Helldivers 2 Review Bombed Following Escalation of Freedom Update

Helldivers 2 Review Bombed Following Escalation of Freedom Update

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Helldivers 2 players are once again review-bombing the popular shooter on Steam following the release of its Escalation of Freedom update. The new patch was released on August 6 with a plethora of new content for players to jump into, but the Helldivers 2 community appears to have taken issue with many of the weapon nerfs that were included with the update.

Back in May, Sony announced that Helldivers 2 players on PC would be forced to link their Steam account to a PSN account if they wanted to continue playing. The unexpected change resulted in Helldivers 2 being review-bombed on Steam, followed by the publisher backtracking on the change and confirming that players would not be required to link their accounts to continue playing. The community was then kind enough to reverse review-bomb the game and return Helldivers 2 to its original review score. But it looks like players are once again demanding change as the game has received a sudden influx of negative reviews.

Super Earth Command punishes Helldivers 2 players for failing a critical mission by unlocking a brand-new weapon for them to use in combat.

On August 6, the same day that...

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