Overwatch 2's Review Bombing Controversy: How Much of it is Justified?

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Overwatch is one of the most successful video game releases in the past decade. The shooter’s popularity in 2016 was staggering, and it cultivated a fan following of tens of millions of fans and even earned a Game of the Year award at The Game Awards in 2016. Fast Forward to 2023, things are not looking too good for the game and it feels like the game has fallen from grace. 

The whole point of Overwatch 2 was the PvE content that we will perhaps never get to see. The game paused all major updates, and we did not receive new heroes or 6v6 maps for a very long time. The PvE was eventually canceled, which makes it feel like the hiatus on updates was all for nothing.

If we are to look at the game from a balance perspective, it is not the healthiest, but I feel like there have been far worse metas during the early years of Overwatch. With locked roles and a single person in the tank role, there is a lot of pressure on tank players to perform else it can lead to a free loss.

The game was designed around 6v6 combat, and a lot of characters feel like outliers. Widowmaker and Hanzo in particular, can be frustrating to play against, and both the heroes make the absence of a second tank felt. 

The game has also done away with the Skill Rating feature, and you will not be able to see the exact MMR that you’re at. The matchmaking can also feel all over the place, and this might be anecdotal, but it feels like the game prioritizes faster matches over actual competitive ones. Even in Diamond lobbies, a lot of my matches feel one-sided in a solo queue. 

Ever since the release of the game, a lot of players have been claiming that the loot box system was better than what we have right now, and I have to agree with them. I hate loot box