Helldivers developers embrace negative publicity and find silver lining in it

A new cosmetic?

The bad buzz of Helldiverse II left an indelible mark on the page Steam of the game. Indeed, the wave of negative evaluations generated poor figures recorded by the platform. The announcement of Sony, from a few days ago, caused quite a stir: PC players of the TPS of Intergalactic Conquest had to link their Steam account to a PSN account to be able to play. After a wave of disapproval and endless evidence that it was a bad idea, Sony finally decided to go back. Unfortunately, the Steam page of Helldiverse II left a scar (in graphic form) from this fierce battle.

These scars are actually columns that represent the game's overall evaluation scores. Displayed chronologically, the columns are blue and upwards when the game is launched, a sign that everything is going very well. This contrasts with the rest of the graph and its bad buzz columns in orange, oriented downwards. Particularly impressive, these columns gave some fans an idea. @Pilestedtthe CEO of Arrowheadwas quick to share this idea on social networks.

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It can be read: “Plus, the accidental design of the cape is pretty cool. From a community member“. The community member in question is someone who used the graphic on one of the game's capes. You guessed it, this new cape is not really one, but Pilestedt liked the idea. To take the joke even further, a user of the platform asks if this “new addition” will be free. To which the creative director of Helldiverse 2 replies that the cape will be available for the modest sum of $999.99.

The victory of the super citizens

But that's not all ! Not only is one of the influential people in the game amused by recent disappointments, but other players Helldiverse II take advantage of this opportunity to create new capes inspired by these famous orange lines. Several names emerge in the comments in order to find a nice title for this new cape design. Other fabrics are emerging, as the community's creativity is, as you know, limitless.

A new story has marked Super Earth. A lore that breaks the fourth wall, but above all a story that proves that the super citizens have triumphed! Following all this controversy over linking our Steam account to a PSN account, a few jokes will allow players to remember this battle as one of the many victories of the Helldiversprotectors of democracy and freedom.