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Helldivers 2 previews dropping
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The artful mincer
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It just needs the vehicle combat!
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Feel Like I'm On 42
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Well it doesn't look better than SS so it could by that logic ...I think what dude was trying to say is there is a pretty obvious bias against SS which is resulting in lower scores than it deserves.
FIREKNIGHT2029
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Getting this on Steam since my PSN buddy I game share with on PS5 doesn't seem interested in it. I'll be dropping in with the first wave, that means more bugs for me to kill....
XXL
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This games actually looks amazing. The previews are pretty great.
It does seems a bit light on content, but what's there seems really fucking great and seems like a great foundation for them to build on.
I'm still on the fence about buying it Day 1, but I'm getting close to it. I can't wait to read reviews and impressions to help decide if I'll get it on PS5 or Steam.
It does seems a bit light on content, but what's there seems really fucking great and seems like a great foundation for them to build on.
I'm still on the fence about buying it Day 1, but I'm getting close to it. I can't wait to read reviews and impressions to help decide if I'll get it on PS5 or Steam.
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digoutyoursoul
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Looks good,
Watching the third person gameplay I really wish Sony would remake Warhawk PS3, I really miss playing that.
Watching the third person gameplay I really wish Sony would remake Warhawk PS3, I really miss playing that.
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dreamstation
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Nevermind I can see it now!
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James Sawyer Ford
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Is this cross play with pc?
Baki
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Probably not. It’s been 9 years since their last game.
They bought Housemarque after Returnal launched because they didn’t want to distract the team with acquisition talks.
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dreamstation
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demigod
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How? Just randomly?Yep
rhodesianshepard
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true, but they have been working with Arrowhead since early 2010's when Helldivers 1 first began development. Regardless, you may be right that Sony is just waiting for release to begin negotiations. If this game has long legs I'm assuming Sony and Arrowhead will need to further expand the dev count to keep up with content updates. Roughly only 100 people work at Arrowhead, which is impressive with how polished HD2 looks and given this is their first AAA game altogether.
Between Housemarque and Arrowhead, Sony has done a good job recruiting AA studios and giving them the funds and support to make the AAA jump
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Embearded
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Am i the only one getting MGSV vibes from these gifs?
Damn!
DenchDeckard
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This looks fucking incredible.
Right...I just need one last piece of good news and I'm buying it.
Someone please tell me there isn't loot or some grind fest like destiny. Its just solid great co op action? No season passes or bullshit like that, where I have to log in every day. Is it just a campaign that me and the buds can work through. I'm all for extra expansions or whatever in the future.
God this looks good, it could be exactly what I've been looking for.
If this will be as good as it seems to be i bet Sony will make them an offer. Then the Developer has to choose if they want to be a Part of Sony
Mr.Phoenix
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This game is giving me sleeper-hit vibes.
March Climber
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You've just described the first Helldivers.
Perrott
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Basically, humanity finds itself at war with three alien factions. The goal of the game is for the entire community to win the war by conquering planets across the three battlefronts until they push any given alien race back into their homeworld where a final battle takes place, which if it ends in victory would result in the annihilation of this faction for the remainder of the season.
Upon selecting a planet from the battlefront on your ship's (your hub space) galactic map, you'll be given a handful of missions to chose from. Each of these missions take place on a mini-sandbox environment in which you'd have to complete a variety of different objectives (while collecting resources along the way, which you'll use for developing more advanced gear for your character), and once you're done with them, then you can call for an extraction of you and your squad ala Titanfall. Completing all missions will result in the Helldivers fleet successful takeover of that planet.
The defeat of all three alien factions within a single season will result in the community as a whole "beating" the game together. Likewise, losing far too many sectors in the galaxy can result in the aliens invading humanity's homeworld, which if not successfully defended would mean game over for the entire community.
DenchDeckard
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Do you have to pay for the seasons or do they just happen?
DenchDeckard
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Also, is there any hint at big boss fights to break up the intermediate rinse and repeat missions?
That would clinch it for me.
That would clinch it for me.
foamdino
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This is the video that explains the long-term plans:
Doesn't sound like battlepass etc. DLCs are mentioned as are ambitions for keeping the game going for a long time.
I really like the idea of having a human GM that watches you play and decides to throw down a random bomb/upgrade or to adjust the extraction timer if your team is finding it too hard/easy. The goal seems to be that the team should always feel that they're on the edge of failure
Getting real 40k vibes (+ starship troopers satire of course)
I could never get the hang of the d-pad strategems in the first one (and I'm rubbish at twin-stick shooters) so this 3rd-person view is actually a buff for me.
Wasn't really interested previously but these previews are *fantastic* and the price really isn't that much <must resist as I have too many games in backlog/>
Yeah I'm thinking this is going to blow-up and become the sleeper hit that nobody expected. The unedited game play just looks so damn smooth.
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dreamstation
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What do you mean? I'm assuming it will just be like other games where there is a setting you can turn on/off and then it matchmakes you with players from both platforms.
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The artful mincer
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How will this work in practice when there's 40,000 active players at once lol.
dreamstation
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Pretty much all of the above. I'm sure there will be new objectives as well.
dreamstation
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Yea I like the idea and all but it's not like they can oversee everyone's game haha. Surely would have some of it automated otherwise the encounters would feel extremely rare. Either that or it's like a per planet or region sort of event.
foamdino
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I have no idea! In the interview the guy sounds confident that they've cracked mixing tooling and humans to provide those kind of experiences - goodness knows how. But it seems this actually has some interesting new systems in play which I guess no one really expected from it.
Perrott
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They just happen, as they are arbitrary time limits (don't remember the length, but about a month or so) for the community to lose or win the galactic war.
The artful mincer
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I guess if the community's small it could work.
If the game blows up the only way I really see it happening is to have players do it.
March Climber
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This is my only gripe with the first game.
Fumbling to pull off a combination of d-pad entries that are like trying to do a Zangief spinning lariat + Hadouken, just to activate a single item all while enemies are rushing at you like zerglings.
demigod
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Oh yeah that’s what i thought, pass. Will just friend co-op on PC.
Killjoy-NL
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Or they just randomly watch random players at random moments and randomly drop some support.
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GymWolf
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This could also get annoying if the game is already hard and kinda unfair by itself.
Yeah i'm finally winning a match after 10 failed attempts, oh wait wtf is that huge boss on the way to extraction? exciting but i can see some people not liking that.
I'm all for a challenge but as a non dungeon and dragon player this sound very hard to balance.
I think they should save that for good teams that play with mics and shit, throwing random malus to a group of randoms that are barely surviving doesn't sound that fun.
I hope this is not a way to artificially slow down the progression to make their game last longer with (possibly) low content at launch, but i'm getting into conspiracy theory here.
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Killjoy-NL
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Concept sounds cool. Kinda sounds like what Planetside and For Honor were doing, as far as factions go.
What happens when the community wins or lost the game?
StueyDuck
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the fine print on steam says you need a PSN account. I imagine it's most likely for cross play
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Kenneth Haight
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This looks great. Might have to pull the trigger on a preorder now, looks like so much fun.
Fabieter
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You can base your buying decision on the reviews you just have to actually read them and see if it works for you instead of just looking at numbers.
dreamstation
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Haha that was the whole point of the button combinations though. Create more tension in an already stressful situation.
Grouping with friends would be best but if you are playing solo I don't see any reason not to have crossplay enabled. More players in the pool the better.
StueyDuck
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Yes and there's also a monster hunter world style match making where mid level you can call in other players to help
dreamstation
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For anyone worrying about difficulty especially with the GM tools they have talked about, the first game had 15 levels of difficulty so there are plenty of options for different skill levels. Start low and work your way up.
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DenchDeckard
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Are there big boss bugs? Apologies if someone already answered.
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AltogetherAndrews
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The game really does look insanely good. Been itching for a game like this.
Perrott
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In the original, credits rolled out, a certain victory or defeat cinematic played out, and rewards were given or not based on the outcome.
Then a new war started.
Killjoy-NL
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Sounds good. So the community could potentially win 2+ wars each season?
And what about the rewards? I assume it's going to be stuff like resources and ingame credits and such?
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