Helldivers 2 is an excellent third-person on-line co-op sci-fi shooter. Like, actually good. However, it’s not essentially the most steady sport, with many gamers (myself included) failing missions just because the sport has crashed. And now, gamers are studying that snowballs can result in a few of these far-too-frequent crashes.
Helldivers 2 launched in February to rave critiques and has rapidly turn out to be one of many largest success tales of 2024. So many individuals had been making an attempt to play it at launch that the servers saved collapsing on PS5 and PC. It’s simply one in every of 2024’s finest video games up to now because of its dedication to creating fight really feel each satisfying and harmful. You by no means really feel really protected in Helldivers 2, irrespective of what number of huge weapons you have got or what number of gamers there are in your squad. Nonetheless, the largest menace within the sport won’t be a large bug or swarm of robots, however as a substitute a snowball.
As noticed by IGN, in a March 28 put up on the official Helldivers 2 Discord server, Arrowhead Video games’ neighborhood lead—generally known as Baskinator within the server—advised gamers to keep away from selecting up and throwing snowballs within the co-op shooter. This playful choice has been a function since launch on snowy planets, and whereas the balls don’t do a lot harm, it’s enjoyable to toss them at buddies or enemies. However, for now, gamers ought to keep away from tossing snowballs as a result of they will trigger crashes.
“We’re conscious of a crash brought on by selecting up and throwing snowballs,” stated Baskinator. “We hope to have this fastened within the close to future, however till then, we advise towards snowball throwing!”
No extra data was shared within the message warning gamers to keep away from snowballs.
Since launch, Helldivers 2 has struggled with technical errors. As beforehand talked about, the sport’s servers had been crushed by 1000’s of individuals making an attempt to play the sport all on the similar time. There was additionally an annoying black display screen problem that plagued some gamers. And as IGN reported, some arc weapons and stratagems had been inflicting crashes earlier this month, resulting in the same warning from the devs to keep away from them—just like the snowballs—till they had been fastened in a patch.
It’s a testomony to how good Helldivers 2 is that I hold making an attempt to play it regardless of all these crashes and different points. Hopefully, with extra patches and time, Helldivers 2 will turn out to be a extra dependable, strong expertise.
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