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 recreation, 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 opinions and has rapidly change into one of many largest success tales of 2024. So many individuals had been attempting to play it at launch that the servers stored collapsing on PS5 and PC. It’s simply considered one of 2024’s greatest video games to date because of its dedication to creating fight really feel each satisfying and harmful. You by no means really feel actually secure in Helldivers 2, regardless of what number of massive weapons you may have or what number of gamers there are in your squad. Nevertheless, the most important menace within the recreation may not be an enormous bug or swarm of robots, however as a substitute a snowball.
As noticed by IGN, in a March 28 publish on the official Helldivers 2 Discord server, Arrowhead Video games’ neighborhood lead—referred to 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,” mentioned Baskinator. “We hope to have this mounted within the close to future, however till then, we advise towards snowball throwing!”
No extra info 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 attempting to play the sport all on the identical time. There was additionally an annoying black display difficulty 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 mounted in a patch.
It’s a testomony to how good Helldivers 2 is that I maintain attempting to play it regardless of all these crashes and different points. Hopefully, with extra patches and time, Helldivers 2 will change into a extra dependable, stable expertise.
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