Over 145,000 unfavorable consumer opinions have hit Helldivers 2‘s Steam web page these previous couple of days, tarnishing its as soon as spotless rating.
Helldivers 2 has had a bumpy week after writer PlayStation Studios introduced that all PC gamers would must hyperlink to an lively PlayStation Community account to proceed enjoying. Nothing will get gamers riled up like making a second account, however divers had been particularly irked as a result of the mandate got here months after launch.
That annoyance was compounded by the standard issues round info safety and having one more firm harvesting information. Numerous video games additionally require you to hyperlink to a third-party account, however many gamers had been blindsided that it got here after buying the sport. There’s additionally the greater challenge: the PSN is not out there in each area that Steam is, and as a consequence, Helldivers 2 has been pulled from Steam in over 170 international locations.
Simply yesterday, neighborhood supervisor Spitz took to Discord to clarify that the event studio additionally reacted to the information negatively because the mandate was “Sony’s determination, not ours” and “our crew is on the aspect of gamers on this combat.” Spitz additionally defined that “gamers making their displeasure recognized by opinions, refunds, and so forth. provides us extra pull within the discussions with Sony.”
Helldivers 2 gamers definitely took that final line severely because the co-op shooter’s as soon as shining Steam score has fallen to “Combined” primarily based on virtually 470,000 consumer opinions. The 190,000 consumer opinions from the final 30 days common an much more worrying “Overwhelmingly Adverse” score, with over 144,000 unfavorable opinions (and counting) posted within the final two days alone.
A number of gamers have additionally reportedly been receiving refunds from Steam. Valve‘s ordinary coverage solely refunds gamers who have not exceeded two hours of playtime in-game, however the firm is seemingly ignoring that rule and refunding gamers with over 200 hours on document since this can be a considerably distinctive case.
Helldivers 2 boss responded to the backlash by saying “I assume it’s warranted.”
