Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has revealed it is placing a brief pause on content material updates whereas it really works on bettering efficiency.
In an interview on the official Helldivers YouTube channel, director Mikael Eriksson admitted the sport’s most up-to-date massive replace, Into the Unjust, had “extra points than [the team] have been comfy with,” which is why the studio has now determined “to push a few of our content material and have updates a bit bit into the long run.”
Current critiques for Helldivers 2 on Steam are ‘combined,’ with a lot of the complaints revolving round efficiency bother. The ‘most useful evaluate’ penned during the last 30 days is a destructive one from a participant with over 500 hours in-game. They known as Helldivers 2’s efficiency “inexcusable,” pointing to stuttering and freezing throughout gameplay and crashes.
“Arrowhead, Sony, PLEASE put much less give attention to new content material and stay service updates,” they happy. “PLEASE cease nerfing loadouts which can be already underpowered or underused with the guise of ‘realism’ or ‘stability.’ It is a PvE recreation; nobody cares if persons are cheesing hulks with a flag. The sport must be enjoyable and PLAYABLE earlier than you’ll be able to rake within the money with a brand new warbond.
“FIX THE GAME <3”
Now, Arrowhead has addressed these complaints. “After the final massive replace, Into the Unjust, we skilled extra points than what we have been comfy with,” Eriksson stated, as noticed by Eurogamer. “Gamers felt it, we felt it, and I’d say the suggestions that we have has been very justified.
“We’re taking this very significantly and we’re focusing far more now on addressing these points to ensure this kind of factor would not occur once more,” he added. “We have now made the choice to push a few of our content material and have updates a bit bit into the long run whereas we’re addressing these items to ensure that we are able to get to a way more secure state that we are able to imagine in.
“We’re already making actually massive enhancements and I am assured that we are going to get there and we will speak in additional element about this hopefully fairly quickly.”
Final week, developer Arrowhead Studios stated it nonetheless did not have an answer for the shooter’s groaning set up dimension on PC, however did affirm it was engaged on it. In an replace posted to Steam, Arrowhead’s deputy technical director, Brendan Armstrong, penned the primary in a collection of posts by which the engineering staff talks concerning the “technical well being” of the sport, in addition to the “technical challenges we’re working by means of.” Admitting that the set up dimension “appears to be a scorching matter proper now” — at 150GB, Helldivers 2 takes up thrice the house on PC than it does on console — the developer revealed that one of many causes the PC dimension is a lot greater is due to knowledge duplication and mechanical laborious drives.
Take a look at IGN’s evaluate of Helldivers 2 on Xbox Collection X and S to see what we consider the sport as it’s as we speak. Arrowhead has additionally revealed it has no plans for Helldivers 3 proper now. As a substitute, it desires Helldivers 2 to maintain going for years and years, like veteran MMO RuneScape.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and guide with 15+ years expertise working with a few of the world’s largest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.