The ragdoll physics, the friendly fire and the comedy timing. At first you joke about fighting for democracy but by the end of your first session you will join the cause unironically. For example one mission requires you to escort scientists. However if they die you get less rewards. When one did get blown up and I shouted "No our money." instead of "No, we lost a scientist." This game is fresh of breath air and is a benchmark on a coop shooter. I'm happily put countless hours into this game.

And that’s not all: each Warbond is not time-limited! Once you buy it, you’re free to go ahead and reap its rewards whenever you like.

The best shooters encourage players to take part in a way that suits the game’s tone and universe, and Helldivers 2 is certainly one of them. You play in a sort of demented panic, calling in airstrikes with abandon and getting through ammo so fast you end up carrying huge backpacks of the stuff everywhere you go.

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These can do everything from increasing your magazine size to reducing cooldowns. You'll need to pick up Samples when you're in the field to be able to purchase these upgrades and the better ones will need rarer samples, which you'll unlock at higher difficulty levels.

The game has what is called a "Premium Warbond," which works just like regular Warbonds (see the above section for details on those). That means you'll be using the medals you earn from orders and missions to unlock the items on it, but to access the Premium Warbond in the first place, you'll need to buy it for 1,000 Super Credits.

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“I personally love writing for a game with opportunities for comedy, and that doesn’t take itself too seriously. I hope I can find a game like that soon…”

Even if you’re playing on easy you’ll want to nab all samples and yellow beams you find. Those yellow beams give you credits for better unlocks, including the kind you can pay for in the shop, and don’t worry if your buddy gets to them first. The contents will be distributed to your team.

"And I say 'probably' as in: 'It's not a promise, not a guarantee, not something to place bets on, not something to blah blah blah legal,' he continued in a follow-up comment. "The same way as when you say 'I am probably gonna go to that event next weekend.'"

While Helldivers 2 strongly encourages Helldivers 2 Gameplay playing with friends and even comes with a built-in code-based friends list, it also has a quickplay matchmaking option that helps random players quickly squad up.

Those small details contrast against the environment especially nicely because of the game's use of relatively high-resolution shadowmaps. Other elements of the lighting perhaps don't fare as well. The worlds are generally lit convincingly enough, but when you get up close you can spot some light leak in places, and shadowed regions tend to have a bit of a flat look. I'm not sure we're looking at pre-calculated, 'baked' lighting. I think instead we're seeing the typical mix of screen-space ambient occlusion and shadowmaps to shade in some of those finer details, which works well for the big picture stuff but doesn't hold up quite as well on close examination. The same can be said for reflections, which exhibit typical screen-space reflection 'skirting'. After surveying the game's graphical tech, I wasn't quite sure what we were looking at. UE4 seemed like an obvious choice, but it didn't seem well-suited for this kind of big multiplayer game with open-world environments.

I’m not gonna lie. It’s been a while since I’ve played the first Helldivers game, and this one blows it out of the water. The transition to third-person is absolutely perfect for the game, and leaning more into the parody of enlisting in the military makes it even better.

" Ultimately, the developer wants "an environment that's supportive, fun and where we all are fighting on the same side."