Does Helldivers count as an MMORPG???

[spacemarine2022]

The game has a massive multiplayer scene, focuses around a huge war of which you are a part, you can customize your character, and it feels like your a part of a massive world kinda like Phantasy Star online 2. (Not the crappy NGS)

So, if this logic is true, is it like a stealth revival of the mmorpg genre?

[Druark]

No. MMOs place everyone in the same world/realm/instance. This does not, you play with 3 other people.

The galactic war is a community mechanic but not an MMO. Other games have had similar but less important systems before.

[Vali Riversong]

RPGs typically have more in-depth mechanics than HD2 does. There's no skill points or perk systems that you allocate points into, where here you just pick weapons and armors with specific pre set stats.

[Five™]

never

[Some Dumb Dog]

No, but the idea of a world that is influenced by the community of the game is relevant, and I see where you're coming from. It's also not tabtarget so I get to enjoy it, so that's a plus.
But I think more like Chromehounds.

[GHDW]

It's just a G

[Illumina]

If places are not persistent and player counts in actual play aren't massive it's not.

[voidCaster]

Originally posted by spacemarine2022:

The game has a massive multiplayer scene, focuses around a huge war of which you are a part, you can customize your character, and it feels like your a part of a massive world kinda like Phantasy Star online 2. (Not the crappy NGS)

So, if this logic is true, is it like a stealth revival of the mmorpg genre?

There was a solid month and a half where I would have said YES, it's nothing but an MMORPG disguised as a shooter.

The elements of an MMO include the "player influenced world" and the "basic attacks do little good, but timeout and cooldown based powers do a lot" and the whole concepts of "grinding" and "flashpoints." For the month that all the weapons were nerfed, and there were no tactics at all except "run and gun," yep, HD2 was nothing but a low-grade MMO which only had Flashpoints.

Since they brought back the ability to stealth, attack from long range without triggering a massive and unending ♥♥♥♥-show, and they fixed some of the weapons, it has been a shooter again.

[Dynamiez]

But imagine for Helldivers 3:

A massive open world where all players are visible and you have to actually drive or fly to the next objectives

[Khal'cynee]

Originally posted by Dynamiez:

But imagine for Helldivers 3:

A massive open world where all players are visible and you have to actually drive or fly to the next objectives

planetside but PVE oriented
my wet dream

[Evono]

Yes helldivers by definition is a Massive Multiplayer Online Game.
so a MMOG , i wouldnt call it a MMORPG.

[Chocbomb]

It's a co-op arena shooter with a friends list that short-circuits.

[Nikke]

Originally posted by Evono:

Yes helldivers by definition is a Massive Multiplayer Online Game.
so a MMOG , i wouldnt call it a MMORPG.

No, it's just a multiplayer online game. Massive in this context means there would be tons of players you can interact in the world just doing their own thing. This is not the case.

[Pierre117]

4 players in one lobby is not massive