Helldivers 2 Review

The fight for Super Earth continues in Helldivers 2, the sequel to developer Arrowhead Game Studio’s 2015 original, in which fans join the ranks of the galaxy’s most elite extermination squad. Unlike the original top-down shooter, Helldivers 2 offers third-person action, enlisting players in an expansive cooperative campaign to rid the galaxy’s various sectors of the Terminid and Automaton scourge. The title features no true beginning or end, opting instead for a form of progression that pools the entire community's collective efforts in freeing individual planets and expanding the galaxy. However, Helldivers 2 makes this slow struggle truly addictive, by immersing players in a world in which failure is just as fun, and ten times as funny, as a glorious victory. One week into Super Earth’s campaign to control the galaxy, Helldivers 2 has already proven itself one of modern gaming’s best co-op titles, and a must-play experience for the PS5.