Helldivers 2 Review Update - Now on Xbox Series X/S

Finally, a small much than a twelvemonth and a fractional aft release, Helldivers 2 has travel to Xbox, and those who inactive subscribe to The House Halo Built tin yet driblet into Hell with the remainder of us. A batch has changed betwixt present and erstwhile I archetypal reviewed it, truthful this felt similar a bully clip to reevaluate 1 of past year’s biggest (and astir enduringly successful) games. So I fired up my Xbox and spent respective hours serving up blistery cups of Liber-tea and bringing managed ideology to the galaxy. And you cognize what? Helldivers 2 is inactive beauteous large – and there’s a batch much of it.

Before I dive (get it? Do you get it?) into the changes, it mightiness beryllium a bully thought to springiness the ol’ peepers a refresh of what I primitively wrote:

Every present and then, you second-guess a reappraisal people you’ve fixed aft the particulate has settled. That’s conscionable portion of the business. But I’ve ne'er doubted the 9 I awarded Helldivers 2 backmost successful ‘24. I had an implicit blast, particularly with friends, and present that I’ve jumped backmost successful aft immoderate clip away, it rapidly got its hooks successful maine again erstwhile I boarded the Elected Representative of Family Values. What a boat. So, what’s new? Glad you asked, chap citizens of Super Earth.

The Illuminate are Back, and They’re a Little Miffed

The biggest summation since Helldivers 2’s motorboat is the Illuminate, a 3rd force faction that primitively appeared successful the archetypal Helldivers but were conspicuously absent from Helldivers 2 astatine launch. The Tyranids Terminids and the Automations are inactive around, of course, and you tin inactive spell connected a bug hunt oregon sojourn Space Vietnam if that’s your bag, but the Illuminate are thing other entirely. They’re technologically advanced, equipped with plasma weapons and starships, but they besides bring the horrors with War of the Worlds-style walkers and zombified erstwhile citizens of Super Earth known arsenic the Voteless (Super Earth propaganda ne'er misses) and Fleshmobs, which are Frankenstein’s monster-esque fusions of a clump of Voteless. For my money, they’re tougher than the Terminids and the Automatons, but besides weirdly little absorbing to combat due to the fact that they unit you to play around their nastiness alternatively of interacting withit. Still, we emotion america immoderate variety, and it’s bully that they’re back.

Started from the Bottom, Now We’re Back astatine the Bottom

The motorboat of the Xbox mentation of Helldivers 2 might’ve seemed similar a bully clip for Arrowhead to yet instrumentality cross-progression crossed that and the PlayStation and PC versions, but it was not to be. If you similar to play connected Xbox, you’ll beryllium starting from quadrate 1 if you marque that switch. To beryllium clear, cross-play has been determination from the leap and present works crossed each 3 platforms, but it was a bummer to suffer each my worldly erstwhile I switched platforms for the purposes of this reappraisal update.

It’s besides much than a small overwhelming due to the fact that there’s conscionable a batch much here. More enemies, much missions, much worldly to unlock. At motorboat I felt similar I was smoothly eased in, since I was fundamentally forced to instrumentality connected the Terminids, level up, and past combat the Automatons. Many of the folks I played with successful the past fewer days, immoderate of whom were caller recruits, were a small confused astir however things worked, due to the fact that contempt each the caller worldly Arrowhead has heaped onto Helldivers 2 to support the thriving assemblage happy, the tutorial hasn’t changed. It inactive doesn’t thatch you however to power your weapon’s occurrence mode oregon scope magnification, and portion determination are much tutorial pop-ups now, they’re really much annoying than helpful.

Where Does He Get All These Wonderful Toys?

But the enemies aren’t the lone ones that person immoderate caller tech. At launch, determination were a mates Warbonds to unlock: One large 1 that was free, and different you had to wage for. Spending medals you earned from completing missions successful a Warbond would let you to unlock caller weapons, armor, capes, existent wealth currency, and truthful on. Now, determination are implicit a dozen, and each but that archetypal 1 outgo existent wealth currency to unlock. They outgo astir $10 a pop, truthful you tin spot however that’d adhd up beauteous quickly. Now, you tin find that existent wealth currency connected missions and gain it successful different Warbonds, truthful you technically don’t have to walk your currency to get different Warbond oregon two, but people grinding that retired volition instrumentality a long, agelong time. And each of the caller Warbonds (each of which has a unsocial theme) tin marque it a small confusing for caller folks who mightiness privation to cognize what to unlock first. My proposal is to max retired the escaped Warbond, and past look done them and prime 1 with worldly that speaks to your playstyle. If you truly person to prime one, though, I’d urge Democratic Detonations, which is conscionable bully astatine everything.

The upside of caller Warbonds is that determination are a batch of caller toys to play with. Mechs, vehicles, guns, armor, chemic weapons for warfare transgression enthusiasts, and truthful on. There’s adjacent a $15 Halo ODST-themed Warbond that was released with the Xbox version, and I can’t lie, the worldly determination looks beauteous cool. It’s conscionable a shame each of the goodies you tin really usage volition either outgo you currency oregon a full batch of time. New players without a batch of wealth to propulsion astir are truly acold behind.

It’s Still Very Buggy (Complimentary?)

Helldivers 2 has ever had bugs – I mean, c’mon, the Legally Distinct Tyranids Terminids are close determination – but the Xbox motorboat has reminded maine of conscionable however buggy Helldivers 2 is sometimes. I’ve seen missing textures, kills being attributed to the incorrect people, items floating successful mid air, and truthful on. Probably the funniest are the desync errors that had made my teammates spot maine slithering astir connected the crushed alternatively of doing my mean manly running, but yeah, successful the expansive strategy of things Helldivers 2 ever has been (and inactive is) beauteous buggy. I don’t deliberation it’s that large of a woody due to the fact that arsenic I said I’m having a large clip with it and the servers held up good for maine and my group, but it is worthy pointing out.

A Hell of a Time

If you’ve ne'er experienced Helldivers 2 (or you’re conscionable looking to travel back), there’s astir apt ne'er been a amended clip to leap successful than close now. There’s a ton of caller players to squad up and larn the ropes with, there’s much contented than ever, and it’s inactive an implicit blast with friends. Going backmost to Helldivers 2 aft a mates of months distant reminded maine of however overmuch I emotion it, and it’s already worked its mode backmost into my regular rotation. This crippled inactive rules, and adjacent with its bugs and excessive Warbonds to bargain oregon grind done I can’t urge it enough, particularly if you tin find a dedicated group. Now get retired there, soldier. Managed ideology ain’t gonna dispersed itself.