Blizzard notes Overwatch 2's review bombs but insists players say it's "in the best state it's ever been"

Aren't these review bombs prior to Baldur's Gate 3 though? I'm pretty sure they were just put out when OW2 was released on steam.

I think I would actually rather just go outside or start a new hobby than touch "games" like this ever again

I had honestly forgot why I hate gaming now, but I think you hit the nail on the head

Hey man, outside can be pretty cool.

You are in a similar position (it sounds like) to where I was a short time ago.I was so fed up with the state of things on the computer/console/handheld front that I just kind of did not want to play anything anymore. Two things, and adjusting my expectations, really helped:

1. Game Pass - I’ve had it forever, but now it is more important, since I’m not buying new games as much anymore. It’s a small monthly fee, and I can frequently be surprised by the quality of some smaller indie games.
2. RetroAchievements - This is my current “thing”, and hopefully it will be for a long time to come. You use an emulator that has support for RetroAchievements (the biggest one being RetroArch) and the correct ROM file, and you can earn achievements in thousands of old games, from the earliest days of mass-market computing and consoles (magnavox, intellivision, apple ii, fairchild, amstrad cpc, etc.), through all 8 and 16 bit consoles, and up to Ps1/2/PSP/N64/3DO/Dreamcast, with Gamecube, Vita, or PS3 likely to be the next “big” console release (probably Gamecube). Revisit your favorites from years past and play them in new ways to get all of the achievements, or try out games you never had (or systems you never had) for the first time. Biggest criticism is that they have a tendency of being “too hard”, but you can either just pick games that don’t have ridiculously hard achievements, or just not go for 100%.

I will absolutely be buying Baldur’s Gate 3 as well.

I wish more people realized the same and stopped buying shitty games, while rewarding the good ones.

I grew up during the "old times", I remember how it was so I'm quite wary of new games, but I think a lot of gamers are much younger than me and when shitty predatory practices is all you know, it's probably difficult to believe something different can exist.

I didn't want to buy BG3 at first because I probably won't be able to play it, no doubt it's a masterpiece but I can't stand isometric view, I don't like turn-based combat and click-to-move, but when I saw how AAA devs reacted to Larian integrity, I bought it anyway and I will at least try, hoping someone will develop a mod to make controls more "bearable" for players like me.

Even if they don't, I firmly believe it's money well spent, AAA devs are still attacking Larian for petty reasons, it means what they're doing is extremely good for the players, they deserve to be supported by all means, let the current "AAA practices" rot.

EDIT: in case someone else is interested, I found modders did it! Hope they work on Linux:

• video demo: camera tweaks + WASD movement
• Camera mod
• WASD mod