Despite some gripes about spawn rates and some lingering bugs, Helldivers 2‘s community seems to be a lot happier with the game since last week’s big patch dropped. A lot of the praise from players for the change in direction has been going solely to ex-Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt, but the studio wants to make it clear that the patch was a team effort.
If you’re out of the loop, Pilestedt made the decision to give up his CEO duties at the studio late last month, staying on as chief creative officer – a role designed to allow him to spend more time focusing on helping to oversee development of the game, rather than business stuff. While it’s worked out pretty well so far – with enough goodwill having been restored that players recently chose to obey Arrowhead’s insistence that theysave some poor Super Earth kids, Pilestedt’s work hasn’t been the sole factor in the turnaround.
In response to some of the praise the patch has spawned, Pilestedt’s issued a response via Twitter. “I’ve seen a lot of people give me lots of cred for this patch as if I am the sole person responsible,” he wrote, “I want to make it clear that the team are the ones that made it happen. Without their effort, design sensibilities, diligence and passion none of this would have been possible.”
