As someone who usually isn’t fond of the cartoony art styles found in games like Torchlight and Borderlands, for me, Overwatch nails the balance (albeit, subjective). This isn’t as easy as it sounds, given that we're in a period where improvements to graphical performance are becoming increasingly marginal. The next thing that caught my attention is simply how gorgeous the game looks. The opportunities for synergy between team compositions is consequently elevated, resulting in matches that are usually won not purely by shooting accuracy, but teamwork - something that isn’t often encouraged elsewhere. The fact that both abilities and weapons vary drastically between all the characters means that even two different healers will require a lot of practice to fully master. Practically every playstyle is catered to by the initial 21 hero roster, whether it be tanking enemy fire, sniping, or simply just being a general nuisance to the other team with mobility and crowd-control. The game deserves a lot of praise for making all the characters feel and play drastically different from each other, notably, even within individual roles. This alone, by Blizzard’s standards, is a noteworthy achievement in itself (Cue Diablo 3’s infamous error 37).Īs I’ve stressed before, the hero abilities really do transcend the combat in Overwatch to something altogether different from other shooters, and is unsurprisingly, the main attraction of the game. Not only does Overwatch revitalize multiplayer shooters as a whole, it is also one of the smoothest major multiplayer game releases I’ve seen to date. And, judging by the overwhelming success of the release so far, this doesn’t look to be overstatement in any way. Straight away, these hero abilities instantly separate Overwatch from the majority of other first person shooters and possibly paves the way for the creation of a new genre. In case you haven’t been keeping up with the Overwatch hype-train, it is an online multiplayer “hero-shooter”, widely described as being similar to Team Fortress 2 but with a far greater emphasis on the use of hero abilities (though I believe a “PvP- Warframe” to be a more apt comparison).
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