Overwatch

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  • Summary: THE DAWN OF A NEW OVERWATCH - Reunite and stand together in a new age of heroes. Overwatch® 2 builds on an award-winning foundation of epic competitive play, and challenges the world's heroes to team up, power up, and take on an overwhelming outbreak of threats around the globe. A VISUALTHE DAWN OF A NEW OVERWATCH - Reunite and stand together in a new age of heroes. Overwatch® 2 builds on an award-winning foundation of epic competitive play, and challenges the world's heroes to team up, power up, and take on an overwhelming outbreak of threats around the globe. A VISUAL EVOLUTION: Overwatch 2 evolves the look and feel of the world, with more dynamic environments, larger scale battles, additional in-game storytelling events, and improved atmospheric effects and shadows. Heroes in Overwatch 2 will also have a brand-new look, with greater detail and higher fidelity.

    A NEW ERA OF EPIC COMPETITION
    In Push, a new, symmetrical map type that will launch with Overwatch 2, teams battle to take control of a robot that begins in a central location, then push it toward the enemy base. Either team may take control of the robot at any time. The team that pushes the robot furthest onto the enemy side wins the game.

    POWER UP AND SAVE THE WORLD
    Play an active role in the next chapter of the Overwatch saga through a series of intense four-player missions. Fight back against Null Sector, uncover the motives behind the omnic attacks, and confront a rising wave of new threats.

    YOUR MISSION CONTINUES
    Your accomplishments and loot collections will be carried forward to Overwatch 2. That means you'll keep your skins, player icons, sprays, emotes, and more!

    NEW MAPS AND HEROES
    Current Overwatch players will battle side-by-side with Overwatch 2 players in PvP multiplayer; they'll also be able to play Overwatch 2 heroes and maps.    … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 53
  3. Negative: 0 out of 53
  1. God is a Geek
    Oct 4, 2022
    95
    Overwatch 2 plays brilliantly. It’s a wonderful shooter full of depth, with unique heroes to master, maps to learn, and hours of your life to lose all over again.
  2. Game Informer
    Oct 4, 2022
    90
    Overwatch 2 doesn’t flip the formula the way you might expect a long-awaited, numbered sequel would. But through various clever tweaks, it’s a well-rounded evolution of the experience into which I’ve poured more than a thousand hours since 2016. I may never recreate the magic of those first few years in Overwatch, but Overwatch 2 is a big step towards restoring the faith in the franchise and has me thinking it’s time to pour a few more hundred hours into my favorite team-based shooter.
  3. The Games Machine
    Oct 13, 2022
    82
    This sequel is not revolutionary as the first chapter: it is simply what who wanted a more up-to-date PvP structure needed. The 5 vs 5 gameplay works and is smoother, but in the new era of the franchise seems like there is less space than before for casual or not competitive players.
  4. MGG
    Oct 5, 2022
    80
    As you can see, Overwatch 2 isn't really Overwatch 2; it's more of a big content update or upgrade. The license will get a new game when the story mode is released in 2023 (which will require an update of this test by the way). However, despite the economic system that is very surprising and not looked upon favorably, the competitive games are still very exciting. The new heroines are excellent and the maps are just as good, and it's still fun to watch the talented designers at Blizzard. We hope that the developers will continue on this path and offer their very committed community a game that will meet their expectations.
  5. 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.
  6. SomosXbox
    Oct 14, 2022
    73
    Overwatch 2 is the awaited game that keeps on the legacy of the 2016 hero-shooter of Blizzard. With little news and a lot of problems with servers and bugs, the experience of the game has been a complete nightmare for a lot of users. But, it's not a secret that the game core is mainly the same as before: tons of fun playing with friends and alone, with an even bigger roaster of heroes and maps, and even new game modes, Overwatch 2 is the game that the fans of the franchise will love.
  7. PCGamesN
    Oct 4, 2022
    60
    While Overwatch 2 adds a host of heroes and features to Blizzard’s iconic FPS game, its PvP feels more like a simple content update than a full blown sequel.

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  1. Positive: 143 out of 2247
  2. Mixed: 74 out of 2247
  3. Negative: 2,030 out of 2247
  1. QtortikQ
    Oct 5, 2022
    10
    Thank you blizzard. Deleting one tank role is like fresh air and add more action in game.
    Game plays smoothly.
    One problem and it is log    Thank you blizzard. Deleting one tank role is like fresh air and add more action in game.
    Game plays smoothly.
    One problem and it is log wait to enter the game because of queue, but it's release so it's ok for now.    … Expand
  2. staubigerkaktus
    Nov 2, 2022
    3
    Overwatch was once the single greatest pvp game that existed. Overwatch 2 seems just like a cheap cash grab that adds nothing that wouldOverwatch was once the single greatest pvp game that existed. Overwatch 2 seems just like a cheap cash grab that adds nothing that would justify its advertisement as a new game. The monetization is just RIDICULOUS and it's clear that at least the management at Activision Blizzard doesn't care about quality content and pleasing the community anymore. All of this adds to it just not being as much fun anymore. INCREDIBLY disappointing because I really, really want to love this game.… Expand
  4. HypeN
    Sep 9, 2023
    1
    Blizzard has released a quick cash grab, promised players a lot, delivered none of that.
    They literally said that they would release PvE,    Blizzard has released a quick cash grab, promised players a lot, delivered none of that.
    They literally said that they would release PvE, then said they won't but will give players some PvE coop missions. Then they put those behind a paywall. Overwatch 2 is just the same as Overwatch 1, except more aggressive monetization and less good content added.    … Expand
  5. AzTeKzzz
    Oct 7, 2022
    0
    The game is the same like the First, the only diference is: in 2 we have 3 New charecters and some maps. But the model free to play is abusiveThe game is the same like the First, the only diference is: in 2 we have 3 New charecters and some maps. But the model free to play is abusive and Crazy, because skins (It was free on 1) price is so expensive to my country ( Brazil), abusives prices like R$92 for only ONE skin. If is necessary to maintence the model f2p abusives prices in skins, i prefer, and a Lot of players, pay a Double A price in the game tô escape from the skins prices.… Expand
  6. RedSkail
    Oct 6, 2022
    0
    I was originally gonna give this game a half score but as I went over each of my grievances and likes carefully, I came to a more soberI was originally gonna give this game a half score but as I went over each of my grievances and likes carefully, I came to a more sober conclusion of the lowest score I could possibly give. With every excuse that one could possibly make for the problems of a game, it all comes back to Actiblizzard just cutting corners, making false promises, manipulating the player base, and pathetically dishonest marketing.… Expand
  7. VastN
    Jun 2, 2023
    0
    3 years without any actual content in Overwatch and now another eternity without content in Overwatch 2 oh sorry i mean Overwatch 1.0001. (The3 years without any actual content in Overwatch and now another eternity without content in Overwatch 2 oh sorry i mean Overwatch 1.0001. (The 1 is a battle pass and microtransactions)… Expand
  8. Fallbackearth
    May 30, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is dead, and more so Overwatch "2".
    - Terrible matchmaking
    - Terrible Balancing - 5 stack?? - Terrible ranking system that    Blizzard is dead, and more so Overwatch "2".
    - Terrible matchmaking
    - Terrible Balancing
    - 5 stack??
    - Terrible ranking system that doesn't even work properly
    - Skins that are way to expensive
    - Matchmaking sucks
    - Barley any content
    - Oh and that big FK'n promise they lied about, you know PVE!!

    Like seriously how can you have a "2" in this game when it has less that the first game. What a CON..    … Expand

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