Helldivers 2 Review - Obscene Monetisation

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[WorthABuyreviews]

Just to add you now require a PSN account to play Helldivers 2 on steam.
EDIT: Sony have reversed their decision, people power won, I suspect that with all the Sony games porting to PC they shat themselves about possible boycotts from the PC gamers. It was an utterly stupid idea from the off, glad they caved.

[Pavewy]

The one time I'll disagree with Mack. The Stratagem call-ins is one of the reasons that made the first game so great.

[SpartanOfLuxon]

Mac you are so off your rocker mate. You literally praised the stratagem button combo system in Helldivers 1 as being a "Stroke of Genius". Now you are bashing it for being carried over?

[oYoungYo]

"helldivers 1 - stratagems codes are a stroke of genius"
"helldivers 2 - stratagems codes are absurd"
🤔

[floominggonzo]

Probably the first time the far majority of the fan base is against Mac on this one 😐

[jackkain]

Watched your review of the first one. I see your opinion on the strategems changed from "bloody brilliant" to "annoying".

[ChewyTabs]

(This review is under investigation for treason)

[vezrien]

You can literally find the real life currency on the ground, a few hours of running missions and you can buy the premium pass lol

[Immariolopez]

Are we playing the same game? I haven’t spent an extra dollar and have almost everything unlocked

[TherealBigblue]

If they did not carry over button combos from the first game I would have been pissed off

[ZombieRob]

"if you pay money you get better gear, this is undebatable!"
*checks store*
2 sets of armor that have the same stats as other armors

[PhallacEye]

You should be embarrassed by this review, twice as much for doubling down on it.
Hope the clickbait money is worth your reputation as a reviewer.

1. The game is not P2W. Every weapon in the premium pass is a variant of a gun in the main pass (with the exception of the JAR-5, which is a sister gun to the Scorcher), with positives and negatives (handing, rate of fire, mag size etc). Incendiary weapons have a DoT but much lower front-loading damage, which can make a massive difference in a bug breach where you don't have time to wait for enemy units to die from the DoT. If your main argument is that the DoT bypasses armour (which you have asserted in your pinned comment), take a flamethrower as your support weapon. There are also 'hidden' stats like headshot modifiers which affect effective dps for each weapon.

2. Premium currency (super credits) are earnable on all missions at an extremely generous rate. I have maintained 2k Super Credits over 80hrs and have purchased everything in the premium pass and super store without spending a dollar.

3. Nothing your friends had at level 7-8 could deal with armour any more effectively than anything you had access to as a non-premium user. EAT-17's are available at level 3. This tells me you simply weren't invested in looking at what the game was offering you. It is reflective of the overall quality of this 'review'.

4. You acknowledge that strategem codes are there to put you under pressure, then completely dismiss it because you don't like it. That is their entire point. To put you under pressure in intense firefights. Outside of firefights its a moot point. You also stated that because it's now a third person shooter instead of top-down, that the codes went from being brilliant to absurd; however their intent and effect is the same in both games.

There are more points to make, but you know them already, because you're being completely disingenuous with this 'review' and you know it.

[MrTsiolkovsky]

Mack, basically wrong about everything. Remarkable.

[Ark_Strike]

"Obscene monetization" yet its the most generous monetization I've seen in games in a long while, you can not only earn a good amount of paid currency with the free battle pass just by playing the game and the paid battle pass also gives some paid currency back AND you can find plenty of the paid currency in drops on any map in the game, there also doesn't seem to be a cap on how much you can find, I've found so far 150 Super Credits, that's enough to buy a piece of armor. You could buy 1 paid battle pass and with enough grinding, you'll never need to pay for it again.

Also lmao at several comments showing that these guys are hypocrites for praising stratagems in Helldivers 1 but now complaining about them

[DKO_RealDeal]

Wow. Did you even play the gane 😂. Poor review mac

[markoblazevic]

Its funny how in ur review of HD1 u said the combinations for call ins are "a stroke of genius" but now they are "obscene"... Love your content but i feel like this rewiev is a bit 🛎️

[monkeybrain]

"You can't jump..."

*Me after diving backwards off cliff to avoid a napalm barrage* : 'Huh?'

[Dannyboiz]

Well this review didn't age well 😂

[jackcarren]

Did you not praise Helldivers 1 for having the key combo for call downs? Or is it done differently in this game?

[Frankenllama]

this is why i listen to ACG and unsubbed from you