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Blizzard notes Overwatch 2's review bombs but insists players say it's "in the best state it's ever been" (www.eurogamer.net)
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cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/PCGaming/t/360252

Blizzard has opened up about the impact Overwatch 2 "review bombers" have had on the team, acknowledging that the "dissatisfaction" stems from "the cancellation of the much larger component of PvE that was announced in 2019 [...] that Blizzard ultimately couldn't deliver".

In a statement posted to the game's official website, Aaron Keller said that while being review bombed "isn't a fun experience", the plan was to "move forward" by "adding to and improving Overwatch 2".

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[–] ono@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

To brush off the overwhelmingly negative reviews as "review bombing" is to imply that someone with an ulterior motive either faked the reviews or orchestrated a virtual army to write insincere ones, yet there is no reason to believe that happened here.

Perhaps the people in charge at Activision-Blizzard should stop pretending to be victims, and accept that those reviews are the genuine and predictable response to the choices they forced on their customers. Take responsibility, learn a lesson, either fix it or do better next time, and hope there's some good will left among what fans they haven't yet driven away.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Review bombing is only review bombing when the reviews are dishonest.

This is just players expressing that the game is fucking garbage.

[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Review bombers have completely fucked over the purpose of reviews, seriously. Thanks to those dumb fuckers anytime anything deservedly get bad reviews, the creators almost always completely fucking ignore the backlash, dismissing it as nothing more than review bombing. It's nothing more than an excuse, of course, but it's still an excuse they didn't have at all before.