Helldivers 2’s newest patch is out and—having correctly acquired caught in final night time—it is a banger. I really really feel like I can muck about with my loadouts now. I rocked an explosive crossbow, a revolver, a thermite cost, and an airburst rocket launcher and felt downright highly effective. Likewise, the flamethrower feels potent, too.
It is a strong victory towards lots of the points gamers have been citing because the sport’s launch, together with anger at a nerf-first coverage that does not actually observe in a horde shooter. It was throughout these tumultuous occasions that Area Marine 2 launched and, being fast to rally behind any banner that pops up, some gamers believed it’d proper the wrongs of Helldivers 2’s rocky replace cycles. A return to the halcyon days of energy fantasies and bug-smashing.
That is, uh, even though these video games haven’t got an excessive amount of in widespread. Helldivers 2 is a four-player co-op shooter with dwell service components and randomly-generated missions—Area Marine 2 has a linear marketing campaign and a co-op mode with particular missions. Helldivers 2 allows you to construct a customized loadout, Area Marine 2’s co-op is class-based. So on, and so forth. They’re extra neighbours than roommates.
Throughout one among these spats on the sport’s subreddit, as one participant was revelling within the pleasure of proving the naysayers of the Imperium incorrect, CCO (previously CEO) of Arrowhead Video games Johan Pilestedt descended from above to sue for peace (thanks, GamesRadar).
“Thanks for all of your wonderful suggestions, and it is wonderful to lastly see so many divers return. We are actually trying to the day 60 patch, which is able to deliver some extra thrilling adjustments!” Pilestedt preaches.
“I simply needed to pop in right here and say that I feel we must always be thankful for getting a number of superior video games. I am unable to even think about how I, as a child, would have felt to have the ability to play Helldivers and SM2. They’re totally different video games, however you may get pleasure from as many video games as you need!”
It is a voice of calm in a sea of patriotic hoo-rahs. I, myself, have by no means actually understood when gamers get all Mad Max about their favorite video games like they’re sports activities groups—it is as baffling an id marker to me as defining your allegiance based mostly on the console you purchase. I suppose, although, that it is becoming for each of those video games, based mostly in universes the place fascist superpowers undermine themselves and are usually unhelpful to their very own targets.
Doggedly tying your self to a faction and defending it’s a part of that satire, so there is a pleasing form of irony to Pilestedt wading into the centre and being all saintlike in his requires peace. Like how the Imperium of Man in Warhammer is propped up by the Emperor who, from what I can surmise, is a nonresponsive FTL beacon in a psychic coma that must be fed 1,000 psykers a day simply to maintain issues from falling aside. Although, uh, apparently we’re not alleged to be being taught morals from videogames anymore—overlook I stated something.