Overwatch (2016)

 PlayStation 4
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6.4

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  1. Satsoku
    Jan 6, 2023
    6
    This game used to be a lot of fun. The tank meta of course ruined the game and pushed everyone off. It was good while it lasted.
  2. Merkinho
    Jan 3, 2023
    6
    Wenn man das Spiel alleine ohne Freunde spielt, wird es sehr schnell sehr langweilig und monoton. Mir fehlt auch der Grund, dieses Spiel auf längere Zeit zu spielen.
  3. GuiBio
    Dec 31, 2022
    6
    invested so many hours in this game, but blizzard has no love for it. Great cinematics tho...
  4. Jdotdeedot
    Jul 1, 2022
    6
    As far as the regular modes go, this game is hella fun. However, when you play ranked... This game is unplayable for me because of the toxic fanbase. I know it's probably not a fair reason to judge the game but I just really an't enjoy the game because of toxic people are in the game. People take this game way too seriously and it's extremely sad.
  5. Mongojuice
    May 22, 2022
    5
    Poor balancing, stale meta & disgusting business ethics. Blizzard’s fall from grace is undeniable.
  6. Prink34320
    May 10, 2022
    5
    Overwatch is an entertaining and captivating PvP game that has an interesting and diverse cast of characters in an intriguing world, but fails to actually incorporating any narratives into the game.

    Whilst it is very enjoyable to play, the game suffers from a lack of balance within the large cast of characters, a poor match-making system and an unfortunately toxic community both in and    Overwatch is an entertaining and captivating PvP game that has an interesting and diverse cast of characters in an intriguing world, but fails to actually incorporating any narratives into the game.

    Whilst it is very enjoyable to play, the game suffers from a lack of balance within the large cast of characters, a poor match-making system and an unfortunately toxic community both in and outside of the competitive scene.

    The worst aspects of Overwatch is what it lacks. There is no proper progression system where you are properly rewarded for playing the game - instead you play several matches at a time to level up and receive a lootbox, which may or may not reward you with anything that feels rewarding (most of the time it does not). Even with its competitive scene rewarding unique currency, it is a grind to obtain and can only be used to unlock the same golden variation of each character's weapons.

    The best aspect of Overwatch is, or perhaps it is better to say *was* it's frequent content drops, which included new cosmetics, maps, characters and events that kept the game fresh and enjoyable at least for a limited time. However, now the game has been barren of any real content for years and this only further highlights the flaws with the game.    … Expand
  7. Jollyolfun
    Mar 16, 2022
    6
    uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah you know what we all think of overwatch.
  8. Catharsiuse
    Jan 6, 2022
    7
    This is not only great game but also, a great story! It is deep and exciting without "fedex' quests. That' is something that for example
  9. MortalShaw
    Aug 9, 2021
    5
    personajes con historias interesantes, pero pues no se aprovecha nada por el mismo punto del juego, en lugar de mejorar el juego y equilibrarlo, se pusieron a hacer la inlcusion cuando se les acaba de acusar de hacer cosas de abus0 en su compañia...siempre los buenistas son los mas repugnantes. el juego actualmente esta muerto y la verdad no merece la pena a menos que tengas amigos ya parapersonajes con historias interesantes, pero pues no se aprovecha nada por el mismo punto del juego, en lugar de mejorar el juego y equilibrarlo, se pusieron a hacer la inlcusion cuando se les acaba de acusar de hacer cosas de abus0 en su compañia...siempre los buenistas son los mas repugnantes. el juego actualmente esta muerto y la verdad no merece la pena a menos que tengas amigos ya para jugarlo. lastima, pudo ser algo mejor.… Expand
  10. DANTESFENIX2
    Jun 24, 2021
    6
    Es un gran multijugador con grandes personajes y muy buena personalidad, el problema radica en el pésimo buscador, perderás el 80% de las partidas por culpa de jugadores que parecen tener 1 mano , aparte de eso los mapas están totalmente deseculibrados dando ventaja a ciertos lados de equipo, pésima actualización 1 personaje al año es ridiculo, actualmente está muerto
  11. Elite_Soldier
    Mar 7, 2021
    6
    Used to play it when it came out, the game is alright. Pretty dead on your own but fun with friends.
  12. BeelzenefX
    Dec 16, 2020
    7
    I have played this game for a long time and I'm still playing it. I love the cast it is the best part of the game,and the controls are rock solid, but even with all the things that has been added to the game it still feels lacking of content. I can recommend the game its very fun but It never earn its 60 dollar cost, buy it when it is on sale, and I'm saying this as someone who loves theI have played this game for a long time and I'm still playing it. I love the cast it is the best part of the game,and the controls are rock solid, but even with all the things that has been added to the game it still feels lacking of content. I can recommend the game its very fun but It never earn its 60 dollar cost, buy it when it is on sale, and I'm saying this as someone who loves the game, I don't know how it earned game of the year, was 2016 that bad of a year for gaming? I'm sure it wasn't. Also never, never buy loot boxes they are not worth it… Expand
  13. kruci
    Dec 12, 2020
    6
    Wielkie rozczarowanie z tym co blizzard zrobił z tą grą na przestrzeni lat.
  14. 22schrosa
    Aug 4, 2020
    7
    In short, the game works great in theory, but in practice it falls a little short
  15. AhmedJM
    Apr 20, 2020
    6
    Great game if you want a fun first person shooter that's different from the usual war games. Definitely unique and engaging but I got bored eventually.
  16. SirSoil
    Feb 28, 2020
    7
    Overwatch is a fun shooter with unique characters and ideas, sadly the lack of single player makes the game shorter than you think. There is a bunch of characters to chose from your heavys healers and attackers, with a verity of maps all unique and brings something new. The progression system is not the best but it works I don’t think loot boxes was the best idea. And working with peopleOverwatch is a fun shooter with unique characters and ideas, sadly the lack of single player makes the game shorter than you think. There is a bunch of characters to chose from your heavys healers and attackers, with a verity of maps all unique and brings something new. The progression system is not the best but it works I don’t think loot boxes was the best idea. And working with people online isn’t the best so I recommend playing with friends since this game is team based. Which brings my concern, no single player options. No story mode, nothing single player expect practice and training which isn’t enough. Overwatch is one of those amazing online games you play with your friends now and then and completely forget about it due to no single player options. (Good 3/5) Give It A Try!… Expand
  17. xq_i5
    Dec 30, 2019
    5
    لعبة جميلة وجبت فيها البلاتينيوم وانوي الوصول لي الماستر ولفل السلفر وتقيمي لها ٩.٥/١٠
  18. bcaoo
    Jun 19, 2019
    6
    Overwatch is an incredible achievement in multiplayer shooter design. It bobs and weaves almost perfectly between being the quick-fix adrenaline hit you might want after a long day of work, and the thoughtful, strategic multiplayer experience that becomes the center of evening-long binges with friends. It might not have the most exhaustive list of maps and modes, but it provides nearlyOverwatch is an incredible achievement in multiplayer shooter design. It bobs and weaves almost perfectly between being the quick-fix adrenaline hit you might want after a long day of work, and the thoughtful, strategic multiplayer experience that becomes the center of evening-long binges with friends. It might not have the most exhaustive list of maps and modes, but it provides nearly endless opportunities for exhilarating, coordinated play, and when you’re the one at the center of it, it feels like nothing else.… Expand
  19. my-games
    Apr 29, 2019
    6
    Overwatch is an incredible achievement in multiplayer shooter design. It bobs and weaves almost perfectly between being the quick-fix adrenaline hit you might want after a long day of work, and the thoughtful, strategic multiplayer experience that becomes the center of evening-long binges with friends. It might not have the most exhaustive list of maps and modes, but it provides nearlyOverwatch is an incredible achievement in multiplayer shooter design. It bobs and weaves almost perfectly between being the quick-fix adrenaline hit you might want after a long day of work, and the thoughtful, strategic multiplayer experience that becomes the center of evening-long binges with friends. It might not have the most exhaustive list of maps and modes, but it provides nearly endless opportunities for exhilarating, coordinated play, and when you’re the one at the center of it, it feels like nothing else.… Expand
  20. GreenManGaming
    Mar 23, 2019
    6
    Overwatch is an incredible achievement in multiplayer shooter design. It bobs and weaves almost perfectly between being the quick-fix adrenaline hit you might want after a long day of work, and the thoughtful, strategic multiplayer experience that becomes the center of evening-long binges with friends. It might not have the most exhaustive list of maps and modes, but it provides nearlyOverwatch is an incredible achievement in multiplayer shooter design. It bobs and weaves almost perfectly between being the quick-fix adrenaline hit you might want after a long day of work, and the thoughtful, strategic multiplayer experience that becomes the center of evening-long binges with friends. It might not have the most exhaustive list of maps and modes, but it provides nearly endless opportunities for exhilarating, coordinated play, and when you’re the one at the center of it, it feels like nothing else.… Expand
  21. LockdownZ
    Jan 7, 2019
    7
    I've been playing this game since release and while it is a cool hero based shooter game with loads of fun if you're playing with friends, the game is a snore-fest because of it's lack of content (only get's new content with seasonal events, and a new hero once every 4 months or so), slow ranking system (you only rank up fast if you're playing with friends, RIP solo players) and incrediblyI've been playing this game since release and while it is a cool hero based shooter game with loads of fun if you're playing with friends, the game is a snore-fest because of it's lack of content (only get's new content with seasonal events, and a new hero once every 4 months or so), slow ranking system (you only rank up fast if you're playing with friends, RIP solo players) and incredibly salty competitive mode. If you're new to the hero shooter games I could recommend this game, but if you've played your load of FPS games like Call of Duty or Battlefield, be prepared for a let down because while it may be fun in the beginning of the game, it gets boring real, real quick.… Expand
  22. realmarwanmm
    Jan 2, 2019
    7
    Good game that starts very interesting and gets very boring with time due to lack of content and modes added. Judging by my 130 hours on this game which some of you might think it's ridiculous that I'm giving it an average rate but believe me I haven't touched this game in over a year. Also very grindy to get a single skin or just pay more to get better looking and you need to find fiveGood game that starts very interesting and gets very boring with time due to lack of content and modes added. Judging by my 130 hours on this game which some of you might think it's ridiculous that I'm giving it an average rate but believe me I haven't touched this game in over a year. Also very grindy to get a single skin or just pay more to get better looking and you need to find five other players that you know because if you have no team composition you're basically going to lose every game… Expand
  23. Gamesearcher1
    Dec 10, 2018
    7
    I came from Team Fortress 2, expecting the exact same fun as in the game, and I certainly found it. Overwatch has three main roles, Tanks, who protect their teammates, Damage, the only role 70% of the player-base uses and Support, who I mainly play. I just want to say that playing as every hero feels unique, and extremely fun. But one of the core flaws I found with the game was how muchI came from Team Fortress 2, expecting the exact same fun as in the game, and I certainly found it. Overwatch has three main roles, Tanks, who protect their teammates, Damage, the only role 70% of the player-base uses and Support, who I mainly play. I just want to say that playing as every hero feels unique, and extremely fun. But one of the core flaws I found with the game was how much the tanks slowed down the combat. If the other team has three tanks, it's absolutely painstaking to break through their defenses sometimes. Its combat is fast, which I really enjoy about it. Then, there are the Ultimate abilities, and most of them are pretty good. But I find that the ultimate economy destroys the main part of Overwatch, which is being able to switch quickly to a different hero to counter another one, as you lose all your Ult. Charge, and so are at a massive disadvantage. I heard a statement that I really related to, 'When it's fun, it's extremely fun. When it's bad, it is terrible.' I play this game only casually, and I hate having to have a coin flip if I'll like the match or not. I only really have fun with Control and Payload maps, which are much faster and give every Hero a decent opportunity. But you can't choose what maps you want to play, resulting in another coin-flip. Then there are the heroes, and while I think it's slightly important to make each one of your characters have distinct personalities, Blizzard took it to the next level. For a game with no campaign, it certainly tries to make you love every character, and get invested in the incredibly stereotypical Sci-Fi story. The game looks very nice, I won't lie about that at all, everything well-textured and very smooth. The soundtrack is pretty enjoyable, every map having its own special style of music, but nothing, except the excellent, uplifting main theme, really sticks out as amazing. So overall, as a world, Overwatch is pretty solid. But this is a game, and when the gameplay isn't all too enjoyable, the world means nothing. I don't hate Overwatch, in fact, I think it's pretty likeable, but it has key flaws like the Ult. economy, broken hero launches, the reliance on people switching, even though no-one wants to and the lack of a campaign. Buy only during a sale, honestly.… Expand
  24. SrPepe
    Oct 22, 2018
    5
    No creo que el juego sea malo, pero tiene muchas cosas en contra. Primero que no creo que sea lo mejor de lo mejor para jugar en PS4, personalmente se me hizo muy tosco y aburrido. Segundo, es un juego puramente online, y estoy seguro que hay muchos FTP ahí fuera que hacen el mismo labor que este juego.
    ¿Pagar 60 dolares y encima tener que pagar PS Plus para poder jugar esto?    No creo que el juego sea malo, pero tiene muchas cosas en contra. Primero que no creo que sea lo mejor de lo mejor para jugar en PS4, personalmente se me hizo muy tosco y aburrido. Segundo, es un juego puramente online, y estoy seguro que hay muchos FTP ahí fuera que hacen el mismo labor que este juego.
    ¿Pagar 60 dolares y encima tener que pagar PS Plus para poder jugar esto? Definitivamente no, no vale para nada la pena.    … Expand
  25. Stonewallish
    Oct 20, 2018
    6
    With its charming and colorful cast of characters from all walks of life, it’s nearly impossible not to love Overwatch in one way or another.

    Overwatch is an online team based shooter that takes from a lot of other games, including MOBAS, arena shooters, and of course, other hero based games. When it comes to gameplay, you have a choice between multiple characters, each one unique    With its charming and colorful cast of characters from all walks of life, it’s nearly impossible not to love Overwatch in one way or another.

    Overwatch is an online team based shooter that takes from a lot of other games, including MOBAS, arena shooters, and of course, other hero based games.

    When it comes to gameplay, you have a choice between multiple characters, each one unique in its own way, and each one with unique abilities to use in order to turn the games in your favor. “Ultimates”, the special moves your characters can use, show the very simplistic and casual nature of the game. Most of the games can be won by the use of an ultimate at just the right time, rendering any amount of skill involved in the minutes prior, at times, completely pointless. Despite this, the casual nature of the game can make it appealing to all kinds of people, especially those who are not well experienced with proper shooting games, or would just like something easy to pick up and play to wind up and relax.

    Overwatch issues do not lie in the fact that it tries hard to be something it was never meant to be - that is, a competitive multiplayer experience. Rather, they lie in both its community and its developers.
    With such dedicated following of course, it’s crazy to think that toxicity wouldn’t be a thing. The online experience, in fact, can be quite disruptive and disappointing, more so here than in other similiar games, forcing some players to turn off voice communication entirely. Given the “social” nature of the game, this is a big problem. Not much effort has been made from the developers to fight this problem, and on top of that -gameplay wise- the balance between characters gets changed and modified ever so frequently in major and gameplay altering ways, leaving people who haven’t played in a while extremely confused once they finally come back. Character balancing is something that i’m sure most people would love to see more often in their multiplayer shooters, if it wasn’t for the fact that Overwatch developers seem to be ignoring crucial balancing needs and instead going their own way with changes that are, most of the time, unneeded and unnecessary.

    The in game lootbox based economy allows you to unlock customization options for each character, either by leveling up and playing the arcade modes, or by getting them with real money. Each customization can be extremely pricey, depending on whether it is a a voice line or an appearance altering skin. Getting to the point where you’re able to finally unlock the item you want can take weeks and weeks, and it doesn’t help that some of the rare skins are locked behind seasonal events, which only grant you the chance to get the desired item for a short period of time, before getting locked again for another year. Luckily, gameplay isn’t affected in any way by skins and such, making players, technically, all at the same level of skill. This matchmaking system, unfortunately, doesn’t seem to work very well. It’s common to see way more experienced players getting matched up against newcomers and viceversa. This issue is amplified by the lessening of the overall player count seen in recent months, and its something newcomers will have to deal with whether they like it or not.

    To sum it up, Overwatch is a simplistic and colorful shooter, with an appeal that will surely get the attention of the more casual crowd. It’s easy to fall in love with this game, but even easier to see its very apparent shortcomings. If you can get past the clueless developers and the atrocious community, you’ll find a very casual but enjoyable game, which becomes even better when played with friends.    … Expand
  26. TatsMcGee
    Sep 8, 2018
    7
    What Kind of Adventure?

    Its not a really an adventure game, its a First Person online Shooter. Was it fun? Yes, I am having an absolute ball playing this game. Are there any similar games? I just played Battleborn and its a lot like that but better. Favorite Character? I’m liking 3 characters, D. Va, Torbjorn and Lucio. Favorite Map? The Temple of Anubis is my    What Kind of Adventure?

    Its not a really an adventure game, its a First Person online Shooter.

    Was it fun?

    Yes, I am having an absolute ball playing this game.

    Are there any similar games?

    I just played Battleborn and its a lot like that but better.

    Favorite Character?

    I’m liking 3 characters, D. Va, Torbjorn and Lucio.

    Favorite Map?

    The Temple of Anubis is my favorite map to play on, especially defending. I don’t know what it is, but I really enjoy defending an area or territory.

    Would you play it again?

    Yes, I plan on playing this game a lot for the remainder of the year.

    Any Complaints?

    I wouldn’t mind a little bit more of a single player experience but its alright that its all a mutliplayer online game.

    How many hours did you play it?

    I have played 12 hours so far and I certainly plan on playing a lot more than that.    … Expand
  27. guitarguy001
    Aug 19, 2018
    5
    An extremely overrated game with plenty of crippling flaws for a type of player like myself.

    When it comes to gameplay, it's fine overall. I personally am not a fan of FPS, but there are fun moments with characters like Tracer and Bastion to me. I also like the design of most of the characters: McCree, Genji, Bastion, Sombra, there is plenty good here when it comes to the design of the    An extremely overrated game with plenty of crippling flaws for a type of player like myself.

    When it comes to gameplay, it's fine overall. I personally am not a fan of FPS, but there are fun moments with characters like Tracer and Bastion to me. I also like the design of most of the characters: McCree, Genji, Bastion, Sombra, there is plenty good here when it comes to the design of the characters.

    Then, there's everything else...

    Straight to the point, outside of the online mode, there is very little content and almost non-existent single player content. I love single player games and are my favorite games to play. Overwatch has plenty of material to have single player content but nope. Instead it's almost exclusively online and for someone like me, it has very limited replay-ability. If this game had something akin to a single player campaign, I would cut it some slack. Also, no local multiplayer mode. Whoever thought that a game like Overwatch should not have a local multiplayer should be demoted. This game would have been much better if it had local multiplayer.

    Overwatch's focus on strictly online really hurts the game by the lot. What if you don't have PS+, Xbox Live Gold or a good internet connection? And if you do get into a game, the online community isn't very helpful or encouraging as it has been quite notorious how bad or even cruel they can be. The game had to make up for people who do not want to play the game online but it doesn't and for people who are interested in the lore, they have to leave the game to get it's tidbits of lore. Leaving the game to understand it's lore and enrich it's universe is not good design.

    This is a really disappointing game and it baffles me how people can consider this to be 2016's Game of the Year or even one of the best games of all time when there are much better games out there deserving of both those titles.    … Expand
  28. VahNabooty
    Jul 29, 2018
    6
    Decent multiplayer shooter with some interesting characters, but a lot of the characters feel very underpowered and not very fun to play as. the continued support from Blizzard is great, and this game actually has one of my favorite forms of lootboxes as its not incredibly intrusive and doesn't require real money.
  29. lizardking420
    Jul 1, 2018
    6
    Slow paced action, too casual, aimbot, poor variety of weak weapons, small maps, long pre game waiting and underwhelming graphics.
  30. Henriquez94
    Jun 5, 2018
    5
    Un titulo multijugador competitivo, personajes con una carisma como blizzard lo ha hecho siempre, en su lanzamiento 2016, muy pobre de contenido, modos de juego, un modo competitivo clasificatorio sin funcionar practicamente roto, con un precio de $60.00, cometi el error de comprarlo de salida, me deje guiar por la prensa, vaya decepcion.
    El juego ha recibido soporte por parte de Blizzard    Un titulo multijugador competitivo, personajes con una carisma como blizzard lo ha hecho siempre, en su lanzamiento 2016, muy pobre de contenido, modos de juego, un modo competitivo clasificatorio sin funcionar practicamente roto, con un precio de $60.00, cometi el error de comprarlo de salida, me deje guiar por la prensa, vaya decepcion.
    El juego ha recibido soporte por parte de Blizzard durante estos dos años, muy agradecido con ellos, aun con su soporte, para jugar con amigos y pasar el rato muy recomendable, si tu eres de las personas que te aburre lo competitivo, o que simplemente pasas de jugar online, no es para ti, pero si eres muy competitivo online, y le dedicaras horas, muy recomendable por menos de $30.00.
    LO QUE ES IMPERDONABLE ES QUE ESTO HAYA SIDO EL GOTY DE 2016 ;(
    Para mi es un buen juego, personajes correctamente desarrollados, bueno un e-sport, pero no para ser GOTY.
    Ojala y Blizzard sigan dando soporte al titulo, yo he dedicado mas de 300 horas de juego, y me gusta bastante, pero pasada las 3 horas, comienza aburrir, como digo si eres full multiplayer, y te gusta competir, es para ti, de lo contrario no lo recomiendo.    … Expand
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#4 Best PS4 Game of 2016
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#12 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2016
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#17 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2016

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Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Games Master UK
    Jul 25, 2016
    94
    Simply the best multiplayer shooter to come along in years. Pure, joyous fun. [July 2016, p.74]
  2. Edge Magazine
    Jul 24, 2016
    90
    That the game hangs together visually is remarkable; that it should cohere so well in design terms, unfathomable. [Aug 2016, p.104]
  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jul 16, 2016
    90
    Blizzard's addictive and tactical team-based shooter is essential - the character-switching mechanic sweetens the genre. Group up with friends to avoid clueless carnage and enjoy the true game. [Aug 2016, p.82]
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