Recent reviews by U1

I love this game.
It's really fun to explore, build your base, look for items etc.
The graphics really works for this game I think, although I would love to see the level of graphics as in "How to survive" or "Dead state".
Co-op is fantastic as well, I often play with 3 friends and it takes it to another level.
Sure there are things to iron out, mostly to do with inventory and interaction systems, however overall it is a very solid experience.

Highly recommended!

With only 2.3h playtime one might think that is not enough time to review the game.
But I have played a lot of tactical sims, most recently Ready or Not which is great.
And I have to say this is better in almost every aspect.

Pros:
Amazing sounds, its right up there with the absolute best.
Gun play is amazing, and the weapon mods are fantastic.
Maps are gorgeous and well thought out.
effects are really good.
Super fun team play.

Cons:
AI is not always that great at times.
Some glitches and bugs but it is early access and I'm confident they will get sorted out.
Not that many servers, but that's not really an issue if you play with friends.

If you like Ready or Not then I'm positive that you will love this game.

Played two rounds.
Hackers.
First round someone just shot everyone within a few seconds of the round starting.
Then some guy spawns with a gun in the lobby with infinite ammo and kept killing the host over and over.
Refunded

---Update 4---
Jumped in after that latest patch.
Nothing exciting, new weapons and stratagems isn't going to stop this game from being ultra repetitive.
I gave up and quit the game out of boredom before even completing the mission i joined.

Democracy apparently means boring and repetitive.

---- Update 3 ----
I give it a 6/10

Well I have put in a number of hours now.
It is still repetitive and the maps are always the same.
However it is good casual fun.
It is such a rewarding sound, hearing your turrets turn a bunch of bugs into juice.

That said, I still think progression is super slow (unless you pay) and the weapons are so so.
It is not a bad game, but I still think it is was hyped up way more than it deserved.
It can be pretty fun at times, so I'm really on the fence if I recommend it or not, but I'm gonna go with updating it to a yes.

--- End update 3 ---


I played around 4 hours, which is not that long obviously, however I will try to break down my experience so far into pros and cons and a short conclusion.

----- update 2 -----
I'm at around 34 hour in the game.
At this stage it is still extremely repetitive.
There are no unlocks that I want left, not that there were that many to begin with.
The game desperately needs more content, weapons mods, loot, story for missions etc.
----- end of update 2 ----


----- update -----
I have played for 9 hours, and I feel like I have been playing the same map over and over and over.
Can't say I'm enjoying this game that much, even with friends it gets old really fast.
Playing a few Quick games with other randoms have all but one ended up with me getting kicked for no reason at the last minute during extraction so I get nothing for helping out for 20 min.
----- end of update ----

Pros:
Overall good to great sound FX.
Some fun moments when playing co-op while waiting for extraction.
Fun gun play when unloading on a swarm of bugs.


Cons:
Extremely repetitive.

The unlock system is terrible, it forces me to unlock amour and capes and other sh*t that I don't want. But that's the only way to be able to unlock items in the following tier.

The Automatons missions are boring as F***, boring maps, boring enemies, boring everything.
Janky character movement, and floaty aim, not a big deal but makes the game feel unpolished.

Maps feel dead with little life except for the occasional patrols, and very few incentives to explore, compounded by the fact that there is virtually nothing you can interact with in the world map.

Missions mostly consists of run there do something while facing limited resistance, making missions a repetitive blocker before reaching the exciting part, that is...the last 2 minutes while waiting for extraction. At which point it becomes World War Z defending a point from waves of enemies until the timer reaches 0.


Conclusion at 4 hours of game time:
It's not as amazing as it is made out to be, its an OK game that has its moment but that is it.
Missions are pretty mundane, and instead of being the main event of the game missions feel like fillers to pad game play time by making you run between a number of points on the map, but the most action is the extraction that lasts for 2 minutes at the very end of the mission.

Another issue I have is that so far nothing really feels like a threat, if I get killed it is more likely to be by a team mate than a Bug or Bot. That kinda removes a lot of the thrill of engagements in Helldivers 2. On the rare occasion you do get killed by an enemy is more likely to be one of the following reasons: you ran out of ammo, You were reloading a support weapon and got swarmed, you ran over a mine, you glitched and got stuck inside the map, an enemy glitched and suddenly is behind you.

There is potential, but right now my view is that at its core this game will be very repetitive fast, unless they start dropping in more content and add more variety.
At this point I would rather wait for it to go on sale.

Great fun most of the time. However it is pretty annoying to be thrown into a game and it ends seconds after you joined it. Or you end a single player on a team vs 2-3 full teams. And this happens rather frequently.

I gave Virginia a handgun, and she turned from being a shy scared mutant who occasionally gave me berries and other resources into a bloodthirsty trigger happy mass murderer without a hit of empathy in like 2 seconds. 10/10

This might be my new favorite game.
Graphics, immersion, sound effects it is all there, and really pulls you into the game.

it can be super intense and sometimes it can be running for 5 min without a single enemy. However it doesn't really matter, because you will become acutely aware how fast you die from thinking you are "safe". And once you got that awareness the tension never really goes away.
If they can stop those few but pesky hackers it will be a solid 10/10 right now I'm gonna leave it at 8/10.

Ghost Recon: Turkey season would have been a more proper name.

Boring and repetitive, Boring and repetitive, Boring and repetitive, Boring and repetitive.
That is what this game is like, Boring and repetitive. .
With a measly 24hrs on record since I bought it, I still feel like I finished it multiple times...because it is so boring and repetitive.

Locations look the same all over the map, towns, houses, cars, large empty spaces.
There is zero excitement doing missions, you often see your "AI" teammates stand 20 cm from an enemy and still fail spot them or engage them even when you are hunted. While other times they spot them from miles away through mountains.

Santa Blanca also seems to posses cloning tech since they seem to have an endless number of foot soldiers readily available.
I'm pretty sure I have put a rather significant dent in the Bolivian population numbers but they just keep on coming.

I tried giving this game chance after chance coming back to it every now and then, but it is the same disappointment every time
I wouldn't buy it even if it was on sale for $1.

I love this game!
Used to play it on the Amiga back in the day, and they really did a fantastic job on the remake.
10/10

Mundane. Just played roughly 20min as I couldn't get the sound to work. But it was enough to get bored. Refunded right away after seeing the amount of other players having the same issue.