Helldivers 2 Steam Critiques Slowly Recovers After PSN Necessities Backtracked

This yr’s hit PS5 and PC on-line shooter is experiencing a gradual reversal of latest 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 neighborhood responded by overview bombing the Steam port. This transfer was additionally inspired by a neighborhood supervisor from Arrowhead itself (by way of 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 overview bombing, which is cleverly nicknamed “Operation Clear-up”. Discuss actual life imitating artwork… or vice versa. Heading over to the sport’s Steam web page as of now, latest critiques are nonetheless combined whereas total critiques stay largely constructive with over 624,000 complete critiques. GR additionally factors out the sport’s Steam critiques graph, exhibiting between Could 1 and Could 5 that there have been as a lot as 90,000 unfavorable critiques earlier than curving all the way down to below 2000 by Could 7.

Regardless of all the above thought of, Helldivers 2 stays delisted from 177 nations 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 nations, 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 might be restored in nations the place it’s at the moment delisted? Tell us under!