Helldivers 2 is an excellent third-person on-line co-op sci-fi shooter. Like, actually good. However, it’s not probably the most steady sport, with many gamers (myself included) failing missions just because the sport has crashed. And now, gamers are studying that snowballs can result in a few of these far-too-frequent crashes.
Helldivers 2 launched in February to rave critiques and has shortly develop into one of many greatest success tales of 2024. So many individuals had been attempting to play it at launch that the servers saved collapsing on PS5 and PC. It’s simply certainly one of 2024’s finest video games to this point because of its dedication to creating fight really feel each satisfying and harmful. You by no means really feel actually protected in Helldivers 2, irrespective of what number of huge weapons you may have or what number of gamers there are in your squad. Nonetheless, the most important risk within the sport may not be a large bug or swarm of robots, however as a substitute a snowball.
As noticed by IGN, in a March 28 submit on the official Helldivers 2 Discord server, Arrowhead Video games’ group lead—often called Baskinator within the server—informed gamers to keep away from choosing up and throwing snowballs within the co-op shooter. This playful choice has been a function since launch on snowy planets, and whereas the balls don’t do a lot injury, it’s enjoyable to toss them at buddies or enemies. However, for now, gamers ought to keep away from tossing snowballs as a result of they’ll trigger crashes.
“We’re conscious of a crash attributable to choosing up and throwing snowballs,” mentioned Baskinator. “We hope to have this mounted within the close to future, however till then, we advise in opposition to snowball throwing!”
No extra data was shared within the message warning gamers to keep away from snowballs.
Since launch, Helldivers 2 has struggled with technical errors. As beforehand talked about, the sport’s servers had been crushed by 1000’s of individuals attempting to play the sport all on the similar time. There was additionally an annoying black display situation that plagued some gamers. And as IGN reported, some arc weapons and stratagems had been inflicting crashes earlier this month, resulting in the same warning from the devs to keep away from them—just like the snowballs—till they had been mounted in a patch.
It’s a testomony to how good Helldivers 2 is that I maintain attempting to play it regardless of all these crashes and different points. Hopefully, with extra patches and time, Helldivers 2 will develop into a extra dependable, strong expertise.
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