Overwatch 2 has been obtainable for some time on a number of platforms, although it was in Early Entry. With the Invasion replace, the sport left early entry and formally launched on August 10.

Reception hasn’t been notably good, and the sport presently sits with “Overwhelmingly Adverse” person critiques on Steam. The principle causes for the assessment bombing relate to how the free-to-play mannequin was carried out, in addition to the dearth of beforehand promised content material.

Overwatch 2 has had a less-than-perfect launch

One of many fundamental criticisms Overwatch 2 is going through is that it’s much more money-oriented than its predecessor. For instance, some Heroes and sport modes are locked behind a Battle Go system. They are often unlocked by way of regular gameplay, although paying gamers can merely bypass all of it. Some content material has additionally been lower from the sport, together with the deliberate PvE Hero Mode.

Explaining why that is the case, Blizzard’s Aaron Keller wrote a weblog publish revealing how plans have been made however builders struggled to seek out their “footing with the Hero Mission expertise early on,”  resulting in the choice to chop it. The Invasion replace does include PvE Hero missions, however they’re locked behind the Battle Go system, resulting in additional annoyance.

When scrolling by way of the person critiques, it’s straightforward to see a pattern among the many complaints. They’re succinctly summarized in Steam person BraySC’s assessment: “They launched Overwatch 2 as a free-to-play enterprise mannequin, which leans extra closely into microtransactions, overpriced skins and predatory behaviour. To make issues worse, they shut down the primary sport, making it unplayable for individuals who bought it, that means the participant base has to maneuver over to this free-to-play enterprise mannequin to maintain enjoying the sport.” There are additionally loads of mentions of Blizzard’s historical past of office sexual harassment allegations within the critiques.

As of August 13, solely 9% of the 92,028 critiques are optimistic, making Overwatch 2 one of the negatively reviewed video games on Steam. The unfavourable critiques aren’t restricted to Valve’s retailer, and gamers have additionally been voicing their dissatisfaction on Metacritic the place the sport sits a person rating of 1.4 as of August 13, indicating “Overwhelming Dislike.”

Issues haven’t been all dangerous for Overwatch 2, nonetheless. On Metacritic, the critic assessment rating is a decent 69 as of August 13. It additionally hit a commendable peak of 75,608 concurrent Steam gamers on August 11, indicating that there should be hope for the colourful FPS.