HELLDIVERS™ 2

I used to be able to run this game without any problem, but with the new update it just closes completely without any error message and steam says it is still running. I suspect it's something to do with AVX2, my CPU does not support this, and neither does a lot of people's. This is extremely bad on your end Arrowhead, douche move

After 464 hours spent on this game it no longer works.
I patiently waited when this game had problems launching in the summer time, I endured the massive weapon nerfs, and I have done my best to forgive playstation for their blocking half the planet from playing this game. But I think I'm done defending this trash now. From launch, this game has always had some problem with one thing or another. either the game wont start, anti cheat blocks players who don't cheat, or it would just crash at random.
i have tried to fix this issue, verifying game files, and even a complete reinstall. they have updated the game several times since this issue started and it makes no difference.
Currently i can spend time on my ship... but that's it. Arrowhead has got to make sure you can access the cash shop even if you cant play the game i gess.
It was fun, but I'm so tired of being disappointed whenever i try to play this game. i'll change my review if the game ever works again, but fair warning to all, don't get too attached to your stuff, the friends you make playing, or even the joy of this well made master piece, because corporate greed and shady devs are coming for it all.

I love this game, but.....

Increasingly resource intensive game. I love this game, but over the past several months, it has become impossible to play due to the increased resource demand. CPU utilization is maxed out as soon as the game launches. I could be on a ship, in the menu, on a low level dive, or in the literal "boo-boo" and I will average around 25-50 frames. I run this game on several PC's, ranging from entry level to the highest end gaming hardware you can buy at the moment, and it is pretty much universal across the board. It wasn't like this originally, but each update seems to be making it worse. I recently checked Windows event log on several of my PC's and I have noticed that this application in particular experiences a fatal error every time I play it. Ironically, this game often crashes. I'm not some computer wiz, but I am currently in my senior year in software development and this seems to be a coding issue. Funny thing is, this runs better on my steam deck than my 4090 and 9800 x3D.

Of course I don't mind to play as a bad guy, I do it for DEMOCRACY!
It's a game that you can open without any knowledge or preparation, have tons of fun solo or with friends, and feel as a fully equipped and overfinanced combat unit that main purpose to commit war crimes or die trying! (Or as a hero, if you brainwashed enough)

before Helldivers 2 = man.... life is boring after conquering Left 4 Dead 2 hardest campaign, obtained all Killing Floor 2 HoE official survival map achievements, and replaying Dark Souls series with same boss, same enemy placement, and same items

after Helldivers 2 = DEMOCRAZY HAS LANDED + Dance Dance Revolution simulator + accidental friendly fire simulator + use 500kg on everything even your friend! + average starting armor enjoyer + extreme difficulty is the sweet spot + tell the newbie to use your portable hellbomb and yell FOR SUPER EARTH!!

overall 11/10 if the public lobbies did not screw you up

Boy am I glad I can critically think, and tell when a game is a satire take on fascism. If you seriously can’t tell that you are playing the bad guy, then I honestly think you should take your ass back to 4chan or whatever other hole you waddled out of. I beg of you to take any literature class so you can learn to think before making a fool of yourself.
-With lots of love, Flurpy Jr

It's a great game but check if your friends can purchase the game in their country if you have an international circle of friends. Sony's being very anti-consumer by limiting purchases to only countries they offer PSN services to. Don't bother with people that tell you "just use a VPN." They obviously don't know how VPNs and steam purchases work. You need a steam account with a region set to a country that Sony approves of which requires an address and a payment method tied to that country. Plus, you can only change your store region every three months. Pretending to be in a different country with a VPN won't change a thing.

The gameplay loop is really solid and addicting. The constant updates give you reason to play the game even after unlocking everything.

I've played on both PC and Steam Deck. The game is optimized enough on PC to offer and enjoyable experience. The game is quite intensive. I'm running a RTX 3060 with a Ryzen 9 5900HS and still get sub 30fps dips on the high difficulties at 1080p. The image scaling has gotten better and optimization has gotten better but it still could be a lot better. My girlfriend is running a 6600XT and everything runs smoothly so your mileage may vary.

The devs have a specific Steam Deck option in the graphical settings which wasn't there when I first played. It is more optimized now but the main issue I face is battery life. I have the OG steam deck, not OLED and I can get about an hour and half of gaming in before the battery dies. Operations on higher level difficulties can last 2 hours so I don't recommend playing unplugged. I've tried optimizing the game to maximize battery life but I don't think I can get enough to last the gaming session length I'm seeking. So if your main machine is a Steam Deck, stay plugged in.

TLDR:
- check if game is available in the country you and your friends live, VPNs aren't a workaround
- Steam Deck needs to stay plugged to a wall
- it's fun

I recommend the game, its a solid 4 Player shooter.

I cannot recommend Arrowhead's development philosophy.

Its been a wild rollercoaster of community outbursts, poor balancing choices, lack of meaningful updates, slammed against sudden bursts of activity and community love. Like an abusive relationship, the latter only comes out when threats of abandonment begin.

While many Divers are chasing the high that was the Creek, its become extremely clear that Arrowhead as a company is more than happy to pump out slimmer and slimmer warbonds rather than finishing up the final faction that has been limping since December on barely 3 unique units. We are thrown into barely balanced MO's that are arbitrarily won or lost based on Arrowhead's needed canon, rather than true community engagement.

Its been a year, and still no late game systems have been added. Many dive for the sake of diving, long since maxed out on all upgrades and strategems. The game long term is suffering, and Arrowhead seems bizarrely keen on pushing Meridia as a storyline that nobody really want's to engage with anymore.
I do not care about Meridia, hell I can't really care about the Galactic War itself if Arrowhead continues to write whatever headcanon is needed for our collective efforts to always align to a non-pliable status quo.

In the end, make our actions matter, or make them simply dressing for the story that's being told. This halfway approach is exhausting, and I am well past over it.

Game suddenly started crashing when playing bug or squid missions, only started happening last night and today. It was fine since I could play bot missions but now suddenly they crash on load too and every time it does it gets worse. I used to only have to close the game with task manager but now I have to restart my entire computer every single time. Just not worth it, especially since my issues arose immediately after I already spent $10 on supercredits

Anyone who says this game is bad because of fascism is not a serious person. They are NPCs. They exist to be ignored.

Want to fight and die for the glory of humanity? Want sick drip, great gameplay, and a compelling narrative within a setting reminiscent of 40K and starship troopers? This game is for you.

It can get repetitive, but that’s ok. Take a break and come back when you feel like it. It’s definitely a game you will keep coming back to for a fix for action and glory.

Ignore the haters, be a man, be a hell diver.

First of all, love this game, only putting a thumbs down because I hope this gets noticed. There are so many visual bugs with the latest patch. The anti-aliasing is making the armor and enemies look really blurry. I also see other players walking around with missing limbs and heads and looking like floating torsos. I hope there is a fix to the dirt mechanics because a lot of my helmets get blacked out by med just from walking over a puddle of mud and it is even worse on snow maps when you walk on snow your helmet turns completely white for no reason.

Helldivers is a fantastic game, it is one of the best games I have ever played and I sincerely reccomend playing it, I will however keep a negative review on it until Sony decides to stop being stuck-up assholes and they remove ALL the region locks, not just some, ALL OF THEM

Fantastic Gameplay, Great Sound Design, Amazing Worldbuilding and a story that evolves in real time due to the playerbase's actions, and the most dogshit company possible that could have published it, I hope the PS6 flops horribly

The devs keep making minuscule changes to the AI that are barely noticeable during gameplay at the expense of performance. Every update just makes the game worse and worse to run. I genuinely couldnt care less how good the AI is if the game runs at 20fps or less.

After a couple hundred hours of playing the game
It updated today and following the update, the game keeps crashing on startup
I've tried almost everything to find and fix the issue and it still crashes.
The game is fun but only when it's playable.

New faction is cool, but the update broke the game. Having 70 fps on the ship while I used to get 90-100 fps, new automaton maps are interesting but I get 25-35 fps. The range of the fire devastators is insane, basically a 1 hit kill.

I LOVED this game when it first came out enjoyed the hell out of it. I simply cannot play this game anymore. No matter what I'm doing in the game it will crash Every. Single Time. I have done everything Reddit and forums have said to do and still nothing. Very disappointing. I come back and re download every "patch" and to no avail. Nothing changes

Really cool game, awesome replayability and cinematic gameplay. Lots of guns, armors, perks and stratagems to play with.
The in-game's propaganda to fight for freedom and democracy fills one's heart with desire to keep playing.
FOR SUPER EARTH.

Me when im diving into a hellish planet, twice

A PvE game about killing bugs, robots and... those things.. Very fun and very interesting livegame premise with events constantly happening all controlled via a gamemaster and the community's actions

10/10 would dive again

Dear, Citizens of Super Earth

Helldivers 2 is very gamer friendly as in like everything about the game design is streamlined to get you in the fight as fast as you can. Not to mention how friendly the game is towards modders, and progression for cosmetics is free as long as you keep playing and grind out the mission. What's impressive is also that each world you are in has their own biomes and sometimes unique enemies. The community of course is also solid, considering the game is designed with co-op and player interaction first in mind. There's puzzles to keep things fresh, and varied enough missions. Ensuring you're never bored as you goof around with your fellow divers and dispense managed democracy.

Some critiques: I still think we need more weapons because high calibers are realistically the only kind of guns you'd employ. Also we should be able to customize our quick communications.

Sincerely, Your Fellow Helldiver

Hey folks,

Figured after this much time playing that I would provide a deep review on the game for those wondering about this game. I won't discuss performance as this is something you must review yourself based on your own build and the recommended specs.

Credibility
To ensure this guide is genuine and you can get value from this. Here's my credibility on why I'm a good candidate for reviewing this:

1. As of currently, I have played this game since launch, through the good times and the bad.
2. I've been playing most genres of games for over 25 years.
3. I have not played the first Helldivers however the differences in the two games divide them into two game genres. Therefore, I'm not a fanboy or biased towards the franchise.

The game explained by me
You form either one or up to four helldivers who become a strike team. This team deploys on planets to complete a main mission, paired with sub-objectives and some secondary objectives where the enemy could be a insectoid based horde, an evil robot army or elusive squid people. As you complete these missions, they contribute to a galaxy wide map where the community as a whole contributes to Super Earth's control over the galaxy.

Gameplay
As a player, you will deal with upgrades to your stratagems (Beacons you call in), weapons and armour that make up any mission loadout along with a special trait that all team members can equip and share (Up to a collective grouping of four unique bonuses during the mission)

While completing missions, you gain XP which improves your rank up to 150 as the current cap (as of writing). This gives a sense of progression where after my current time in the game, I am currently 121 in rank which shows good value for time and a lengthy goal to work towards alongside unlocks for armour, weapons, gear and stratagems.

The primary gameplay loop is deploy with up to 4 players (or friends, or yourself...), complete the mission, contribute to the galaxy map via the major order (Directive given to the whole community to carry out) and witness the story of super earth progress over time.

The highlights of the mission have to be:

- Visuals: the game has some moments of sheer war-torn awe. Other times, you might be staring out the bridge at a planet you've been assaulting for days. I can say like any other player that this game, looks and feels good in everything you do. Search up any gameplay video on Helldivers if you don't believe me.

- Difficulty Levels: The gameplay is challenging with difficulty levels, not because of higher health pools. Nonono, this is armoured enemies, bigger hordes, more dangerous and unique enemies to make you play boldly or with tactics as a squad to beat the mission. It's no longer about shooting enemies with big HP pools. Nope, you now have to pick weak spots, target the right enemies and at every split second, fight smarter and not bolder.

- The Legend of John Helldiver: An experienced player could solo a maximum difficulty mission against any of the Automatons, Terminids and Illuminte however a skilled squad could much easily do the same and with four times the resources. This game does a smart aspect of rewarding players who work together yet also giving cred to the helldiver who can clear a planet of bot factories using a stun baton, some grenades and a lot of stimulants.

The Core Playerbase: The playerbase is coop-focused removing any need to grief (With the odd exception to the guy that shoots you for a minor inconvenience but this may commonplace in games for expectation's sake) so you can typically matchmake with players quickly, anywhere and anytime. While it has dropped from launch now that the hype has worn off, what remains is truly players who love this game and enjoy crushing bugs, barraging bots and eviscerating squid hordes.

Lore
From a "What's going on while I shoot stuff" aspect, the developers have done a fantastic job at adding small details, Easter eggs, references and general lighthearted lore to the game that helps add to the existing universe over time.

Some examples have been patches going wrong which was "debriefed" as a systems malfunction, building a death star station to help take over planets and triggering a black hole on Meridia to contain a supercolony of terminid insects. This has been an ongoing story for over 2 years which is a fantastic selling point for the game itself.

Developers & Publisher Contributions
While I recognise in the past that the game got off to a rocky start 2 years ago with server capacities, Sony account conflicts and some balancing over the years. All of this has been handled with a graceful hand by Arrowhead who have rewarded players when they messed up, continually seek out and add content based on the community that keeps the lore going and generally ensuring the game is about having fun.

Microtransactions
The game itself runs on Super Credits, these can be looted during missions and earned over time to buy "War Bonds", a permanent branded package containing weapons, emotes and various other items.

You buy the war bond with super credits, unlock it's contents using medals from completing missions (or looting in game) and if you're wanting to go further, sure you can buy some super credits to top up.

Additionally, there is a rotational super store where you can buy other armour (sometimes weapons) however it runs on the Super Credits system.

Based on the rate of gaining up to 30 super credits per mission and a war bond release happening every 3 months at 1000/1500 per bond. It's possible to comfortably unlock all in-game content without spending any money.

They have exceeded and surpassed the expectation by never removing these war bonds similar to how a season pass may function. For this reason, I would class this as a developer supporting function that benefits other players.

Product Placement
There has been one product placement so far which was the introduction of a one-time killzone crossover which has been advocated to add to the game universe as opposed to being a cheap brand placement. Players could add some armour by playing during a particular period and unlocking them from the Super Store

The ability to play this game a lot
I believe that you could easily kick into this a few times a week without burnout however this may vary player to player. Content and live service additions are made quite regularly in which it keeps the game fresh without majorly changing the core gameplay.

The future for this game
This may be one of few live service games with a genuinely strong and community focused plan for ensuring the game is good for more years to come. I don't think there's a bad time to pick this up and I can still justify paying £49.99 for it at launch. This game took that £50 and gave me amazing memories in return. For that, I won't say to buy it on sale unless financially that suits you.

Democracy Prevails Divers, those who buy this. I'll see you when the 380 hits.

the ultimate co-op shooter game with hyper-realism

i barely ever care about a game enough but because i saved a full team of new helldivers from mission failure at D10 with 10 minutes remaining + all objectives incomplete + 0 reinforcements i have truly experienced what it is like to live and die for super earth and democracy. i LOVE this game.

-extremely realistic hitboxes and physics, if you kill a bile titan and it falls on you, you die. if you shoot a ship down and it drops on you, you die.
-hundreds of hours worth of content to unlock (premium currency can be earned SLOWLY by farming points of interests)
-dynamic difficulty scale helps newer players adapt to the complications and mechanics of the game
-three whole factions to fight of which all requires different weapon/stratagem setups (new faction - illuminates - are quite boring but hordes are quite fun to nuke)

honestly, anyone who looks at helldivers 2 is curious to know what makes it different and better about other co-op shooter games

-the galactic war, a storyteller on the war between super earth/helldivers and the 3 factions
-major orders are missions given to helldivers in order to advance the story further, it's a strong motivator for helldivers to contribute to democracy (it's not personally assigned, every helldiver gets the mission and it often takes the ENTIRETY of the player base to succeed)

major orders and the way the story moves forward with occasional fails and successes, it keeps players enjoying the game even after unlocking all the content

oh and the community and the memes are hugely a part of what made me buy the game too, for democracy!
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I thought I was buying a fun co-op shooter.
Instead, I enlisted in the most stressful, explosive, and hilariously brutal military experience of my life.

Why is this game amazing?
✅ True Co-op Experience – Nothing builds friendships faster than:
Calling down an airstrike on your own squad because you "misclicked."
Watching your friend survive a swarm… only to get crushed by a freshly dropped supply pod.
Shouting “I NEED A MEDIC” but realizing there is no medic, only orbital bombardments.

✅ The Most Patriotic Game Ever – You don’t "win" in Helldivers 2. You sacrifice yourself for the greater good of Super Earth and pray your squad picks up your corpse before the bugs do.

✅ Best Financial Decision Ever –
$40 for unlimited democracy.
$0 monthly subscription, but permanent war.
10/10 value, cheaper than therapy, just as much screaming.

✅ Comedic Chaos – This is the only game where:
You throw a grenade, but it bounces back and wipes your whole squad.
You call for reinforcements, but they drop right on top of you.
You spend 20 minutes fighting for your life… and get stomped by a tank 3 seconds before extraction.

Downsides?
❌ My neighbors are concerned because I keep screaming “FOR DEMOCRACY” at 3 AM.
❌ I started seeing “Bugs Detected” in my nightmares.
❌ I tried to order a pizza by saying “Requesting Resupply.”

Final Verdict:
💀 You don’t just “play” Helldivers 2. You enlist.
💀 10/10 – Would step on a mine again in the name of liberty.
💀 JOIN NOW OR YOU HATE DEMOCRACY.

This game takes everything you wanted included in games when you were growing up, and tosses it into four player missions that take under an hour. The micro-transactions are among the least predatory and premium currency can be found while on missions. This game is better with friends, and even better if you have critical thinking skills. Don't believe everything Super Earth tells you, Helldiver.

kill robots and giant bugs with your friends. Other than that, this game is peak with its visuals and game play, very much recommend if you've got friends.

I'll keep this short and brief.

This game has been the most fun ive played in a while, i haven't had so many funny moments with my friends even when they kill me. i honestly recommend this game for everyone, its really good and isn't filled to the brim with mircotransactions

Finally, a game that lets me spread democracy the way our forefathers intended—through orbital bombardments, friendly fire, and an unshakeable belief that bugs and bots don’t deserve rights. 10/10, would accidentally call down an airstrike on my squad again.

the only good bot/bug/squid is a dead bot/bug/squid
great game very democratic 10/10

Don't buy if you are red/green colorblind. There are no color accessibility settings, which is an embarrassment for an established gaming company. On top of that, a ton of game mechanics (map / bugs nests especially) use only color to distinguish them. It's still playable, but you won't be able to host your own missions, or choose where to go once you are actually in a mission. You will only be able to follow others.

What a game

My first experience with this game was watching my friends all playing this game while telling me how amazing it was and to buy it, while my computer could barely run Baldurs Gate

My second experience with Helldivers was when I finally upgraded my PC and I played it for the first time on new years . And boy was I hooked from that first match. This game is so addicting and honestly one of the best games I've ever played with friends.

Hearing my friends screaming at the top of their lungs while running for their life from an Orbital 380MM HE Barrage will never get old.

I'm getting pretty close to finishing every difficulty and moving to the next game but i'm very keen to come back if they add a new enemy and will definitely play Helldivers 3 if/when it comes out

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.

this game is genuinely amazing it is an amazing refresher with many live service games being plagued by SBMM or money hungry corporations in general to have a game with devs that seemingly love the game they have made and have something that is constantly refreshing creating its own lore. and whether i want to play casual or go full tilt and have my chair fully vertical i can do that within the same game. i dont see this game growing old and if there is a bug or any issue that would make players leave most games its worth waiting out as any fixes has been handled in a timely manner. 10/10 divers would recommend spreading democracy for super earth its your duty!

I've never had so much fun with a cooperative shooter. The best part of it might be that even basic knowledge of small unit tactics actually helps and works in the game.

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.

The best coop experience since the invention of Left4Dead.

Finally, a game that makes you feel as part of something great. The story progress with us, we progress together. Each mission well done is a brush of paint on the canvas of victory.

Helldivers 2 is one of those coop shooters that just feel right.
From game feel to music it is a great experience with or without friends. You'll be dropped into masses of enemies, facing death and destruction while dishing out democracy. It always feels like you are playing an action movie. Bug-legs and Bot hulls flying through the air as you pound into heaps of enemies with bombing runs and explosives. Weapons feel punchy and meaty, from shredding shotguns to autocannons with explosive shells.
Dropping into the fray in hellpods with a heroic theme song every time you start a mission

The game greets you with a great thematic framing, making you feel part of the game's story, while a DM basically creates a narrative for the wars we wage.

An absolute fantastic experience,

see you in the Hellpod Helldiver o7

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

Game is fun with or without friends. Im a gaming dad that has like one gaming freind... I also dont enjoy talking to just anyone. When I jump on its my time to unwind and sit back. this game allows you to just join anyone which I find quite amazing. 10/10.

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.

i played in the impossible mode alone and i was level 10-11 which resulted in me suffering ptsd after spawning in the middle of enemy territory and everything was red and my stratagem can't be used the next think i know am dead and gained severe trauma from trying to play solo 10/10 would recommend buying this game.

Spreading Democracy, One Explosion at a Time!

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.

Helldivers 2 is genuinely one of my favorite games of all time. However, ever since around December of 2024, the stability and network connection have been steadily degrading from tolerable to unplayable. I am completely unable to connect to or with any of my friends and I have spent in the range of 10-20 hours trying to fix the issue. Disabling my firewall, giving firewall exceptions, verifying integrity, manually deleting files, reinstalling the anti cheat, reinstalling the game, reinstalling windows, changing my download region, alternating between wired and wireless internet, and countless other solutions I have tried. Many of them worked once, but the connection issue would pop up again and the last fix no longer works. This all becomes much worse since the game is the most unstable game I have ever played. This month I was able to play Helldivers in 2 separate sessions and suffered about 12 crashes in 5-6 hours of gameplay. Helldivers itself has caused my pc to bluescreen 6 times which is 6 times more than anything else I have ever done on my pc. Each crash is an opportunity for the previous fix to start failing and I have gone through countless fixes for the crashes as well to no avail. Again, this is a genuinely amazing game but there are so many technical issues with it that I cannot recommend anyone purchasing it because you may be unlucky and it will just not work. Even if it does work for you, inevitably an update will ruin it and you'll be out of luck.

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.