“More GAAS games really need to think about not charging full price for these types of games.“
Agreed. $40 isn’t bad at all. I may pick it up next month after some updates have been released. Been watching quite a few people play and it looks fun!
In case you didn't know this game is no longer top down like the first one. Full on 3rd person shooter. I say that to say, no, it does not have any kind of local multiplayer.
I was in Aussie when the PS3 launched. Bought my 1st PS3 for AU$978 with RFoM and Motorstom bundled in plus a second SIXAXIS cobtroller thrown in too as free extra. I was on scholarship at the time and it was a steep price to pay but that was the best deal I could get at the time. The PS3 itself launched for the MSRP of AU$1000 just a couple months prior so I consider my purchase as a steal. But yeah, I bought almost all my games from eBay back then because game prices there is ridiculous! I only bought 2 games from retail in Aussie which was Uncharted DF which was sold for AU$78 for some reason and The Orange Box for AU$120 at EB Games. It was already THAT expensive back then. Now it must be brutal over there.
Easily my game of the PS3 generation... it sorely needs a remake for current gen. It nailed multiplayer and couch co-op at the same time. I used to get a bunch of homies to come over, we'd load up in a jeep, slap a mine on the front, drive it deep into enemy territory, they'd bail just before to go grab the flag, I'd drive the jeep into a crowd of the other team before bailing myself and watching them all blow up, then I'd go steal another jeep to drive the flag back in, one homie would steal a warhawk to provide aerial support, the other would man the gun turret in the jeep, and we'd run the flag back to base... So many good memories.
of course everybody would love to see a new IP (there's already Fairgame$ & Concord )
but sequels are still better than the remakes or remasters that Sony is churning out,
Sony has enough golden franchises that haven't seen a proper new game in around a decade or more... SOCOM, Warhawk, MAG, Wipeout (we got a remake, but not a new game), Motorstorm, DriveClub... all fantastic franchises, some that just came before their time. Yes, new IP is great, but when you have that many golden classics that need a sequel, I'd be more than happy to have that over new IP.
@RaidenBlack so counting Until Dawn as a Playstation Studio game, I guess we can count all new IPs from other developers who makes games for PS5 but not Xbox?
So it was actually 3 games then, Last of Us Part 1, Part 2 and Demon Souls.
When people say Sony is just releasing remasters/remakes, they ain't using many brain cells.
And this is exactly what Sony wants to bring to their online games. Something fun. And I don't even play online.
But you hear the usual nonsense about Sony going all GaaS. Or that Jim Ryan was turning PlayStation until a live service console. Or that Sony was going away from making single player games, etc.
Sony knows that online games are now live service games. Gamers expect a good online experience that you can play with others, that more content comes down the pike and road maps for future content. And that's exactly what online games are now. Hell Divers is just the beginning excluding the bugs in the game.
Single player AAA was and is always coming. When Sony has online games that match their single player, their platform will be feature complete.
The visceral was always towards the insanely high amount of GaaS games they are targeting. There should only be a modest amount with continued focus on single-player epic games.
FANTASTIC news. This guys felt like an indie back when the first one launched in 2015 but it was something very special. Very glad to see more Helldivers and for it to be doing so well.
Love to see it!!!
The game is rediculously fun, was a last minute purchase for me seeing as it was cheaper than the usual $120.
More GAAS games really need to think about not charging full price for these types of games.
I probably wouldn't have given it a chance at $120 as I typically don't like gaas but this is awesome.
Hopefully Sony snaps Arrowhead after this game's success 🥸
Sony, Give the Arrowhead team the Warhawk/Starhawk IP and let them come up with a proper sequel ...
Really awesome. Have had a ton of laughs with it!
Finally a multiplayer with a focus on fun gameplay. Fantastic game.