I love, in no particular order: 3rd person shooters, objective control modes, horde modes, co-op with friends, collectathons, strong satirical tone, great atmosphere, orchestral music, and destroying bugs. HELLDIVERS 2 gives me all of these things, in one package, and with such strong design and atmosphere choices, that's it's hard for me to think of the last time a game spoiled me so lavishly.

It sucks that it's basically unplayable as a single-player experience, but with friends this is one of the most fun gaming experiences I've had in some time. My greatest fear is that they'll fuck up the long term rollout of content and this will turn into a graveyard. But for now: LET FREEDOM RING!

Reviewed on Mar 19, 2024


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