DualShockers Game Of The Year Awards: The Case For Overwatch

Everyone remembers the games that changed everything. Wolfenstein 3D brought the industry into the 3D era, Final Fantasy VII made the PlayStation a direct threat to Nintendo’s empire, and Halo 2 brought online multiplayer to consoles. However, there’s not a recent game that sticks in player’s minds like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Infinity Ward’s risky leap into a modern setting ended up not only being one of the best games of 2007 but one of the most groundbreaking. The Modern Warfare's intuitive create-a-class, killstreak, and progression system forever changed multiplayer. To this day, recent Call of Duty titles still incorporates a version of this system. Now, in 2016, Activision and Raven Software are re-releasing a remastered version of the classic, but does it remain the ultimate Call of Duty experience, or has it aged horribly?

Voting started on December 24th, and ended on January 21st. Each voter was asked to give ten preferences in order, with the first game scoring four points, second and third scoring three, ranks from four to six scoring two points, and the rest only one. Two honorable mentions were also allowed, but scored no points.


While the game does lack single-player offerings when it comes down to a campaign or story mode...I'm not entirely sure that Overwatch even needs it. That may be an unpopular opinion in the day of age of multiplayer-only games, yet I've gotten far more out of the game's universe and world-building from simply playing the game rather than going through a single-player campaign or experience that may have distracted from the game's excellent multiplayer experience and characters, if it had


One of the main knocks on Junkrat is that his primary fire gives more to the enemy team than many other heroes. In most circumstances, a Junkrat is spamming his grenades. With a coordinated team on the other end, these random grenades can be used to charge Zarya's damage as well as enemy support ultimates. If you're feeding ultimate charge to the enemy team, you're actually lowering the chances of winning in the long


The presence of an enemy Symmetra can be irksome, but a Winston on a coordinated team can virtually neutralize most of her efficacy. There are a few characters who can bypass or handle her turrets, which is one of the main reasons a player picks Symmetra in the first place. Overall, Symmetra has her uses but is not the best choice in many situati

If there’s one thing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered proves it’s how to remaster a game's visuals properly. Modern Warfare Remastered is the most extensive visual upgrade any remaster has ever received yet, being more in line with a remake than an actual remaster. Character models and textures have been completely redone, the lighting engine has been replaced, and the environments have been overhauled to show extra details. An empty street and field in the training mission is now littered with tanks, soldiers jogging, jets flying overhead, and even the addition of a grenade training playground. It’s a stunning overhaul, and Modern Warfare Remastered raises the bar for all future remasters.


Overwatch includes its own subtle references to a Nintendo title in the fps game Multiplayer guide. One of Hanzo's voice lines is "I choose you, spirit dragon". This is a reference to the Pokémon anime series, as Ash Ketchum would often shout a similar phrase when calling one of his Pokémon into bat


Orisa's weakness comes in two forms. For one, like most heroes in this section, other tank selections would usually be of more benefit to a team. Her barrier is fixed instead of mobile, making it easier for flankers to navigate around. Second, her head hit-box is huge. For most mobile DPS heroes who can strafe effectively, one-on-one fights are relatively easy against an Orisa. Orisa is not the worst hero in the game, but she may be the worst t


In the face of Assassin's Creed: Revelations and a chance to relive the original Halo with Anniversary I'll have my hands full this month. And while Skyrim looks prepared to consume the rest of my existence, it seems it will have to wait until the Christmas break. Oh, and that's overlooking my need to finish Arkham City, Gears of War 3 and Forza 4 . Ye


Overwatch is a game that doesn't require you to know any of its backstory in order to enjoy it. A lot of players see Overwatch as nothing more than a game about teams of superheroes with unique powers/fighting styles who like to fight each other. Blizzard has created a story for Overwatch , yet they decided to mainly put it into sources that exist outside of the game, such as in animated features and com

The recent Call of Duty games, however, managed to fix a lot of issues found in Call of Duty 4. The infinitely respawning enemies are a hassle, and it’s never clear how far forward the player has to push before they stop coming. Likewise, weapons found on the ground are the barebones version. If you like using attachments, then you better hope you don’t run out of ammo with the weapons you start the level with. Both of these should have been easy fixes, but Raven Software’s strict dedication to preserving the original game means critical alterations couldn’t be implemented. They aren’t game breaking, but they show off just how old Modern Warfare really is.