Helldivers 2 Has Managed To Pull Off Something No Game Ever Has Before

Following its release on February 8, took the world by storm and achieved an unimaginable gaming feat. The sequel to the 2015 game delivered a cooperative experience like none other in the gaming space, encouraging an unprecedented amount of teamwork and collaboration. Although playing solo is an option in, it requires a very specific build and presents a much greater challenge than diving in with other players.

is a third-person shooter in which players jump in with parties of up to four and fight to reclaim once-peaceful areas for Super Earth. Plenty of other games in the past, such as,, and promote teamwork, but not to the same level as. For the first time in gaming history, hundreds of thousands of players are all locked into the same goal: fighting against the Terminids and Automatons in the name of liberation.

In terms of what has accomplished by getting people to come together and work toward a goal, the only apt comparison is. When raid bosses were first introduced in, the community was more unified than ever before, but there was still a PvP element present that had some players at odds. With no PvP, encourages and almost forces collaboration, similar to, but on an exponentially larger scale.

Fortunately for fans of 's PvE format, CEO of Arrowhead Studios, Johan Pilestedt via X, has confirmed that PvP will never be added to the game. Working together with friends or even random players to take down the dangerous Terminids and Automatons is the best part of, and it isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Smart creative choices and fundamentally sound mechanics have made the war to spread Managed Democracy one of the biggest displays of synergy in gaming history.

Over the years, many live-service games such as have made the mistake of trying to accomplish too much without truly honing one singular aspect. Players have an acute awareness of any game that lacks identity, and without true direction, live-service games can have a short life cycle. is the perfect