Helldivers 2 delivers hilarious fist-clenching moments with rock-solid co-op shooter fundamentals - our review.
One of gaming’s many indulgences is the final stand. Faced with overwhelming odds, a party of heroes sprays bullets and laser fire into an enemy that overruns them. It’s a spectacle that Halo: Reach and Left 4 Dead have employed to great effect. Helldivers 2 doesn’t just capture that magic, it delivers it on demand in cargo containers. Arrowhead Games’ latest dives straight into having fun as your squad of four exterminates hordes of bugs and robots.
That last one, Helldivers 2’s rarest currency, is uncapped and can be earned in-game without spending a penny, a choice I respect in the era of live service games. As for new weapons, free and paid reward passes let you work your way up to specific rewards. I’d like an honest-to-goodness gun store but this does encourage experiments. The gameplay itself is tight, with Helldivers quickly pinging targets and threats before moving out together or in four different directions.
Friendly fire forms the foundation of the good times I’ve had in Helldivers 2. Few games make you laugh when a stray headshot makes you sit out a team extraction. Thanks to a generous revive system and a minor XP cut for imperfect extractions, death isn’t punishing unless you’re near the top of Helldivers 2’s nine difficulty levels.
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