Helldivers 2 ~200 Hours Later – A War Without A Cause

I got a lot of backlash following my Helldivers 2 review from many fanboys. Undeniably, this game took over the cultural zeitgeist for a while and is still one of the best sellers on Steam. In my review, I pointed out many of the game's problems, such as the server issues, the incredibly awful balancing, and the glitches and bugs it has. I capped things off by giving the game a 6/10, a score that I gave to another lacking live service of the same caliber: Payday 3.

Ever since the review came out, the game has been patched to address some of these issues while also introducing new ones. Additionally, I have been thoroughly playing the game to the point where I completed all three of the currently available warbonds, acquired and tried every stratagem, fully upgraded my Super Destroyer, and capped my resources (it's 250 medals, 500 Samples, 250 Rares, and 100 Supers by the way) while helping new players within my circle grow within the game and getting every achievement.

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So, what kept me returning if I had as many gripes with the game as I had? Like Genshin Impact, something about Helldivers 2 kept me and my comrades reeled. However, I noticed that my sessions became much shorter the more I played the game and engaged in the galactic war. At one point, I only wanted to play the game whenever my friends wanted to play it, and if I were offered to play anything else, I would do so rather than insist on playing Helldivers 2.

This is where I began to notice that the community was beginning to catch on to the issue I pointed out long ago in my review. The game has remained as broken as I have initially suspected. Maybe the server issues have been fixed... Maybe not, but the game is still severely broken in many ways. There was a time when players couldn't queue with other players through Quickplay and another time when the game would crash while using Arc weapons. Other such cases are plentiful