Arrowhead Recreation Studios has introduced a brand new replace for Helldivers 2, and I’m already feeling a bit of bit afraid of among the new bugs and bots we’ll be dealing with on the battlefield. Escalation of Freedom goes to be the biggest patch but for Helldivers 2, and it features a new issue, new biomes, new enemies, and plenty of quality-of-life modifications.
Gamers will have the ability to go on Issue 10 runs, also referred to as Tremendous Helldives. These missions can have monumental bot fortresses, infinite waves of baddies, and rewards to match. There are additionally a bunch of recent goals that can be added to different issue ranges, together with ones the place gamers need to babysit a bug larva in a backpack. It’s a bit of bit like Demise Stranding, besides as an alternative of constructing roads and transporting cargo, you’re fleeing from Bile Titans and Stalkers.
There can be some new enemies to fret about as effectively. The Terminids can be backed up by the Impaler, a infamous risk from the primary Helldivers. The Impaler bunkers down and summons tentacles from beneath the earth, that are an enormous risk that counters the same old run-and-gun technique gamers use in opposition to bugs. If that wasn’t dangerous sufficient, there’s a brand new Charger variation: the Spore Charger, who cloaks itself in fog. The Brood Commander additionally has a brand new boss: the Terminid Alpha Commander.
The Automatons can be beefed up as effectively, with a brand new Rocket Tank. Arrowhead teased extra additions to the robotic ranks, however we’ll have to attend to search out out extra. I’m positive the black gap gamers opened up just lately received’t have any disagreeable surprises of its personal; that looks like it received’t backfire on us spectacularly afterward.
The standard-of-life fixes have one main spotlight: an finish to grief kicking. Presently, gamers can boot an unsuspecting ally from the sport, which means they earn no rewards from the match — it’s a very imply type of griefing. Now, if a participant is kicked, they may spawn into a brand new session as host, and so they’ll hold all of the goodies collected by the workforce within the earlier session. There are different modifications coming, together with to the social menu, however this one is a large repair for one of many sport’s most irritating points.
Escalation of Freedom is about to launch on August 6 on each PC and PlayStation 5.
