Lifeservice appreciation post
I just want to share my high appreciation for this game with you - tell me your thoughts!
In which other game do you have so many choices as in Helldivers 2!?
* Rain from above? Go for it and enjoy the show!
* Laser weaponry? Go for it: guard dog, turret, orbital laser, support weapon, primary weapons -- all can be combined at will.
* cool rocket launchers? Spear, airburst, WASP, recoiless, command and and and. All here, and feels great.
* Fast jeeps!? Go for it!
* Mechs!? Go for it -- I am so looking forward to the next warbond!
* Tank!? Go fot it! It feels so great.
* Lightning weaponry - sure thing, a lot of fun and viable - especially when done in a complete team!
* Jump packs, warp picks, teleports -- all in the game!
* machine guns? En masse, lots of choices (and the next interesting choice is about to drop next week!)
* flames? Gas? Melee - go for it!
* Bombs? Which size - everything from pocket nuke over various grenades, C4, carryable tacticals bombs to airstrikes up to orbital bombardements!
* Futuristic equipment? Plasma weapons ,railguns, carryable shields, throwable shields, orbital shields... all here!
* throw-away equipment ... man: we have the EAT, NEAT, expendable nukes, expendable mini icbms, expendable rocket launchers, and soon expendable machine guns!
* would like a typical "engineer" build? more turrets than you can bring, emplacement etc etc - all in the game
And the best is: once unlocked, you can combine all these things at will - no implicit binding to a special character (class), no restrictions what to bring where -- build it, enjoy it (or not), refine it. It just works well. No other game that I know of has such a freedom, and there are _so many_ fully viable loadouts that it never gets old.
And I did not even talk about the aethetics, the many (and very distinct) enemy factions, the sub-factions, the unique story-telling, the immersion, the meta-coop-gameplay, the love for details, the unique feel of every weapon, the sounds... and the cool feeling of explosions everywhere, this cinematic effect of every single mission!
This game is a dream. I highly appreciate it - well done, Arrowhead!
It is peak lifeservice-gaming. Many games in the future will be measured by it.
Posted Apr 24, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC