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Jul 10, 2012 · Hell: Directed by Tim Fehlbaum. With Lilo Baur, Marco Calamandrei, Lisa Vicari, Lars Eidinger. In the not too distant future, people struggle to survive their greatest enemy, the sun.
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- Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Tim Fehlbaum
- 2012-07-10
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The first time my squad fought a Bile Titan was a disaster. We dropped into a hot zone full of Termanids, Helldivers 2’s alien bugs, and lost all of our extra lives before we even found the thing. We were running for the hills when we ran right into it instead: an absolutely massive, hulking bug that dripped (and spit) acid, easily towering over anything we’d seen so far. It took everything we had – bullets, airstrikes, orbital cannons, grenades, and more than a little luck – but we somehow managed to fell the beast and get the entire squad back onto our evac ship just as our position was about to be overrun. “I can’t believe we survived that,” one of my friends said. “Me neither,” I said. “Wanna go again?” Reader, we played for several more hours.
Helldivers 2 doesn’t waste time getting you into the action. After a gut-busting opening piece of mandatory propaganda (refusal to pay attention is treason) which explains that Super Earth is under attack from the robotic Automatons and the “legally-distinct-but-still-totally-the-bugs-from-Starship-Troopers” Terminids (which are also definitely not Warhammer 40K’s Tyranids!), you’re dropped into Helldiver basic training. Your instructor tells you that he isn’t easily impressed… before letting you know how impressed he is by the fact that you’re not backing down.
After mercilessly gassing you up during one of the funniest tutorials I’ve ever played and telling you how invincible you are – while conveniently avoiding the fact that the average Helldiver has a lifespan of about, oh, I don’t know, 30 seconds – you earn your cape and are given command of your own Super Destroyer space ship (I named mine the Elected Representative of Family Values) and sent to the front lines with your buddies. Once you’re out in the Galactic War, you’re free to head to either the Automaton or Terminid front to bring Liberty and Managed Democracy to their occupied planets. Each world has multiple missions with multiple objectives, which range from destroying Termanid eggs to activating your local, nuclear-armed ICBM. Just a regular, glorious day at the office for your average Helldiver.
No two missions ever play out the same way.
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What’s nice is that every mission feels different, even if you’ve completed these same objectives before. That’s largely because maps are distinct and unique, even on the same planet, because of the way the terrain changes – one map might have a lot of water and hills, while another might be heavily forested or covered in snow. On top of that, each mission usually has a couple of optional objectives to complete, like blowing up outposts, loading a piece of artillery that you can use later, or terminating a treasonous broadcast. Combine that with bugs bursting up from underground to attack you without notice and robot dropships delivering reinforcements to the front lines at what always seems to be the worst possible time, and no two missions ever play out the same way.
You don’t start with a big selection of gear for your Helldiver (a couple of primary weapon options, a sidearm, and a grenade) but shooting is satisfyingly weighty, especially with the DualSense controller’s haptics. Plus, Helldivers 2 forces you to coordinate to succeed as a group – or play smart if you’re alone. You’re racing against the clock; if your mission timer hits zero, you won’t be able to call in more Stratagems – special abilities like orbital strikes, airstrikes from bombers, or additional weapons like the extremely powerful railgun and equipment like a mortar turret – and your squad has a limited number of Reinforcements (AKA extra lives), so you have to pick your priorities, manage your resources, and choose where to spend your time. It’s always challenging.
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What makes Helldivers 2 cool, though, are the little touches that make sure you’re always thinking about how to manage those resources while hordes of bugs and robots throw themselves at your squad. Reloading, for instance, discards any remaining rounds you have in a clip; bullets don’t just teleport back into your inventory. Being accurate while aiming means you’ll need to go prone, crouch, or stand still. If your leg takes damage, you won’t be able to sprint, and if your arm is injured, you’ll be less accurate when firing your weapon. If you want to call down reinforcements, special weapons, or a resupply, you’ve got to rapid-fire a series of directional inputs on the d-pad, which can be a little challenging when you’re running from a horde of bugs hellbent on tearing your Helldiver limb from limb.
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That said, it has also had some performance issues around its launch, with iffy matchmaking at best, post-match rewards that don’t always go through, Helldivers randomly disconnecting from games, and friends being hard to join up with. In a couple games, my framerate resembled a PowerPoint presentation. My Helldiver even stopped running once; he just started levitating across the map. Funny? Absolutely, but not a good way to fight the foes of Super Earth. Thankfully these problems have gotten rarer as developer Arrowhead has upped server capacity and released patches, so I haven’t encountered as many issues recently, but they haven’t been 100% sorted out yet either.
The special thing about Helldivers 2, though, is just how much fun it is regardless. The greatest compliment I can give a game is when I want to keep playing it after I finish a review, and I know that I’m going to be playing Helldivers 2 for a long time. I love the way it delivers little pieces of lore through dialogue and funny propaganda videos broadcast on your Super Destroyer: did you know that the bugs were being farmed as fuel before they managed to escape, which is why they’re attacking Super Earth? Or that the Automatons were previously enslaved? I mean, for the love of God, members of the Super Earth military literally wear capes! Leaving a bad review of military hardware is treason! We might be the baddies!
So, yeah, you’re fascists, but it’s all so intentionally over the top that it’s impossible not to smile. Helldivers 2 has my regular squad and I shouting things like “Looks like those robots could use some freedom” and “How about a nice cup of Liber-tea?!” while we’re playing. I can’t stop laughing whenever my Helldiver’s limb is damaged and they scream “Sweet Liberty! My ARM!”, or an airstrike turns them into nothing but a bloody torso wearing a cape, or when they start laughing maniacally when I empty an entire machinegun clip in one go. I love that death means you get a new Helldiver with a new voice, and you lose any waypoints you’ve set on the map. There are so many little touches in Helldivers 2 that make it special, and you’ll notice and appreciate them constantly.
Helldivers 2 is the rare modern multiplayer game that does almost everything right. It gives you a ton of freedom, feels fantastic to play, and has a smart progression system that doesn’t nickel and dime you or rely too much on a paid battle pass. It manages to keep its missions fresh by introducing a ton of enemies, modifiers, and objectives, and ...
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Helldivers 2's combat feels fantastic, its missions stay fresh and interesting, and its smart progression system doesn’t nickel and dime you.
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