Get your air up bottles and pods at airup.link/TheActMan and get 10% off with my code: ACTMAN10 Helldivers 2 is one of the best co-op games I've ever played and it's a straight up MASTERPIECE! If you're wondering why this video took so long to post, it's because I was playing the game too much and I love Liberty and Freedom.
@@onepunchman4444This isn't made up, lmfao. While obviously the game cannot render all 40k player's Super Destroyers currently over a planet, the ones that the game *does* render can be seen using orbital strikes and hellpod call downs as players call them in. And whenever you're down on a planet and you actually look up, all four Super Destroyers of your squad will be in orbit. You can also see these Super Destroyers launching hellpods and orbital strikes as your allies call them in. Even more wild is that if you go out of bounds of the mission area, you can actually watch your own Super Destroyer fire artillery rounds at you to kill you for treason and abandoning the mission.
someone got blown up by being to close to a tank exploded, thrown away across the map, survive by fall into the water only to be executed for treason because he's outside the map boundary, it's hilarious
Both even use the same engine: Autodesk Stingray engine. Absolute glowup. I just realized he says it in the video, but I'm gonna list it anyway since you guys might have missed it or something idk.
Fun fact: extracting is purely an xp gain. As long as you complete the main objectives the spread of democracy is already done, extracting the soldiers is just a bonus just like in game
@@TheDennys21 GoW ragnarok, spiderman 2, totk, BG3, helldivers 2 (pre drama, we'll see if it stays on course or not), palworld, hollow knight, mario odyssey, vampire survivors, deep rock galactic, hades, inscryption, do I need to go on? Gaming isn't purely going down the toilet, you'd be an idiot to think so. Gaming is simultaneously the best and the worst its ever been. Games like totk/BG3/RDR2 weren't even possible 20 years ago, now they're possible and accessible to many game devs big and small. But in tandem with that, the industry has gotten too profit driven/shareholder pleasing focused rather than fun driven, leading to dogshit like escape from tarkov and MW3 remake.
the fact that arrowhead delayed the mech suit update until after tien kwan was liberated because the factories were under attack is still extremely hilarious to me
@@goodtimesgivecancer1 they said they would be doing things both at their pace but also sometimes at the communities pace. So we're likely to see similar things like this happen every now and again.
thats how you build the lore naturally, make the players fight for something, if they win they gain that thing... if they lose something else happens.. i hope they keep doing these things.
@@goodtimesgivecancer1 it's an excuse and served as a decoy, just to stop people complaining the stupid update (and a particular employee that say those who complained were brainless) a few days before.
The main ingredient which I think contributed most to the success of HD2 was the simple fact that the devs actually care about what they're making, and it shows.
Plus its all pve saving people from the sweat fest that most games have become now days. Plus you dont gotta worry about cheaters killing you. Most other games because they are so competitive have very toxic communities. But this game being only pve with all its features brings the whole community together. Its actually fun. @@TheBirb101
I think honestly its more that the higher ups at arrowhead care i think devs at most studios even big ones care about the game (343 for example) but the higher ups are the ones that dont care and only see $$$ and how to maximize profit
Totally its carefuly crafted reminiscent of L4D days and an amalgamation of the genre. it even still has an AI director for its hub-like openworld where you can tackle task freely in your own volition, so expect endless replayability.
@@calvinthekid1235 My parents have outlawed me getting a computer beyond the laptop the school gave me. Only once I pass college in a few years can I upgrade. The laptop can’t run 720p YT videos without almost overheating, and it lacks the specs to run Steam.
@@calvinthekid1235 Fun fact: my 7 year old gaming laptop with a 5th gen i7 and a GTX 970M can run it, albeit at much higher quality loss and the sweet spot of fps to visuals is 30-40, but funny thing is that it's a CPU bottleneck at that point rather than GPU!
Things aside Playstation is forcing pc players to create and buy psn to play that game when you are not on Ps device? Wtf dude having a pc is a bug investment compare to Console And you forcing them to pay your subscription when they are not under your device That's fucking disgusting and outrageous even by EA & Activision standard combine
I straight got all of the armor in the super store without spending a dollar... I bought the premium pass because I wanted to support the game. What a wild concept.
Crazy how when devs release a good game where you can get everything in it for free, people are more willing to buy and support them, a shocker for sure
The fact you can find premium currency in the maps is a HUGE breath of fresh air. My personal favorite is how the lighting dynamically changes on maps. On some planets it'll go from day to night mid mission.
Fun fact: As team building exercises during development, the team built, painted and played Warhammer 40K tabletop. That's why the Warhammer influence is so front facing even since HD1. The Termanids are based of 40K's Tyranids, the Hulks are based on Contemptor Dreadnaughts and the chainsaw bots have been heavily inspired by World Eaters. Then they layered the Halo and Starship Troopers flavor on top and now we have Helldivers.
It is with great honor to announce that I’ve saved up enough money to enlist and join the helldivers (which includes ps plus) See you in the frontlines brothers 💪
A lot of the magic with Helldivers I think is how they aren't afraid to make some things excessively difficult. When you just barely scrape by a mission, all swan dive into the extract ship with titans on your tail, that shit feels so good. The differences in the enemies was a good choice too, it's almost an additional unofficial difficulty slider. Me and my friends typically start out helping out the automaton front some till we get our teeth kicked in a bit too hard, then move on to having a blast gunning down buggos. Very good
Only thing I think you missed was that the epic musical score deserves it's own recognition. The drop music, the sound cues when spotted by enemies, the extraction music. It all makes you feel like you're in your own movie!
Speaking of cinematic, we were killing bots and one of my team shot a drop ship out of the sky which then landed on a bot factory and exploded, the democracy was GLORIOUS!!!!
I loved that they had us liberate the planet where the mechs were being built, and as soon as we did it, we got the mechs. Incorporating these sorts of things in the ongoing story, the expanding lore that we get to help make, is truly awesome!
One of the great aspects of helldivers 2 is that sometimes you are the action star of the movie, and sometimes, well most of the time actually, you’re the unnamed extra that gets cut in half 15 seconds into a firefight with a 50 foot boss enemy
Unless you’re in an eradication mission and you have mortar sentries, EMS mortar sentries, auto cannon sentries, and rocket sentries. Then you’re literally the main character.
@@Maverekt just google what happened at that Afganistani airport when Amreicans were fleeing. Friendly fire of panicking troops is indeed more devastating than enemy attack.
Its fine when the devs do it they barely do it.....Its annoying as when "players" do it because they go on and on and on and on and on vomiting out god damned Starship Troopers reference after reference like god damned automorons going on and on about "doing their part" to the point that its nauseating
The fact that they made the next stratagem we unlock player driven (i.e. choose which of two planets to liberate and get that new weapon) just goes to show that Arrowhead truly understand what makes this game so good. New content, territorial advancement, and even the occasional failed order all feel driven BY THE PLAYERS. The devs are giving us toys and a sandbox and are basically telling us to make our own story through our gameplay. This game is leagues beyond most other stuff out right now.
Fun fact, the developers of Helldivers made another game called Magicka. It was a top-down game similar to HD1, where you played as wizards that could cast spells by combining elements in basically the exact same way you call in stratagems in Helldivers. Really cool to see them take and evolve older ideas for their new titles.
I love how if you lose all your lives but complete all objectives, it's still a mission success. You only lose the samples. it really helps sell the "mission above all else" feel of the game world.
Yeah I hated that the first game didn't work like this, dying at extraction after a long ass mission and getting no rewards was so shit and made no sense, given that the mission objective was finished and Helldivers are shown time and time again to be expendable. Was so happy to see they'd changed it for HD2. Honestly this game has exceeded every expectation I had for it by miles, they could've just remade the first game with new stuff added and I'd have been totally content with that but they've blown it out of the water
The most impressive detail in this game is that if you walk over your spent bullet casings on the ground they move and make sounds. I've never seen any other game do this especially in a game this chaotic.
A lil' bonus. T'was such a Novel concept how we got the Mech unlock: 'Helldivers, the science planet making the mechs is under attack! Stop them, so they could be finished!' And the moment the community completed that Galaxy event and defended the plane - mechs released to play for everyone.
I was there. I Fought and bled on Tien Kwan. I ran through icy crags as the sky rained meteors. For hours the battle raged. We called on every helldiver we could. Super Destroyers blotted out the sun. And when the morning came Tien Kwan was free.
I really love how the introduced the the mechs to the game. Instead of just being a upsate(totally fine!) the devs made it so you had to defend the planet the mechs were on as a major order and AFTER we defended it, we got sick ass mechs. Really made it feel like we were rewarded for our blood and sweat
same, i do wonder what they would have done if we lost the planet? "Our fallen soldiers didnt die in vain they were part of our super secret order, keeping the bots busy on a decoy when. the mechs were being built on this other planet this whole time. stupid socialist bots"
Yeah, especially after the leaks I would assume most devs would just release a "might as well" update. But Arrowhead still managed to release it like a story which is great!
I remember my first bio-titan experience. I had just barely gotten my second LMG and a small EAT rocket set to work with. My buddies drop me right into the thick of the fight. Our mission was to find that bio titan and find him a nice spot in the ground! We go looking and our bio titan location seems to be near a spore tower. I can’t see anything and all of us are looking for this thing. I stop for a moment and think that the skybox must be changing, in terms of like weather or something, because it was getting even darker and harder to see than it was moments ago. I look up and I think that I saw a mountain face. Then I thought it was a small land slide as the mountain was, like, moving from perspective. Then, its leg just stepped on me before I could finish my “I think the mountain is moving.” Sentence. Gave me chills and thrills getting primped like that! Gave the boys a great laugh for the rest of the mission XD
The thing I really enjoy is that you don’t need to spend money on the game to get the super credits or buy stuff from the super store. You can earn them in game, and fairly fast too if you got a friends group to play with. You want the new war bond? Save up for it, they aren’t timed so you can literally get it any time you save the super credits. I’ve got both of the premium bonds and didn’t spend a dime on the game. I love that about it. You can buy the credits if you want and don’t feel like sinking time to grind credits, or not. I love that. I wish more games did it that way.
one of the best parts about the premium battle pass is you can buy it entirely with in game credits you can find in the missions you play. like holy shit
Damage numbers are great in certain RPGs and turnbased games (especially since it helps people optimize their class builds), but in an action game where there's already utter chaos going on, they just make the game even more overwhelming, maybe even migraine inducing at times.
What are you doing soldier, it is still a masterpiece . And we won the battle , don't be late for announcements or the ministry will flag you as slacking during work.
Can we take a moment to appreciate the absolutely incredible music in this game? Wilbert Roget II totally outdid himself this time. After making music for a bunch of Star Wars and Call of Duty games, he goes and drops the most *democratic* OST in history. The start of every drop feels like the intro to a movie, the amazing orchestral backing rising and falling with the action makes me feel so badass, and main theme is one of the best video game songs I've ever heard. Like there's no Red Alert without Frank Klepacki, no Doom without Mick Gordon, now there's no Helldivers without Wilbert Roget II!
Yeah, I’m constantly reminded how much I love the score. Completing objectives and starting extract are stuck in my head. The best one though, easily, is the track that plays when you deploy. Watching your character(s) plummet towards the surface with the heat creating a cone around the pod while those horns blast is fucking perfection. It never gets old.
I think too often there's a risk when making a "tongue in cheek" movie/game to make the score more whimsical, or for composers to not give it their all, but Wilbert played it 100% STRAIGHT and Wilbert COOKED. The second section of the main theme feels very similar to the music in Battlefield 1, which should say everything about just how straight the music is being played here. It just makes everything else so much more fun
I usually mute in game music for multiplayer/ coop and just play my own stuff on a browser but this is one of the only games I leave the music on and every time I launch to a planet the score makes me happy asf
It's funny as hell that the first 2 GOTY candidates for 2024 COMBINED is the same price as a base game from a AAA developer that's going to need 18 months additional work and 7 paid dlc minimum to even start working correctly.
I would love if HD2 won. I'm kinda tired when the "walking simulator" games(ahem all of Sony 1st party games) win all the time Yeah I know this is a PS exclusive that's also on steam like GOW2018
@@kwayke9 I don't mind paying for games. But spending 60 - 70 $ in a third world country is just ridiculous. The devs don't even enable region pricing so you are paying the full damn price
I really think that Dragon's Dogma 2 will be the GOTY. Qualitatively Capcom makes some of the best games, and they rarely if ever release broken or mtx ridden games
Fun fact you are correct. Those other ships are actual players, and those are stratagems they are using in the missions there in. You can even watch their drop pods when they start a mission or reinforce.
I only got this game 2 days ago, I'm on holiday so I can't play too often but the only dull moment in this game was ONE bug, where the flag strategem didn't work for one of the two objectives. With the long match timer me and this one random just started chatting about random crap and aggro'd every bug patrol just to have fun killing time. So the one bug that created 10 minutes of dull confusion ended with some pretty fun moments anyway. In 10 hours I've only had 10 bad minutes... That's impressive EDIT: 21:05 WAIT WTF I never knew the planets were procedurally generated. They feel so fluid and natural I never considered they might be lol. Ok this just made me love it a bit more, and I already adore this game
And all this is before I've had an opportunity to play with people I know. So I've had 10 hours of random matchmaking, and I'm still itching for more. I've never enjoyed playing with randoms as much as Helldivers 2. Like wtf. This game has almost everything I don't usually gravitate to mixed with tons of stuff I love, and it mixes together to make an experience I never knew I needed in my life. And FYI I'm playing on Steam Deck. It maxxes out the specs even on low settings. Sure it doesn't look as pretty as it should but the gameplay is so damn fun I don't care about how blocky the smoke effects look 😂 I absolutely love this game and can't wait to replace my borked PC SSD to play this at full quality at home
I knew nothing about Helldivers. So when I was curious about the first entry, I was honestly extremely shocked how these devs were able to make a COMPLETELY different style of game with such high quality. These guys are insane
The fun part is that it's not entirely out of their skillset, it's just more like the 3D-thirdperson aspect was new. They've been specializing in 4-player coop games since they started, with an emphasis on funny friendly-fire possibilities (or in the case of Gauntlet, it's more like there's an option to compete for loot).
I’ve returned here to remember all the goods things arrowhead did as now Sony is killing the game. It was a honor to dive with you all. Edit: WE ARE SO BACK!!
I hope we get a major order to liberate Malevolon Creek. It would be the perfect way for the devs to acknowledge the planet and its infamy within the helldivers community.
I remember that hellhole. Ducking behind cover for our freedom and liberty…..the devestators blowing up my comrades with rockets. Limbs with oil hitting me in the face 😰
From the moment I saw how aiming works with that trailing reticle I was in love. That alone makes the game 100% better than other shooters. It rewards control, patience and actually aiming instead of just pointing. Then of course there's the other stuff, like the stratagems, the support weapons, the utility backpacks. It was very reminiscent of the Division games, which I also liked primarily due to the shooting and combat tactics.
I'm partial to "Feet first, into Hell!" Think it was the ODST Drop Motto...😅 don't quote me though it's been ages since I've played any Halo game, let alone Halo ODST. Damn this game is filled with just pure Glorious Purpose!😂
@@TheActMan Thank you ACTMAN for your response, You’re the first RUclipsr to heart a comment of mine. Although I’ve only started leaving comments on RUclips videos just a day ago, having a comment hearted by Great RUclipsr like you really means a lot.🥹
@@TheActMan Thank you for your heart on my comment, you’re the first RUclipsr that ever responded to a Comment I made. Although I’ve been watching RUclips since childhood, I’ve only started making comments until a few days ago. it really a lot for a great RUclipsr like you to respond to my comment. Thank you and stay being “A Masterpiece”🙂😎🙂
@@pkhjdlkfjandljfn HELLJUMPER HELLJUMPER WHERE YOU BEEN, FEET FIRST INTO HELL AND BACK AGAIN, WHEN I DIE PLEASE BURY ME DEEP, PLACE A MA5 DOWN BY MY FEET, DON'T CRY FOR ME DON'T SHED NO TEAR, JUST PACK MY BOX WITH PT GEAR, CAUSE ONE MORNING ABOUT 05, THE CLOUDS WILL RUMBLE THERE WILL BE LIGHTNING IN THE SKY, DON'T YOU WORRY DON'T DON'T COME UNDONE, IT'S JUST MY GHOST ON A PT RUN.
One of the beautiful things about this is that I don't have to pay money for the premium pass, you can grind the super credits in game at just the cost of your time and patience as a player, I grinded out for 1000 SC and got the pass in about roughly 25 hours, and for that I would be willing to pay them the $10 just for the respect of letting players do this. This trend of Game Devs releasing a genuine product made with care and passion is really awesome and it shows what we've been missing for years, People who actually give a damn, Games made by gamers FOR Gamers.
It also makes people more willing to spend super credits and not just sit on them for months until new content comes. There were couple of armor sets that i liked that i bought, despite the fact we are soon getting new premium pass, but i know that i'll be able to grind out those extra 300-400 super credits over time. As result people would be more keen to support the developer with random purchases here and there, to save themselves time and not feel bad about giving developer 10$
@@lethauntic yeah but the good old days didnt have thousands of servers to upkeep. Microtransactions are needed for live service to continue, Helldivers have done it in a good way.
I love how visceral it is, especially against the bots. The way you hear and ***feel*** the bullets flying by, and when they hit it's almost like ya got actually shot in real life. The sound design and the way it looks and feels is insane, This game is honestly great, and once some bugs get fixed this game will genuinely be a 10 out of 10. Plus there is something to be said about being dropped onto planets, it's so cool.
@@brcaswell no way hugs are for everything. I need a hug. If I never see them again I need that hug before the dive, it's also a "good luck, I'm here for you.".
We are only in March and there has already been multiple small studios reach over 100k copies sold on Steam. And the crazy part is none of them are predatory. Good job divers. We spoke with our wallets and the industry is listening! My life for Super Earth!
I want to mention something that most people don't seem to bring up, Lag, when your game lags, it doesn't kill the gameplay, it doesn't make it impossible to play, somehow, I don't know how to explain it, the lag is... smooth. I feel like the game, rather than what most games do where it literally causes it to jitter and stop, it feels like Helldivers 2 just, lowers the FPS to help preserve data on it's own and constantly adjusts it so your gameplay loop is never interrupted Also, the CEO and devs went through mandatory military service in Sweden, so they know well how stuff like guns work, and how you would operate them, and anything else like that, it's really cool to have a game where your gun doesn't fire randomly, it feels like you're shooting a real gun, the sound, the recoil, the fire-rate, even the spread on the shotguns is realistic to an extent rarely found in video games, and because it's PVE, they can do that because balancing can be done in other ways unlike in most PVP games Last thing I'm adding, the thing about your 'head cannon' is 100% correct, those are indeed other player's hands, and those are actual stratagems being used on the ground
Act Man probably has the best track record of based opinions about video games. Safe one of the best game critics out there. Means I gotta check this game out. Edit: Community based live events and world changes are wild man, awesome.
When mechs were added days ago, we had to go to the planets and fight off the automatons to get them deployed or else the mechs would get delayed. During the mission you can even fimd discarded mechs to use as a taste,
My favorite part is how all cosmetics are fitting with the art style and lore. No multi collored carnivalesque BS, no cat ears, no streammer/company sponsored content, etc. The game makes sure to stick to it's style and it's so beautiful! It remains authentic and is a breath of fresh air from the "fortnitezation" that's been consumming other games. I feel very happy to play a game that doesn't seem like a playable billboard
Well they’ve already said they’re open to crossovers so idk how well those crossovers will fit in with the current aesthetic. Maybe they can do it well who knows
@@Svoorhout85 certain crossovers will for sure fit the theme of the current game. Hopefully they don’t just do it with everyone like Fortnite. I’d like a dune crossover I think that’d be cool. 40k of course would be cool
23:20 These are other players ships. Not directly, but the server looks up how many players are in a space and by that counter, it spawns/renders in other ships over an Operation point. Depending on player traffic over an Operation point it can differ then.
It's got that addictive combat-loop, plus a looting element, and lots of variety in maps/equipment/weapons. I'm reminded of that "30 seconds of fun" quote from Bungie all those years ago.
I believe those ships actually are other players! If you look closely you can even see when stratagems are being used and if you see a ship blow up that’s cause a mission failed
They were supposed to work like that but i believe they changed it due to the server issues so they are not like live players but ghost of a dive already completed
@@edwiinandresmosqueramarulandaIt's not 1 to 1 but more ships does equal more players. Just that if they showed exactly how many then the skies would be dark with how many people there are.
@@monke12354 I wonder if it's slightly more than that as some planets you look out the window and it's pretty quiet with lots of ships, other planets there's enemy fire coming from the surface, ships exploding etc. it's definitely not 1 to 1 representative of actual players though.
Fun fact, the other ships ARE other players, the beams you see on the surface from your ship are stratagems being called, AND if a team surface side near you fails a mission, you can see their ship blow up and fall from the sky.
It also feels great that you aren't pressured into unlocking things before the warbonds go away since they stick around forever. The Warbonds are the only "battlepass" I've ever felt good about buying with zero remorse.
Fun fact. You don’t have to spend money on them if you don’t want to. Super credits are of course earned in the free pass(about 750) and the remaining 250 can be found in missions in those places if interest dotted around the map
I honestly love how the game is molded by the players and devs, you can tell how much they care and love their game. I also very much enjoy the DnD feeling of world building with a game master. It's just such a good game when it comes to engaging its players
The best part is how committed the voice actor are. I hope the add even more lines or even new voices. Hell I'd be ok if they added them as a war bonds unlock.
Fun Fact: One of the Male and Female Helldiver VAs also voiced Chai and Peppermint in Hi-Fi Rush, Robbie Daymond and Erica Lindbeck. And of course, since it's on Playstation, they also got Yuri Lowenthal as the other Male voice. I don't know who the second Female Helldiver VA is, I don't recognize her.
@@c0baltl1ghtn1ng Iirc what my friend said, male #1 is Peter Parker in the PS5 spider man games and one of the females is Black cat from Spiderman 1 on PS5
@@TheActManStarCraft Terran theme music in the background at Gameplay, Weapons & Stratagems - 9:48 ? SC & WC3 reminds me of old good days and how old I am 😭
Imagine if the devs decide to make a Hell Divers mobile or if someone makes a Star Wars mod that places you as any type of imperial trooper, bringing order to the Emperor's galaxy.
What's even funnier, is their shop can actually BREAK. So it's possible u can't spend money in the game sometimes. That means the game gets more love than the ability to spend your money
This is a masterpiece of a game. It manages to do so many things right that the small niggles it has with guns not firing or getting stuck in the scenery just feels part of the comical tone they have set in the game. The animation of bugs and bots is so good and like you say, you feel every projectile and bullet has an effect on what it hits or not if its bouncing off armour One of the most impressive things I saw was sneaking up to some bugs at a POI and threw a stratagem in. The bugs did not react to Stratagem marker but as the orbital/eagle strike was about to hit, the bugs all flinched as if their senses knew something was about to happen. Just amazing to see such detail and how "alive" the bugs are.
Those ships and orbitals you can see from your ship window apparently IS simulating numbers of actual players and orbitals being used in currently running missions. I don' t think it has been confirmed by devs but people were doing some research and it seems likely.
@@vincentcrowely6772I think a ship explodes if you lost a mission on an automaton planet. I think their planetary cannons shoot your ship out of orbit.
Dude one of my favorite lore bits for this game is that they attacked and invaded the bugs because they produce oil kinda like whales do in the real world
@@romainlemoine_ISNcareful they are removing these comments as actual harassment for some reason. If it's Actman's team then like wtf, did you not watch this video?
Its also the closest we'll ever get to a 40k Imperial Guard game. Just think of the Helldivers as Tempesta Scions instead of normal guards, and its near perfect.
Corporations don't make fun games. Managers in suits design them to be "profitable" for the dumbest audience in the most manipulative way. Hoping to take no risks and please everyone with their bloated budgets. I'm not even talking about the live services. And they don't even notice or understand how they lose everything they had. Looking at Halo, Battlefield.. But at the same time CoD is still super popular and making billions, while stagnating and only getting worse. Or Fifa. So they still look at CoD/Fifa success, or even Fortnite/Apex, and don't understand why Halo is dead, but Helldivers made with a much smaller budget is a wide success, taking it's place.
This is the first game in a few years where I have to make myself NOT play it when I get home from work so I don't ignore stuff. It's so fun, been very happy with it and it's a joy with my friends.
I love watching people talk about good games while knowing I will only be able to buy them long after the player base migrates onto another game. Its a great life.
The best part of the freedom pass is that you can technically grind the premium one FOR FREE. It costs 1000 Supercredits for the premium. With the freedom pass, and the RNG based supercredits that can be found on maps, you can earn the premium pass, FOR FREE.
i ran a dedicated group to farm sc once and by farming one specific seed/map we got around 750 sc in just an hour, devs are very generous on the premium stuff
by the time your like halfway through the freedom pass you'll have more than enough. 2 more things I like: 1: you can complete the battle pass at anytime so you could leave for a few months and pick right back up. 2: The cosmetics aren't super over priced. You could get one in a single session if you play for like 3-6 hours.
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Helldivers 2 is one of the best co-op games I've ever played and it's a straight up MASTERPIECE! If you're wondering why this video took so long to post, it's because I was playing the game too much and I love Liberty and Freedom.
I can't play this game because it just gives me such a strong urge to start my ODST cosplay
At 3:03 when you said there’s three of them, I remember the clip from one guy that was chased by 9 of them
Now play sleeping dogs
Hey yo ActMan? I tried the code and it says it's invalid. I do something wrong?
@@spectralassassin6030 Weird, I'm getting the same error message. Will reach out to Air-Up and I'll see what the issue is
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@@zappbrannigan83Super Ministry of Truth?
@@404_BrainDidNotLoad The Democratic Ministry of Super Truth...
Truth? You mean when The Act Man shilled for a broken buggy game Payday 3 and betrayed his viewers
Remember! The enemy cannot push the dislike to this video, if you disable his hand!
SWEET LIBERTY! THE BLOOD! *just one single short helldiver covered in green blood with a bile monster slain next to him*
And don't take a chance on socialism, take both hands to ensure democracy!
Funny reference
Love the reference
MEDIC!!
Fun fact actman, all those ships are actually players and you can even see the ships blow up if the player fails.
How long did it take for you to just make that up?
@@onepunchman4444nope it’s legit, seen it myself
@@onepunchman4444not made up, is actually players - you can see them using the different stratagems whilst they’re in match
@@onepunchman4444This isn't made up, lmfao. While obviously the game cannot render all 40k player's Super Destroyers currently over a planet, the ones that the game *does* render can be seen using orbital strikes and hellpod call downs as players call them in. And whenever you're down on a planet and you actually look up, all four Super Destroyers of your squad will be in orbit. You can also see these Super Destroyers launching hellpods and orbital strikes as your allies call them in. Even more wild is that if you go out of bounds of the mission area, you can actually watch your own Super Destroyer fire artillery rounds at you to kill you for treason and abandoning the mission.
@@onepunchman4444no it’s real, if a ship does blow up it if the player fails the mission or a squad disbands
“We’ll see if that ages poorly”
Sony: and I took that personally
someone got blown up by being to close to a tank exploded, thrown away across the map, survive by fall into the water only to be executed for treason because he's outside the map boundary, it's hilarious
Oh right, that video, didn't he died because of drowning tho?
Video name please?
@@wisdoom9153which one
Same thing happened to me without the water
OH THIS HAPPENDS TO ME ONCE AND I HAD ALL THE SAMPLES... SUPER F
That glowup between HD1 and HD2 just wow.
For reallll
Yep
Both even use the same engine: Autodesk Stingray engine. Absolute glowup.
I just realized he says it in the video, but I'm gonna list it anyway since you guys might have missed it or something idk.
@@danielsong8307 lol dont tell bethesda that,they still using the same engine from morowind for starfield
The craziest part is HD1 still goes hard as fuck for a twin stick shooter.
Fun fact: extracting is purely an xp gain. As long as you complete the main objectives the spread of democracy is already done, extracting the soldiers is just a bonus just like in game
also samples, the samples need to be extracted to be counted
Elden Ring, BG3, Last Epoch, Helldivers2 - man, it's like a second golden age of gaming is happening.
Oh boy, how I tell you what happens now . . .
Im so sorry little one :(
@@darcidious99WE ARE SO BACK
Please, you really claim that because of a few examples? Good games are a minority these days, gaming in general is going down the toilet.
@@TheDennys21 GoW ragnarok, spiderman 2, totk, BG3, helldivers 2 (pre drama, we'll see if it stays on course or not), palworld, hollow knight, mario odyssey, vampire survivors, deep rock galactic, hades, inscryption, do I need to go on?
Gaming isn't purely going down the toilet, you'd be an idiot to think so. Gaming is simultaneously the best and the worst its ever been. Games like totk/BG3/RDR2 weren't even possible 20 years ago, now they're possible and accessible to many game devs big and small. But in tandem with that, the industry has gotten too profit driven/shareholder pleasing focused rather than fun driven, leading to dogshit like escape from tarkov and MW3 remake.
the fact that arrowhead delayed the mech suit update until after tien kwan was liberated because the factories were under attack is still extremely hilarious to me
It makes the community-based missions feel much more impactful tbh. Would be cool if they gave updates depending on which missions get completed
@@goodtimesgivecancer1 they said they would be doing things both at their pace but also sometimes at the communities pace. So we're likely to see similar things like this happen every now and again.
thats how you build the lore naturally, make the players fight for something, if they win they gain that thing... if they lose something else happens.. i hope they keep doing these things.
Ngl immersive kinda
@@goodtimesgivecancer1 it's an excuse and served as a decoy, just to stop people complaining the stupid update (and a particular employee that say those who complained were brainless) a few days before.
The main ingredient which I think contributed most to the success of HD2 was the simple fact that the devs actually care about what they're making, and it shows.
just like the bone of that leg that was atomized on that one bug
Plus its all pve saving people from the sweat fest that most games have become now days. Plus you dont gotta worry about cheaters killing you. Most other games because they are so competitive have very toxic communities. But this game being only pve with all its features brings the whole community together. Its actually fun. @@TheBirb101
The main ingredient is DEMOCRACY!
I think honestly its more that the higher ups at arrowhead care i think devs at most studios even big ones care about the game (343 for example) but the higher ups are the ones that dont care and only see $$$ and how to maximize profit
Totally its carefuly crafted reminiscent of L4D days and an amalgamation of the genre. it even still has an AI director for its hub-like openworld where you can tackle task freely in your own volition, so expect endless replayability.
I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH! A new game that my trash laptop can run comfortably and still looks beautiful is insane. Optimisation is peak.
I wish I could play this game :(
What type of laptop you got?
I got a Lenovo, not sure model but I got a 2.7 ghz CPU 16gb ram, and a 1650. Have to drop the resolution slightly but it’s super smooth.
@@calvinthekid1235 My parents have outlawed me getting a computer beyond the laptop the school gave me. Only once I pass college in a few years can I upgrade. The laptop can’t run 720p YT videos without almost overheating, and it lacks the specs to run Steam.
@@calvinthekid1235 Fun fact: my 7 year old gaming laptop with a 5th gen i7 and a GTX 970M can run it, albeit at much higher quality loss and the sweet spot of fps to visuals is 30-40, but funny thing is that it's a CPU bottleneck at that point rather than GPU!
The community of this game is so good and united, they MANAGED TO MAKE SONY TO BACK DOWN on forcing players to sign up to PSN for pc players!!!!!!
uuuuuuh....
Things aside
Playstation is forcing pc players to create and buy psn to play that game when you are not on Ps device?
Wtf dude having a pc is a bug investment compare to Console
And you forcing them to pay your subscription when they are not under your device
That's fucking disgusting and outrageous even by EA & Activision standard combine
I straight got all of the armor in the super store without spending a dollar...
I bought the premium pass because I wanted to support the game. What a wild concept.
Crazy how when devs release a good game where you can get everything in it for free, people are more willing to buy and support them, a shocker for sure
@@temhunter6341fuck yeah! FOR SUPER EARTH!
Was shocked at how there wasn't tons of cash grab options it's refreshing.
Same here, i bought a gaming laptop just to play this game, 900 well spent
The fact you enjoy such a stale “game” is insane.
as a helldivers 1 veteran and ground floor supporter, the unexpected success of helldivers 2 brings a genuine real tear to my eye.
What does ground floor supporter mean
Me and you both friend as another fellow helldiver veteran
@@jeremyrosenberger8535 means he was playing helldivers 1 or supporting the devs early in the days when it was not popular or just very early
Ditto, helldivers 2 is EXACTLY what’s most helldivers 1 players wanted and imagined all those years ago
Perfect, right down to the last detail
It also brings tears to all AAA studios. Hellsdivers 2 will hopefully bring some much needed change to the industry
The fact you can find premium currency in the maps is a HUGE breath of fresh air. My personal favorite is how the lighting dynamically changes on maps. On some planets it'll go from day to night mid mission.
Seems like a fun game. I hope no greedy company jumps in and ruins the experience.
Nah the Helldiver community is too mighty.
For a man who has never played metal gear, "More solid than snake" is a bold claim
☄🔫
@@johndoe5432 😂
I smell treason
Sounds like it's time for "Why Metal Gear is a Solid Masterpiece" 😉
The movement in HD2 is similar to Venom's in MGS5.
Fun fact: As team building exercises during development, the team built, painted and played Warhammer 40K tabletop. That's why the Warhammer influence is so front facing even since HD1. The Termanids are based of 40K's Tyranids, the Hulks are based on Contemptor Dreadnaughts and the chainsaw bots have been heavily inspired by World Eaters. Then they layered the Halo and Starship Troopers flavor on top and now we have Helldivers.
The Emperor is pleased after hearing this
Naaah they just wanted tax exempt on the wh40k stuff 😂
The devastators are basically terminator armor
Does this mean we’re getting Salamander like aliens as a 3rd Faction?
Starship troopers is more central to the game to me, some enemy designs being 40k inspired is neither here nor there
It is with great honor to announce that I’ve saved up enough money to enlist and join the helldivers (which includes ps plus)
See you in the frontlines brothers 💪
A lot of the magic with Helldivers I think is how they aren't afraid to make some things excessively difficult. When you just barely scrape by a mission, all swan dive into the extract ship with titans on your tail, that shit feels so good.
The differences in the enemies was a good choice too, it's almost an additional unofficial difficulty slider. Me and my friends typically start out helping out the automaton front some till we get our teeth kicked in a bit too hard, then move on to having a blast gunning down buggos. Very good
Only thing I think you missed was that the epic musical score deserves it's own recognition. The drop music, the sound cues when spotted by enemies, the extraction music. It all makes you feel like you're in your own movie!
It reminds me of being soldier in CoD 1/2
Absolutely
God, everytime i drop with my buddys, i'm Like DUH DUH DUH DUUUUUUH, DUUH DUUUUUUH
and i Love it
Every time I crush a cockroach i whisper “For Democracy”
You must sound like a broken record if your crushing bugs with democratic efficiency
@@littlebigqualityproduction9756That's his way to desensitize himself and not develop any pity for those who stand against democracy.
we don't whisper here son, we scream FOR DEMOCRUSSY
The ministry of truth approves of this message
Amen.
Could of win game of the year. Now it won’t due to Sony.
Speaking of cinematic, we were killing bots and one of my team shot a drop ship out of the sky which then landed on a bot factory and exploded, the democracy was GLORIOUS!!!!
I loved that they had us liberate the planet where the mechs were being built, and as soon as we did it, we got the mechs. Incorporating these sorts of things in the ongoing story, the expanding lore that we get to help make, is truly awesome!
Game of the year.
And if not, this means that this year we eat good.
@@SuicdarYou're gonna eat the people at the game awards? 😅😂
also if we failed the content drop would have been delayed
They even delivered it despite the community doing it four times as fast as they expected. (As attested to by the devs on the Discord.)
@@Suicdar - Helldivers 2, Dragon's Dogma 2, Shadow of the Erdtree. This year is gonna be _so_ good!
One of the great aspects of helldivers 2 is that sometimes you are the action star of the movie, and sometimes, well most of the time actually, you’re the unnamed extra that gets cut in half 15 seconds into a firefight with a 50 foot boss enemy
Maybe thats why everyone wears helmets. In Gears of War, only the expendable mooks wear helmets. Without one, youre a main character with plot armor.
Unless you’re in an eradication mission and you have mortar sentries, EMS mortar sentries, auto cannon sentries, and rocket sentries. Then you’re literally the main character.
It is the 40k game I've always wanted.
@@fulcrum6760 Untill you die and get replaced by another.
This is about as close you can get to being a 40k guardsman
The renaissance is here the dark age is coming to a close
24:02 That didnt age well
Thanks Sony
😅Act Man is busy cooking
All the danger of friendly fire as the actual military, with none of the training to avoid it
...just as the actual military
@@MalekitGJnah not really
@@MalekitGJI'm pretty sure that friendly fire is something they teach you to avoid considering it can get you a dishonorable discharge
Democracy is protection enough
@@Maverekt just google what happened at that Afganistani airport when Amreicans were fleeing. Friendly fire of panicking troops is indeed more devastating than enemy attack.
Fun Fact: There's a planet in Helldivers 2 called Klen Dahth II (Wordplay for Klendathu from Starship Troopers)
Its fine when the devs do it they barely do it.....Its annoying as when "players" do it because they go on and on and on and on and on vomiting out god damned Starship Troopers reference after reference like god damned automorons going on and on about "doing their part" to the point that its nauseating
Is it an ugly planet, a bug planet?!
@@lutherheggs451Im Doing my Part!
yeah democracy officers? this bug Enthusiast right here get em out.@@lutherheggs451
@@lutherheggs451skill issue, choke on my 500kg
The fact that they made the next stratagem we unlock player driven (i.e. choose which of two planets to liberate and get that new weapon) just goes to show that Arrowhead truly understand what makes this game so good. New content, territorial advancement, and even the occasional failed order all feel driven BY THE PLAYERS. The devs are giving us toys and a sandbox and are basically telling us to make our own story through our gameplay. This game is leagues beyond most other stuff out right now.
Well, that was quick😂
Literally killed the GOTY with corporate greed.
Pozdrowienia, towarzyszu!
Fun fact, the developers of Helldivers made another game called Magicka. It was a top-down game similar to HD1, where you played as wizards that could cast spells by combining elements in basically the exact same way you call in stratagems in Helldivers. Really cool to see them take and evolve older ideas for their new titles.
Magicka was wonderful
Oh shit, I never realized they alao made Magicka. Also a super fun game.
I played through Magicka with some friends back in the day... that steam-lightning beam was the best XD
wow i hope they make a sequel to it similar to helldivers then! i loved this game but i definitely like fantasy stuff more so thatd be awesome!
Didn’t realize they were responsible for that gem
I love how if you lose all your lives but complete all objectives, it's still a mission success. You only lose the samples. it really helps sell the "mission above all else" feel of the game world.
Yeah I hated that the first game didn't work like this, dying at extraction after a long ass mission and getting no rewards was so shit and made no sense, given that the mission objective was finished and Helldivers are shown time and time again to be expendable. Was so happy to see they'd changed it for HD2. Honestly this game has exceeded every expectation I had for it by miles, they could've just remade the first game with new stuff added and I'd have been totally content with that but they've blown it out of the water
no diver left behind. if they can't dive, i won't dive!
The most impressive detail in this game is that if you walk over your spent bullet casings on the ground they move and make sounds. I've never seen any other game do this especially in a game this chaotic.
That’s some BF1-level detail.
A lil' bonus. T'was such a Novel concept how we got the Mech unlock:
'Helldivers, the science planet making the mechs is under attack! Stop them, so they could be finished!'
And the moment the community completed that Galaxy event and defended the plane - mechs released to play for everyone.
Sounds like immersive gameplay to me.
I was there. I Fought and bled on Tien Kwan. I ran through icy crags as the sky rained meteors. For hours the battle raged. We called on every helldiver we could. Super Destroyers blotted out the sun. And when the morning came Tien Kwan was free.
the fun thing was, after the mechs released, so many people bought them at the same time the servers crashed.. 3 times
Right? It’s such a great way of keeping the game engaging.
@@followerofteaandspice1815the devs literally drowning in money
I really love how the introduced the the mechs to the game. Instead of just being a upsate(totally fine!) the devs made it so you had to defend the planet the mechs were on as a major order and AFTER we defended it, we got sick ass mechs. Really made it feel like we were rewarded for our blood and sweat
Live service done right
same, i do wonder what they would have done if we lost the planet?
"Our fallen soldiers didnt die in vain they were part of our super secret order, keeping the bots busy on a decoy when. the mechs were being built on this other planet this whole time. stupid socialist bots"
What? Why not pay for it!
Apparently our democratic will was so strong even the devs couldn’t anticipate how fast we cleared Tien Kwan. o7 Hellfiver
Yeah, especially after the leaks I would assume most devs would just release a "might as well" update. But Arrowhead still managed to release it like a story which is great!
I remember my first bio-titan experience. I had just barely gotten my second LMG and a small EAT rocket set to work with.
My buddies drop me right into the thick of the fight. Our mission was to find that bio titan and find him a nice spot in the ground!
We go looking and our bio titan location seems to be near a spore tower. I can’t see anything and all of us are looking for this thing.
I stop for a moment and think that the skybox must be changing, in terms of like weather or something, because it was getting even darker and harder to see than it was moments ago.
I look up and I think that I saw a mountain face. Then I thought it was a small land slide as the mountain was, like, moving from perspective. Then, its leg just stepped on me before I could finish my “I think the mountain is moving.” Sentence.
Gave me chills and thrills getting primped like that! Gave the boys a great laugh for the rest of the mission XD
The thing I really enjoy is that you don’t need to spend money on the game to get the super credits or buy stuff from the super store. You can earn them in game, and fairly fast too if you got a friends group to play with. You want the new war bond? Save up for it, they aren’t timed so you can literally get it any time you save the super credits. I’ve got both of the premium bonds and didn’t spend a dime on the game. I love that about it. You can buy the credits if you want and don’t feel like sinking time to grind credits, or not. I love that. I wish more games did it that way.
one of the best parts about the premium battle pass is you can buy it entirely with in game credits you can find in the missions you play. like holy shit
that's what I'm saying. you don't have to spend a DIME, but they still give you an option.
I love that you can find premium currency in mission that has me looking all over the maps.
That's what I've been doing. @@dylansmith6078
The fact that there is no dmg numbers makes this game even more fun.
Damage numbers are for hypebeasts.
Yes,damage numbers must stay in MMORPG'S
I can theorize they made that choice to avoid e-pen contests.
That way they eliminate another variable against team working.
I can't believe most companies don't understand this
Damage numbers are great in certain RPGs and turnbased games (especially since it helps people optimize their class builds), but in an action game where there's already utter chaos going on, they just make the game even more overwhelming, maybe even migraine inducing at times.
Anyone else returning here after the mandatory PSN requirement on PC? Sony is speed running to shutdown another studio, aren’t they?
Why helldivers 2 WAS a masterpiece 😢
it is now masterpiece, remove your comment, before The Ministry of Truth finds out
What are you doing soldier, it is still a masterpiece . And we won the battle , don't be late for announcements or the ministry will flag you as slacking during work.
@@pauloazuela8488YOU DIDNT WIN ANYTHING!!! lol 😂 you people cried on the internet over a psn sign in get a life
@@MrAjking808 Most countries don't have access to PSN and are unable to play helldivers 2 which is why they are pissed
Can we take a moment to appreciate the absolutely incredible music in this game?
Wilbert Roget II totally outdid himself this time. After making music for a bunch of Star Wars and Call of Duty games, he goes and drops the most *democratic* OST in history. The start of every drop feels like the intro to a movie, the amazing orchestral backing rising and falling with the action makes me feel so badass, and main theme is one of the best video game songs I've ever heard. Like there's no Red Alert without Frank Klepacki, no Doom without Mick Gordon, now there's no Helldivers without Wilbert Roget II!
Yeah, I’m constantly reminded how much I love the score. Completing objectives and starting extract are stuck in my head. The best one though, easily, is the track that plays when you deploy. Watching your character(s) plummet towards the surface with the heat creating a cone around the pod while those horns blast is fucking perfection. It never gets old.
On a similar note, there is no liberty without me
I think too often there's a risk when making a "tongue in cheek" movie/game to make the score more whimsical, or for composers to not give it their all, but Wilbert played it 100% STRAIGHT and Wilbert COOKED.
The second section of the main theme feels very similar to the music in Battlefield 1, which should say everything about just how straight the music is being played here. It just makes everything else so much more fun
The music is such an eargasm every time I frickin play it so good
I usually mute in game music for multiplayer/ coop and just play my own stuff on a browser but this is one of the only games I leave the music on and every time I launch to a planet the score makes me happy asf
It's funny as hell that the first 2 GOTY candidates for 2024 COMBINED is the same price as a base game from a AAA developer that's going to need 18 months additional work and 7 paid dlc minimum to even start working correctly.
I would love if HD2 won. I'm kinda tired when the "walking simulator" games(ahem all of Sony 1st party games) win all the time
Yeah I know this is a PS exclusive that's also on steam like GOW2018
Dw, western AAA is slowly but surely pricing itself out of the industry anyway, with their overpriced online games with f2p economies
@@kwayke9 I don't mind paying for games. But spending 60 - 70 $ in a third world country is just ridiculous. The devs don't even enable region pricing so you are paying the full damn price
@@HienNguyen-cs1mdifkr, W indie and AA 👏
I really think that Dragon's Dogma 2 will be the GOTY. Qualitatively Capcom makes some of the best games, and they rarely if ever release broken or mtx ridden games
Fun fact you are correct. Those other ships are actual players, and those are stratagems they are using in the missions there in. You can even watch their drop pods when they start a mission or reinforce.
I only got this game 2 days ago, I'm on holiday so I can't play too often but the only dull moment in this game was ONE bug, where the flag strategem didn't work for one of the two objectives. With the long match timer me and this one random just started chatting about random crap and aggro'd every bug patrol just to have fun killing time. So the one bug that created 10 minutes of dull confusion ended with some pretty fun moments anyway. In 10 hours I've only had 10 bad minutes... That's impressive
EDIT: 21:05 WAIT WTF I never knew the planets were procedurally generated. They feel so fluid and natural I never considered they might be lol. Ok this just made me love it a bit more, and I already adore this game
And all this is before I've had an opportunity to play with people I know. So I've had 10 hours of random matchmaking, and I'm still itching for more. I've never enjoyed playing with randoms as much as Helldivers 2. Like wtf. This game has almost everything I don't usually gravitate to mixed with tons of stuff I love, and it mixes together to make an experience I never knew I needed in my life.
And FYI I'm playing on Steam Deck. It maxxes out the specs even on low settings. Sure it doesn't look as pretty as it should but the gameplay is so damn fun I don't care about how blocky the smoke effects look 😂 I absolutely love this game and can't wait to replace my borked PC SSD to play this at full quality at home
Put your hand on that wall, Trooper.
PUT YOUR HAND ON THAT WALL!
The enemy cannot call an Orbital Strike if you disable his hand.
MEDIC!
starship troopers!!!
I knew nothing about Helldivers. So when I was curious about the first entry, I was honestly extremely shocked how these devs were able to make a COMPLETELY different style of game with such high quality. These guys are insane
The fun part is that it's not entirely out of their skillset, it's just more like the 3D-thirdperson aspect was new. They've been specializing in 4-player coop games since they started, with an emphasis on funny friendly-fire possibilities (or in the case of Gauntlet, it's more like there's an option to compete for loot).
Its even in the same game engine (altho juiced up severely obviously)
I’ve returned here to remember all the goods things arrowhead did as now Sony is killing the game. It was a honor to dive with you all.
Edit: WE ARE SO BACK!!
Change your comment, Sony changed their mind.
DEMOCRACY HAS PREVAILED!
@streamerman2905 Sony didn't change their mind, democracy did!
Despite what's happened to Helldivers, I've called my ship: Soldier of Freedom
Last time I was this early, we had control of the Creek...
*Ptsd Intensifies*
Edit: YOOOO WE GOT IT BACK!
WE'LL TAKE IT BACK, DON'T WORRY
I hope we get a major order to liberate Malevolon Creek. It would be the perfect way for the devs to acknowledge the planet and its infamy within the helldivers community.
@@TheActMan God bless, spill oil!
I remember that hellhole. Ducking behind cover for our freedom and liberty…..the devestators blowing up my comrades with rockets. Limbs with oil hitting me in the face 😰
Where's John Conner when you need him?
I'm shocked you didn't cover the greatest part of the game imo, which is the theme song. What a freaking masterpiece.
Absolutely! Best loading screen in gaming history!
Best intro cinematic as well 😮
I'm even hearing that _BWA BWA BWA BWA BUA BUA_ in my sleep
THE GAME'S JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
@@Ali_Al-Nasiryeah, sure. I hope this continue to go well and sure Sony will not make a dirty move with this gem . . .
From the moment I saw how aiming works with that trailing reticle I was in love. That alone makes the game 100% better than other shooters. It rewards control, patience and actually aiming instead of just pointing. Then of course there's the other stuff, like the stratagems, the support weapons, the utility backpacks. It was very reminiscent of the Division games, which I also liked primarily due to the shooting and combat tactics.
That one aged like a Terminid Carcass on the hot Sun.
Edit: NEVERMIND! VICTORY HAS BEEN ACHIEVED!
Major order complete, SNOY has retreated... For now
it is now masterpiece, remove your comment, before The Ministry of Truth finds out
@@nabilabdurahman9793 Fixed
I honestly thought he would’ve said“- and Helldive our way straight into this”
Was tough to choose between that and "GET SET... FOR A COMBAT DROP."
I'm partial to "Feet first, into Hell!" Think it was the ODST Drop Motto...😅 don't quote me though it's been ages since I've played any Halo game, let alone Halo ODST. Damn this game is filled with just pure Glorious Purpose!😂
@@TheActMan Thank you ACTMAN for your response, You’re the first RUclipsr to heart a comment of mine.
Although I’ve only started leaving comments on RUclips videos just a day ago, having a comment hearted by Great RUclipsr like you really means a lot.🥹
@@TheActMan Thank you for your heart on my comment, you’re the first RUclipsr that ever responded to a Comment I made. Although I’ve been watching RUclips since childhood, I’ve only started making comments until a few days ago. it really a lot for a great RUclipsr like you to respond to my comment.
Thank you and stay being “A Masterpiece”🙂😎🙂
@@pkhjdlkfjandljfn HELLJUMPER HELLJUMPER WHERE YOU BEEN, FEET FIRST INTO HELL AND BACK AGAIN, WHEN I DIE PLEASE BURY ME DEEP, PLACE A MA5 DOWN BY MY FEET, DON'T CRY FOR ME DON'T SHED NO TEAR, JUST PACK MY BOX WITH PT GEAR, CAUSE ONE MORNING ABOUT 05, THE CLOUDS WILL RUMBLE THERE WILL BE LIGHTNING IN THE SKY, DON'T YOU WORRY DON'T DON'T COME UNDONE, IT'S JUST MY GHOST ON A PT RUN.
One of the beautiful things about this is that I don't have to pay money for the premium pass, you can grind the super credits in game at just the cost of your time and patience as a player, I grinded out for 1000 SC and got the pass in about roughly 25 hours, and for that I would be willing to pay them the $10 just for the respect of letting players do this. This trend of Game Devs releasing a genuine product made with care and passion is really awesome and it shows what we've been missing for years, People who actually give a damn, Games made by gamers FOR Gamers.
There's more than one path to becoming a super citizen! Lol
This, and the battle passes not being limited-time. What a massive breath of fresh air, I never finish timed battle passes these days 😭
It also makes people more willing to spend super credits and not just sit on them for months until new content comes. There were couple of armor sets that i liked that i bought, despite the fact we are soon getting new premium pass, but i know that i'll be able to grind out those extra 300-400 super credits over time. As result people would be more keen to support the developer with random purchases here and there, to save themselves time and not feel bad about giving developer 10$
Sorry, but back in the good old days everything was free and perfect
@@lethauntic yeah but the good old days didnt have thousands of servers to upkeep. Microtransactions are needed for live service to continue, Helldivers have done it in a good way.
I love how visceral it is, especially against the bots. The way you hear and ***feel*** the bullets flying by, and when they hit it's almost like ya got actually shot in real life. The sound design and the way it looks and feels is insane, This game is honestly great, and once some bugs get fixed this game will genuinely be a 10 out of 10. Plus there is something to be said about being dropped onto planets, it's so cool.
Just imagine what they might have planned for the future of the game as well or later on a third game.
Another act ma’am video that aged like milk, what a surprise
I mean to be fair, it’s not like he saw this change coming, most of us didn’t, some people did sure but cmon man.
Dude, the game is still good. It's sony fucking it up.
Wow, he didn't predict Sony fucking the game over into obscurity, how dare he!
is this supposed to be an insult towards him?
im not trying to white knight but man, that is just a dumb take if you are
The hug emote is the best thing ever. Can't do a dive until everyone on the team gets a hug. No hug no play.
for me... hugs are for goodbyes/signing off. fist bump and salute for hellos.
@@brcaswell no way hugs are for everything. I need a hug. If I never see them again I need that hug before the dive, it's also a "good luck, I'm here for you.".
I got hugged for going back to save a fellow diver, great community
@@Avenger127 exactly
I also need a hug, both irl and in-game
We are only in March and there has already been multiple small studios reach over 100k copies sold on Steam. And the crazy part is none of them are predatory.
Good job divers. We spoke with our wallets and the industry is listening!
My life for Super Earth!
Our lives for Super Earth!*
@@jordan9604 witness!!
When a game sells so well that they don't have the server infrastructure as they never expected that many players
Nah, fake news. voting with your wallet is a myth. I vote we give the EU the right to legislate what games get made instead.
- The entirety of twitter
I want to mention something that most people don't seem to bring up, Lag, when your game lags, it doesn't kill the gameplay, it doesn't make it impossible to play, somehow, I don't know how to explain it, the lag is... smooth. I feel like the game, rather than what most games do where it literally causes it to jitter and stop, it feels like Helldivers 2 just, lowers the FPS to help preserve data on it's own and constantly adjusts it so your gameplay loop is never interrupted
Also, the CEO and devs went through mandatory military service in Sweden, so they know well how stuff like guns work, and how you would operate them, and anything else like that, it's really cool to have a game where your gun doesn't fire randomly, it feels like you're shooting a real gun, the sound, the recoil, the fire-rate, even the spread on the shotguns is realistic to an extent rarely found in video games, and because it's PVE, they can do that because balancing can be done in other ways unlike in most PVP games
Last thing I'm adding, the thing about your 'head cannon' is 100% correct, those are indeed other player's hands, and those are actual stratagems being used on the ground
Act Man probably has the best track record of based opinions about video games. Safe one of the best game critics out there.
Means I gotta check this game out.
Edit: Community based live events and world changes are wild man, awesome.
When mechs were added days ago, we had to go to the planets and fight off the automatons to get them deployed or else the mechs would get delayed.
During the mission you can even fimd discarded mechs to use as a taste,
@@uberbyte7467 Sounds too good to be true, man I'm hyped.
FOR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY!
FOR SUPER EARTH!
FOR LIBERTY
MY LIFE FOR SUPER EARTH
MANAGED!
Managed Democracy!
FOR ROCK AND STONE!
My favorite part is how all cosmetics are fitting with the art style and lore. No multi collored carnivalesque BS, no cat ears, no streammer/company sponsored content, etc. The game makes sure to stick to it's style and it's so beautiful! It remains authentic and is a breath of fresh air from the "fortnitezation" that's been consumming other games. I feel very happy to play a game that doesn't seem like a playable billboard
Well they’ve already said they’re open to crossovers so idk how well those crossovers will fit in with the current aesthetic. Maybe they can do it well who knows
@@blainejackson2857 How about Kasrkin commando and Vindicare assassin uniforms from warhammer 40k?
and all the cosmetics only cost $1-$2. This is the first game in a long time where I felt like buying some.
Some crossovers would work, like Dune, Starwars, halo. But yeah stay the fuck away from cat ears
@@Svoorhout85 certain crossovers will for sure fit the theme of the current game. Hopefully they don’t just do it with everyone like Fortnite. I’d like a dune crossover I think that’d be cool. 40k of course would be cool
Game is now "MIXED" score on steam, and seems sure to be "NEGATIVE" by day's end.
It happen
Recent reviews is negative while the overall reviews is mixed
@@Swap-511.0 And now it's in Overwhelmingly Negative after they delisted the game from 170 countries.
it is now masterpiece, remove your comment, before The Ministry of Truth finds out
This is treason soldier. Democracy never loses , and we won the battle.
@@pauloazuela8488didn’t win anything.. crying on the internet over the smallest things is lame & pathetic
Well.... Fuck.
Friendship ended with FOR THE EMPEROR.
Now I’m part of FOR DEMOCRACY
You know I’m painting all my 40k minis with DEMOCRATIC Helldiver colours from now on
I honor both aboard the SES Emperor Of Democracy
Yuri lownethal put his heart and soul in saying “SWEET LIBERTY THE BLOOD”
Better performance than spider-man 2
I THOUGHT THAT WAS HIM!🤣
Yuri Lowenthal 😍
5:54 I love how he said "The absurd levels..." Then changed it to "The reasonable levels" that's kinda funny 😆
23:20 These are other players ships. Not directly, but the server looks up how many players are in a space and by that counter, it spawns/renders in other ships over an Operation point. Depending on player traffic over an Operation point it can differ then.
It's got that addictive combat-loop, plus a looting element, and lots of variety in maps/equipment/weapons. I'm reminded of that "30 seconds of fun" quote from Bungie all those years ago.
My God. Bungie games is now more like "30min of boredom and frustration".
the way you are freely able to tackle objectives in a hub-like openworld + the AI director = was peak endless replayability
I believe those ships actually are other players! If you look closely you can even see when stratagems are being used and if you see a ship blow up that’s cause a mission failed
If a diver fails the ship leaves, it doesnt get destroyed
They were supposed to work like that but i believe they changed it due to the server issues so they are not like live players but ghost of a dive already completed
@@edwiinandresmosqueramarulandaIt's not 1 to 1 but more ships does equal more players. Just that if they showed exactly how many then the skies would be dark with how many people there are.
@@monke12354yea back HD1 when a planet is often populated or most visited one
@@monke12354 I wonder if it's slightly more than that as some planets you look out the window and it's pretty quiet with lots of ships, other planets there's enemy fire coming from the surface, ships exploding etc. it's definitely not 1 to 1 representative of actual players though.
Overly positive review that doesn't address the plethora of bugs that plague the game even since launch.
Fun fact, the other ships ARE other players, the beams you see on the surface from your ship are stratagems being called, AND if a team surface side near you fails a mission, you can see their ship blow up and fall from the sky.
18:09 "I had the opportunity to-- WEEEUUUUGGH!!"
Good stuff, really giggled my goober
Thank you, my goober
It also feels great that you aren't pressured into unlocking things before the warbonds go away since they stick around forever. The Warbonds are the only "battlepass" I've ever felt good about buying with zero remorse.
Fun fact. You don’t have to spend money on them if you don’t want to. Super credits are of course earned in the free pass(about 750) and the remaining 250 can be found in missions in those places if interest dotted around the map
@@biiill5259Me: Has 1k super credits, still buys premium battlepass with money.
Gotta support our fellow Divers and command line!
I'm well over 200 hours into this, and not a single moment has gotten stale or boring. GOTY for sure.
Unless something that clears as one of the best games ever comes out... but i think we're in the clear.
I honestly love how the game is molded by the players and devs, you can tell how much they care and love their game. I also very much enjoy the DnD feeling of world building with a game master. It's just such a good game when it comes to engaging its players
The best part is how committed the voice actor are. I hope the add even more lines or even new voices. Hell I'd be ok if they added them as a war bonds unlock.
I’d kill for a Casper Van Dien voice pack.
Fun Fact: One of the Male and Female Helldiver VAs also voiced Chai and Peppermint in Hi-Fi Rush, Robbie Daymond and Erica Lindbeck.
And of course, since it's on Playstation, they also got Yuri Lowenthal as the other Male voice.
I don't know who the second Female Helldiver VA is, I don't recognize her.
@@c0baltl1ghtn1ng Iirc what my friend said, male #1 is Peter Parker in the PS5 spider man games and one of the females is Black cat from Spiderman 1 on PS5
They’ve definitely added more voice lines already. Would definitely love more because the voice acting is super good and well written, super funny.
I wouldn't mind paying for voice packs tbh. Its so small and doesn't affect gameplay but significantly improves enjoyment
one minor detail/small flavour that I like is that you can crank up the volume/music/effects to 11
Why not just make 10 a little louder and make that the loudest?
@@TheActManStarCraft Terran theme music in the background at Gameplay, Weapons & Stratagems - 9:48 ?
SC & WC3 reminds me of old good days and how old I am 😭
because its funny@@TheActMan
@@TheActMan Yeah... but these go to 11....
Imagine if the devs decide to make a Hell Divers mobile or if someone makes a Star Wars mod that places you as any type of imperial trooper, bringing order to the Emperor's galaxy.
The Bringer Of Democracy is in orbit and ready to help! For Democracy!
6:18
"It worked.. *QUADRUPLE THE MILITARY BUDGET!!!"*
Never forget Spenny had 13.8k team damage that one run and that is surely treason
CrowFlow in the chat
What's even funnier, is their shop can actually BREAK.
So it's possible u can't spend money in the game sometimes.
That means the game gets more love than the ability to spend your money
This is a masterpiece of a game. It manages to do so many things right that the small niggles it has with guns not firing or getting stuck in the scenery just feels part of the comical tone they have set in the game.
The animation of bugs and bots is so good and like you say, you feel every projectile and bullet has an effect on what it hits or not if its bouncing off armour
One of the most impressive things I saw was sneaking up to some bugs at a POI and threw a stratagem in. The bugs did not react to Stratagem marker but as the orbital/eagle strike was about to hit, the bugs all flinched as if their senses knew something was about to happen. Just amazing to see such detail and how "alive" the bugs are.
Those ships and orbitals you can see from your ship window apparently IS simulating numbers of actual players and orbitals being used in currently running missions. I don' t think it has been confirmed by devs but people were doing some research and it seems likely.
Sometimes I see a ship explode, and I wonder if that's someone logging out
@@vincentcrowely6772I think a ship explodes if you lost a mission on an automaton planet. I think their planetary cannons shoot your ship out of orbit.
@vincentcrowely6772 oh when a fleet blows up that means that player just died and lot the mission
same thoughts, as of now if a representation similar to HD1 of the most highly visited/crowded planet
Dude one of my favorite lore bits for this game is that they attacked and invaded the bugs because they produce oil kinda like whales do in the real world
i have reported you for treason against democracy.
The Ministry of Truth would like to know your location.
@@romainlemoine_ISNcareful they are removing these comments as actual harassment for some reason. If it's Actman's team then like wtf, did you not watch this video?
Even better, after the war of of the first game, they started breeding the bugs farming them for oil only to have them escape
@@Ichidan9And they mutated them into the abominations they are today, so many of the bigger threats are actually made by the humans x)
Anyone else here after the may 3rd announcement?
Only took 3 months to age like milk... Thanks Sony
Edit: Sony has reverted the PSN required statement! New fresh batch of milk guys!
Helldiver's has become a well aged wine!
this game is like the halo odst game we could have but never will
There's nothing Microsoft hates more then halo, other then maybe halo fans.
Its also the closest we'll ever get to a 40k Imperial Guard game. Just think of the Helldivers as Tempesta Scions instead of normal guards, and its near perfect.
Corporations don't make fun games. Managers in suits design them to be "profitable" for the dumbest audience in the most manipulative way. Hoping to take no risks and please everyone with their bloated budgets. I'm not even talking about the live services.
And they don't even notice or understand how they lose everything they had. Looking at Halo, Battlefield.. But at the same time CoD is still super popular and making billions, while stagnating and only getting worse. Or Fifa.
So they still look at CoD/Fifa success, or even Fortnite/Apex, and don't understand why Halo is dead, but Helldivers made with a much smaller budget is a wide success, taking it's place.
This is the first game in a few years where I have to make myself NOT play it when I get home from work so I don't ignore stuff. It's so fun, been very happy with it and it's a joy with my friends.
Yeah, got off at work at 8am, hopped on, felt hungry and was like “I’ll go make some breakfast.” Boom. It’s 5 pm and my blood sugar was 72 lol
Me too dude, Im hooked
I love watching people talk about good games while knowing I will only be able to buy them long after the player base migrates onto another game. Its a great life.
"Why didn't Halo do this?"
They wanted to, but investors said no.
The best part of the freedom pass is that you can technically grind the premium one FOR FREE.
It costs 1000 Supercredits for the premium. With the freedom pass, and the RNG based supercredits that can be found on maps, you can earn the premium pass, FOR FREE.
i ran a dedicated group to farm sc once and by farming one specific seed/map we got around 750 sc in just an hour, devs are very generous on the premium stuff
by the time your like halfway through the freedom pass you'll have more than enough. 2 more things I like: 1: you can complete the battle pass at anytime so you could leave for a few months and pick right back up. 2: The cosmetics aren't super over priced. You could get one in a single session if you play for like 3-6 hours.
It's Act Ma'am!
I can't wait for the updated version of this. Go Geddem ActMan!!!