Overwatch
- May 24, 2016
- Blizzard Entertainment
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Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer shooter where players choose from a diverse cast of heroes with unique abilities. Matches take place in iconic locations worldwide, with players battling to complete objectives using an array of extraordinary powers and weapons. The game emphasizes cooperation and strategy, making it a thrilling and engaging experience for players.
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Reviews
- Overwatch features a diverse and engaging cast of characters, each with unique abilities that contribute to dynamic and evolving gameplay.
- The game boasts stunning visuals and a vibrant aesthetic, creating an immersive and enjoyable experience for players.
- With its emphasis on teamwork and accessible gameplay, Overwatch is enjoyable for both newcomers and seasoned players alike.
- The game suffers from a limited selection of maps and game modes, which can lead to repetitive gameplay over time.
- Microtransactions and a randomized loot system can detract from the overall experience, making it frustrating for players seeking specific cosmetic items.
- Team composition issues and matchmaking inconsistencies can lead to frustrating experiences, especially in competitive play.
- gameplay11 mentions
- 82 % positive mentions
- -9 % neutral mentions
- 27 % negative mentions
The gameplay of Overwatch is characterized by its engaging mechanics, diverse cast of characters, and emphasis on teamwork, making it accessible and enjoyable for a wide range of players. While the fast-paced and chaotic nature of the game provides thrilling moments, some players feel it can become repetitive over time, with a desire for more variety in gameplay modes and challenges. Overall, the combination of beautiful aesthetics, unique abilities, and a polished experience contributes to a satisfying and addictive gameplay loop, especially when played with friends.
“The gameplay features an enthralling world and heroes, beautiful aesthetics, unique skills, and tight mechanics, along with tons of cosmetic customization and nice extra touches of polish.”
“The gameplay is characterized by chaotic, fast-paced action that’s a blast even when you’re losing, with many unique characters to choose from, each with abilities and weapons that are extremely fun to use.”
“It mingles quick-fix, objective-based gameplay with a deep tactical core and intelligent meta, forming a game that is simply perfect in short bites and thoroughly satisfying to play for hours on end.”
“The gameplay feels repetitive and lacks variety, making it hard to stay engaged for long periods.”
“The controls are clunky and unresponsive, which detracts from the overall experience.”
“There are too many bugs and glitches that disrupt the flow of gameplay, leading to frustrating moments.”
- monetization5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- -20 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy features microtransactions that, while not overly intrusive, raise concerns among players given the game's fully-realized nature. Many feel that the limited game modes and maps at launch, combined with a reliance on luck or purchases for customization items, detracts from the overall experience.
“The microtransactions are present but feel unobtrusive, allowing players to enjoy the game without constant interruptions.”
“It's puzzling why microtransactions were included in a game that is already so fully realized and engaging.”
“While there are limited game modes and maps at launch, acquiring customization items relies significantly on luck or microtransactions.”
“Why put microtransactions in a game this fully realized?”
“Not many game modes or maps at launch; getting customization items depends heavily on luck or microtransactions.”
“Microtransactions are present, but they feel intrusive.”
- graphics4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are widely praised for their vibrant and polished aesthetic, featuring a diverse cast of characters and a beautiful design that enhances gameplay. Players appreciate the unique skills and abilities of the characters, along with extensive cosmetic customization options that add to the visual appeal. Overall, the game's visuals contribute to an engaging and accessible experience, making it enjoyable for a broad audience.
“Enthralling world and heroes, beautiful aesthetic, unique skills and tight mechanics, tons of cosmetic customization, nice extra touches of polish.”
“Huge cast of diverse, fun (and adorable) characters, refreshing design simplicity, excellent graphics and performance, easy-to-learn and accessible gameplay that can be enjoyed by a wide range of players.”
“Timeless visuals, chaotic, fast-paced gameplay that’s a blast even when you’re losing, so many unique characters to choose from with abilities and weapons that are extremely fun to use.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's optimization is highly praised, featuring excellent graphics and performance, a polished design with attention to detail, and smooth multiplayer functionality. Players appreciate the accessible yet engaging gameplay, complemented by well-balanced characters and impressive map design.
“Amazing level of polish and detail pervading every aspect of the game. Accessible yet deep multiplayer action that's hard to put down. A compelling visual style with memorable yet well-balanced heroes. Great map design. Matchmaking and network performance are simply phenomenal.”
“Huge cast of diverse, fun (and adorable) characters, refreshing design simplicity, excellent graphics and performance, easy-to-learn and accessible gameplay that can be enjoyed by a wide range of players.”
- story1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The story is criticized for failing to build upon its initially strong premise, leaving players feeling unsatisfied with the narrative development.
“The game doesn't follow up on its strong story premise.”
“The plot twists felt forced and didn't add to the overall narrative.”
“Character development was lacking, making it hard to connect with anyone in the story.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding in this hero-based shooter to be excessive, primarily focused on unlocking cosmetics, with limited content available. Many feel that the option to purchase microtransactions is a tempting shortcut to alleviate the grind.
“A decent hero-based shooter that is light on content and heavy on grinding for cosmetics, unless of course you'd like to buy some microtransactions.”
“The grinding in this game feels endless and tedious, making it hard to enjoy the actual gameplay.”
“I find myself spending more time grinding for upgrades than actually playing the game, which is frustrating.”
Critic Reviews
The world needs more heroes: Overwatch review
A sublime execution on nearly every front, Overwatch turns a world in need of heroes into one of the best arena shooters since their heyday, and stands alongside Blizzard’s finest as some of the most necessary playing in its respective genre.
95%Overwatch Review
Overwatch is a fantastic game from top to bottom. The relatively small map selection does little to detract from a game where every character is fun, unique, and important, and every fight is a dynamic, constantly evolving game of battlefield control.
95%Overwatch Review (PC)
Overwatch Overwatch is the spiritual successor to TF2 in many ways, and if you haven’t heard it said before, it’s worth a look if you come from there. Even for total newcomers, though; the world, the characters, and the sheer chaos of skills, ultimates, and counter picks makes this game not worth missing.
90%
