This yr’s hit PS5 and PC on-line shooter is experiencing a sluggish reversal of current Steam critiques following fan pushback over Sony’s makes an attempt to combine PSN accounts for PC gamers.
Helldivers 2, launched final February by Arrowhead Studios and writer PlayStation Productions, started receiving pushback by followers after Sony mandated PSN to be built-in to Steam accounts for PC gamers by June 4. Within the following days, the Helldivers group responded by evaluation bombing the Steam port. This transfer was additionally inspired by a group supervisor from Arrowhead itself (through PC Gamer), which in flip result in the supervisor Spitz’s employment termination.
Sony has not too long ago backtracked on their tried PSN connection mandate, with GamesRadar reporting that followers have begun engaged on reversing the evaluation bombing, which is cleverly nicknamed “Operation Clear-up”. Speak about actual life imitating artwork… or vice versa. Heading over to the sport’s Steam web page as of now, current critiques are nonetheless blended whereas total critiques stay principally optimistic with over 624,000 complete critiques. GR additionally factors out the sport’s Steam critiques graph, exhibiting between Might 1 and Might 5 that there have been as a lot as 90,000 destructive critiques earlier than curving all the way down to beneath 2000 by Might 7.
Regardless of the entire above thought-about, Helldivers 2 stays delisted from 177 international locations the place PSN protection is unavailable. Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt is pursuing efforts for Sony and Valve to revive the sport’s availability for these international locations, with Egypt and the Philippines talked about as highlights by PC Gamer.
What do you suppose? Do you help Operation Clear-up to get better Helldivers 2’s Steam critiques? Do you suppose the sport can be restored in international locations the place it’s at the moment delisted? Tell us under!
