Why Helldivers 2 Outdoes The Real Starship Troopers Game

Hijacking my Sony comment to add that it takes a long time to write, research, film, and edit a video when you still have an actual job. Most of this video was written at the end of March. So with that in mind: "Guns are well balanced and continue to improve every update" - hasn't aged well, the last few updates have made things worse. Original comment: Well I guess the timing of this video is pretty ironic, as today it was announced that by the end of the month you will HAVE to sign into a PSN account to play, which is not supported in some regions. I'm hoping something changes soon because otherwise I could see this really hurting the games longevity, and it's just a very anti-consumer practice. Either way, thanks for watching, like and sub and all that stuff, new video by the end of the month. Edit: Sony backed down, big win for democracy

Helldivers 2 is one of the only games I’ve played where the gameplay is cooler than the trailers

Lmao Helldivers 2 was the worst thing to ever happen to Starship Troopers Extermination. That dev team must be drinking themselves to sleep every night.

Helldivers just really understands how to do the 4 idiots try to accomplish a task game design

Biggest issue for Helldivers imho is the fact that the community blasts through content way faster than Arrowhead can release it.

ST:E thought the best part of the franchise was the arachnids. Helldivers knew that it was the propaganda. Would you like to know more?

I have 100+ hours spend in HD2 and I still get goosebumps when the theme starts to play. Makes me longing for diving in and spreading managed democracy over the galaxy. The really got me. The immersion is awesome.

Considering ST:E player base fell 87% after a month, you can't blame HD2 for the failure of ST:E.

Soo inspired by Starship Troopers, that Helldivers has a planet named Klan Dath II 🤣🤣🤣

One should not underestimate how much Helldivers 2 is just a polished third person remake of Helldivers 1. Arrowhead won this battle back in 2015, then proceeded to stomp on any competition by making the sequel.

I've been gaming for like 30+ years at this point and I can't remember the last time I've had this much fun with a co-op game.

Starship troopers extermination is still early access and is actually still being actively developed with major changes still being added into the game. But, like so many other games, they're suffering the cancer of early access. The main population that was excited to play the game, started playing it at the start of early access. The game isn't complete, with very little unique content... So they got bored of it quickly, and left the game, before it is even completed.

Helldivers 2 is the age old question of "What if Zap Brannigan made a video game?"

250+ hours in, i still hum the drop pod theme as we are falling into a mission

Helldive difficulty just feels like conveniently retreating towards the objectives.

8:54 The dropships showing up and just VIOLENTLY SHITTING OUT BOTS. Perfect.

12:12 "Stuff gets heated in Helldivers." And that is not including the fire tornadoes

I don't a single person who I've played helldivers 2 not immedately jam out to the sound track as we jump.

I honestly feel like the most significant difference is how fun it is to actually shoot bugs (and bots of course) in H2 in comparison to SST:E. The weightiness and viscerally of the gunplay and combat in H2 feels very satisfying, particularly with how bugs dismember and tear apart as you shoot them. In SST:E, I just don’t think it’s fun enough to do what you spend most of your time doing - and that’s shooting bugs. It’s not only about that, but it’s a comparison that’s appropriate. The music and sound design are also vastly superior in H2. It’s a lot of things, but these things are key for me.

Starship Troopers: Extinction took some interesting design choices, but I think the more simplistic approach with Helldivers shows that going bigger isnt always better. Not to mention people feel invested in the world of Helldivers