Overwatch

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1.4

Overwhelming dislike- based on 3886 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 3,383 out of 3886

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  1. dogswoofing
    Oct 30, 2022
    0
    Disgusting and predatory store and the removal of once free content has ruined this game
  2. flopwaffle
    Oct 30, 2022
    0
    it's not just a low effort cashgrab greedfest, it's a low effort cashgrab greedfest that replaced a good game
  3. Bobert123
    Oct 30, 2022
    0
    The transition to a free-to-play model has ruined a lot of the joy of progression and overall consumer experience. I have very little interest in playing, much less spending money, on a game made by a company that is as monetarily predatory as Blizzard.
  4. Valandil2
    Oct 30, 2022
    0
    I never ever thought Overwatch 2 would turn out to be that bad. Sure, the gameplay is still fun but it already was the case with Overwatch 1!

    I'm done with this pathetic excuse of a developer who killed the first game so he could work on a "sequel" with the worst battle pass in history, the worst in-game shop in history and the worst "service" you could think of when you hear "live    I never ever thought Overwatch 2 would turn out to be that bad. Sure, the gameplay is still fun but it already was the case with Overwatch 1!

    I'm done with this pathetic excuse of a developer who killed the first game so he could work on a "sequel" with the worst battle pass in history, the worst in-game shop in history and the worst "service" you could think of when you hear "live service game".

    It seems like blizzard removed more parts of the game when they actually added with ow2. In fact there're less maps now than at the day ow1 died. Where the hell is Rialto or numbani???? They say maps are missing because they changed to a seasonal model with a given map rotation? The **** is this Fortnite? I always come across the same old and new maps now and the new ones aren't even good gameplay wise. They look good sure, but you can't play tracer or any high mobility hero anymore cause you get stuck at every damn thing placed on the maps.

    I never thought it could get worse than Halo infinite when it comes to the battle pass.

    Blizzard proved me worng.

    No in game currency or meaningful progression besides the BP. And new heroes are even locked behind the 55th tier?!?!?

    Blizzard made ow2 pay to win!    … Expand
  5. creem
    Oct 31, 2022
    0
    anti consumer, why is the game i paid for and the skins that were obtainable, now put up for like $40 thats so messed
  6. BlibliDTC
    Oct 31, 2022
    0
    Ranked system is just a big mess up, unfair and frustrating. Either you can win 7/8 games in a row either you can loose much just because is not made well.
    Even if there are many heroes, only few of them are played, just because some of them are overpowered.
    There is no fun anymore in this game, again a great license ruined by $$$ !
  7. Ksevin23
    Oct 31, 2022
    0
    immensely disappointing, and dishonest to call it a sequel when it’s literally a patch. why they would destroy Overwatch 1 rather than maintaining two games is beyond me
  8. Ravensburger
    Nov 1, 2022
    2
    The game is o.k if it works. The game is buggy af, like players are walking like slime over the map, or in the middle of a game the Servers do not respons and you have to start over.

    But the bests are the prices. It is like a slap in your face, if you played overwatch one bevor. 25€ for a skin? How about no.

    Blizzard, fix your game and give back the lootboxes.
  9. Ki1Lsorrow
    Nov 1, 2022
    0
    **** game with unbalanced maps and heroes. **** boring gameplay ( after 2 days playing i already feel boring af) Have most awful monetization system EVER ( rly i can't remember worst than that ) For 1 leg skin u need to play 8 months oh and btw if u not played first game u have only 5 heroes to play. Other u need to unlock by playing ALOOOOOOT of games (or u can donate ofc) For example u**** game with unbalanced maps and heroes. **** boring gameplay ( after 2 days playing i already feel boring af) Have most awful monetization system EVER ( rly i can't remember worst than that ) For 1 leg skin u need to play 8 months oh and btw if u not played first game u have only 5 heroes to play. Other u need to unlock by playing ALOOOOOOT of games (or u can donate ofc) For example u need to play 150 games to unlock Ash ( yes yes 150 games ) Worst battle pass in game industry. For example in Apex Legends if u donate to buy battlepass and you are quite an active player u can farm premium coins from it and buy next battlepass for free. In OW2 u get only skins. Yes-yes no premuim currency - nothing. Oh u wanna get next battlepass and u alredy get 100 lvl on the previous one huh? Well we don't care. Donate or get lost. I highly recommend not playing this game and not support devs. Maybe if devs fix all that it can be a good game. But not for now.… Expand
  10. Kattengustaf
    Nov 2, 2022
    0
    6 years ago Overwatch was released, and it was made to have a fun experience, the TF2 killer.
    Overwatch 2 is a downgrade in every aspect.
  11. azezthelegend
    Nov 2, 2022
    0
    after almost a month i can confirm that the game still have server errors still a shameless cash grab and has nothing to do with the word "sequel" its not even a good update its a downgrade no progression system no on fire no free way to get skins a lot of the heroes are broken , removed from the game , OP , and guess what if we ever get a new hero its locked in the battle pass .. mapsafter almost a month i can confirm that the game still have server errors still a shameless cash grab and has nothing to do with the word "sequel" its not even a good update its a downgrade no progression system no on fire no free way to get skins a lot of the heroes are broken , removed from the game , OP , and guess what if we ever get a new hero its locked in the battle pass .. maps missing underwhelming event challenges are repetitive 20$ skins i feel second hand shame for this thank you blizzard. :) ( not really ) .… Expand
  12. Moonlight8
    Jan 3, 2023
    0
    It makes me sad to see Overwatch 2 being one of these typ of Battle Pass games I always despised. Back then Ow1 had its own special things. Now all gone for the money. Guys DONT invest in Ow2. It's not worth it.
  13. emaexp
    Nov 2, 2022
    0
    the gameplay is ok, in fact, it's exactly the same as 6 years ago. PvE mode? nah. next year. monetization? squeezed to the max, with battlepasses, seasons, the removal of free loot boxes (and paid ones) and the ridiculous overpriced skins (26$ for a skin, a weapon charm and a spray. in some countries it is even illegal to sell this bundle, because as the law in those countries says, therethe gameplay is ok, in fact, it's exactly the same as 6 years ago. PvE mode? nah. next year. monetization? squeezed to the max, with battlepasses, seasons, the removal of free loot boxes (and paid ones) and the ridiculous overpriced skins (26$ for a skin, a weapon charm and a spray. in some countries it is even illegal to sell this bundle, because as the law in those countries says, there can't be a discount on non individually purchasable content.).
    I don't think this game would be alive if it wasn't overwatch. Yeah, maybe it will have its playerbase, but i think it'll be the size of the apex legends' one, if we're making comparisons. And yeah, it's made by EA and respawn, and they have a really bad reputation about the game, the general unfairness and the random updates they did and do to keep the game "fresh", the 500$ heirlooms and server crashing and going down almost everyday. So comparing overwatch, to apex, is.. strange. I won't be playing this game anymore, since it's so downhill, i don't think it can get back up.    … Expand
  14. Tehdunsparce
    Nov 4, 2022
    0
    Playing healer in this game makes you feel so irrelevant to the outcome of the game that it makes you want to self harm. If my tank or dps are worse than the enemy team, you lose. Congrats.

    Oh, and they take away my OW1 to give me this Garbo? Blizzard wtf. The spirit of this game is dead and I hate everyone in it
  15. Fuupsy
    Nov 6, 2022
    0
    Massive downgrade from the previous game in nearly every way and is making one of the biggest cash grab moves I've ever seen in the gaming industry if overwatch 2 is successful we'll be seeing alot more cheap "sequels" where they release a update and up there monetization to insane levels of anti consumer price points and content pay walls the original overwatch was a huge step forward forMassive downgrade from the previous game in nearly every way and is making one of the biggest cash grab moves I've ever seen in the gaming industry if overwatch 2 is successful we'll be seeing alot more cheap "sequels" where they release a update and up there monetization to insane levels of anti consumer price points and content pay walls the original overwatch was a huge step forward for gaming overwatch 2 is a step forward for anti consumer marketing and content locking… Expand
  16. neuropathy86
    Nov 6, 2022
    0
    Lazy garbage.

    That's the best summary for this game. And I'm saying it after over 2000 hours played in Overwatch 1. Let's start with good (will be brief): - improved sound quality is really noticeable, guns sound pretty incredible, ambient sounds like footsteps are mixed more clearly, so you'll know there's enemy around - switching from 6v6 to 5v5, reducing amount of shields and cc    Lazy garbage.

    That's the best summary for this game.
    And I'm saying it after over 2000 hours played in Overwatch 1.
    Let's start with good (will be brief):
    - improved sound quality is really noticeable, guns sound pretty incredible, ambient sounds like footsteps are mixed more clearly, so you'll know there's enemy around
    - switching from 6v6 to 5v5, reducing amount of shields and cc in the game makes the game quicker and less tedious

    That's it.

    If you think that sequel should introduce new mechanics and visuals to the point it feels like a brand new experience, then OW2 is not a sequel. It's a patch modifying and mixing already existing game a bit. It feels as fresh as a rotten corpse that you put some fancy dress over to call it alive again.

    Going into some details:
    - switching from 6v6 to 5v5 made the game even more steamroll heavy than before, around 80 - 90% of my games were just an miserable experience where either my team just blasted enemies to the point they left or the other way around
    - game still expects high level of cooperation from total strangers. It's still in this weird place where you can't really pop off but one weak link in you team often means loosing the game
    - playing as support is horrendous and ungrateful job that will get you yelled at by dps going behind enemy lines to die instantly
    - horrible toxic community of players. Game has no social tools, no guilds (which would help to mitigate at least some toxicity) that were promised in the ancient times by Kaplan when he was still working on this game. Getting called every possible slur in this game is just bread and butter
    - if you though lootboxes in OW1 were scammy, wait till you see how much currency you'll need to buy any skin in the new monetization model, not to mention unlocking new heroes in battle pass
    - it was just plainly broken during the launch with enormous queues and constant disconnects. To give ActivisionBlizzard some credit - it got fixed at the time of writing this review, however it shows how incompetent they are during every major launch (similar problems occurred with WoW)
    - the whole telephone fiasco

    Overall OW2 is disappointing, infuriating experience that is just lazy reskin of the first game with some questionable monetization on top of it. OW2 just confirms (once again) what a horrible sh*tshow ActivisionBlizzard has become. This game is just void of any imagination, innovation and polish. Getting repeatedly punched in the face is more fulfilling experience than this game.

    About PvE - I simply don't care - ActivisionBlizzard can promise portable blowj*b dispenser or cocaine or whatever they want on their roadmap. PvE is simply not here and I'm way past believing any AAA publisher at this point when it comes to post launch content planned.

    I'd write some more, but I refuse to put more work than the team responsible for creating this abomination.

    Overwatch 2 is an opposite of fun. Don't play it.    … Expand
  17. joesmoecool
    Nov 6, 2022
    0
    This version of the game only survives because of its predecessor. The game is not a sequel. It is a lie to say it is OW2. The game is fun because OW1 was a great game. They did not make it more fun or better. When a company refuses to provide any content or balance changes for around two years, how can you objectively state that these changes are better? They created a content drought andThis version of the game only survives because of its predecessor. The game is not a sequel. It is a lie to say it is OW2. The game is fun because OW1 was a great game. They did not make it more fun or better. When a company refuses to provide any content or balance changes for around two years, how can you objectively state that these changes are better? They created a content drought and made players starved for any type of content to help make any changes appear in a better light. In my opinion, Blizzard and Activision's choices have been worse for the game in the long run for a short term benefit (story of their company). The product as a whole is utter trash. Removing features that existed in OW1 or that semi-exist (I'm on fire portrait) and personal playtime progression was an unnecessary and poor decision. The decision benefited no one and only cause discourse for players who spent a lot of time earning their playtime portrait. They could have easily removed it from view in game-play and kept tracking it, but have it only display in the player's profile. Which they sort of do already, except it no longer progresses anymore. They also created a monetization system that makes people miss purchasable loot boxes. Skins that players have been able to earn through grinding that gave players a different incentive path to play the game was completely removed. It would be one thing if the company actually spent time creating brand new skins and charged for those, but to charge for skins created by their predecessors that used to be in a "grindable" form, and to charge around $20 for those legendary (not mythic) skins, is a complete scummy tactic. They also rushed their release of this version of the game because they decided last minute to completely change everything they were working on in regards to their PVE campaigns. Then, they want to shield themselves from criticism by stating this is early access. When in reality, they originally announced the real OW2 back in 2019. Assuming they had plans for OW2 prior to announcing it publicly, they actually had over 3 years to prepare. This release has not been an acceptable one from my perspective. I refuse to give Activision Blizzard a free pass because "they changed their minds" last minute and did not give themselves the proper time to prepare for the changes they needed to make for a successful F2P game. It is very disheartening how little they care or even consider the financial reality of their customers. People who have supported this company for 20-30 years, buying almost every game they have released. I understand that purchasable loot boxes earned them a great deal of money and that there was pressure beginning to mount up in the U.S. government about gambling in video games advertised for kids so they wanted to get ahead on making changes before they were forced to, but overpriced cosmetics and anti-consumer tactics are not the way to make up those earnings. I would suggest that no one play this game or purchase anything from this company until they aggressively revise their monetization model.… Expand
  18. metadark
    Nov 27, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A donate garbage dump with a broken rank.
    If you want to kill your nerves or drain money, you are welcome.    … Expand
  19. fvckyxublizzard
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
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  20. XCOM_commander
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    It disconnects almost every third game, paid battle pass, and insufficient coins can be earned per week. I bought this game back in 2017 and... Were buyers provided with something? Nope, nothing. Nothing at all. At least provide us the same amount of coins we paid previously for the game or allow us to have lootboxes.
  21. t00l2
    Nov 30, 2022
    4
    There's something wrong with this game. Obviously it’s not a sequel but rather just a patch but that’s not it. I’m selecting 4 instead of 5 mostly because 4 is red and I wouldn’t like anyone to think that I think it’s average enough to spend time playing it. Anyhow, in no particular order what feels bad is:

    2CP is gone so all my favourite maps like Anubis, Volskaya, Hanamura are gone. New    There's something wrong with this game. Obviously it’s not a sequel but rather just a patch but that’s not it. I’m selecting 4 instead of 5 mostly because 4 is red and I wouldn’t like anyone to think that I think it’s average enough to spend time playing it. Anyhow, in no particular order what feels bad is:

    2CP is gone so all my favourite maps like Anubis, Volskaya, Hanamura are gone. New mode called Push is not something I’m looking to when waiting in queue. And queues… it’s a brand major release with marketing from them but it already takes 10m to find a game. What’s more, I paid for OW1 with a promise that everything else in the game will be free but now OW1 has been deleted from my account and what I have instead is F2P OW2 with battle pass that’s full of useless things, has very few interesting skins, all of them hidden behind absurdly high levels of BP that I won’t be able to do without ruining my real life, so I guess that’s a way of forcing me to pay… which feels sleazy. And now even heroes are behind BP? In a game that’s all about changing heroes mid-game? Where every new hero is OP at a release? Is that basically P2W direction?

    I can literally play Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory from 2003 with my friends but keeping OW1 on my acount and maybe releasing an ability for people to host their own servers? You know, letting people play a game they literally BOUGHT in the first place? We can’t have that at modern Blizzard!

    There’s one less tank so goodbye to my favourite role of being an off-tank. All tanks got buffed of course, and playing as a support feels like being an NPC for DPS to kill without a 2nd tank for peel. Don’t worry though, you can always 100% of the times pick Moira due to her escape abilities until you’re bored to death OR get a new hero Kiriko cause she’s quite mobile as well. Ah yes, she’s behind a paywall for non-OG players so I guess maybe you can’t. Have fun being an NPC. Soon, new tank will release that’s said to not be free for OG players which will make that split of fun even more skewed towards people who pay up, or grind several hours every single day to… let me check notes… ah, be able to pick a hero in a game about picking heroes.

    Games are mostly about you being bored to death while you snowball the other team, or about being perpetually frustrated before finally giving up while it’s the other team who snowballs you. Matchmaker is terrible. I had more equal matches in HotS and that game is on life-support for God’s sake. Paladins, Fortnite, TF2 - in no other game win/loss felt like such a coin flip from a matchmaker.

    The only thing great about this game is art and how polished it is. I just wished all those artists worked on Paladins, not Overwatch; or other genre altogether. It’s such a waste to put such beautiful design in such bad gameplay.

    This is… and it hurts me to say this… but this is *new Blizzard* game.    … Expand
  22. Ylitka
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Игру просто уничтожили, оригинал был намного лучше и приятнее
  23. PepperPlay5
    Dec 5, 2022
    6
    Music is mediocre at best[-1]. Sound design is great—successful strikes give quite a lot of hit satisfaction.

    Deathmatch on Quick Play is alright, same as the Arcade ones.

    I still refuse to play Ranked as of now[-2]. No more comment on that mode.

    Bugs and glitches exist. Sometimes game-breaking[-1].
  24. pavelnj
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    They ruined all the good mechanics from ov1, those that I hated in the old game now I remember with longing. Everything is ruined in Overwatch 2: the system for obtaining items for heroes, leveling up, rewards, and even scores at the end of the match. It is not clear for what purpose they ruined the tab mode during the match: now you can’t quickly understand how much damage I caused orThey ruined all the good mechanics from ov1, those that I hated in the old game now I remember with longing. Everything is ruined in Overwatch 2: the system for obtaining items for heroes, leveling up, rewards, and even scores at the end of the match. It is not clear for what purpose they ruined the tab mode during the match: now you can’t quickly understand how much damage I caused or healed, you need to compare your units with allies, information about the level and joint play of opponents and teammates is now also hidden. I definitely don't want to play this game. It remains a mystery to me why Blizzard took overwatch 1 from me and forced me to play a new donation dump… Expand
  25. Camoll
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    the economic model is so bad you need to pay to get the new hero, wich is really stupid in a game when you need to switch your character to counter the picks of the ennemy team, overwatch 1rst was realy better on many points.
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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.
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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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