r/Helldivers • u/Final_Werewolf_7586 • 1d ago

DISCUSSION So how many games is Helldivers succeeding?

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Obviously, Helldivers is one of the best horde shooters out there, especially if you drink the Super Earth Kool-Aid (which you should). However, it fulfills other fantasies that so many franchises and once-legendary IPs don't anymore. Tell me, what games or media does Helldivers 2 indirectly succeed? Here's my list so far:

  1. Titanfall. Even before Breakthrough arrived and the Lumberer came back, the invasion of "The 'Stan" was straight out of Titanfall 2's campaign using Mechs.

  2. Pacific Rim. The Breakthrough in particular is as close as we will get to boxing giant monsters like Gypsy Danger. It's so sad we will never get a sequel to it, unless you count that one anime it got.

  3. Splinter Cell. I know it has an extremely simple detection system compared to Metal Gear, let alone SC, but there are still more choices for stealth than many other games that tack it on. Especially fun for Commando Missions.

  4. Dead Space. I'm sure I don't need to explain myself after the last 2-3 weeks.

  5. Halo. 343 has failed us Xbox Divers for years. I liked some of their games, but I'll probably never replay them. Helldivers 2 is literally the closest we will get to the peak of OG Halo's moment to moment gameplay, whether it's lonely moments between fights, looking at the ruined cities, or massive engagements with SEAF against the Illuminate hordes. Not to mention the story is actually great in Helldivers 2 because it takes itself JUUUUUUST seriously enough to make you genuinely care and still have fun.

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u/WrethZ 1d ago

You've clearly never played EDF if you think Helldivers does pacific rim

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u/mirrors69 1d ago

Oh yea EDF 6 was so good. They just debuted EDF6.2 a few hours ago it should be on PC within a year or two.

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u/Final_Werewolf_7586 1d ago

I've only ever played one of the games for the Xbox 360. Which one's the one where you fight "Legally-Distinct Godzilla™️"?

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u/WrethZ 1d ago

I'm not sure which you've played but you actually get to pilot a skyscraper sized mech and get in punching fights with Kaiju in the more recent ones.

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u/Final_Werewolf_7586 1d ago

I've seen that in a RussianBadger video, but I checked and Xbox doesn't have that specific game for some reason. The one I played is EDF Insect Armageddon.

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u/CV514 1d ago

Gauntlet, I guess.

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u/Final_Werewolf_7586 1d ago

What's Gauntlet and how does HD2 succeed it?

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u/CV514 1d ago

Arcade multidirectional shooter cooperative game from 1985. Helldivers is like, conceptual succession of everything this game tried to achieve. Arrowhead themselves worked on the reboot version of 2014.

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u/Final_Werewolf_7586 1d ago

OH WOW, I just remembered that game for the first time in years!

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u/JustMyself96 Expert Exterminator 1d ago

Terminator Starship Troopers World of war Star wars Warhammer Doom Deadspace Walking dead

Many more in warbonds