Helldivers 2’s Equipment of Oppression replace is tasking Tremendous Earth’s best with conquering the “darkish coronary heart of socialism” and up to now, issues are usually not going effectively.
The second section of the invasion of the Automaton homeworld of Cyberstan duties Helldivers with slaying 700 million Automaton forces within the subsequent day or so so as to clear the way in which for a full-scale invasion. That half goes effectively sufficient, with gamers as of writing having already defeated effectively over 270 million Automatons.
It is the opposite a part of the operation that’s wanting dicey. As a part of the invasion, the complete Helldivers 2 neighborhood collectively has 200 million lives so as to conquer Cyberstan. Only a few hours after the replace went stay, the neighborhood has already misplaced greater than half of that quantity, with round 94 million lives remaining at the moment.
As detailed in a blog post from developer Arrowhead Studios, the invasion of Cyberstan is a “nice danger” and “each demise will probably be counted.” If the reinforcement counter ought to attain zero, the battle will probably be misplaced.
“Helldivers, we can not lose to this renewed Cyborg menace,” the weblog reads. “Your targets should be accomplished whereas making certain maximal lifespans for all divers. Stim your squadmates, convey defensive stratagems, and survive as you struggle your method throughout Cyberstan, destroying the manufacturing unit cities collectively!”
What, precisely, is making this invasion so tough? The Automatons have deployed new enemies which may be acquainted to those that performed the primary Helldivers–the Cyborgs. These new enemies, just like the closely armored Agitator and the propaganda-spewing Vox Engine (which additionally spews rockets and lasers), look to be giving the Helldivers a run for his or her cash as they drop into closely fortified Automaton manufacturing unit cities.
Fortunately, Helldivers do have some new toys to assist take care of the Automaton menace with the discharge of the current Siege Breakers Warbond. The DLC added a number of new weapons, together with a laser shotgun, explosive demolition hammer, and a large expendable anti-tank launcher able to wiping out whole enemy bases.
The march on Cyberstan started not lengthy after Tremendous Earth deployed its new tremendous weapon, the Star of Peace. After gamers voted on which planet the Dying Star-esque weapon would destroy, the plans to it have been (allegedly) stolen by the Automatons. To forestall the socialist-loving bots from constructing their very own world-destroying weapon, the fascistic Tremendous Earth has tasked the Helldivers with ending the Automaton menace as soon as and for all.
It is simply the most recent chapter within the ongoing Helldivers 2 saga, one which final yr noticed gamers conquering the bug-infested homeworld of the Terminids so as to declare its treasured assets (and having to battle its large Hive Lords alongside the way in which).
Outdoors the sport’s narrative, Arrowhead has been arduous at work on optimizing Helldivers 2, with the studio prioritizing extra frequent patches to handle important bugs and an effort to cut back the sport’s large file dimension on PC.