SUMMARY
- Helldivers 2 is enjoying a great opening, beating out Palworld, despite the server issues.
- The game opened to "mixed" reviews on Steam mainly due to the connectivity issues.
Hell Divers 2 is almost here and the reviews for the game have arrived. The game was announced initially in 2020 as under development, however, no game was given. In the meantime, there were multiple leaks about the game.
Later on 24 May 2023, the developers, Arrowhead Game Studios officially announced Helldivers 2 during the 2023 PlayStation Showcase. It was then announced to be launched in 2023 itself.
Helldivers 2 details
A trailer of the game was released in July 2023. However, later during a PlayStation State of Play 14 September 2023, gameplay was shown in a PlayStation State of Play event. During the event, the game got an official release date set for February 8, 2024.
Helldivers 2 is a sequel to the 2015 top-down shooter game Helldivers. The latest third-person shooter is developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Owing to the fact that the game was released under Sony’s banner, the game is a PlayStation exclusive. Thus Helldivers 2 hit the shelves on February 8, 2024, on PlayStation 5 and PC, skipping competitor platform, Xbox. Besides, the game also supports crossplay.
Helldivers 2 reviews
Helldivers 2 has opened to “Mixed” reviews from early reviewers particularly on Steam. The rating is highly affected because of server and game crashes, as well as instability in the PC version of the game. Certain content as well as the Protect GameGuard anti-cheat is causing serious issues for players in terms of performance as well as for how invasive they find it.
Notably, these issues are not found in the PlayStation 5 version. On PlayStation, the game is enjoying a good response, in spite of the limited content. The game is enjoying a user score of 8.2 on Metacritic.
A player named ‘Gamecelsior’ writes, “Helldivers 2 is one of the best shooter games that I have ever played. The sense of hitting is great and the action is non-stop and intense. Only downside is the lack of storytelling. Additionally, I would like to play by myself more easily. It allows me to play by myself but it is designed for online experience. Other than that, Helldivers 2 becomes the best game of February for me.”
Nonetheless, players reported when the game was working properly, it is a blast to play. A Steam user Gamu says,“Overall I’d give the game about a 7/10. I think the game will be a major hit or major miss for most people, largely depending on if your hardware agrees with the game or not. The gameplay itself is extremely fun and challenging depending on your difficulty, with quite a lot of replayability with friends.”
The critic reviews are yet to be updated on Metacritic since the platform gives an aggregate score only after the game has received four or more reviews. Currently, it has just one review.