Does it seem repetitive?

[Jinshushei]

Been watching streams of this game, it does look fun but I noticed it seems like it might be repetitive quite early, this may be especially worse solo. I have seen very minimal variety of bugs/enemies to fight. The world is evidently procedural, which works in this instance, but every mission appears the same...run, shoot, loot, repeat on the next wave/group of enemies. The AI is quite basic also...not much difference in each fight.

[ZeroFate]

I noticed that as well. Thats why im almost positive im skipping this one. I love shooters but this doesnt look like one id enjoy.

[Elvi]

It's not really a "shooter" as such.
Anyhow it's more about coming up with tactics to do objectives and evacuate alive than actual enemy variety or shooting everything. And that is a lot different each time, even if you keep playing the same mission on the same planet over and over again.

[Artarian]

Yes, because it's been 24 hours and we're still on the same damn planets. No progress or loss has been made in the campaign. In Helldivers 1 the planets would shift control ever few hours typically...

[JayB]

every game is repetitive, its the gameplay loop of a coop horde shooter, if the loop is fun then i dont have a problem

[Ledion]

for the most part theres a lot of different misions and submisions,i even got an escort the civilians one ,that should spice the missions quite nicely, but if you mean ure gonna be shooting at things every game? then yes, that part never changes

[Bonobo]

I'm not sure wtf did you expect for a wave, loot grind based shooter. You can apply the same repetitive arguments for any game in the genre - Left4Dead, World War Z, Warframe, Destiny, Remnant etc.

If you don't enjoy grinding, co-op play, progression, seasons and battle passes for years to come, this game isn't for you.

[Malidictus]

Originally posted by Jinshushei:

Does it seem repetitive?

You get more variety at higher difficulty settings. Specifically, more armoured enemies which require either anti-materiel weapons or weak point hits. Bug Tanks especially all but require anti-tank stuff. You CAN shoot them in the butt, but it takes a long time to bring them down this way.

At the end of the day, though, Helldivers is a repetitive game. It's the nature of its design. Drop to a location, kill waves of enemies, do a few objectives, then extract. It's quite similar to something like Deep Rock Galactic in that way. If the moment-to-moment gameplay doesn't keep you interested, the overall game probably won't.

Originally posted by Satyrical:

Yes, because it's been 24 hours and we're still on the same damn planets. No progress or loss has been made in the campaign. In Helldivers 1 the planets would shift control ever few hours typically...

I think the developers set the bar for progress way too high relative to the player base and the speed of progression. Helldivers had a lot of high-level players with both the skill and the gear to clear high difficulty scenarios quickly. Meanwhile, I'm here struggling to clear difficulty 3 out of 9 waiting for an anti-tank weapon unlock or a few backpack :)

Might have to either help us artificially or lower the requirements.

[Jinshushei]

Originally posted by Bonobo:

I'm not sure wtf did you expect for a wave, loot grind based shooter. You can apply the same repetitive arguments for any game in the genre - Left4Dead, World War Z, Warframe, Destiny, Remnant etc.

If you don't enjoy grinding, co-op play, progression, seasons and battle passes for years to come, this game isn't for you.

I was expecting more than few enemies with small variations on each difficulty. If this is subject to change as the planets change, I'm open to it. All those games you listed can be arguably bad for the same idea, except Remnant.

[GustavoM]

It's a tactical shooter at heart where the "fun" lies on switching between weapons and tactical options at the same time.

[HeartPurity]

it is very very repetitive with clunky movement.

[HeartPurity]

Originally posted by GustavoM:

It's a tactical shooter at heart where the "fun" lies on switching between weapons and tactical options at the same time.

while the new weapon takes days or weeks or months to grind for. There is only ONE primary gun, ONE pistol and ONE secondary gun for players to play with from start.

[HeartPurity]

not to mention the shiny elemental weapon is only available in the premium warbond.

[HeartPurity]

Originally posted by Bonobo:

I'm not sure wtf did you expect for a wave, loot grind based shooter. You can apply the same repetitive arguments for any game in the genre - Left4Dead, World War Z, Warframe, Destiny, Remnant etc.

If you don't enjoy grinding, co-op play, progression, seasons and battle passes for years to come, this game isn't for you.

WRONG, if the game is fun, players don't mind grinding. You have to have the top-notch core gameplay if you have such little contents and barren landscape you have there. The background setting can be varied for each planet but it is empty.

[II-KING-II]

I found GTA repetitive, drive there shoot that, repeat.

I guess you could say that for most games.

[Elvi]

Originally posted by HeartPurity:

Originally posted by GustavoM:

It's a tactical shooter at heart where the "fun" lies on switching between weapons and tactical options at the same time.

while the new weapon takes days or weeks or months to grind for. There is only ONE primary gun, ONE pistol and ONE secondary gun for players to play with from start.

1. It really takes couple hours to unlock a decent selection of weapons. Weeks and months? If you play 5 minutes a day or manage to fail every mission maybe.
2. May I ask you why is it always the people who don't have the game that have the strongest opinions about the game?