Recenzii recente de Haruta

Edit: November 2024. It took another game to make the devs finally wake up their idea, and actually delivered the optimization patch that's much needed for. Could've used it yesteryear, but at least now I can finally run the game with a solid 60fps with the same specs as per my original review. Also, they finally decided to unnerf the guns that they did, and ironically, the game is actually balanced now! Huh, what do you know, eh? The game is finally playable for me, and it's actually fun again. To your hellpods, Helldivers!

Edit: August 2024. The devs continue to be removed from the community and persist in making empty promises. The bugfix patch that was promised didn't fix anything, and updates since continued to break this game. Nerfs that don't make sense are still around, and it's gotten worse with the recent flamethrower debacle. At this point, I've already uninstalled this game, and I don't think I'll be going back to this game unless there's a drastic improvement somewhere down the road.

AH/HD2, you were the chosen one! It was said that you would revive live service games, not kill them! Bring fun to the community, not leave it in confusion!

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Firstly, let me preface this by saying I'm not writing a negative review because of the PSN account linking bs.

I've been playing this game since day 1, and I can tell you, for what it is, it's fun.

However, with every patch, something in the game breaks. At first, it was minor, but gradually more issues started piling up. Performance is also wonky as each patch has the potential to reduce it. Some bugs that have been around since the first couple of weeks are still present, and honestly, it's starting to get really bad. I wish I could eradicate these bugs like the ones in the game, but unfortunately, I can't.

I'm not the only one who has mentioned this, but optimization for the game is poor. My main PC's specs are pretty old by today's standards (i7-8700k with a 1070ti and 16gb DDR4 WC-AIO 4 case fans), but it's still holding up relatively decently for current-gen games. Yet I can barely get 60fps in this game, despite running it at dx11 and adjusting a whole bunch of settings according to various optimization guides I've found here on Steam and on Reddit. My auxiliary PC could run this game easily with a minimum of 60fps (Ry5600x with a 1060 and 16gb DDR4 CPU fan only). I'm expecting "Just play on your auxiliary PC lmao" comments, but like, that's not the point. It's going to be 3 months since this game came out now, and I'm still waiting for that optimization patch. Yet, referring to my previous point, every other patch reduces my FPS by another 3~5. As if I have a lot of those to begin with 🙄

And then there's their server issues. I know they've been trying to add more server space/improve the network code, but the MO/PO tracking can be really wonky. Like many players, sometimes I only receive my MO medal payouts days to a week after they're done, and that's pretty ridiculous if you ask me. Just today, a good friend of mine whom I play this game with every other day spent 2 hours trying to kill 4 chargers for his PO, yet it won't track despite killing 10 before and after verifying his game files. He's since uninstalled the game and may or may not come back depending on whether AH fixes these bugs. And I agree with his sentiments.

Unfortunately, I don't believe that's going to happen soon. As far as I know, AH's CEO has said he won't over-hire because he believes "the act of over-hiring to then do layoffs is a horrible practice and a bad experience for employees" verbatim. While I agree with that statement, I'm also suspicious about the actual number of programmers on their team that are bug-busting, because again, with every patch comes new bugs on top of the existing ones. At this point, I'm pretty sure they can afford to hire a few more people to do this, yet I wonder if they actually did/are going to. At this point of writing, we're getting yet another warbond (Polar Patriots), which with the current pattern so far, is going to break something in this game again.

Plus, with the current PSN situation, AH is quickly losing a lot of the good faith they've built up in the past few months, even if I believe that's a jerk move on Sony's part rather than the devs.

Which is why I'm exercising my democratic right to write this negative review. I intend to continue playing this game, and for what it is currently, it's still fun. But I cannot in good faith recommend a broken game to other players. Until the optimization patch and bug fixes drop, this negative review will stay.

If you don't press V you ain't coming home

I'm giving a no for this game simply for the fact that it has head-bobbing, with no way for disabling it. I've tried my best by putting in some hours to play this game, but as much as I'd love to finish it to give a more balanced review, I simply can't due to severe motion sickness from head-bobs.

I will never understand why there's a need to include head-bobs in games for the "realism" factor, because in reality our brains compensate by shutting out head-bobbing so that we are not conscious of it, otherwise everyone would be suffering from some degree of motion sickness perpetually.

If you aren't playing this game, either you're not a fan of metal to get the homages and parodies, you don't like Jack Black (why wouldn't you anyway?), or you simply cannot appreciate the hilarious moments in this game (again, why wouldn't you anyway).