HELLDIVERS 2 REVIEW | Did Arrowhead Understand The Assignment?
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The last time a high profile PlayStation published game got a huge glow up was with Housemarque and their release of Returnal in 2021. It was the studios first time moving into the AAA space and the results were incredible to say the least.
It took everything great that Housemarque was known for and then welded It onto a premium experience with a fantastic story and even better gameplay. It’s hard not to see the same parallels with Arrowhead and their followup to their 2015 cult hit, Helldivers.
The big question is can Helldivers 2 also make the jump from the indie stage to headliner?
Helldivers 2 still features the same satirical tone about patriotism from the first combined with the satisfying bug blasting and friendly fire that can’t be turned off, which is good because that became Helldivers unique selling point. However, the biggest and most obvious change is that Helldivers 2 has moved away from the arcade style, isometric perspective and is now a third person action game with everything about the first becoming larger than life.
Helldivers 2 is an easy recommend for people who have a regular squad to dive into hell as the experience when you are playing with buddies compared to playing solo or with randoms is like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Arrowhead manages to perfectly walk the tightrope again between between fun and being overwhelmed.
The visual overhaul, along with the return of meaty audio, and the introduction of dual sense integration all work in the tandem to create a strong sense of immersion that always gets your blood pumping when you have no more redeploy markers, your down to your last mag, waiting for your evac ship and a giant bug is barreling towards you. The Helldivers experince still feels as unique today as it did in 2015
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