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Search Loading 0:00 Overwatch Overwatch Review (2020 Update) Transcendent Loading By Simon Cardy Updated: 19 May 2020 7:24 pm Posted: 19 May 2020 1:00 pm Note: To mark the 4th anniversary and the release of its final hero, weve updated our review of Overwatch on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

After four years and one IGN Game of the Year Award, Overwatch has evolved into a multiplayer shooter that remains at the top of the class.

Its a dizzying amalgam of unique character design, stunningly realised style, and compellingly dynamic action.

Minutes turn into hours as youre caught up in round after magically exciting round, surrounded by gorgeously crafted maps packed with detail and charm.

Overwatch, simply put, is the most fun Ive ever had playing a video game.

It bobs and weaves almost perfectly between being the quick-fix adrenaline hit you might want after a long day of work, and the thoughtful, strategic multiplayer experience that becomes the center of evening-long binges with friends.

It might not have the most exhaustive list of maps and modes, but it provides nearly endless opportunities for exhilarating, coordinated play, and when youre the one at the center of it, it feels like nothing else.

Its a simple setup and not an altogether original one, but its the nuance found in how you go about winning each match that makes Overwatch so brilliant.

Each team of six can be stitched together from the current pool of 32 heroes.

Not only does each play differently and bring their own tricks to the party, but they also affect the other heroes on the ever-expanding roster with each new addition.

Overwatch is a game bursting with character, not least displayed in the characters themselves.

Blizzard has created a world where anything goes and everything flourishes.

The cyber-drenched Sombra is science-fiction incarnate and wouldnt look out of place on the streets of Night City.

Then theres the wise and occasionally wild Winston, who could pass as a gorilla cosplaying as beast from X-Men.

The beauty of Overwatch is that all of these different characters feel right at home and not simply copy and pasted from other media.

Theyre lovingly designed as both individuals and a unit, their interactions between each other before and during matches providing entertainment aside from the combat unfurling.

Shes an airborne AI that darts through the sky, dealing damage with her powerful arsenal of advanced weaponry.

Shes a really fun character to play, but not without a level of risk attached as she is vulnerable to accurate hitscan heroes like McCree or Soldier: 76, and can lose all of her 200HP in the blink of an eye.

It allows her to take the form of any member of the opposite team and use all of their abilities, and can even charge up their ultimate at a far speedier rate.

Being able to clone an enemy Mercy, thus having two powerful healers on your side, can turn the tide in a game and harkens back to the very early days where multiples of the same hero were allowed on a team.

Its somewhat fitting that the last addition to the roster echoes back to how Overwatch was originally played.

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