From its breakout launch highs to the lows of the PSN debacle, Helldivers 2 has had an up-and-down first 12 months, to say the least. While its lead builders describe it as a “rollercoaster,” they could not be extra grateful to have been on it.
Helldivers 2 was one of many shock hits of 2024, surpassing all expectations and netting loads of vital and industrial success, together with a number of awards at this 12 months’s Golden Joysticks. But it hasn’t all been a stroll within the park, with controversy surrounding the introduction of the requirement to have a PSN account to play happening poorly with followers solely months after launch.
In an interview with GamesRadar+, recreation director Michael Eriksson and manufacturing director Alex Bolle have been open in regards to the 12 months they’ve had, and the way, regardless of the hardships, they really feel privileged to have been on this trip. “It’s very excessive highs, very low lows”, explains Bolle. “The smartest thing in all that’s every little thing we managed to do with the gamers. I believe that is very beneficial for Arrowhead. It’s an enormous dive into studying and making a recreation that’s reside, that solutions participant expectations.”
“I wish to say, sure we have been on a rollercoaster,” provides Eriksson, “however we’re additionally in an especially privileged place to be on this rollercoaster. I really feel fortunate to be on this trip with everybody. Not all studios, not all video games, have this privilege. And so I’m tremendous grateful for that. I believe life must be fascinating – I believe life must be like residing by an fascinating guide. I do not wish to learn by a guide the place it is like ‘after which every little thing was okay’.”
While participant backlash to the PSN requirement was actually a serious blow to the group at Arrowhead Game Studios, for Eriksson, participant interplay is strictly what has made the sport such a pleasure to work on. “I believe Helldivers is such an fascinating recreation to make as a result of it truly is a case of the group making this recreation with us”, he explains. “Reading on Reddit or different boards, folks could be like ‘would not it’s superior in the event that they added these automobiles, and tanks, and this sort of surroundings?’ and I’m studying that like ‘sure, sure, sure, I wish to do it, I wish to do these items.'”
In the top, Helldivers 2 is a recreation for the gamers, and for Eriksson and Bolle, seeing their constructive reactions has been price grinding by the lows of 2024 for. “Being capable of ship this to the gamers, and have them expertise that and see what their reactions are going to be to this – that is tremendous thrilling to me. Even with all of the ups and downs, I’m so joyful to be on this trip. And we’re tremendous dedicated to protecting the trip going for so long as we are able to”, Eriksson concludes.
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