Nice! Guess I can add it back to my wishlist and consider buying it soon! Been holding off on it too long
"too long"? The game is 4 months old.
Hot take, don't buy any games which were only released in the last 12 months. Matured games are far more stable
I remember when people on this site were saying Helldivers was already GOTY back on release week, hilarious.
If it wins after this situation, it's definitely not the players choice.
I'd agree with this statement for most games, but the best way to enjoy Helldivers 2 specifically is to play it when the playerbase and the hype is at its peak. The gameplay will still be just as good a year from now, sure, but you'd miss the emergent story being built right now
This has the "fuck you" energy without the actual word
"we listened to your feedback and made major changes to planned updates" is fuck you energy?
"We listened to our accounting, and the massive wave of refunds and unbought mtx is hurting our numbers. PR isn't happy about the reviews either. We'll keep you updated on future plans for fucking you over!
Do you really think that Sony will actually back down? They are calming down the shitstorm that is going over all media, socials and steam. They'll reorganize and will move on with their plans. Arrowhead and Helldivers is just one of many assets.
It's still packaged with that awful and invasive nProtect GameGuard garbage though, so be be aware of what you're buying before you make the choice.
Or just run linux. While that comes with other potential issues... Anti-cheat isn't one of them. Either the game doesn't work (and thus safe from the terribad rootkits), or the "anti-cheat" is stuck in it's sandbox(and thus safe from the rootkit).
PC gamers with the W for not folding to bad choices. More gamers need to do this.
I think there'd have been a lot less pushback if the gamers had got something in return, like Steam/PSN cross-buy on Sony published titles.
It's not even like they could claim it being needed for cross-play, because it demonstrably works without it.
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