The Helldivers 2 controversy is damaging the first episode of the series!

Gaming News The Helldivers 2 controversy is damaging the first episode of the series!

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Controversy among the soldiers of democracy

When you play Helldivers IIYou must have heard about it controversy from a few days ago. Maybe you are even one of the brave soldiers who tried to overturn the decision you made Sony is viewed as unfair by the community. If this is not the case, a small reminder is in order. On February 8th, Helldivers II surprised everyone with a devilishly addictive cooperative game that won over a large number of players. The game published by Sony is of course available on the PlayStation 5, but also on the PC. Players who prefer the precision of the keyboard and mouse will therefore be able to enjoy this title without any problems for several months (except, of course, for the numerous server problems at launch).

A few days ago, however Sony has announced that PC gamers will need to link their Steam account to a PlayStation Network account if they want to continue playing in the coming months. While some didn’t immediately recognize the problem (creating a PSN account isn’t very difficult), certain details and the way this change was announced caused a stir. Wave of outrage in the tight-knit community of Helldivers II. In fact, these were the two main problems PSN is not available in all countries around the world (and therefore certain players who purchased the game might no longer play it) and that This change seemed to come out of nowhere and resulted in players being betrayed. Of course, it was planned from the start and the most conscientious person could have read this clause in the terms of service and in a meager line on the Steam page, but we can’t say that Sony has been very vocal on the subject until we see one couple of days.

In response, the Helldivers II gaming community decided not to back down. Since they were used to fighting together against hordes of Terminids and automatons, they didn’t let a publisher looking for new accounts get them down. Neither one nor two, Players began expressing their anger directly on Steam by embarking on a massive review bombardment. In just a few days, the game went from a more than laudatory public reception to absolutely disastrous ratings, prompting Sony to intervene. Following this organized defense The publisher has therefore decided to back down and remove the future obligation to link a Steam account to a PSN account in order to play Helldivers II.

Helldivers take friendly fire

If the players of Helldivers II could therefore congratulate themselves on a remarkable defense against Goliath, However, they could not win this battle without collateral damage. Certainly in an effort to get Sony’s attention, the Helldivers II community has actually decided to tackle the notes from the first Helldivers game in addition to its sequel. Between May 3 (the date the controversy began) and today The first Helldivers went from a 90% rating to a 70% rating on Steam. Although friendly fire has always been part of the fun of Helldivers, its creator didn’t necessarily realize that his first game took a stray bullet:

The fact that the first Helldivers is being criticized due to the recent controversy surrounding Helldivers II makes me deeply saddened.

It must be said that the first episode of Helldivers has absolutely nothing to do with this controversy. Even though it was well released by Sony, There is no need to link a PSN account to a Steam account to play it on PC

What’s next? Are you review bombing Magicka and Gauntlet (two games from Arrowhead Studios, editor’s note)? Other PlayStation games?
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There’s no point in targeting games that have nothing to do with this controversy. This controversy is about Helldivers 2 and the PSN inclusion policy.

While Helldivers II’s creator and his communications team have often acted on players’ behalf in this controversy, this collateral damage doesn’t seem to be going away easily. Now that the problem has been fixed on Helldivers II, We hope that those who gave Helldivers a bad review will consider making a change to stop the review bombing.