Overwatch Review | ThoseGamingNerds

TGN Writes: "Overwatch is the first new IP from Blizzard Entertainment in 17 years. The company has a history of quality franchises consisting of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo. However, the first person shooter genre is crowded and has arguably been oversaturated in the market for awhile. Luckily, Overwatch is a worthy addition to Blizzard’s library and one of the best multiplayer first person shooters in years."

[Perjoss]

I love how they pulled this off with zero experience in making first person shooters.

[ZombieStalker]

How can this game get perfect scores? Only a couple game modes, no single player, some maps have chock points (with no alternate path) favoring defenders, mediocre map design and balance issues. And the loot crates are only cosmotic changes to the game. The spray logos are worthless and are never used. Just because it is a Blizzard game doesn't make it a perfect game. I enjoy the game but it deserves an 8.5/10.

[MoveTheGlow]

Reviews are personal, not objective. That's why.

Some people are gonna favor a great system, or balanced characters, or refined mechanics, or innovative changes to a genre, over just an abundance of content. The balance issues seem to depend on the player - yes, stuff will get nerfed and buffed, but largely each character has multiple counter-picks with a little knowledge of how the game works.

It's a lot like Street Fighter V but without the strange timing and broken promises - that game was great system-wise (and no, no fighting game is absolutely balanced), and for some enthusiasts of fighting games, that system was enough to warrant five stars. Others were soured on the lack of SP and rated it low. Neither is right or wrong.

So if you want to give it an 8.5, get your site together and write stuff. No one should tell you it deserves a different score than the one you gave it, because it's yours.