#Helldivers sequel

[gameeframe]

Helldivers 2 - The only good bug is a dead bug.

The only good bug is a dead bug – and we're here to make sure there are plenty of them! Gear up, squad up, and dive into the action as we take on waves of alien threats in a battle for humanity's survival. Explosions, tactics, and relentless combat await. Are you ready to defend Super Earth?

[wolfleblack]

Helldivers 2 Warbonds & Microtransactions explained

Helldivers 2 has exploded onto the scene and made a fairly large impact, quickly becoming the biggest Sony Studios game on PC. But like so many games released in the modern age, Helldivers 2 is monetized in more ways than just the price you pay to buy it. So let’s explore exactly how Helldivers 2 is monetized, shall we? Swapping out the top-down view of the first game for some over-the-should…

[necromancelena]

It took me until right now to realize that helldivers and helltaker are different games i spent all of last month thinking "huh there sure are a lot of streamers playing the sequel to that anime girl sokoban right now. So it's got multiplayer now, huh? I wonder how that works."

[therightrighthand]

what does it mean to be a Helldiver in the Del-verse? the game's sequel presents helldivers as impressionable youths with a rock-bottom entry bar - was that always the case, or did Delany and her parents apply when they were considered "elite", before the second war kicked off?

GOSH that's a really good question I never considered!

I'd say Delany's jump from SEAF to HELLDIVER was early during the conflict of bugs and bots, so early enough that there needed to be a standard for people applying, but not enough for mass deployment and any old idiot can join.

Just enough time for Del to get a few dives under her belt and con her way into making people think she's a badass vet.

[knackeredforever]

One of things about helldivers is love is the sheer difference between the first and second game. It feels in the modern game industry sequels especially for big budget games that have sequels seemingly vary very differently from their predecessors sequels often feel very safe very rarely do they make big changes to the main gameplay much rarely do they change the entire genre and perspective of the game.

Helldivers feels very different in this regard I don’t know if you’ve seen gameplay of helldivers 1 I’ve personally never played it myself but gameplay wise instead of being a 3rd person shooter it was a top down shooter game and all the differences in game design choices that entails. Graphically in the most affectionate way I can say helldivers 1 looks like a 3DS game to me idk it just has that slightly blocky 3d aesthetic the game also had a much more cartoony art style.

Idk I just really like seeing a game so willing to massively change what game it is between entries in a series and willing to not just play it safe but to experiment and it worked out really fucking well.

I don’t know how long hd2 was in development but 9 years between releases has really made a difference and more experimentation in games is something I really hope to see in the future.

[hollowphobia-casual]

Starship troopers is (Not) Satire

Starship troopers is a 1997 satirical re-interpretation of the 1956 Sci-fi novel by Robert A. Heinlein, which went on to inspire the 2015 Satirical top down shooter Helldivers by Arrowhead Game Studios and later the 2024 Satirical sequel game Helldivers 2, by the same studio. But everyone knows this..., or do they? During the popularity of Helldivers 2 there was a large spike in people and players who didn't realize that the game was a comedic and satirical commentary on fascist governments. Even some close friends whom I played the game with didn't know this was the case and as the discussion went on there were people saying they didn't know or think Starship Troopers, the games very clear inspiration was also a satire.

And there were many people throwing around accusations or poking fun at people for not knowing this, but I feel like there was and still is an important discussion to be had around this, why didn't people know this? IT'S SO OBVIOUS RIGHT? Well..., no, when Starship Troopers initially came out many movie goers didn't see it as satirical, some people even thought the film was pro-Fascist and pro-nazi. And later sequels would tone down the satirical angle of the films. When I was younger I assumed the movie was just another sci-fi American war film about brotherhood and defying the odds, it wasn't until I was told of the films satirical nature did I stop and look for it.., so what went wrong?

I believe both the issue with the film and the video game is the framing of it. In the example of Starship trooper... The movie is about Rico, a young student who wants to join the military because of a girl he likes despite the wishes of his parents who want him to go onto higher education. Sadly the girl he threw his life away for breaks up with him, so he puts himself completely into becoming a great soldier. And he's really good at it, until his strive to achieve ends tragically when he gets one of his friends killed and is punished for it. Demotivated and blaming himself he wishes to leave, only for the bugs to launch a meteorite at earth, killing his family. Motivating him to return to service and fight. The initial assault on the bug home-world is absolute failure and a slaughter, but Rico manages to survive and we learn in a shocking twist that the bugs are a lot smarter than we gave them credit for. Responding to a distress call, we learn the existence of a brain bug, that is able to drain the brains of humans to gain information about us. We've learned where one of these brain bugs might be and we push for an assault on the planet. Rico lands, saves the girl of his dreams and the army is able to capture a brain bug, learning that for the first time that they are now scared of us and the chance to win the war is growing closer, happy ending. Now, many people will read that and think, wait no, your missing out key details or important observations. Well, what I told you is probably what most movie goers would of probably picked up on when watching the movie. The important satirical and anti-fascist details we are familiar with are essentially, background noise. They are very small scenes. Example, the needing the citizen ship to be able to have a kid detail? That is in one scene, it lasts for about a few seconds and isn't expanded upon. We were suppose to take away from it that the government is controlling who and who can't have a kid and enrolling into the military is essentially indoctrination, however, without more context there isn't much else to go on. The fact that the whole war is started by the humans first by invading the bugs territory? Again, it's a really small scene and we don't know what exactly invasion means in the grand scheme of things, but through out the movie we have ONLY seen the bug be the aggressors and the manner in which they aggress is incredibly violent, cruel, painful and indiscriminate. Casper Vein Dien, the actor for Rico, asked the director, Paul Verhoeven if the satire was a bit too heavy handed, with the director saying that the satire was 'subtle'. To which after seeing the reaction with most people missing the point of the movie, agreed that maybe they made the film, too subtle. And I agree, but I don't think it's the only problem. Helldivers 2 is WAY less subtle with it's broadcasts and use of propaganda. With videos and images of robots stealing baby prams. However, most of the fanbase, who are in on the joke have responded with Pro-propaganda and in doing so, many people take the game as a pro-war game. After all, you are fighting against mindless bugs and machines who attack you on sight, slaughter workers and stuff them into cages. Your just taking back your worlds from these invaders, right?

By framing both media as the 'hero', having you defend and fight against these attackers. you convey to the audience that you are in the right, especially when you compare how much damage the enemy do compared to yourself. There is no scenes of squashing sympathies, rebellions, or seeing what life is like for the average non-citizen, we get to see the world from the 'privileged', the rewarded, the heralded. The characters we are typically seeing doing right, but we aren't seeing them doing wrong. The context is there, but it can be missed by an average viewer and the fact it can be missed is a problem as it paints the setting as one of pro-war propaganda and doing what is right for the people. Like I said, if you aren't looking for it, you don't see it.

[scope-dogg]

One thing about Helldivers 2 that's interesting is that it's basically the same game Arrowhead has always made if you think about it. Their very first game was called Magicka, which is a fantasy game where you play as a wizard in a fantasy setting (and also has my favourite implementation of magic in any videogame.)

You'd think it would be very different, and it is in ways, but Magicka and Helldivers are ultimately both about playing as a faceless, unqualified yahoo wielding ridiculous power who is as much a danger to themselves and their friends as they are to the monsters you're fighting, where most of the fun comes from the chaos that arises from that. Despite the difference in genre the core appeal is the same - the same feeling that you get when you blow yourself up dropping an orbital artillery barrage too close to yourself in Helldivers is the same feeling you get in Magicka where you try to cast a lightning bolt while standing in water and electrocute yourself. I just think it's neat that the same spirit that was in Magicka, which was basically a glowed up student project made amongst a few friends in Sweden in the mid-late oughties is still there in the sleeper hit that's put the game studio on the map. Anyone who likes Helldivers should probably pick up Magicka and maybe its sequel when it goes on sale, they're a lot of fun in its own right.

[wealmostaneckbeard]

Helldivers 2: Helldiver 1 Vets When Asked about The ILLUMINATE!? 😂🔥🫡

THEY COULD INSTA-KILL VEHICLES

THEY COULD INSTA-KILL TURRETS

They couldn't kill mine fields but those were never enough...

[jimquisition]

The state of mainstream games is just fucking pathetic. 

Helldivers 2 has been out for well over a week and yet it still suffers from the kind of connection issues that would be (and were) unacceptable by launch day standards, let alone days later. As if that were atrocious enough, further bugs and breakages wait in the wings to further scupper any attempt to enjoy Arrowhead's already stripped-down sequel.

[tacticalhimbo]

2024 game awards recap and thoughts from your local loser queer with bad gaming takes (re: being normal about things and not a pre-order shill or overtly critical basement dweller)

ALL NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS

ninja gaiden (didn't catch the full title)

one move away

slay the spire 2

some match 3 mobile game that preached about environmentalism (couldn't catch the name)

dave the diver: in the jungle

thick as thieves

shadow labyrinth

steel paws

tales of the shire

stalcraft operations

midnight murder club (crossplay beta announced)

kyora

rematch: online football action

solasta 2

witcher 4

elden ring: night reign

catly

untitled next project (made by shadows of colossus people)

civilization 7

outer worlds 2

split fiction

fragpunk

tripwire

killing floor 3

steel hunters

blackfrost: the long dark 2

borderlands 4

splitgate 2

mecha break

project century

turok origins

onimusha: way of the sword

the first beserker: khazan

arad: dungeon & fighter

dying light: the beast

squid game unleashed: a neflix game

stage fright

game of thrones: kings road

double dragon revive

solo leveling: arise

screamer

den of wolves

zenless zone zero

sonic racing crossworlds

dispatch

okami sequel

intergalactic: the heretic prophet

WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE...

one move away; i love games like a little to the left and unpacking

thick as thieves; i love stealth games and this looked like a multiplayer game

rematch; we need more indie sports games and seeing something that isn't fifa made me happy

witcher 4; … witcher 4

catly; cute cat game! no longer excited; this game is (allegedly) made using generative ai and shows signs of being a rugpull based on background information

outer worlds 2; i screamed. i cried. i am so excited for this given my love for the first one even though it glitches trying to sync data on my xbox

borderlands 4; i need to finish the games but the lore slaps

stage fright; loved overcooked even tho i crash out over it <3

sonic racing crossworlds; YESSSSS

dispatch; aaron paul and laura bailey my beloveds… also made by the creators of wolf among us???

okami sequel; …. okami sequel

intergalactic: the heretic prophet; this just looks like it slaps it made me think of the alien games

also forget which one it was but the pacman dungeon crawler... slayed. i want it <3

AND THE UNTITLED ONE BEING MADE BY THE SHADOWS OF COLOSSUS CREATORS... i started bouncing with excitement.

think the one i'm most hyped for is genuinely outer worlds 2. witcher 4 is a close second but trumped by the fact i haven't actually played entirely through the witcher games :pensive:

other notes:

congrats to batman arkham shadow for winning best vr/ar game

how the FUCK did silent hill 2 not win a single award

how the FUCK did fallout win the best adaptation (saying this as a fallout tv show fan...)

learned mouthwashing was nominated for the indie awards on the 19th and if they don't win i'm [redacted]

dragon age only being nominated for accessibility and losing... i fear we are cooked (still haven't played it; hoping to get it for xmas and trying to remain neutral on it despite the fact showing any neutrality seems to piss people off (not referring to being neutral to bioware's bigotry btw; fuck those racist losers))

helldivers earning awards and having a whole little performance thing... slay. for super earth.

squid game netflix game... yawn. if it were a standalone it could be cool (even though i feel some of the marketing is antithetical to the show) but it's a netflix platform game so. yawn.

CASEOH CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR RAHHHHHHHHH

“I want to thank the fans of Fallout: New Vegas for not burning my house down” ... we've shown ceos are untouchable, someone needs to do it. i fucking despise todd.

and there were lots of funny moments with the bro and the besties <3 we were all ragging on each other and i got shot with a nerf gun at some point LMKDSJAFLJDSLF

[gabrielcohen-chang]

Helloooooooooooo there! Been a hot minuto since we chatted and your video game ask brought me here! We've gotta get a game in at some point, man! Ever played Helldivers?

Dude, I never actually got around to playing that one... don't think I've seen it in the shop either but now I'm gonna keep an eye out for any copies of that or the sequel. Steam has it too, so all else fails we can get it there and check it out.

[wolfleblack]

Helldivers 2 is Sony's biggest PC launch to date in terms of concurrent players

Helldivers 2 launched on PS5 and PC on February 8th and has had the most successful debut of any Sony Studios game on PC to date based on its peak player count. The relevant data comes from SteamDB which tracks all sorts of handy stats from Steam. According to them, Helldivers 2 hit a peak player count of 81,840 within the first 24 hours. That’s the highest concurrent player of any game Sony has…

[heathenskitchen]

Finally started working on the sequel to my Helldivers fic and the first chapter is out. https://archiveofourown.org/works/54309538/chapters/137546515

[sweecute-jamie]

Helldivers 2 Weapon Tier List 2025

Helldivers 2 Weapon Tier List 2025: An In-Depth Guide

Helldivers 2, the highly anticipated sequel to Helldivers, brings back the fast-paced, cooperative twin-stick shooter gameplay with even more weapons, enemies, and strategic depth. In 2025, the game's weapon roster has expanded significantly, offering players an array of tools to help them fight against the oppressive alien forces. This article will take you through a comprehensive tier list for weapons in Helldivers 2, highlighting their strengths, weaknesses, and situational use, along with the latest redeem codes and frequently asked questions.

Helldivers 2 Weapon Tier List 2025

Helldivers 2 features a wide variety of weapons, each catering to different playstyles. Whether you prefer close-range combat, long-range precision, or overwhelming firepower, the game has something for you. Here's the updated 2025 tier list for the most popular weapons:

S-Tier (Top-tier Weapons)

Behemoth Heavy Gun

Description: This heavy machine gun delivers massive damage output with a high rate of fire. It excels at mowing down hordes of enemies and can easily dispatch even the toughest foes.

Best For: Crowd control and sustained fire.

Strengths: High damage, large ammo capacity.

Weaknesses: Slower reload time and mobility.

Omega Sniper Rifle

Description: A high-powered, long-range sniper rifle with the ability to take down enemies with a single shot, even at extreme distances.

Best For: Precision shooting and picking off enemies from afar.

Strengths: High damage, long-range.

Weaknesses: Slow rate of fire, requires accurate aim.

A-Tier (Very Strong Weapons)

Hellstorm Flamethrower

Description: Ideal for dealing with close-range threats and clearing out groups of enemies. The flamethrower can inflict continuous damage and disrupt enemy formations.

Best For: Close-quarters combat and area denial.

Strengths: High continuous damage, short range.

Weaknesses: Limited range, low mobility.

Megalodon Assault Rifle

Description: A versatile and well-rounded weapon, the Megalodon provides a great balance between fire rate, damage, and accuracy.

Best For: Mid-range combat and flexibility.

Strengths: Balanced stats, decent ammo capacity.

Weaknesses: Not the best at extreme ranges or melee combat.

B-Tier (Good Weapons)

Judicator Rocket Launcher

Description: This heavy-hitting launcher fires powerful rockets that explode on impact. It is perfect for targeting clusters of enemies or fortified positions.

Best For: Heavy damage against armored enemies or groups.

Strengths: High burst damage, large blast radius.

Weaknesses: Slow reload, limited ammo.

Lancer Laser Pistol

Description: A precision sidearm with moderate damage output but rapid firing capabilities. It excels in dealing with small to medium-sized enemies.

Best For: Precision shots at close to mid-range.

Strengths: High accuracy, quick reload.

Weaknesses: Lower damage compared to other weapons.

Latest Redeem Codes for Helldivers 2

As of 2025, players can unlock new in-game rewards and cosmetics using the latest redeem codes. Here are the current codes for Helldivers 2:

HELLO2025 – Redeem for exclusive skins and bonuses.

SURVIVEANDCONQUER – Unlock a special weapon skin pack.

GONNAHELL – Receive extra ammo and gear for your next mission.

Note: Redeem codes are often time-limited and region-locked, so make sure to check for validity before use.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How do I redeem a code in Helldivers 2?

To redeem a code, go to the in-game menu, navigate to the "Redeem Code" section, and enter the code exactly as shown. Rewards will be delivered to your inventory.

What are the best weapons for solo play?

Weapons like the Omega Sniper Rifle and the Hellstorm Flamethrower are excellent for solo players, as they offer high damage output with different playstyles: one long-range and the other for clearing out enemies up close.

Are there any new enemy types in Helldivers 2?

Yes, Helldivers 2 introduces several new enemy factions, each with unique behaviors and weaknesses. Players will need to adjust their strategies and weapons to overcome these new threats.

Can I modify my weapons in Helldivers 2?

Yes, Helldivers 2 offers a wide variety of weapon mods that can be unlocked and attached to your firearms to improve their performance and suit your playstyle.

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Conclusion

The weapon tier list for Helldivers 2 in 2025 reflects a deep level of strategy and balance, with each weapon providing distinct advantages depending on the situation. Whether you’re clearing out hordes or picking off enemies from afar, there’s a perfect tool for every mission. Be sure to try out different weapons, redeem codes for extra rewards, and experiment with strategies to become the ultimate Helldiver!

Additional Information and CODES

[maximuswolf]

Is Horizon really that popular?

Is Horizon really that popular? so it was just announced 1 anime and 2 movies about 3 sony titles, a ghost of tsushima anime, ok that makes a lot of sense, 1 movie about helldivers, i don't about this one but it's interesting if they go to the Starship Troopers route but a horizon movie?maybe is just me, i played the first one and it was an ok game, not bad but nothing absurd like some folks like to say in the internet but is it really that popular? i'm not questioning the game's quality here, let me make this very clear only it's popularity because every year it seems that sony really tries to push horizon as hard as they can in any opportunity, the sequel didn't even come close to the first game numbers, the latest horizon lego was a fiasco and there is even a VR game that i just found out about it. Not to mentioned the Remaster too.idk i can totally be wrong tho and is just a me thing. What do you think?edit: thanks for the input and opinions, is very clear that the fans will defend the franchise at any cost even when your latest game had a peak of 600 players on steam and everyone that criticizes will get downvoted. My conclusion is that yes, it was very popular, it isn't anymore and Sony is trying very hard to keep it alive. Submitted January 07, 2025 at 03:35PM by thefrostman1214 https://ift.tt/nSsblIV via /r/gaming