8 February 2024
DO NOT BUY HELLDIVERS™ 2 - WARNING
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Summary
He finds Helldivers 2 bland, repetitive, unoriginal, and insufficiently polished, comparing its bugs-and-democracy premise to Starship Troopers. He criticizes the mandatory 20-minute tutorial, awkward directional-key combos, floaty aiming, manual reloading, simplistic enemies, and arbitrary objectives. Missions repeat landing, shooting bugs, completing checkpoints, extracting under attack, and upgrading aboard the mothership; £30 feels unjustified.
Insight
He again rejects repetitive games, but concedes social cooperation might make this one enjoyable.