Throwing A Snowball Can Crash The Recreation

Helldivers 2 is an excellent third-person on-line co-op sci-fi shooter. Like, actually good. However, it’s not essentially the most secure 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 critiques and has shortly grow to be one of many largest success tales of 2024. So many individuals have been making an attempt to play it at launch that the servers stored collapsing on PS5 and PC. It’s simply one in all 2024’s finest video games to this point due to its dedication to creating fight really feel each satisfying and harmful. You by no means really feel really protected in Helldivers 2, regardless of what number of large weapons you may have or what number of gamers there are in your squad. Nevertheless, the most important menace within the recreation won’t be an enormous bug or swarm of robots, however as a substitute a snowball.

As noticed by IGN, in a March 28 submit on the official Helldivers 2 Discord server, Arrowhead Video games’ neighborhood lead—often called Baskinator within the server—informed gamers to keep away from selecting up and throwing snowballs within the co-op shooter. This playful possibility 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 friends or enemies. However, for now, gamers ought to keep away from tossing snowballs as a result of they’ll trigger crashes.

“We’re conscious of a crash attributable to selecting up and throwing snowballs,” stated Baskinator. “We hope to have this mounted within the close to future, however till then, we advise in opposition to snowball throwing!”

No extra data 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 have been crushed by hundreds of individuals making an attempt to play the sport all on the identical time. There was additionally an annoying black display situation that plagued some gamers. And as IGN reported, some arc weapons and stratagems have been inflicting crashes earlier this month, resulting in an identical warning from the devs to keep away from them—just like the snowballs—till they have been mounted in a patch.

It’s a testomony to how good Helldivers 2 is that I hold making an attempt to play it regardless of all these crashes and different points. Hopefully, with extra patches and time, Helldivers 2 will grow to be a extra dependable, strong expertise.

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