Overwatch (2016)

 Xbox One
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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 985 Ratings

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  1. JCXdsonic
    May 9, 2023
    0
    Me parece un juego aburrido y sin alma, solamente lo hacen para ver los personajes femeninos y ya está. Solo lo pusieron esa nota porque era el juego de moda
  2. BigManReviewer
    May 9, 2023
    3
    This game sucks, there are so many better team based shooters. .
  3. True-Gaming1
    Oct 5, 2022
    0
    Completely unplayable game. Blizzard have even deleted my Overwatch account. Overwatch is a scam.
  4. Jonathan_M_2
    Oct 29, 2021
    0
    This game is gorgeous. I describe it as X-Men meets Call of Duty. I think there's amazing characters, powers and balancing going on. That said, this game is so focused on working as a team, which is tough with strangers. So, it's luck of the draw. Sometimes healers will heal, sometimes healers will play as damage because they don't want to wait extra time to be damage. So, I am excited forThis game is gorgeous. I describe it as X-Men meets Call of Duty. I think there's amazing characters, powers and balancing going on. That said, this game is so focused on working as a team, which is tough with strangers. So, it's luck of the draw. Sometimes healers will heal, sometimes healers will play as damage because they don't want to wait extra time to be damage. So, I am excited for Overwatch 2 which has less focus on working as a complete, flawless team. In any case, give this game a shot if you like shooters, powers, and strategizing as a team.… Expand
  5. HHTheMoon
    Mar 1, 2021
    1
    Very bad game. Too many unbalanced parties. Very long wait for the competitive parties. Very very very long wait for training parties. Game too focused on the team to have fun alone as most of the players don't play with a team. Too many players leave the games due to lack of balance or interest, which accentuates the phenomenon. The idea that you have to change character just to counterVery bad game. Too many unbalanced parties. Very long wait for the competitive parties. Very very very long wait for training parties. Game too focused on the team to have fun alone as most of the players don't play with a team. Too many players leave the games due to lack of balance or interest, which accentuates the phenomenon. The idea that you have to change character just to counter another one is so basic and ridiculous. Seriously, most of the time the game is just stupid, like skeet shooting. In fact, I had a little fun 5-10 minutes on sessions of 2 or 3 hours... I will not have played more than 10 hours if I did not pay the game. Added to this is the fact that it looks like a rigged game, because the probability of making streaks of 20 games lost, 20 games won, which many players have noticed, must be close to absolute zero in a random draw. I do not see how the matches can other than intentionally be unbalanced to have such series. Very frustrating. I finally uninstalled it. 2 point for the graphism.… Expand
  6. Anatar90
    Feb 10, 2021
    0
    Blizzard the worst company ever and this is one of th worst games. Must be illeagle in every country!
  7. Jerych0
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
    The smurfing problem is beyont underestanding. On forum everyday ppl says that smurff is destroying game experience but still blizz says, yea no it's not a problem.
  8. fernaoo
    Nov 24, 2020
    0
    The game is very repetitive, they are always the same maps, with the same goals. All players know that each map has a specific character to be used in a strategy, that without exaggeration, all players repeat the same thing. For example Hanamura, who uses wrecking ball to spin and knock everyone down. In this type of map, which one team attacks and the other defends, it is much moreThe game is very repetitive, they are always the same maps, with the same goals. All players know that each map has a specific character to be used in a strategy, that without exaggeration, all players repeat the same thing. For example Hanamura, who uses wrecking ball to spin and knock everyone down. In this type of map, which one team attacks and the other defends, it is much more difficult to attack, because the game is unbalanced because of Bastion, Torbjorn, Wrecking Ball, and others. I play on Xbox, and it takes thirty minutes to find a competitive match. And even taking a long time to find the match, it’s not because it’s more difficult to find the match, because they separate people by level and ranking, because if you’re level 100, you’ll play against level 1000 players, when I play with a full team pre formed by friends of mine, the opposing team is harmed, because my friends and I are talking to each other and we know how to communicate well. In a game like this, communication is very important, they should only be players from pre-formed teams, against other pre-formed teams. Even though it takes a long time, a bronze person plays against a platinum or diamond, all this proves that the delay is not because it is separated by platform, level and skill, it is just that there is no one playing. It is impossible to play twenty-four competitive matches in one day, because you will only be in the queue for twelve hours. The game has no updates, all year round are the same events, Christmas, birthday, archives, Chinese New Year, Halloween and summer games. The only difference each year is that it launches some new outfits that cost three times the price of others, and if you don't have points to buy them, and the event will end, you can't buy the item you want, the only way is buying loot boxes, which are very expensive and you will never win what you want in them. The most relevant updates they had was the launch of a new character, but they haven't released a new one in seven months. There are so few players that in each game there are at least two people on the enemy team that I have seen before, because they are always the same players. The competitive ones are very bad, it only serves to make you angry, get points to buy a golden weapon.Os critérios de classificação são discriteriosos, nas partidas primeiras partidas de cada temporada servem para estabelecer teu ranking conforme tua habilidade. Em suporte, quanto mais cura fizer melhor o teu rank. Um amigo meu conseguiu platina, eu fiz o triplo de cura que ele e ganhei mais partidas que ele, e peguei bronze. Os servidores são instáveis, a qualquer momento tu é desconectado da partida e o jogo te dá penalidade por abandono de partida. Tu fica por um tempo determinado sem poder jogar. Se tu for desconectado mais vezes, o tempo de banimento aumenta, com apenas alguns banimentos, tu é banido permanentemente da temporada, e precisa esperar meses para poder jogar de novo. Overwatch não vale o preço, tinha que ser de graça. Eu não entendo como tem uma nota 90, que prova que se as pessoas tão gostando, os críticos vão falar bem, porque eles nem sabe sobre o que eles estão falando.… Expand
  9. KhalfaniHouston
    Nov 17, 2020
    3
    A game for casual playing, no completive nature and a overall mess for those seeking to have anything but random shooting and game mechanics.
  10. Caldan
    Nov 15, 2020
    2
    ❗️22%
    I’m just **** fed up of this damn game. It’s not good, and so overhyped. Seriously.
  11. Pedri1989
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    The worst matchmaking system in a game, absolutly don't buy it, the most toxic community ever, AFK, leavers, smurfs, kids, flammers, cheaters, hackers, toxic fanboys in forums, the denounce system doesn't works (Jeff Kaplan lies).
  12. PLAYER5432
    Aug 11, 2020
    0
    No story Mode ($60 if you want overwatch 2), cheaters, AFK players, leavers, toxic people, kids and retard players, The worst matchmaking in a shooter game, a complete waste of time, abusive politics, etc.
  13. UserJS
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    The worst community ever (millions of AFK, suicide players, flamers, toxic players, kids, smurfs, leavers), The report system doesn't works, The worst matchmaking in a game.
  14. JRPS
    Jul 8, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The worst community (Hackers, AFK, Leavers, Toxic Players, Kids trash), Jeff Kaplan lies, Poor Content.… Expand
  15. NinjaSpeed
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Game is unbalanced and full of smurfs and blizzard doesn’t do any thing about it
  16. Vysithis
    Apr 11, 2020
    2
    Technically the game is excellent, graphics, sound, controls...but that is where it ends the matchmaking is abysmal, the game is so over run with trolls and smurf accounts it takes the fun out 90% of the time...all the dillholes who want to say "git gud" make up the 10%-20% of the highest ranks of tge game...the same ones who are more than happy to make multiple accounts to boost theirTechnically the game is excellent, graphics, sound, controls...but that is where it ends the matchmaking is abysmal, the game is so over run with trolls and smurf accounts it takes the fun out 90% of the time...all the dillholes who want to say "git gud" make up the 10%-20% of the highest ranks of tge game...the same ones who are more than happy to make multiple accounts to boost their fragile little egos by bullying young kids and the rest of us normies who lack super human reflexes and just want to use our leisure time to try and have a bit of fun....blizzard's srance is to say "Oj, well...they will get moved out if your skill ranking pretty quickly"...ya well when it happens 8/ 10 matches handing your teams loss after loss and their is some bew jag off or the same ines on tgeir fifth acct doingbthe same crap...no they dont just "move up" our of your ranking/skill lvl...its been like thus for a good 3+ years and tgey are not going to do a damn thing to change it as the want to lick the boots if their top 10% of olayers while giving a giant middle finger to the rest of we lowly little normies who just looking for a bit of enjoyment outside the everyday grind...screw you overwatch dev team… Expand
  17. Ren57
    Jan 10, 2020
    2
    I’ve played this game since day one and it’s done nothing but go downhill. At the beginning it was a very fun game, matchmaking may have taken a while but matches felt balanced and fun, then came the “improvements”. Most people don’t remember when they talked about this but they said themselves that they were moving over to a 50/50 win loss ratio system, where matchmaking will always tryI’ve played this game since day one and it’s done nothing but go downhill. At the beginning it was a very fun game, matchmaking may have taken a while but matches felt balanced and fun, then came the “improvements”. Most people don’t remember when they talked about this but they said themselves that they were moving over to a 50/50 win loss ratio system, where matchmaking will always try to keep you at a 50/50 win loss ratio to improve matchmaking times. After this the game became just a headache to play in my opinion. You either get stomped on or do the stomping (9 times out of 10 you’re the one getting stomped) hero’s are unbalanced, there is no real “matchmaking” anywhere when you as a level 60 can be paired up with 200-300+ level players. Honestly if you played overwatch before, remember it for what it used to be, maybe come back from time to time to play a game or two but move on, if you’re thinking about buying this game I can’t suggest it, I loved and love overwatch but I just can’t recommend the headache it will give you getting into a game where most the time the balancing feels unfair.… Expand
  18. GATOR31
    Nov 5, 2019
    4
    The thing of change a hero on the game instantly, from my point of view doesn't have any sense. In comparasion to Paladins.
  19. Overwatchsuck
    Mar 5, 2019
    0
    Overwatch has a terrible matchmaking system. Instead of games the teams are balanced and it is a good challenge. Matchmaking sets up one team to be stacked with good players and the other team to have 1 to 2 skilled players. This results in winning streaks of 3 to 5 games. But then you go on 10 game losing streaks. One game matched all silver borders plus on one team vs all 1 star ranks onOverwatch has a terrible matchmaking system. Instead of games the teams are balanced and it is a good challenge. Matchmaking sets up one team to be stacked with good players and the other team to have 1 to 2 skilled players. This results in winning streaks of 3 to 5 games. But then you go on 10 game losing streaks. One game matched all silver borders plus on one team vs all 1 star ranks on the other team. How is that fair. Please fix your match making… Expand
  20. MortonDude
    Jun 1, 2018
    4
    So this was game of the year 2016... well we're doomed...
    Overwatch is a game featuring 20+ heroes from different backgrounds and countries. Set in the future, the world is recovering after the Omnic Crisis (A robot version of the world wars) which was stopped by the Overwatch Team. 30 Years later and the world has named the Overwatch Team as Criminals after many controversies caused by a    So this was game of the year 2016... well we're doomed...
    Overwatch is a game featuring 20+ heroes from different backgrounds and countries. Set in the future, the world is recovering after the Omnic Crisis (A robot version of the world wars) which was stopped by the Overwatch Team. 30 Years later and the world has named the Overwatch Team as Criminals after many controversies caused by a splinter group known as Blackwatch are revealed and so on... Honestly, I'm wasting my time telling you the lore because you won't find it in the game. This game is solely multiplayer and has no campaign, which is unacceptable for the price you need to pay to play this game. Sure there are events regarding lore but this is once a year! If you into the lore of this game, wait until they release a campaign or permanent PVE mode because you might as well read the comics.
    This game gets repetitive very quickly and most of the heroes remain unbalanced, which can be unfair and annoying to play with as some heroes are stupidly overpowered and some are completely useless. This game is too overrated and didn't deserve any awards.
    Also Lootboxes...
    This game has positives however...
    The game looks really nice and the controls are really good. The Heroes are very unique and control differently. But that's it...
    If you want to play a multiplayer online game, play Team Fortress 2, you get more content, play styles, maps, balance, A PVE MODE!!!! and enjoyment... ALL FOR FREE might I add.    … Expand
  21. QuarantineV1
    Apr 24, 2018
    1
    I had lost all hope for Blizzard in the WoW-centric era of their development. Finally releasing non-MMO sequels (Starcraft II, Diablo III) couldn't restore my love of their brand. But, one day, I learned they were attempting a new IP for the first time in 13 years AND a new genre. That game was Overwatch.

    Overwatch was once a fun game. The characters are all visually well designed, and    I had lost all hope for Blizzard in the WoW-centric era of their development. Finally releasing non-MMO sequels (Starcraft II, Diablo III) couldn't restore my love of their brand. But, one day, I learned they were attempting a new IP for the first time in 13 years AND a new genre. That game was Overwatch.

    Overwatch was once a fun game. The characters are all visually well designed, and I love almost all of them. I was also a fan of how each character had a set loadout, and had only cosmetic unlocks to be earned over time. Plus, the objective based play made the game feel different than your average CoD or Halo title. Throw in a fun seasonal game mode every once in awhile to keep things fresh, and you had a halfway decent multiplayer title. Not to mention the graphics were very crisp for its cartoony style.

    Unfortunately, Blizzard has absolutely no idea what they're doing. Their questionable balance changes, being knee-jerk reactions to high/low usage of certain characters, are never subtle. They'll take a seldom used character, and make them broken to the point of being the meta (Bastion, Junkrat), or make a character unusable for a season or two (d.Va, Roadhog, Lucio, ect). They'll even defy their "logic" and do a unneeded character rework when the character already was in heavy use (Mercy). The game will likely never see an actual balanced state at any point in its lifetime, so enjoy having your favorite heroes randomly become unusable.

    Their matchmaking and skill distribution is subpar at best, as well. I am hard pressed to find a game where skill ratings seemed to mean as little as in Overwatch. Simply put, at almost any level of play, there is an extreme gap between actual skill of players; you'll have guys that are superstars and guys that definitely belong multiple tiers lower, with almost nothing in between. Just finding a match that feels good, outside of you unfairly stomping the opposition, is a rarity.

    Unfortunately, as a multiplayer-only title, the game is woefully incomplete. Considering the price tag, multiplayer should have been treated as an afterthought to a story rich campaign. The story is there, and is rich... but aside from a short cut-scene at the beginning of the game/at the start of a seasonal game mode, none of it is presented in-game. Considering Blizzard forced console players to buy the more expensive Origins Edition (which only included a few cosmetics, for an additional $20 at launch), there is a clear lack of value presented in the title.    … Expand
  22. jugadorhardcore
    Mar 6, 2018
    0
    extremly overrated. This IS NOT a GOTY. It just a good game. The scoreds from the critic are a joke.
  23. OnandOff
    Nov 30, 2017
    4
    The lack of content and maps is a huge problem. How it won GOTY surprises me. I'm not gonna deny it's a great game and I think it can be a game even better than TF2 in the future. But it's stage right now,
    even after one year, is still lacking. Blizzard is still making these "Cinematics" which I really hate. Their effort for trying to make a story off of videos just has to stop.
  24. diggre318
    Oct 21, 2017
    0
    thanks for encouraging loot boxes or loot crates.
    ever since Diablo 3's always online marketplace, I knew this company had such terrible ideas to rip their customers off.

    The game is chopped into bits to sell more of this stuff.
    While their base games have quality art in them, ugh just rather support smaller or indie companies.
  25. dspalato
    Mar 15, 2017
    1
    At least on xbox one the matchmaking takes a lot of time. The characters are not balanced at all. Low player base on consoles. Bought this game and regret it.
  26. Overmana
    Nov 23, 2016
    0
    Simplesmente impossível jogar é com certeza o pior mathmaking de um jogo que ja vi. 90% das partidas eu entro no final e perco. A cada 40 minutos procurando eu consigo entrar em uma partida jogavel. Fora o total desbalanceamento dos herois.
    Com certeza foi a maior decepção que ja tive em um jogo online. E também a pior gameplay que ja vi em um fps.
    Fora os servidores totalmente vazios,    Simplesmente impossível jogar é com certeza o pior mathmaking de um jogo que ja vi. 90% das partidas eu entro no final e perco. A cada 40 minutos procurando eu consigo entrar em uma partida jogavel. Fora o total desbalanceamento dos herois.
    Com certeza foi a maior decepção que ja tive em um jogo online. E também a pior gameplay que ja vi em um fps.
    Fora os servidores totalmente vazios, se tu entrar em um time horrível é melhor fechar o jogo e ir jogar outra coisa porque tu vai ficar horas entrando sempre na mesma partida.
    Mais um jogo que a blizzard inventou um numero fantastico de players online sendo que é impossivel achar uma simples partida.    … Expand
  27. ap0110
    Sep 18, 2016
    1
    Here's a typical gaming session:
    - join a "quick" match
    - wait a few minutes - get dropped in to a game in progress - as you're running to the action, game ends - "DEFEATED" - wait for end game recap and stats to finish - start over waiting for a new match - match begins - nope, too many players have left - 30 seconds later, match dumps remaining players to "reinstance" - start    Here's a typical gaming session:
    - join a "quick" match
    - wait a few minutes
    - get dropped in to a game in progress
    - as you're running to the action, game ends - "DEFEATED"
    - wait for end game recap and stats to finish
    - start over waiting for a new match
    - match begins
    - nope, too many players have left - 30 seconds later, match dumps remaining players to "reinstance"
    - start over waiting for a new match
    - rinse, repeat

    Honestly, this has to be the most boring, disappointing game I've played in recent memory. Even when a match does last long enough to finish, there's just nothing to it. A few maps, limited characters, nothing worth putting up with the ridiculously broken matchmaking system.    … Expand
  28. Herpderpattack
    Sep 14, 2016
    0
    One of the worst games I've ever played, here's why:

    1. Utter lack of content for price. There is absolutely no reason to charge full retail price for 3 game modes. There is simply not. 2. There are only a few usable characters and they translate well from quick match to ranked play, so yes you can choose your favourite but you won't necessarily enjoy using them or do well. E.g,    One of the worst games I've ever played, here's why:

    1. Utter lack of content for price. There is absolutely no reason to charge full retail price for 3 game modes. There is simply not.

    2. There are only a few usable characters and they translate well from quick match to ranked play, so yes you can choose your favourite but you won't necessarily enjoy using them or do well. E.g, Bastion in quick match is extremely powerful. Competitively, he the worst character in the game.

    3. It's the rock, paper, scissors the video game. Certain characters have an almost unwinnable handicap in certain areas, and it sucks to turn a corner and by no fault of your own, get hooked in by Roadhog, then immediately killed. Or, be in a building, get flashbanged by McRee, then immediately killed by his alternate fire, unless you have about 300+ health. In short; players are rewarded and punished essentially at random and can simply not respond to certain characters.

    4. Ultimate's that are definitely not equal in power are all unlocked at seemingly the same rate. It is stupid that McRee's ultimate, which can potentially wipe out an entire team, is unlocked just at fast as Soldier 76's dramatically worse Tactical Vision.

    5. Microtransactions. If I only play Reaper, please let me only buy stuff for Reaper. No player wants to drop $20 for the CHANCE to get gear for their favourite character.

    Different does not mean good. Overwatch is bad.    … Expand
  29. RCTech
    Sep 13, 2016
    3
    "Overwatch" sets up a cliché and dull story, but it nonetheless does. After the initial introduction about saving the world, the player just engages in round after round of multiplayer combat. Why are the heroes fighting copies of each other? What about trying to save the world? Overwatch instead ignores this, and creates a multiplayer shooter at its finest. But the lack of story,"Overwatch" sets up a cliché and dull story, but it nonetheless does. After the initial introduction about saving the world, the player just engages in round after round of multiplayer combat. Why are the heroes fighting copies of each other? What about trying to save the world? Overwatch instead ignores this, and creates a multiplayer shooter at its finest. But the lack of story, additional modes, and unapologetically cartoonish graphics, make it an over-hyped, monotonous, dull, game, that gives the player no purpose. That's something even the disappointing "Star Wars Battlefront" could accomplish. Unless you want to spend hundreds of hours shooting cartoon superheroes over and over with no particular reason, ditch Overwatch.… Expand
  30. KnightFire919
    Aug 9, 2016
    1
    I find this game really boring with unbalanced maps and uninspired game modes.
    The idea that you have to play certain characters just to counter certain characters your opponents use in order to have any success is ridiculous. I should be able to use any character I want and be able to have success.
    Another problem with this game is that everyone can choose the same character, unless in    I find this game really boring with unbalanced maps and uninspired game modes.
    The idea that you have to play certain characters just to counter certain characters your opponents use in order to have any success is ridiculous. I should be able to use any character I want and be able to have success.
    Another problem with this game is that everyone can choose the same character, unless in competitive mode which is a mess too, at the start which tends to cause pickup teams to lose and just wastes player's time.
    You also can't just play this game solo and join a random team with any sort of success which makes this game a waste of time and isn't fun.
    Lastly the constant nerfing of characters by Blizzard due to pressure from players with no skill is really annoying. The game hasn't been out long and so to nerf all the characters they have has either cause those characters or others to become unbalanced which is annoying.    … Expand
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#2 Best Xbox One Game of 2016
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#6 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2016
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#11 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2016

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jul 14, 2016
    90
    Blizzard at its best, refining a formula until it sings. As good as team-based shooters get. [Aug 2016, p.83]
  2. XboxAddict
    Jul 13, 2016
    90
    Despite a few drawbacks, which aren't deal breakers, Overwatch is one of the best games I've played this year. It's simplistic nature really allows you to just pick up a controller and shoot everything in sight. This is easily a game that will drain countless hours of your life away thanks to its quality, execution, and simplistic core.
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  3. Stevivor
    Jun 26, 2016
    90
    The bottom line is that Overwatch is easy to pick up and understand, and amazingly fun to play.
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