Compared to most other live service games around, the MTX in Helldivers 2 is both unobtrusive and minimal
A vast majority of the content is earned in game, with no way to purchase it with MTX. Also you earn the premium currency in the game by playing, so there no content locked out permanently behind MTX purchases
It's a move in the right direction compared to most games with MTX, they do deserve some credit here even if they aren't perfect
This comment cycle is so predictable. :-) Yup, you don't have to pay for a single thing if you play the game enough, you find super credits on the map as you go about - or unlock from Warbonds with medals - it's one of the things I love about it.
I've (happily) paid for one Warbonds set, earned another. And close to unlocking my third.
A couple of points:
There's a few individual (mainly cosmetic) items on daily rotation available for instant unlock, but you still have to earn medals in the game to unlock e.g weapons in the Warbond sets.
And there's no time limit on the Warbonds, you can unlock them at any point in time.
Reviews are already coming back, I'm tracking the Steam graph and we're back to "mixed" now. The Daily graph for 6th May was very encouraging!
Compared to most other live service games around, the MTX in Helldivers 2 is both unobtrusive and minimal
A vast majority of the content is earned in game, with no way to purchase it with MTX. Also you earn the premium currency in the game by playing, so there no content locked out permanently behind MTX purchases
It's a move in the right direction compared to most games with MTX, they do deserve some credit here even if they aren't perfect