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Helldivers 2 details its spaceship and top-level “Galactic War” ahead of next month’s releaseMajor Orders, reporting for duty
Major Orders, reporting for duty
Image credit:Arrowhead Studios
Image credit:Arrowhead Studios
Helldivers 2will crashdown on our planet’s surface on February 8th, 2024, and turns the topdown co-op alien shooter into a flashier, fancier third-person version of the same. A new trailer release today details how its ‘Galactic War’ systems work - that is, the macro-scale conflict within which your missions and bug hunts take place.
Helldivers 2 - “A United Stand” Galactic War Trailer | PS5 & PC GamesHelldivers 2’s Galactic War trailer.Watch on YouTube
Helldivers 2 - “A United Stand” Galactic War Trailer | PS5 & PC Games
To guide players, you’ll be presented with Major Orders - these are directives from on-high about what planets to deal with - and personal orders, which are little missions to, say, kill a particular beastie that you and your friends can complete for rewards. The actual fights you undertake are called Operations, which are split up into multiple missions, with harder operations having more missions. A mission might be to defeat a “high value target”, to retrive certain resources, or to overwhelm an enemy stronghold, according to apost on the PlayStation blog.
I’m a sucker for this kind of macro context stuff. Where Helldivers 2 starts to lose me again is in some of the progression mechanics shown above, where resources must be retrieve from planets in order to upgrade your spaceship, unlock new equipment, and so on. They don’t look like bad ideas, but theydolook like systems designed for people who are going to put dozens or hundreds of hours into Helldivers 2, and I already know that’s not me anymore.
Still, this is the coolest Helldivers 2 has looked to me since it was announced - and just in time, given it’s out in two weeks.
