Overwatch 2 Director Responds to Steam Review Bombing

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Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller has taken the time to not only respond to the game's unfortunate review bombing on Steam, but also to reassure fans how much content is waiting ahead for them.

For those unfamiliar, Overwatch 2 launched on Steam on August 10 and quickly became the worst user-reviewed game on the platform ever. As of the time of our story, Overwatch 2 had a score of just 0.96 based on an approval rating of 10% from 92,028 votes.

On Blizzard.com, Keller addressed the review bombing in stride. While he admits it's not fun to have your game be the target of these online attacks, the joy of seeing new players join the game far outweighs it.

"We also launched on Steam last week, and, although being review-bombed isn't a fun experience, it's been great to see lots of new players jump into Overwatch 2 for the first time," Keller wrote. "Our goal with Overwatch 2 has been to make the game more accessible than ever for more people than ever before."

Keller then talked about the controversial decision to cancel Overwatch 2's long-awaited PvE Hero mode and how that has surely been a factor in the review bombing. In addition, he shared the vision for Overwatch 2 going forward and promised it will be one worth seeing through.

"Many of the reviews on Steam mention the cancellation of the much larger component of PvE that was announced in 2019 as one of their primary reasons for dissatisfaction with the game," Keller said. "I get that. That announcement was about an ambitious project that we ultimately couldn't deliver.

"If we can’t turn back the clock, then what can we do? We can keep adding to and improving Overwatch 2. That is how we move forward. This means more maps, heroes, game modes, missions, stories, events, cool