Helldivers 2 has been breaking records for several days now and continues to attract players around the world.
At the time of writing, this game was ranked seventh in the ranking of the most popular on Steam. Its peak concurrent online presence exceeded 400 thousand people, leaving behind GTA V, Starfield, Counter-Strike, Destiny and The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.
The new product has already become Sony’s most successful release in terms of peak online on Steam, leaving behind the previous leader in God of War. And if she continues to gain momentum, only new records await her.
Gamers and technical experts highly praised Helldivers 2. Now the level is why it is so good.
Starship Troopers in a new way
The plot of the games is quite simple: brave men on Super-Earth bring democracy throughout the universe. And in doing so, they destroy the alien invaders that have spread everywhere.
In fact, that’s the whole plot. There are still small notes in the game, but they do not greatly affect the development and ENT of the game. And, strictly speaking, this is of no use here.
But the developers ensured that the story was finalized and customizing it for the actions and achievements of gamers. And therein lies the main highlight. You, like thousands of other players, directly influence the balance of power.
Players take on the role of one of the brave warriors. It is he who will be thrown into the thick of things. Well, if he dies, he will be replaced by another. This is the way.
As a matter of fact, comparisons with the cult “Starship Troopers” could not be avoided. Establishing related ones, the actions are approximately the same – the destruction of alien bugs in space.
A session shooter that constantly entertains
In fact, all connections to the game occur constantly in the format of small raids. We are given a medium-sized location, on which mission sites and outposts are scattered, which need to be cleared or some other action chosen.
It can be assumed that, plus or minus, the same actions must always be performed, and this should quickly become tiresome. No matter how it is. The whole point lies in the dynamics and constant tense connections.
as we have hub, in which gamers arm themselves and choose future missions. Over time, new regions and planets are discovered with their own characteristics and powers.
The global map shows all currently available tasks. You can also see the state on the battlefields: where the opponents or our desperate hellish paratroopers are winning. All these indicators change first.
You can observe in the percentage agreement, lead and join in spreading democracy and destroying enemies. The states of sectors are constantly changing, and the developers have placed great emphasis on this. The progression is really interesting to watch.
You are thrown into the bonus battle itself, taking into account a set of sets that you choose yourself. And how your next fight will go directly depends on them. Well, depending on the level of difficulty, of course. They also open gradually so that players can gain experience and learn how to use different battle tactics.
And, importantly, this is a purebred cooperative game. It’s very difficult to do this alone; you’d need one partner. And on difficulty above average it is better to have a full squad of 4 players.
Each planet has not only its own fauna, but also climatic conditions. And lastly can change at the most inopportune moment. Just when you mowed down dozens of beetles or robots with excellent visibility, a second later a storm or hard fog covered the battlefield, and the shooter turns into horror, where you can be attacked from any side. Fortunately, when the temperature drops, not only you, but also your opponents have poor orientation.
Next, you can start a mission alone, and then an emergency beacon will be called onto the battlefield so that other players have priority to connect to your mission. True, he almost never harmed me personally.
A little hot and you need to prepare for them
What I talked about above. All organizations here relate to both the tasks and their complexity. There are weather and other bonuses or negative effects, such as fog that causes visibility. You will warn about this in advance until you find yourself in your hub above the selected planet.
There are also daily and timed tasks for which you can get more credits. These are also sent at the hub, and then you complete them during the disembarkation.
In preparation you have these conditions Stratagems. These are bonus perks, direct support from your ship. With their help, you can, for example, call for air support in the form of an orbital strike, artillery, request a machine gun or more powerful weapon, additional ammunition, contact mines, turrets and much more. The list is really big.
And thanks to this support, the bonuses can only be said. You won’t be able to fight huge crowds of enemies with just standard weapons. Against special combat robots with heavy armor, which simply cannot be defeated with the same standard machine gun or shotgun.
Calling a stratagem is a whole separate mini-game, where you need to select different reasons for supporting requests. And, let me remind you, all this happens during the movement, when you attack from all sides. You can also crush it with a landing capsule. Or hit a comrade with an airstrike. And I’m already silent about the fact that you also need to wait for the capsule itself, and this does not always seem possible. Literally seconds count here.
But you need to somehow evacuate the planet in order to get all the loot you’ve earned, samples of different rarities and credits. Evacuation to high terrain is the most difficult part of the mission. There can be countless opponents there, and you will literally have to hit the passage of the spaceship.
Very epic game with beautiful graphics
The epicness in Helldivers 2 is just off the charts. He thinks everywhere: from powerful explosions to constantly playing pretentious music.
The dynamics of combat control are happening every minute and it seems impossible to stop this process. And when you evacuate from the planet to orchestral music, you are filled with pride and pleased with yourself.
The game looks good for 2024. It saves perfectly on both consoles and PC. There are almost no bugs and sagging FPS. For all the time I met, it was the corpse of a machine gun twitching in the textures. That’s all.
The voice acting also constantly makes itself felt. How I like it when, after killing another beetle, my hellish paratrooper shouts “For democracy!” or simply playfully mocks a defeated enemy.
The weapons are very different from each other. True, the arsenal is not that rich. However, there are plenty of additional perks.
The only problem that still causes problems for many players is overloaded servers. The developers from Arrowhead increased their number after the release, but this has not yet completely solved the problem. I think that everything will be fixed in the near future.
One of the best co-op shooters of recent years
To be honest, I haven’t seen such lively pleasure since Left 4 Dead 2. Even the cooperative Destiny or the popular Ready or Not didn’t give me as many emotions as Helldivers 2.
The developers have done a great job. It can be seen that 8 long years have passed – the highest quality and thoughtfulness in every detail.
Helldivers 2 is available on PC via Steam and on PlayStation 5. The standard edition costs about 5 thousand rubles. And, despite Sony’s restrictions for the Russian Federation, it is activated on Steam and works in Russia.
Source: Iphones RU
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