Worth buying in 2024?

[ChrisCtrl]

I never even heard of HELLDIVERS up until a recent trailer for the second one and wanted to swing around and play the original, do plenty of people still play this game? It looks fun.

[Disodium]

Yes, but Helldivers 2 is a totally different game, this is top down twinstick shooter, where as Helldivers 2 will be third person
Lots of people are revisiting it with Helldivers 2 coming, and I am sure more will pick it up for the same reason... to play the first one

Current players: https://steamcharts.com/app/394510

[Zangão Zangado]

I bought the game a few days ago, and honestly, I'm loving it! I understand that it has some issues, like the opaque crosshair or, IN MY OPINION, the CAMERA in multiplayer, which can be confusing and doesn't stay centered on your helldiver. However, the game is a lot of fun, and these issues could be EASILY FIXED if the >>>>DEVELOPERS<<<< put a bit of love and time into it.

[Sokaku]

Messaggio originale di Zangão Zangado:

I bought the game a few days ago, and honestly, I'm loving it! I understand that it has some issues, like the opaque crosshair or, IN MY OPINION, the CAMERA in multiplayer, which can be confusing and doesn't stay centered on your helldiver. However, the game is a lot of fun, and these issues could be EASILY FIXED if the >>>>DEVELOPERS<<<< put a bit of love and time into it.

Those "issues" are not issues, they are design choices to promote teamwork and maintain a sense of difficulty in the game. Friendly Fire is a pretty significant risk when players are required to stick together and mouse users have to actually aim rather than 360 degree no-scope every bug that appears on the screen.

I mean it's not like they were being unreasonably cruel like requiring mouse users to drag & drop the little mag on the gun icon to reload. :)

[Azinar Elyrum]

Messaggio originale di Ki11s0n3:

Only if you have a group of friends to play with or are willing to play solo. The game has and always has had an issue with the MP where you join a random match and are either kicked or just shot and killed the second you spawn in and if you stay and get revived they shoot you again.

At this point wait and check out the sequel that comes out next month and hope it isn't as bad. The game has a great premise and can be fun if you are lucky to get a game where the people actually try and don't kill you on purpose, but that's pretty far and between.

Yeah ive NEVER encounterd stuff your describing at all, the closest being was joining a mission with 2 people, they let me play with them through the entire planet before finally apoligzing POLIETLY that it was ment to be a private one

[Terron]

Absolutely especially if you have some mates to join in. I saw it for cheap and picked up a copy for myself and gifted a few copies to brothers and were having a blast.

[Galdred]

It is still the game I default to for local coop when I have friends at home and we are looking for something short to play.

[Joren]

Honestly, just save your money. Helldivers 2 is coming out soon, and there is something wrong with the current lobbies. Its fine if you are always going to solo or have a steady group of friends, but the public lobbies are a disaster. Kicked if too low, kicked if too high. Kicked if you dont want to use voice chat, kicked if are using voice chat in a silent lobby. Kicked if using something the host hates, kicked if not using something deemed meta/mandatory. And sometimes something more innocent like the host is trying to play with friends, but didnt know you could set to private.
Its just not worth the time. Which is sad, because its not the games fault.

[Roy]

Very much recommended and incredibly playable with randoms, you'll almost always be able to find a match.

[Roy]

Messaggio originale di Vaflis:

Game sucks. You need to use voice chat with your friends to coordinate where you shooting and standing, otherwise, you will keep killing each other. If you don't have voice chat and friends, random games will be frustration. Not recommended.

This is a very bad take, not once have i used voice in this game and i've always played with randoms.
Text chat shows above your character and there's voice commands.

You don't need to communicate where you're standing and shooting, you need to watch your line of fire and stay out of others.

I played with 3 randoms earlier today, random match on 12 difficulty (goes from 1 to 15 i think).
I think there were two or three deaths per mission at best and they were either because of enemy swarms or a random stratagem crushing a friendly.
Friendlies will call in a respawn becon at lightning speed too, i can't think of any other drop-in coop game where teammates are generally as cooperative as here.

[Dredd]

Messaggio originale di Ki11s0n3:

Only if you have a group of friends to play with or are willing to play solo. The game has and always has had an issue with the MP where you join a random match and are either kicked or just shot and killed the second you spawn in and if you stay and get revived they shoot you again.

At this point wait and check out the sequel that comes out next month and hope it isn't as bad. The game has a great premise and can be fun if you are lucky to get a game where the people actually try and don't kill you on purpose, but that's pretty far and between.

No offense, but it really sounds like you're either making this up or you've had the most solid gold run of bad luck of all time.

I've played this for a combined total of ~500ish hours on PS4/Vita/PC, and there's probably only been about four or five people EVER that have been pointedly rude or mean-spirited.

Edit: I should also mention that I've never been kicked "for no reason" as so many people love to say happens to them. There's usually a reason, but being salty about getting kicked can really blunt one's observational abilities. For instance, 99% of the time I get kicked instantly after joining it's pretty obvious that Name, Name #2, and Name #3 are trying to play together via couch co-op without some level 30-something dropping on them and carrying the whole match with some rubber bands and paperclips.

[Roy]

^ Yeah i can't remember ever being kicked either but i'm assuming it only happens when a group of friends is waiting for their last buddy to join or want to play alone.

Everytime i boot up this game i just look for any mp server and just go "hi" when i drop on, usually they'll respond with the same or the "Roger that!" voice command.

I have to double check to see if i'm even on the right game's hub when people say this game is unplayable with randoms because it's the only way i've ever played it and it is a blast.

[🦩 Flamingo 🦩]

i think its worth it, im playing on vita rn and the matchmaking is great and the ppl there are rlly polite :D

[Roy]

Messaggio originale di 🦩 Flamingo 🦩:

i think its worth it, im playing on vita rn and the matchmaking is great and the ppl there are rlly polite :D

Is the vita cross platform and cross platform progression?
I have an old vita laying somewhere in an attic closet and i never used the worthless thing as every game i had was underwhelming.

Might be worth dusting it off and picking up a copy of Helldivers if i can play on the same save as PC though!

Also does it run/play decently?

[Wulfen]

Messaggio originale di ChrisCtrl:

I never even heard of HELLDIVERS up until a recent trailer for the second one and wanted to swing around and play the original, do plenty of people still play this game? It looks fun.

It's still worth playing if you like the idea of a top down, twin stick shooter. The sequel is a 3rd Person over-the-shoulder shooter

[Azinar Elyrum]

Messaggio originale di Wulfen:

Messaggio originale di ChrisCtrl:

I never even heard of HELLDIVERS up until a recent trailer for the second one and wanted to swing around and play the original, do plenty of people still play this game? It looks fun.

It's still worth playing if you like the idea of a top down, twin stick shooter. The sequel is a 3rd Person over-the-shoulder shooter

ittle also have first person for all guns as an option (also you wont be restricted between being near players, but it wont be designed for soloplay at launch)