"This is probably the most stressing thing to the team as we’ve seen games be review bombed and eviscerated when there are launch issues." Last Epoch's game director laments before the game gets... review bombed for launch issues

Last Epoch gameplay.

What you need to know

• Last Epoch, a highly anticipated aRPG touted as a direct competitor to Diablo 4 launched on February 21 but has been plagued with launch issues. 
• Servers have struggled under the capacity of 150k eager players trying to play the game, resulting in review bombing on Steam taking the game from 'Overwhelmingly Positive' to 'Mixed'.
• The developers have been transparent on social media, both with how they extensively prepared for this issue to no avail, and how despite their best efforts it looks like playing the game offline right now is the best solution.