unless you pay)

    This game is a cash-grab.    … Expand
  8. Madarauchiwa
    Dec 27, 2022
    0
    Jeux de merde?! Oui et oui… temps d’attente interminable, jeux fait par des personnes qui ne s’intéresse qu’aux micro transactions et non aux joueurs eux mêmes…qui s’occupent des problèmes récurrents liés aux jeux?? Personne tous occupés à crée des skins de merde vendues 25 euros wtfffffff le pire jeux que j’ai jamais joué…matchmaking de fdp
  9. HomoErectous
    Dec 26, 2022
    0
    The game is a huge downgrade from the original. As someone who paid of the first game (a game that now doesn't exist anymore) I don't like that if I want to play on a fair playing field I need to hope my team mates have forked out money for the latest/most broken heroes.
  10. mr_samsa
    Dec 25, 2022
    0
    This game has the potential to be insanely fun and competitive. However, the developers decided that in order to "balance" the matchmaking system they will put you in lobbies with players nowhere near your skill bracket to force you into a win or loss based on whatever arbitrary system they use to decide what the outcome should be. I've played this game since OW1 first launched and haveThis game has the potential to be insanely fun and competitive. However, the developers decided that in order to "balance" the matchmaking system they will put you in lobbies with players nowhere near your skill bracket to force you into a win or loss based on whatever arbitrary system they use to decide what the outcome should be. I've played this game since OW1 first launched and have well over 1k hours in just competitive. I am high plat/low diamond, and I'm frequently paired with teammates who appear to have never played this game before while simultaneously being pitted against god-tier players that simply do not miss. Blizzard thinks that "balance" means you get trashed for 5 games in a row and then curbstomp your opponents 5 games in a row. See? It's balanced. It's insane, and I'm done with this garbage.… Expand
  11. Odwenz
    Dec 25, 2022
    0
    Do not play this game, or else they will never fix it.
    very frustrating especially in ranked, always get AI teams vs top500 premades, awful.
  12. Cayda
    Dec 25, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. People of the Internet, welcome:
    1. Best donation/Skin gain system in the world!
    2. Opportune introduction of new relevant updates!
    3. Development team that knows how to Buff/Nerf game characters!
    4. Taking into account the interests of all type of players!
    5. Proper character design!
    6. Enjoyable daily/weekly quests!
    7. Well-designed battle pass!

    If you know at least a little about this game, you understand that this is sarcasm eventually.
    The only thing that can attract a player in this game is a great visual and audio design.    … Expand
  13. GreenTekken42
    Dec 25, 2022
    1
    Absolute Pathetic Sequel. Absolute insult to the 38 Gb on my computer I wasted on this garbage
  14. Human12
    Dec 23, 2022
    0
    Literally **** Graphic's isn't upgraded, no new features for update after 2 years
  15. Slowmotion1225
    Dec 22, 2022
    5
    The switch to 5v5 was fresh and fun at first, but as time has gone on the game has shown itself to not be very fun. Especially if you're a tank, or support main. If you're a tank, be prepared to swap in an awful rock, paper, scissors that heavily favors the first tank to swap due to ult economy. Support? Learn to run for your life, as your teammates get insta-gibbed.

    Graphics, and sound    The switch to 5v5 was fresh and fun at first, but as time has gone on the game has shown itself to not be very fun. Especially if you're a tank, or support main. If you're a tank, be prepared to swap in an awful rock, paper, scissors that heavily favors the first tank to swap due to ult economy. Support? Learn to run for your life, as your teammates get insta-gibbed.

    Graphics, and sound are great. Character design is solid, though the balance is atrocious. Never a good sign when they buff a character while believing they nerfed it.

    F2P has locked everything behind an overpriced paywall. There's zero meaningful progression, and the game's matchmaker must be drunk to justify it's choices.

    Games are either EZ Claps, or impossible. Fun, challenging games that could go either way? They're so rare that I can't even remember experiencing them.

    There's pretty much zero feedback in comp after games now, so it feels like QP. I get what they were trying to do by hiding your SR, but it's a terrible change. Nevermind, that your shown rank is make believe BS that has absolutely zero impact on your hidden Match Making Rating.

    I sincerely hope Blizzard figures it out before the game is dead.    … Expand
  16. Equation
    Dec 22, 2022
    0
    OW1 was my number one multiplayer game to play, I loved it! What is this OW2 rubbish they've replaced it with... it just feels wrong, the 5v5 does not do it for me. There is no team work anymore, everyone dives in, the tweaks to characters feel off, I honestly am so sad to not have the game I bought anymore, why can i not play OW1!? Proper gutted but it may be time for me to find another game :(
  17. ram_1941REG77
    Dec 22, 2022
    0
    Complete nonsense, what do you let the critics play if they rate almost 80 and the users are 1+, have you completely stopped respecting the players there?
  18. pinkpony234
    Dec 22, 2022
    0
    Honestly the worst downgrade I've seen in video games! They care more about pay to play rather than an actual enjoyable game. My own advice is bring back overwatch 1 because forcing people to play this new **** update is a disgrace to gaming.
    Michael
  19. thegreatdnna
    Dec 21, 2022
    0
    this is a massive downgrade gameplay **** balance of players **** competitive and qp i see the same 3 characters in every other game everything that i like from the orginal they took out examples balanced characters that you can play each one, group finder, overall good modes for each season like christmas, not blizzard trying to get a dime and nickel for a **** skin that $20 usd who inthis is a massive downgrade gameplay **** balance of players **** competitive and qp i see the same 3 characters in every other game everything that i like from the orginal they took out examples balanced characters that you can play each one, group finder, overall good modes for each season like christmas, not blizzard trying to get a dime and nickel for a **** skin that $20 usd who in the right mind is paykng 20 **** dollars for a skin it should at most be **** 0 loot boxes people where did it go matter a fact where did half the **** they promise go and stuff they took out from the original this game is clapped i would like to play this game and enjoy it not to get forced to play soljuon (im a dps player) or what ever her name is its the same 3 people soljuon roadhog and ana i barely see other players using other characters its sad really im not at all good at this game like low plat in overwatch 1 haven’t even touch comp in 2 because i know its the same 3 characters if im bad at soljuon but the enemy has one lost garbage at its finest they took a pretty good game except for double shield and 3 tanks 3 healers we wont talk about that lol and took a huge blizzard **** on a game i hope nobody plays this ****ty game so blizzard loses money will that realistically happen no but i wish and to end the whole depression of a **** game i give overwatch 2 a solid 2/10 it would have been a one but widowmaker is still fun so that the extra 1 point more you get… Expand
  20. cocorono
    Dec 21, 2022
    0
    I played and bought Overwatch 1 and was excited as Overwatch 2 launched and i had my progress and heroes saved. But this last updated showed me that i dont want to play this anymore. If i have to buy a hero for 10 dollars, which other may not have, this becomes pay to win. As one of the big players in this industry, you were not forced to do this. Beside everything which have accumulatedI played and bought Overwatch 1 and was excited as Overwatch 2 launched and i had my progress and heroes saved. But this last updated showed me that i dont want to play this anymore. If i have to buy a hero for 10 dollars, which other may not have, this becomes pay to win. As one of the big players in this industry, you were not forced to do this. Beside everything which have accumulated in the last years i have to say: You lost a customer today blizzard. I hope you will loose all your costumers, so that your shareholder-value principle becomes unprofitable.… Expand
  21. Diper
    Dec 21, 2022
    9
    Great game but its sad that if i wants to play the new hero on launch i have to pay for the battlepass.
  22. TrixDah
    Dec 18, 2022
    8
    Overwatch 2 released horribly. I think most people will agree with me on that. Long queues, horrible micro transactions and poor progression meant Overwatch 2 was mainly looked down upon. However the core game, the part you’ll be playing the most, is extremely fun. Somehow I’d sunk 50 hours into the game in the first two weeks, and have over 300 hours in it as of writing. Blizzard has alsoOverwatch 2 released horribly. I think most people will agree with me on that. Long queues, horrible micro transactions and poor progression meant Overwatch 2 was mainly looked down upon. However the core game, the part you’ll be playing the most, is extremely fun. Somehow I’d sunk 50 hours into the game in the first two weeks, and have over 300 hours in it as of writing. Blizzard has also started to surprise the community with sudden updates, most of which are good. Overwatch is a game I’d recommend anyone to play as it’s already good, but going to get a lot better.… Expand
  23. GrizzlyHD277
    Dec 18, 2022
    0
    A god awful "Sequel" to a good game. Pointless barely changes enough to even be seen as a sequel its an update, an excuse for them to monetise the game. Locking new heroes 50 levels deep in the battle pass or making unneeded changes like removing flash bangs or making changes to doomfist who was a fine dps. Overall a stupid game that forces players who want nothing to do with their greedyA god awful "Sequel" to a good game. Pointless barely changes enough to even be seen as a sequel its an update, an excuse for them to monetise the game. Locking new heroes 50 levels deep in the battle pass or making unneeded changes like removing flash bangs or making changes to doomfist who was a fine dps. Overall a stupid game that forces players who want nothing to do with their greedy battle pass or new game mechanics to play the new game providing nothing for the fact we purchased the game and bringing up the excuse that because it is free to play that they are fine monetising most if not all aspects of the game. Absolute disappointment of a game.… Expand
  24. Noxious
    Dec 18, 2022
    0
    The game is just not fun. Matchmaking is awful. Trying to rank up is atrocious. Former 7 season GM from season 1 - 7 and I cannot get out of gold. If I try to grind, it takes days and days. It just doesn't have the fun of a valorant or CS GO
  25. redmetal
    Dec 17, 2022
    0
    matchmaking is atrocious, im in gold and get paired with bronze players against a full team of golds also the heroes are even more unbalanced than in overwatch 1, genji gets nerfed for no reason and the top tier characters get buffed wtf
  26. Maxmillion2223
    Dec 16, 2022
    0
    Oh boy! A new sequel with absolutely no difference from its predecessor, with every downgrade imaginable such as it's monetization, matchmaking, balancing it makes you wonder why they wanted to put in place this "sequel"

    IT WAS FOR FUGING GREED
  27. Thegamesup
    Dec 15, 2022
    0
    مافي شيء مختلف بلعكس صارت اخس .............................................
  28. SubiSkill
    Dec 15, 2022
    0
    I`ve never ever revied a game officialy on any website but this game made me make an account, only just to say that its worthless.. How come v2 of any game can be worse.. worse of it all they closed servers of overatch 1 - why? because they knew that everybody would still be playing 1, because ovw 2 is a piece of sht. Good job blizzard u were USUALLY shtty, but u always want to go up aI`ve never ever revied a game officialy on any website but this game made me make an account, only just to say that its worthless.. How come v2 of any game can be worse.. worse of it all they closed servers of overatch 1 - why? because they knew that everybody would still be playing 1, because ovw 2 is a piece of sht. Good job blizzard u were USUALLY shtty, but u always want to go up a level higher. I hope microsoft buys u out, and maybe - just maybe fires all of ur CEO`s and will make some decency out of the sewer that blizzard is now... rly.. how come is it possible to be in a gutter and yet go deeper.. ovw 2 is trash - dont play it I dont recommend it!… Expand
  29. Rudolphu
    Dec 14, 2022
    0
    What a sad excuse of a sequel to Overwatch, a game I always had only love for. They got rid of EVERY incentive to play their game and added an absolute cash grab item shop... They deleted player levels and with that the reward of a lootbox per level up. they removed almost all stats of previous seasons (1-30) and made it so you can only really unlock anything with your credit card.What a sad excuse of a sequel to Overwatch, a game I always had only love for. They got rid of EVERY incentive to play their game and added an absolute cash grab item shop... They deleted player levels and with that the reward of a lootbox per level up. they removed almost all stats of previous seasons (1-30) and made it so you can only really unlock anything with your credit card. Overwatch 1 was so much fun, but now I feel like the time I spent was ultimately wasted by them deleting everything. They nuked this game. They nuked Overwatch. RIP… Expand
  30. jusfukoff
    Dec 13, 2022
    0
    It is a lot like OW1, however, a smaller team, more imbalance and there is a vile lean in the direction on paying **** loads of money for a whole lot of **** all.

    Matchmaking seems to be poorer, competitive ranks mean next-to-nothing and the game is less interesting than it has ever been. Take an 8 year old game, add a couple of maps, a couple of characters and a game mode. Make it    It is a lot like OW1, however, a smaller team, more imbalance and there is a vile lean in the direction on paying **** loads of money for a whole lot of **** all.

    Matchmaking seems to be poorer, competitive ranks mean next-to-nothing and the game is less interesting than it has ever been.

    Take an 8 year old game, add a couple of maps, a couple of characters and a game mode. Make it free to play and charge people a ludicrous amount of money for what they could have earned by playing the last game or for new skin crap.

    Blizzard trail blazed, now they sell out. But gamers are a ****ty bunch and will sink there money in regardless.    … 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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