One of the consequences of Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard is that some of Blizzard’s most famous IPs are starting to appear on Steamy. Upon arrival Overwatch 2It was officially released yesterday Diablo IV on Valve’s platform, but the news is that the first user feedback it’s getting isn’t particularly positive.

Premiere Overwatch 2 It’s one of the worst in Steam history (if not the worst) based on user reviews alone, and the latest ratings don’t make it much better. He shooter multiplayer has a total of only 10% positive opinions and 23% approval among recent reviews, indicating that the video game has had a relatively poor reception, which does not necessarily mean that it is bad in terms of quality.

from his side Diablo IV was better received, p 55% positive reviews at the time of writing. While this is a much better average rating than Overwatch 2, It is undeniably far below the quality and prestige of the saga action RPG from Blizzard. The sad part is not the negative reception that one would even expect if the product was mediocre, but rather that many of the reviews seem to be more trolling than anything else.

Some of the top rated negative reviews in English say things like “I know Blizzard gets a lot of hate, but personally I don’t think it’s enough” and “thanks Gaben for allowing this negative review.” For those who are lost, Gaben is the moniker by which many know Gabe Newell, the founder and CEO of Valve. Other reviews are nothing more than insults, with words censored by Steam’s automatic filters.

Everything seems to indicate that part of the Steam community repeats itself with Diablo IV same pattern as s Overwatch 2. In the case of the latter, the bombardment was more justified as Blizzard announced the removal of the Player versus the Environment (PvE) mode it had promised to include, however it appears that Diablo IV Yes, it arrived with quality core content plus Steam Deck verification.

Another possible reason for the hate Blizzard titles are getting is the lag in showing up on Steam, so many users would express their displeasure instead of gratitude that they are now officially available through their favorite platform thanks to Microsoft’s intervention. It’s important to note here that Blizzard has traditionally been very secretive about the distribution of their games, at least on PC, so you won’t find a large number of them on platforms other than their own. For example, the first devil and its extension hell fire They can be purchased on GOG, but the sequels are not there.

Just because a game has a mixed reception on Steam doesn’t mean it’s a sales failure, and it certainly isn’t when we see the great traction Blizzard franchises have. Not all negative reviews are destructive and unfounded, because in the end nothing is written about taste and everyone has their preferences, but in the distance the smell of a hate campaign against the developer’s titles sings.

Campaigns from bombing of negative reviews on Steam started on some basis, like when the Game Pass version of NieR: Automata was fixed while the Steam version was still broken, or the shame 2K Games is doing with the PC version NBA 2K, but recently there have been cases that respond to political aspects or personal grudges rather than wrongdoing by developers. If it goes any further, it could end up damaging Steam’s reputation and publishers will prefer to publish for other platforms like the Epic Games Store or GOG to avoid the toxicity of the Steam community.