HELLDIVERS™ 2

Bought game just to be loaded into the hardest level of combat as a level 1 cadet. Got 15 kills and hugs from friends back on the ship.
10/10 highly recommend game and will continue to play. :D

Every single match you play is its own cinematic masterpiece. It can be frustrating, sad, funny, but super fun and entertaining for you and the people you play with.

can't even access the game after download. i keep getting error code -1 and no one knows how to solve it.

One of the best coop shooters on the market, right alongside Deep Rock Galactic (Rock and Stone Brothers!). Even if your friends aren't interested, you can make new ones in this fight for Managed Democracy! Seriously can't recommend this game enough with the Warbonds that you can unlock through playtime, and the numerous factions/enemies that you can shoot that all have a unique play style from one another.

For $40 this game was priced perfectly, and it is worth every penny.

1: shoot bug
2: dopamine
3: shoot bot
4: dopamine
5: shoot squid
6: dopamine

I was holding off on a review for this game based on the Sony drama and the balance changes to some of the weapons at the time. However, after returning post-drama and noticing that the weapon nerfs weren't just reverted, but changed into buffs, I've decided it's time to give this its proper due.


Helldivers 2 is a team based PVE shooter in which you face a variety of enemies, ranging from bugs and robots to zombies. Each type of enemy has its own strengths and weaknesses, and you are granted a wide array of tools to deal with problems. There are rocket launchers for heavy armor, fire for persistent insects, and machine guns for zombies. You can take any of these tools against any threat to test them, pry at defenses and find your own ways to crack their armor and thin their advance. This isn't like most team games where you get one life, and then you make a mistake and now it's up to your team to win without you. There's no cheap grab mechanics that force you to play with others, otherwise you get instantly killed with no counterplay. The game instead allows complete freedom in your approach, and throws merciless hordes at you. Contrary to most team games, this one is perfectly playable solo, as the enemy presence is scaled to the number of people present. If you play solo you will get five lives, and upon exhausting the final life there will be a timer until it is replenished. The game currently has ten difficulties, each ramping up in a creative and interesting way, requiring you to beat them in order to unlock the next one up. I would heavily advise against playing with experienced players on higher difficulties until you've managed to unlock them for yourself, as they are quite excellent at teaching you the game's mechanics one at a time and then ramping them up. Difficulties 0-5 will teach you how to deal with basic enemies, difficulties 6-9 will teach you how to manage heavies, and difficulty 10 is a test of all of that at once. Most people aren't going to have fun solo beyond 8-9 until they've racked up a few hundred hours, but that means you always have something to look forward to and are never bored. With constant content updates bringing more guns (though they are paid not free most of the time), you'll never run out of things experiment with, even if you play the game like a full time job. There's also a unique mechanic in the form of 'strategems', which are basically grenades that cause different effects. So instead of an explosion, a grenade can call down an airstrike or a freaking mini-nuke. They have cooldowns, but you get up to four per loadout, and some of them have multiple uses per cooldown. There is absolutely no shortage of action and fun to be had, there's no 'oh well you used the super gun now you gotta use the basic rifle for ten minutes'. Nope, the game is balanced around heavy, massive barrages of artillery and laser beams the size of buildings being applied constantly. And while that may make it seem as though your guns would be overshadowed, this couldn't be further from the truth. There's grenade launchers, six foot long rifles anti-material rifles that require you to brace to shoot them, and even cooler stuff to keep bringing the pain. If you want to hold down the trigger and never stop, you can do that. Hate ammo management? There's a supply pack to allow you to supply yourself at will four times (yes, from zero to full four times) with a few minute cooldown, meaning that you will NEVER experience a shortage. There's heals given to you in the form of 'stims', which function to keep you alive without the need to search for medkits or other tedious items. You get to just shoot, stim yourself up, throw grenades and bring utter mayhem to enemies. The game's never a chore, you'll never feel bored and there's so many difficulty settings you can tune the experience perfectly. I initially wasn't sure if they'd go back on the nerfs, but since they have..this is literally the best zombie shooting, war simulating game there is. It will probably be that way for ten years or longer, it's a masterpiece in its current state. The biggest selling factor for me is that this game is playable ENTIRELY solo, and it's not even tedious, it's fair.

If you like shooters and aren't sure, please pick this up. This will be your favorite game in no time at all if you give it a shot.

came from playstation and loved this game, will not let me play with any of my playstation friends now that ive bought the game TWICE. crossplay "works" but it doesnt

I generally don't play shooters, and this oddly works for me? I can play with friends, and as much as the game is a shooter... it really does not care if you kill things. Or if you die. Did you collect the weird sample it wanted, or destroy a rogue research station, or collect the geological survey? Good. Mission complete. Any enemies that die in between you and that are just a bonus.

The story in the background is fun. The "premium" currency is rather easy to collect more of. If I want the cool new warbond, all I have to do is play for a dozen or so rounds on a lower difficulty. There is a whole community that will detail how to do all the achievements and then how to collect whatever thing you need for the upgrade you want next.

Is good to spread democracy, HOWEVER. consider buying this since the bugs update that could turn it invisible. because i've been having trouble connecting to a single session that kept disconnecting every 10 mins and this never happens before the update. but overall good 8/10

I recommend you take a few days off and wait for the devs to fix the crashes before you play the game.
The recent update is very unstable.

The game is good but there is a lot of frustrating elements that keeps coming back and the devs are having a hard time dealing with all of them :
Crashes, performance issues, game breaking bugs, and problematic teamates (you'd be surprised how toxic the community can be on this game) are just always there.

If you can deal with those issues, then I recommend the game.

Game constantly crashes, on a normal pc. Unplayable. PLEASE fix it.

Friendly fire isn’t a bug—it’s a feature, and your squad are just collateral damage in the name of liberty. The game is a perfect mix of teamwork, chaos, and intentionally calling in an airstrike on yourself. You’re basically a space janitor with a rocket launcher, cleaning up the galaxy while your teammates scream at you to stop dropping supply pods on their heads.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☑ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☑ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☑ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☑ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---SCORE { ? / 10 }---
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☐ 10
I love this game but the bugs (not being able to get out of fast recon vehicles, not being able to interact with objectives, stratagems and grenades bouncing off of stupid things) make it extremely difficult to play sometimes, I will 100% change this to a 10/10 if these bugs are fixed. And a lot of the content costs money to access, or absolutely absurd amounts of grinding, but I still enjoy playing this game and will continue doing so.
EDIT:
I am simply an idiot and did not realize that I can't get out of the car when I am viewing the map, changing my review to a nine out of ten, will become a ten if grenade and stratagem bounces are fixed.

Originally the best game but now is completely unplayable. The game crashes over literally anything. Explosions, landing, selecting a mission, anything. I cannot enjoy the game if i cant play it. Save the time, save the money, DO NOT PURCHASE. I will change this review if the crashes are patched and i can play. For now, not worth it.

Huge issues with AMD 7000 series graphics cards, game crashes at least twice a mission no matter what settings, DO NOT BUY until a fix comes out, supposedly they're "working out the issues with AMD" but who knows about when that'll fix the game

Helldivers 2 delivers an absolutely thrilling combat experience, with every battle feeling intense and cinematic. The game is a nonstop visual spectacle, making every second on the battlefield feel exhilarating. However, after around 50-60 hours, the gameplay may start to feel repetitive. That said, it still provides an incredibly satisfying gameplay experience and is absolutely worth it. 👍 8.5/10

To start this off, I want to say that Helldivers 2 is one of the funnest games I have played with friends, when it works. Unfortunately however, after a year fixes, patches and changes to Helldivers 2, it still only works half the time.

Since launch, this game on PC has had a rather large crashing problem. I've not let it bother me too much and have tried to look past it because the game is fun. However, these crashes have become more frequent, to the point that every other drop into a mission has crashed mine, or a friends game, since the new Servants of Freedom warbond released. These crashes also tend to happen more often when playing with friends than it does solo, and we aren't running this game on PC's that can't support it.

Alongside these crashing issues, Helldivers 2 doesn't run particularly well either. Regardless of what settings you run, it still stutters and runs fairly sub-optimally, which is just outright disappointing this long after initial release.

The Helldivers community is quick to defend this game from criticisms. However, what I think would be more productive, is wanting the people in this community, the people you ultimately play with game to game, to have a more positive experience and for their game to run as well as it can, regardless of PC specs. It is clear to me that outside of people's individual PC specs, this game has huge problems with player connectivity, crashing, and general game performance, and I think for a game as big as Helldivers 2, and as dedicated a community as Helldivers 2, that for these problems to persist as badly as they do this long after launch, that these issues shouldn't be nearly as bad as they currently are. As stated above, I have looked past these problems because the game is quite fun, but something has to give, and these things need attention.

I cannot express just how amazing this game is, non stop action never a dull moment, friendly and welcoming community that isn't above helping new players out and making your experience a fun one, hilarious political commentary and satire, incredibly fluid and fun game mechanics this is genuinely one of the best shooters i have ever played and i have played a lot of shooters. I haven't played for very long but i can tell im gonna be cripplingly addicted to this game for a very long time. worth every single penny i paid for it and then some im even considering dumping my paycheck into warbonds.

A really fun, detailed and immersive experience. However, many a time it crashes. And after playing 30 minutes of a match, to then crash, try to rejoin (then crash again), all to receive no rewards or compensation in the end for your efforts. That, is infuriating.

Most fun I've had in a co-op shooter in years. When in doubt scream "For Super Earth" and Charge to your valiant and all too assured end.

very good game there is a lot to do just wish there was an out of combat super sprint idk.

Helldivers 2 is officially one year old now, Happy Anniversary Helldivers 2!!
In this time it has witnessed some ups and downs, and a majority of the playerbase has left. (500k at release, now around 100k) But its still an incredible (possibly a one-of-a-time) game and i cant get enough of it!

If you havent bought this masterpiece yet, in this game you:
Are part of an elite force which is sent out into the backlines in war as some sort of Partisans to destroy key startegic Locations from the enemies to help out the main fighting force on the frontlines. In some Missions you will be launching an ICBM, and in some defending a rocket launch silo while waves of enemies try to destroy the power generators, theres a lot of variety in the missions. The game is a Third-Person-Shooter, (similiar to fortnite) but one quite unique aspect about this game is its aiming/shooting system. There is a small circle which indicates where the muzzle of your gun is pointing, that circle is your crosshair, when you shoot the recoil will make it move.

Stratagems: Each Helldiver has their own Super-Destroyer, a powerful ship which allows you to call in stratagems during combat. Stratagems are small balls which when a specific code sequence is put into and thrown, will call down whatever you chose from your Super-Destroyer. (For example you can call down Reinforcements, Resupplies, Orbital Strikes, Airstrikes, Vehicles, Mechs, Support Weapons) The code sequences are made up of cardinal arrows (up,down,left,right) and are typed into with the WASD keys.
One infamous Stratagem is the "Eagle 500kg Bomb" with its code being: ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️

The Galactic War: Each Helldiver is fighting for one cause, each time you complete a Mission, the Planets Liberation Percentage will go up slightly, until the Planet has been rid of enemies and you can progress further into enemy territory. Completing Missions also handsomly rewards you with Warbond Medals, Requisition, and if you have collected them during the mission: Samples. Warbond Medals are used to buy items from the Warbonds, which are small Battlepasses which arent time-limited and can be bought with Supercredits. (Supercredits can be found during Missions in Minor POIs, explore the map and you will find them!) Requisition is the currency you use to purchase new Stratagems when you level up, and samples are used to upgrade your Super-Destroyer.

There are as of now, 3 Enemy Factions:
The Terminids, Automatons and the Illuminate.
The Terminids are bug-like enemies. They will swarm you in hordes, bring Machineguns or Explosives against them. Their Elites / Heavies could be a problem at lower levels, but a well placed Orbital Precision Strike can take them out in one direct hit.
The Automatons dont have as many numbers but are usually much more armored with weakspots being the head or a vent on the backside. Bring powerful weapons capable of Medium-Armor Penetration or higher (I recommend getting to level 10 and buying the Autocannon Stratagem before playing against the Automatons)
The Illuminate use former Super Earth Citizens as Meatshields, sending them out towards you while they attack from further away, basically a mix of the former 2 factions. Bring a good horde clearing weapon for the Zombies, and a Medium-Armor penetration weapon for the Overseers. Harvesters and Spawnships have shields which when taken out regenerate after around 15 seconds, you will have to use your Orbital Strikes / Anti-Tank Weapons in this time window. Id reccomend playing against the Illuminate when you are more experienced with the game.

This is probably the best game i have played in the past couple years, i dont have a lot of hours compared to other games i own, but im sure that i will constantly be playing this game and never get bored of it.

In my opinion this is one of the best casual play game out there, you can play on low difficulty missions if youd like to and still contribute towards the main goal all helldivers are currently working on. (the Major Order)

The passion and effort that Arrowhead have put into Helldivers 2 can really be seen and felt, you guys have seriously done an amazing job with this game! It is an absolute masterpiece and it DESERVES Game of the Year.

10/10, truly a masterpiece. Would dive in hell again and again and again and again...

game is a great time with friends. there's always something to unlock and you can earn premium v-bucks through gameplay, but only like 10 every once in awhile. i wish you could earn them a little faster as this is a 40$ game. they've done a good job with content updates over the last year. i love the mmo-esque aspects like seeing the total progress towards a war order, and i super love that you can login and claim rewards towards the battlepasses even if you haven't played in a while.

my biggest gripe with this game is the performance and visuals. i don't have a top tier rig but with 5800x/3070, FSR on, low/med settings it runs around 70-80 fps at 1440p, dipping below 60 on higher difficulties w an intense amount of enemies/explosions. this would be acceptable - ｂｕｔ- FSR makes it look like a nasty blurry mess. even in the ship with nothing going on i get around ~100 fps, it'd be hugely appreciated if the devs reworked their implementation of FSR and added DLSS. still very fun and playable but it is a big issue. it's worth noting that the game is a little unstable, a lot of my friends crash or get stuck in a loading screen too often to ignore

overall 7/10 good game, but a little buggy and poorly optimized. worth 30$ on sale if you have friends to play with, otherwise i'd wait for a deeper sale

I was playing this game yesterday, today after the update game won't start. It has been like this the past updates as well. I have just tried reinstalling the game, as well as removing the gamegaurd folder and having helldivers reinstall it. Why does every update cause this?

Drop in, shoot bugs, blow stuff up, accidentally teamkill. WOULD DIE AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR DEMOCRACY! 10/10

Good game but I wish they'd add a cutscene where if you get defeated by a bug you could get filled with eggs that'd be pretty funny I think

bu oyun arkadaşlarla son derece eğlenceli ama benim salak arkadaşım ya kafama airstrike atıp beni filistinli bir çocuğa çeviriyor ya da kafama sıkıyor bu çocuğu alın yanımdan yoksa sikeceğim

salak arkadaşım dışında güzel oyun tavsiye ederim

This pains me to do.

I've played this game since launch day, and it had gripped me in a way that almost no other game ever has. Unfortunately, the pivot in how the game is being balanced has made it much less fun for me, and the game has changed from the one that I fell in love with. I can only see myself playing this game in the future if I am specifically invited to by friends.

I hope to see it return to its former glory, but until then, I'll need to find another cooperative game that actually encourages team play in order to succeed.

Despite only having played this game for less than 10 hours, and only having basic weaponry and armour, I can happily report that this game is highly enjoyable. The movement feels very fluid, especially with the diving mechanic.

I would say the thing I like the most about the game is that it gives the sense of truly being a ludicrous, science fiction Hero. From being able to perform dramatic, and highly tactically important, dives, to being shot out of a cannon as you begin a mission, the game manages to make one feel powerful and heroic, without making the player overpowered or feel extremely unrealistic.

The only issue that some may find, is that the game does require (by my standards) a rather good computer to run. I was only able to play it after getting a new, powerful laptop after my previous one broke, and even then, it runs very hot while playing. Much to my dismay, it is impossible to run it at low graphics by my standards (which most consider potato graphics) to get good performance without burning my hands as i play.
This is of course expected given the type of game it is, and how new the game is.

Overall, it's a very high quality game that lives up to its reputation.

> Watched Starship troopers before hand
> Watched Terminator before hand
> Watched Battle: Los Angeles before hand
> Booted up Helldivers 2
> First game I get absolutely curb stomped by a Bile Titan

10/10 would play a third game

The best co-op shooter to play with friends. Just get out there and shoot some bugs. It is simple. It is fun. It doesn't get old.

A fun little romp you can turn your brain off to, designed specifically so players can have fun no matter their 'build'. The game does have MTXs but it has a viable way of earning it through Gameplay. If you have friends who are interested, I'd recommend playing with them instead of randoms as people's skill levels in random lobbies can be hit or miss.

I held out buying this game for months. I started to crack after The Game Awards announcement and eventually bought the Super Citizen Edition and man, I regret not buying it sooner. This game is an absolute gem with exciting gunplay, enemies, objectives, and world. This game has essentially become a full-time job for me and I couldn't be happier, we'll see just how much more I play! See you on the frontline helldivers!

You know the developers know what they're doing when right click closes out menus...

In all seriousness, easily one of the most fun games I've ever played. The overall game-feel is stellar, from the movement / physics / gun-feel / atmosphere / lighting / music / enemy diversity. The emergent gameplay is always a good time. And then you take into account the (currently) 3 different enemy rosters (Terminids / Automatons / Illuminate) that all feel so different to go up against, it helps keep things fresh. Fair warning the remainder of this is an anecdotal rambling as I think of things.

The overall live service aspect has been great, with the addition of new weapons to try out, the new faction to go up against (at the time of writing Illuminate has been out a little while now). My most favourite recent addition was the FRV vehicle (jeep) which is a blast to hoon around the planets on. If only we had a means to flip them back over when you eventually take a tumble and land on your roof! But I guess it rewards careful driving!

The devs have been transparent with their direction, and balance passes have for the most part been in our favour (aside from one, which was not long after reverted). I've been playing since launch and whilst there initially were some hiccups in terms of bugs/crashes etc I really can't complain currently. I was initially playing on a 1060/8700K, so for all intents and purposes I had to bump everything way down to make it playable. Since upgrading to a 4070Sti/7800X3D and I must say it looks gorgeous and runs smoothly. It's been a good while since I've crashed. There's the occasional bug here and there no pun intended, but they've slowly been getting squashed as time goes on. The latest one I noticed was occasionally the FRV tires being blown out, but still showing as fine, nothing game breaking.

I'm a sucker for the grind, so it's nice to have the ability to find the super credits to get the warbonds for free (aside from the time, but it's time well spent having fun). The early game was fun unlocking all of the different stratagems and ship upgrades. The late game is a grind for samples for the latter upgrades, and then the gradual hunt for the super credits is the slow trickle until the next warbond drops. I'm 2 levels away from the current levelcap of 150 around 560 hours deep, which for the sake of clarity is pretty much for bragging rights only, there are no benefits of leveling past around level 30. Early on stratagems are level gated, after that it just gives you player titles.

Difficulty-wise, the difficulty progression was good. Early on you get slowly introduced to the enemy and mission types. i.e. tier 3 difficulty might task you with killing a charge or a bile titan, whereas in a tier 9 they're just an enemy that you can be pitted up against multiple times throughout a mission. Plenty of side objectives to complete on later difficulties to min-max xp. Missions are timed, ~40 minutes for a standard main mission or ~12 minutes for the smaller scale 'kill the waves of enemies' ones. But don't let that put you off, it's the whole 'gunning it to extract, to escape the horde' moments that are part of what make this game great. The current highest difficulty (10) can have it's intense moments, but with a competent team, they're very much doable. For the most part I currently have been sticking to 9's, but even then, sometimes the game director decides you're going to have a bad day. However not as drastic as say, everything going wrong all at once on Darktide.
Difficulty levels are unlocked by completing a chain of 3 of the previous difficulty. I.e. completing 3 tier 5 missions unlocks tier 6, and so on. With each chain being locked to whichever planet you want to play on.

The environments are nice and varied. For those unaware, each mission takes place in a circular area of the particular planet you choose to dive onto. Each planet has a different biome, think desert dunes / snow / snow with ice / jungle / rolling hills, that kind of thing. There are modifiers per planet, so maybe one has earthquakes that occur so often, one might have an EMP style weather effect that makes you unable to call in stratagems for a short time. Another might have blizzards, or sandstorms, etc. With the Illuminate being added the planets they're on have some urban environments, which is a nice shift. The areas aren't gigantic, but they're not tiny (aside from the intentionally small levels for wave-defense / elimination mission types). Up until the FRV vehicle dropped, we were on foot (aside from slow lumbering single person mechs), and it didn't feel bad running from objective to objective. The different point of interest keep things interesting as you might be hunting around for supercredits, samples and even just ammo if you're running low.

The stratagem system is really solid. The call in method of d-pad/arrow key is great. I would definitely recommend any new keyboard players to rebind their stratagem inputs to the arrow keys so that you can WASD run with your left hand and mash out call-ins with your left. Sounds kinda janky but trust me it's pretty much mandatory late game when you're getting overrun. The stratagems themselves are wonderfully varied. From the eagle strikes (think strafing runs, bombs, rockets etc) to orbitals (barrages, railcannons, precision strikes) to turrets (gatlings, mortars, flames, lightning towers). Then there are all of the different types of heavy weapons you can call in (LMG, HMG, autocannon, rocket launchers etc) the list goes on. Much of the variety from the game comes down to your loadout choices i.e. maybe you want to focus on burning everything, sure, use a call-down flamethrower, napalm strikes and an orbital that calls down armageddon for your foes (and your team if you're not careful!).

Multiplayer is great with friends or randoms. The comm-wheel removes necessity for verbal comms if you're so inclined, but my overall experience has been a positive one. The emergent and often triumphant comradery with randoms makes it a joy to play. It's a rare sight coming across those with malicious intent. Disclaimer there is friendly fire, but most of it is accidental (and often hilariously so). I could probably count on one hand the times I've dealt with griefers in 500+ hours. And even then, if you're hosting, you can always kick them. And if someone was to kick you, you get put back into your own instance now, so you don't lose any of the samples etc the team collected (so long as you can then extract).

Helldivers 2 is steeped in satire, and doesn't take itself too too seriously. The over the top super earth anthem, the crazed battlecries as you murder hundreds of giant bugs. This goes hand-in-hand with the physics based combat which can lead to some funny moments. One time I tossed a grenade down a bug-hole to destroy it, then a stalker (big invisible bug) rushed me from behind, flicking me into said bug hole with said grenade, killing me instantly when it exploded. Not even mad.

Game is amazing. THE CONSTANT NETWORK ERRORS ARE NOT. Hd2 has been effectively unplayable for me for the better part of a month, as 90% of missions end with me or my team being disconnected, forcing us back to the ship. This problem has been talked about for over 10 months, and they still haven't fixed it.

Be careful when purchasing game as you will want to play it all night, but after the 20th disconnect u will almost certainly punch a hole through your monitor...

Starship Troopers as an action comedy, shot by Francis Ford Coppola.

It has beautiful explosions, bleak landscapes, the same tone that Verhoeven took towards Heinlein's work, and a bunch of simple, satisfying, and well-interlocking mechanics.

Even the bugs are fun. Pun not intended initially. Occasionally I get thrown into a prone position and am able to "surf" around while prone at running speed.

Highly recommend the game overall, even if you're not normally a fan of multiplayer games. The comedy of the game evens out the normal edginess other games might inspire, much like Deep Rock Galactic and/or Team Fortress 2 do (in wildly different ways, all 3 of them). I've had some amazing cinematic moments at all levels (have played up to Helldive difficulty at this point) mainly due to the multiplayer interaction.

From the makers of Gauntlet and Magicka, this is their penultimate couch-friendly "why did you shoot me" co-op genre.

Gameplay/feedback is very tight; visuals and sound appropriately crunchy. Easy UX to coordinate with pubs.

5 stars out of 5.

Some might say... meta, meta, patch, meta. I say, "FOR SUPER EAURRRTH!"

this game is absolutely lovely but for whatever reason they forbid a load of countries from playing despite the fact that the psn requirement was lifted ages ago, please make up your mind sony.

How it feels to play Hell divers on a bot planet. You join a squad then one after the other enemy's surrounded you dropping Tanks, Hulks, Striders and Rocket bots, artillery is firing on your location it's hell your team gets blown to bits and you'll likely soon follow. Against all odds your squad pushes the bots back through the use of sheer willpower and faith in democracy as you bounce from objective to the next. It's quite but your heart is still racing from the last encounter, never really knowing when or how the next engagement is going to go as it could certainly be the end. As you clean up the last goal, you push to extraction and defend as 2 minutes till the ship touches down and all of a sudden you get jumped and your forced to make on last final stand. As the ship touches down and as your squad files in and you extract. I mean this makes WW2 look like a school yard fight it's nuts, hands down the best game I have ever played BUY IT NOW *SUPER EARTH NEEDS YOUR HELP BECOME A HELLDIVER * Thanks for reading my yap review.

I've seen this game at it's peak while fighting on the Creek, and while the Sun was blocked by shriekers on Merida. I was one of the first Divers on Calypso when the Illuminate returned. The fan base is one of the least toxic out there and I wish more were like it. Helldivers is a cinematic masterpiece and I wish I could play it for the first time again. For Democracy!

great to play with voice chat and is generaly fun. (can also be fun with others)

It's a lot of fun shooting bugs and aliens and stuff with friends. Sometimes we blow friends up too. Great times.

I can recommend this game to anyone looking for chaotic fun

i'm from super earth, and i say kill 'em all!

i think arrowhead might actually be geniuses. they somehow captured the same type of satire starship troopers did all the way back in 1997 down to a T yet modernized for the world we live in today, with one of my favorite bits being their version of the USA's patriot act, the freedom & readiness to enable effective defense & obstruction of mind-influence (FREEDOM) act of 2184, and the recent illuminate incursions resulting in super earth's version of the war on terror. this game can be so on the nose that you're literally fighting for SUPER EARTH. and yet it's still brilliant.

on top of that they managed to just cook up one of the most fun coop shooters in years and unexpectedly took what probably would have been a moderately successful AA game like the first helldivers game and skyrocketed it into one of the cultural icons of the mid 2020s. if you were there for malevelon creek you know exactly what i mean. depending on how you're playing the game it can be either an intense horde shooter gunning down hordes of aliens with your buddies or some of the most terrifying experiences of your life as you run from a bunch of hulks and/or tanks or just throw a stratagem beacon at your feet and go out in a blaze of glory. for me it scratches a certain itch that literally no other game since has been able to do. i don't know how they did it!

even though it had a fairly rocky few months in the summer/fall of 2024 this game has managed to not only bounce back but keep flying high. not only that but it has some of my favorite community driven elements in years, not just the major orders every week or so where high command gives the entire playerbase a goal to work towards (it's just joel unleashing whatever he's been cooking) but also the more recent democracy space station, where players get to donate their own resources for buffs to operations on whatever planet the DSS is orbiting. and my favorite, befitting of the name, you get to vote for where it's headed to next.

i legitimately don't know if we'll ever see another game like helldivers 2. as of writing this, a few days ago sony supposedly cancelled a live service god of war game, which makes me really truly believe that helldivers 2 is just one of a kind. not really in its tone or gameplay (which are both still amazing) but in being sony's live service golden goose, probably exceeding their expectations with how big it's gotten. this game has an insanely bright future ahead of it and with the amazing stuff arrowhead has been doing lately, all i can say is

let them cook. also give them the killzone IP

good game, very pretty good controls very fun, only got mixed reviews because the players revolted against the devs for making a really bad desicion which they arent going to do anymore, buy it, its the best game ive played in a while

You can bayonet charge with a Springfield looking rifle huge mechs, kajiu monsters and tripods like from the War of the Worlds, while flying on a Jet Pack - 10/10 GOTY

Played my first game with a friend. Accidently joined a team of rando's, had no idea what was going on. Incredibly, I screamed, cried and ragdolled my way to the pickup zone with their help and through the good grace of Democracy. When the airship came down for pickup, it killed me instantly. Clear as a bell a voice rang out "Oh no, you got squashed." Realised my mic was on the whole time. 10/10

The game is extremely fun, and I have zero problems with the gameplay. However, this is the single most unstable game I have ever played in my life. Not in terms of crashing, in terms of sometimes it just will decide to break and become unlaunchable until I do some assinine fix like telling the game to run in windows 8 compatability mode on a windows 11 machine because otherwise the anticheat will fail to initalize. I've done like 6 or so of these fixes, and they usually work, until a day or 2 later the game breaks again and now it turns out that opening the game in fullscreeen causes it to use 160% of the gpu and it completely freezes the computer.

I have never once in my life had nearly so much trouble just trying to get a game to *launch* and it consistently is breaking. Heavily modded new vegas was easier to get running than this.

My son insisted I got this game, I am an old gamer from the are of Duke Nuken, Quake, and AOE. Normally I am into strategy games, but this title surprised me. I can't play anything else since the first time I played this game.

elldivers 2 builds on its predecessor’s legacy of high-octane, cooperative top-down shooting, but with some significant improvements that make it even more fun, intense, and rewarding. This sequel retains the chaotic, “friendly fire is always on” combat that made the original so thrilling and frustrating in equal measure, but with enhanced graphics, smoother gameplay, and deeper strategic elements.
Gameplay

Helldivers 2 is a co-op shooter that forces players to work together to survive waves of hostile alien enemies across procedurally generated planets. You’ll be tasked with completing a variety of objectives—ranging from holding down positions, rescuing stranded soldiers, or collecting critical materials—all while trying not to accidentally kill your teammates (which happens a lot).

The biggest improvement over the first game is the shift to a third-person, over-the-shoulder camera perspective. This change gives the game a fresh feel, adding a new level of immersion and combat dynamics. The improved controls, aiming mechanics, and smoother movement give you a better sense of control while still keeping that satisfying sense of weight and impact in every shot fired.
Co-op Chaos

Like its predecessor, Helldivers 2 thrives on cooperative play, and the more friends you have, the more enjoyable the experience becomes. Teamwork is absolutely essential, as enemies can easily overwhelm you if you don’t coordinate well. The random mix of missions, maps, and objectives ensures that each playthrough feels fresh and unpredictable. The fun of accidentally wiping out your own team is balanced by the adrenaline rush of working together to complete missions under pressure.
Graphics and Audio

The graphics have received a major upgrade, with detailed environments and enemy designs that pop on-screen. While it's not the most cutting-edge in terms of visual fidelity, the distinct, colorful style is well-suited for the action-packed nature of the game. Explosions, gunfire, and alien destruction all look fantastic, and the visual clarity in hectic moments is much appreciated.

The sound design is on point, with satisfying weapon sounds, immersive alien noises, and great voice lines from your squad. The radio chatter between your squad and mission control adds a nice touch of humor and camaraderie.
Challenges and Replayability

Helldivers 2 features a variety of difficulties and enemy types, making it suitable for both casual and hardcore players. The procedural nature of the maps and mission objectives means there’s a lot of replay value. However, the challenge can sometimes feel a bit too unforgiving, especially if you’re not playing with a coordinated team. The risk of failure is high, but that’s part of the charm—if you succeed, the sense of accomplishment is huge.
Conclusion

Overall, Helldivers 2 delivers a fantastic experience for fans of tactical shooters, co-op gameplay, and challenging scenarios. It builds on the foundation set by the original and refines it in all the right ways. While there are occasional frustrations (looking at you, friendly fire), the teamwork and adrenaline make it all worthwhile. If you're a fan of high-stakes action with friends—or you're looking for a fun, chaotic shooter to dive into—Helldivers 2 is definitely worth your time. Just make sure to watch your back… and your teammates’ backs.

Pros:

Exciting and tense cooperative gameplay
Improved graphics and smoother controls
High replayability
Challenging, strategic missions

Cons:

Friendly fire can be a bit too punishing at times
Some learning curve for new players

If you're ready for intense, tactical combat with a group of friends, Helldivers 2 is a blast that should not be missed.