Update of an Updated Review:

Review will be changed once Sony stops blocking purchase of the game from the 160+ countries that don't have PSN. People are going to notice filthy moves like this. Contempt for customers is shockingly not a good strategy for maintaining a healthy player base.
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I am a simple Scribs; Company do good? I reward them. Arrowhead and Sony went through the community blender for a particularly short-sighted reason (on Sony's part.) Play Station Network accounts were never mandatory and ultimately were a detriment to fans who cannot make them. Make no mistake, I don't trust Sony still, but I can respect that they saw the public backlash and made the decision to back off this mandatory account linking.

Review:
Helldivers 2 is a good game and (even more-so in this day and age of micro-transactions, season passes, overly expensive DLC)... an -honest- game. They respect their players time, their player's wallets, and while they may occasionally have a Community Management goof up- it seems the CEO understands the point of a game company is to create a game FOR their customers to enjoy.

The game is a crazy jumble of chaotic war theatres. Between the giant bug menace and the robot communists, you and your highly expendable squad mates are all that stands in the way of the pristine, beautiful, DEMOCRATIC SUPER EARTH and these galactic devils. The weapons are varied and crazy (though prone to changes of usefulness per patch). The enemies are ever-evolving with introduction of new variants as well as completely new enemy types. The constantly changing battlefront, global missions, and daily missions means there is something going on. Not to mention the community. Helldivers 2 community is possibly one of the more enthusiastic I have seen.

As long as certain publishing companies don't make poor judgement calls concerning mandatory extra obligations from the community- there will always be some nightmarish hell on either front to dive into... and dive we shall. Together or not at all.

9/10 Game. 10/10 Studio. 1/10 Publisher

P.S. We need more studios like Arrowhead... and far less Publishers like Sony.

Update of an Updated Review: Review will be changed once Sony stops blocking purchase of the game from the 160+ countries that don't have PSN. People are going to notice filthy moves like this. Contempt for customers is shockingly not a good strategy for maintaining a healthy player base. -------------------------------------------------- I am a simple Scribs; Company do good? I reward them. Arrowhead and Sony went through the community blender for a particularly short-sighted reason (on Sony's part.) Play Station Network accounts were never mandatory and ultimately were a detriment to fans who cannot make them. Make no mistake, I don't trust Sony still, but I can respect that they saw the public backlash and made the decision to back off this mandatory account linking. Review: Helldivers 2 is a good game and (even more-so in this day and age of micro-transactions, season passes, overly expensive DLC)... an -honest- game. They respect their players time, their player's wallets, and while they may occasionally have a Community Management goof up- it seems the CEO understands the point of a game company is to create a game FOR their customers to enjoy. The game is a crazy jumble of chaotic war theatres. Between the giant bug menace and the robot communists, you and your highly expendable squad mates are all that stands in the way of the pristine, beautiful, DEMOCRATIC SUPER EARTH and these galactic devils. The weapons are varied and crazy (though prone to changes of usefulness per patch). The enemies are ever-evolving with introduction of new variants as well as completely new enemy types. The constantly changing battlefront, global missions, and daily missions means there is something going on. Not to mention the community. Helldivers 2 community is possibly one of the more enthusiastic I have seen. As long as certain publishing companies don't make poor judgement calls concerning mandatory extra obligations from the community- there will always be some nightmarish hell on either front to dive into... and dive we shall. Together or not at all. 9/10 Game. 10/10 Studio. 1/10 Publisher P.S. We need more studios like Arrowhead... and far less Publishers like Sony.