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Kinda curious why someone would play this over Deep Rock Galactic. Is it just because it's new?
They're very different games. Helldivers 2 is a lot more straightforward.
A lot of people don't like the light management in DRG, for instance.
Ah okay, so it's a bit more casual? Would have thought the opposite given the art direction.
The first few difficulties are a cakewalk just like Haz 1-3 of DRG. It escalates to damn near hopeless on difficulty 7-9, even worse than most DD or EDD on DRG.
The sense of camaraderie the game instills in your team is very DRG-ish as well. It’s more approachable in the art style than DRG though since it’s semi-realism over the cell shading-ish look of DRG
I think "approachable" is a more apt term than casual. From what I've seen so far it's easy to start, hard to master. On the surface level it's a run and gun horde shooter. But a lot of mechanics are well thought out and deep.
Plus being thematically similar to Starship Troopers makes it easier to sell to my friend group because it's a known quantity that they can understand. Additionally, the heavy PlayStation promotion of it makes it essentially a second party title, so people who trust PS exclusives will likely trust this as well.
+Dramatic airsupport and very friendly fire
It's third person, it's not in caves, and half the fight isn't against the terrain and darkness.
Exactly. Why play it?