Helldivers 2 Falls To "Mixed" Reviews On Steam Again

Helldivers 2 Falls To "Mixed" Reviews On Steam Again

From TheGamer (Written by Rhiannon Bevan) on | OpenCritic

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Helldivers 2 players continue to pile on the pressure, bringing the Steam reviews down to "mixed" once more. This comes as part of the latest wave of review bombing, as the community expressed its frustrations with a recent update.

The update, which nerfed flamethrowers and added in pretty useless anti-tank mines, has been controversial with fans since it dropped. The community responded immediately, flooding Helldivers 2 with negative Steam reviews as it did previously during the PSN debacle. This hasn't stopped since then, with only 50 percent of the recent reviews being positive.

"Should rename this game to Nerfdivers 2 at this point," reads one review. "A shame really, on release it was fun but got worse and worse with every patch because of the nerfs."

Many of the recent reviews share this sentiment, with another reading: "Arrowhead nailed the launch of this game but they continue to nerf weapons and stratagems effectively removing the fun from the game."

On Reddit, players are encouraging each other to continue piling on the pressure, hoping that this will make Arrowhead act.

At the very least, Arrowhead is aware that fans are unhappy. Speaking in the Discord, the community was told that...

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