Overwatch (2016)

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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 151 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 84 out of 151
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 151
  3. Negative: 59 out of 151
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  1. loore12
    Oct 16, 2019
    1
    The Gyro Aim is bad and laggy. The game is unplayable. I'll keep play Paladins.
  2. verdammte
    Oct 18, 2019
    4
    The game looks great and runs great when you consider the hardware its running on. The game is more than playable, coming from someone with the strongest PC you can build. However there are some issues:

    1) LAG. There's so much lag that you will get very frustrated trying to play. I've never seen so much lag in a switch game 2) Cheating. I run into multiple people outright hacking the    The game looks great and runs great when you consider the hardware its running on. The game is more than playable, coming from someone with the strongest PC you can build. However there are some issues:

    1) LAG. There's so much lag that you will get very frustrated trying to play. I've never seen so much lag in a switch game
    2) Cheating. I run into multiple people outright hacking the game. They take no damage, they don't miss a single headshot, they shoot through walls, or they 1-shot kill everyone. Something has to be done about this. It's extremely frustrating.
    3) The game has been turned into a cluster f**k. The balance is badly off and people have settled into a setup that rarely varies. Some heroes are useless and others are on both teams in every game I've played.

    Overall I like the game, but the problems are so frustrating that I hardly want to play it. I look forward to Blizzard fixing this. Lag will always be a problem, but the cheating is out of hand.    … Expand
  3. Ren57
    Jan 10, 2020
    1
    This version of Overwatch brings all the headaches of all the others (unfair matchmaking, unbalanced heros, etc) and also adds in the downside of stiff controls and a 30FPS cap, I have no doubt with a little more optimization on the CPU side of things and maybe a dynamic resolution or slightly reworked assets instead of just “PCs lowest settings” they could have hit 60FPS most of the timeThis version of Overwatch brings all the headaches of all the others (unfair matchmaking, unbalanced heros, etc) and also adds in the downside of stiff controls and a 30FPS cap, I have no doubt with a little more optimization on the CPU side of things and maybe a dynamic resolution or slightly reworked assets instead of just “PCs lowest settings” they could have hit 60FPS most of the time but this feels just like a money grab in my opinion with low effort, the only reason it’s getting a 1 and not a 0 is because you can actually play it on the go.… Expand
  4. Renton577
    Mar 13, 2020
    3
    A truly missed opportunity, this could have been a much better port. The game itself is deserving of a 0 just based on the broken matchmaking, community, and gameplay but I'm giving it a 3 just because it made it to the switch. The main point here is framerate, its 30FPS, this should not be the case or there should be an option for 60FPS with reduced quality. The game engine though is CPUA truly missed opportunity, this could have been a much better port. The game itself is deserving of a 0 just based on the broken matchmaking, community, and gameplay but I'm giving it a 3 just because it made it to the switch. The main point here is framerate, its 30FPS, this should not be the case or there should be an option for 60FPS with reduced quality. The game engine though is CPU bottlenecked so instead of fixing that or optimizing it for the switch I'm guessing they took the minimal effort to plop it on the switch or just decided to do minimal optimization since they didnt think it would sell much. The controls are way to stiff as well regardless of if you have the pro controller or not. Basically if you have any other way to play this game and for some reason want to then do that, avoid this version.… Expand
  5. ENDrain
    Oct 14, 2022
    4
    Such a lazy port. Replays and POTGs are an essential part of the game's culture and you can't capture those on Switch.
  6. Bozonini
    Oct 13, 2020
    0
    Blizzard has a long road from making games for gamers to calculating monitorezations for consumers. This company doesn't see its fans as people, but as wallets. This game is long dead, my friend got account banned for alleged abusive chat after he spend hundreds of dollars on loot boxes and they didn't provide any explanations or reasons. So if you buy the game prepare yourself it can beBlizzard has a long road from making games for gamers to calculating monitorezations for consumers. This company doesn't see its fans as people, but as wallets. This game is long dead, my friend got account banned for alleged abusive chat after he spend hundreds of dollars on loot boxes and they didn't provide any explanations or reasons. So if you buy the game prepare yourself it can be taken without any explanations and you are not getting your money back. This game is a scam… Expand
  7. Nepen1he
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    games out of politics, juegos fuera de la politica, jogos fora da política
  8. True-Gaming1
    Oct 5, 2022
    0
    Completely unplayable game. Blizzard have even deleted my Overwatch account. Overwatch is a scam.

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73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 48 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 29 out of 48
  3. Negative: 0 out of 48
  1. GameOver.gr
    Apr 3, 2020
    60
    The Overwatch port for Switch suffers from technical issues which alter the otherwise fluid and fast gameplay of Blizzard's shooter. The Switch Pro controller is essential for everyone who plans to spend more than a couple of hours with this version.
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  2. CD-Action
    Nov 25, 2019
    70
    The Switch version is ideal for couch gaming and the gyro controls change everything... even if from the technical standpoint the game has some real problems. [13/2019, p.81]
  3. Worth Playing
    Nov 25, 2019
    80
    In the end, Overwatch works well as a port. It's almost boring to talk about, as it aims to be as faithful to the existing versions as possible. It's not a technical marvel, and that may rightfully turn you off, but it's a feature-complete and portable version that is best for quick drop-in matches when you just want a casual match in Overwatch.
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