It's been a rocky few months for Helldivers 2, as Arrowhead battles to find the right blend of fairness and fun. For some players, the regular changes to Helldivers 2's stratagems and arsenal are part of a welcome effort to keep the game even. For others, Arrowhead is micromanaging, and its regular updates and patches are slowly flattening the enjoyment in pursuit of an impossible idea of 'balance.' Largely, though, the shift in sentiment towards Helldivers 2 began back in May, when Arrowhead told PC players it would have to link their Steam s to the PlayStation Network. While that update never went ahead, now the God of War Ragnarok Steam reviews are in, the Sony Santa Monica game is being criticized over the same issue.
The action-adventure game a certified 'mixed' rating on Valve's storefront. Given God of War Ragnarok's acclaim elsewhere however (over on Metacritic, it's ranked among the 100 greatest games of all time) the response might seem muted.
A lot of the criticism, though, is directed towards one particular issue, that God of War Ragnarok requires players, like was originally the plan with Helldivers 2, to connect their Steam s to a PSN . In some cases, this might not be too fussy – if you already own and use a PlayStation, the process is swift. But for other players, they have to make a PSN from scratch.
"Creating a PSN was something I knew was necessary in advance and I was prepared to do so, until I was met with the reality of it," one Steam reviewer writes. "Ban all third-party s for Steam," writes another. "Steam should operate entirely by owning a Steam and nothing else, especially to even play the game which again, is single player."
Ghost of Tsushima, another Sony-published game that was re-released on Steam earlier this year, also requires that players link their s to PSN. Days Gone, Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West, and Marvel's Spider-Man, however, do not.
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