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Overwatch - Review Thread
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funkystudent
Member
Rushing a review out not even 24 hours after the servers go live seems... yeah.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Hopefully this will be the first MP only title that doesn't get slapped with the nebulous "content" complaint.
I call it nebulous because I think it is silly when people say that MP only titles should be cheaper or something because they "don't have a campaign" when 90% of your playtime is going to be in MP and it will give you tens, if not hundreds, of hours. If the base content is good, and there is a reasonable amount of it (as Overwatch has), then I see no reason why they should be branded with such.
The servers have been flaw free so far, so I doubt they will stumble now.
I call it nebulous because I think it is silly when people say that MP only titles should be cheaper or something because they "don't have a campaign" when 90% of your playtime is going to be in MP and it will give you tens, if not hundreds, of hours. If the base content is good, and there is a reasonable amount of it (as Overwatch has), then I see no reason why they should be branded with such.
The base game has the same content as the beta, which hosted 9.7 million players.
The servers have been flaw free so far, so I doubt they will stumble now.
Interfectum
Member
If there's a game to get you into the genre, this is it. If you are on console, try redboxing it and see what you think.
Calling now that this will be one of the most overrated games ever
Titanfall had an 86 average review score. Overwatch will score higher for its IP and accessibility ("my first competitive shooter"). But it'll falter for the same reasons as Titanfall: insufficient depth in gameplay and progression/customization. Once the honeymoon phase wanes, you'll find that the games start to become repetitive and same-y.
Congratz to Blizzard either way though. So happy to see a new and well-executed IP.
You're wrong on so many levels.
Firstly this is Blizzard we're talking about. None of their games lost their player base because Blizzard knows how to keep players in their games with feeding them content.
And this is nothing like Titanfall in case of the depth of the game.Titanfall was my personal GOTY of 2014 but what made it fun was the game mechanics it introduced and yes it lacked depth and balance for competitive play.Overwatch is MADE for competitive play.
Cornbread78
Member
Overwatch has better waifus than Atelier, you chose poorly
No, just no....
Oh no... What have you done?
Excellent reviews!
This joke is becoming more tiresome than the 'it's dat boi' meme and is usually a sign of people not really understanding what makes a joke humorous.
It's like Simpsons jokes post season 15. Stale and borderline annoying.
You should like go outside or something. Posting on an ehtusiast forum about how much you don't know about a game comes off as attention-grabby. You could learn about the game by clicking an Ad on the PS4 (I'm pretty sure theres at least one Overwatch ad there) instead of waiting for a reply about it.
But, if you're so inclined to not use a lick of common sense:
Overwatch is a 6v6 online only first person shooter in the same vein as Team Fortress 2. 21 heroes. Four game modes across a variety of maps, free-post launch content and is pretty big in the porn scene.
There. That's overwatch.
Beautiful Ninja
Member
The game in its current form has been playable for months through the beta's. Basically nothing outside of letting you buy lootboxes has changed from open beta until now. The only thing the reviewers needed to worry about now server stability and the servers were indeed stable.
Battleborn will be called an underrrated gem after 3-4 years from now.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Why does every game need stupid sliders and unlocks for people to call it "deep"?Calling now that this will be one of the most overrated games ever
Titanfall had an 86 average review score. Overwatch will score higher for its IP and accessibility ("my first competitive shooter"). But it'll falter for the same reasons as Titanfall: insufficient depth in gameplay and progression/customization. Once the honeymoon phase wanes, you'll find that the games start to become repetitive and same-y.
Congratz to Blizzard either way though. So happy to see a new and well-executed IP.
There is plenty of gameplay depth and as long as they keep adding cosmetics, there'll be plenty of customisation.
If the gameplay is fucking good (which it is) I don't see why it should be any less "deep" than CoD or whatever just because it doesn't have 16 playlists, 200 sliders, and six in game currencies.
Obliterator
Member
Won't surprise me if this game scores really highly at all. Its absolutely brilliant mechanically and I love the design of the heroes.
-MD-
Member
o shit waddup
Calling now that this will be one of the most overrated games ever
Titanfall had an 86 average review score. Overwatch will score higher for its IP and accessibility ("my first competitive shooter"). But it'll falter for the same reasons as Titanfall: insufficient depth in gameplay and progression/customization. Once the honeymoon phase wanes, you'll find that the games start to become repetitive and same-y.
Congratz to Blizzard either way though. So happy to see a new and well-executed IP.
You might want to tell the people that have been playing this from each beta it had and have over 300 hours on it and tell them that the honeymoon phase should be ending soon!
Snarfington
Member
I haven't enjoyed a multiplayer shooter in God knows how many years. But this game is legit, picked it up on hype and I can't stop diving in for odd games here and there, even though I'm busy. It's so much fun.
Acquiescence
Member
Now I wish it had a proper story mode. I can't get into multiplayer-only games for the life of me.
Remember how no one played CS pre source?
How did they even play without crate drops?!?
O SHIT WADDUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
orthodoxy1095
Banned
How will people know if all the servers are dead and turned off
Dreams-Visions
Member
If it doesn't...will you stop playing? I've never understood why owners or prospective owners of games care about aggregate scoring. Surely scoring won't make the game any more or less fun for you than it already is, and whatever the score settles at won't impact how Blizzard will support this game for many years to come.
Interfectum
Member
Launch game is same as open beta.
I watched a lot of friends in the closed beta play for like 30 hours in a week and then churn completely.
It's a fun shooter but it gets repetitive.
Stone Ocean
Member
The game has been avaiable to play for months now and the open beta was basically a free weekend, what's there to wait for?
ethomaz
Banned
It is not like Titanfall to be fair... it didn't seem to lack content or deep gameplay.Calling now that this will be one of the most overrated games ever
Titanfall had an 86 average review score. Overwatch will score higher for its IP and accessibility ("my first competitive shooter"). But it'll falter for the same reasons as Titanfall: insufficient depth in gameplay and progression/customization. Once the honeymoon phase wanes, you'll find that the games start to become repetitive and same-y.
Team Fortress 2 is another great comparison point. What is the killer Overwatch innovation that's going to cause it to be 10x the size of TF2? So far, seems very similar with some incremental improvements and some losses, but nothing revolutionary. Though I agree with the claim that Blizzard could add content to get it to that level.
Congratz to Blizzard either way though. So happy to see a new and well-executed IP.
Wut? What I'm hoping to hold a good score have to do with stopping to play it? I play and enjoy sub-70 meta games lol
This is a review thread and you hope for the best... I will love to see it at 95.
Reviewers have been essentially playing the full game for quite some time. Like, I could've given you my 100% honest 'review' barring server issues at launch (Which were nonexistent) over a month ago.
I guess? I mean, if it's an unknown quantity I think that's a safe bet, but this is a game people have been playing in full for like 6 months. It's not like a score is going to change a week from now if it didn't from a month ago already. Open Beta was long and most people tried it there that were interested.
I've had it 24 hours and I'm feeling it. The game is great and enough to sink into for hours, simply because the moment-to-moment gameplay is stellar. But I don't think the game has as much depth as it appears to, and that's perfectly fine.
SkullHydra
Member
It definitely deserves these perfect scores. This is the most fun multiplayer game I've played in a long time! The lack of gameplay affecting unlocks makes the game so much better than the alternative.
It's going to have very long legs.
It's going to have very long legs.
Flawless launch, great characters, fun to play, easy to understand....
I am so happy I relented and paid $60 for it. I thought a multiplayer only game does not deserve the price....Now, after playing for a few hours, I think $60 is a steal. And I probably never would have touched the campaign, playing with and against people is sooo much fun.
It gets 10/10 from me, and to think more content will be coming regularly at no extra cost...
This game will be getting some serious awards come Christmas.
I am so happy I relented and paid $60 for it. I thought a multiplayer only game does not deserve the price....Now, after playing for a few hours, I think $60 is a steal. And I probably never would have touched the campaign, playing with and against people is sooo much fun.
It gets 10/10 from me, and to think more content will be coming regularly at no extra cost...
This game will be getting some serious awards come Christmas.
Just going to call you out now - you're a dick mate. Absolutely zero reason to be so snarky in responding to that question. All he did is ask for a demo, which is fair enough since Blizzard did technically demo their game via the beta.
Don't be an enthusiast forum elitist, gives us all a bad name.
The thing that makes it so great compared to other multiplayer only shooter (or ones basically that with token single player) is the character variety.
Play a game as 3 different characters out of all of them and you're already getting more gameplay variety than any number of load outs of different guns and gun accessories from any modern shooter.
Play a game as 3 different characters out of all of them and you're already getting more gameplay variety than any number of load outs of different guns and gun accessories from any modern shooter.
With the reaction this game is getting I guess I'll probably have to get it at some point... but I just don't want to say goodbye to TF2
Silly pants, you don't have to stop playing TF2 because of OW. You can play both like me.
Lights and Waves
Member
Interfectum
Member
They had tons of time in Open Beta to play it and the game has changed little since then.
But it's the same game as the open beta from 2 weeks ago.
I thought modes and maps were missing from the beta. I guess I was mistaken.
Cornbread78
Member
Great, now I've seen porn and waifu references on the first page...
Overwatch has better waifus than Atelier, you chose poorly
I don't play it for the waifus!!! -laughs nervously-
mikefrails
Banned
The content is in the characters.
CountAntonius
Member
Game is ridiculously polished. Hard to a y other game taking MP game of the year from it.
