Despite those small story issues, Helldivers conquers its fair share of stars. For those with a team waiting, the delicious bits of gun-based carnage will far outweigh any and all feelings that come with the "oh, we're doing this again" doldrums, and even those without steady play friends will find...

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Following their success with the Gauntlet reboot last year, Arrowhead has delivered another great 4-player co-op game in Helldivers, . While much of the core gameplay shares similar mechanics they've done a great job at using existing tech to make something different.

What do you get when you mix a healthy dose of Starship Troopers, a dash of Mass Effect, a small pinch of Killzone: Liberation, and a nice helping of Starcraft, and lay it down over a four-player co-op system? You get Arrowhead Studios' latest offering, Helldivers.

Helldivers is an entertaining cosmic shooter, if you're playing in a dedicated team. It's an experience that can be had solo, but is intended for a team of four, if those four will actually work together, and in my experience, that can't happen with randoms online.

+ Fun twin-stick shooter; + Enemies are challenging; and it can be tense; + Co-op design; when playing with mates

- Objectives are fairly boring; - Very repetitive; - Terrible story; - Playing with randoms sucks

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Great Fun With Other People | Many References to Classic Movies | A Good Challenge | The Victory Music

A Bit Repetitive | Not Good for Solo Players | Minor Bugs | Takes A While To Gain Access to Everything

The most fun you can have while accidentally shooting your friends.

A well designed, challenging and entertaining shooter that's best appreciated as a multiplayer game. More variety in mission types would help it feel less of a grind, however. 4 /5

Helldivers is an isometric, multiplayer-focused twin stick shooter from the creators of Magicka, where players assume the role of freedom fighters whose jo

"Repetitious gameplay and awkward controls make this a less of a ‘dive' and more of a crash landing"