HELLDIVERS™ 2

Item: HELLDIVERS™ 2
Rating: 66
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-02-22

Summary

Addictive gameplay, excellent gunplay, stunning graphics.
Engaging co-op experience best with friends.
Unforgiving friendly fire creates frustrating moments.
Frequent crashes and disconnects plague the game.
Excessive weapon nerfs reduce player fun.
Repetitive missions and unfair enemy spawns.

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 66%
Unhelpful reviews: 7%
Protest reviews: 27%

66%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
34%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 5612
Negative points: 6255
Gameplay points: 2284
Perf. points: 658
Rec. points: 2091
Misc points: 929

Point	Description	Importance
Addictive, cinematic, and satisfying gameplay Description The core gameplay loop is praised for being fluid, satisfying, and replayable. Missions offer intense, cinematic experiences with chaotic combat, strategic teamwork, and emergent moments. The game balances challenging action with humor, creating an addictive and enjoyable experience. Importance 82%	The core gameplay loop is praised for being fluid, satisfying, and replayable. Missions offer intense, cinematic experiences with chaotic combat, strategic teamwork, and emergent moments. The game balances challenging action with humor, creating an addictive and enjoyable experience.	82%
Excellent gunplay and weapon design Description The game features well-designed and impactful gunplay with diverse weapons and stratagems. Weapons feel weighty and satisfying, with attention to detail in sound design, animations, and feedback. The game balances realism and sci-fi elements, creating a unique and immersive combat experience. Importance 67%	The game features well-designed and impactful gunplay with diverse weapons and stratagems. Weapons feel weighty and satisfying, with attention to detail in sound design, animations, and feedback. The game balances realism and sci-fi elements, creating a unique and immersive combat experience.	67%
Excellent and engaging co-op experience Description Co-op gameplay is a major strength, fostering teamwork and camaraderie. The game requires communication and coordination, creating intense and memorable moments. Friendly fire adds a layer of challenge and humor, enhancing the overall experience. Importance 55%	Co-op gameplay is a major strength, fostering teamwork and camaraderie. The game requires communication and coordination, creating intense and memorable moments. Friendly fire adds a layer of challenge and humor, enhancing the overall experience.	55%
Stunning graphics and level design Description The game boasts high-quality graphics and level design, creating visually stunning and immersive environments. Each planet offers unique biomes, weather effects, and challenges, enhancing the overall gameplay experience. The game is optimized to run well and looks good even on lower settings. Importance 53%	The game boasts high-quality graphics and level design, creating visually stunning and immersive environments. Each planet offers unique biomes, weather effects, and challenges, enhancing the overall gameplay experience. The game is optimized to run well and looks good even on lower settings.	53%
Fair and generous monetization model Description The game features a fair and non-predatory monetization system. Players can earn premium currency through gameplay, allowing them to unlock content without spending real money. The developers are committed to providing regular updates and new content, avoiding pay-to-win mechanics. Importance 22%	The game features a fair and non-predatory monetization system. Players can earn premium currency through gameplay, allowing them to unlock content without spending real money. The developers are committed to providing regular updates and new content, avoiding pay-to-win mechanics.	22%
Unique and immersive sci-fi world Description The game draws inspiration from science fiction classics like Starship Troopers and Terminator, creating a unique and immersive world. The game's tone is satirical and humorous, with over-the-top propaganda and dialogue. The game is a well-made co-op shooter that retains the bug-filled legacy of its predecessor. Importance 19%	The game draws inspiration from science fiction classics like Starship Troopers and Terminator, creating a unique and immersive world. The game's tone is satirical and humorous, with over-the-top propaganda and dialogue. The game is a well-made co-op shooter that retains the bug-filled legacy of its predecessor.	19%
Balanced and rewarding difficulty Description The game offers a balanced and rewarding difficulty progression. Higher difficulties require teamwork and strategic thinking, providing a satisfying sense of accomplishment. The game respects player time and offers a variety of missions and challenges. Importance 16%	The game offers a balanced and rewarding difficulty progression. Higher difficulties require teamwork and strategic thinking, providing a satisfying sense of accomplishment. The game respects player time and offers a variety of missions and challenges.	16%
Positive and supportive community Description The game has a generally positive and helpful community. Veteran players often assist newer players, creating a welcoming environment. The community works together to accomplish missions, fostering a sense of camaraderie. Importance 16%	The game has a generally positive and helpful community. Veteran players often assist newer players, creating a welcoming environment. The community works together to accomplish missions, fostering a sense of camaraderie.	16%
Varied and engaging enemy design Description The game features diverse enemy factions with unique designs and behaviors. Each faction requires different tactics and loadouts, enhancing replayability. The enemy variety keeps the gameplay fresh and challenging. Importance 13%	The game features diverse enemy factions with unique designs and behaviors. Each faction requires different tactics and loadouts, enhancing replayability. The enemy variety keeps the gameplay fresh and challenging.	13%
Responsive and dedicated developers Description The developers are responsive to community feedback and actively work to improve the game. They have released updates to address concerns, balance weapons, and add new content. The developers are committed to the longevity of the game and have a player-friendly approach. Importance 11%	The developers are responsive to community feedback and actively work to improve the game. They have released updates to address concerns, balance weapons, and add new content. The developers are committed to the longevity of the game and have a player-friendly approach.	11%
Improved weapon and enemy balancing Description Recent updates have addressed balancing issues, with many weapons and stratagems buffed. The game is now more balanced and enjoyable, with a wider variety of viable loadouts. Importance 11%	Recent updates have addressed balancing issues, with many weapons and stratagems buffed. The game is now more balanced and enjoyable, with a wider variety of viable loadouts.	11%
Well-designed and rewarding Warbond system Description The Warbond system is well-designed and player-friendly. Warbonds never expire, and players can earn premium currency through gameplay. The system provides a steady stream of content and rewards without feeling grindy or exploitative. Importance 10%	The Warbond system is well-designed and player-friendly. Warbonds never expire, and players can earn premium currency through gameplay. The system provides a steady stream of content and rewards without feeling grindy or exploitative.	10%
Creative and effective stratagem system Description The game's stratagem system allows for creative player choice and tactics. Stratagems are effective for dealing with the game's biggest threats, and the system is constantly being balanced to ensure that all options are viable. Importance 10%	The game's stratagem system allows for creative player choice and tactics. Stratagems are effective for dealing with the game's biggest threats, and the system is constantly being balanced to ensure that all options are viable.	10%
Engaging worldbuilding and satirical tone Description The game's worldbuilding and lore are enjoyable, with an overly satirical and hyperbolic tone. The game effectively conveys a sense of hopelessness mixed with humor, starting from the initial video. Importance 8%	The game's worldbuilding and lore are enjoyable, with an overly satirical and hyperbolic tone. The game effectively conveys a sense of hopelessness mixed with humor, starting from the initial video.	8%
Excellent sound design and music Description The game features excellent sound design and a dynamic soundtrack. The music adapts to the action, enhancing moments of tension and excitement. The sound effects are immersive and well-executed, creating a cinematic and engaging experience. Importance 6%	The game features excellent sound design and a dynamic soundtrack. The music adapts to the action, enhancing moments of tension and excitement. The sound effects are immersive and well-executed, creating a cinematic and engaging experience.	6%
Well-executed live service model Description The game's live service model is well-executed, with regular updates and new content. The live service model allows players to influence the outcome of the galactic war. Importance 4%	The game's live service model is well-executed, with regular updates and new content. The live service model allows players to influence the outcome of the galactic war.	4%