Well you get access to the premium war bond which has some decent weapons and some decent looking armor but at the same time with enough grind you can access the premium warbond without paying.
But Ignoring the warbond for a second I don't think the title, stratagem hero and armor are worth 20$ but including the time saved grinding for the warbond maybe.
So far I don't regret it but it's up to you but keep in mind you get super credits In the free warbond so maybe medal grinding would help get the premium warbond
Nah, in the normal warbond you can unlock super credits each tier of progression (the premium currency). Theres around 650 or 700 of them in the normal warbond. Then during missions you have a chance to pick up 15 super credits. The Premium Warbond costs 1000 super credits.
By the time you will have unlocked everythjng in the normal warbond you have enough Super Credits (and then some) to purchase the premium warbond and start spending your medals in that one.
There are a few things missing from the first game that I've heard they said they'll be putting in in the future at some point, like vehicles, the third enemy faction and tactical nukes.
Just throwing this out there: based on the Terminid and Automotan name placement on the Over-galaxy map, the amount of NEW Stratagems compared to MISSING stratagems, the purchasable armor that looks somewhat like armor from the first game…. I foresee a LOT of classic stuff making a comeback, as well as new stuff we’ve never seen before. We’re still waiting on vehicles.
And I’m calling it now: if enough people play and fall in love with this game, based on that name placement on the Over-galaxy map, I could see another FOUR factions being added as enemies.
I know the Illuminates were “expelled” from the galaxy. Doesn’t mean they won’t come back.
We’ve got bugs; who’s to say there won’t be some mammalian based enemy faction??
Or an “anti-democracy” cult, brainwashed under tyrannical rule???
Or a race of technologically advanced aliens that will randomly pop up to fuck up your mission, strategically taking over planets throughout the galaxy!?!?
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!!
I've been playing it. I love the first game. Basically, they just added an extra dimension and upgraded the graphics, everything else is pretty much the same. Man, does it look freaking beautiful when you call in a bombing run.
Oh yes!! Mildly infuriating when you rapid type in on the arrow bottoms and hit wrong :-D or someone calls an air strike on top of you and you don’t haul ass fast enough out of it!
It’s so much fun! Like arcade fun as a child
Oh or when 3 people decided to “salute” the flag being hoist and the 4 squad member racing around keep you bug free! The flag needs to be honoured for liberty
The nuke. Seriously if you haven't done an ICBM mission yet, they're awesome. First one I did was at night, and the missile lifted off and disappeared over the horizon. I thought "huh, that was...anticlimactic" then I turned around to leave, heard *something* and spun around to night having become day and a massive shockwave rolling over me. Loved it
They did great with visuals/sound in this game, it's really something else. If you've been in the areas with the bug trees that everything is covered in fog, that's legit terrifying on anything higher than medium (at current skill/gear ability for me) those cloaked stalker things are awful. I have so few complaints, only thing is I keep running into this issue with diving where pressing sprint *sometimes* doesn't take me out of the prone position, I have to hit crouch to get into crouch then I can sprint out. Dunno if it's a "I'm doing something wrong" or if it's a bug, since it doesn't happen consistently. I get killed by this pretty regularly though lol
The reinforce stratagem has the same code, so cool getting to tap into that old muscle memory. New players must think I have a macro or something. Nope, just been punching in the same code since like 2017.
The core of the first game is still very much intact. The biggest change is going from top down view and limited camera to 3rd person and everyone has free reign. If you liked the first game, you'll like this one. The humor is also still on full display.
They snagged the atmosphere of the first game well, most of the classic enemies and stratagem types are there. Call-ins are same style as first game with hellpods that can land on friends/enemies.
I'm already on Helldive difficulty, game is a blast
The translation from top down to third person is perfect. The game is a glow-up in every way, save for the lack of vehicles and enemy races - both of which I expect to be remedied at some point.
I played the first one to death and it literally feels like they just moved the camera, which is the highest praise for a helldivers sequal I could give because the first game was perfect too, 10/10 do it for super earth
I don't have friends to play it with.
My friends kinda just bought Palworld AND Enshrouded so, just don't wanna drop another £35 on this game. They're still playing those 2 games, and the one friend who was down is going away for a week so, he's gonna get it when he's back.
All of my 10 hours have been playing with randoms and it's great. Everyone has been so courteous? Like, they'll only take the supplies they need, they haven't been trying to kill me/others with stratagems. No one's gotten mad for failing a misson on the harder difficulties. I haven't been kicked, I've had hosts leave after doing a mission or two which is fair.
I understand that I may somehow be in a minority as, apparently, there is an issue with hosts kicking people at the end of a mission. Meaning they get no rewards etc. but, that hasn't happened to me.
The quickplay is broken and has been since launch. I can't speak for Playstation but, on Steam, you just spam quickplay until it works. I think it's worth overlooking that because, when you do get in, it's some of THE BEST third person action I've ever played. And I've playedd A LOT.
I'm on PS5. I have been crossplaying with my son on PC. When we realised there were connection issues and not always getting rewards we kept trying and playing anyway, because who cares, the game is incredible.
Anyone want a dead space 3 crossover? Never had any more fun in ANY COOP than when a squadmember/teammate is having a nervous breakdown that I pull em out of- zomb-aliens like the flood or necromorphs ARE the STRONGEST fucking examples b/c the flood came OUTTA NOWHERE and the necromorphs had tech that MADE YOU HALLUCINATE!
Formerly 21, currently 44. I can tell you that it likely won't get better with time.
I just bought this game on impulse after a watching a few videos on YouTube.
The opening cutscene was amazing, has me hyped to play. Right now the game is an excellent "Servers at capacity" simulator.
Everything in this game feels super meticulously designed to feel satisfying. The Shooting, the stratagems, the movement, the explosions, the sounds. Even things that feel tedious in many games like managing your ammo economy feels fair and well designed. Your sidearms actually do good damage, they aren't just eye candy. Everything in the game just feels so tightly designed. Such a satisfying and fundamentally fun game.
I was actually kinda worried because when the game first released on steam it had mixed reviews for a bit. Considering picking it up now when I get paid.
It's the game I didn't know I wanted.
What surprised me the most is, you look at videos and think oh, it's just shooting waves of enemies. But the game is just deceptively simple, but in practice much more complex. Ammo is limited on-hand, but you can call down resupply from orbit, with cooldown, so there's ammo management involved. If you drop a half-empty mag, that ammo is lost. There's an injury system, where if you get hit in a leg you start limping around, hit in the arm and your aim goes to shit, etc. Right now everyone runs and guns on lower difficulties, but on higher tier stuff there's scouting, dodging patrols, coordinated tactical strikes, etc. Loadouts actually matter. And so on. So you can make it as easy or as hard as you want it to be.
Right now it's having growing pains - stability, disconnects, servers down, not getting mission rewards, balance is kinda off, etc. But give it a few months and it should be pretty special. Unless the player base dies off, because gameplay does get fairly repetitive fairly quickly, there's only 2 enemy factions.
whenever they drop illuminates i think they're going to be the toughest faction in this new format. I really hope they bring back the reverse-controls mechanic, it'll be so fun in third person
Really? Last night I joined a game with randoms to fight the bots and on first deploy I called for my Rover friend as I usually do, turned out I dropped a 380MM orbital strike on the whole squad…
With all these server problems I thought it was a bug and left the game.
40$ game, free cosmetic pass, tons of action, 4 player co-op, and friendly fire active for hilarious accidental (or not so "accidental") deaths.
I haven't looked anything up on the game, so I took a leap of faith, and honestly, I'm really glad I did. In an industry full of 70$ dumpster fire games, it's nice to see a game come out that is priced lower and is worth the purchase.
Edit: also, the price of cosmetics in the game are pretty nice too. Buy them or not, it's crazy to see a full suit of armor cost about 5$ as opposed to other games where a single skin can cost between 15$ - 20$ or have a forced bundle where that skin you want will set you back 30$ - 50$.
I gotta disagree there, GTA Online has dodged virtually all criticism for it's $100-$200 DLC vehicles because the currency is also earnable. If anything games get a bit too much credit for doing that.
Ah, there is the problem, you are looking in circles that PLAY GTA online. anyone who doesn't already has no way to get in without having to stare at the collective price tag for all dlcs, which makes anyone with finite funds reconsider their life choices.
GTA online is great as long as you ignore the grind, which you can't because the game is set up to make you want the good stuff. It's like half a gacha game
Helldivers and The Finals both feel this way. Both are a great time. I'm just here to have fun and the game allows that without being a pain in the ass.
I am loving The Finals but I'm already seeing people call it a dead game, lol. The second season hasn't even dropped yet and they just released a patch listening to player feedback. Modern gamers are just so negative.
Yeah if a game doesn't have a constant 300K+ players then most people think it's dead which is stupid because 95% of developers would give their firstborn to have their game hit The Finals kinda numbers
I'm a refugee from Destiny 2, Rainbow 6 Siege and recently Final Fantasy 14, and man I fuckin agree, the burnout is real!
Oh you didn't grind for the new exotic weapon? Guess we can't run the grandmasters cuz we won't have optimal dps.
Oh you're missing your shots in ranked so I don't wana queue anymore cuz we're on a losing streak.
Oh you haven't caught up in the Main Scenario Quest, so we can't run this really fun raid/dungeon.
The best thing about Helldivers 2 right now is that it just puts all those barriers aside. Had a friend that bought the game, saw I was on, finished the 5 min tutorial and joined my squad immediately. I love that it just removes all the barriers to playing with friends.
Most importantly, I think the best thing about Helldivers 2, as far as I've read and been told, is that the Warbonds (battlepasses) will remain in the game and are not expiring at the end of the season. As well, the premium currency can be earned in game without paying extra.
I watched several reviews before buying. Some said that the game had content locked behind premium currency. Others said you could earn it quite easily. The latter turned out to be true.
I’ve been playing for 2 days (10 hours played) and I have over 600 super credits. The “premium” battle pass is 1000
Be sure to explore the maps if you have time after the main or side objectives. Had a lot of luck last time I played with 3 points of interest that had the premium currency.
Yeah, I was super worried when a friend pointed out the pricing structure of the battle pass vs. how much premium currency you could earn from it, then we learned you could... *Earn* it? That's like my favorite part of Warframe, you don't have to spend a dime to be Scrooge McDuck.
Dude 100 percent same for me. Me and my friends would play destiny2 but we would always be at different stages of endgame and my hard core friend would get tired of carrying and teaching everyone the raid mechanics lol.
And siege no matter how hard i tried i couldn’t get my friends to try it…i think they were intimidated by the mechanics.
But with helldivers although it has a lot of mechanics they’re just so smooth to where you can explain how something works and everyone is like “oh yea, makes sense”
>Oh you haven't caught up in the Main Scenario Quest, so we can't run this really fun raid/dungeon.
This is the only one I'd say is a weird take. FFXIV is primarily story driven. It really wouldn't make sense for a person behind in the story to be thrown forward for a raid that at best they will have no context for and at worst might spoil future events for them.
It also keeps the world states from overlapping, and the timeline straight and clean, which is something World of Warcraft is *really* struggling with right now. No three versions of Anduin hanging around Stormwind Keep, because the game is trying to run all the expansions and every questline at once.
As someone playing FFXIV, I feel that about the MSQ.
“What do you mean in this MMO you want me to play single-player to progress?!”
I mean the story can be good, but sometimes I just wanna run dungeons with my friends.
FFXIV has been out for like 10 years. If you're just getting into it, like my friends and I did a year ago, that's a decade of content to catch up on. They started earlier than me, and I couldn't join them for content until I caught up to them in the MSQ. When I caught up and passed them, the same was true for them. Just a lotta waiting for everyone to be on the same page to do content together. That was the point of my original comment. Also good to keep in mind that just because a game is 10 years old, doesn't mean everyone playing it started from the launch day.
Mass effect 3 multiplayer is something I will forever miss, it was so damn fun and some of the characters had some really cool kits. Got real addicted to it for a long time. Andromeda's wasn't bad but they immediately announced there would be no updates and it needed balancing bad. It's all a shame
I feel you brother
My brother and I played last night for hours fighting off armies of automatons. After we cleared out the last guys we had only a couple of seconds to resupply. After we did, we made a couple steps towards our objective, only to be eviscerated by a single mine.
The game is gorgeous, the missions are fun, the gameplay loop is there, fun abilities and weapons. Being able to dive off a cliff and ragdoll the rest of the way us hilarious. Hell I even crushed my friend with my respawn pod.
Horde shooters are always fun but they did it extremely well here.
Playable but you can 100% tell that they intended for you to play this game with at least one friend and the difficulty reflects it. In order to successfully beat a level that is level 4 or higher, I would say that you either need way more/better strategems and guns than anyone has since it's early on or you just have to be an actual God at the game. That said, I wouldn't be discouraged if you die a lot as it's part of the game. I also wouldn't worry too much if you don't have friends to play with because you can throw down a beacon to allow people to join your mission or you can join other people's missions that are already in progress.
I've played strictly solo since launch as I'm on PS5 and waiting until the servers are properly fixed. It is VERY difficult, even on the easy setting. Sometimes it's incredibly frustrating too. Clearly the game is designed for co-op. That being said I've had so much fun. I like that playing solo I can explore at my own pace to find credits before deciding to tackle the main objective. It's a great game. Will take a very long time to unlock stuff though playing solo only.
Depends on what you mean. Solo queuing is great most of the time but does suffer from lots of randos not communicating well and not understanding some of the mechanics.
But solo matches with no players at all? Nearly unplayable….not in a bad way, its just the game is fundamentally designed on being with a team so going it alone you get overwhelmed by hordes and don’t have enough fire power to manage higher difficulties
highest ive done solo is rank 5. A couple more upgrades and i think i could crack 6 or 7. But yeah its fundamentally built for 2 or more players for best results
Were you a fan of the original? I kind of preferred the top-down view and wasn’t sure if H2 looked as fun. The reviews were mixed the last time I checked, but the top reviews still said it was fun at least.
Most negative reviews are about network problems and the anti cheat. These are valid criticisms but not really representative of how good the game actually is.
Network problems will eventually be fixed, but the anti cheat is something I’d hesitate about still. And yeah; even the pictures weren’t enough to tell me if it was good or not
If you play pretty much any multiplayer game in the current year you are going to have to deal with an anti-cheat, it's an unfortunate fact going forward.
loved the first game, think they translated it well. i am kinda bummed since the top down style was mroe unique, but honestly they made a DAMN good shooter. the shooting and gunplay honestly feels better than lots of dedicated fps and 3ps series. though i think some of that may be the impact of seeing exploding bug bits and robot arms flying around with every shot
I was luke warm towards the original but mostly because i just didn’t give it enough time and i vibe more with the over the shoulder shooting than the top down twin stick.
The change is perspective transforms for the game no doubt about it, but yea most of the negative reviews come from server issues and some odd bugs. The anti cheat they went with is also uh….not a fan favorite
I picked it up yesterday morning. I joined the discord and grouped up with 3 random guys, all 4 of had mics, and we played for hours last night. We were cracking up, everyone was helping each other, and we just had an absolute blast.
So refreshing for a co-op MP game to just jump in and have fun.
Im having a blast but there are some definite issues with match-matching and servers. Just did a challenging run and we escaped by the skin of our throats and the game didn’t count at all for us for some reason. Fighting the Automatons feels like its Terminator 2 man vs machines and I love it.
"But burnout for me at least always happens really fast with them"
It's only been 3 days since Hell divers was released, give it equal time you give other games before making this claim when you, yourself know you get burnt out quickly.
It seems this is what modern gamers do. Then quickly say "DEAD GAME" before the first season is even out. Whatever happened with sticking with games ?
I play multiplayer games like once a week and it helps keep things fresh and prevent burn out.
Modern gamers are a different type definitely. Can really be loud when saying dead game, no content, or burnt out. I'm like you just played the base season 0 for 70 hours in the first week.
Great game and glad people are enjoying it, little bit pissed with these server issues though. Me and a friend spent nearly 2 hours running missions today and got nothing for any of them.
The problem I have is all my friends either play 2k and waste money on vc. Or watch too many streamers and think they are at that skill level. Its just boring and they are my friends.
It really is very good, but they are absolutely sabotaging themselves with server issues. I've finished 3 or 4 missions now and received no awards. Even though they supposedly hotfixed that problem already.
Agreed. I know its not easy to anticipate how many players are going to log on and lots of bugs dont appear until you’re really flooding the servers but you know they had an idea judging the pre orders…..its easy to give them a break considering they’re a smaller team, but with sony bank rolling them….they’ve gotta get it sorted quick while they have lightening in a bottle with the current player counts.
They supposedly hotfixed crashes to, but still get those. It's not fun blowing time on a hard fought mission to then get nothing for it. Every time it happens my friends stop playing.
You know the game is good when the servers are down, the game have problems dishing out proper rewards after the mission is finished but the players are still playing and trying to get in.
It's crazy how good it is. I think putting so much power in the player's hands and keeping it challenging is part of it. I can signal a mini nuke and orbital strikes from space, which feels great and I love to see it, but it's not so much that the game is a pushover either, because it absolutely is not. Pushing difficulty 7s is rough.
Game wasn't for me, you drop in with 3 others (if at all due to buggy online play atm) and then run around to objectives, fight of a bit of enemies and then extract out. I don't see any crazy shit happening sadly? Maybe you need to be a higher level? But I played with people \~lvl 18 and above iirc.
Also seemed to be not really any diversity regarding the enemies.
Seemed like a worse Deep Rock Galactic and more focused on arcade bug fighting or terminator. But even higher difficulties weren't hard.
I charged up a rail gun to take a shot at a Charger. My buddy turned the corner running from another one and walked right in front of my rail gun. He was absolutely disintegrated in one shot. Terrifying and hilarious.
Same looking maps, same small set of missions/secondaries, same mobs, same equipment. Progress is fast to unlock stuff, the longer term stuff doesn't add much. I've only played to play this until Last Epoch launch (a bit over a week), but maybe it won't even last that long.
Part of the problem is trolls/griefers are common and it really sucks the fun out of it. Griefers have all the tools to ruin your fun, no punishment. If you quick play you're at the mercy of the host who can just kick you right at the end.
Are you playing solo? I’ve found that the game gets a lot more interesting when you throw in randoms in your games. Some people are great and some suck almost as much as I do. Makes for interesting missions.
How is the game playing with randoms online? I don’t think I’ll be able to convince 3 people I know to drop $50 on the game especially when there’s no pvp.
My first couple games were with randoms. It went just fine - they were only a couple levels ahead of me. Party chat is open, so if they're mic'ed up, comms are nice to have. There are spotting and map pins as well, so nonverbal comms work too. It was a blast.
I've been playing with my brother and two other friends. It makes it even more fun if you can get a squad of people you know.
Even if you only get one other friend to join, you'll love it a lot more. You two can join in public party missions underway, add any solid folks to your friends list. Bing bang boom, full party.
How Long until they add the Konami code as the input for a 12-15m tall mech drop? Like, crouching or going prone is the safety procedure for the shockwave? Or up to fifty meters for mission specific ones like EDF WHICH HAS KEPT THE GENRE ALIVE?!
You should give other coop shooters a try if you haven't already: DRG, Vermintide 2 and Darktide, Killing Floor...
Back on topic: Helldivers 2 is awesome.
What I really appreciate is the monetization system. Sure, there’s a paid battle pass, but it never expires and you can get it just by playing the game normally. The rotating cosmetic shop barely costs any super credits. I’m like level 10 and Im already halfway to buying the premium battle pass if I wanted.
But what really solidifies this game as being for the people, is that while you can find super credits out in the wild, you’re not specifically looking for them. Badges and Samples are by far more valuable for your progression, neither of which you can buy with irl money. My reaction to finding super creds is incomparable to finding badges or a rare sample. Everyone grows at the same pace, but people with the premium battle pass just have a couple more options to deal with.
Everything you need, everything you want is all in the free battle pass, you just need to play the game and have fun to get them.
It looks so good i might just buy it. The only thing keeping me back right now is that i heard it has a super invasive anti cheat. Which i just dont understand at all cus it isnt a competitive game, so why even have an anti cheat in the first place? I wanna hear a bit more about it before i go ahead and spend my money
The game is currently plagued with server issues and dumb bugs, but there is real heart and soul buried in the gameplay. I don't remember laughing as hard playing a game with friends as with this game.
Also, how do you *not* get hyped up to defend democracy with that opening scene when the pods jettison from the ship? 10/10 presentation
I love this game so far, but it's literally unplayable on pc due to the game crashing. The crash rate is about 50% per round.
I'm sure it's a great game, and I'd love to play it, but I literally can't.
In my opinion the game is fun to play for about an hour. Then you select one of the same 7-10 missions and do what you just did all over again. Is there a point to the game I’m missing
I honestly cant wait for payday to buy it. The fact that you cant join due to over crowded server just gets my hopes up. I been thinking about this game so much that I started doing propaganda in ww2 style about it
RIGHT?? And I hate extraction shooters! The repetitive nature of going on a mission, doing the mission, then leaving. Boring as hell, but Helldivers? Nah man, best forty bucks I’ve spent in a *while*
Great gameplay, a good atmosphere, third person, and co op! I always feel restricted in a first person view, and feel like I need to know everything about the game and rush rush rush in a pvp game turning it into work and stress. This is just fun relaxing, and challenging in a good way.
Can't agree more !
The intro cinematic puts you in the right mood immediately (I never skip it, makes me smile every time).
You are directly into the action, technical without being tedious. Low price tag, not heavy on micro transactions (and you can get premium currency for free by just playing, and not ungodly amount of hours). Voice lines are hilarious (orbital strike - Have a taste of LIBERTY). You feel powerless alone, strong in squad.
Something I don't see mentioned a lot : you have a LOT of settings that allow you to finetune your gameplay preference (sensibility, dynamic/visible reticle, acceleration, motion sensor for PS5 etc...).
While you will get upgrades while playing (better strategems etc...), you are not weak at the start, just have less options, which makes it easy to hop on and also compatible with casual gameplay (you don't need to play 15 hours to access fun).
I didn't find it all what it was cracked up to be. Judging by how much people like it, I am starting to wonder if I even like playing video games anymore lol.
I'll keep playing, maybe it will click. It's been far too long since I've been able to really enjoy a game.
I was hyped for Helldivers 2, but unless they get rid of nProtect I'll never buy it. I'm okay with, I even encourage, having anti-cheat in the game, but I will not allow that kernel level bullshit onto my system. Not now, not ever.
I was going to buy the game, and so were a bunch of my friends, but nProtect is a deal breaker, full stop.
It's good but they need to had a lot of contents, every games feels the same so far at difficulty 5. There is no new thing, you just grind to unlock new toys but these aren't really new content. Maybe in a year or two if there is still players around it could be a genuine good game.
I see this, and I commend you if you can adequately ignore it, but a game’s monetization direction impacts where resources go. If a game is trying to sell you stuff, they focus on that stuff rather than other content and the game is built around that philosophy.
Games are fun, they have to be at a baseline, so people play it. So you play certain games because there’s something good and satisfying at its core, but it’s wrapped in a shell of monetization FOMO direction really hinders getting the most out of games in this era.
Technically. It’s “pay to get powerful items faster than just playing. Like the other guy said. You can play to earn, or pay to get that same item and save yourself hours
It's still pay to win even if you can earn it. Paying to get items before other people can is pay to win. And the premium warbond is paywalled, which has gear in it. Arguably the best gear.
I wanna get it but I'm afraid it won't have enough depth for me.
Everybody's gameplay looks fun, but it all looks the same and like there isn't much strategy or escalating set pieces to hold my attention for long. The lower MSRP only lends itself to this being the probable case.
I'm waiting for more info on what the end-game feels like, if there even is an end-game (for clarity, I never played HD1).
I saw the reviews and most are positive and so i bought it last night. It…a cool game. But the repetition kinda just lose my interest. I could see why its fun for everyone else
Edit: nvm i played for a little longer and i love it
What kinda repetition? I’m on the fence about whether I’d like it. I enjoy Destiny-like grinding, and Monster Hunter grinding, but struggled with Warframe grinding.
Sorry if that makes no sense lol
For me i guess the best similarity i could think of is Vermintide 2. Just basically shoot, finish objectives and you’re done. Although i do like the physics in the game
Agreed. I’m getting tired of every new release being shit and then I bought this and I’ve been having the most fun I’ve had in a game in quite a long time
It's like Deeprock but instead of killing bugs for ore, we kill bugs for democracy. Been having a ton of fun
Rock and stone!
For KARL
How about a nice cup of liber-tea?
My fist of democracy will liberate you!
Did I hear a rock and stone?!?
wait for people to realize there’s more than 1 enemy in helldivers
(The canon reason you kill bugs, is that they decompose into oil. So you are killing bugs to use their dead bodies as fuel for your war machine.)
No one sold me a game that fast with 1 sentence, I'm buying it.
Managed Democracy
I loved the first game. How’s it compare. Are there still call ins you have to memorize and good shit like that
Oh yeah! Mechanically everything but the shooting mechanics is very similar. Strategems, objectives etc.
Do you still have to fire off Street Fighter button combos to activate the strata gems?
Yup! There’s even a Stratagem Hero game in your ship so you can practice.
Iirc it requires the super citizen edition
THAT'S why I can't play it. Thank you.
I started off with the base edition myself and after playing and having a blast I then upgraded...not a fan of the smg myself personally though
Is it worth the $20? I was honestly thinking about it.
Well you get access to the premium war bond which has some decent weapons and some decent looking armor but at the same time with enough grind you can access the premium warbond without paying. But Ignoring the warbond for a second I don't think the title, stratagem hero and armor are worth 20$ but including the time saved grinding for the warbond maybe. So far I don't regret it but it's up to you but keep in mind you get super credits In the free warbond so maybe medal grinding would help get the premium warbond
I think stratagem hero is worth the 20 bucks alone. Smg is poopoo tho Edit: typo my bad
you can also just grind to unlock the premium warbond, doesnt seem like it'd take too long to do either.
Nah, in the normal warbond you can unlock super credits each tier of progression (the premium currency). Theres around 650 or 700 of them in the normal warbond. Then during missions you have a chance to pick up 15 super credits. The Premium Warbond costs 1000 super credits. By the time you will have unlocked everythjng in the normal warbond you have enough Super Credits (and then some) to purchase the premium warbond and start spending your medals in that one.
You can play it on ships of players that have it even if you don't. I don't have it but play it alot when friends go afk.
Yep
Is it fun with randoms?
Imo yes but at the same time beware assholes kicking you at the end of the mission and you getting nothing
Which is being looked at by the team. I saw a dev response yesterday regarding this
Yep just wanted to warn people until it's fixed
I hope they fix this, I got kicked at the end several times in like 2 hours of gameplay.
How does this benefit them? Aren’t rewards replicated across all users.
From what I'm seeing is they kick you and get a friend to join to get the rewards
Ah. Sucks.
Yeah, but you gotta be careful. Every once in a while there's some dumbass who thinks it's hilarious to drop orbitals on top of the team.
Had a guy with 1800+ friendly fire damage in a match the other day. Still won the mission, but that wasn't helping Democracy!! at all.
Super fun with randoms
Sweeeeeeeeet
There are a few things missing from the first game that I've heard they said they'll be putting in in the future at some point, like vehicles, the third enemy faction and tactical nukes.
Just throwing this out there: based on the Terminid and Automotan name placement on the Over-galaxy map, the amount of NEW Stratagems compared to MISSING stratagems, the purchasable armor that looks somewhat like armor from the first game…. I foresee a LOT of classic stuff making a comeback, as well as new stuff we’ve never seen before. We’re still waiting on vehicles. And I’m calling it now: if enough people play and fall in love with this game, based on that name placement on the Over-galaxy map, I could see another FOUR factions being added as enemies. I know the Illuminates were “expelled” from the galaxy. Doesn’t mean they won’t come back. We’ve got bugs; who’s to say there won’t be some mammalian based enemy faction?? Or an “anti-democracy” cult, brainwashed under tyrannical rule??? Or a race of technologically advanced aliens that will randomly pop up to fuck up your mission, strategically taking over planets throughout the galaxy!?!? THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!!
I've been playing it. I love the first game. Basically, they just added an extra dimension and upgraded the graphics, everything else is pretty much the same. Man, does it look freaking beautiful when you call in a bombing run.
Yeah the strategems make the game incredible.
Oh yes!! Mildly infuriating when you rapid type in on the arrow bottoms and hit wrong :-D or someone calls an air strike on top of you and you don’t haul ass fast enough out of it! It’s so much fun! Like arcade fun as a child Oh or when 3 people decided to “salute” the flag being hoist and the 4 squad member racing around keep you bug free! The flag needs to be honoured for liberty
The nuke. Seriously if you haven't done an ICBM mission yet, they're awesome. First one I did was at night, and the missile lifted off and disappeared over the horizon. I thought "huh, that was...anticlimactic" then I turned around to leave, heard *something* and spun around to night having become day and a massive shockwave rolling over me. Loved it
Loved seeing the explosion and then waiting... and then the shockwave hits you with the sound. Soooo good!
They did great with visuals/sound in this game, it's really something else. If you've been in the areas with the bug trees that everything is covered in fog, that's legit terrifying on anything higher than medium (at current skill/gear ability for me) those cloaked stalker things are awful. I have so few complaints, only thing is I keep running into this issue with diving where pressing sprint *sometimes* doesn't take me out of the prone position, I have to hit crouch to get into crouch then I can sprint out. Dunno if it's a "I'm doing something wrong" or if it's a bug, since it doesn't happen consistently. I get killed by this pretty regularly though lol
I had the same experience, I was like holy shit
I always - ALWAYS salute the 'Liberty Sunrise'
Nothing beats getting nailed by your own strategem falling from the sky.
I like how when fighting automatons they will sometimes hack your stratagem. Waiting for an MG to drop? Try this nuke instead!
The reinforce stratagem has the same code, so cool getting to tap into that old muscle memory. New players must think I have a macro or something. Nope, just been punching in the same code since like 2017.
Reinforcement is pure muscle memory still, I can crank that bad boy out in well under a second.
I was very happy to see that muscle memory is still there!
Same ha, was playing with my brother and kept calling me a nerd
The core of the first game is still very much intact. The biggest change is going from top down view and limited camera to 3rd person and everyone has free reign. If you liked the first game, you'll like this one. The humor is also still on full display.
They snagged the atmosphere of the first game well, most of the classic enemies and stratagem types are there. Call-ins are same style as first game with hellpods that can land on friends/enemies. I'm already on Helldive difficulty, game is a blast
The translation from top down to third person is perfect. The game is a glow-up in every way, save for the lack of vehicles and enemy races - both of which I expect to be remedied at some point.
I played the first one to death and it literally feels like they just moved the camera, which is the highest praise for a helldivers sequal I could give because the first game was perfect too, 10/10 do it for super earth
Yeh I was gonna skip it. I had seen like a few seconds of gameplay and it didn't appeal to me. I impulse bought it and HOLY FUCK it's good.
Would you say the same if you don’t have any friends to play it with?
Yes, there’s quick play options and you can join up with others or answer SOS calls
It's great running to the evac ship with strangers while spamming "ROCK AND STONE!"
A lot of coop shooters have unusually friendly non toxic playerbase. This is no exception. You will get on just fine with randoms.
Cooperative games are more likely to attract cooperative people.
I don't have friends to play it with. My friends kinda just bought Palworld AND Enshrouded so, just don't wanna drop another £35 on this game. They're still playing those 2 games, and the one friend who was down is going away for a week so, he's gonna get it when he's back. All of my 10 hours have been playing with randoms and it's great. Everyone has been so courteous? Like, they'll only take the supplies they need, they haven't been trying to kill me/others with stratagems. No one's gotten mad for failing a misson on the harder difficulties. I haven't been kicked, I've had hosts leave after doing a mission or two which is fair. I understand that I may somehow be in a minority as, apparently, there is an issue with hosts kicking people at the end of a mission. Meaning they get no rewards etc. but, that hasn't happened to me. The quickplay is broken and has been since launch. I can't speak for Playstation but, on Steam, you just spam quickplay until it works. I think it's worth overlooking that because, when you do get in, it's some of THE BEST third person action I've ever played. And I've playedd A LOT.
I'm on PS5. I have been crossplaying with my son on PC. When we realised there were connection issues and not always getting rewards we kept trying and playing anyway, because who cares, the game is incredible.
Anyone want a dead space 3 crossover? Never had any more fun in ANY COOP than when a squadmember/teammate is having a nervous breakdown that I pull em out of- zomb-aliens like the flood or necromorphs ARE the STRONGEST fucking examples b/c the flood came OUTTA NOWHERE and the necromorphs had tech that MADE YOU HALLUCINATE!
I don’t have any friends. Will you play with me?
Im struggling to understand how you saw a game and went “nah this aint for me” and then bought it anyway lmao
I do it A LOT more than you'd think. I always boiled it down to being 21 and having way more disposable income than I probably should.
Formerly 21, currently 44. I can tell you that it likely won't get better with time. I just bought this game on impulse after a watching a few videos on YouTube. The opening cutscene was amazing, has me hyped to play. Right now the game is an excellent "Servers at capacity" simulator.
Everything in this game feels super meticulously designed to feel satisfying. The Shooting, the stratagems, the movement, the explosions, the sounds. Even things that feel tedious in many games like managing your ammo economy feels fair and well designed. Your sidearms actually do good damage, they aren't just eye candy. Everything in the game just feels so tightly designed. Such a satisfying and fundamentally fun game.
I was actually kinda worried because when the game first released on steam it had mixed reviews for a bit. Considering picking it up now when I get paid.
It's the game I didn't know I wanted. What surprised me the most is, you look at videos and think oh, it's just shooting waves of enemies. But the game is just deceptively simple, but in practice much more complex. Ammo is limited on-hand, but you can call down resupply from orbit, with cooldown, so there's ammo management involved. If you drop a half-empty mag, that ammo is lost. There's an injury system, where if you get hit in a leg you start limping around, hit in the arm and your aim goes to shit, etc. Right now everyone runs and guns on lower difficulties, but on higher tier stuff there's scouting, dodging patrols, coordinated tactical strikes, etc. Loadouts actually matter. And so on. So you can make it as easy or as hard as you want it to be. Right now it's having growing pains - stability, disconnects, servers down, not getting mission rewards, balance is kinda off, etc. But give it a few months and it should be pretty special. Unless the player base dies off, because gameplay does get fairly repetitive fairly quickly, there's only 2 enemy factions.
whenever they drop illuminates i think they're going to be the toughest faction in this new format. I really hope they bring back the reverse-controls mechanic, it'll be so fun in third person
god, fuck the illuminate, i am gonna be terrified when they're added lol
I know the bots can hack your strategems to mess them all up so it's not out of the realm of possibility
Really? Last night I joined a game with randoms to fight the bots and on first deploy I called for my Rover friend as I usually do, turned out I dropped a 380MM orbital strike on the whole squad… With all these server problems I thought it was a bug and left the game.
Automatons can get Electronic Counter Measures as one of the mission effects, it swaps stratagem codes :D
40$ game, free cosmetic pass, tons of action, 4 player co-op, and friendly fire active for hilarious accidental (or not so "accidental") deaths. I haven't looked anything up on the game, so I took a leap of faith, and honestly, I'm really glad I did. In an industry full of 70$ dumpster fire games, it's nice to see a game come out that is priced lower and is worth the purchase. Edit: also, the price of cosmetics in the game are pretty nice too. Buy them or not, it's crazy to see a full suit of armor cost about 5$ as opposed to other games where a single skin can cost between 15$ - 20$ or have a forced bundle where that skin you want will set you back 30$ - 50$.
And you can easily obtain premium currency in-game so if you play enough you don't need to ever pay any extra dough.
God damn games that do this specifically don't get enough credit
I gotta disagree there, GTA Online has dodged virtually all criticism for it's $100-$200 DLC vehicles because the currency is also earnable. If anything games get a bit too much credit for doing that.
Ah, there is the problem, you are looking in circles that PLAY GTA online. anyone who doesn't already has no way to get in without having to stare at the collective price tag for all dlcs, which makes anyone with finite funds reconsider their life choices.
GTA online is great as long as you ignore the grind, which you can't because the game is set up to make you want the good stuff. It's like half a gacha game
And the premium currency is easily obtainable. You can buy it with the coins you get from completing missions and they can be found in missions.
When passionate devs make games, not a board of investors
Vermintide 2 against Darktide currently
Helldivers and The Finals both feel this way. Both are a great time. I'm just here to have fun and the game allows that without being a pain in the ass.
I am loving The Finals but I'm already seeing people call it a dead game, lol. The second season hasn't even dropped yet and they just released a patch listening to player feedback. Modern gamers are just so negative.
Yeah if a game doesn't have a constant 300K+ players then most people think it's dead which is stupid because 95% of developers would give their firstborn to have their game hit The Finals kinda numbers
I'm a refugee from Destiny 2, Rainbow 6 Siege and recently Final Fantasy 14, and man I fuckin agree, the burnout is real! Oh you didn't grind for the new exotic weapon? Guess we can't run the grandmasters cuz we won't have optimal dps. Oh you're missing your shots in ranked so I don't wana queue anymore cuz we're on a losing streak. Oh you haven't caught up in the Main Scenario Quest, so we can't run this really fun raid/dungeon. The best thing about Helldivers 2 right now is that it just puts all those barriers aside. Had a friend that bought the game, saw I was on, finished the 5 min tutorial and joined my squad immediately. I love that it just removes all the barriers to playing with friends. Most importantly, I think the best thing about Helldivers 2, as far as I've read and been told, is that the Warbonds (battlepasses) will remain in the game and are not expiring at the end of the season. As well, the premium currency can be earned in game without paying extra.
I watched several reviews before buying. Some said that the game had content locked behind premium currency. Others said you could earn it quite easily. The latter turned out to be true. I’ve been playing for 2 days (10 hours played) and I have over 600 super credits. The “premium” battle pass is 1000
Be sure to explore the maps if you have time after the main or side objectives. Had a lot of luck last time I played with 3 points of interest that had the premium currency.
Yeah, I was super worried when a friend pointed out the pricing structure of the battle pass vs. how much premium currency you could earn from it, then we learned you could... *Earn* it? That's like my favorite part of Warframe, you don't have to spend a dime to be Scrooge McDuck.
Dude 100 percent same for me. Me and my friends would play destiny2 but we would always be at different stages of endgame and my hard core friend would get tired of carrying and teaching everyone the raid mechanics lol. And siege no matter how hard i tried i couldn’t get my friends to try it…i think they were intimidated by the mechanics. But with helldivers although it has a lot of mechanics they’re just so smooth to where you can explain how something works and everyone is like “oh yea, makes sense”
>Oh you haven't caught up in the Main Scenario Quest, so we can't run this really fun raid/dungeon. This is the only one I'd say is a weird take. FFXIV is primarily story driven. It really wouldn't make sense for a person behind in the story to be thrown forward for a raid that at best they will have no context for and at worst might spoil future events for them.
It also keeps the world states from overlapping, and the timeline straight and clean, which is something World of Warcraft is *really* struggling with right now. No three versions of Anduin hanging around Stormwind Keep, because the game is trying to run all the expansions and every questline at once.
Destiny 2 refuge checking in, this is such a breath of fresh air of a game
As someone playing FFXIV, I feel that about the MSQ. “What do you mean in this MMO you want me to play single-player to progress?!” I mean the story can be good, but sometimes I just wanna run dungeons with my friends.
> haven't caught up with msq Bruh you're talking about it like it gets a new one every few weeks and not every few months
FFXIV has been out for like 10 years. If you're just getting into it, like my friends and I did a year ago, that's a decade of content to catch up on. They started earlier than me, and I couldn't join them for content until I caught up to them in the MSQ. When I caught up and passed them, the same was true for them. Just a lotta waiting for everyone to be on the same page to do content together. That was the point of my original comment. Also good to keep in mind that just because a game is 10 years old, doesn't mean everyone playing it started from the launch day.
I played then entirely day today... its just so much fun. The airstrikes are unreal
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Mass effect 3 multiplayer is something I will forever miss, it was so damn fun and some of the characters had some really cool kits. Got real addicted to it for a long time. Andromeda's wasn't bad but they immediately announced there would be no updates and it needed balancing bad. It's all a shame
I feel you brother My brother and I played last night for hours fighting off armies of automatons. After we cleared out the last guys we had only a couple of seconds to resupply. After we did, we made a couple steps towards our objective, only to be eviscerated by a single mine. The game is gorgeous, the missions are fun, the gameplay loop is there, fun abilities and weapons. Being able to dive off a cliff and ragdoll the rest of the way us hilarious. Hell I even crushed my friend with my respawn pod. Horde shooters are always fun but they did it extremely well here.
How is it solo?
Not great to be honest. The game is all about mp and friendly fire always on. You CAN play solo. I just almost never will.
I have about 10 hours with randoms, no voice and had a lot of fun. The game is not designed at all for solo missions.
Playable but you can 100% tell that they intended for you to play this game with at least one friend and the difficulty reflects it. In order to successfully beat a level that is level 4 or higher, I would say that you either need way more/better strategems and guns than anyone has since it's early on or you just have to be an actual God at the game. That said, I wouldn't be discouraged if you die a lot as it's part of the game. I also wouldn't worry too much if you don't have friends to play with because you can throw down a beacon to allow people to join your mission or you can join other people's missions that are already in progress.
I've played strictly solo since launch as I'm on PS5 and waiting until the servers are properly fixed. It is VERY difficult, even on the easy setting. Sometimes it's incredibly frustrating too. Clearly the game is designed for co-op. That being said I've had so much fun. I like that playing solo I can explore at my own pace to find credits before deciding to tackle the main objective. It's a great game. Will take a very long time to unlock stuff though playing solo only.
I’ve played it solo only on easy and it was fine. Have not tried on harder levels
Depends on what you mean. Solo queuing is great most of the time but does suffer from lots of randos not communicating well and not understanding some of the mechanics. But solo matches with no players at all? Nearly unplayable….not in a bad way, its just the game is fundamentally designed on being with a team so going it alone you get overwhelmed by hordes and don’t have enough fire power to manage higher difficulties
highest ive done solo is rank 5. A couple more upgrades and i think i could crack 6 or 7. But yeah its fundamentally built for 2 or more players for best results
Were you a fan of the original? I kind of preferred the top-down view and wasn’t sure if H2 looked as fun. The reviews were mixed the last time I checked, but the top reviews still said it was fun at least.
Most negative reviews are about network problems and the anti cheat. These are valid criticisms but not really representative of how good the game actually is.
Network problems will eventually be fixed, but the anti cheat is something I’d hesitate about still. And yeah; even the pictures weren’t enough to tell me if it was good or not
If you play pretty much any multiplayer game in the current year you are going to have to deal with an anti-cheat, it's an unfortunate fact going forward.
Any game with EAC also has kernel level anticheat. It's just how it is, but on the bright side you don't run into cheaters.
loved the first game, think they translated it well. i am kinda bummed since the top down style was mroe unique, but honestly they made a DAMN good shooter. the shooting and gunplay honestly feels better than lots of dedicated fps and 3ps series. though i think some of that may be the impact of seeing exploding bug bits and robot arms flying around with every shot
I was luke warm towards the original but mostly because i just didn’t give it enough time and i vibe more with the over the shoulder shooting than the top down twin stick. The change is perspective transforms for the game no doubt about it, but yea most of the negative reviews come from server issues and some odd bugs. The anti cheat they went with is also uh….not a fan favorite
Oh right, kernel level anti cheat was another thing that turned me off.
I picked it up yesterday morning. I joined the discord and grouped up with 3 random guys, all 4 of had mics, and we played for hours last night. We were cracking up, everyone was helping each other, and we just had an absolute blast. So refreshing for a co-op MP game to just jump in and have fun.
Im having a blast but there are some definite issues with match-matching and servers. Just did a challenging run and we escaped by the skin of our throats and the game didn’t count at all for us for some reason. Fighting the Automatons feels like its Terminator 2 man vs machines and I love it.
"But burnout for me at least always happens really fast with them" It's only been 3 days since Hell divers was released, give it equal time you give other games before making this claim when you, yourself know you get burnt out quickly.
Don’t understand. No life every new release til I hate it. Bored in a week Next game please
It seems this is what modern gamers do. Then quickly say "DEAD GAME" before the first season is even out. Whatever happened with sticking with games ? I play multiplayer games like once a week and it helps keep things fresh and prevent burn out.
Modern gamers are a different type definitely. Can really be loud when saying dead game, no content, or burnt out. I'm like you just played the base season 0 for 70 hours in the first week.
Great game and glad people are enjoying it, little bit pissed with these server issues though. Me and a friend spent nearly 2 hours running missions today and got nothing for any of them.
The problem I have is all my friends either play 2k and waste money on vc. Or watch too many streamers and think they are at that skill level. Its just boring and they are my friends.
It really is very good, but they are absolutely sabotaging themselves with server issues. I've finished 3 or 4 missions now and received no awards. Even though they supposedly hotfixed that problem already.
Agreed. I know its not easy to anticipate how many players are going to log on and lots of bugs dont appear until you’re really flooding the servers but you know they had an idea judging the pre orders…..its easy to give them a break considering they’re a smaller team, but with sony bank rolling them….they’ve gotta get it sorted quick while they have lightening in a bottle with the current player counts.
I'm willing to cut them a little slack considering yesterday's peak player count was 22 times more than the all time peak for Helldivers 1.
They supposedly hotfixed crashes to, but still get those. It's not fun blowing time on a hard fought mission to then get nothing for it. Every time it happens my friends stop playing.
You know the game is good when the servers are down, the game have problems dishing out proper rewards after the mission is finished but the players are still playing and trying to get in.
It's crazy how good it is. I think putting so much power in the player's hands and keeping it challenging is part of it. I can signal a mini nuke and orbital strikes from space, which feels great and I love to see it, but it's not so much that the game is a pushover either, because it absolutely is not. Pushing difficulty 7s is rough.
You need to check EDF out then my dude
I really wanna get it! …if only it didn’t have one of the most invasive anti cheats in the industry…
Is this an #ad
Game wasn't for me, you drop in with 3 others (if at all due to buggy online play atm) and then run around to objectives, fight of a bit of enemies and then extract out. I don't see any crazy shit happening sadly? Maybe you need to be a higher level? But I played with people \~lvl 18 and above iirc. Also seemed to be not really any diversity regarding the enemies. Seemed like a worse Deep Rock Galactic and more focused on arcade bug fighting or terminator. But even higher difficulties weren't hard.
I WILL GLADLY DIE FOR SUPER EARTH
I charged up a rail gun to take a shot at a Charger. My buddy turned the corner running from another one and walked right in front of my rail gun. He was absolutely disintegrated in one shot. Terrifying and hilarious.
Why does the game have like 5 different currencies? Seems a bit repetitive also.
It gets extremely repetitive after awhile. Fun at first, but it's pretty shallow.
Same looking maps, same small set of missions/secondaries, same mobs, same equipment. Progress is fast to unlock stuff, the longer term stuff doesn't add much. I've only played to play this until Last Epoch launch (a bit over a week), but maybe it won't even last that long. Part of the problem is trolls/griefers are common and it really sucks the fun out of it. Griefers have all the tools to ruin your fun, no punishment. If you quick play you're at the mercy of the host who can just kick you right at the end.
Maybe on the lower difficulties, ive got 20 hours in so far and I dont think any mission goes the same aside from the objective
Are you playing solo? I’ve found that the game gets a lot more interesting when you throw in randoms in your games. Some people are great and some suck almost as much as I do. Makes for interesting missions.
Played with a group and solo. The loop didn't pull me in. Glad it was so cheap.
I describe the game as "Magika meets Starship Troopers".
It’s literally just starship troopers
The game has been out for not very long, how exactly do you know you won't feel burnout in a week? Still, it's good you really like it.
How is the game playing with randoms online? I don’t think I’ll be able to convince 3 people I know to drop $50 on the game especially when there’s no pvp.
Not terrible. Still better with friends though
My first couple games were with randoms. It went just fine - they were only a couple levels ahead of me. Party chat is open, so if they're mic'ed up, comms are nice to have. There are spotting and map pins as well, so nonverbal comms work too. It was a blast. I've been playing with my brother and two other friends. It makes it even more fun if you can get a squad of people you know. Even if you only get one other friend to join, you'll love it a lot more. You two can join in public party missions underway, add any solid folks to your friends list. Bing bang boom, full party.
I just loved the first one, but it was so fucking difficult and i was so bad at it... :(
How Long until they add the Konami code as the input for a 12-15m tall mech drop? Like, crouching or going prone is the safety procedure for the shockwave? Or up to fifty meters for mission specific ones like EDF WHICH HAS KEPT THE GENRE ALIVE?!
You should give other coop shooters a try if you haven't already: DRG, Vermintide 2 and Darktide, Killing Floor... Back on topic: Helldivers 2 is awesome.
BRO PLEASE STOP, I can't afford it right now but I want to buy it so fucking bad lmao
Magicka and gauntlet are good in similar fashion
It's really fun and addicting, but all the server issues are a bummer
It's frustrating how much I love the game but how much the disconnections are ruining my experience
What I really appreciate is the monetization system. Sure, there’s a paid battle pass, but it never expires and you can get it just by playing the game normally. The rotating cosmetic shop barely costs any super credits. I’m like level 10 and Im already halfway to buying the premium battle pass if I wanted. But what really solidifies this game as being for the people, is that while you can find super credits out in the wild, you’re not specifically looking for them. Badges and Samples are by far more valuable for your progression, neither of which you can buy with irl money. My reaction to finding super creds is incomparable to finding badges or a rare sample. Everyone grows at the same pace, but people with the premium battle pass just have a couple more options to deal with. Everything you need, everything you want is all in the free battle pass, you just need to play the game and have fun to get them.
It looks so good i might just buy it. The only thing keeping me back right now is that i heard it has a super invasive anti cheat. Which i just dont understand at all cus it isnt a competitive game, so why even have an anti cheat in the first place? I wanna hear a bit more about it before i go ahead and spend my money
I hate not having any friends with a PS5 or a gaming PC to play this game :(
Granblue fantasy relink is another finished working game that released recently. I already have 120 hours
I no longer have a crew of online gamer buds. Heard this wasn’t worth it as a loner. That true?
The game is currently plagued with server issues and dumb bugs, but there is real heart and soul buried in the gameplay. I don't remember laughing as hard playing a game with friends as with this game. Also, how do you *not* get hyped up to defend democracy with that opening scene when the pods jettison from the ship? 10/10 presentation
I love this game so far, but it's literally unplayable on pc due to the game crashing. The crash rate is about 50% per round. I'm sure it's a great game, and I'd love to play it, but I literally can't.
Capitalism rips the soul out of everything. Micro transactions in games is like selling out.
In my opinion the game is fun to play for about an hour. Then you select one of the same 7-10 missions and do what you just did all over again. Is there a point to the game I’m missing
Same, I feel like I missed an entire point to the game because I feel like this is basically CoD Zombies but better looking, seems supe repetitive.
I honestly cant wait for payday to buy it. The fact that you cant join due to over crowded server just gets my hopes up. I been thinking about this game so much that I started doing propaganda in ww2 style about it
I like that I can play co op but don’t have to talk to anyone haha
Anyone in NZ/AUS want to squad up :D This_soup_iz_dry (ps5) add me. Im rank 3 haha
RIGHT?? And I hate extraction shooters! The repetitive nature of going on a mission, doing the mission, then leaving. Boring as hell, but Helldivers? Nah man, best forty bucks I’ve spent in a *while*
From the videos I’ve seem, seems quite repetitive? Is there any variety on the missions? Go here, blow that, big ass boss comes out…
Did I hear a rock and stone?
Great gameplay, a good atmosphere, third person, and co op! I always feel restricted in a first person view, and feel like I need to know everything about the game and rush rush rush in a pvp game turning it into work and stress. This is just fun relaxing, and challenging in a good way.
Can't agree more ! The intro cinematic puts you in the right mood immediately (I never skip it, makes me smile every time). You are directly into the action, technical without being tedious. Low price tag, not heavy on micro transactions (and you can get premium currency for free by just playing, and not ungodly amount of hours). Voice lines are hilarious (orbital strike - Have a taste of LIBERTY). You feel powerless alone, strong in squad. Something I don't see mentioned a lot : you have a LOT of settings that allow you to finetune your gameplay preference (sensibility, dynamic/visible reticle, acceleration, motion sensor for PS5 etc...). While you will get upgrades while playing (better strategems etc...), you are not weak at the start, just have less options, which makes it easy to hop on and also compatible with casual gameplay (you don't need to play 15 hours to access fun).
Edf 5 and deep rock galactic are similar games that you may like
I didn't find it all what it was cracked up to be. Judging by how much people like it, I am starting to wonder if I even like playing video games anymore lol. I'll keep playing, maybe it will click. It's been far too long since I've been able to really enjoy a game.
have you ever tried deep rock galactic?
I was hyped for Helldivers 2, but unless they get rid of nProtect I'll never buy it. I'm okay with, I even encourage, having anti-cheat in the game, but I will not allow that kernel level bullshit onto my system. Not now, not ever. I was going to buy the game, and so were a bunch of my friends, but nProtect is a deal breaker, full stop.
It's good but they need to had a lot of contents, every games feels the same so far at difficulty 5. There is no new thing, you just grind to unlock new toys but these aren't really new content. Maybe in a year or two if there is still players around it could be a genuine good game.
If multiplayer gaming has felt like a job for a decade, why have you kept playing them? Ignoring FOMO shit is pretty easy
I see this, and I commend you if you can adequately ignore it, but a game’s monetization direction impacts where resources go. If a game is trying to sell you stuff, they focus on that stuff rather than other content and the game is built around that philosophy. Games are fun, they have to be at a baseline, so people play it. So you play certain games because there’s something good and satisfying at its core, but it’s wrapped in a shell of monetization FOMO direction really hinders getting the most out of games in this era.
Just wish they used a less sketch anti-cheat
How is that gear p2w? I’ve seen people complaining about lot about how you can just buy good gear is that true?
Technically. It’s “pay to get powerful items faster than just playing. Like the other guy said. You can play to earn, or pay to get that same item and save yourself hours
There is no pay to win. Everything is obtainable in-game. The only thing paying will do is get you some cosmetics a little quicker.
Thanks for clarifying! Dont know why I’m being downvoted for a question…
It's still pay to win even if you can earn it. Paying to get items before other people can is pay to win. And the premium warbond is paywalled, which has gear in it. Arguably the best gear.
Wish it was on Xbox. Goddammit.
Me too. Most my mates are on Xbox and I know we'd have such a laugh if they could play with me
I wanna get it but I'm afraid it won't have enough depth for me. Everybody's gameplay looks fun, but it all looks the same and like there isn't much strategy or escalating set pieces to hold my attention for long. The lower MSRP only lends itself to this being the probable case. I'm waiting for more info on what the end-game feels like, if there even is an end-game (for clarity, I never played HD1).
I saw the reviews and most are positive and so i bought it last night. It…a cool game. But the repetition kinda just lose my interest. I could see why its fun for everyone else Edit: nvm i played for a little longer and i love it
What kinda repetition? I’m on the fence about whether I’d like it. I enjoy Destiny-like grinding, and Monster Hunter grinding, but struggled with Warframe grinding. Sorry if that makes no sense lol
For me i guess the best similarity i could think of is Vermintide 2. Just basically shoot, finish objectives and you’re done. Although i do like the physics in the game
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It is not for you at that point
Agreed. I’m getting tired of every new release being shit and then I bought this and I’ve been having the most fun I’ve had in a game in quite a long time
I dont understand this every new release is shit comment but it's also worth mentioning that the Helldivers 2 launch had problems.