Sony has now ruined Helldivers 2. It's been a terrible day for the game and the team behind it. Angry players swarmed the co-op shooter's Steam page to review-bomb it like a giant hive of Terminids after a PlayStation Network login requirement was reinstated on PC.
“Ouch, right in the review score,” Arrowhead Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt tweeted after the hit game's rating turned to “mixed” on the Valve-owned storefront.
“Well, I guess it’s warranted,” the head developer continued. “Sorry, everyone, for how this all transpired. I hope we will make it up and regain the trust by providing a continued great game experience.”
Genuinely, I think it's a completely needless thing. It ruins the experience. You now have to make a PlayStation account to play Helldivers 2 on PC. Why? All right, 'cause of hurt feelings, I guess. This is absolutely insane, and it's not going down very well.
In fact, Sony (and this will probably be the title of the video) has now nuked Helldivers 2. And I know it sounds trivial, but it's not trivial. People's information is not trivial. People don't want to make these accounts. People can't be bothered to do this. Why add a needless step when people were just enjoying it as is? It was a success. Why are you doing this? It's dumb. So no, it's not trivial to all those saying it is.
So, Helldivers 2's official Twitter account tweeted this out. Hell divers an important message from our partner PlayStation about account linking for PC players and its significance in providing player safety features. You're playing online, you're safe. In fact, you're less safe if you give people your information. You're more safe by retaining anonymity. Oh no, wait, they don't want people to be anonymous. Of course, this is so dumb.
Anyway, here it is. I see, just insane. Why do you have to ruin stuff? It says, "Attention helldivers, due to technical issues at the launch of Hell divers 2, we allowed the linking requirements for steam accounts to a playstation n..