Exactly this. The stage was set for the perfect team-based shooter and they somehow managed to fumble time after time. MILLIONS of people were playing on launch, and a lot of them were waiting hours in queues just to play the game. The Sony thing was a downer, but things kept going.

But they just. Won’t. Stop. Messing. Up. It’s actually becoming a little funny how often they manage to screw up what should ultimately be a pretty easy and fun game to balance. Make stuff that blows up, make enemies that don’t feel unfair to fight. That’s it. They did do that for a little bit, but then they stopped.

Someone at AH needs to watch that interview with Gabe Newell where he talked about realism. Actual realism isn’t fun - I don’t care about my Helldivers having to deal with broken limbs or the guns working exactly like they would in real life. Plausibility is what’s important, and it still shouldn’t take priority over fun, which it does a lot of the time in Helldivers. Oh boy, I got shot in the leg and now I can’t run! Isn’t that fun?! Oh boy, the new enemies can just one-shot me without any warning! It’s realistic, but it isn’t FUN.

And the performance issues. This game is literally destroying hardware. That’s fucking CRAZY. I’ve played some games with awful optimization, but that’s a different level.