Вчера Helldivers 2 получила крупнейшее обновление с релиза под названием Escalation of Freedom. Несмотря на обильное количество свежего контента, геймеры остались недовольны апдейтом, что отразилось в Steam — шутер получил больше 2 тысяч негативных отзывов.
Following the weapon balancing changes that arrived alongside Helldivers 2’s Escalation of Freedom earlier this week, a pretty big backlash from players to some fire damage nerfs has ensued, and, well, it’s now led the game’s recent Steam reviews to dip from “mostly positive” to “mixed”.
Arrowhead, to be fair, definitely hasn’t responded to the criticism from folks who think the tweaks to fire-based weaponry has made the game less fun in a fashion they’ve previously indicated they’re not fans of by burying its head in the sand.
First, if you take a look at the game’s Steam page, while its overall reviews are still mostly positive, the recent ones are now mixed, thanks to over 2,000 fresh negative ones having rolled in since August 6.
Players aren't taking the Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom update too well. While concurrent numbers are rising and the new content is proving popular, the community isn't keen on the big Breaker Incindiary changes and general nerfs. With so many people flocking back to the game, the Helldivers 2 Steam reviews have taken their biggest hit since the PSN fiasco. Not all is lost, though, as Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani promises fine-tuning across the board once the dust has settled.
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Stop me if you’ve heard something like this before. Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead unleashed some weapon balancing tweaks alongside the Escalation of Freedom update, at least one of them was a nerf, and some players really aren’t happy about that.
Yep, forget the new stuff and other tweaks the update included, we’re - for better or worse - back to discourse as to whether the studio bringing us Super Earth’s galactic struggle should be taking so-called meta weapons down a peg, or doing more listening to players who don’t want to see their favourite armaments potentially made a bit less fun to use.
Helldivers 2's unexpected levels of early popularity were a surprise, but they were also deserved. With a sensible price point, great community building, and addictive co-op shooter action, it was a blast. In recent weeks, though, player counts have tumbled as the cadence of updates slowed down. However, the huge new Escalation of Freedom update has now arrived, and player numbers on Steam are already experiencing a massive surge.
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