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Helldivers 2 Review-Bombed Again After Latest Update

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sam Woods

Published Aug 7, 2024

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Escalation of Freedom update in Helldivers 2 disappoints players with new difficulty and location additions not meeting expectations.
Review-bombing hits game after negative player feedback on flamethrower nerf and worthless anti-tank mines.
Arrowhead's messaging and balancing approach further frustrate fans, adding to the spate of negative reviews faced by the game.

The latest 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Helldivers 2 update was, on paper, set to unify players. A new warbond, new enemies, a new difficulty level, and a new swamp location were all set to be exciting additions to the game. That's not the case, though.

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Unfortunately for Arrowhead, and not for the first time, Helldivers 2 is being review-bombed as players aꦉre once again unhappy with some of the changes made to the title.

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While not quite as drastic as the previous review-bombing, Helldivers 2 has been hit by ꦗa surge of ne🐷gative reviews following the update.

Over the past 24 hours, the game has and counting, a signifi🎀cant increase given that it has barely received a one all month.

Players' frustrations are stemming from a variety of issues. Predominantly, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the nerf of the game's flamethrower, just in time for the flamethrower-focused warbond✱, has caused major frustration and tension within t꧟he community; however, there are a raft of other complaints.

After calling for anti-tank missiles since the game launched, Arrowhead obliged fans in this update. Unfortunately, these mines were called "168澳洲幸运5开奖网:as worthless as we all expected," as they explo💙de with any contact, not just heavies. Not exactly what players were looking for.

Fans of the game are seemingly also annoyed by Arrowhead's messaging. Just a few months ago, the game's community manager they would "talk to the team about the approach to balance," because "every time someone finds something fun, the fun is removed." Evidently, the devs disagreed.

This spate of negative reviews is at least the third time the game has faced such a quandary. In February, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the game dropped to "Mixed" on Steam following hefty server issues, and in May, it was 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:hit with more negative reviews following the PSN sign-in requirements. This prompted the developers to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:ask players to remove the reviews and also tease that they'd 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:turꦡn these reviews into 🐓an in-game cape.