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Helldivers 2 |OT| Another bug infested game
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Ogbert
Gold Member
If you loved the first game, you will love this.
Spent a few hours with it now. I think the lack of a dodge or roll is a big miss in third person. It wasn’t needed for top down, but it feels amiss here.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
Can confirm I have this exact issue in the UK, suspect their SMS provider was caught sleeping during a major outage to go on for so long.
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Dusktildawn48
Member
I'm usually fine with these kinds of issues as long as the devs let us know what's happening, so this is a great start.
GymWolf
Gold Member
Maybe they just readed a communication on reddit.
Btw, quickplay doesn't work for shit.
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DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Game keeps crashing on me...this sucks
what I'm playing I really like. Its awesome, just randomly crashing mid mission. Im a bit stumped what could be causing it.
what I'm playing I really like. Its awesome, just randomly crashing mid mission. Im a bit stumped what could be causing it.
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Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
PC?
Steam reviews say you aren’t the only one. No one has deduced it.
It’s not the anti cheat is it ? I’m not well versed if something like that could cause this.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Yeah, PC. My system is beast mode so not sure whats causing it. Ill try lowering settings or something for now.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Crashed a few times on PS too. Not just a PC issue
phant0m
Member
The communication is good, but I still don’t understand how devs are STILL fucking up launch day matchmaking in multiplayer-focused games.
Anyway, played a couple missions solo. Shooting feels good and I like the light puzzle mechanics. Movement feels a bit janky but I think a few patches can fix it.
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Performance on PC (6800XT/5600X/32GB) has been pretty solid for me; just needed to change a bit of the scaling and now getting a solid 60FPS. The first map was a night mission (not sure if it is random for all things but the mission objective) and even in this "Trivial" encounter, you can definitely see how hectic this can be. There's a lot of muscle memory that's going to be needed to get good at managing combat encounters, but the feel from the first mission is exactly what I was hoping for.
I will say: definitely something to play in co-op. I just don't see someone negotiating well timed Strategem throws or covering blind sides without some support.
. . .that said, this is totally a GaaS-y game though shockingly most of the actual "good" stuff is in the free Warbond (I expected this but not to this degree). Honestly, the offerings in the Premium Warbond are not as good as the Free one if you ask me (the Premium does get a passive for all armor types that is only available on a Free Heavy armor I'm guessing everyone gets).
Not even close. Outriders was a class based hero looter-shooter. Beyond co-op, there's little game design DNA shared between the two.
FSR is just "Render Scale" on the DISPLAY menu of Options.
I will say: definitely something to play in co-op. I just don't see someone negotiating well timed Strategem throws or covering blind sides without some support.
. . .that said, this is totally a GaaS-y game though shockingly most of the actual "good" stuff is in the free Warbond (I expected this but not to this degree). Honestly, the offerings in the Premium Warbond are not as good as the Free one if you ask me (the Premium does get a passive for all armor types that is only available on a Free Heavy armor I'm guessing everyone gets).
Not even close. Outriders was a class based hero looter-shooter. Beyond co-op, there's little game design DNA shared between the two.
FSR is just "Render Scale" on the DISPLAY menu of Options.
Luipadre
Member
Server load can fuck shit up. They can do stress tests inhouse, but nothing comes close to real player server load and this game didnt even had a beta
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
It'll always be an issue. They make conservative estimations on demand and then scale up as needed.
I feel the same way, Really hoping they will add it in the future.
cormack12
Gold Member
I know. Just have a free weekend right 4 weeks before? Now everyone scrambling round to produce a patch while your online co-op only game flounders. I can't believe the risk/benefit works here.
phant0m
Member
Yup, just asking for a slew of launch day/week refunds and bad word of mouth.
Also, global launch always exacerbates these too. Staggered rollout across time zones can give them time to identify these things instead of flipping a switch and 50,000 players hit you all at once.
But whatever, I’m just glad the core gameplay and mechanics feel really good
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Bojanglez
The Amiga Brotherhood
I had this issue when trying to log into the App to buy the game last night, UK also.
Yeah, the "Turn off crossplay. . ." fix did not work, was looking at 3+ minutes in a sector that said it had a ton of players in it (it is possible folks are just not putting down their SOS beacons). After this meeting will try and throw down my beacon, but definitely MM needs to just get sorted as the swarming in this is wild.
cormack12
Gold Member
It will be better in co-op but you basically have to kite them round the rocks, use grenades and special weapons.
Ogbert
Gold Member
I think the answer is ‘don’t get charged’.
You have to play this much more circumspectly. Mobs are grouped together. You resupply ammo in advance, work out your strategy.
It feels a bit like Monster Hunter in approach. There’s ‘stuff’ to manage.
tommib
Gold Member
Are the crashes also happening on PS5? Will be playing this in 2 hours. Can’t wait.
tommib
Gold Member
Just saw this. Crap. Hopefully they iron this out quickly.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
I've had about 3 so far over 2 hours. All on the ship though so not had any games disrupted
PectacularOz
Member
Played 2 hours this morning and only had 1 crash during customization.
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CrimsonSquall
Member
Okay bugs aside, is the game FUN? My boys need a win here
Ogbert
Gold Member
Multiplayer yes, very.
Solo, not so much.
This is 100% designed to be played in a group.
Schmendrick
Member
Reading about the crash and matchmaking issues I'm just glad I stopped buying day one.
This trend that you're basically a Betatester at release is infuriating.
This trend that you're basically a Betatester at release is infuriating.
cormack12
Gold Member
I got caught up like a woman at a fancy restaurant.
PectacularOz
Member
You die.
Dieing is part and parcel in this universe. You're not supposed to survive everything - youre SUPPOSED to die.
Kings Field
Member
PSN: GodLordPaddock
I’m eastern time zone and usually get on around 10pm.
I’m eastern time zone and usually get on around 10pm.
tommib
Gold Member
Done.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Add me, please
Would be amazing to get a few of us on this.
I think there's a few issues at the minute. Typical game launch lol. But what I played I loved.
stickkidsam
Member
Lost connection to servers during the tutorial on PS5 and now I can’t log back in.
Ah always online. Lovely.
Welp, hopefully they fix this by the time I get back from work.
Ah always online. Lovely.
Welp, hopefully they fix this by the time I get back from work.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Servers have gone down.....
Gg
Gg
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
This is why you have open betas for games. Not having any betas in 2024 especially 10 years after the disastrous DriveClub launch shows they have learned nothing.
Bungie had not one but TWO open betas for Destiny. One 4 months before launch, the other 6 weeks before launch. Thats how you do it.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
That’s why I’m probably going to wait on this if it’s good…don’t want to deal with beta testing it
Schmendrick
Member
Absolutely true.
How many people like me read or hear about this, hold off on buying because of these issues and will have forgotten this game existed when/if those are finally fixed.
Stuff like this can kill the momentum of a release right in its tracks.
FeastYoEyes
Member
Hopefully we all get some in game currency after all this. 
STARSBarry
Gold Member
As of literally yesterday
Homeworld 3 delayed till May to incorporate player feedback to War Games demo
Homeworld 3's release date has been pushed back from March 8th to May 13th 2024, in order to build on player feedback t…
www.rockpapershotgun.com
Homeworld 3 just managed to save themselves from a dire launch. All because they put their game out for players to try. Many people see betas or demo's as glorified PR moves, but they can serve a very real purpose if you use them correctly.
I still remember the WoW betas over 15 years ago, how radically the game changed based on the feedback back then. Even if your not looking to radically change your vision for a game they help make sure the mechanical parts are watertight. Launches like this can be avoided, the only reason it's not is because someone makes a decision not to do that and release broken and fix later.
That's a choice someone made, and it should be accountable, this can be avoided.
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Little Chicken
Member
Roman Empire
Member
PC launch is fucked... What a shit thing.