Having completed the tutorial and one level in coop and basically uninstalling it after my partner announced that they don't really like it, I can't really fault them.

While I, as an action-game fan, can see the potential here, and that it's not nearly the worst of its ilk, it's also just not good enough of an introduction for the uninitiated, with its weirdly off-centered character placement on its isometric camera, or how it lets you choose classes but then gives you no class-specific abilities in the first mission (instead overwhelming you with an upgrade screen afterwards), or how the guns feel so light that you can't even feel when they're running out of ammo and they're reloading again (which happens a lot - and the only good mechanic here, tap again to reload fast, was present in the much better Helldivers already), or how there doesn't feel to be any difference between how the guns shoot, or how godawful the writing is, or how the game just doesn't feel much fun and cohesive and you're just running around spraying, praying, and reloading.

Perhaps it gets better, but first of all it should have convinced us to continue. What a shame. I guess I'll try introducing my partner to Helldivers instead.