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It doesn't get much worse for a multiplayer launch: broken matchmaking, frequent crashes, and a kernel-level anti-cheat system that everyone hates. Helldivers 2's first day was not a great start. And while stability seems a touch worse on PC, there have been problems across the board, regardless of the platform. The bugs were winning.
Which was a shame, because it's actually a whole heap of fun raining down death on bug nests with orbital lasers and watching alien nasties explode in a shower of gooey blood. The basic firearms are satisfyingly punchy, and fights are intense thanks to ammo quickly running out and the need to manually reload after every clip is spent.
Thankfully, it's now much easier to get stuck into the conflict. Arrowhead acknowledged the problems and, before the first day was over, pushed out a hotfix, which landed on PC first. I'd been playing on PS5 because it was much more stable, but with matchmaking still constantly failing, I switched to PC.
Less of an issue but still kinda annoying: voice chat is enabled by default, and you have to actively select push to talk or mute if you don't want to annoy your teammates.