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Overwatch 2 is now the #1 of the worst Steam games (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year ago by sverit@feddit.de to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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[โ€“] savvywolf@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Legit surprised it's this bad, tbh. I was expecting some amount of people to review bomb it, but thought that at worst it'll maybe hang around "mixed". Let's be honest, besides the monetization model, it's a fairly solid game, and I assumed many people were willing to overlook it (because it's a "free game", blegh).

2023 starting to shape up to be the year where megacorps overreach a bit too much and/or consumers to finally grow a backbone.

I actually went through some of the positive reviews, seems they are only thumbs up because I assume people want their posts to be read - a lot of them are just memes and shitposts.

[โ€“] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 2 points 1 year ago

I was initially also a bit surprised by the amount of it, but after thinking about it for a bit, Blizzard seems to have engineered the perfect conditions for this to happen:

  1. Create a massively successful game for PC, which also creates a giant group of people who care about the game.
  2. Make a bunch of bad decisions, which are particularly bad for the existing user base.
  3. Only then release the game on Steam, meaning there are no positive reviews from the launch period and a bunch of disgruntled former players, all of which are allowed to review the game because the game has become F2P.