The first time my squad fought a Bile Titan was a disaster. We dropped into a hot zone full of Termanids, Helldivers 2’s alien bugs, and lost all of our extra lives before we even found the thing. We were running for the hills when we ran right into it instead: an absolutely massive, hulking bug that dripped (and spit) acid, easily towering over anything we’d seen so far. It took everything we had – bullets, airstrikes, orbital cannons, grenades, and more than a little luck – but we somehow managed to fell the beast and get the entire squad back onto our evac ship just as our position was about to be overrun. “I can’t believe we survived that,” one of my friends said. “Me neither,” I said. “Wanna go again?” Reader, we played for several more hours.
That’s the Helldivers 2 experience in a nutshell. It’s hilarious, smartly designed, and intense whether you’re playing solo, with a squad of other random Helldivers, or serving up a nice hot cup of Liber-tea across the galaxy with your buddies – though like most games of its type, Helldivers 2 is much, much better with friends. With varied missions, a huge catalog of weapons, emotes, armor, and abilities to unlock, and long-term campaigns against the bugs and Automatons (think Terminators) to fight in the name of Managed Democracy, Helldivers 2 has enough laughs, close shaves, and pure, unabashed fun to keep you busy for a long, long time. I’ve put more than 40 hours in since release, and I’m still enjoying traveling to exciting new places, meeting exotic life forms, and killing them for the glory of Super Earth.
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