Helldivers 2 had an extremely rough launch, but it's already in much better shape

Back to the fight.

[thorstein]

Why is everyone so forgiving of games launching in completely broken states? Why does HD2 get a pass?

I played 1 and liked it. I looked forward to this, and it is unplayable.

There were other games this week that have gotten a ton of hate, some deserved, some not so much, but this game is just broken.

[DarkZane]

You will never get an online game that isn't broken at launch. Unless devs go overkill on the servers, there is no way a game won't have launch connection issues. It would be stupid to have more servers because it might be more than they actually need and servers aren't cheap.

[Flawlessmic]

Hmm well I don't know how it was day 1 but i purchased earlier today and 6 hrs in its beena ton of fun, outside of 1 game disconnecting it's great.

No where near as bad as what I heard

[Nitrowolf2]

One game (suicide squad) was built to fit the GAAS style after the studio gave players three stellar Batman offline games. It locked players completely out of the single-player for over 8 hours.

Helldivers is a series previously built as an online focus (though this one requires it now), with 2 having launch issues, but it wasn't completely broken for everyone, as you claim. Many were able to play fine with friends or in solo private lobbies. it was matchmaking that was pretty broken, but the game was still playable for most

One game got more hate than the other because of what it did to the studio and franchise.

[S2Killinit]

It wasnt broken, and it is working fine for me now. The game itself is great.

[MrNinosan]

I played day 1 on PS5 and had way kess issues with this than most onlind games.
1 crash in my first 10 hour session.
And those 10 hours were nothing but amazing experience.

[Ironmike]

I can't get a quick play match

[MrNinosan]

@ironmike
If you are on PS5, disable crossplay and Quick Play works just fine.

[JEECE]

We really need to reassess what constitutes a "broken" game. If a game has a few hours of server issues on its launch day, that's certainly undesirable, but does that really mean it's a "broken" game forever? Because basically every multiplayer game has had server issues at some point, whether at launch or later. So are they all broken games? Is every multiplayer game on PSN or Xbox Live broken because those services have gone down before?

[VincentVanBro]

Calm your tits, the game is already fixed

[TwoPicklesGood]

I haven’t run into any issues myself and I’m enjoying the game. I do wish there were more enemy variety and locations but I’m sure that’ll come.

[Dandizzle]

Game got a hot patch Friday. Ever since then I have had zero crashes or stutters. They fixed things fast as they should

[SubtilizZer]

This game honestly seems good but with a lil clunk. Honestly will probably buy this if discounted never played 1. Giving me Lost Planet vibes and I really liked the first two games for what they were.