Helldivers 2 Charger Bug Replicates An Iconic 90s Sci-Fi Movie Scene

One of the many beautiful aspects of is the game's capacity to drive organic storytelling during the battleground's chaos. Over 450,000 players have banded together to complete intergalactic missions sent by the enigmatic gamemaster Joel. However, as Helldivers spread managed democracy across the known galaxy, some encounter scenarios that have played out in another universe 27 years ago.

Arrowhead Game Studios received praise for the cinematic nature of the. Explosions feel heavy, and the voices of the soldiers themselves are guttural. Despite the film-like quality of the game, few expect player-driven scenes to be almost a play-by-play replication of sci-fi films. In a space where life imitates art, one player accidentally recreated the famous scene when Rico shoots a tanker from its back from the film .

's connections to reach beyond lore and in-game storytellingOne Reddit user, Theycallme_Jul, shared an epic battle. The Helldiver confronts a horde of deadly Terminids, the typical fare at first. However, as an errant charger rushes the soldier, he gets trapped underneath the belly of the beast. Quickly, he scrambles on the bug's back by pure chance. Taking a line straight out of, the soldier unloads his entire clip onto the Terminid's back, hoping that at least a single bullet will pierce its thick armor.

The moment ends as quickly as it started. Unfortunately for the Helldiver, his tale ended in tragedy, thrown off by the bug and marked as another casualty. Despite Rico surviving the encounter while the subject of the video did not, the scene's resemblance to is uncanny. While certainly, another soldier will reinforce the remaining squadmates, viewers should never forget the sacrifice that Theycallme_Jul made to spread managed democracy across the known systems.

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