Facepalm: Keep in mind when Diablo Immortal made headlines for turning into the lowest-scoring sport on Metacritic primarily based on consumer opinions? Blizzard has managed to repeat the undesirable feat on a special platform: Overwatch 2 is now the worst-reviewed sport on Steam.
Since its arrival on Steam on Thursday at 2.30pm ET, Overwatch 2 has amassed simply over 95,000 opinions, 86,000 of that are destructive. In line with the Steam250.com web site that reveals the worst-reviewed video games on Valve’s platform, Overwatch 2 now sits on high of the record because of its 0.96 mixture consumer rating and mere 10% optimistic ranking.
Free-to-play Overwatch 2’s destructive opinions imply it has now dethroned Battle of the Three Kingdoms as probably the most disliked Steam title – not a simple factor to do.
A lot of the assessment bombs have been aimed on the lack of content material, overpowered heroes, the group, bugs, and so forth. Aggressive monetization insurance policies – one thing Blizzard is aware of and prompted the Diablo Immortal backlash – are additionally some extent of rivalry for a lot of reviewers.
“The individuals who make Overwatch porn work tougher than the individuals who make Overwatch,” states the most-helpful assessment. “I one way or the other bought Overwatch 1 for $40, which Blizzard then deleted and created this predatory microtransaction simulator as an alternative,” reads one other.
Of explicit annoyance is Blizzard’s determination to cancel Overwatch 2’s Participant-versus-Enemy co-op Hero mode. A stunning transfer, on condition that the mode was one in every of Overwatch 2’s unique promoting factors. Blizzard has launched three Story Missions as a part of the Overwatch 2: Invasion Bundle, however the $15 price ticket has proved controversial.
There are nonetheless loads of folks taking part in Overwatch 2, regardless of the negativity. SteamDB lists the variety of peak concurrent gamers within the final 24 hours at 71,406, whereas the all-time peak was 75,608: it is the sixteenth most-played Steam sport on the time of writing. There are additionally over 9,000 optimistic opinions; it is simply that the sport has ten instances extra dangerous ones.
The scenario will probably really feel all too acquainted for Blizzard. The microtransaction-heavy mobile-focused/PC title Diablo Immortal was slammed on launch for a monetization system that may require gamers to spend over $110,000 to max out their character. It grew to become the worst-reviewed sport on Metacritic primarily based on consumer scores but nonetheless made virtually $50 million in its first month.
