• Caboose12000@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    what the fuck? everyone I’ve seen in person and online has just rolled their eyes at this game, I thought I was part of a minorety for looking forward to it

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      7 months ago

      Same. My entire friend group went “Eeeeeh, $50~ seems like a lot.”

      I’d given-up on playing it with friends, and then a buddy from work just randomly called me up on Teams and was like “Hey, I see you’ve got it in your wishlist. Wanna play this Thursday?”

      Kind of surprised to see it do so well, tbh.

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        7 months ago

        That studio puts out pretty much only good quality games so far, fantastic co op experiences. In a landscape where $70 is becoming the norm $50 is a nice price to come in at for a game that looks no slouch. Plus the original Helldivers was absolutely fantastic and had great word of mouth. Hopefully it lives up to it.

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      7 months ago

      The first game was pretty fun, I’ve spent a few dozen hours playing it with friends. This looks like not-shit-starship-troopers and I’ve definitely wishlisted it for the first discount, but 50 bucks is too steep for a game like this.

      • Caboose12000@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        all my excitement evaporated this morning when I found out this PvE P2P game has kernal level anticheat and is completly borked on Linux. the original didnt have any anticheat at all, and being a peer to peer game that imo was best played with friends, I think that system was ideal. very dissapointed about this rootkit

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    7 months ago

    What’s the monetization like on this? I knew this was one of Sony’s GaaS. I think $50 is a good price, but what is the ongoing cost for content?

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      7 months ago

      I predict in 2-3 months no one will be talking about it because some other new hotness will come out. There is a ton of ADHD in the gaming world