Greetings, helldivers. An official Tremendous Earth communiqué places the most recent Helldivers 2 main order in no unsure phrases: the objective is to “completely comprise” the bugs by dousing 4 planets in particular “Termicide” gasoline. It is as much as the gamers themselves to activate these Termicide towers, a welcome new mission kind that is been added to the 4 bordering planets on the Terminid entrance.
The plan, as outlined in an in-fiction information broadcast printed by Arrowhead as we speak, appears foolproof: gasoline ’em, drop ’em, then we’re bug-free perpetually. I am positive it will go precisely as predicted. There’s no approach that, say, Termicide will even have the other impact on the bugs, inflicting surprising mutations that create new breeds of horrible.
At the very least, that is our working idea. A doubtlessly war-ending gambit that perpetuates the conflict and results in extra Helldivers (who, formally, by no means die) to die, feels proper up Arrowhead’s alley, and “unintentional” mutation positive can be a enjoyable technique to canonize these flying “Shrieker” bugs CEO Johan Pilestedt insists do not exist.
Breaking: Helldivers To Completely Comprise Bugs#StrohmannNews pic.twitter.com/QLRQbtQxovMarch 13, 2024
In truth, the extra I find out about Termicide, the extra I am seeing yesterday’s shock debut of the Shriekers in a complete new gentle. Did sport grasp Joel ship Shriekers after a small handful of gamers as a narrative beat? It is unusual how so few have encountered their mushroom-shaped nests after over 24 hours. I performed for 3 hours final evening beneath the identical circumstances and could not discover any. Maybe yesterday’s Shriekers had been the primary merchandise of the gasoline, they usually’ll begin showing in additional participant classes as extra Termicide towers log on?
I hope I am proper as a result of that may be enjoyable, however I additionally hope I am flawed as a result of it would be even cooler to be stunned by some last-minute twist. Not a troublesome bar for Arrowhead to clear—Helldivers 2 has confirmed filled with surprises in its first month, and it does not appear to be slowing down.
What’s outstanding, and unusual in an period of dwell service video games, is how typically Arrowhead is not simply telling a narrative with its updates, but additionally altering how we play it. Almost each improvement within the galactic conflict has include some kind of game-changing factor: mission sorts, modifiers, mechs, stratagem entry, and now one other bug. In a extra typical dwell operation, these story beats can be straight tied to limited-time cosmetics with goosed-up costs. As a substitute, Arrowhead’s focus is sort of solely on missions and gadgets free for everybody whereas it is hardly stated something in regards to the $10 warbond launching tomorrow.
It is a refreshing inversion of how I’ve skilled multiplayer video games for the higher a part of a decade, and only one purpose Helldivers 2 is retaining my consideration throughout an already stacked 2024.
The Termicide tower main order is ready to conclude on March 19, at which level all of the Terminids shall be useless and our helldivers can go dwelling to their spouses and a couple of.5 children… proper? In spite of everything, pesticides have all the time been protected and predictable all through human historical past, one thing this very apolitical sport little question will symbolize faithfully.