Summary
InHelldivers 2,players can do several things before joining their companions in the fight for Super Earth. They canchange their Super Destroyer’s name, purchase and equip different weapons, and talk to the ship’s NPC staff to learn more about how humanity lives under managed democracy. While the characters aboard do share interesting tidbits, more can be done with them to teach players about the overall plot.
Once newcomers inHelldivers 2have finished the tutorial sequence, they are given their own Super Destroyer and crew. While most jump straight toward choosing a mission and facing off alien threats, some take the time to go over their ship’s crewmates. Each one has interesting pieces of dialogue, but all of them share the opinion that humanity’s fight for managed democracy is nothing but a positive. Showing only one perspective about the war can work against the game’s intrigue over its lore. With the way NPCs are currently handled, more can be done with them to interest players in learning about the game’s narrative.
Helldivers 2’s Super Destroyer Crew and What They Have to Share
A player’s Super Destroyer is essentially the central hub that allows for things likeunlocking new ship modules, choosing mission types, and so on. Those who decide to roam around the ship will discover the following NPCs whom they can converse with:
The more players choose to talk to them, the more dialogue they will produce concerning the war efforts and how the player’s actions can contribute to it. While the three occasionally share pieces of information that could intrigue the player into the game’s lore, it requires the player to exhaust their numerous lines of dialogue. Even if the player chooses to do so, the single viewpoint they share makes them feel almost identical, with very little differentiating them. Providing them with more unique experience and perspectives that change with certain updates can turn them into compelling characters with their own developing story.
Getting Helldivers to Learn More About Why They’re Fighting
AlthoughHelldivers complete major ordersfor the sake of Super Earth, the deeper reasons why they must be done are usually lost. Players see them as tasks to complete for more rewards but might be unaware of the history that required the completion of these missions in the first place. The NPCs aboard the ship may provide a few reasons that explain why players must fight, but they only focus on humanity’s side and its fight to reclaim colonized worlds. Rather than just being optional background characters to ignore, these crewmates have the potential to play a bigger role in sharing information and intriguing players into learning about the game’s plot.
Arrowhead Game Studios can use the Super Destroyer to develop NPCs that have more information and a different perspective on the war. They can come in the form of military or government officials of Super Earth who occasionally visit the player’s ship to provide new insights and explain the events that led to the war for managed democracy. These new characters can also respond to in-game events, such as whenplayers fail to complete the most recent major order inHelldivers 2, to point out the consequences of humanity’s fight. This can attract players to learn more about their directives and the implications of their actions.
WhileHelldivers 2updates address balance changesthat affect gameplay, future ones can try adding or modifying NPCs to make the in-game plot more appealing. Making memorable characters that help in telling a compelling plot is one way of ensuring that players remain interested in the game.
Helldivers 2
WHERE TO PLAY
Do you believe in freedom? Can you stand in the face of oppression – and defend the defenceless? Wage war for peace. Die for democracy.Join forces with up to three friends and wreak havoc on an alien scourge threatening the safety of your home planet, Super Earth, in this multiplayer co-op shooter for PS5 and PC from Arrowhead Game Studios.Step into the boots of the Helldivers, an elite class of soldiers whose mission is to spread peace, liberty and Managed Democracy using the biggest, baddest and most explosive tools in the galaxy.Helldivers don’t go planet side without proper backup, but it’s up to you to decide how and when to call it in. Not only do you have a host of superpowered primary weapons and customizable loadouts, you also have the ability to call on stratagems during play.Helldivers 2 features Arrowhead’s best cooperative gameplay yet. Collaboration will be vital: Teams will synergize on loadouts, strategize their approach for each mission and complete objectives together.1Enlist in Super Earth’s premier military peacekeeping force today. We are heroes… we are legends… WE ARE HELLDIVERS.
