I wanted a game that would satisfy my need for multiplayer. I do like playing multiplayer games, but the level of toxicity can sometimes leave a bad taste in my mouth, so I generally avoid them. I finally pulled the trigger on Helldivers 2, and I have played just about 30 hours of it

AND I WILL TALK ABOUT IT, QUICKLY

Positives:

• The overall tone is just so fun. FOR SUPER EARTH, but being entirely dispensable is humorous.
• The third-person perspective and gunplay work incredibly well.
  • Weapons and Strategems that are supposed to hit hard ABSOLUTELY do hit hard.
• I’ve fallen into the trap of using the same weapons and strategems, but I found fun in using what looks like the underpicked.
  • I don’t know where the shotguns are ranked, but I am having a BLAST shooting them.
    • The same goes for the one-cone orbital strike; that shit can be readied every 70 seconds.
• All of the side activities feel so natural in the game world.
  • I thought it would take me forever to roam around the map to do objectives, but it wasn’t.
• The difficulty is right on point. I usually play on 7, and if I feel like it is too easy, then I can just ramp it up.
  • And if I want to hang out and shoot some bugs, then I can just lower it.
    • There is no pressure.
• The enemy types are all fun to shoot.
  • I like the weakpoint system. It really gets you to play more conservatively, but it feels so much more efficient. It is a nice balance.
  • The enemy types all have light, medium, heavy armored, and whatever the hell the Hive Lord is.
    • The mixing and matching with other players to take down the hordes is interesting, as the more possibilities there are, the more naturally chaos ensues.
• Playing with friends and randoms is seamless and pure joy at times.
• Now, at least there is a ton of content that will keep me playing for what seems like forever.
  • I am okay with that.

Negatives:

• Wish there was a way to explain guns/strategems in the game.
  • I’ve tried so hard to not go to a Wiki or watch YouTube videos on weapons and such, but I hit a wall when I thought a term ment something else and the game did not tell me anything differently.
• Shitty Helldivers will ALWAYS ruin a game.
  • I had a game where someone was upset and then proceeded to kill themselves over and over to deplete all of the reinforcements.

Helldivers 2 is exactly what I wanted from a multiplayer game. The ability for me to boot it up, play whatever mission I want (10, 15, 30, 40 mins) and then get out if I want to is great. The amount of content that is available, and seemingly free if I want to grind, has me excited to keep playing. The gameplay/gunplay is pure fun; I cannot say anything more glowing. I love how everything hits really hard and I have to always be on my toes when a patrol walks by and when things get really hairy.

Nothing less than a 9/10 from me