Poe 2's Negative Reviews on Steam Are About to Exceed 30%

Let's keep pushing — we're almost there.
By the way, does anyone know of any good game that had such a rating?

Setting aside the focus on this as I don't really understand it yes there are good games with such ratings but what they all share (the good ones that is) is that they are divisive.

There are plenty of games on steam that are excellent but get mixed reviews because they just aren't what people what play that genre usually want.

Whether PoE2 fits that criteria is another question entirely, I can certainly see arguments that it's an excellent game but is divisive but i can also see plenty of arguments that its just a high budget/polish meh game.

I'd wait until actual release to cast any real stones but for now i'm in the latter camp, the good news is all the parts of game development that take the most time and execution they've already done and excelled at so really its about working on the feel and many successful games have years worth of polish on the feel before they actually release (in this case we are all along for the ride).

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Draegnarrr#2823 wrote:

Setting aside the focus on this as I don't really understand it yes there are good games with such ratings but what they all share (the good ones that is) is that they are divisive.

There are plenty of games on steam that are excellent but get mixed reviews because they just aren't what people what play that genre usually want.

Whether PoE2 fits that criteria is another question entirely, I can certainly see arguments that it's an excellent game but is divisive but i can also see plenty of arguments that its just a high budget/polish meh game.

I'd wait until actual release to cast any real stones but for now i'm in the latter camp, the good news is all the parts of game development that take the most time and execution they've already done and excelled at so really its about working on the feel and many successful games have years worth of polish on the feel before they actually release (in this case we are all along for the ride).

Could you please give some examples of such games?
I went through my entire library and couldn't find a single decent game with that level of negative reviews

I don't think it's about being divisive — it's about broken expectations.
The PoE community had high hopes for PoE 2, but the devs decided to chase tourists instead and turned it into a souls-like.
Well, good luck with that — most of those tourists have already moved on to the next "super games" anyway.
30k players online just three weeks after league launch.
That's just embarrassing.

we are 23 days into the new "league" and the number of player has plummeted from 246k peak to 59k. I was predicting this will be the fastest abandoned "league" in history of poe and I was correct.

even ggg couldnt dodgeroll the negative reviews...

What do you mean by "keep pushing"?
Why are you so happy when someone's having difficult times?


Most of the reviews are from angry basement kiddos who aren't getting what they want, that's not making the game bad

If we do not enjoy the game much that's OUR problem, not GGG's

I have faith, and I will keep hoping for better times
It's going to be ok in the end, like it we or not

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shadowthedead#5607 wrote:

What do you mean by "keep pushing"?
Why are you so happy when someone's having difficult times?


Most of the reviews are from angry basement kiddos who aren't getting what they want, that's not making the game bad

If we do not enjoy the game much that's OUR problem, not GGG's

I have faith, and I will keep hoping for better times
It's going to be ok in the end, like it we or not

I'm not happy, but I am satisfied that I was right. Even before release, just based on the gameplay info they shared, I said this would flop and that GGG had betrayed their fanbase. Back then, people threw tomatoes at me for it — both on Reddit and here. Now I see that a lot of people are finally realizing the same thing.
The game really did flop because of their desperate chase for console players and quick cash.
You had to be pretty blind not to see that console players would just run back to FIFA after one or two leagues anyway.

First of all it was not a new league, 1 class and no new endgame mechanic added.

It is pretty reasonable stats (only steam, not counting GGG launcher and consoles) and pretty sure GGG knew the numbers will bounce down a bit faster than 0.1 (exceptional stats and retention for a game of this type - Top 50 steam all conccurent players active all time - again excluded GGG launcher and console)

Let's speak when they will release 1.0 or even Druid + blight.

Moreover let's have a look in a game that is exceptional right?
El famoso Last epoch, it has very positive recent review (79%) and we all know based on the vocal minority + streamer echo chamber than POE2 bad and LE exceptional.

Let's have a look in the stats shall we?

Aha from 150K (Last cycle) to 57K after only 10 days....

Oh well then my cognitive angry karen bias is not connecting the dot here....

Let's have a look in the worst game ever created POE2 with a catastophic 0.2 launch.
250K launch release and let's check 10 days after 170K

Oh but that's strange, the game has a better retention (on active conccurent players on STEAM ONLY) than our exceptional Last Epoch...

Mmm no comprendo mi amor.

Little edit: POE2 is 17th ranking all time peak (remaining TOP 50 all time peak for 0.2 with barely new content) better than Helldivers 2 or Space marine 2 for example.
Again that's excluding console and GGG launcher.
For sure it does not reach Diablo 4 number but GGG and its shareholders are counting dollars meanwhile the toxic vocal minority is crying online or on steam reviews.

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bachgaman#6713 wrote:

Let's keep pushing

Review-bombing isn't helping anyone. A LOT of people likes PoE2, and as GGG say themselves; not ONE league have had better retention than 0.1 or 0.2. As another poster in here once said; "a million flies can't be wrong - shit tastes good". Give constructive feedback. Review-bombing is as constructive as the mole on my left ass cheek.

My goal? To make GGG realize that A LOT (enough) people want PoE1 updates and leagues. And not just content updates, but also mechanical and graphical updates. I don't care about PoE2, I care about PoE1 - and GGG should too.