Helldivers 2 - Hell is more diverse than ever as PlayStation's demographics continue to grow and change.

[Gondola Enjoyer]

And I've gotten kicked because I suggest it'd be better to do the main objective then boogie, especially since they're woefully unprepared for facing three chargers at once.

I'm not getting kicked mid-match, but a solid 3/5 lobbies I match into end up with us playing 2/3 maps of an operation (it's not even defence, so no AIDS scientist evacuation) and then the host leaves and the lobby breaks apart.

 

[Lieutenant Rasczak]

Helldive mode is an absolute blast with a group of friends to be honest. Especially when fighting the automatons.

 

[Mooger Meng]

Is it actually based or is it tongue-in-cheek, sarcastic based? Because I get the latter. Just like its source material, the Starship Troopers movie (intentional mangling of the book).

To expand a little on @Back me up! 's point, I don't think Arrowhead has ever made a serious game. Their other noteworthy title, Magicka, was released before the OG Helldivers, and you'd have to be legally retarded to not recognize it's a parody of fantasy settings in general - poking fun at MMO quest givers, your mentor Vlad (who's totally not a vampire, guys), its cavalier attitude toward player death and the destruction you're inevitably going to cause, the carriages drawn by wooden rocking horses that peel out like a drag racer... Yeah, then they made OG Helldivers afterward, which was also diet Starship Troopers. The parody aspect was much more obvious.

 

[Back me up!]

Lol, so it turns out the mods in the Helldiver discord are starting to ban trannies cause of servers strict "no politics" rule when they asked for LGBT Flags/Armor/etc to be injected into the game.

So basically:



This is reaching a even higher level of "Yeah, we own this now" then Keep Your Rifle By Your Side.

 

[Gondola Enjoyer]

Lol, so it turns out the mods in the Helldiver discord are starting to ban trannies cause of servers strict "no politics" rule when they asked for LGBT Flags/Armor/etc to be injected into the game.

So basically:

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This is reaching a even higher level of "Yeah, we own this now" then Keep Your Rifle By Your Side.

Even the fucking reddit community is starting to push back on the "Uhhhh akshually, you're not supposed to like Super Earth, you're playing the fascist BAD GUYS!!!!" by mostly just telling those people to get a grip and separate fiction from reality.

 

[The Grognard]

Holy shit, a studio that actually understands their own audience. I do hope they keep it up and actually build upon the Turbo-America parody in a manner that keeps the setting going.

 

[Mooger Meng]

Let's be honest.
In-setting, there's zero chance the Ministry of Truth would allow such selfish dissent against Our Democracy™. Someone trying to jump up and down screaming that their sexuality and pronouns are more important than Damsel Democracy and Father Freedom would be swiftly interpreted as volunteering for a one-way express trip to the Freedom Mines - Where Your Work Makes Us Free™!

 

[Evil Peter Griffin]

Even the fucking reddit community is starting to push back on the "Uhhhh akshually, you're not supposed to like Super Earth, you're playing the fascist BAD GUYS!!!!" by mostly just telling those people to get a grip and separate fiction from reality.
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They mad

https://old.reddit.com/r/Gamingcirclejerk/comments/1b16o9s/the_way_this_thread_disproves_its_own_point_would/

 

[Fatsuit Shinji]

All the boys and I want is to re-enact the Alamo in space.

Doesn't quite feel right if you aren't wearing beaver hats and fur skin capes while re-enacting the Alamo.

 

[Snekposter]

They mad

https://old.reddit.com/r/Gamingcirclejerk/comments/1b16o9s/the_way_this_thread_disproves_its_own_point_would/

This dude at least seems reasonable.

 

[The Grognard]

If they wanna lean on the Turbo-America aspect, they can always add some more fucked up shit to discover within the maps. That way, you still get your satirical stuff, more flavor to what a colony is like for a colonist and of course, the more gameplay variety within the maps.

For example, I'd like to see stuff like questionably legal toxic waste dumps that can also be used as a way to do chemical warfare without having to call in gas strikes from your super destroyer. Remnants of a prison, filled with dead inmates and surprisingly heavily armed guards. Gas stations that can be made into bigger explosions and have disgustingly high prices for their fuels. Bandit camps that contain valuables, intel and executed SEAF personnel.

 

[Defensive Ella Purnell]

Am I the only one that keeps getting put on Hard and above missions with level 3 players?

How does that even happen? They don't have good strategems and barely know how to play.

And I've gotten kicked because I suggest it'd be better to do the main objective then boogie, especially since they're woefully unprepared for facing three chargers at once.

I had a game last night where I carried a bunch of low level players through a mission they were completely unprepared for, only to be purposely teamkilled and then kicked when the dropship arrived haha.

 

[Peasant]

It's kind of hard to criticize Super Earth when all of their enemies pose existential threats and are in no way sympathetic. The bugs are, well, bugs, and the automatons have devoted their entire existence to eradicating humanity for senpai. Are you telling me the "moral" thing to do is to allow yourself to get eaten by a giant grub in order to protest the government?

Politisperging aside, I'm having quite a bit of fun so far. I haven't broken into the higher difficulties yet since I've yet to hit level 10, but I think I'll try to get some harder missions in today.

 

[Betonhaus]

It's kind of hard to criticize Super Earth when all of their enemies pose existential threats and are in no way sympathetic. The bugs are, well, bugs, and the automatons have devoted their entire existence to eradicating humanity for senpai. Are you telling me the "moral" thing to do is to allow yourself to get eaten by a giant grub in order to protest the government?

Politisperging aside, I'm having quite a bit of fun so far. I haven't broken into the higher difficulties yet since I've yet to hit level 10, but I think I'll try to get some harder missions in today.

It's war through diplomacy. The bugs and the bots are completely alien with different morals and objectives. It's impossible to find a common ground through discussion, as they hold no value in our opinions and lives and we do the same for them. If we attempt to hold out an olive branch without learning how they truly think and act, that would just make us look like weak cattle that can be harvested and used.

If you're a Frenchman from like a thousand years ago and the very first Englishman your community has ever heard of strolls into your village carrying a sword, you wouldn't understand what his is saying or what his intentions are and have no assurances that he and his kind will be there for trade or to kill your families. Assuming a complete unknown will hold to your morals and values is a complete fantasy, so the safest thing is to keep them away using force and violence until both groups learn what is appropriate and inappropriate interactions.

If we ever encounter an alien species the very first thing will be to establish boundaries of who stays where, until both parties learn what the ground rules are to coexistence. The Star Trek fantasy of new worlds happily joining the federation is only feasible because of the universal translator and every species originating from the same source. If you come across species that are completely alien and impossible to communicate with it's best to avoid each other while observing each other, and using force to keep them away.

Any attempts to emphasize with a entity you don't fully understand, whether they be aliens or jews or shitskins, will only lead to danger and exploitation.

 

[Snekposter]

Any attempts to emphasize with a entity you don't fully understand, whether they be aliens or jews or shitskins, will only lead to danger and exploitation.

So, pic related?

 

[Croaking Spider]

It's kind of hard to criticize Super Earth when all of their enemies pose existential threats and are in no way sympathetic. The bugs are, well, bugs, and the automatons have devoted their entire existence to eradicating humanity for senpai. Are you telling me the "moral" thing to do is to allow yourself to get eaten by a giant grub in order to protest the government?

Politisperging aside, I'm having quite a bit of fun so far. I haven't broken into the higher difficulties yet since I've yet to hit level 10, but I think I'll try to get some harder missions in today.

I feel like in most futuristic scenarios, literal globohomo is unavoidable once you progress past a certain point of existential threat. I feel like the only thing that could unify the world in it's entirety is either an alien invasion or an apocalyptic threat. I feel like society will eventually creepy fully towards artificial democracy with a strong emphasis on state programming. The parts of Starship Troopers and Helldivers people pass off as humorous irony comes from the fact that we're realistically most likely going to be in a similar state within the next century.

My polisperging aside, I wish you could buy the Strategem Hero machine separately from the deluxe edition. It's a neat little time killer and a clever way to help players build muscle memory.

 

[Peasant]

Any attempts to emphasize with a entity you don't fully understand, whether they be aliens or jews or shitskins, will only lead to danger and exploitation.

An excellent point. One must be careful not to confuse projection for empathy. Animal rights activists also make this mistake when they assume nonsapient creatures share human sensibilities and emotions, when any cursory examination of animal behavior will tell you that they are overwhelmingly amoral in their pursuit of survival.

 

[Back me up!]

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So, pic related?

The two factions against Super Earth are commies and a Hivemind. So yeah, shoot anyone that talks to them.

 

[Mooger Meng]

The two factions against Super Earth are commies and a Hivemind. So yeah, shoot anyone that talks to them.

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Be advised, Helldivers. Command has received reports of a new Automaton infiltrator unit, colloquially named the "E-Rector", deploying from dropships ID'ed from the Mavelon system. From the few artistic recreations we've received from MiniTru field operatives...



... we advise you maintain 30 meters grouping, and keep your heads on a swivel. Liberty speed your steps.

 

[Planetary Bombardment]

If you aren't playing the game with friends, the secret to finding good randoms is keeping console cross play turned off and leaving groups the instant someone speaks a language other than English. Both of these should have been evident from the get-go, but I'm a little slow.