Overwatch® 2

Item: Overwatch® 2
Rating: 52
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-02-22

Summary

Fun, engaging core gameplay experience.
Appealing graphics and sound design.
Teamwork is essential for success.
Unbalanced heroes, frustrating forced meta.
Predatory monetization, broken promises.
Unbalanced, manipulative matchmaking system.

Categories

First-Person Shooter Hero Shooter Competitive Multiplayer Cooperative Multiplayer Team-based Combat Character-based Combat

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 39%
Unhelpful reviews: 42%
Protest reviews: 19%

52%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
48%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1899
Negative points: 3002
Gameplay points: 525
Perf. points: 120
Rec. points: 906
Misc points: 258

Point	Description	Importance
Fun, engaging core gameplay Description The core gameplay is fun, engaging, and unique, with many players praising the game's mechanics, characters, and overall design. The game offers a variety of playstyles, strategic depth, and thrilling moments, making it enjoyable for both casual and competitive players. Many reviewers express that the game is addictive and capable of holding their interest for extended periods. Importance 94%	The core gameplay is fun, engaging, and unique, with many players praising the game's mechanics, characters, and overall design. The game offers a variety of playstyles, strategic depth, and thrilling moments, making it enjoyable for both casual and competitive players. Many reviewers express that the game is addictive and capable of holding their interest for extended periods.	94%
Frequent updates and hero variety Description The game receives frequent updates with new heroes, maps, and balance adjustments, keeping the gameplay fresh and preventing metas from becoming stale. The diverse cast of characters, each with unique abilities and playstyles, adds depth and variety to the game. This constant evolution ensures that the game remains dynamic and engaging for long-term players. Importance 39%	The game receives frequent updates with new heroes, maps, and balance adjustments, keeping the gameplay fresh and preventing metas from becoming stale. The diverse cast of characters, each with unique abilities and playstyles, adds depth and variety to the game. This constant evolution ensures that the game remains dynamic and engaging for long-term players.	39%
Appealing graphics and sound design Description The game features visually appealing graphics, with vibrant maps, detailed character designs, and smooth animations. The art style is reminiscent of Disney films, making it look and play like an animated movie, which may help it age well. The soundtrack is dynamic and emotive, perfectly complementing the action on screen. Importance 27%	The game features visually appealing graphics, with vibrant maps, detailed character designs, and smooth animations. The art style is reminiscent of Disney films, making it look and play like an animated movie, which may help it age well. The soundtrack is dynamic and emotive, perfectly complementing the action on screen.	27%
Rewarding battle pass system Description The game offers a fair and rewarding progression system through the battle pass, providing players with a constant stream of new content, including skins, voice lines, and in-game currency. The updated system for earning in-game currency is a positive change, making it easier to acquire Battle Passes compared to the previous system. New heroes are readily available, and the battle pass is partially self-funding. Importance 25%	The game offers a fair and rewarding progression system through the battle pass, providing players with a constant stream of new content, including skins, voice lines, and in-game currency. The updated system for earning in-game currency is a positive change, making it easier to acquire Battle Passes compared to the previous system. New heroes are readily available, and the battle pass is partially self-funding.	25%
Quick matchmaking and responsive interface Description The game offers quick matchmaking and a responsive interface, allowing players to jump into matches quickly and easily access different game modes. The role queue system ensures balanced team compositions, and the game is accessible to newcomers while maintaining depth for veterans. The game is fast-paced and immediately throws you into the action. Importance 14%	The game offers quick matchmaking and a responsive interface, allowing players to jump into matches quickly and easily access different game modes. The role queue system ensures balanced team compositions, and the game is accessible to newcomers while maintaining depth for veterans. The game is fast-paced and immediately throws you into the action.	14%
Diverse and well-designed characters Description The game features a diverse cast of characters with unique personalities, well-designed appearances, and engaging voice acting. The character designs reflect a commitment to representation and inclusivity, with characters from various places of the world, with bilingual voice actors and multiple voice lines in different languages. The characters have beautiful designs and captivating stories. Importance 13%	The game features a diverse cast of characters with unique personalities, well-designed appearances, and engaging voice acting. The character designs reflect a commitment to representation and inclusivity, with characters from various places of the world, with bilingual voice actors and multiple voice lines in different languages. The characters have beautiful designs and captivating stories.	13%
Long-term engagement and improvement Description Many reviewers express long-term engagement with the game, citing years of enjoyment and continued discovery of new ways to play. Some reviewers have made friends through the game, both online and in real life. The game has been improving, especially after the Xbox acquisition. Importance 11%	Many reviewers express long-term engagement with the game, citing years of enjoyment and continued discovery of new ways to play. Some reviewers have made friends through the game, both online and in real life. The game has been improving, especially after the Xbox acquisition.	11%
Engaging PvE game mode Description The game introduces PvE missions where players team up against computer-controlled enemies, offering a new way to experience the world and provide opportunities to hone skills and unlock new abilities. The co-op aspect of PvE promotes teamwork and coordination, fostering a sense of camaraderie among players. The integration of gameplay and narrative creates an immersive experience. Importance 7%	The game introduces PvE missions where players team up against computer-controlled enemies, offering a new way to experience the world and provide opportunities to hone skills and unlock new abilities. The co-op aspect of PvE promotes teamwork and coordination, fostering a sense of camaraderie among players. The integration of gameplay and narrative creates an immersive experience.	7%
Initial enjoyment and improvements Description The reviewer initially enjoyed the promise of new heroes and maps. New characters are generally fun to play and well-designed in terms of lore and visuals. As a returning player, the reviewer is pleasantly surprised by improvements, nerfs, and buffs. Importance 6%	The reviewer initially enjoyed the promise of new heroes and maps. New characters are generally fun to play and well-designed in terms of lore and visuals. As a returning player, the reviewer is pleasantly surprised by improvements, nerfs, and buffs.	6%
Improved competitive mode Description The competitive mode has been reworked to improve the quality of matches and the clarity of player ranks. The transition to a 5v5 format improved the game's dynamics and reduced shield spam. The competitive progression system is now clear and transparent, showing players why they gained or lost points after a match. Importance 5%	The competitive mode has been reworked to improve the quality of matches and the clarity of player ranks. The transition to a 5v5 format improved the game's dynamics and reduced shield spam. The competitive progression system is now clear and transparent, showing players why they gained or lost points after a match.	5%
No pay-to-win elements Description The game is not pay-to-win, as everything that can be bought is cosmetic. All things to spend money on are purely cosmetic, so there is nothing "pay to win". The reviewer claims that the game does not have pay-to-win mechanics, as all microtransactions are cosmetic. Importance 5%	The game is not pay-to-win, as everything that can be bought is cosmetic. All things to spend money on are purely cosmetic, so there is nothing "pay to win". The reviewer claims that the game does not have pay-to-win mechanics, as all microtransactions are cosmetic.	5%
Great concept and potential Description The game has a great concept and a lot of promise between interesting characters and tools. The game has real potential to be good. The game is creative and potentially fun. The game has a lot of content. Importance 4%	The game has a great concept and a lot of promise between interesting characters and tools. The game has real potential to be good. The game is creative and potentially fun. The game has a lot of content.	4%
Personal investment in lore Description The reviewer was heavily invested in the lore and cinematics, particularly the stories of characters like Genji, Ana, Reaper, and Reinhardt. The reviewer enjoyed stunning Reinhardt with McCree, emptying the magazine, rolling, and repeating to eliminate him. Importance 4%	The reviewer was heavily invested in the lore and cinematics, particularly the stories of characters like Genji, Ana, Reaper, and Reinhardt. The reviewer enjoyed stunning Reinhardt with McCree, emptying the magazine, rolling, and repeating to eliminate him.	4%
Blizzard listens to feedback Description Blizzard has been proactive in listening to community feedback, making adjustments that balance heroes, improve match quality, and address concerns voiced by the community. Blizzard has made significant improvements to the competitive play system, with better matchmaking, more meaningful rankings, and enhanced player progression. Importance 3%	Blizzard has been proactive in listening to community feedback, making adjustments that balance heroes, improve match quality, and address concerns voiced by the community. Blizzard has made significant improvements to the competitive play system, with better matchmaking, more meaningful rankings, and enhanced player progression.	3%