I’m glad you stress that, but I believe you should also learn from it. Maybe as gamers we should be a lot more patient with games that we like and not pop smoke and run the moment we’ve unlocked everything there is to unlock. And also along with being patient also gracious. This is said respectfully and with a gentle tone if we were talking person to person.
That’s what I’m saying like what is going on? This video seems like it should have made in like august of last year. While then he added edits saying oh this was fixed so he clearly knows almost all the Cameron’s have been addressed already.
Maybe 2 weeks ago. I'm just a level 12 out here trying to spread what managed democracy I can. Just point me and my recoilless rifle in the right direction.
Helldivers doesnt take itself seriously, its just that it knows what it is and revels in it rather than being embarassed and hiding behind lampshading and marvel-esque writing
Yea that was one of the reasons the game started crashing as hard as it did. The devs thought they were taking their game seriously and used it as an excuse for a lot of shit decision making.
the developers take themselves very seriously though which is why the game lost 90% of its playerbase on pc. they're obnoxious & full of themselves, and despite having only 1 very successful game think they know better than players about what is fun in video games
@@sonnyankau9239I mean, the average gamer thinks they’re refined just because they pick up on the trendy new game for 5 minutes, “fun” to them equates to the same energy as a 5 year old, goldfish brain with little attention
Because drama and grifting pushes more views and engagement. The internet thrives off negativity best thing to do is ignore it, sure there is helpful constructive criticism out there but these days it feels like a dim a dozen with all the mindless hate...
Dont agree with the crazy skins at all, one of the great things about helldivers is that it takes itself seriously enough for the Universe to feel believable, even if it is a clear satire. I'd argue something more like weapon levels with unlockable attachments would be a better fit.
The game is super healthy and didn’t fall at all… I mean it’s not as populated as at launch given Sonys mess up, but people act like it’s dead… there is at least a hundred thousand players online at any given time of the day, which is very good for a small studio game. It’s more players than any Ubisoft title has probably. Also the devs have taken a more healthy way of pushing out content so in my opinion the game is way better now!
You’re just gonna bootlicker and pretend that game wasn’t crashing like crazy long before? I know you need to whore your self out, but lying to coddle the devs get nowhere.
Just want you to know they didn't reverse their decision. Countries that don't have PSN can't buy Helldivers 2 through Steam. If they owned the game prior, sure, they can play it ,but they're still gatekeeping any potential new players from those countries.
Thier decision was to make every pc player to link account. They didnt moved forward with this= they reversed thier decision. True, its not FULL reverse but it was enough for people to not completly abandon the game. I wish we have everyone in the galactic war, every blockedcountry and Xbox too.
Ngl I loled hard when I looked up this video, as a former destiny 2 player i started playing helldivers a few weeks ago since i got simply bored and annoyed by destiny at this point, hearing your voice in my current goto game again was really nice, only to look at it being released 8 hours ago and i was like "well that's random" 😅 keep up the good work in not only destiny but diving into other games once in a while, you qnd Byf are literally the two people i enjoy most listening to the stories and backgrounds of games
You keep saying Destiny 2 like it's actually relevant now...... the only people that think that game is still relevant are the content creators who refuse to admit that game, and Bungie are no longer what they used to be.
Destiny 2 is dying now after a decade of being the most successful live service game & the game that just about every modern live service is modeled after. HD2 has barely lasted a year. it fell off so hard the developers had to drop a massive patch buffing everything in the game (completely backtracking on their stubborn vision of the game) just to get maybe 20% more players and it still can't beat a 10 year old, $15 indie game that was made by 1 person.
@ Destiny 2 is the exact model to show someone of what is wrong with modern gaming. Everything about it is predatory as hell, and them slowly creeping mobile style monetization into the game over the last few years is also absolute cancer and i’m glad it’s dying. Shows gamers are finally growing a pair.
@@sonnyankau9239 a decade? It stopped being the most successful live service after Overwatch 1 launched, then Fortnite just never stopped being the #1 spot and that's only speaking of consoles. On PC CSGO and LoL stayed more relevant than destiny as live service. If you speak about lootershooter then sure Destiny was the most successful.
Lvl 142 here with 1 or 2 hours max mostly every day. No one wants Helldivers to be what it isn't as there is no reason to no-life the game as most people who cry out the game is dying are doing. The beauty of Helldivers is the community effort to conquer territory previously held by enemy factions or protecting their advances on Super Earth's defenses. Arrowhead has kept a steady flow of content for a game that is almost a 1 year old as we got new enemies for each faction, multiple balance patches, new weapon/armor/strategem added with new warbonds and different objectives and missions. The game is slowly evolving, so there is no need to do what other games have done before or, at least, not the same way they did. The beauty of Helldivers is how easy and pick-and-play it's for new players. The game is in a solid spot right now.
The one thing I disagree with is that he’s acting like it’s dying, like yeah sure, player counts are dropping but that’s not death, real fans keep playing. Like I was playing the original game in 2021. Just a timeless masterpiece. Oh and I also disagree with the silly cosmetic things, euhhh discussing bad I love Helldivers mostly for its immersion and I can’t be immersed if there’s a dude running round with a bobble head But I do want like weapon camos to grind like in COD, that would be cool
19:45 lol I got this armour set for the supercredits and it looks sooo cool. Btw Helldivers don’t necessarily need cosmetics, as they could just add armour with different combinations of buffs, like more grenades + 30% more recoil control to the crouching buff. There are infinite possibilities
8:18 There's only so many variations of Illuminate missions you can play before you become bored again. This just isn't sustainable, and the player counts will drop again. And you can't just continue to make new factions
This is how helldivers 2 looks in the eyes of a destiny 2 player Also your video cut off in mid sentence at the end keep it up evan maybe destiny 3 will happen one day (it won't)
Got the Killzone gear recently and my friends and I have been dropping in constantly with it equipped. If it ever returns, I'm getting the cape since it looks super cool, same with the helmet. There's also another gear set that I've referred to as the "Jin-Roh set" since it was clearly inspired by the movie judging by the German-looking helmet. I still gotta watch it but i heard its good
Best game I have ever played since halo 1 and 2. Busy with work and life I don't have time to play this game to the ground. So for me I have a lot of content and game play to go through before I get bored.
Managed Democracy may takes a step back now and then, but it takes two steps forward later. At least I hope so. Currently I think it's in the two steps forward phase, and I hope it stays that way.
one thing id like to point out that at the very start, people misunderstood the railgun, it was a rework, you could get the same damage output, but you need to have it in unsafe mode, which comes with the danger of it blowing up in your hands if you charge it too much im happy to, even amoung all the crap, the community got a massive victory, until helldivers, it was unthinkable that a community would twist Sonys arm, both in the psn link mess, and the more recent killzone 2 cross over
Here's why I don't think Gelldivers will die, even if the content updates are haltet or even stop. There is a game called Deep Rock Galactic, which is pretty similar in how it works. Both have guns, both have generative content. While the rest is a bit different, both are fantastic games where the updates never cost a dime and you never have to spend more than for the game itself. And DRG still has many dedicated players, same as games like Battlefront. So why wouldn't Helldivers
I never left, since launch till today. Always faithful to Super Earth. COD players and tendency seekers come and go every day. Helldivers 2 is 2024 GOTY and whoever disagrees will face the wall
I haven't played helldivers since May of last year because of the Sony psn bs they pulled. I wasn't mad at the devs nor did I care particularly about the PSN account I would have to make, but I was boycotting the game, so the others could keep playing. I just lost touch with the game and haven't played since. The funny thing is, I would still consider the game one of the best in the past 5 years and I am definitely going to check it out again. Sadly, all the friends I used to play with are no longer interested, so I guess I will be seeing some of you on the battlefield.
A big point about the player Number you didn't adress, is that while you don't need a PSN Account, the game is (for some stupid reason) still banned in ~180 Countries. I think a lot of those "gone" players would come back if the just could
Man i lije your videos, but can we stop with this delusional and simply incorrect narrative by many youtubers and Reddit that ah nerfed everything strong and didn't buff weak weapons? Cos if you read patch notes in most of them were more buffs than nerfs(and enemies became weaker too). Most weapons were stronger than release version long before buffdivers patch. Sure ah made some really stupid nerfs, released weak weapons with no place in meta or didnt buff incredible weak options for far too long but thats another story
As long as 180 countries are banned, I would never forgive Sony. They could drop the PSN requirement and appeal to Steam to allow countries to play but they refuse.
I know I came back to Helldivers. Only problem is eventually it does get repetitive. I would hope at some point they do some PVP, the game would be UNSTOPPABLE if they did this.
I really dont understand how you're calling a satire of sci-fi facism/homage to the starship troopers movie a serious tone, but this is otherwise a very fun video for a fun game
ngl i just want a buff to the double barrel shotgun that you can only find on the maps only because there is no stratagem for it i want it to seem like a more viable option compared to what you can bring with you i love using it but sometimes it just feels underwhelming
@@sonnyankau9239 what your calling a falloff is the same thing every big game gets,BO6 cant break 100k when 4 games are attached to the same steam page D2 is imploding and hellivers has a loyal playerbase of 50k that aint dead, thats doing better than most
@Tacsofties bo6 is a bad game. this game can't get more players than a nearly 10 year old, $15 indie game that was developed by 1 person. and this is a live service game... the whole "durr everry game loses players" is just cope by slurpers, addicts, and white knighters for trash games. CS2, pubg, Dota 2, LoL all have maintained very large player bases so there is no reason this or any other new game can't despite what slurpers, addicts, and white knighters tell themselves.
most people quit the game because it is a blatant copy of starship troopers but the developers tried to balance the game like it is a milsim. they're terrified of letting players have power and that got boring for many.
@@sonnyankau9239no, they were making the second game into a 3d version of the first game until people decided they didn’t feel like lowering the difficulty to meet their skill level because they ate into the propaganda that they were The Main Character and now level 10 plays like prepatch level 5 😂
@@sonnyankau9239 “blatant copy of starship troopers” Yeah I’m not taking anything you say seriously ever again after this lmfao. Unreal amount of delusion lmfao
You were correct Evan, Sony is investing into Helldivers. It's just gonna take the form of a movie instead, no 4th faction or weapon customization for you
wasn't it confirmed that the steam page *didn't* say you would *need* to connect a psn account and was instead something they added when they started getting back lash, also confirmed on their website for the game saying it was optional, which was later also changed?
The website is true, but steam always said it needed 3rd party account linking. The only thing was the notification of that account linking was buried at the bottom of the steam page so it was easy to miss. The game also had an in game pop up notifying of account linking, but after 3 days or so it was removed by Arrowhead who wanted to focus on server issues.
Damn 100k average daily players for steam and unknown for PSN and it fell? Even without the the Illuminate update, steam was trending 70k peak daily players.
For me if the optimization was a ted bit better. It would have done defenitely better. Dont get me wrong it's not a high spece game but a 3070 for example still has some trouble running the game well especially on the highest difficulties sadly. But it is what it is
Alright man when did you start making this video because I get you posted some updates from future Evan but if future Evan sees that just about all the concerns have been addressed what’s the point in leaving in entire sections begging for updates and changes that have actually happened??? This whole video seems like an effort to try and appeal to an audience that’s upset about helldivers and wants to join in on negative conversations about the game. This probably would have been well received in like august of last year but my guy we are in 2025 and players are still enjoying the game on all platforms while agin nearly everything negative in this video has been addressed and it wasn’t even recent to which is why I’m confused. The nerfs were reversed in like October almost weeks after they were dropped while then like you mentioned the illuminate were added, new weapons, new armies and even the kill zone crossover. Like if you’re going to post this big video talking about mostly the short coming of the game maybe update it better so instead of just mentioning in one sentence from future Evan that the things were addressed and addressed ten times faster then most other live service games. Idk man just seems like a video trying to cash in on an market of negativity about a great game.
I don't believe Helldivers ever fell, there was a minority of squeakers and whiners that got butthurt because every miniscule aspect of the game wasn't tailor made for them and polished to perfection. Then there was a group of individuals that stopped playing to make a point of dissatisfaction with the game's state, the latter half handled the situation well and got through to AH.
I think he's probably just talking about the player numbers since they dropped hard before the recent update. Dropped even lower than destiny 2 if that says anything atm 🤣
@tri-thagoras4823 Before the update they were pretty consistent and steady, it's before the weapon balance update that they dropped at an all time low.
Damn 20:05 i was "this sounds like a personal problem" but second he started yapping about making gold guns and such braindead ideas, i knew we were dealing with a cod type player 😂 no thank you
Yea, the community manager who proposed review bombing was laid off by sony. Community farewelld him in literal flowers on reddit and discord... Thats the dedication!!!
Sony owns the Helldivers IP. if they wanted, they could completely remove AH from development of the game and give it to another studio. AH didn't stand up to anyone lol. and it's hilarious that you think Bungie are the ones who need to stand up to Sony. Bungie has been a complete mess for nearly a decade now, even after they went Independent post-Activision. what exactly do you think Bungie need to stand up to Sony over? dumbass comment
@@sonnyankau9239 these people just love to hate on Sony, man. They don’t seem to realize that without them Helldivers 2 wouldn’t even exist, not just cuz they own the ip but because of they believed in Arrowhead and the game, and decided to support it financially
@@Aztecashadow yep, it's become cool to hate Sony for whatever reason, even when it makes 0 sense to do so. Sony let these guys spend nearly 8 years creating this game after Helldivers 1 when Helldivers 1 was not a massive success. i'd love to know of another major publisher that would ever afford a random indie studio to do that, especially with their own IP.
Sony didnt almost kill the game, it was arrowhead. people like to blame sony. Arrowhead broke player trust multiple times, there were disconnected, didnt know why the game was dying, sony only added fuel to an ongoing fire
I want to stress that this video was originally made before some very recent changes and then updated to now!
Helldivers we are so back!
I felt like I was watching a two-month old video and a live update at the same time 😂
I’m glad you stress that, but I believe you should also learn from it. Maybe as gamers we should be a lot more patient with games that we like and not pop smoke and run the moment we’ve unlocked everything there is to unlock. And also along with being patient also gracious. This is said respectfully and with a gentle tone if we were talking person to person.
So why drop it knowing the game hasn’t fallen? Oh that’s right. Because you don’t have a real job
Ive been debating since it came out to get it a month ago i bought it and omfg even when im being destroyed im losing it and having a blast
Helldivers don’t fall….. they dive.
Feet first into hell.
Bars
🔥🔥🔥✍️✍️✍️
peak
I’ve doven and I can’t get up!
Helldivers 2 is the only game that comes close too cinematic gameplay like BF1
Id say it's more cinematic
BF1’s story sure
cant say no to that
Both games defo give that TRAUMA vibe
He must've made this awhile before releasing it. TH-cam is telling me this was posted 14 hours ago but the illuminate have been live for weeks
That’s what I’m saying like what is going on? This video seems like it should have made in like august of last year. While then he added edits saying oh this was fixed so he clearly knows almost all the Cameron’s have been addressed already.
This “revival” has had me addicted for like 3 weeks already
Same
Maybe 2 weeks ago. I'm just a level 12 out here trying to spread what managed democracy I can. Just point me and my recoilless rifle in the right direction.
@@hey_its_travis Need some help? Post your friend code.
I have everything unlocked already so i can help farm and support.
Helldivers doesnt take itself seriously, its just that it knows what it is and revels in it rather than being embarassed and hiding behind lampshading and marvel-esque writing
Yea that was one of the reasons the game started crashing as hard as it did. The devs thought they were taking their game seriously and used it as an excuse for a lot of shit decision making.
the developers take themselves very seriously though which is why the game lost 90% of its playerbase on pc. they're obnoxious & full of themselves, and despite having only 1 very successful game think they know better than players about what is fun in video games
its called Kayfabe. Helldivers 2 knows how to actually respect itself, so it forsakes a self-aware approach.
Erm, did that charger just run through a building!?
@@sonnyankau9239I mean, the average gamer thinks they’re refined just because they pick up on the trendy new game for 5 minutes, “fun” to them equates to the same energy as a 5 year old, goldfish brain with little attention
We either dive together or we don't dive at all!
HD2 and BF1 for most cinematic games of all time
I don’t get why people say the game fell off. Even at its lowest helldivers had tons of players
Because drama and grifting pushes more views and engagement. The internet thrives off negativity best thing to do is ignore it, sure there is helpful constructive criticism out there but these days it feels like a dim a dozen with all the mindless hate...
When you dip from 400k to 50k in half a year, something clearly went wrong. The game was in a shit state, dude. It did fall off.
@@troypowers750 the important word is "did", we will recover and still have fun
Ironically, I wait longer post Illuminate to join a group than I did even pre 60 day plan buff rrelease.
@@HavingCrumpets we did recover up to 80k concurrent, but problems still remain.
Dont agree with the crazy skins at all, one of the great things about helldivers is that it takes itself seriously enough for the Universe to feel believable, even if it is a clear satire.
I'd argue something more like weapon levels with unlockable attachments would be a better fit.
Yeah, my thoughts as well. That’s a clear no to silly skins from me.
Imagine if we get SPACE COMBAT in the same vein as Star Wars Battlefront 2 (OG PS2 Version) in Helldivers.
I would lose my friggin' MIND.
There are star wars mods for helldivers
I missed the part where the game is called "space combat pilots" and not "Helldivers"
The rise, fall, revival, fall again, rise again, third falling, next rising, etc. etc. of helldivers 2
The game is super healthy and didn’t fall at all… I mean it’s not as populated as at launch given Sonys mess up, but people act like it’s dead… there is at least a hundred thousand players online at any given time of the day, which is very good for a small studio game. It’s more players than any Ubisoft title has probably. Also the devs have taken a more healthy way of pushing out content so in my opinion the game is way better now!
You’re just gonna bootlicker and pretend that game wasn’t crashing like crazy long before? I know you need to whore your self out, but lying to coddle the devs get nowhere.
Just want you to know they didn't reverse their decision. Countries that don't have PSN can't buy Helldivers 2 through Steam. If they owned the game prior, sure, they can play it ,but they're still gatekeeping any potential new players from those countries.
I believe they're currently trying to fix that situation now that a PSN account isn't required anymore to play
Thier decision was to make every pc player to link account. They didnt moved forward with this= they reversed thier decision.
True, its not FULL reverse but it was enough for people to not completly abandon the game.
I wish we have everyone in the galactic war, every blockedcountry and Xbox too.
@@chelsthegameruiner8669 If they do, they are talking thier sweet time with this one...
They should live in countries that aren't shit holes then....
@@Mark_Wilson1983 PSN is banned in some countries cause theres a data breach in it every other year too, its not just third world countries
Ngl I loled hard when I looked up this video, as a former destiny 2 player i started playing helldivers a few weeks ago since i got simply bored and annoyed by destiny at this point, hearing your voice in my current goto game again was really nice, only to look at it being released 8 hours ago and i was like "well that's random" 😅 keep up the good work in not only destiny but diving into other games once in a while, you qnd Byf are literally the two people i enjoy most listening to the stories and backgrounds of games
Evan I think you want this game to feel more like destiny and I really hope it doesn’t become anything like it.
You keep saying Destiny 2 like it's actually relevant now...... the only people that think that game is still relevant are the content creators who refuse to admit that game, and Bungie are no longer what they used to be.
Destiny 2 is dying now after a decade of being the most successful live service game & the game that just about every modern live service is modeled after. HD2 has barely lasted a year. it fell off so hard the developers had to drop a massive patch buffing everything in the game (completely backtracking on their stubborn vision of the game) just to get maybe 20% more players and it still can't beat a 10 year old, $15 indie game that was made by 1 person.
@ Destiny 2 is the exact model to show someone of what is wrong with modern gaming. Everything about it is predatory as hell, and them slowly creeping mobile style monetization into the game over the last few years is also absolute cancer and i’m glad it’s dying. Shows gamers are finally growing a pair.
@@sonnyankau9239 a decade? It stopped being the most successful live service after Overwatch 1 launched, then Fortnite just never stopped being the #1 spot and that's only speaking of consoles. On PC CSGO and LoL stayed more relevant than destiny as live service.
If you speak about lootershooter then sure Destiny was the most successful.
Destiny wasn't that good, don't why people were and still are propping it up.
@Because most “gamers” are trend chasers and D2 was the shiniest toy until Fortnite or Overwatch, two equally trendy games
Edit: trend
Im just happy to watch more of our Videos my dude! Not a fan of CoD, but watched all your Destiny back in the day.
For Super Earth!
This video felt very disjointed compared to other videos of yours.
It honestly feels like Evan just rushed something and uploaded it to keep the algorithm going.
I still play almost daily, LVL 136, the game is getting better and better 🎉
Lvl 142 here with 1 or 2 hours max mostly every day. No one wants Helldivers to be what it isn't as there is no reason to no-life the game as most people who cry out the game is dying are doing.
The beauty of Helldivers is the community effort to conquer territory previously held by enemy factions or protecting their advances on Super Earth's defenses. Arrowhead has kept a steady flow of content for a game that is almost a 1 year old as we got new enemies for each faction, multiple balance patches, new weapon/armor/strategem added with new warbonds and different objectives and missions.
The game is slowly evolving, so there is no need to do what other games have done before or, at least, not the same way they did. The beauty of Helldivers is how easy and pick-and-play it's for new players. The game is in a solid spot right now.
@Nero_PR Hell yeah! Also the gameplay alone is very addicting, making Bugs heads just *POP* is too satisfying
The one thing I disagree with is that he’s acting like it’s dying, like yeah sure, player counts are dropping but that’s not death, real fans keep playing. Like I was playing the original game in 2021. Just a timeless masterpiece.
Oh and I also disagree with the silly cosmetic things, euhhh discussing bad
I love Helldivers mostly for its immersion and I can’t be immersed if there’s a dude running round with a bobble head
But I do want like weapon camos to grind like in COD, that would be cool
I see a lot of new players as well. Customizable capes, would solve it. Maybe skins on weaponry, helmets within reason .
19:45 lol I got this armour set for the supercredits and it looks sooo cool. Btw Helldivers don’t necessarily need cosmetics, as they could just add armour with different combinations of buffs, like more grenades + 30% more recoil control to the crouching buff. There are infinite possibilities
I still have a blast with my friends playing this game every time, the levels of fun this game makes us reach is unbelievable 💪
8:18 There's only so many variations of Illuminate missions you can play before you become bored again. This just isn't sustainable, and the player counts will drop again. And you can't just continue to make new factions
This is how helldivers 2 looks in the eyes of a destiny 2 player
Also your video cut off in mid sentence at the end keep it up evan maybe destiny 3 will happen one day (it won't)
Great video, just relived 2024 💪🏼
Got the Killzone gear recently and my friends and I have been dropping in constantly with it equipped. If it ever returns, I'm getting the cape since it looks super cool, same with the helmet.
There's also another gear set that I've referred to as the "Jin-Roh set" since it was clearly inspired by the movie judging by the German-looking helmet. I still gotta watch it but i heard its good
12 player missions would be CRAZY
Amazing idea
"Don't die!"
-Training manual tip
We do not rise, nor do we fall. We only dive
Proud to say that I was A hd1 VETERAN! I played that as a child with my dad and close friends. Aah.....good times.....simpler times......
Best game I have ever played since halo 1 and 2. Busy with work and life I don't have time to play this game to the ground. So for me I have a lot of content and game play to go through before I get bored.
Steam flipping their own rules to allow refunds past 2 hours is a real homie move
Managed Democracy may takes a step back now and then, but it takes two steps forward later. At least I hope so. Currently I think it's in the two steps forward phase, and I hope it stays that way.
Firelink shrine ost right off the bat is so goated
one thing id like to point out that at the very start, people misunderstood the railgun, it was a rework, you could get the same damage output, but you need to have it in unsafe mode, which comes with the danger of it blowing up in your hands if you charge it too much
im happy to, even amoung all the crap, the community got a massive victory, until helldivers, it was unthinkable that a community would twist Sonys arm, both in the psn link mess, and the more recent killzone 2 cross over
Here's why I don't think Gelldivers will die, even if the content updates are haltet or even stop.
There is a game called Deep Rock Galactic, which is pretty similar in how it works. Both have guns, both have generative content. While the rest is a bit different, both are fantastic games where the updates never cost a dime and you never have to spend more than for the game itself. And DRG still has many dedicated players, same as games like Battlefront. So why wouldn't Helldivers
I love your videos, always a great watch :)
I never left, since launch till today. Always faithful to Super Earth. COD players and tendency seekers come and go every day. Helldivers 2 is 2024 GOTY and whoever disagrees will face the wall
I haven't played helldivers since May of last year because of the Sony psn bs they pulled. I wasn't mad at the devs nor did I care particularly about the PSN account I would have to make, but I was boycotting the game, so the others could keep playing. I just lost touch with the game and haven't played since. The funny thing is, I would still consider the game one of the best in the past 5 years and I am definitely going to check it out again. Sadly, all the friends I used to play with are no longer interested, so I guess I will be seeing some of you on the battlefield.
what would be cool is if you played as a stealth bomber that could assist in missions by dropping supplys and bombs
A big point about the player Number you didn't adress, is that while you don't need a PSN Account, the game is (for some stupid reason) still banned in ~180 Countries. I think a lot of those "gone" players would come back if the just could
20:01 You clearly don't know the Helldivers 2 fandom and what they think about that.
We are so over. it's back!
Why do I hear the Lyiue combat theme around 22:20?
Man i lije your videos, but can we stop with this delusional and simply incorrect narrative by many youtubers and Reddit that ah nerfed everything strong and didn't buff weak weapons? Cos if you read patch notes in most of them were more buffs than nerfs(and enemies became weaker too). Most weapons were stronger than release version long before buffdivers patch. Sure ah made some really stupid nerfs, released weak weapons with no place in meta or didnt buff incredible weak options for far too long but thats another story
Let’s try this again, shall we?
Ahem… **Turns on megaphone**
*HELLDIVERS 2 IS NOT DYING. IT HAS NEVER FALLEN OFF, EVEN DURING ESCALATION OF FREEDOM.*
Guys, some of you cope so much.
Yea the game DID fall.
A 75% decrease is a lot.
Still have fun & still tons of player
I wish no one quit but it’s just inevitable
The lack of an Oxford Comma in the video title is undemocratic
As long as 180 countries are banned, I would never forgive Sony. They could drop the PSN requirement and appeal to Steam to allow countries to play but they refuse.
Wouldn't mind a full campaign down the line
WII PARTY MENTIONED LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO
the dark souls 3 ost hits hard
When was the "fall"? I never stopped playing it so maybe I've never noticed 😅
I know I came back to Helldivers. Only problem is eventually it does get repetitive. I would hope at some point they do some PVP, the game would be UNSTOPPABLE if they did this.
I really dont understand how you're calling a satire of sci-fi facism/homage to the starship troopers movie a serious tone, but this is otherwise a very fun video for a fun game
I think he meant the characters take it seriously
Imma be honest dude, I don't see the point in uploading a video that is already obsolete at this point lmao
4:09 Just listen to it
Proceeds to talk over it😂😂
The Speedrunning Community is still sad that Commando can't 1 shot Fabricators...
By the way, the PSN for the counties that don't have PSN is still a thing, they cannot play Helldivers
The fact arrowhead genuinely thought it was a good idea to nerf everything in their PvE game multiple times is insane
ngl i just want a buff to the double barrel shotgun that you can only find on the maps only because there is no stratagem for it i want it to seem like a more viable option compared to what you can bring with you i love using it but sometimes it just feels underwhelming
Never fell off
it absolutely did.
@ nuh uh
@@sonnyankau9239 what your calling a falloff is the same thing every big game gets,BO6 cant break 100k when 4 games are attached to the same steam page D2 is imploding and hellivers has a loyal playerbase of 50k that aint dead, thats doing better than most
@Tacsofties bo6 is a bad game. this game can't get more players than a nearly 10 year old, $15 indie game that was developed by 1 person. and this is a live service game... the whole "durr everry game loses players" is just cope by slurpers, addicts, and white knighters for trash games. CS2, pubg, Dota 2, LoL all have maintained very large player bases so there is no reason this or any other new game can't despite what slurpers, addicts, and white knighters tell themselves.
@@sonnyankau9239 still dont tell people their game sucks ass when it is one of the best of the year
Does anyone else think Sony used the money that was planned for Concord’s TV series into developing the Helldiver’s movie🤔
Unless Sony removes the country restrictions, Helldivers 2 will never go back to those numbers.
Helldivers lost most of the law players long before Sony decided to enforce the TOS that players were too lazy to read.
most people quit the game because it is a blatant copy of starship troopers but the developers tried to balance the game like it is a milsim. they're terrified of letting players have power and that got boring for many.
@@sonnyankau9239no, they were making the second game into a 3d version of the first game until people decided they didn’t feel like lowering the difficulty to meet their skill level because they ate into the propaganda that they were The Main Character and now level 10 plays like prepatch level 5 😂
Waaah cry harder because people failed to read the small print that was on there since the pre orders went live
@@sonnyankau9239
“blatant copy of starship troopers” Yeah I’m not taking anything you say seriously ever again after this lmfao. Unreal amount of delusion lmfao
I think demons would be a cool 4th faction to add.
It would be cool to have guns match my outfits, hopefully not for real money
You were correct Evan, Sony is investing into Helldivers. It's just gonna take the form of a movie instead, no 4th faction or weapon customization for you
There actually are leaks in the game files of weapon customization though
8-12 diver missions would be a riot! Imagine the orbital spam, it would be absolutely glorious
Massive?
Low taper fadeeeeeeee
half of the world is now forever blocked from buying the game, that probably has sth to do with the helldive of the chart
wasn't it confirmed that the steam page *didn't* say you would *need* to connect a psn account and was instead something they added when they started getting back lash, also confirmed on their website for the game saying it was optional, which was later also changed?
The website is true, but steam always said it needed 3rd party account linking. The only thing was the notification of that account linking was buried at the bottom of the steam page so it was easy to miss. The game also had an in game pop up notifying of account linking, but after 3 days or so it was removed by Arrowhead who wanted to focus on server issues.
Damn 100k average daily players for steam and unknown for PSN and it fell?
Even without the the Illuminate update, steam was trending 70k peak daily players.
It went through GTA two GTA three evolution😂
Was that Liyue fight music from Genshin at the end? Lmao
Why did it end so abruptly?
If you want stupid golden gun skins go and play that yearly Activision brain-rot and leave HD2 alone.
For me if the optimization was a ted bit better. It would have done defenitely better. Dont get me wrong it's not a high spece game but a 3070 for example still has some trouble running the game well especially on the highest difficulties sadly. But it is what it is
I just hope it comes to Xbox some day I don’t just wanna buy a PS5 just for helldivers
they should do a starwars collab
5:18 I love this game.. But I have had exactly no success or desire to play with Randoms...People just generally suck...
The game metaphorically helldived in to the gaming industry literally fighting through hell
11:00 mins of shit that dosent matter ppl just wanna cry and complain to cry and complain
It’s an absurdly great game. With too many issues to count. To this day it is unplayable at times.
Alright man when did you start making this video because I get you posted some updates from future Evan but if future Evan sees that just about all the concerns have been addressed what’s the point in leaving in entire sections begging for updates and changes that have actually happened??? This whole video seems like an effort to try and appeal to an audience that’s upset about helldivers and wants to join in on negative conversations about the game. This probably would have been well received in like august of last year but my guy we are in 2025 and players are still enjoying the game on all platforms while agin nearly everything negative in this video has been addressed and it wasn’t even recent to which is why I’m confused. The nerfs were reversed in like October almost weeks after they were dropped while then like you mentioned the illuminate were added, new weapons, new armies and even the kill zone crossover. Like if you’re going to post this big video talking about mostly the short coming of the game maybe update it better so instead of just mentioning in one sentence from future Evan that the things were addressed and addressed ten times faster then most other live service games. Idk man just seems like a video trying to cash in on an market of negativity about a great game.
Is this voice AI?
I don't believe Helldivers ever fell, there was a minority of squeakers and whiners that got butthurt because every miniscule aspect of the game wasn't tailor made for them and polished to perfection. Then there was a group of individuals that stopped playing to make a point of dissatisfaction with the game's state, the latter half handled the situation well and got through to AH.
I think he's probably just talking about the player numbers since they dropped hard before the recent update. Dropped even lower than destiny 2 if that says anything atm 🤣
@tri-thagoras4823 Before the update they were pretty consistent and steady, it's before the weapon balance update that they dropped at an all time low.
Having a dead engine may in long term may hold the game back
And we're losing men again
15:00
Legitimately why I stopped playing the game. It was shit balancing
This gotta be old
please. Please let me fix your audio.
Damn 20:05 i was "this sounds like a personal problem" but second he started yapping about making gold guns and such braindead ideas, i knew we were dealing with a cod type player 😂 no thank you
Its a good game and I wanted to love it. Just doesn't tickle my pickle like that.
Crazy how arrowhead stood up to Sony, would be nice if bungie did the same
Yea, the community manager who proposed review bombing was laid off by sony.
Community farewelld him in literal flowers on reddit and discord... Thats the dedication!!!
Sony owns the Helldivers IP. if they wanted, they could completely remove AH from development of the game and give it to another studio. AH didn't stand up to anyone lol. and it's hilarious that you think Bungie are the ones who need to stand up to Sony. Bungie has been a complete mess for nearly a decade now, even after they went Independent post-Activision. what exactly do you think Bungie need to stand up to Sony over? dumbass comment
@@sonnyankau9239 these people just love to hate on Sony, man. They don’t seem to realize that without them Helldivers 2 wouldn’t even exist, not just cuz they own the ip but because of they believed in Arrowhead and the game, and decided to support it financially
@@Aztecashadow yep, it's become cool to hate Sony for whatever reason, even when it makes 0 sense to do so. Sony let these guys spend nearly 8 years creating this game after Helldivers 1 when Helldivers 1 was not a massive success. i'd love to know of another major publisher that would ever afford a random indie studio to do that, especially with their own IP.
@ they’ll just push these facts aside, as long as they get to hate Sony
That video is considert a lie by the mystery of truth
Sony didnt almost kill the game, it was arrowhead. people like to blame sony. Arrowhead broke player trust multiple times, there were disconnected, didnt know why the game was dying, sony only added fuel to an ongoing fire