Following the Escalation of Freedom replace for Helldivers 2 final week, Arrowhead Recreation Studios has obtained important backlash for its nerfs and modifications. In a brand new letter to the neighborhood, recreation director Mikael Eriksson admitted that the studio “didn’t hit our goal with the newest replace” and there are “different extra basic inconsistencies in our strategy to recreation stability and recreation course.”
A brand new 60-day plan has been introduced, throughout which the developer goals to re-examine its stability beliefs, emphasizing enjoyable and “not ‘balanced’ for the sake of stability.” It’s additionally seeking to replace hearth injury (although it could actually’t revert modifications to make the Flamethrower the identical as earlier than) and forestall “extreme ragdolling.”
There are plans to enhance recreation efficiency, re-prioritize bug fixes (together with “extra quick gameplay-impacting bugs”) and rework Chargers. Maybe probably the most attractive level is concerning a rethink of major weapon design for extra “participating” fight. We’ll want to attend for an ETA on these fixes inside the subsequent 60 days, so keep tuned till then.
Helldivers 2 is on the market for PS5 and PC. Take a look at our evaluation for the PS5 model right here. Regardless of the present controversy and the obligatory PSN-linking for Steam gamers that Sony in the end backtracked on, it offered 12 million copies as of Might fifth.
