Facepalm: Keep in mind when Diablo Immortal made headlines for changing into the lowest-scoring sport on Metacritic primarily based on consumer critiques? Blizzard has managed to repeat the undesirable feat on a unique 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 critiques, 86,000 of that are unfavorable. Based on the Steam250.com web site that reveals the worst-reviewed video games on Valve’s platform, Overwatch 2 now sits on prime of the listing because of its 0.96 combination consumer rating and mere 10% constructive score.
Free-to-play Overwatch 2’s unfavorable critiques imply it has now dethroned Conflict of the Three Kingdoms as essentially the most disliked Steam title – not a simple factor to do.
A lot of the evaluation 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 competition for a lot of reviewers.
“The individuals who make Overwatch porn work tougher than the individuals who make Overwatch,” states the most-helpful evaluation. “I someway bought Overwatch 1 for $40, which Blizzard then deleted and created this predatory microtransaction simulator as a substitute,” reads one other.
Of specific annoyance is Blizzard’s resolution to cancel Overwatch 2’s Participant-versus-Enemy co-op Hero mode. A shocking transfer, provided that the mode was certainly one 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 enjoying 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 constructive critiques; it is simply that the sport has ten occasions extra unhealthy ones.
The state of affairs will possible 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 might require gamers to spend over $110,000 to max out their character. It turned the worst-reviewed sport on Metacritic primarily based on consumer scores but nonetheless made nearly $50 million in its first month.