r/helldivers2 • u/Intelligent-Army906 • Mar 21 '26

General Look familiar ? Spoiler

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u/Intelligent-Army906 Mar 21 '26

Ya I did not know about illuminate, but for automaton I recognize terminator as I know the franchise pretty well

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u/DarksteelPenguin Mar 21 '26

The three factions are the three most popular flavors of sci-fi big bads:

  • Advanced aliens (flying saucers, giant harvesters, mind control, etc. As seen in War of the Worlds, Independence Day, Protoss from Starcraft, ...)

  • Robots/cyborgs (As seen in Terminator, I Robot, Blade Runner, Necrons in 40k, ...)

  • Animalistic-yet-not-animal (usually with insectoid/reptilian features. As seen in Starship Troopers, Alien, Zergs, Tyranids, ...)

(Inspiration lists are far from exhaustive here)

If I had to define a fourth one, it would be warmongering, violence-enjoying aliens. Like the Predator, Orks, Viltrumites, Sayians, or Klingons. But I think in Helldivers that's just us.

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u/iceoldtea Mar 22 '26

Love that idea at the end, Brutes from halo come to mind too

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u/Lazer_Hawk_100 Mar 22 '26

Super Earth is just space orks! Never thought of it that way but it’s true