Helldivers 2

[EnthalpyFlow]

About This Game​

The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence.

Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

URGENT BROADCAST – SUPER EARTH ARMED FORCES​

Freedom. Peace. Democracy.
Your Super Earth-born rights. The key pillars of our civilization.
Of our very existence.
But the war rages on. And everything is once again under threat.
Join the greatest military force the galaxy has ever seen and make this a safe and free place to live.

BECOME A LEGEND​

You will be assembled into squads of up to four Helldivers and assigned strategic missions.
Watch each other’s back – friendly fire is an unfortunate certainty of war, but victory without teamwork is impossible.

LOADOUTS​

Rain down freedom from above, sneak through enemy territory, or grit your teeth and charge head-first into the jaws of combat.
How you deliver liberty is your choice; you’ll have access to a wide array of explosive firepower, life-saving armor and battle-changing stratagems… the jewel in every Helldiver’s arsenal.

REQUISITION​

Super Earth recognises your hard work with valuable Requisition. Use it to access different rewards that benefit you, your squad, your destroyer ship and our overall war effort.

THREATS​

Everything on every planet wants you dead. That’s what we’re dealing with.
Each enemy has distinct and unpredictable characteristics, tactics, and behavior – but they all fight ferociously and without fear or morality.

THE GALACTIC WAR​

Capturing enemy planets, defending against invasions, and completing missions will contribute to our overall effort.


This war will be won or lost depending on the actions of everyone involved.

We stand together, or we fall apart.

 

[Fedora Master]

The game is neat but there's a lot of issues with matchmaking and rewards not being handed out right now. Progression is fucky.

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

The game is neat but there's a lot of issues with matchmaking and rewards not being handed out right now. Progression is fucky.

Other than yesterday (couldn't even connect to the game), I've been playing without issues since release. To be fair I've been playing with friends, solo or sending the beacon while in-game to call in other players; the quickplay fucntion while you're in a lobby was fucked on release. According to the devs, they're having much more players than expected (155K on steam alone, and this has crossplay with PS5).

 

[Optimist]

I really liked the first HD and was kind of surprised to see this turning into a shooter. How did the transition go? I don't think the trailers show any rideable vehicles, are they still in the game?

 

[Fedora Master]

I really liked the first HD and was kind of surprised to see this turning into a shooter. How did the transition go? I don't think the trailers show any rideable vehicles, are they still in the game?

They are adding mechs and vehicles later. I believe basic APCs will be in soon.

 

[Falksi]

"Helldivers"

If ever a name screamed of a nerd trying to sound cool, it's that.

 

[antimeridian]

If ever a name screamed of a nerd trying to sound cool, it's that.

So what, it's basically a Starship Troopers game. It's supposed to sound cheesy.

 

[Falksi]

If ever a name screamed of a nerd trying to sound cool, it's that.

So what, it's basically a Starship Troopers game. It's supposed to sound cheesy.

Context is king.

The name itself put me off to the point where I didn't even bother watching the trailer, but now colour me interested.

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

I really liked the first HD and was kind of surprised to see this turning into a shooter. How did the transition go? I don't think the trailers show any rideable vehicles, are they still in the game?

Here's a hint

 

[Fedora Master]

>Helldivers
>You can't even dive

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

>Helldivers
>You can't even dive

You can dive alright

 

[Alienman]

I find the Starship Troopers rip-off a bit much. Makes the setting come off as fake.

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

I find the Starship Troopers rip-off a bit much. Makes the setting come off as fake.

It can be a tad too on the nose, for sure, but I like the setting so much that I don't care. Most of all, what surprised me (and made me play the game for so many hours already) is the great transition from the cenital view from the first one to this TPS perspective. The gunplay feels incredible and higher difficulties keeps the adrenaline pumping all the way until the extraction.

 

[-M-]

I thought the first one was decent at best. It had some solid systems with some nice attention to detail (e.g. leaving a round in the chamber) but the game did absolutely nothing with them. The mission designs were as generic as it could get and mostly consisted of just waiting around objectives for a timer to tick down. It was as if cooks were handed a batch of high-end ingredients and they couldn't figure out how to boil water. Then there was the obvious grind, unbalanced weapons, and hordes of DLC. Still, it was fun with a group and still had some of that Magicka charm that I'm not seeing in the sequel, which feels like everyone is "in" on the joke and winking at you every time they talk.

 

[Removal]

Ended up returning it mainly due to connection issues. Have a feeling it's probably gonna end up as a flavor of the month game and drop off hard
that said, gunplay was pretty decent and it kinda scratches the EDF feel

 

[Gerrard]

Looks like it could be GOTY material if not for the small issue of the requirement of having friends to have fun.

 

[Fedora Master]

Looks like it could be GOTY material if not for the small issue of the requirement of having friends to have fun.

No region blocking either so if you go public you're stuck with Hueniggers, Frogniggers and Riceniggers

 

[Zarniwoop]

Looks like it could be GOTY material if not for the small issue of the requirement of having friends to have fun.

No region blocking either so if you go public you're stuck with Hueniggers, Frogniggers and Riceniggers

All of which are still better than niggerniggers

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

Looks like it could be GOTY material if not for the small issue of the requirement of having friends to have fun.

Come on, man. You can use the quickplay function, or even select specific planets to join operations with missing helldivers. I bet you can make new friends that way. I believe in you

You can also play solo although higher difficulties are a pain in the ass with the amount of patrols that can trigger an assault.

 

[Fedora Master]

Looks like it could be GOTY material if not for the small issue of the requirement of having friends to have fun.

No region blocking either so if you go public you're stuck with Hueniggers, Frogniggers and Riceniggers

All of which are still better than niggerniggers

Well there is PS5 crossplay, but thankfully you can at least disable that.

 

[Harthwain]

I heard the game uses some really nasty anticheat (something about allowing it to take over your PC). Is this true? This is the main reason I didn't buy it yet.

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

I heard the game uses some really nasty anticheat (something about allowing it to take over your PC). Is this true? This is the main reason I didn't buy it yet.

Gameguard

It's a kernel level anticheat, like most games use.

List of games with kernel level anticheat software

 

[Gerrard]

Oh, these are the guys who made Magicka.

 

[Fedora Master]

Aaaand the latest update killed matchmaking entirely.

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

They're getting smarter...