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       Helldivers 2 Community Rallies To Rescue Game's Steam Reviews
        
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       Co-op shooter _Helldivers 2_ was enjoying tons of success in the
       months since its February launch. Then, a few days ago, Sony announced
       that PC players had to link (or create) a PlayStation Network account
       to continue playing the game. This enraged fans who have been playing
       for months, resulting in a massive review-bombing scheme that cratered
       _Helldivers 2_ 's Steam score. On May 6, Sony reversed this mandate,
       and now _Helldivers_ fans are corralling to lift Arrowhead Game
       Studios' live-service multiplayer shooter review back up on Steam,
       giving thousands of positive reviews in two days in what the community
       has dubbed "Major Order: Operation Clean Up."
        
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        _Helldivers 2_ launched to an "overwhelmingly positive" rating on
       Steam on February 8. It was—and still is—one of 2024's hottest games,
       garnering hundreds of thousands of players with its fun, chaotic
       gameplay and clever storytelling. On May 3, Sony told players that a
       PlayStation Network account was required to play the PC version of
       _Helldivers 2_. This mandate obviously riled up the community, with
       many going to (digital) war over it, review-bombing the game on Steam
       and sharing angry posts on social media with such intensity that
       Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt apologized for the issue. Three days
       after the announcement, Sony announced it would remove the PlayStation
       Network account linking requirement.
        
       Now _Helldivers 2_ fans have rallied to pay it forward. In the game's
       subreddit, a moderator dropped a new Major Order, which are main
       objectives in the live-service shooter usually passed down by
       Arrowhead, calling for fans to reverse their negative reviews.  
        
       "Sony has reversed their decision to move forward with the account
       linking update," the post, created by OmegaXesis on May 6, reads.
       "Helldivers; should you choose to accept this major order. Please
       consider reversing your steam review. Arrowhead has worked very hard
       to make this game special, and you the player have shown both Sony and
       Arrowhead that your voice matters too. Let us restore _Helldivers 2_
       on steam back to its former glory. And let us restore this community
       back to normal. Please reverse any negative reviews you left for any
       other games that Arrowhead or Sony has worked on. Let's do better as a
       community and not do that again. Thank you, Helldivers mod team."
        
       At the time of writing, over 75,000 positive reviews have been
       submitted since the Major Order was delivered, raising _Helldivers 2_
       's Steam rating from "mostly negative" to "mixed." With over 600,000
       reviews right now, the game has a "mostly positive" rating overall,
       but if this Major Order continues as planned, I've no doubt that
       _Helldivers 2_ will, as OmegaXesis said in the subreddit, return to
       its former glory of "overwhelmingly positive" reviews on Steam. For
       his part, Pilestedt said he's impressed with the community's
       "willpower" to collaborate together and effect change.
        
       I guess good things happen when you use your voice.
        
       In other _Helldivers 2_ news, the game received a patch on May 7 that
       addressed some lingering issues. This includes things such as
       misaligned scopes, damage over time problems, crashes and other bugs,
       and much more.
        
         
        
        
        
        
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