Armenius
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If it's like the first game you can play it solo, but it was designed around squads of 4.is this mainly a co-op game?...looks good but I'm not into co-op
Definitely agree with all of this. I was aware of GameGuard prior to purchasing (still blows my mind they chose *this* anitcheat over other more-reputable options) and have the same hopes it gets removed/replaced eventually.There seem to be a lot of technical problems. First of all let me say the nProtect GameGuard anticheat was a horrid idea and I can only hope they get rid of it for at minimum a better client-side anticheat (VAC, or even EAC) as it has numerous problems in its history and currently in Helldivers2 such as lack of Linux/SteamOS compatibility and potential performance issues could be related; ideally, doing without client-side kernel-level anticheat entirely and using server side sanity checks to easily deal with the type of cheating of focus ina co-op game like this.
That said, there seems to be issues with matchmaking as well which is not a good look on launch day. Atop that, I personally was able to go through the training mode last night and the performance was horrible even with a 3090, 16GB of RAM, and a 5960X - massive stuttering at 4k on anything except the "low" graphics preset (setting rendering to native quality. Even trying the DLSS style settings didn't help to do anything with higher settings etc). Now, I grant this could have been a driver thing, I was using NV drivers from Oct or so of last year. So I updated them to the end of Jan ones, the latest available. Unfortunately since then i've not been able to get into the game - its a permanent black screen on load and has to be manually terminated from the process manager. There has seemingly been an update (and others were mentioning the black screen load issue) so i'll give it another shot. It may take a few days but they need to work fast, right now the game has a 'mixed' review on Steam and its not surprising with these issues. I hope they can sort them out as, at least the old Helldivers was quite fun.
I guess we'll see. Seems a real waste.Definitely agree with all of this. I was aware of GameGuard prior to purchasing (still blows my mind they chose *this* anitcheat over other more-reputable options) and have the same hopes it gets removed/replaced eventually.
For what its worth, it seems they've fixed some of the technical issues. There was a significant sized patch yesterday and it overhauled many of the issues - for me, no more crash/black screen on load, even the performance is much better being able to set it at Native res (note by default it uses some sort of less than native upscaling thing it seems, DLSS or FSR but you can set it to Native or even supersampling ) and then put the specifics on the High preset with smooth play (didn't try Ultra yet). Not sure about matchmaking yet as I played yesterday evening mostly solo but others report good improvements there too - especially if you turn off cross-play some say? either way I'll check again. The anticheat is still conceptually annoying but I'll see what other issues it offers and hope they can replace it with something else.Game looks neat but all the bugs and perf issues I'm reading have killed any interest. The anti-cheat idiocy and that they require a psn account (well for crossplay only I guess) is crazy. I have the first one but never got around to playing it.
it's people who keep supporting this shit that never learn. studios would stop including these elements if people didn't gobble it up happily.Urgent technical patch got issued.
https://www.techpowerup.com/318944/helldivers-2-receives-rapid-post-launch-pc-patch
My interest in this game has been dampened after learning it has both season passes and premium currency.....fucking developers/publishers never learn.
Urgent technical patch got issued.
https://www.techpowerup.com/318944/helldivers-2-receives-rapid-post-launch-pc-patch
My interest in this game has been dampened after learning it has both season passes and premium currency.....fucking developers/publishers never learn.
I'm one of the biggest critics on the forum when it comes to game monetization and at least from what I've seen thus far, Helldivers 2 is at least potentially a decent balance of funding vs player value and respect for their time/wallet. It will ultimately depend on how things progress and tweaks they make. However in those dynamics mentioned, they are not like most implementations I've foundit's people who keep supporting this shit that never learn. studios would stop including these elements if people didn't gobble it up happily.
Yep, really enjoying the gameplay loop. Almost at 1000 super-currency to unlock the premium warbond stuff just by putting in less than 10 hours.
These servers though, woof. I've had multiple connection issues, but hopefully they get smoothed out.
Yeah I haven't been able to get in for the last 2 hours.Unplayable on console. Crazy from a Sony product.
yeah i'm pretty sure it isis this the first PlayStation game to launch day and date on PC?
i just don't see this guy's arguments for the monetization as being accurate. I don't think he's being dishonest but maybe doesn't understand the mechanics of how its implemented?
Also had the highest player count for a PlayStation game launch on PC so far, peaking at over 155k. It more than doubled the previous record of God of War (2018).yeah i'm pretty sure it is