The latest patch for Helldivers 2 has helped to see a nice shift in how players feel about the game, as well as an increase in player numbers. As you might expect, this is a boon to Arrowhead’s developers, with some saying that morale at the studio has been “much better” lately.
Previously, Arrowhead chief creative officer Johan Pilestedt described the difficulty of maintaining the studio’s positive spirit when it faced player criticism about the direction of the game’s changes, writing : “This is a tricky situation. The criticism is justified.” , but it leads to low morale, and low morale leads to slower development.
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Thankfully, Arrowhead community manager Twinbeard recently provided a response to a player’s question on the topic on the Helldivers 2 Discord server, writing that morale with the latest patch and the arrival of the chemical Warbond “is a lot better. ”.
“It’s certainly understandable that many of our colleagues feel sad or frustrated about rushing things or not adequately meeting player feedback,” they wrote. “For me personally, but I think many Arrowhead colleagues would agree, it feels as though we’ve struggled Fight back and get a rare opportunity to continue to do great things and develop the game from where we are now, not where we were in mid-August.
“Are there still things like austerity in the context of what we committed to? Absolutely. But we are in a better position now in terms of games and in the long term I hope that what we are doing and what we are doing now The work being done will help us, the game, and all players.
They then added in another post: “Honestly, it’s like the real thing, it has sugar on it and it feels good. I and we are still stressed, not denying it but again we are on a more… The road to good is now in many ways long-term (if short-term, things are still busy).
So, that’s it. It’s not just players who laid their groundwork on the new space station who feel better about Helldiver 2.
