Helldivers 2 Has Painted Itself Into a Corner With Its Time-Sensitive Promise to Be Fixed

Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2 was one of the biggest success stories of 2024 but it also lost its fanbase as quickly as it gained it. The developers at Arrowhead tried everything they could but nothing could convince the fans to keep the game in their libraries. Eventually, many players found the game boring and uninstalled it.

It’s not just casual players, but even hardcore fans of the franchise are now turning their backs on the game as Arrowhead has failed to make the game exciting. Players were very excited about Helldivers 2‘s first major update, Escalation of Freedom, but it was a complete letdown. Now the company has come up with a 60-day plan to fix the game but fans doubt Arrowhead can pull it off.

Arrowhead Plans To Fix Helldivers 2 In 60 Days

Earlier this month, Arrowhead Game Studios rolled out the first major update for Helldivers 2, Escalation of Freedom. Players were quite excited about the update but it turned out to be a huge disappointment.

Arrowhead has acknowledged the problem and in order to fix the game, the studio has laid out a 60-day plan. In a post shared on r/Helldivers, game director Mikael Eriksson admitted that Arrowhead didn’t hit the target with the update but they plan on completely changing the game using players’ feedback.

The Helldivers 2 Community Is Losing Hope

Helldivers 2 was released for PlayStation 5 and Windows on 8th February 2024, and it quickly became one of the most popular video games in the world, however, the game’s co-op PvE gameplay slowly became repetitive and boring. Due to stiff competition, Helldivers 2 started to lose its fanbase at an alarming rate but Arrowhead has now come up with a plan.

A post is currently going viral on the r/Helldivers2 subreddit that points out that 60 days will not be enough to fix the game. 60 days is a long time and as per the post, players will forget about the game by the time Arrowhead Game Studios fixes the game. Not only that, but the community also believes that this is an unrealistic deadline and Arrowhead will fail to fulfill its promise.

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To some extent, this post is right, however, this is a do-or-die situation for Arrowhead Game Studios. If their plan is executed properly, they will convince fans to return to the game. Given how terrible the game has performed over the past few months, Arrowhead will certainly come up with new ideas to improve the game.

In their 60-day plan, Arrowhead will re-examine its approach to balance, improve the fire damage mechanic, rework gameplay in terms of ragdolling, improve combat, re-work primary weapon designs, improve frame rate, rework chargers, and fix bugs. All the changes will be made after analyzing players’ feedback.

Do you think Arrowhead will fix Helldivers 2 in just 60 days? Share your views in the comments!