@@danieleproia Probably a few others too, but yep, I'd say *that* incident was a major contributor to the lessening of HD2's chances of getting nominated
Just a reminder that goty is usually for the most iconic or innovative game of the year that broadly appeals to everyone. HD2 is a great game and by all means it should be qualified but there's a reason they won best multiplayer instead. Not really gonna beat a chill game like Astrobot that lets players of all ages have a fun time while also cashing in on Sony's connections to have iconic characters for a lot of fandoms to enjoy (thus making it more iconic and also reviving a lot of interest in dead IPs). Balatro has innovative mechanics and creative designs on its side. I'd say it stomps the rest though, Wukong included.
@@CelestineGupI heard about it recently. Apparently, the Illuminate used to be a peaceful, highly-advanced species. However, Super Earth waged war on the Illuminate upon discovering some sort of technology that, according to Super Earth, was powerful enough to destroy planets (or something along those lines). Therefore, Super Earth fought against the Illuminate up until their “defeat” in the First Galactic War, only for them to return one-hundred years later to fight the Helldivers in the Second Galactic War.
@CelestineGup one thing replacing your own flesh with pesky and undemocratic metal, which is treason BUT REPLACING LIMBS LOST IN RIGHTEOUS FIGHT FOR SUPER EARTH IS COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE AND APPROVED BY MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
I got the game in the ongoing winter sales im only 10 hours in i can tell you this is one of the best of the best games i have ever played , its the perfect game for me to have a break from work and stress , the community is nice , i met nice people had funny moments intense moments just finished an illuminate mission where it was only me and a fellow cadet level 5 vs the world the ships kept coming we kept getting caught by the drones and the squids too many deaths but at the end ... WE DID IT WE WERE CELEBRATING LIKE TRUE SOLDIERS IN VOICE CHAT I LOVE THIS GAME
(Super) fun fact about the harvester: don’t aim for the eye (with any of the mg variants), but aim for the leg connections to the body. They go down fast if you aim there. BONUS: if you shoot the things under and above the eye, it can’t regen its shields! Use this knowledge for better tactics against the squid harvesters!
I feel a small sense of honor that I continued playing the game for the past year despite controversy and all, and now I’m showing new players, and returning playing the ropes with the new content added since then.
Let me tell you all a story. I had gotten in a different shower in my home because my usual showering spot broke and was under repair. Usually I can hear videos from within my bathroom, and I watched the game awards for Silksong (yes I know, clown makeup activated) and decided to watch it. About a month or so ago I decided that I would hang my cape up, and be only re deployed when the times were dire, and just as I finished showering, the helldivers 2 bit came up. To say I was over the moon would be an understatement. I never finished drying up and getting clothes faster than that day, for the darkest hour for super earth was approaching. I re deployed and managed to record first contact within the hour of the illuminate returning, so far my favorite core memory of any game I’ve ever played so far. Thank you Helldivers 2 for making such a unforgettable experience
@@kel_ski yeah pretty much everybody else did on that night because almost everybody was there. And I think a lot of people left the game awards just because of it. I mean, I don’t know about you, but I had to run home. 😅
Same here, funnily enough I had just finished showering, and when the helldivers 2 announcement shadow dropped, I had never gotten ready for bed and gotten on my pc faster than that moment. Truly a you had to be there to feel it moment
@@kel_ski yep it has actual driving mechanics, where you have to shift gears, be mindfull of the terrain and such. The amount of little details in this game is insane.
I can safely say this became my favorite game now. The amount of cinematic fun this game brings is amazing, the teamwork, the last stands, the weapons, stratagems and now vehicles, the potential this game has is incredible.
New hobby has been dropping into low levels and callin them in extra jump packs. They get hooked. They hit level 8 and graduate to getting their own jump pack and fly off into the fray. I’m now responsible for Atleast 4 Jet Troopers, and I tried to teach them to share blue strats, so hopefully they’re out there now making more Jump boyz as we speak
All we need now is a theater mode, Halo style color selector, weapon customization, Stalwart as a primary, Helldiver 1 weapons and visor customization. Also maybe close quarter Darktide style maps.
should've mentioned the new booster in the new warbond too; it's honestly my favourite little toy. it adds a mounted liberator with drum mag to every resupply, which means they now double as mini-turrets too! honestly, quite good especially against the voteless horde whenever you need some extra firepower. I have already developed a strategy in defense missions where we stack these resupply turrets in the back (they never despawn until their ammo is depleted), so they act as backup defense.
17:43. You can shift gears to gear 1 and 2 with the shift key and you can downshift with ctrl Gear 1 is for off road driving and control while gear 2 is for speeding away from the enemy or running them down like the undemocratic demons they are
I think there's 3 reasons why i loved the Omens Of Tyranny update. 1: It translates the Illuminates very well from the first game; In HD1, the Illuminates were the weakest faction in terms of raw stats (bugs beat them in raw health + armor, cyborgs beat them with the sheer amount of dakka they wield). In fact, they're the only faction where anti-tank weapons are explicitly never needed. However they also had the greatest amounts of gimmicks. Energy shields block overkill damage, so horde clearing weapons need 2 shots, and high damage slow fire rate weapons are discouraged. Conversely, high fire rate weapons are encouraged to quickly shred through shields, and the lack of armor means even low damage weapons will still kill the Illuminate quickly. Mind control exists, but it's nowhere near as dangerous as the Obleisks were. Being able to restrict your movement while allowing other Illuminate units free movement was an INSANELY powerful utility unit the Illuminate had. I wonder how/if they can work that into a 3d environment. Moving into Helldivers II, yeup. You're encouraged to use high fire rate lower damage weapons vs high damage slow fire rate weapons, and you still do not need to actually bring anti-tank level weapons. The Voteless are too numerous, so unless you're using a grenade launcher or flamethrower, you'll want to pick up a machinegun or incindeary shotgun to quickly kill them. Overseer armor unlike Automaton Armor is ABLATIVE, not absorptive. You could deal 99^99 damage to an overseer's armor, and it'd only break it off, not kill the overseer. And it's divided into sections. Legs, arms and chest each have their own individual armor pieces. The only exception is the head armor. Destroying it instantly kills an Overseer. Harvesters don't need anti-tank level weapons. Targeting their joints will quickly down them. They all encourage fast firing weapons. Just like in HD1. 2: The music. The Terminid's theme is like starship troopers. The Automaton's theme is like a parody of/inspired by stereotypical Russian war music. The illuminates however? their theme is all about inspiring terror. And when you encounter a Harvester, it blares an alarm like sound as despair fills the air. This is the theme of a race that was the victim of genocide and wants revenge. Words alone can't do justice for how amazing the Illuminate theme is. 3 The potential for future content. The Illuminate have only 5 (6 if you include warp ships) units. They could bring back the obelisk, hunters, illusionists and council members, while adding entirely new things. It has me excited for the future of Helldivers II.
hey Kelski, if a player enters and then exits a hellpod, the kick emote actually can kick them around the destroyer. Try it out. You can kick them into the hellpod and they fall out of the ship!
Not sure if you’re gonna keep playing for a bit longer but can 100% recommend the arc thrower for all things squid smashing, it stuns quite literally everything on the roster right now including Harvesters. That and nothing is more satisfying then zapping away whole hordes with a few shots from an arc thrower
I started the game after your first video and have really been enjoying my time with it. I find it funny that one of the most brutal, hostile and deadly games has one of the most wholesome, funny and welcoming communities. I had Just unlocked medium difficulty, so I was still pretty new to the Game, when a guy named Zeke joined my game and started carrying me through the harder missions, explaining wich weapons to use against wich enemys, amd so on. And now we play like every other day. Helldivers 2 is definitely one of the most fun games I've played in a long time, so things would recommendation.
Oh man when the full force of the Illuminates show up it's going to get so crazy. The HD1 units were tough. Getting your controls reversed as a result of a jedi mind trick and accidentally shooting your follow divers was so funny. Also they had ones that would generate a wall so it would block you in but the jump pack was so important in those moments. They were the most fun to fight against back in the first game too.
Dont forget the Floating Egg that throws up a freaking wall to block you from running away or the invisible, teleporting, hyper speed, duel wielding sword overseers.
The fact that we also got all that new Killzone armor and weapon was nust yhe cherry on top. The last week or two has been a VERY good time for us Helldivers.
You might've noticed that the FRV is rear-wheel drive which explains why the steering is so wobbly at times. It's what also allows it to drift like hell and look badass while doing it, so I think arrowhead made the right decision there
Just got my Steam Deck after Black Friday and was looking for a game that I couldn’t play on my Xbox and dove straight into HD2. It’s been so much fun, I’ve been screaming into my mic with friends for 3 days straight. I haven’t felt gaming moments like this since the Xbox 360 days.
Something I think some forget to is that they have been updating the game continuously over the last few months that I think people are interested in going back into the bug and bot fronts to try out the new things they have been given. Such as the anti-tank emplacement taken into a bot mission where it absolutely destroys.
The car is great for driving if you learn how to. Different gears have different turning controls, the most controllable is 1st gear and least is 4th gear. Drive mode automatically changes between gears and can go up to gear 4, but you can also manually control gear 1 and gear 2. Gear 1 is better for rough terrain and gear 2 is better for flat terrain with lots of speed.
Hey Kelski, I'm sure you know this but just in case you didn't, the stun lance isn't the only melee weapon they added with this update. Unfortunately it's not in rotation at the moment but there was actually a stun baton in the superstore for a while. It allows you to run my personal favorite build by pairing it with the ballistic shield stratagem to create the "YOU CALL THIS RESISITING ARREST?!" loadout, super fun. Also ArrowHead reverted all the nerfs they previously did and spent 2 months reworking and buffing over 50% of all weapons and stratagems in the game, so try revisiting some of the old stuff because a lot of them feel completely different now (in a good way)
i can't wait until we get the city maps for the other 2 factions. imagine running from a bile titan in the middle of an infested city or seeing a factory strider turn the corner of a building and reveal itself.
I was watching the Game Awards while at work becouse i didnt wanna miss out what awards AH will win (Top priorities) and when the announcment came, i literally couldnt express my happiness becouse it was so long a game trailler made me feel this way. Thank You ArrowheadStudios
They actually made some of the old weapons powerful including the Quasi canon and it's superb balance to do Challenge 8 if done right. Feels manageable and still challenging to do but do able. Fun in all directions.
I just fought the illuminate for the first time today with my friend in a 2-person mission. And holy shit, they were *brutal*! I legit had Half-Life 2 strider flashbacks when fighting them, I had a recoilless rifle and I was bashing the beast with it and it constantly shrugged it off. Not to mention the Voteless are infinitely scarier with just two people, I felt like I was on the backfoot the entire time if a swarm of them snuck up behind us. And that was without their arc-throwing drones or their stick-swinging soldiers. Speaking of which, I got so frustrated and so low on ammo that I had to resort to pistol-whipping one of those bulky warriors to death. Somehow it worked.
Melee weapons are such a game changer like I love how much it changed fighting bots and bugs as well as squids. Liike damn those berseker and hunter swarms look less menacing now
That AT turret does work against the automatons, I had a game with a mate where me and one guy were on a rock providing fire support across the whole combat area to two other guys.
The fact it wasn't even in the nomination for GOTY is what got me. It's not that it didn't win. It's that a DLC got nominated and not this absolutely cinematic and gameplay masterpiece
With how much the devs fixed and how much they are listening to the comunity they deserve game of the year, it's literally the first game iv'e heard of to take accountability and not only that but fix their mistakes, (also space marine 2 is kinda doing that but slower) I'd like to think heldivers 2 is inspiring this behavior in other devs
HD2 won 'Best Multiplayer Game' and 'Best Ongoing Game' awards. Wukong won 'Best Action Game.' Astrobot won 'Best Family Game,' 'Best Art Direction,' 'Best Action/Adventure Game,' AND 'Game of the Year.' Must have been a good game.
I can’t wait to fight the Bots and Bugs on the urban maps. Hopefully when we do get that update it will be a balance of rural to urban maps. Because it’s new it’s nice the squids are on urban maps but it will be cool to fight them in the open like the other factions.
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Unleash the Beast in Summer 2025. Wishlist Dying Light: The Beast Now using wehy.pe/y/8/Kelski #ad
You reenlisted? That implies you resigned. Treason!
no
Also I like the new glitches, they’re cool.
ngl you should play dying light its actually a good game and has online multiplayer to play singleplayer with your homies
This unexpected video drop is better than the L unexpected game t.b.a. in TGA
As an Xbox owner, HD2 feels like watching your friends play outside on the swing set while you’re on timeout
Same🙃
That one squidward meme
Buy a PC. Specifically a PC, not a PlayStation. Don’t give Sony your money.
It more feels like its you're brothers turn to play.
We had HALO, they have HELLDIVERS.
@@sunbreakerqueenofbronze621 Provided they have the money for one. PCs are damn expensive
God this game deserved atleast a nomination for goty, the 1st game of 2024 which was such a fresh breath of air. Atleast this video does it right
Wassup takt 👑 yeah bro, wild it didn’t even get nominated. Mega robbed
they probably lost the nomination because of THAT incident. The big one.
@@danieleproia Probably a few others too, but yep, I'd say *that* incident was a major contributor to the lessening of HD2's chances of getting nominated
@@danieleproiawhat incident??
Just a reminder that goty is usually for the most iconic or innovative game of the year that broadly appeals to everyone.
HD2 is a great game and by all means it should be qualified but there's a reason they won best multiplayer instead.
Not really gonna beat a chill game like Astrobot that lets players of all ages have a fun time while also cashing in on Sony's connections to have iconic characters for a lot of fandoms to enjoy (thus making it more iconic and also reviving a lot of interest in dead IPs). Balatro has innovative mechanics and creative designs on its side. I'd say it stomps the rest though, Wukong included.
Kel, you can actually ragdoll your teammates on the destroyer with the kick if you have them enter and exit a hellpod. have fun with this information
That’s so evil, thank you for this gift of knowledge
They turn into floor sliding worms after the kick too
@@kel_skiif you're near the hellpods and kick them, you knock them out of the ship. It's great.
“Super earth are bad guys” mfs watch as their families gets mind controlled and becomes unrecognizable by the illuminate
Really makes you wonder why the illuminate hate super earth in the first place
@@CelestineGup might be bc we shat on them the first game
@@CelestineGup Nope. Questioning official Super Earth narratives is unDemocratic.
@@CelestineGupI heard about it recently. Apparently, the Illuminate used to be a peaceful, highly-advanced species. However, Super Earth waged war on the Illuminate upon discovering some sort of technology that, according to Super Earth, was powerful enough to destroy planets (or something along those lines). Therefore, Super Earth fought against the Illuminate up until their “defeat” in the First Galactic War, only for them to return one-hundred years later to fight the Helldivers in the Second Galactic War.
@@CelestineGup not like we attacked them unexpectedly and almost made them extinct after they wanted to be peaceful.
Welcome back diver, good to have you.
Yooo good to see you here man. Love the cool detail vids. Glad to be back on the frontlines 🫡
Super snow ball
20:00 That's the blizzard modifier making you walk slower. It's not a bug.
Ahh gotcha, it was my first time seeing something like that. Been away from the frontlines for a while 💀
@@kel_ski bro knows his jokes
True but the animation Is the same for High snow
0:39 cant believe kelski outed himself as a cyborg traitor smh
I’m just undercover I promise 😔
@CelestineGup one thing replacing your own flesh with pesky and undemocratic metal, which is treason
BUT REPLACING LIMBS LOST IN RIGHTEOUS FIGHT FOR SUPER EARTH IS COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE AND APPROVED BY MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Steeled veterans warbond
@@kel_skithat is what they all say now get into the “freedom room”
They're Super Earth issued Cybernetics.
I got the game in the ongoing winter sales im only 10 hours in i can tell you this is one of the best of the best games i have ever played , its the perfect game for me to have a break from work and stress , the community is nice , i met nice people had funny moments intense moments
just finished an illuminate mission where it was only me and a fellow cadet level 5 vs the world the ships kept coming we kept getting caught by the drones and the squids too many deaths but at the end ... WE DID IT WE WERE CELEBRATING LIKE TRUE SOLDIERS IN VOICE CHAT I LOVE THIS GAME
That's helldivers for you✌️
Yes! Welcome!
Amen brother
We are so back 😭😭😭
@ElderGooby AND MORE FREE THAN EVER
(Super) fun fact about the harvester: don’t aim for the eye (with any of the mg variants), but aim for the leg connections to the body. They go down fast if you aim there. BONUS: if you shoot the things under and above the eye, it can’t regen its shields! Use this knowledge for better tactics against the squid harvesters!
The eye is hard to hit :(
Bonus fun fact! Touching the obelisk gives you a boost in speed and damage resistance! Try it!
Wait that feels like a lie, but I’m gonna do it… for Democracy!
Clarification: blowing up the harverter's top "horn" will disable shield regen, the bottom horn will stop it from using its close range tesla attack
I feel a small sense of honor that I continued playing the game for the past year despite controversy and all, and now I’m showing new players, and returning playing the ropes with the new content added since then.
Yeah bro I haven’t even touched ANY of the ‘new’ bug and bot content yet. So much to play
My only complaint is that things are still a bit grindy and repetitive. I need so many super credits to unlock warbonds…
Bedtime officially postponed
Real
@@hirosekoichi466 this one for the late night crackheads
@@kel_ski🫡 addict reporting for duty sir
1:16 "Tactical asset nearby," said mission control. And what a tactical asset it was.
yooo new kelski drop for charismas!
@hamilyman HAPPY HOLIDAYS 🎄🎁 hope you liked the gift
Let me tell you all a story.
I had gotten in a different shower in my home because my usual showering spot broke and was under repair. Usually I can hear videos from within my bathroom, and I watched the game awards for Silksong (yes I know, clown makeup activated) and decided to watch it. About a month or so ago I decided that I would hang my cape up, and be only re deployed when the times were dire, and just as I finished showering, the helldivers 2 bit came up. To say I was over the moon would be an understatement. I never finished drying up and getting clothes faster than that day, for the darkest hour for super earth was approaching. I re deployed and managed to record first contact within the hour of the illuminate returning, so far my favorite core memory of any game I’ve ever played so far. Thank you Helldivers 2 for making such a unforgettable experience
As always fantastic video, you beautiful bastard. 🗿
THANK YOU MR. WHEELER 👑
I taught my 67 year old Dad how to play tonight, hes so in!
Gonna be a while before he gets faster with strategem inputs 😅
Type shit
Glad to have another Helldiver on duty 🫡 I’m sure pops will do well
This is awesome! No worries I’m still not the fastest 😃 as long as he’s serving democracy and having fun that’s all that matters 💪😃
You weren’t kidding when said you’d do a video after seeing the trailer during the Game Awards. Welcome back, Helldivers!
The moment I saw the illuminate, I knew this was gonna be a 10/10 super banger. Had to lock in 🫡
@@kel_ski yeah pretty much everybody else did on that night because almost everybody was there. And I think a lot of people left the game awards just because of it. I mean, I don’t know about you, but I had to run home. 😅
I was watching your game awards stream when this dropped and holy hell I jumped out of bed so fast it reminded me that I have an iron deficiency
And when you finally came to, you played Helldivers.
Same here, funnily enough I had just finished showering, and when the helldivers 2 announcement shadow dropped, I had never gotten ready for bed and gotten on my pc faster than that moment. Truly a you had to be there to feel it moment
The FRV doesn't actually steer that poorly if you switch to first or second gear manually by pressing shift
YOU CAN WHAT
@@kel_skiYeah bro! unlike other games, this vehicle has gears haha
@@kel_ski yep it has actual driving mechanics, where you have to shift gears, be mindfull of the terrain and such. The amount of little details in this game is insane.
7:03 he is forklift certified because he has a bit of a reaction to the forklift
I can safely say this became my favorite game now. The amount of cinematic fun this game brings is amazing, the teamwork, the last stands, the weapons, stratagems and now vehicles, the potential this game has is incredible.
New hobby has been dropping into low levels and callin them in extra jump packs. They get hooked. They hit level 8 and graduate to getting their own jump pack and fly off into the fray. I’m now responsible for Atleast 4 Jet Troopers, and I tried to teach them to share blue strats, so hopefully they’re out there now making more Jump boyz as we speak
Loved this video!
Thank you for watching it :^) put tons of work into this one haha
All we need now is a theater mode, Halo style color selector, weapon customization, Stalwart as a primary, Helldiver 1 weapons and visor customization. Also maybe close quarter Darktide style maps.
Stalwart primary 🙏
I hope they add like boarding missions
I like having the Stalwart as a Stratagem. It really makes you think about your loadout differently.
and xbox crossplay for double the democracy
I'd love more vehicle options. Like a tank and a gunship
Like the scorpion and hornet from halo
Been diving with my friends recently... I can't share how much we're having. New stratagems, new weapons, new enemies... So great.
4:03 : *OUR Freedom
should've mentioned the new booster in the new warbond too; it's honestly my favourite little toy.
it adds a mounted liberator with drum mag to every resupply, which means they now double as mini-turrets too! honestly, quite good especially against the voteless horde whenever you need some extra firepower.
I have already developed a strategy in defense missions where we stack these resupply turrets in the back (they never despawn until their ammo is depleted), so they act as backup defense.
@@sylflareon8356 shoot I forgot to mention this one but yeah that one is super fun!
7:02 their brain still react to the sight of forklift.
17:43. You can shift gears to gear 1 and 2 with the shift key and you can downshift with ctrl
Gear 1 is for off road driving and control while gear 2 is for speeding away from the enemy or running them down like the undemocratic demons they are
I think there's 3 reasons why i loved the Omens Of Tyranny update.
1: It translates the Illuminates very well from the first game; In HD1, the Illuminates were the weakest faction in terms of raw stats (bugs beat them in raw health + armor, cyborgs beat them with the sheer amount of dakka they wield). In fact, they're the only faction where anti-tank weapons are explicitly never needed. However they also had the greatest amounts of gimmicks. Energy shields block overkill damage, so horde clearing weapons need 2 shots, and high damage slow fire rate weapons are discouraged. Conversely, high fire rate weapons are encouraged to quickly shred through shields, and the lack of armor means even low damage weapons will still kill the Illuminate quickly. Mind control exists, but it's nowhere near as dangerous as the Obleisks were. Being able to restrict your movement while allowing other Illuminate units free movement was an INSANELY powerful utility unit the Illuminate had. I wonder how/if they can work that into a 3d environment. Moving into Helldivers II, yeup. You're encouraged to use high fire rate lower damage weapons vs high damage slow fire rate weapons, and you still do not need to actually bring anti-tank level weapons. The Voteless are too numerous, so unless you're using a grenade launcher or flamethrower, you'll want to pick up a machinegun or incindeary shotgun to quickly kill them. Overseer armor unlike Automaton Armor is ABLATIVE, not absorptive. You could deal 99^99 damage to an overseer's armor, and it'd only break it off, not kill the overseer. And it's divided into sections. Legs, arms and chest each have their own individual armor pieces. The only exception is the head armor. Destroying it instantly kills an Overseer. Harvesters don't need anti-tank level weapons. Targeting their joints will quickly down them. They all encourage fast firing weapons. Just like in HD1.
2: The music. The Terminid's theme is like starship troopers. The Automaton's theme is like a parody of/inspired by stereotypical Russian war music. The illuminates however? their theme is all about inspiring terror. And when you encounter a Harvester, it blares an alarm like sound as despair fills the air. This is the theme of a race that was the victim of genocide and wants revenge. Words alone can't do justice for how amazing the Illuminate theme is.
3 The potential for future content. The Illuminate have only 5 (6 if you include warp ships) units. They could bring back the obelisk, hunters, illusionists and council members, while adding entirely new things. It has me excited for the future of Helldivers II.
hey Kelski, if a player enters and then exits a hellpod, the kick emote actually can kick them around the destroyer. Try it out. You can kick them into the hellpod and they fall out of the ship!
Just got done rewatching your original HD2 video the other day perfect timing for this.
12:50 funny thing, you can carry stuff like black boxes while in one of the FRV’s passenger seats.
You can even drive with it by getting in the front passenger's side and hitting C to change seats.
Not sure if you’re gonna keep playing for a bit longer but can 100% recommend the arc thrower for all things squid smashing, it stuns quite literally everything on the roster right now including Harvesters. That and nothing is more satisfying then zapping away whole hordes with a few shots from an arc thrower
NEW KELSKI VID, WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY
WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY!!! 🦍
I've never felt more like an Uber cruising down the streets of Detroit until this update
Great to see you back in it
And great to see more peak! Was hoping to see you do a vid on the update and super happy to see you doing it
SES Herald of Starlight reporting in; Glad to have you back Helldiver.
that intro supercut is best way to encapsulate what helldivers really is.
Hell yeah brother! I've been waiting so long for a sequel to the video that brought me to your channel lol
I started the game after your first video and have really been enjoying my time with it.
I find it funny that one of the most brutal, hostile and deadly games has one of the most wholesome, funny and welcoming communities.
I had Just unlocked medium difficulty, so I was still pretty new to the Game, when a guy named Zeke joined my game and started carrying me through the harder missions, explaining wich weapons to use against wich enemys, amd so on.
And now we play like every other day.
Helldivers 2 is definitely one of the most fun games I've played in a long time, so things would recommendation.
Dude I love the SFM animation combined with your own art style, it's such an unique style, keep the work up, and happy holidays mate. ❤️
Oh man when the full force of the Illuminates show up it's going to get so crazy. The HD1 units were tough. Getting your controls reversed as a result of a jedi mind trick and accidentally shooting your follow divers was so funny. Also they had ones that would generate a wall so it would block you in but the jump pack was so important in those moments. They were the most fun to fight against back in the first game too.
animated kelski in a wheelchair was NOT on my bingo card this year 😭 (he posted again we re so backkkk keltown 🔥🔥🔥🔥)
WE MIXING 2D AND 3D WITH THIS ONE 🗣️
Dont forget the Floating Egg that throws up a freaking wall to block you from running away or the invisible, teleporting, hyper speed, duel wielding sword overseers.
The puma vehicle gameplay looks like the halo 3 warthog missions
I could stop putting off sleeping, or I could watch the Kelski vid less than 20 minutes after it posts. I think we all know what we're doing.
That spear is my favorite weapon in existence, I have stabbed so many things
i was WAITING, WAITING FOR YOU TO RE-ENLIST, welcome back helldiver kelski, we're gonna need ya.
The fact that we also got all that new Killzone armor and weapon was nust yhe cherry on top. The last week or two has been a VERY good time for us Helldivers.
Christmas came early, Kelski played Helldivers 2 again
9:36 it’s warp ships face the wall
Yes! Welcome back
and mr. Kelswole keeps on giving with peak content, easily the best channel discovery i made this year
You might've noticed that the FRV is rear-wheel drive which explains why the steering is so wobbly at times. It's what also allows it to drift like hell and look badass while doing it, so I think arrowhead made the right decision there
Major tip here, BRING THE ORBITAL GAS STRIKE, the voteless A: lose track and get confused in the smoke, but B: it does insane dmg against them
Just got my Steam Deck after Black Friday and was looking for a game that I couldn’t play on my Xbox and dove straight into HD2. It’s been so much fun, I’ve been screaming into my mic with friends for 3 days straight. I haven’t felt gaming moments like this since the Xbox 360 days.
22:31 DOG CUTE LITTLE DEMORACY LOVIN BIG FREDOM NOSE DOG🤣🤣
as someone who never left galactic war, it warms my shell-shocked heart to see this video
07:43 is an Ace Ventura reference, where he gets spears in his legs and screams at them repeatedly.
Something I think some forget to is that they have been updating the game continuously over the last few months that I think people are interested in going back into the bug and bot fronts to try out the new things they have been given. Such as the anti-tank emplacement taken into a bot mission where it absolutely destroys.
The car is great for driving if you learn how to. Different gears have different turning controls, the most controllable is 1st gear and least is 4th gear. Drive mode automatically changes between gears and can go up to gear 4, but you can also manually control gear 1 and gear 2. Gear 1 is better for rough terrain and gear 2 is better for flat terrain with lots of speed.
Bro Drops Absolute Cinema intro everytime
Hey Kelski, I'm sure you know this but just in case you didn't, the stun lance isn't the only melee weapon they added with this update. Unfortunately it's not in rotation at the moment but there was actually a stun baton in the superstore for a while. It allows you to run my personal favorite build by pairing it with the ballistic shield stratagem to create the "YOU CALL THIS RESISITING ARREST?!" loadout, super fun. Also ArrowHead reverted all the nerfs they previously did and spent 2 months reworking and buffing over 50% of all weapons and stratagems in the game, so try revisiting some of the old stuff because a lot of them feel completely different now (in a good way)
Great video! Only thing that was missing was a Half Life 2 “pick up that can” reference with the new baton.
Your editing is so on point it’s ridiculous. Amazing video, easies sub in ages ❤.
You were right in the beginning, you are right again. Glad to see you back!
i can't wait until we get the city maps for the other 2 factions. imagine running from a bile titan in the middle of an infested city or seeing a factory strider turn the corner of a building and reveal itself.
thank you so much i am new to the idea to helldivers and you helped me whether i should buy it or not.
I was watching the Game Awards while at work becouse i didnt wanna miss out what awards AH will win (Top priorities) and when the announcment came, i literally couldnt express my happiness becouse it was so long a game trailler made me feel this way.
Thank You ArrowheadStudios
Ain’t no way you posting such a devious masterpiece at 1AM EST, I’ll glad I didn’t sleep😂
Yeah this one was a lowkey shadow drop hahaha
22:30 Look at that patriotic pup! No signs of treason to be found anywhere!
He is the pinnacle of liberty!
Yo I know this man the titanfall youtuber
They actually made some of the old weapons powerful including the Quasi canon and it's superb balance to do Challenge 8 if done right.
Feels manageable and still challenging to do but do able. Fun in all directions.
I just fought the illuminate for the first time today with my friend in a 2-person mission.
And holy shit, they were *brutal*!
I legit had Half-Life 2 strider flashbacks when fighting them, I had a recoilless rifle and I was bashing the beast with it and it constantly shrugged it off.
Not to mention the Voteless are infinitely scarier with just two people, I felt like I was on the backfoot the entire time if a swarm of them snuck up behind us. And that was without their arc-throwing drones or their stick-swinging soldiers.
Speaking of which, I got so frustrated and so low on ammo that I had to resort to pistol-whipping one of those bulky warriors to death. Somehow it worked.
"what are you waiting for? Join the Helldivers!"
-John Helldivers II (probably)
Lets not forget just how incredible the sound design and the illuminate theme adds to the experience.
Melee weapons are such a game changer like I love how much it changed fighting bots and bugs as well as squids. Liike damn those berseker and hunter swarms look less menacing now
"can they add a laser machete?"
The stun baton: are you ignoring me?
tip for driving the frv: use 2 on the gears for smooth terrain and 1 for steep or rough terrain
kelski ur quickly becoming one of my favorite youtubers
It really is mind blowing how much love and passion these developers put into this game, just incredible!
That AT turret does work against the automatons, I had a game with a mate where me and one guy were on a rock providing fire support across the whole combat area to two other guys.
The fact it wasn't even in the nomination for GOTY is what got me. It's not that it didn't win. It's that a DLC got nominated and not this absolutely cinematic and gameplay masterpiece
THE AKI'S BACKSTORY FROM CSM IS A REALLY FOUL EDIT 💀
We never left button.
I'm glad Helldivers got onto the steam game of the year list, but it still deserves the golden platter of a game award.
4:31 name?
Chainsaw man
I joined the fight this week! I would love to see more melee weapons in the future! And maybe even like … a speeder bike … or quadbike??
With how much the devs fixed and how much they are listening to the comunity they deserve game of the year, it's literally the first game iv'e heard of to take accountability and not only that but fix their mistakes, (also space marine 2 is kinda doing that but slower) I'd like to think heldivers 2 is inspiring this behavior in other devs
A thing about Harvester. That thing is Charger/Hulk equivalent. Not Tank or Bile Titan. That means there's going to be something bigger.
Merry Christmas Kelski!
Honestly I’d say we a kel-city at this point
6:05 the flying saucer from dandadan is soooo cooooolllllllll
20:36 Yeah, you're getting touched tonight
HD2 won 'Best Multiplayer Game' and 'Best Ongoing Game' awards. Wukong won 'Best Action Game.' Astrobot won 'Best Family Game,' 'Best Art Direction,' 'Best Action/Adventure Game,' AND 'Game of the Year.' Must have been a good game.
If you have the peak physique you have 100% damage bonus (if you press the actual melee button [F] instead of attack)
Fun Fact: The Harvesters (The Tripods) are the Illuminate's Chargers, meaning there's something bigger.
Today I'm joining the fight, brothers and sisters in arms, let's give a merry Christmas full of freedom to the illuminate
I can’t wait to fight the Bots and Bugs on the urban maps. Hopefully when we do get that update it will be a balance of rural to urban maps. Because it’s new it’s nice the squids are on urban maps but it will be cool to fight them in the open like the other factions.