Helldivers 2 Review

Helldivers 2 reviewed by Will Borger on PlayStation 5, also available on PC.

Helldivers 2 is the rare modern multiplayer game that does almost everything right. It gives you a ton of freedom, feels fantastic to play, and has a smart progression system that doesn’t nickel and dime you or rely too much on a paid battle pass. It manages to keep its missions fresh by introducing a ton of enemies, modifiers, and objectives, and varying them in interesting ways. There are some matchmaking and performance issues that still need to be worked out, and you can only go so far by yourself or with random players – but if you’ve got a solid squad, it’s an incredible time, and certainly one of the most fun multiplayer shooters in years.

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[Sponce]

This game brought back together all my buddies from the OG days of Halo 3 mp. Only now, we are in our mid 30's with young families yet still screaming at each other at 2am on HELLDIVE difficulty before we have to be up for work in several hours.

It's been ages since I've played a game sandbox that organically creates so many laughs, sweaty moments, clutch plays and memories all at the same time.

[MyNameIsPetch]

worth mentioning the 'battle pass' isn't timed and you can unlock it by just playing the game

[Hadeshi.]

Its fuuny how there's a loading screen that says "Remember to take brakes....if you consider yourself a coward." 😂😂

[siriusshabazz]

This game is so simple. Executive's are like " but it's not colorful with silly skins, how is this possible?"

[KazikoWhite]

Surprised you didn't mention the large scale player led system which is driving what missions are available.
I'm doing my part!

[puckyou]

8:00 *Review under investigation for treason*

[TheBlackItalianGamer]

Got even higher score than a Quadruple A Title 💀

[lorenzosorbelli]

Videogame companies when a game where 95% of items can be bought with a currency that’s earnable in game and costs 40 dollars does better than their 85, 99 dollars game filled to the brim with microtransactions:

😮

[xperience-evolution]

It's what we old schoolers wanted for years. Just a simple, fun, atmospheric shooter we can play with friends.
This Game will give you these memories you're gonna remember for years.

[whatasaverl]

The best co op game I've played in years

[nikeairjordanfly]

great game with a great price. You can tell they made this game for gamers

[craig]

The free battlepass has the best weapons, like the Defender SMG and the Breaker shotgun. As they said in the video, you get Super Credits from the free pass and also a ton more during missions. This game is fantastic and the community is great too. You don't need to have friends joining you to complete high level missions, going in with randoms will do fine.

[ZimtikiBar]

“We might be the baddies” so this IS Starship Troopers

[wilcoxtam]

breath of fresh air. Says a lot that the big dev studios arent the ones giving us this innovative gameplay

[DarthPP]

The most fun I've had in a game. Its truly fantastic, when it works.

[Ryniegan]

Considering what they’re already planning for the future, which seems incredibly fun and impressive, once the bugs are gone that came with launch it will most definitely sit at a 10

[jasonsmith]

Between Helldivers 2 and remnant 2 some of my favorite games are 9s instead of 10s

[DeanGetYourWings]

I'm doing my part!
Would you like to know more?

[IroncladLion]

Two things, the difficulty DOES scale to your playercount (7:14), and it can sometimes be easier to run a two man squad than a four man squad, even on higher difficulties because of that. You get more rewards with a bigger group, but if teammates are burning up your reinforce and getting patrols called on you, you can do it with fewer people.

Second, you can choose which voice you'd like your Helldiver to have. If you like getting a new voice everytime, you can keep it on random, but the option is there to pick one permanently.

I'm also surprised that this review didn't account for the fact that matchmaking issues are caused by the huge surge of players. Once the playercount stabilizes, that should resolve itself.

[The-Vitruvian-Man]

The game is fantastic. There's a lot of weapons to use, the weapons have very noticeable impact on enemies, you feel like a badass with all the attacks you have, the combat is intense at the higher difficulty levels, and the game is only $40. Can't wait for the free content updates