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Express Tribune
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Helldivers 2 negative reviews: Game is being review-bombed once again
Helldivers 2 is facing renewed review bombing on Steam as players express frustration over a persistent issue with its Mega-City defence mode. Arrowhead Game Studios' third-person action game, Helldivers 2, has received mixed recent reviews following complaints about the inability to complete the Equality-on-Sea defence mission. This marks the latest chapter in the game's rocky relationship with its community. Helldivers 2 getting review bombed again on Steam — Pirat_Nation 🔴 (@Pirat_Nation) May 29, 2025 Despite Helldivers 2's strong launch in 2024 and regular content updates, including the praised Galactic War live-service mode, the game has been review-bombed multiple times. Previous criticisms focused on weapon balance and controversy surrounding a mandatory PlayStation Network requirement. The latest backlash centres on the defence of Super Earth's final two Mega-Cities. Players attempting to hold Equality-on-Sea report that progress consistently caps just below 100 per cent at 99.9783 per cent. The commies are review bombing Helldivers 2 on steam — 🏴☠️W3ND1G0🏴☠️🪶🟧 (@2A_W3ND1G0) May 30, 2025 Some players interpreted this as an artificial block preventing completion. However, the game's design means the defence mission cannot reach full completion while the Illuminate continuously invade until the time limit expires. This issue has driven many negative reviews, dropping Helldivers 2's recent Steam rating to "Mixed." The frustration comes despite the "Heart of Democracy" update, which introduced these Mega-City defences and led to a notable increase in player numbers. Helldivers 2 players review bombing the game because they don't understand how the current event works — CodeNamedFerret (@CodeNamedFerret) May 29, 2025 Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Shams Jorjani has reassured fans that Helldivers 2 remains a priority, even as the studio develops a new project codenamed "Game 6." For now, players continue to defend Super Earth and engage with ongoing content, awaiting fixes and future updates.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Why Helldivers 2 fans are furious over a battle they say they should have won
Helldivers 2 is under fire, with over 2,600 players leaving negative reviews on Steam in just one day, marking a 40x spike in backlash. The sudden flood of criticism follows growing outrage over claims that developer Arrowhead Game Studios is rigging the Galactic War storyline , leaving fans feeling betrayed and furious. The controversy centers around the in-game city of Malevelon Creek . Players believed they were close to reclaiming the city, with progress reportedly reaching 99.9783%. However, despite their efforts, the city was never fully liberated. This led to suspicions that Arrowhead intentionally prevented a complete victory to serve a predetermined storyline. Some players felt their contributions were being undermined, sparking widespread frustration. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villas For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Villas In Dubai | Search Ads Get Rates Undo Adding to the discontent, the fall of other Super Earth cities has reignited concerns about the game's direction. Some community members accuse Arrowhead of "cooking the books," suggesting that certain outcomes are scripted to fit a specific narrative arc. This perception has led to players feeling that their actions have little impact on the game's progression. Live Events Arrowhead has yet to provide a detailed response to these allegations. The studio has previously emphasized that the Galactic War is designed to be a dynamic and evolving experience, influenced by player actions. However, the recent events have cast doubt on this claim. This isn't the first time Helldivers 2 has faced community backlash . Earlier, the game was review-bombed following a controversial decision requiring players to link their accounts to PlayStation Network. Although this requirement was rescinded, the incident left a lasting impression on the player base.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Helldivers 2 Players Are Pulling Off Incredible Feats In A Last-Ditch Effort To Save Super Earth
Helldivers 2's Galactic War has come to Super Earth and it's going very, very badly. Players have lost every major city on the planet save for two, but are making a triumphant last stand against the Illuminate as fans from across the real world band together to hold the line. Players have spent the last week tackling Major Orders that have tasked them with defending Super Earth's Mega Cities from squids (the nickname for the blue alien invaders). Things haven't been going well, though, as one city after another has fallen, from York Supreme to Remembrance. The rain forest was turned into giant airfields and Super Earth's remaining natural wonders were liquidated in a break-glass effort to reverse the tide. Throughout the chaos, heroes were made and new bonds were forged among fans, much of it around finding unique and clever ways to take out massive Leviathan spacecraft flying over the urban battlefields. reddit-thread-Helldivers-1kyh5sl reddit-thread-Helldivers-1kvlpm9 reddit-thread-Helldivers-1krsdl4 The last remaining cities are Prosperity (Stockholm) and Equality on Sea (Shanghai). With reported swells of players from China helping to hold back the advancing Illuminate, fans have been swapping memes about geopolitical harmony. Think Woody Guthrie's 'This Land Is Your Land' but about U.S.-China relations and conceived of by meme-pilled Redditors. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for division within the ranks to start poisoning the new ties of friendship. Players managed to push the Equality on Sea defense percentage up to 99.9783 percent but not beyond. No matter how many players flooded the battlefield, the odds seemed stacked against them. Negative reviews seemingly written by Chinese players started flooding the Helldivers 2 Steam page. The phrase '99.9783" was spammed over and over again. The confusion, amplified by the language barrier, has sowed dissension within the Helldivers 2 community. reddit-thread-Helldivers-1ky6fp6 This internal conflict may involve a translation issue with the Mandarin-language version of a current Major Order. According to some fans on Reddit, instead of saying 'percentage held' it reads something like 'defense success,' potentially implying that Chinese players are supposed to hit 100 percent in order to achieve the objective rather than just hold the city until the onslaught subsides. It's become an oddly unexpected mess. The tides also appear to have once again started turning against Super Earth's remaining defenders. Why? One likely reason is that tons of players in China have now gone to sleep. Helldivers 2's concurrent peak on PC tends to occur at around 10:00 a.m. ET. That means there's currently a long night ahead for players in later time zones. The only question now is whether there's still a chance to halt the Illuminate advance or if the total destruction is all part of Arrowhead Game Studio's endgame for the current phase of the Galactic War. What then? Maybe Super Earth will be detonated into another black hole. Maybe other weird cosmic anomalies will come into play. Or maybe players will discover some technology that lets them go back in time and fight over the fabric of reality itself. I wouldn't put it past Arrowhead to do something completely unexpected, though how players respond to whatever transpires will likely remain the most entertaining part of the ongoing drama. . For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
A Black Hole Just Annihilated An Entire Planet In Helldivers 2 On Its Way To Super Earth
Helldivers 2 is always changing. One day you might wake up to a new DLC adding aliens with mind control powers called the Illuminate. Another you might encounter a big patch that secretly adds shovels. Or you might load up the sci-fi shooter and immediately receive an evacuation order for Angel's Venture because it's about to be destroyed by a rogue black hole. Players who were online at the time could jump to the planetary system in question and behold the destruction of what's been one of the big battlefields in the Galactic War that began back when Helldivers 2 launched in February 2024. Millions of Helldivers died liberating the autumnal planet from Terminid control beginning with Operation Valiant Enclosure. Players only ever lost one battle there. But this week, it proved to be all for naught when Helldivers dungeon master Joel decided to make it the first pawn to fall in a much more sinister game. But it's not the first time a planet was destroyed in Helldivers 2. Meridian was the first to fall, and not at the hands of outside forces. It was players who destroyed that planet last year by turning it into a black hole as a means toward eradicating a mutated Terminid Super Colony of their own unintentional making. It was the first example of Arrowhead Game Studios fundamentally altering its in-game cosmos in service of its grim military storytelling. And it's not clear it was part of a grander plan. Last weekend, players were given the Major Order to go contest the Illuminate's control of the black hole, lest the aliens fuel it with dark energy for unknown purposes. 'The Illuminate are now actively moving Meridia,' an in-game message informed players on February 8. 'The Center of Science on Fenrir III can confirm: Meridia is in motion. The Dark Energy that the illuminate muster through their many invasions appears to be key. The Helldivers is [sic] now called upon to limit the Illuminate accumulation of this Dark Energy.' It's unclear how the black hole can be stopped but things will get very, very bad if it's not. The anomaly is now on a collision course for Super Earth, with five other planets in the way. Plus, the more dark energy it accrues, the faster it moves. Players had been tracking it via in-game tools over the past week. How many more planets will fall before the Illuminate's plan can be unraveled and halted? Or is Arrowhead planning to celebrate Helldivers 2's one-year anniversary with a Super Earth showdown players have been waiting for? Either way, it's a testament to the game's one-of-a-kind evolving online world that it feels like it's building toward something despite all of the repetition and incremental progress. Players of the original Helldivers have won the Galactic War multiple times at this point, with each victory clearing the board ahead of a new campaign. I'm excited to see what Arrowhead's long-term plans are with this sequel. It feels like Helldivers 2 has room to continuing evolving, both mechanically and narratively, for years to come. . For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
