Helldivers 2 - Before You Buy

Helldivers 2 (PC, PS5) is a co-op third person shooter with a fun twist. How is it? Let's talk.

[squatchsage]

Had a 4-man running for 6 hours straight. We worked together for so long, we functioned like a well oiled machine. We ran on Challenging and split off into 2 man teams. My brother and I ran a crew weapon, Autocannon. The other two ran single use anti-tank launchers. We worked so well in our 2-man teams, we'd take 1 half of the map and they'd take the other half of the map in a loop and we'd designate a rally point to meet up at. Let me tell ya. After having a tough and successful mission on our side and meeting up for one final push with the other who went through the same feels amazing.

[Beer_Wolf]

Noted from playing with others, the game never explains it... but holding down Square [Reload] gives options for your current weapon, such as adjusting firing speed (very useful for the LMGs) or semi/burst/auto, zoom distance with scopes, flashlight, etc.

And those shipping containers dug into the ground... throwing a grenade at them opens them up yielding credits and medals!

[ItsKyoo]

Me and 2 of my buddies were actively holding a hill on extreme difficulty. Ended up getting kicked off the ridge and was forced to fight an active downhill return fire retreat the whole way down. Forced to take cover behind the smallest rocks and dead bodies and fighting until we are able to get air strikes or artillery to cover our retreat to more solid ground. Helldivers 2 can have you mowing down enemies and clearing cave systems one minute and then into a full blown retreat with your buddies renacting the last chopper out of Saigon the next. Would recommend highly.

[rxjwkko]

0:37 “But.. it has been an absolute BLAST 💥” the explosion fit so well when he said blast.

[XGothWolfX]

"Friendly fire is on"

Yeah, I got distracted holding a cooked grenade last night too long and ended up decimating myself and two teammates.

[LahngEun]

Fighting bile titan with my buddy using EAT-17s. He's prepping a cluster strike strategem. I forget to check for backblast. Sends him flying 30 ft off the cliff behind us. He drops strategem at my feet. 2 seconds later, im in orbit. 10/10

[korniestpatch]

Something you forgot to mention. The warbonds or “battlepass” doesn’t go away. It’s there forever, so if you want something there you don’t have to meet a deadline, and any currency you need to buy the premium warbond you earn while playing so.

It’s not locked behind a paywall. Very important to differentiate.

[Flamingauss]

It's a 1000 super credits for the "paid" battlepass and if you're looking around for the currency you can get 1000 in maybe a few hours.

[thedyslexicone]

I like how extraction is a optional objective

[rpinfernalpt]

I was playing solo until lvl 7 just to get my grip on things and when i found a match with another helldiver it was soo badass and i we felt like a real unit, having each others back, and blowing each other up with a orbital strike "accidentally", absolutely love this game

[Piemur]

The thing I found hilarious is that when you do the directionals for the Reinforce strategem to revive someone, it's Up Down Right Left Up. You're literally drawing a cross and pointing up to bring someone back!

And a neat little tip, if your whole squad is dead and you're about to be horrendously overrun and you know you're going to die, pull up Reinforce but don't throw it right away. When you inevitably die you will drop your ball, and it will trigger. It will respawn everyone, including you!

[Ezmunyllc]

i love that you guys still make this how many years later idek how many years i’ve always looked up your before you buy vids before i get almost any game haha

[chaoticambiance]

Can we also mention the fact that the transition from top down to 3rd person was so flawless? The gameplay of the original has basically been fully preserved whilst opening up a whole new dynamic because of the pov.

[juunebug]

I love the random call outs your characters do whenever you use equipment "get a taste of liber-tea!!" Its hilarious

[jasoncarnelian]

The hardest difficulties are nuts, but so much fun and really put your game knowledge to the test. Lower difficulties will have killing a single bile titan as a mission objective. The hardest difficulties will throw three of them at you at a time. It’s chaotic af and I love it

[alexscott]

I’ve been playing for a couple days, how do you unlock these “friends” you speak of?

[wutupitspuff]

I’ve been truly enjoying this game. I’ve been at work and thinking “man i can’t wait to get home and play Helldivers”
It’s just so chaotic that it’s fun. the other players you’ll meet, and the interactions with them on your journey, will stick with you. so many funny moments, and it’s so joyful you don’t even get mad when you accidentally get TK’d. i don’t have a squad to play with, but i find this game so enjoyable just going into a quick match with randoms. even though i’ve never played with these people before, it feels like we trained and learned as a squad together. everybody just has the same goal, and everyone realizes it won’t work without support from your team/supporting your team.

[ckotherletters]

I've been waiting nine years for this sequel and the wait was more than worth it.

[viciouseful]

Landing on the robot map was really something for me and my friend after just playing easy on the bugs map. Boy were we in for a surprise. We were walking through the forest taking in the map when we start getting shot at out of no where and then we turn behind and there is a whole fleet of terminator robots marching towards us out of a lake 😅 it was insanely terrifying and so much fun

[johndoe]

Something you didn't note was that when you're choosing a planet I love that you can see how many players are on planets and how much it's been taken. The way it changes to different planets through the games galaxy over time is a really unique part of the game.