Why Is Helldivers 2 A MASTERPIECE?!

hell divers 2 might be the only game

where you can say wow there's a lot of

bots and bugs in this and it's a

compliment

democracy why did you do that just now

why who who needs her democracy

liberated OMG

me I'm leaving the game I'm I think it

has a real chance to win game of the

year in 2024 and a bold statement act

man let's see if it ages poorly but if

it isn't at least nominated then we'll

know for a fact automatons have

infiltrated the game awards and

compromised our democracy I don't know

about you but I'm really enjoying this

trend of Indie developers releasing

games with little marketing that manage

to topple their AAA competitors the ones

that keep puking out the same garbage

we're tired of I could get used to this

it's refreshing like my morning cup of

Liberty El ders 2 has skyrocketed in

popularity it became the most played

title on Steam and PS5 one of the top

selling games on both platforms and in a

rare twist of fate the the player base

has remained consistent even a month

after launch games like this deserve

their success and much more because the

developers at Arrowhead have clearly

worked their asses off just look at the

difference between hell divers 2 and the

original might be the biggest leap of

sequel ever made did you know hell

divers 2 was in development for so long

that the engine they used to make it was

discontinued meaning Arrowhead had to

improve and modify the engine while

working on the game now I don't know

much about all this game development but

even I know that [ __ ] ain't easy so what

the hell is so special about hell divers

2 why is it thriving while recent AAA

releases are struggling has it uncovered

some secret to make live service games

not so boring and formulaic and most

importantly is Hell divers 2 worthy of

being called a

masterpiece well let's praise democracy

brew a cup of Liberty and get shck for a

combat drop together we must take back

control of Freedom we are so back we

dude we are so

backo bro dab me up dab me up right now

we are with you s for freedom to the

death my leg my leg

grenade for

super I'm calling an Eagle Strike run

run run why are you calling this on me

will die if you stay [ __ ] you die oh my

God there is no [ __ ] way this is

there is no [ __ ] way this is going to

be possible okay I'm going to go to the

I'm going to go to the Escape pod

data oh wow that you are not going

anywhere oh my God oh my gosh why the

down the Liberty this one's for

democracy sacrificing myself on the

there's three of them there's three of

them yes nice yes this is it baby

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video and Now for Something Completely

Different what would you get if you took

Starship Troopers Terminator payLo left

for dead and threw them all in a blender

you would get every wet dream I've ever

had check it out watch how it shoots I

think it that looks really

cool oh my God it dude it just hit the

[ __ ] no way that just happened but

I'm biased because guys in space

shooting aliens is a concept I have SED

for my entire life in Hell ders 2 you

don't have the traditional kind of video

game storytelling it's more commun

community base and I'll explain what

that means later on the game takes place

in a sort of Utopia where Humanity has

formed a one world government called

super Earth and life here is perfect but

Freedom doesn't come

[Music]

free sweft liberty

no look familiar that's right our

glorious super Earth is under attack our

democracy and freedom is being

threatened

why did this war start I'll tell you why

because our enemies hate Freedom do you

want to know what I hate more than

anything else in this

world anyone who isn't free the fascism

aspect the whole for democracy sweet

Liberty that's all just window dressing

you know it's flavor it's no different

than terrorists versus counter

terrorists Nazis versus everyone else

the Absurd levels of patriotism not

absurd the reasonable levels of

patriotism ISM opens the door for some

of the funniest dialogue you've ever

heard say hello to

democracy my life for super

Earth I'm hit sweet Liberty the

blood obviously there is a Vibe of

extreme nationalism militarism and

patriotism and the best part I'm

brainwashed into all of it part of the

beauty of Hell divers 2 is that it has

no deep thought-provoking story it's not

really trying to to make a statement

it's obviously inspired by Starship

Troopers but you know the story is

basically like hey do you like Freedom

yeah Sweet let's go kill bugs the only

good bug is a dead bug one of the side

objectives you can get is to terminate

illegal broadcasts which are spreading

the idea that the war against the

terminats is all because of oil I've

checked with the ministry of Truth on

this and they have confirmed to me that

this is treason and it's not true brood

free back home yo it's leading all the

flavor poles can you believe that holy

[ __ ] of course I believe that because to

not believe it would be treason the

ministry of Truth said so yeah they

wouldn't lie yeah they would never lie

but hell divers is so silly and over the

top that it's more fun to play along

especially when you have game trailers

that are like this the Socialist

automatons terrorize innocent families

babes are torn from their mothers

voters from their balance in the item

shop only reviews approved by the

ministry of Truth are allowed review

under investigation for treason it's

treason then sometimes when the UI loads

it says please wait

democratically this is super unique

because these are parts of a game that

you know aren't ever stylized in any

sort of way and yet they take this

concept and they just they plaster it

all over the game in every way they can

you also get to name your ship by

choosing from some pre set words mine of

course was the fist of patriotism you

can also choose something like wings of

Liberty Patriot of patriotism founding

father of family values games like power

world Deep Rock Galactic and now held

divers have this uncanny ability to tap

into meme culture and create memes and

capitalize on all of that without being

cringe oh yeah oh yeah that's

good Brash tactics

use them D me the name of [ __ ]

propaganda [ __ ] put her there put her

there already the fans are making their

own propaganda posters like take back

the creek Stamp Out the bot I [ __ ]

love the culture and fan base and

Community around this game it truly

feels One of a Kind dumb check uh yeah

check check AC

boys

appear to be you're being rescued

run so hell divers 2 is a third person

Co-op shooter where you and three

buddies bring Liberty and freedom to an

army of Killer Robots and a race of

giant bugs and by Liberty and freedom I

mean explosives and bullets that should

right

there got him okay got on with that [ __ ]

hell ders does a great job of combining

familiar tropes into something that

overall feels fresh bugs and propaganda

from Starship Troopers automatons and

robots from Terminator armor that kind

of looks like Spartans from Halo hell

divers equals hell jumpers even the drop

ships are called Pelicans but unlike

power world nobody has brought up the

word plagurism cuz these designs are

unique and they are [ __ ] sick but

much like how shooting zombies in Left 4

Dead 2 never gets old neither has

blasting bugs and clankers one cuz the

gameplay mechanics are more solid than

snake and two two an important phrase

visual feedback when you shoot a bug it

doesn't just fall over and die no it

gets eviscerated their limbs are torn

off they might start limping puking up

blood you can strip off the armor of a

charger for example and see the green

goo beneath it's visceral and satisfying

like no other game I've played the

amount of ways you can inflict damage on

the Bots and bugs is crazy it's so

Dynamic it's like a technical Marvel

oh that is danger

close R going to kill all oh my God I'm

a [ __ ] torso when you shoot

automatons chunks of metal go flying

everywhere you can shoot off their arms

destroy the weapons on their back almost

every single firearm and sandbox tool

feels powerful and satisfying to use in

its own way the ragd doll effects are

hilarious

[ __ ] sometimes your character just gets

flung across the map so hard he smashes

into a wall and dies on impact and you

got this sick dive move which makes

avoiding enemies and explosions look so

dramatic there's some games that you

play and you're like wow this is like

playing through a movie and that's what

hell divers is like except you are the

action star and these scenes aren't

scripted the animations and attention to

detail is what makes every moment of

combat so damn

cinematic

with games like this most of the fun

comes from the enemies you shoot at and

what you shoot them with there is a huge

variety of enemy types in Hell divers 2o

and each enemy type has weak points

which force players to use and swap

between different tactics on the Fly

certain enemies like the charger look

like they can only be damaged from the

back but if you get a powerful enough

weapon you can strip the armor off their

legs and [ __ ] them there's always

more than one way to get the job done I

mean you got things like Drop ships bug

holes giant laser cannons tanks bile

Titans these [ __ ]

Abominations oh my huge robotic hulks

with flamethrowers and the visuals are

so important because you know in a game

like Destiny they would have a bunch of

numbers on the screen when you shoot

something and Hell divers doesn't need

that you can see how much damage you've

done to something just by looking at it

on higher difficulties they increase the

number of enemies instead of just

boosting their HP and damage and I think

that's the right way to increase the

challenge it's why the difficulty and

balance in this game feels so amazing

and since there's no PVP and there never

will be the developers can go Hog Wild

and create a bunch of overpowered

[ __ ] that you can throw at the

enemies of democracy there's rarely a

dull moment in Hell divers it's a

Non-Stop Rush of adrenaline and

unscripted cinematic chaos and after 50

hours it hasn't gotten stale one bit

hell diver's biggest strength comes in

its Variety in every aspect of its game

design especially the sandbox the people

of superar clearly pay their goddamn

taxes and apparently it all goes to the

military because we are well equipped

Lads you have these things called

strategems which are essentially kill

streaks you pick and spawn in with

getting the shield

Boys The Shield is

here wait what the [ __ ]

oh my God you landed on the shield and

destroyed it you son of a [ __ ] you son

of a [ __ ] and each one requires a

button combo the numbers on your credit

card and the three digits on the back in

order to call them in picking the right

strategy at the right time is Paramount

to success and when you're trying to do

this [ __ ] while out running a horde and

and trying not to kill your teammates

well it's it's just

awesome oh I spawned and instantly was

killed again orbital lasers carpet bombs

Nate Palm strikes mini nukes you can

have guard dogs that watch your back

with laser beams jetpacks that let you

quickly Escape Sentry turrets to watch

your six mortars Shield generators gas

bombs the Geneva Convention is no more I

mean there is a meta which becomes more

prevalent on higher difficulties because

you need something big to take out the

bile Titans but even on suicide mission

that me and the boys can bring in

whatever the [ __ ] we want and still come

out okay hell divers 2 doesn't pigeon

hole you into one specific optimized

play style and that's what I love about

it part of the reason the game is so

replayable is that it's a lot of fun to

mix and match primaries secondaries

grenades backpacks and synergize your

strategy with your teammates hell divers

rewards good teamwork and strategy not

to mention that I have played a lot of

Shooters in my time and I've never

played something that felt like hell

divers when it comes to the aiming when

it comes to the actual shooting

mechanics and you can't just like max

out your sensitivity in order to zip

around and like instantly do a 180 to

shoot something behind you it takes time

to line up the shot and you have to know

when to crouch to improve accuracy and

recoil when to reload so you don't waste

ammo pacing your shots there's so many

little mechanics you can Master to

really flourish in this game and it

makes the shooting feel awesome H

diver's core combat is complemented

perfectly by its level design which

which emphasizes risk versus reward sure

you can do the main missions and just

xfill out of there but a real Patriot

completes all the optional missions

clearing out every Outpost and Bug Nest

to maximize XP and wreck slip gains

samples are also an important resource

to upgrade your ship permanently but

they drop on death let's say your team

is starting the Evac and you just died

and dropped all your samples You've Got

2 minutes do you stay with your team and

help them defend or risk it for the

biscuit and make a beline for your

samples all this for a couple of samples

you're crazy sir for democracy at times

you have to decide do you split your

team up to tackle multiple objectives at

the same time or stay together as a

single unit throughout each Mission

players are constantly making decisions

like these based on the risk and the

reward as a team you have to decide when

to do the optional objectives and when

it just ain't worth it man on top of

this there's a time limit and a limited

number of lives if the clock hits zero

you can't call in reinforcements no

respawns and you can't use strategems so

when choosing where to spawn on the map

you want to plan the most efficient path

to complete everything and when you do

when you maximize the rewards and see

that fat XP gain that five-star Mission

completion yeah yeah it's better than

sex for sure that's like the one of the

best missions I think I've ever done and

it caps off the whole the whole thing

outstanding p patriotism look at those

samples man W that's beautiful and like

I said teamwork is important you're

dealing with a bunch of really powerful

explosives and carpet bombs and [ __ ] and

friendly fire is on

run just go just go just go just

go o right there right there what what

you killed get in get in

EXT how did you kill me

oh my God no how did you kill

why my sh why spny almost sold that

whole mission in the last 5 Seconds that

is the worst place you

could my god get this guy away from the

[ __ ] stove immediately he can never

cook ever again and while it's very hard

to resist griefing your friends when

[ __ ] hits the fan sloppy teamwork will

be the death of you and all the

Democracy you're fighting for and the

friendly fire has been up to chain this

session I know oh look out oh my God my

God holy [ __ ] speaking of

Jesus I I had the opportunity to that's

kind of how they balanced all these

overpowered strategems with Friendly

Fire you can't just carelessly Chuck out

a nuke whenever you like oh I'm dead

okay he just knocked a [ __ ] my hands

you need what the f oh god oh I'm dead

again dead again instantly in a real war

you got to watch out for your brothers

and yourself because even the drop ships

can kill you

requesting oh my [ __ ] go you got to

be [ __ ] me you have actually got to

be [ __ ] me he got landed on he

didn't know where he was standing he

didn't know which way he stood oh my God

shut up you can also kill enemies and

teammates with your own drop pod it's

[ __ ] awesome why didn't Halo ever

think of this another cool mechanic is

reloading some weapons require ammo

backpacks and it's slower to reload if

you carry it but it becomes almost

instant if your teammate does allowing

you to launch shell after shell down

range this emphasis on risk and reward

teamwork and Synergy makes hell divers 2

one of the most enjoyable and satisfying

games to play with your friends so I'd

say the core gameplay is basically

perfect I really don't have many

complaints except those escort missions

against the [ __ ] automaton that was

hell but a game like hell divers might

completely fall apart if the objectives

are boring thankfully there's as much

Variety in the mission design as there

is in the sandbox and enemy types the

objectives are much more involved and

creative than you would expect you have

to do things like manage the terminal

enter proper combinations and do all

these things while fighting off waves of

enemies often you have to make yourself

vulnerable to complete the objective on

the galactic map you get to choose where

you land what types of missions you do

what time of day and you see what

modifiers might make the Run easier or

more challenging because you have a

choice you never feel like you're doing

the exact same thing every time and you

know precisely what you're getting into

many other multiplayer games get

repetitive and dull in a fraction of the

time I've played hell divers for on bug

planets sometimes you run into these big

ass stalkers these guys are no joke they

are tanky they can chase you down and

kill you fast but if you take out their

nest and tell them to [ __ ] off they

won't spawn for the rest of the round

there's artillery stations you can find

and if you load them up with five shells

bam you now have five extra artillery

strategems for the rest of the mission

so the game rewards you with XP and

progression of course but also in making

the mission easier that's great design

there's also plenty points of interest

and you can find premium currency and

war bonds out in the world just by

exploring you may be encouraged to

complete everything and try to do that

every round but ultimately it's your

choice when to call it quits and those

are two words I love player choice did I

mention the planets in Hell divers 2 are

procedurally generated yeah I know it

doesn't even feel like that when you're

playing making procedurally generated

content feel handmade is one of the

hardest things I can imagine for a game

developer but the result is an endlessly

replayable experience every planet is

stunning and gorgeous in its own way now

I got a nice rig 4090 graphics card and

I tell you this is one of the best

looking games I've ever played each

planet hosts a different biome and once

again variety is the spice of life here

you have space Vietnam in mlon Creek

snowy planets lava planets jungles Rocky

Mountains yo yo what is this make

snowball yo excuse me what how do I how

do I make a snowball I don't know there

was just a button prompt for it over

here what some places are engulfed in a

bright orange light that obscures Vision

it's not just giant bugs you have to

overcome and contend with but the

environment itself darkness and fog can

really put you on edge because sometimes

you don't see the enemy until they're

right in your face go to you and I can't

see [ __ ] [ __ ] right now crossing a

river might not seem too challenging but

when there's no cover you move slower

and you throw a [ __ ] ton of robots on

the other side Crossing that River

becomes a massive hurdle snowy planets

can make you move slower and reduce the

fire rate of your guns so many little

details oh my god oh oh god oh it almost

killed me I could see the [ __ ] yo and

here's the thing all these factors

weapons strategems planets modifiers

mission objectives optional missions

points of interest all of these things

make each Mission feel unique from the

last even when you're doing it on the

same same planet in the same biome I

genuinely cannot complement this game

enough so whenever new planets are

unlocked I'm excited to get on and see

what else the game can throw at me what

Freedom

Peak Li Liberty Ridge also whenever you

dive onto a planet you're treated with a

spectacular backdrop which seems to

change depending on what part of the

planet you dive on now this might not be

true but it's my head cannon that when

you travel somewhere and you see all

these other ships I like to think those

are other players ships if you look down

you can even see strategems being called

in I mean it's it feels like a real war

man this [ __ ] this game is so good

there's even a bit of battlefields

Levolution in destructible environments

I mean this game has

everything oh God he just blew that

house up holy [ __ ] to make matters even

better hell divers 2 is a $60 game being

sold for 40 you get more content and

enjoyment out of this than a lot of

other AAA releases and like balers Gate

3 and like Po world there's no catch no

scummy business practices aerohead just

wanted to make a fun video game and it

shows everything the CEO has been saying

online is so [ __ ] based he was

straight up telling people to wait and

buy the game until the servers were

fixed have you ever seen a CEO be like

yeah it's okay if you don't buy our

product right now no no you don't hear

that so Health divers doesn't have a

battle pass but it does have a freedom

pass which is way cooler and like Halo

infinite these seasonal and event passes

will never expire that's right no fomo

grind at your own pace what a concept

and to get the premium you need 1,000

super credits now this is where

companies like Activision would do

something like charge you $10 for $800

super credits or $15 for 1,300 credits

they would pull some scummy little

tactic with the in-game currency to get

you to buy more than you actually need

not here you just spend 10 bucks you got

it some armor sets in this are straight

up like $2 or less meanwhile at

Activision Blizzard buy a different

portal color $30 at a time where many

gamers are fed up with how greedy big

corporations are I'm happy to say that

the developers of held divers to respect

your time and your wallet they earned

that money they also wanted to make sure

they avoided any pay to win comparisons

or mechanics what you get in the premium

pass is arguably worse than the free one

and unlike other games where you can pay

to skip tiers you can't you can only

progress the freedom pass by playing the

game the only issue is that the grind is

ridiculously slow I put more than 40

hours into the game and I'm nowhere near

unlocking everything if we could buy war

bonds with requisition slips that'd be

nice because at a certain point you

unlock all the strategems and you just

requisition slips mean nothing to you

now like I said there isn't a campaign

or a main story there's more lore than

there is story but what's the purpose

behind this War Liberation quite

possibly one of my favorite features in