HELLDIVERS™ 2

Super recomendable para jugar con compas, buen movimiento, armas, misiones, etc. Ojala sacaran contenido mas seguido pero igual es juegardo

I adore Helldivers 2. It's gameplay and its world-building is top-notch, and the bad business practices which have crept into video games over the last 20 years are much milder and better disguised than comparable titles.

As of early October 2024, the in-game microtransactions are the least obtrusive and onerous they can be while still including them. The Kernel-level anti-cheat doesn't bloat the system or over-tax your hardware. Roughly fifty hours of gameplay yields 1000 SuperCredits - enough to purchase one new Warbond. Forced mission type rotation is built into 3-mission "Operations" which contribute to the larger meta-story of the campaign map. 11 difficulty levels allow players to find the most rewarding difficulty for their skill level and squad size. And the game-play loop is addictive as all hell.

But I can't in good conscience actually recommend anyone actually purchase this game at this point. Tens of thousands of players who did so when this game was at its height of popularity are now unable to play the game they purchased after Sony pulled server support in their countries. Players who tried to get around this using VPNs had their Steam accounts banned by Valve. And now after a change to the laws in California, the EULA has been updated to make it 100% clear that players do not own copies of this game, but rather are buying licences to access an online service which can be changed or shut down at any time at the whims of the developer Arrowhead Studios or the publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment.

All signs point to a day some time in the future where this game will simply be pulled from service like so many MMOs and "games as services" before it. At best it's comparable to a theme park with lots of roller coasters but there's someone at the door waiting to confiscate your balloons and cotton candy.

Or, as Darth Vader famously said, "I am altering the deal, pray I do not alter it any further"

Please visit the "Stop Killing Games" campaign and lend your support. Hopefully we can drag this corrupt business model into the light and have it finally recognised as the illegal nonsense its been all along.

After all the bugs and balancing issues Sony now (October 4, 2024) even wants to force me to agree to some EULA or else I can't play the game any more? Now, after playing the game for months? Are you kidding me?

I will not agree to this new EULA for PSN, I do not play on a Sony device so I don't even understand why I would need to agree to it. It also just doesn't work and only shows a link that doesn't work so I am unable to read the EULA I am required to agree to to play. So until this is fixed and I don't have to agree to something that shouldn't affect me, I will not be playing and I will not be changing my review. This game is great and so is Ghostship games, let them make the game and the greedy Sony assholes can shove an orbital up where the sun doesn't shine.

Wanted to play today, but can't. There is a new EULA that I have to agree to but I can't even view it. I'll try to refund this game.

New playstation eula forbids public performance or broadcast of the software without express prior written consent of playstation, and the code of conduct includes nebulous and undefined rules against hate speech, bullying, and being offensive or disparaging, including as my personal favorite "Do not be rude to, or abuse or threaten, our employees, agents or representatives." the punishments for violating these rules are completely undefined "moderation action against your account".

tldr classic tyrannical company stuff, content creators please do not agree to it or any other game with a playstation eula it forbids any sort of streaming and you're opening yourself up to legal action

Sony just posted a new agreement that I MUST accept. I don't want to accept and I can no longer play the game. I can't get a refund so ... now what?

I feel like Darth Vader is telling me "I Am Altering the Deal, Pray I Don’t Alter It Any Further."

The game itself is great. Sony needs to keep its greedy, grubby little paws out of it. As of 10/3/2024 it seems like they're trying to force an acceptance of a new EULA that looks like a set up to eventually force through requiring a Playstion account, in order to play. Until Sony backs off, I don't think I'll be playing. I don't want or need a Sony Playstation account, and considering I bought and paid for this game, and I OWN a copy of it, they have no right to try and force me to get one. So until I know more, consider this a Review bomb.

Latest patch was a very good step in the right direction, hopefully they dont lose sight of what the game is meant to be again.

At first, game good.

Later, game bad.

Now, game great.

Me happy :)

Yep they rolled back a lot of changes and its fun again

The players on the other hand are a little challenging sometimes. The bugs are nothing compared the jerks. Stalkers then jerks.

With the most recent update, I feel like I can play this game again. Thank you devs for listening to SUPER EARTH!

Played this since launch until I stopped playing about a month ago due to problems with the game, but came back after finding out that Arrowhead was releasing a patch on my birthday. All I can say is best present that made this diver happy once more, they cooked this patch carefully and well done too.

After sinking nearly 500 hours into Helldivers 2, I can honestly say I'm absolutely hooked. I loved the game even before the latest patch, and now it's only gotten better. For $50, it's hands-down one of the best values I've ever gotten in gaming.

Sure, there are negative reviews out there complaining about some underpowered weapons or a few overpowered enemies. But honestly, those are just minor bumps in an otherwise amazing experience, and the developers are actively fine-tuning things.

Don't let the naysayers deter you. If you enjoy anything related to shooting games, give Helldivers 2 a shot. Trust me—you won't regret it.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good enough for Super Earth is good enough for you
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Makes you feel like you just took 33 stims
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Helldiver Premium Combat Headphones
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ All citizens above age 7
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☐ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Super Earth Destroyer processor
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☑ Nothing is big enough to obstruct the distribution of democracy
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Helldiver Basic Training required
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Spend your life grinding for Super Earth
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Eagle-1 dating simulator when?
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
☑ Forever spreading liberty

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
☑ Nothing too expensive to serve Super Earth

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☑ Enough bugs to farm E-710 for democracy
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
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I don't get many games on Steam, especially at full price, but Helldivers 2 is just a league in it's own, with developers who actually listen.

absolutely love this Game. Playerbase dropped greatly after the update which shall not be named, but they completely turned it around. Finally has lots of viable loadout options and fair enemies. Would buy again.

Great game that I have been playing better part of this year. Devs have unleashed an amazing new patch listening to player feedback. Review bombs in the past show the level of care players have for the game and I think that speaks most to how much people like this game and want to see the best for it.

They finally found the corrupt official that was putting war funds into his own pockets , causing all helldiver's weapons to be weaker and outdated models.

With patch 1.001.100, helldivers finally have the right firepower to keep super earth safe. This game is finally back on step to being GOTY again.

The Sep 17th update is fantastic and a step in the right direction. Keep up the good work Arrowhead! Now keep that momentum rolling.

Now all that's left is to fix all the bugs and rescue the helldivers stranded in non psp supported countries.

Local democracy officer is best girl.

In one update, they made bugs actually fun to fight again while also improving bots and bringing back fire to make the last warbond worth buying. Only thing they need to do for a perfect game is buff throwing knives.

The devs done fucked up.

There ll be bunch of fans blaming this failure on Sony, but if you look at the data banning people from whatever 3rd world coutnries didnt actually affect the loss of playerbase. The constant nerfs to weapons did to the point where I considered it a blatant scam.

Imagine you buy a warbond (HD2 game pass) because of a certain weapon you want. And after few weeks of having fun with it, it gets nerfed to the point of being useless (RIP Eruptor). They made you spend real money for something they changed after enough people bought it. This is disgusting practice. Fire weapons were really popular, so they nerfed the most fun ones to drive the sales on new fire themed warbond...again, scummy.

I honestly think devs didnt expect this game to succeed, they just happened to release the right thing at the right time, after the huge success the game went downhill with every patch, driving more and more players away while the studio made one bad decision after another, showing utter incompetence.

If you are coming back to the game because of the announced buffs, dont get your hopes up, once they drive player numbers up again, weapons will get nerfed to sell the newest warbond.

They had GOTY on their hands, but managed to mess it up in a matter of weeks.

Was a great game at launch but they leadership is more concerned with making a "challenging/balanced" game then making sure the game is fun, many many nerfs later game is boring at best now, was a 9/10 game otherwise with some friends.

Developers are most concerned with making a PvE game competitive instead of fun. If you disagree with the devs they blame you rather than listen. All the fun weapons/strategems and equipment has been nerfed to the ground.

The game used to be fun but like that annoying mosquitoe at your bonfire they just won't stop sucking the life out of it.

Great first month for this game everyone loved it. Then they turned it to shit and nerfed all the weapons worth something and now are including crucial aspects of the game behind a paywall
Save your money and buy anything better
(Game went from 400k players to 14k players if that says anything)

HELLDIVERS™ 2 - The game is not playable at this time, and has had nothing but problems and weapon demoralization throughout. At one point, this game was the best of the time. Now, it is unplayable. You cannot join friends servers on PC. It has been a constant issue throughout the life of the game. They constantly amp up enemies, and take away the effectiveness of weapons, making everything so much more difficult. Not a huge issue, but shows bad devs working on the game.

Since the original Devs left the game, it has turned to total crap.

I enjoyed this game for quite some time, I even played several months in and several bad "balance" patches in to give the game a chance. But the team seems to keep taking steps backwards and I'm just done.

If you're going to play this game for about a month or so and then be done, you'll probably enjoy it but the longer you play it the less fun it becomes as more patches come out. So go in with that in mind.

The important bits:
Both Helldivers games will go down as some of my favorite playtime in games ever. HellD2 specifically is right up there with the Killing Floor games in terms of favorite coop shooters. The immersion is incredible, you feel the weight of the chaos and the action around you. The friendly fire is fantastic! It can be crazy deadly when you are not careful which makes it fun and meaningful. But it's easy to avoid after a few lessons learned in game. :D I like the room to build up your own playstyle. There is a good selection for the level of challenge you want the game to bring. If you want more mindless casual fun you can lower it, if you are feeling badass and want the hurt thrown at you that is there too.
Best of all, the stratagem feature is just plain fun and unique which feels like it makes it stand out in a crowded genre of coop shooters.

My time gaming is much more limited now, so I value what little time I have for gaming outside work. HellD2 fills every bit of that time with action and fun. I like the amount of customization of game style through armor, equipment, and stratagems. But I don't feel overloaded with choices and duties that keep me trap in a player hub for longer than I like so I can just keep jumping back into the action.

I bought this game at it's release and loved it immediately at the time. My early game with friends were great but due to time my limited play time, they all advanced through the game and I thought I had missed out on too much. FOMO fears made had me avoiding the game because I was worried I missed to many cool moments/ events in the galactic war. But after coming back to it recently after not playing it for months, I realized my mistake. I was silly for avoiding playing it without a dedicated core group of friends to journey through.

Myself and one other friend stuck to matchmaking with pubs and it was fantastic. All the giggling around the chaos of fire, smoke, and bullets reminded why this game is so great. I'm not usually as into playing soldiers but the absurdity of the humor around being disposable soldiers yelling about forced freedoms on everyone is silly fun. Sometimes it's fun to be the baddies.

Glad to be back in game and looking hopefully forward to years of this game.

This is one of the saddest cases of a project that started incredible and captured the nostalgic feeling of fun with your friends. Just load into a co-op game, shoot things, blow stuff up, do objectives and the goofy ragdoll effects made up for what was admittedly a broken (but fun) experience. The best part about this two month beginning was that it felt like the dev's were in on the fun as well. They had fostered this community that was kind and helpful, something that is rare in today's modern gaming climate. Everything seemed great...then the Sony PSN account requirements came, and Arrowhead tried their hardest to keep the good faith they had built up with their playerbase.
After (rightfully) getting called out for the fact that forcing players to have a PSN account would make their game unplayable in well over 100 countries, they initially tried to double down before enough outcry forced their hands. The worst part about this whole initial debacle was that they knew this would happen and still sold the game in countries where PSN accounts weren't allowed, and actively de-listed the game from being purchased in those countries. As of right now, you still can't purchase this game in an affected country. After that debacle, I wish I could say that everything returned to normal and we had our little community, but it seems that Arrowhead had lightning in a bottle and they wanted to release it at their players.
Now I am no game developer, I won't sit here and tell you how simple or easy it is to balance something, but in a PvE game, it is baffling that the developers seem to actively punish players for finding weapons or strategems that will help you. It seems to be that Arrowhead wants to put you in the position of the underdog, but not give you ability to rise above your station, as every viable weapon is nerfed and every enemy is buffed. In a game where every second counts and bringing the right strategems is the difference between succeeding in a mission or failing, the developers seem to have this idea that the player should lose 9/10 times. Hit boxes are completely inconsistent. Massive elite enemies called Bile Titans are notorious for this. Using a rocket launcher on this creatures weak spot seems to be a coin flip as to whether it will do damage or cause it to look at you and kill you instantly. Chargers, a fast and tanky enemy that demands your immediate attention, have no true counter in the game. This didn't use to be the case as fire was found out to be the golden option for dealing with these brutes. Turns out, this was a BUG rather than the intended feature and Arrowhead's response was to nerf the fire damage. Another baffling issue as this was right before their highly anticipated FIRE warbond. Now fire does more damage to yourself and your teammates rather than the intended enemies.
Arrowhead has come out recently and said they will be looking into addressing these concerns, but it seems like a case of too little too late. From a game that had over 400,000 players at launch, now struggling to even come to a tenth of those numbers, it seems that they have driven away their audience for the sake of... nothing. It really saddens me because before, I would put 2-5 hour sessions at the beginning of this games life, and now I haven't touched this game in over a month. Until the developers actually address the concerns of its audience, I can't in good faith recommend this game anymore.

Used to be fun when it came out, now it just feels stressful and frustrating. weapon stats keep changing, making them inconsistent. Glitching and disconnecting from the game randomly really kills the experience, especially when it's from a match where you've already invested over 25 minutes.

Have I had fun? Sure. Was that fun squashed by the difficulty of the game getting too high? Absolutely not. Did unnecessary adjustments to weapons, strategems, and other items detract from the gameplay? 100%.

This is a game you can dive into with a group of friends and really cause some significant chaos; however, in its current state, and for the foreseeable future, I would highly recommend against playing this game. Changes are being made to the game that do not enhance gameplay based on the direction of the studio and developers. While on its face this should be what any worthy studio should do, but their intentions are having significant ripple effects.

In a nutshell, artificial difficulty is being added in the flavor of never knowing whether or not your loadout will perform the same from patch to patch. This includes not just 'meta' loadouts, but weapons and strategems that haven't been in the meta since launch.

If nothing else, keeps you from playing this game, let it be this: "Bile Titan sometimes does not take damage to the head." has been a known issue for months. Basically, you roll the dice any time you try to headshot one of the largest mobs in the game with anything.

The most brain-dead developers I have ever seen in my life. Murdered one of the best coop games I have played in the last 10 years and tried to remedy it with the false promises and dog shit blog posts. Unbelievably disheartening falloff.

i absolutely enjoyed my first 30 hours with the game but when they started the rampant "Balancing" to weapons and stratagems is when i finally had enough.

Missions used to feel fair, intense, and absolutely enjoyable before they began removing what made the weapons feel great and made every mission un-win-able because the gun you've gotten comfortable using now has to dump full mags into common riffraff due to them cutting your damage by 2/3rds and removing the risk VS reward gimmick that made the weapon good in the first place.

Explosive crossbow that takes a while to reload but can wipe out a group with a well placed shot? Direct impact damage gets lowered and the blast radius gets removed

Long range Flak rifle that hits hard but is extremely dangerous up close due to the shrapnel? No more shrapnel and now its less useful then the base sniper rifles.

Dragons breath shotgun that trades base Damage for fire? too many people are using it, so now your fire damage is cut in half.

Personally i think the Booster "Hellpod Space Optimization" should have been an unlockable for your ship and not something equipped to your loadout because its almost required and leaves one of your teammates without buffs and from my experience even skilled players end up being the one that dies the most because of it.

Major orders Felt fun at first but once they stopped giving us incentive to actually complete them i lost all drive to play the game. Story beats are important but when you have the community actively avoiding one of your "Rewards" 3+ times in a row and instead accepting a hollow victory with No reward, its a sign you need to step back and Re-evaluate what the playerbase actually wants.

i Really enjoyed the game at first, but now i absolutely cannot recommend it due to them removing what made it fun in the first place.

Watched one of the best games of the last few years dissolve under the weight of poor decisions from higher ups. Tragic, really. Super earth deserved better.

I will change this review, pending redemption.

The current state of Helldivers 2 reflects a cycle of persistent nerfs that have left players feeling both frustrated and disconnected. However, there are strategic steps that Arrowhead can take to revitalize the game and better engage its community:

Balancing Effective Weapons:

Challenge: Effective weapons are frequently nerfed, discouraging experimentation and strategic diversity.
Solution: Adopt a nuanced approach to weapon adjustments. Instead of broad nerfs, focus on fine-tuning weapon performance to maintain balance while preserving their viability. Implement targeted balance patches that address specific issues rather than applying sweeping changes.

Fostering Creative Playstyles:

Challenge: Creative uses of mid-tier weapons often face nerfs, stifling innovative gameplay.
Solution: Promote and support creative playstyles by recognizing and rewarding unique strategies. Develop systems that track inventive tactics and adjust nerf policies to encourage, rather than penalize, creativity.

Addressing Popular Weapon Nerfs:

Challenge: Widely-used weapons are quickly deemed overpowered and nerfed, alienating dedicated players.
Solution: Monitor weapon usage and player feedback more closely to differentiate between actual balance issues and mere popularity. Use data-driven insights to make precise adjustments that address genuine concerns without resorting to reactive measures.

Balancing Niche Weapons:

Challenge: Niche weapons that outperform others are immediately nerfed, even if the performance difference is minimal.
Solution: Reassess criteria for weapon balance. Focus on enhancing the unique attributes of niche weapons while ensuring they have situational advantages. Provide buffs to underperforming options instead of immediately nerfing stronger ones.

Managing Preemptive Nerfing:

Challenge: Existing weapons or strategies are nerfed to make new content seem more attractive.
Solution: Introduce new content based on its own merits rather than by diminishing existing features. Ensure that updates enhance rather than overshadow current gameplay elements, maintaining overall balance.

Balancing Enemy Difficulty:

Challenge: Frequent enemy buffs can make the game overly difficult and occasionally unfair.
Solution: Adjust enemy armor to allow for more effective bullet penetration, making it easier to defeat them. This includes reducing the health of heavier bugs and bots. Additionally, rework striders and gunships to limit them to firing only one rocket at a time. This change will help minimize ragdoll effects and enhance the Helldivers' ability to use stratagems effectively against both heavy and airborne enemies.

Resolving Social Tab Issues:

Challenge: The Social Tab has been malfunctioning since launch, impacting player communication and community interaction.
Solution: Prioritize repairs to the Social Tab and ensure it receives consistent maintenance. Communicate transparently with players about the progress and expected resolution times.

Expanding Global Availability:

Challenge: The game is not available in over a hundred countries, limiting its reach.
Solution: Work to expand the game's availability to more regions. Collaborate with local partners to address regional restrictions and improve accessibility.

Enhancing Player Feedback Integration:

Challenge: There is a perceived lack of responsiveness to player feedback, affecting the game’s quality.
Solution: Develop a more open and responsive feedback system. Engage regularly with the community through surveys, forums, and direct communication to ensure that player input significantly influences future updates.

Meeting Promises and Expectations:

Challenge: Unmet promises from the Creative Director have led to player disillusionment.
Solution: Ensure that future updates and promises are realistic and achievable. Provide regular progress reports and updates to maintain player trust and demonstrate a commitment to improvement.

By addressing these challenges with targeted and thoughtful solutions, Arrowhead has the opportunity to enhance the Helldivers 2 experience and better align with player expectations. The forthcoming "60-day plan" represents a critical moment for implementing these strategies and revitalizing the game’s community engagement.

Arrowhead, if you’re listening, we believe in democracy!

Game went from the most fun thing to play everyday to Nerfdivers. Nerfed every weapon in the game. Crazy how you play the same mission every game, and expect to enjoy having weaker weapons with more difficult enemies more and more. Game was great, but now you can barely survive most games.

I want to clarify that I have really enjoyed the game.

Arrowhead made a great product that broke the stale mold of the gaming industry this past decade.

Unfortunately, the gameplay elements have become overly repetitive and while gameplay has been getting harder and more enemies are added; player weapons, abilities, etc are constantly nerfed - this makes no sense for a game that isn't pvp. Rather than fun gameplay, it feels like an all-out-grind towards buying lackluster packs. New Strategems have taken a back seat to cosmetic bundles.

As I had said earlier. I do love this game. But it's going to take a lot to bring me back to wanting to play it

This game was AMAZING when it first launched. Now it seems like the devs have gone on a NERFing spree and have not stopped. the last few days the group i play with have had to go down 2 levels and we are still getting crushed. At this point it seems like the DEVS are butt hurt and making it harder as an F-U to the player base. I really hope they can fix this game because it really did have the ability to be the game of the year.

When this game came out it was truly one of the best coop experiences available for purchase anywhere. Unfortunately, in the time since, the developers have done their best to suck every last bit of fun out of the game in the name of "balance"... for a PvE game... They've wielded the nerf-hammer wildly across everything the player gets to use while simultaneously buffing enemies left and right, resulting in an experience that simply is not fun.

To anyone looking to buy this now (Summer 2024 and beyond), I'm sorry, but you've missed the fun train. There is no way I can recommend this game to anyone, it is but a shell of its former glory. Let it die in peace and serve as a lesson to future development projects that if your default patch behavior is to do nothing but continually chop down the tallest tree you'll be left with a barren wasteland where a glorious forest once grew.

Democracy is dead.

I liked this game back when I got it in April 2024, you'd drop in to whatever world you chose and the game would make you feel like a superhero, killing robots and aliens in the name of managed democracy. Even on harder difficulties, while the enemies got bigger and came in greater numbers, even new players could beat missions with a little bit of skill and coordination with your partners.

Then, over the course of the following months, between buffing enemies, nerfing weapons, and glitched out missions that would spawn un-ending, unbeatable hordes, the game stopped being fun. No longer did it feel like you were dropping in as a superhero, but instead more like as a storm trooper grunt, outnumbered, outgunned, and out matched. Instead of taking out a swarm of enemies by yourself with ease, you'd dump nearly an entire clip into a single Warrior before it would die. Every mission became a struggle, especially at the higher difficulties, and the game became more of a chore than a form of entertainment. You'd keep playing to see how the plot advanced, or to unlock the next item that was released, but it was no longer enjoyable to play.

If literally the only thing the devs did was go back to how things were balanced a few months after launch, the game might still be worth playing, but as it is now, I only ever log in to check the daily personal order, and see if it worth my time to get a few medals before logging off to play something else. Not sure how much longer even that will last though, mediocre unlock grinding can only motivate you for so long.

The more seriously you take it, the less fun you have. Drop in, blow things up, liberate, spread democracy. Rinse & repeat.

If you get bent out of shape losing a mission, then take a break.

I really enjoy the game. At this point, it's a guilty pleasure. Something I can do without having to think too much when I just need an escape.

I loved this game in the beginning, it was a lot of fun crashing down on to a planet and killing bots or bugs in support of Super Earth. The mythology was a laugh. You felt powerful even if you suspected that you really were the bad guys. But patch after patch, I've watched the development team destroy the fun like an old man who can't stand the laughter of children so he must snuff it out where ever it is heard.

With every patch there's a nerf of the most popular weapon, often multiple nerfs. Which result in a backlash from the players who were just fine with how it was, followed by an official response saying that "They've heard us" and "they're making changes to make the game better". And then another patch and another nerf. The latest and greatest was announcing their next release with great fan faire was going to all about fire and using it to defeat our enemies. Finally they'd fix fire and we'd have some armor with fire protection. Maybe, just maybe, the Hulks would stop being able to burn us through walls. Two days later, the latest release not yet available there was a patch and not only were the Hulks still able to burn us through the walls, but fire was less powerful to "make it more realistic".

Now they've "heard us" again and there's a "60 day plan" to turn the game around. All I can hear is the pleading of an abusive ex who says they "can change!" and they "really mean it!" They're "So sorry". I'm sure you are, you've lost at least 80% of your player base in less then three months. People were saying six weeks ago that Helldivers 2 was going to be an easy win for Game of the Year and that it was the example AAA game develop teams should look at. Now the only thing they're looking likely to win is biggest fumble.

I'm still playing, but Deep Rock Galactic is looking pretty good.

Helldivers 2 was a blast at launch. Word of mouth and PS5 box advertising suggested it was a horde shooter where players fought waves of enemies with "overpowered" weapons, and initially, that’s exactly what the game delivered.

Unfortunately, this was due to an unintended bug. Arrowhead Studios, the developer of Helldivers 2, operates under the motto "A game for everyone is a game for no one," a design philosophy I wish I had known before purchasing the game. Arrowhead sees itself akin to Paradox Interactive, a company known for creating niche games for niche audiences. The developers didn’t anticipate the massive success at launch, with 700,000 concurrent players—a stark contrast to the original Helldivers, which had a much lower player count. This unexpected success led to overloaded servers, exposing their lack of preparation for such a large audience.

Had Arrowhead been transparent in their advertising, they might not have achieved such a runaway hit with a diverse audience. Instead, they would have likely mirrored Paradox's approach, catering honestly to a smaller, dedicated fanbase.

What Arrowhead did, however, was misleading. They targeted a broad audience and captured it, but soon after, the vocal minority of Mil-Sim enthusiasts began demanding increased difficulty, and Arrowhead responded by changing the game’s direction. As a result, every subsequent update focused on nerfing fun and effective weapons. If you found a weapon that could effectively kill enemies, you could almost guarantee it would be nerfed in the next patch.

Additionally, Sony contributed to the game's downfall by revoking access to players who had already purchased it but were unable to link a PSN account due to regional restrictions, further alienating the player base.

Now, the game has turned into a "running simulator." Instead of battling hordes, players are forced to complete objectives and then retreat. If someone stays to fight in this supposed horde shooter, they essentially serve as bait so the rest of the team can escape. Combat is no longer a viable option. This shift would have been acceptable if the game had been marketed as a Mil-Sim, but it wasn’t, and it didn’t play that way until several months after launch.

To make matters worse, stability has plummeted. At launch, the game ran smoothly at 60fps, but now it struggles to maintain 30fps, with dips into the teens. Adjusting graphics settings has no effect. The situation is so bad that there’s a coin flip chance the game will crash or fail to load properly from the hellpod drop. Each update seems to worsen the performance.

This is not the same game I originally bought, and the changes have been nothing short of infuriating.

Edit: ROG Strix G15, Ryzen 9 590hx, 16gb ram, Radeon 6800m, WD Black sn850x ssd. (All other games run fine: Hogwarts Legacy, Jedi Survivor, AC 6, even Gotham Knights runs better but its trash too)

Game used to be good, but then they kept nerfing guns and tweaking gameplay until it turned bad.

If your car blew a tire, you don't fix it by slashing the other 3. Yet this is Arrowhead's approach to its balance philosophy - to nerf everything into the ground when something is considered "meta" by arbitrarily assigned analytics (ie. too many players are using it so it must be "OP").

This was a once good game ruined by a wilfully ignorant and egotistical dev team that refused to heed outcries for half a year from its community base. It is painstakingly evident that the devs don't play the game they themselves create, and to add insult to injury, refuse to listen to those who do. Don't worry though - they'll never find out because they can't even beat the game themselves!

"It feels like every time someone finds something fun, the fun is removed." - Pilestedt, chief creative officer

Yeah, that about sums up the game directly from the former CEO and current CCO himself.

It was so fun at the beginning, so many good weapons then? Nerf nerf nerf. I bought the game like the 3rd week after a few nerfs I just dropped the game. It's not longer fun and just annoying. Holy shit let us have good guns. "Oh it will make it too easy" just make harder difficultys. Like please just revert the nerfs and bring the bad guns closer to the good ones. Oh no 90% of player will use shotguns. Damn it's like every other fps game but guess what it's god dang PvE who cares if we all use one gun. That just means you need to buff other guns not nerf them into the ground.

people have been getting angry at the direction the game is going in and while I can see where they're coming from Helldivers 2 is still a great game and I think the hate is a testement to how much people like the game and want it to succeed.