Helldivers 2: ‘Into the Unjust’ Update Facing Major Backlash

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Helldivers 2: 'Into the Unjust' Update Facing Major Backlash

The Helldivers 2 update Into the Unjust dropped September 2 with new Hive Worlds, cave systems, enemies, and missions.

But instead of celebrating, much of the community is frustrated, calling it one of the roughest updates since launch.

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Performance Meltdown

Across Reddit and X, players are venting about technical problems that make the game hard to play:

  • Frequent crashes, sometimes every other mission.
  • Severe frame rate drops, especially in caves.
  • Poor optimization on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
  • Audio glitches and bugs like stratagems misfiring or dropping in the wrong place.

One post on Reddit – with the “Ok so this update is bad bad” thread having over 6700 up-votes – put it bluntly:

Constant loading screen crashes, 20fps in the hive caves and audio bugs so loud and frequent I have to play the game on mute just to hear myself think. Not to mention the update itself added enemies that are annoying to fight and glitchy as hell, not fun and interesting to combat, like the bugs already in the game.

Ohh and if you like light armor pen weapons, just throw them in the trash. Not a single bug you find in the gloom will take damage without med pen or above.

The update also ballooned the PC install size to over 140 GB, drawing comparisons to Call of Duty’s notorious bloat.

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Unbalanced and Unfun

Even when the game runs, players say the design feels punishing rather than challenging. Complaints include:

  • Burrowing enemies that erupt beneath squads, leaving little room to react.
  • Spawn rates that flood players with bile-spewing and armored bugs.
  • Poor visibility in caves, leading to cheap deaths from hidden hazards.

On Reddit, one frustrated player wrote: “My only gripe is that the burrowing enemies are more annoying than they are a challenge. I wish there was a way to hit them while they’re underground.”

Some call the patch “cheeks” or “a mess,” with veterans stepping away until fixes arrive.

Helldivers 2: Into the Unjust Update Launches September 2

Arrowhead Responds

Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani admitted the problems are serious on Discord, telling players: “100% get it. Performance is something we’ve talked about a TON today. It’s not good enough. A fix for some of the most immediate things is being prepped.”

He also pointed to “technical debt” from the Xbox port as a major factor, and said fixes are being prepared, though the studio prefers bundling them with content instead of releasing standalone performance patches.

However, players aren’t convinced. Many argue balance issues and performance bugs should have been addressed before dropping such a large update.

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The Mood of the Community

While a portion of the fanbase still enjoys the tougher fights and new enemies, the dominant tone across forums is anger and disappointment.

Players expected the chaos of Helldivers 2 to be fun; instead, they’re battling crashes, lag, and overwhelming bugs in the worst sense.

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