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Starship Troopers just got a massive viewership bump with the launch of Helldivers 2.
Just curious, as someone who hasn't looked up much about it, does Helldivers 2 have the satirical themes as Starship Troopers, too? Or is it just about fighting bugs in space?
The game is about spreading Managed Democracy to protect our way of life, with tip screens like "If an alien ever attempts to engage in negotiation, SHOOT THEM. We mustn't believe their lies," and "Helldivers who fail an objective do not get sent to freedom camps. This is merely a dissident rumor," and "Remember: FREEDOM!"
There's an entire mission objective based on raising a flag while you salute it, with cameras recording it for the millions of innocent civilians back home you're protecting with the gentle outreach of an iron fist.
While spreading peace through the galaxy, your character will shout things like "Say hello to democracy!", "Freedom never sleeps!", "How about a nice cup of liber-tea?!", "How do you like the taste of FREEDOM?!", and "You'll never destroy our way of life!"
The PA on the ship announces things like "Every bullet fired is a freedom seed planted in the hearts of our enemies," and "Do not think of rebels as human. If our views are alien to them, they are alien to us."
The game might have a slight satirical lean.
That summary and game trailer is beautiful and hilarious lol. It totally brings me back to Starship Troopers. I want to play it even more now lol.
Yep, it's heavily inspired by starship troopers.
Oh yeah. And you need to lean it to it. Democracy and Freedom are practically deities in the game. You'll hear young men and women shout about democracy while commiting interplanetary war crimes, and pleading for liberty to save them when one of their limbs get blown to hell.
Omg this sounds amazing actually. I kind of want to play it now lol.
It's excellent. Easily worth the 40 or so bucks. The community is pretty solid, although there are a lot of whiners who complain non-stop about how they can't solo the hardest objectives on the toughest difficulty in a game designed around 4 person co-op. Honestly, the dev has been doing a great job of making all the tools viable and rewarding under the right circumstances. I find myself trying to equip for the mission and my team instead of just take "the best meta loadout".