Summary
Earlier this year,Helldivers 2announced that players would soon have to create a PSN account to keep playing. The move was so controversial that the community launched a review bombing campaign, dragging the score down to such a point thatSony walked back the announcementand made the entire thing optional.
Players joked that Helldivers 2 should add a cape to commemorate the news, to which CEO Johan Pilestedt replied,“The team is talking about a good name for it right now”, evensharing a teaser of the design. However, six months later, there’s no sign of it in-game.
It’s Probably Too Late For It Now
Helldivers 2 was review bombed again in Septemberafter some controversial nerfs. Like before, the community used the overall Steam score to make their voices heard, dragging the game down to ‘Mostly Negative’.
Arrowhead responded by announcing more buffs to several weapons and strategems, pledging that it would address the backlash and re-balance much of the game. Once again, the score recovered.
Had the cape been added shortly after the initial review bomb campaign, it would have made sense. But we’ve had another since then, muddying the waters. That’s not to mention thatthe game remains delisted in several countriesdue to the PSN update, so the issue isn’t completely resolved even half a year later.
WHERE TO PLAY
Do you believe in freedom? Can you stand in the face of oppression – and defend the defenceless? Wage war for peace. Die for democracy.
Join forces with up to three friends and wreak havoc on an alien scourge threatening the safety of your home planet, Super Earth, in this multiplayer co-op shooter for PS5 and PC from Arrowhead Game Studios.
Step into the boots of the Helldivers, an elite class of soldiers whose mission is to spread peace, liberty and Managed Democracy using the biggest, baddest and most explosive tools in the galaxy.
Helldivers don’t go planet side without proper backup, but it’s up to you to decide how and when to call it in. Not only do you have a host of superpowered primary weapons and customizable loadouts, you also have the ability to call on stratagems during play.
Helldivers 2 features Arrowhead’s best cooperative gameplay yet. Collaboration will be vital: Teams will synergize on loadouts, strategize their approach for each mission and complete objectives together.1
Enlist in Super Earth’s premier military peacekeeping force today. We are heroes… we are legends… WE ARE HELLDIVERS.
