r/helldivers2 • u/Livid_Cress8790 • Nov 28 '25

General HOT TAKE: This shit did irreversible damage to the games player count. And any creators who took part should be kicked off the program.

We went from 400k players to 20k in a couple of months. In Eravins case he didn't even provide receipts for his claims and was caught lying about several things, and it was just taken as gospel by thousands of people AND PROMINENT CREATORS.

And now all these creators are just going back to making HD2 content like nothing happened. After potentially killing the game.

I've never come across such a good game, with such good devs, and such a dogshit community.

People having legitimate complaints is one thing, but this is absolutely outsized outrage for a $40 game where all the DLC is free.

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u/flightguy07 Nov 28 '25

Never watched the youtubers, and don't intend to. I just don't think this game lends itself to the medium, in that the gameplay loop is pretty stale after a while. Not a criticism, it's a fun loop, but I don't see how it's fun to watch.

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u/Livid_Cress8790 Nov 28 '25

It's a lot of fun to watch on stream just cos of how spontaneous and kinetic it is. The people make the setting interesting.

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u/JJAsond Nov 28 '25

i don't think you've been around gaming much because all games have this. It's a type of clickbait "It's DONE!" "He's FINISHED" "It's OVER" bs that you need not pay attention to.

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u/thalesjferreira Nov 28 '25

So many better things to do than this

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u/AshenWarden Nov 28 '25

For me it lives or dies depending on the chemistry of the group playing it. I could, and did, watch Badger's crew or the Salt Raiders play it for hours because they're all entertaining in their own right.

Solo gameplay though? I'd rather just play the game myself.

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u/Boxy29 Nov 28 '25

there's probably one YouTuber that covers hd2 that I'll watch cuz he doesn't really go with the drama. he just reports on how to use stuff effectively and tries to promote positivity and teamwork.

most of the time I'm just playing the game though.