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NBA 2K24 chases Overwatch 2’s title as the worst game on SteamAttracts thousands of negative reviews less than a week after launch
Attracts thousands of negative reviews less than a week after launch
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Image credit:2K Games
Less than a week afterNBA 2K24hit Steam, the latest annual instalment in the basketball game series is competing for an unwanted title: the worst-reviewed PC game on Steam.
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At the time of writing, just 9% of NBA 2K24’salmost 4,000 user reviews on Steamare positive, giving it an Overwhelmingly Negative consensus, surprise surprise. According toSteam 250, that makes the new release the second worst-reviewed game on Steam just five days after its launch on September 8th, behind onlyOverwatch 2. Overwatch 2 holds the dubious accolade with a similar positive-to-negative ratio of only 9%, but withmore than 184,000 user reviewssinceits Steam release last month. Ouch.
Other reviews take aim at the game’s monetisation via microtransactions, lack of cross-play, absence of a MyCareer story, and reported technical issues including crashes and bugs.
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Further reviews point out that NBA 2K24 is priced in line with current-gen games, despite seemingly missing features from the latest console releases, with its standard ‘Kobe Bryant Edition’ costing £49.99 and a premium Black Mamba Edition setting players back £89.99 for additional in-game cosmetics, currency and bonuses.
Even one of the very few positive reviews is actually a dig at the game, saying “Its pretty good on alt f4 settings”.
If you’re curious, other games included in Steam’s worst-reviewed games include Call of Modern: Modern Warfare II (the new one), 12-year-old racing gameFlatout3: Chaos & Destruction and Chinese-language strategy game War of the Three Kingdoms.
