Helldivers

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  1. theobsolelitist
    Dec 28, 2015
    9
    Become a Hero, become a Legend. HELLDIVERS!

    (now on Steam, PlayStation 4, and Vita.) Is it fun? You bet your arse it is. This top down, squad shooter boasts casual eviscerations, sonic booms of a stratagems entering the field. bullets, rockets, and lasers flying off in all directions as you mercilessly pound the tech heavy cyborgs, Alien Bugs, and the Illuminate, a race of squid    Become a Hero, become a Legend. HELLDIVERS!

    (now on Steam, PlayStation 4, and Vita.)

    Is it fun? You bet your arse it is. This top down, squad shooter boasts casual eviscerations, sonic booms of a stratagems entering the field. bullets, rockets, and lasers flying off in all directions as you mercilessly pound the tech heavy cyborgs, Alien Bugs, and the Illuminate, a race of squid people! A grin of pure glee plastered my face as barrage after barrage tore chunks of viscera off my enemies and teammates alike. Can it match the excitement of riding around in a cocaine fueled truck, travelling at high speeds through the amazon underbrush? Maybe not, but that’s not how you live forever, and it gets pretty close at times.

    The game opens up with a cheerful exposition, describing your aim and purpose in the Galaxy spanning adventure. You are a HELLDIVER, an elite soldier made to bring freedom (read: Death) to the already pretty free alien species that you meet. To do so you will have access to powerful firearms and assorted goodies, called Stratagems, courtesy of SUPER EARTH, your home.

    Your mission? To protect the assets of the Galaxy and push back the alien, and human, scum back on three fronts. If you are successful in pushing them all the way back to their home planet, you will confront the supreme leader of the races, where victory means one step closer to annihilating the alien scourge for good, until, that is, the global campaign resets, and the deadly dance begins all over again.

    The missions themselves are a randomly generated affair, which gives the game a nice bit on longevity, although they can start to feel a bit repetitive after awhile. I’ve only put about fifteen hours into the game, but I’m already starting to feel the grind. I’m in no way exhausted by it, but it does start to feel a bit samey. Luckily the combat itself is particularly meaty, with pieces of your targets casually flying off as you aim centre to them, a game mechanic whereby weapon shots can actually bounce of the target, doing no damage. So make sure to keep your weapons laser sights centred on enemies and away from friendlies, as friendly fire is always on. The ability to call down Walkers, airstrikes, and gun toting APC’s, lends the game a tactical approach, with players often bringing down ammo for each other, or bringing in support drones that can either heal players, or kill enemies.

    It has to be said that the sound design is superb, with rifles and lasers all given appropriate weight and bass to them. The machinegun turret and starting assault rifle sound particularly meaty, with all other sounds produced at a wonderful quality that softly soothed my ears as I

    shredded my enemies.

    Graphics wise, there’s nothing much to complain about, aside from a bit of lackluster AA that leaves the HELLDIVERS looking a bit ragged at times. All weapons and armours, and there are a huge bunch, ranging from what I think are Fallout homage laser rifles, to large anti tank rocket launchers, and also the occasional cheeky Dreadnought, are wonderfully done is a cartoony style that reminds me of LEGO figures and weapons, only slightly more edgy and polished.

    There are a few complaints, sometimes the game will randomly disconnect, and the host migration often meant that I was kicked out of the game entirely, although the game compensates by saving your XP and progress. However, this is juxtaposed by the absolute rush I got from playing this game. Time after time I was booted from a game, kicked for some less than friendly fire, and just general rage quits, but I always came back and raring to go because of the mix of great squad play and general awesomeness: The weapons, the fighting, the amazing cloth psychics of HELLDIVERS brought me back in.

    So in conclusion I heartily recommend this game. See you all in Hell.

    9/10

    The ObsolElitist

    Reviewing old **** because I’m poor.    … Expand
  2. jojovem
    Dec 14, 2015
    9
    Helldivers is simply one of the best action games i have ever played. Great Co-op, fun for all ages. Easy addiction. Tons of different gears, levelling system and a easy to learn mechanism.
  3. Gwaeronx
    Dec 16, 2015
    9
    Helldivers is a great game at a great price. Co-op is really fun, graphics are decent with little cool features. I has a very unique system that all players are playing together to conquer 3 different enemy homelands. I would recommend this game to everyone who wants to have fun
  4. Pipemastersven
    Feb 4, 2016
    8
    Great bang for buck game - but be warned, this is co-op, and playing co-op enhances it 10 fold.
    Don't be caught up with the DLC - only buy the ones that suit you
    Lack of 21:9 support annoyed me initially, but the reason is clear - you share a screen with people!
    The best twin-stick shooter I've played
  5. PolishHeadshot
    Apr 7, 2016
    9
    Goddamn this game is good! It offers 12 diffuculty levels, each one more challenging, 3 enemy races to fight, tons of guns and stratagems (support items you call in game). One of the best co-op games i played. It's only a shame that developers forgot about this, ton more people would be playing it if devs added more enemies, planets and weapons.
  6. Corgi
    Feb 7, 2016
    9
    Knock-knock
    Who's there?
    DEMOCRACY!

    Helldivers is an awesome game to play with friends or alone. I don't make many reviews but i just had to make one about helldivers. I'm just gonna make a pros and cons list
    Pros:
    +good value
    +fun with friends
    +lots of gameplay
    +a lot of difficulties
    +rewarding upgrades
    +intense action
    Cons
    There aren't really any massive cons
    so buy it already :)
  7. Captain_Chaos
    Jun 27, 2016
    8
    Helldivers cleaves itself from average title in top-down shooter genre with its heavy emphasis on squad tactics, careful aim and preperation. It's a slower, more methodical shooter. You have a large degree of control over your character in-game, being able to sprint, dive to prone and even pick yourself back up when you are downed. Allies can shoot over you safely while you are prone.Helldivers cleaves itself from average title in top-down shooter genre with its heavy emphasis on squad tactics, careful aim and preperation. It's a slower, more methodical shooter. You have a large degree of control over your character in-game, being able to sprint, dive to prone and even pick yourself back up when you are downed. Allies can shoot over you safely while you are prone. Careful management of your resources is necessary: you even lose the ammuntion left in a magazine if you reload before one is empty. This PC version of the game is an excellent port, adding text chat among other nicities not present in the original Playstation versions.

    You are part of the Helldivers, the elite shock troops of the comically imperialistic federation of Super Earth, deployed via drop pods behind the lines of a galactic war to spread "managed democracy" to humanity's enemies: the Bugs, the Cyborgs, and the Illiuminate (in ascending order of how annoying they are to fight)

    The game lacks a true story mode, instead being based around procedurally-generated levels with a random assortment of simple objectives. While on missions, you can find pickups that add to your "research count", every ten adds one point that you may use outside missions to purchase permanent upgrades for your weapons and gear. Helldivers has a whopping twelve difficulty levels, though these are grouped roughly into three tiers, with levels within a tier varying only in the number of enemies. You have a considerable arsenal at your disposal thanks to a number of DLCs and unlocks earned by leveling. You can carry a pistol, primary weapon, one perk, and a choice of four "Strategems", call-ins activated through directional button inputs, almost in the manner of a fighting game move. There are a ton of these call-ins: support weapons that you can pick up and equip, air and orbital strikes, deployable bombs, vehicles, and defenses. There are so many loadout options that each of up to four players in a game can equip a completely different setup.

    Much like Arrowhead's Magika series, friendly fire is an omnipresent problem and accidental team kills are commonplace. Most of the time it happens so suddenly that it's more comical then anything else, though there is a report function in case people are doing it deliberately.

    There is also a sort of metagame wherein each mission you complete adds to a total tallied from all players in the game, counted towards control of galactic regions. When the players reach an alien homeworld or when the aliens attack a regional capital planet or Super Earth itself, a special timed event begins where the players can take missions on that world for double experience rewards. If the players earn enough points in the allotted time, the aliens are defeated and their world is taken, or a human world is defended. The war ends when all three alien factions are defeated, or if the aliens conquer Super Earth. It's not a huge deal of a mechanic, but it's a nice extra layer.    … Expand
  8. wittzi
    May 22, 2018
    10
    If you're friendless, don't give a low score but embrace the friendly community that play this game and play with them! If you have friends, there is no better co-op game that I can think of. Period. This game is insane. Every aspect of it is so well done that it's hard to think what could be better other than (perhaps) graphics given a small injection. It's 100% built around co-opIf you're friendless, don't give a low score but embrace the friendly community that play this game and play with them! If you have friends, there is no better co-op game that I can think of. Period. This game is insane. Every aspect of it is so well done that it's hard to think what could be better other than (perhaps) graphics given a small injection. It's 100% built around co-op and dominates in that respect.… Expand
  9. Orkan
    Mar 15, 2017
    9
    This game is wörth a try! I have spent about 150 hours with this game, if you are a fan of Halos ODST you must give this a try!
    Its pros are: up to 4 player coop (it even has couch coop ON PC), an abundance of weapons and even more possible loadouts!
    The obvious issues are:
    -A moderate barrier to entry with a low skill ceiling
    -Repetitive gameplay
    -A questionable dlc policy
  10. Oshiri_Maeda
    Aug 9, 2020
    9
    Helldivers is a great coop, whether you play with friends or randoms or mixed. always fun to go through hell of friendly fire, confusion and panic. sometimes it might feel overwhelming tho, because of the massive number weapons and stratagems, and even bigger number of needed upgrades for them, which means grind (or progression if it sounds better). without such grind/progression thereHelldivers is a great coop, whether you play with friends or randoms or mixed. always fun to go through hell of friendly fire, confusion and panic. sometimes it might feel overwhelming tho, because of the massive number weapons and stratagems, and even bigger number of needed upgrades for them, which means grind (or progression if it sounds better). without such grind/progression there wouldnt be any long term goal though, so I guess its ok, it adds replay-ability.… Expand
  11. PlsMeCuraaaaaa
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Democracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Expand

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#82 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  1. CD-Action
    Mar 30, 2016
    65
    If you value interesting co-op Helldivers is worth checking out, but the developers should have used 10 months since the release of the original PS4 versions to improve the camera and tackle the repetitiveness. [03/2016, p.51]
  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Mar 3, 2016
    79
    Helldivers proves that even firepower loses to repetition. [Feb 2016]
  3. Game Debate
    Mar 1, 2016
    90
    If you take into account the limits of the genre itself, then Helldivers is a fantastic way to keep yourself busy for hours at a time, Helldivers is a surprisingly immersive game with intuitive mechanics and a rewarding levelling system.
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