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  • Summary: 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.

    Overwatch 2 evolves the look and feel of    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.

    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.

    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.

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

    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: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Hobby Consolas
    Oct 5, 2022
    85
    Overwatch 2 should not be a sequel. Its improvements feel great and perfect the gameplay. The free to play format will keep it afloat and introduce many to a fantastic hero shooter with impressive charisma, but it is not a sequel. What was seen here should have come sooner and may well be insufficient for fans.
  2. ComicBook
    Oct 16, 2022
    80
    I hope the allure of what makes Overwatch as a game and a unique world can be seen to newcomers despite the negative cloud that is surrounding much of it. In terms of play, Overwatch 2 is more fun to play than it has ever been. We are in luck, however, as Blizzard has clearly been keenly listening to the community since the launch of the game didn't go very smoothly, and the potential for more fixes and fine-tuning seem like it's their biggest priority. It will be interesting to see where things are after a year, that's the blessing and the curse of a live-service game. But for now…
  3. Push Square
    Oct 11, 2022
    80
    Overwatch 2 is not a full sequel in the way one usually is, instead porting over the original game and enhancing it with a bit of new content. It doesn't justify the number at the end, but that doesn't take away from what is still a terrific multiplayer experience. Removing the price point entirely, Overwatch 2 can now be considered one of the best free-to-play games around.
  4. Inverse
    Oct 21, 2022
    80
    The introduction of passive abilities for each role sounds subtle on paper, but when Reaper goes on a spree, gaining a 25 percent boost to movement and reload speed for 2.5 seconds with each elimination, he becomes a lot more deadly. Across the board, these passives and individual character toolkits incentivize a more aggressive approach to play that emphasizes hero roles more than ever before. It’s an elevated version of the original’s execution that takes some getting used to, but once you do, it’s a lot more fun and satisfying, because the big plays get even bigger.
  5. MeuPlayStation
    Oct 28, 2022
    72
    Overwatch 2 has the same strengths as the first game. It's a new version of an enjoyable multiplayer shooter. But it lacks many essential things. The servers don't work well, it doesn't have a lot of new content and buying new stuff is extremely expensive. The gameplay is excellent, and the foundation is set, but there's still a long road ahead.
  6. Games.cz
    Oct 25, 2022
    70
    It’s really difficult to even grade this game. Should it be called “Overwatch 2” at all? And how is it going to grow? Right now, it brings next to nothing to veterans but still remains a very good team shooter.
  7. PLAY
    Nov 30, 2022
    70
    Fun at times. Improved visuals look the part, but this sequel strays too far from the team-oriented gameplay that made the original so compelling. [Issue#21, p.96]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 116
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 116
  3. Negative: 99 out of 116
  1. rirano
    Oct 27, 2022
    10
    Man, it is free to play, what else do u need? Tho the lack lootboxes are indeed annoying.
  2. Menbobson
    Oct 9, 2022
    6
    It's alright, fun with friends sometimes. No organization between team in quick play and you can just get dominated.
  4. Capybarin
    Oct 22, 2022
    1
    My main problems with this "sequel": almost zero changes, tons of problems on the lunch, crazy ranked placements, not enough support playersMy main problems with this "sequel": almost zero changes, tons of problems on the lunch, crazy ranked placements, not enough support players because they are terrorized by genji and Sombra when tank is soaking damage, PvE is not available and most likely won't be free. Monetization in general is absurd. 20$ for 1 skin?
    Can anyone really differentiate ow 1 and 2 in terms of graphics?
    In terms of gameplay they just remove 1 tank and added ping. Wow, what an evolution. And we are saying that Fifa and CoD are the same every year. Seems they called it ow 2 just to apply new monetization system. Not sure if they really have some developers there, only the marketing team. My bet that at some point they will add gotcha system there. Blizzard is officially in bioware club now.    … Expand
  5. Zeon1982
    May 18, 2023
    0
    Just when you think it can't get any worse. No PvE Blizzard? What a joke. The promise of PvE is what people were looking forward to.
  6. Dastick
    Jan 19, 2023
    0
    The game made me hate my BEST FRIEND because I can't play comp (he can but i can't) because I have to win 50 times I have a life how can I winThe game made me hate my BEST FRIEND because I can't play comp (he can but i can't) because I have to win 50 times I have a life how can I win 50 times… Expand
  7. OnlyOneHere
    Oct 26, 2022
    0
    This game is a huge steaming pile of garbage. It is even worse than the first one. Speaking of the first Overwatch, these greedy developersThis game is a huge steaming pile of garbage. It is even worse than the first one. Speaking of the first Overwatch, these greedy developers shut down the servers of Overwatch 1 and replaced it with this garbage. Are you freaking kidding me? I paid $60 for that game for goodness sake, and you mean to tell me I can't play it anymore? Well time to throw the useless disc in the trash can. So I basically paid $60 for a 6-year subscription plan. Not even Ubisoft is that greedy. They still have the servers up for the first Division, even after the release of the second one. The developers were too cheap and lazy to keep the servers up.

    The graphics are a joke. The physics are laughable. The gameplay is boring and repetitive. This is pretty much the exact same game as the last. This is nothing more than an update patch for the first game disguised as a new game, except that this patch removes features. Where is 6v6? Lazy developers can't even be bothered to make 6v6 matches, so they scaled it down to 5v5. The heroes are now locked behind paywalls.

    The online multiplayer is complete garbage with the horrible servers and extemely long queues. The spawn points are horrendous. The characters are poorly balanced. Sure, this game is free-to-play, but the first Overwatch game should have been free to began with. Apparently, you won't be able to play the game if you have a prepaid phone plan. So in reality, this game isn't free-to-play if you have a prepaid phone number. This outrageous greed infuriates me. I don't recommend this poor excuse of a game at all.

    P.S. Really Metacritic, you even silenced me over a game that is universally hated? How dare I have an opinion. Learn to accept it.    … Expand
  8. Couchp
    Aug 21, 2023
    0
    This game is what happens when you remove everything good about your game, go back on every promise made, remove the original (which wasThis game is what happens when you remove everything good about your game, go back on every promise made, remove the original (which was better), and introduced a scummy microtransaction system that actually destroys the integrity of competitive matches.... I spent thousands of hours in OW1, but I couldn't bring myself to spend more than 30 minutes in OW2… Expand

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