Helldivers 2 community floods Steam with over 200,000 positive reviews to save its reputation

Following the PSN controversy, Helldivers 2 players have posted over 200,000 positive reviews to try and undo some of the damage.

[H9]

Thank God HD2 fans are not the ones that once they decide to cancel something they stay like that forever

[gold_drake]

200k haha damn

[shinoff2183]

Not a fan of the game but the fans were pissed. Sony gave in and the fans showed appreciation. Good on everybody

[ravens52]

This is dope.

[CrimsonWing69]

So negative reviews were false, but just done out of spite, now everyone is running back to fix the damage they did? This is why user reviews are a joke.

[Vits]

Are you living under a rock? The Negative reviews were what cause Sony to back track on their choice to fuck the consumers over. They are as valid as they come.

[CrimsonWing69]

I doubt it was user reviews and more to do with refunds and negative press and fan outcry…

User reviews are a f*cking joke and always have been. This goes to show just how pointless they are. Let’s make bullsh*t reviews because we’re mad, as if the game is any different. No, they were pissed at Sony and went on a smear campaign in the review section and are now all about making reviews differently to raise the score.

It’s no different than the asshats who gave Hogwarts a 1/10 because of JK Rowling.

[Vits]

@CrimsonWing69

And what you think gave it negative press and even made Steam move to allow refunds? Or you think it just came out of nowhere? What a dumb and anticonsumer take.

[boing1]

Surely Steam delisting the game in so many countries had impact as well.

[CrimsonWing69]

Games get review bombed all the time. I think actual social media outcries had a bigger f*cking impact than a bunch of review bombing. The fact that people want their money back and took steps to make that happen had more of an impact that a negative user score. Sales, money, moola speak louder than a bunch of trolls review bombing a game. Delisting a game that people bought from a to of countries and public reputation being damaged by that reporting has more impact than a bunch of dumb user reviews.

Let me ask you this, what’s raising the score going to do? It’s nothing but validation, honestly. Even then It’s so easily manipulated by fanboys in both review bombing or hype.

[Vits]

@boing1

And what you think made Steam delist the game in the first place. I will give you hint it was not the unsuported PSN. It was that being brought to their attention by the negative reviews.

@CrimsonWing69

Such a cattle mentality... All of that is the result of the negative review campaign, not the other way around. That's what generated the fan outcry elsewhere, that's what made Steam assign real people to deal with the issue and open the floodgates to refunds, and that's what generated the bad press. If you don't even know the timeline, I ask again, are you living under a rock?

And what's it going to do? It will show the developers and Sony that the community is open to dialogue and isn't just a bunch of cattle that accepts anything, but also isn't unreasonable as long as they fix their mess.

It's a enormous win for consumers and it should be celebrated.

[DustMan]

I agree with your sentiment. The "overwhelmingly negative" reviews were completely irrelevant to the game in and of itself. People didn't like how Sony was imposing on Arrowhead. Which I guess is a legitimate issue if you've never owned a Playstation 3, 4, or 5. or live outside a country they do not support.

The complaints about data breaches from Sony are I suppose a legit concern. I also happen to think that no matter what we are getting hacked all the time on all the various apps, websites we've subscribed to, any government agency, Target....etc, etc. We're already susceptible to getting hacked coming and going. So I take the complaint with a big grain of salt. Everybody is a target now. Not just Sony.

[derek]

@Crimson, yep 💯. These babies stomped their feet and flooded the game with fake negative reviews and Sony capitulated. Wonder what happens next time Sony tries to implement account registration.

[Angyobangyo]

Then implement it from the start so the consumer knows what they're buying into, not a few months into the game's release. It was even listed as optional from the start. Don't go moving the goal posts and expect people to simply be ok with it.

[Shiore2u]

Selling a game in regions where your network service isn't supported with the intent from the start to make it mandatory, thus preventing people from accessing what they paid for is, such as yourself, monumentally shortsighted and tone-deaf.

[LordoftheCritics]

Negative reviews for Sony's negative behaviour.

Sky is blue again.

[rlow1]

So you’re saying that those people in over a hundred countries. Who paid for and have been playing the game for the last for months. Having their game basically bricked because in those countries their is no PSN network. Are somehow spiteful because their hard earned money was going to be flushed down the toilet?

Honestly what planet are you from?

[Angyobangyo]

Wow, you figured out what reviewing bombing is. Congrats! It's like you purposely failed to notice that Sony backtracked thanks to gamers tanking the score. It is at "Mostly Positive" again. They fixed that damage rather quick.

[CrimsonWing69]

Oh no you’re right, it has nothing to do with refunds and publicity, it’s all because of Steam reviews. I’m sorry, I totally see it now. The inaccurate negative review scores out of spite are what got Sony to change it. I’m not being sarcastic when I say this, either. I see it now. The positive reviews to fix the spite false negative reviews makes it all better now, too. Crazy, thanks for helping me understand how impactful user reviews are. 🙄

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Congratulations HD2 fanbase you good stood up for yourselves

[RNTody]

I dig this story, honestly. Fans called out a bad practice, Sony and Arrowhead fixed it, and now the fans are undoing their damage as opposed to just leaving the game review bombed for an issue that has been corrected.

Everyone wins here, really awesome from the community and game makers.

[anast]

This seems like a proper fan base. They didn't need to do it and they did it any way.

[victorMaje]

Nice. This goes to show the power we can have as players. I wish sthg similar was done regarding MTs in games.

[Armyofdarkness]

Looks like I was in the wrong on this one. Valid complaints. It’s very cool and fascinating how the Helldivers community changed Sonys mind in this way, and it didn’t end in a total shitshow either

[Abnor_Mal]

With the success that Helldivers2 is receiving I was hopeful that Sony would finally acquire them, but with this so called controversy and the devs pointing fingers at Sony and making cosmetics joking of the outrage, I don’t really see Sony picking them up quite as much anymore.

[CobraKai]

Nice to see review bombing bombing