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Helldivers 2
2024 · PC · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S · Third-person shooter · Co-op shooter · Action · Live service
3 scored sources · 2 countries contributing scores
Review consensus
Helldivers 2 is a remarkably entertaining cooperative shooter built around chaotic teamwork, punchy gunplay, and spectacularly destructive stratagems. Its randomized missions, escalating difficulty, rewarding progression, and satirical Starship Troopers-inspired tone create memorable stories of heroic successes and hilarious disasters. Friendly fire, limited resources, demanding objectives, and constant enemy pressure make communication and squad coordination essential, while solo play and random matchmaking are considerably less satisfying. Critics consistently praised the combat, mission variety, humor, and co-op design, though launch connectivity problems, technical roughness, complex controls, and a slow upgrade grind kept it from being flawless.
Limited geographic coverage. Treat this score as an early indication.
Last researched: 2026-09-17
Pros
- Excellent cooperative combat and squad coordination
- Punchy gunplay and spectacular stratagems
- Funny satire and emergent battlefield moments
- Rewarding progression and varied mission scenarios
Cons
- Launch matchmaking, crashes, and connectivity problems
- Very demanding difficulty and frequent frustrating deaths
- Complex controls and mandatory friendly fire
- Slow progression toward higher-tier upgrades
Review sources
3 sources found across 2 countries. This is not exhaustive worldwide coverage.
- Push Square · United Kingdom · 84/100
- GameSpot · United States · 90/100
- Shacknews · United States · 80/100