Helldivers 2 is a breath of fresh air in the gaming landscape where everything is either a battle royale or an awfully balanced team-based pvp game, both riddled with mtx, freemium models and extremetly toxic communities.
H2 puts the fun first, and that's something a lot of developers/publishers forget when making games. The gameplay is extremetly innovative, putting you and your squad in enormous arena-type maps against waves and waves of enemies, while trying to finish main and side objectives, which are completely open and can be approached however you want.
The most important and fun part of your loadout is the stratagems: killstreak-like abilites summoned from your cruise ship. These are both offensive and defensive and are the secret sauce to the magic of the game, being extremetly fun to use while enabling the players to take down the hardest enemies and complete the objectives. These are the bread and butter of the game and trust me, there is nothing more satisfying than throwing your first 500kg bomb ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️ and watching the almost nuclear cloud of smoke, dust and bug parts.
Also, something that I like a lot about this game is the fact the story is community driven and there is a "game master" behind the game's overarching story (Joel the GOAT fr).
However, H2 isn't perfect and it severely lacks of variety in mission types and enemies, making it repetitive after 20 or so hours. Also the fact that most of the weapon progression is through the battle pass(es?) kinda rubs me the wrong way.
Overall the game is pretty good for coming out of nowhere with a lot of innovative and nice ideas, just don't play large sessions because it will burn you out.
H2 puts the fun first, and that's something a lot of developers/publishers forget when making games. The gameplay is extremetly innovative, putting you and your squad in enormous arena-type maps against waves and waves of enemies, while trying to finish main and side objectives, which are completely open and can be approached however you want.
The most important and fun part of your loadout is the stratagems: killstreak-like abilites summoned from your cruise ship. These are both offensive and defensive and are the secret sauce to the magic of the game, being extremetly fun to use while enabling the players to take down the hardest enemies and complete the objectives. These are the bread and butter of the game and trust me, there is nothing more satisfying than throwing your first 500kg bomb ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️ and watching the almost nuclear cloud of smoke, dust and bug parts.
Also, something that I like a lot about this game is the fact the story is community driven and there is a "game master" behind the game's overarching story (Joel the GOAT fr).
However, H2 isn't perfect and it severely lacks of variety in mission types and enemies, making it repetitive after 20 or so hours. Also the fact that most of the weapon progression is through the battle pass(es?) kinda rubs me the wrong way.
Overall the game is pretty good for coming out of nowhere with a lot of innovative and nice ideas, just don't play large sessions because it will burn you out.