After Helldivers 2’s Game-Changing Update Made Everything Easier, Some Hardcore Fans Want a New Harder Difficulty — and the Devs Agree
Helldivers 2 received a shot in the arm this week with the release of update 01.001.100, a patch that completely reworked weapon balance, added a new Galactic War feature, and made loads more changes aimed at making the PC and PlayStation 5 co-op shooter easier and more fun.
The update came after a troubling period for the game and for developer Arrowhead that saw its disgruntled playerbase complain that nerfs had gone too far and as a result had stripped the fun out of Helldivers 2.
Early indications are that this latest patch has brought fans back on-side, and even sparked a modest increase in concurrent players on Steam (Sony does not make PlayStation player numbers publicly available).
But now, after complaining that Helldivers 2 offered too tough of a challenge, or, more specifically, did not provide players with the right tools to reasonably face touch challenges in the game, some of Helldivers 2’s most hardcore fans are saying the game is too easy.
Creative director Johan Pilestedt took to social media to ask fans what they thought of the Helldivers 2 patch, and a recurring theme was that the game perhaps needs an even harder difficulty level, given how easy it had become overnight.
Maybe a tad too easy?
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