Helldivers 2

❦ First Published on Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
❧ Edited 2 October, 2024

Helldivers 2 is a third person procedurally generated open-level bug and robot 4-player coop PvE shooting game elevated by wild yet precise physical movimenti and marvellous action movie satire-militaristic sound and music.

The vibes in the jungle areas reminds me of one of my favorite lush graphical and aural adventures: Far Cry 2.

Writing is funny and voice acting is close to perfectly on point making this one spill over the top of the excellent all-out action video games glass.

The moments of action with the music punctuating the intensity makes me think the essential experience that the designers had in mind for the game was to feel like you are in a 1980’s or 1990’s action parody film like some sort of cross between Terminator 2 and Loaded Weapon.

Notes

Forthcoming annotations about Helldivers 2:

Good idea to map arrow keys for stratagems instead of WASD so you can keep running while you call in an orbital artillery strike (thanks to Futura_Light for this tip).

Attention to keeping-in-game-character art-sound direction detail: Drum flams with touch of cymbals upon opening of inventory.

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Possibly Related:

• Dead Cells
• Starfield
• Noita
• No Man’s Sky
• The Nature of Code

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