Helldivers 2
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| Release | 8. February 2024 |
| Developer(s) | Arrowhead Game Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | Playstation 5 Windows Xbox Series |
| Genre(s) | Third-person Shooter |
| Mode(s) | Online Co-op |
Helldivers 2 is a third-person cooperative tactical shooter developed by Arrowhead Game Studios, set in the 22nd century within a satirical dystopian universe where players assume the role of elite Helldivers, soldiers of Super Earth, a self-described managed democracy.
The game's narrative begins in 2184, a century after the First Galactic War, when the containment of genetically engineered Terminids—evolved from the original Bugs—fails, leading to widespread chaos, while a new threat emerges in the form of the Automatons, a vengeful mechanical army created by the defeated Cyborgs.
Players are deployed from their Super Destroyer starship via a Hellpod to reclaim colonized planets, completing missions that involve eliminating enemy forces, securing objectives like launching ICBMs, and extracting before time runs out.
The gameplay emphasizes teamwork, with up to four players required to succeed, as the game is designed for cooperative play and features always-on friendly fire, making coordination crucial.
Core mechanics include selecting Stratagems—powerful support abilities like airstrikes, turrets, and resupply—before missions, which are executed through a sequence of directional inputs.
The game's world is rich with environmental storytelling, featuring propaganda messages, logs, and notes that reveal the lore of the war and the state of the galaxy.
Players earn resources through mission completion to upgrade their equipment, Stratagems, and ship, with no pay-to-win mechanics, as all progression is tied to gameplay.
There are forklifts scattered across the game world, and even a news story on in-game monitors, making a joke about "Voteless" showing a strange affection to forklifts.
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News about the "Voteless" and their brain activity while interacting with forklifts -
An abandoned forklift. It's rocking the number 5, similar to the one found in Shenmue
