There wasn’t a huge gap between the release of Helldivers 2 and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, but the difference in player count and reviews couldn’t be further apart. Helldivers 2’s ongoing success makes clear suggestions as to what live-service games should be like, and what kind of gameplay practices it should embrace.
An announcement regarding the game’s online connectivity has yet again put the game in a positive light. As it happens, PS players may no longer need a PlayStation Plus subscription to enjoy the game online. Yep, the entire narrative around the game keeps getting better.
Even though Helldivers 2 needs an online connection, you won’t have to worry about a PS Plus subscription
At the moment, the game’s official page on PlayStation may ask for a PS Plus subscription, but that won’t be the case soon. According to a tweet by user 0AOXO, there’s a chance that PS5 players will soon be able to enjoy the game without having to subscribe to Sony’s subscription model.
Usually, any paid game on the console requires you to have a PlayStation Plus membership active in order to enable co-op features. However, it seems that the developers have different plans for the game altogether. If true, the only price new players will be paying is the game’s original price tag, and perhaps a piece of their sanity in difficult situations within the hardcore gameplay.
So far, it seems that both solo and co-op players in the game are enjoying their time despite some issues, going against monstrous beasts on different planets, figuring out what’s the best way to survive, thrive, and gear up for yet another field.
The many lessons Helldivers 2 is teaching games like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
To keep this article short and prevent you from contemplating the downfall of legendary studios, here’s the simple deal; great live-service games are made to thrive on the idea of fun. Not the idea of keeping players from leaving.
Year after year, many live-service titles constantly find content updates and while the two titles (and studios) have little to do with each other, their genres are grounded in a live-service model that plans on keeping a player base active over the long term. However, this is easier said and done, as the community has seen endless games fall to the lure of profitable marketing strategies, eventually delivering half-baked experiences.
Unfortunately, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League happens to be one of those games, and there’s little hope about how the studio will fix its core issues. Currently, players from both games have starkly different experiences, and looks like one of them holds a promising future, given the studio’s vision for the game.
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