Helldivers 1 vs 2: Some Comparisons

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In this video, I'll be taking a look at some of the key differences between Helldivers 1 and Helldivers 2. They each offer unique features and improvements.
Helldivers 1, released in 2015, introduced players to the intense combat of Super Earth's elite soldiers. The game focused on tactical gameplay, friendly fire, and challenging difficulty levels. Helldivers 2, released in 2024, builds upon the foundation of the first game with updated graphics, new weapons, and enhanced cooperative gameplay mechanics.
Join me as we compare the gameplay, visuals, weapons, enemies, and overall experience of Helldivers 1 and Helldivers 2.
If you enjoy cooperative shooters with a mix of strategy and chaos, Helldivers 1 and 2 are definitely worth checking out. Which game do you prefer? Let me know in the comments below!
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[@frags6940]

Devs pretty much admitted that the next objective is gonna “mutate” the bugs, we ain’t safe yet. 😂

[@apolloknight9521]

Next they’re gonna say the Automatons are gonna be upgraded.

[@thecommenter9678]

BRING IT OOOOOON!

[@ichijo5312]

@@apolloknight9521 ...

[@bronsonbeagle6834]

Sweet liberty

[@grievetan]

Sweet liberty, nooo!

[@Teslijah]

Another BIG difference was that in HD1 you had unlimited reinforces, but the stratagem had individual cooldowns for each player. the only way you failed is if everyone was dead at the same time. And there was no timer, you always had access to your stratagems.

[@matty1094]

I like that better, tbh.

[@CF-or3ci]

@matty1094 You were also punished for bug amounts of deaths by getting less stars

[@CF-or3ci]

You didn’t tell that almost ALL stratagems had limited use. And they never could be refilled. Like you had 10 orbital strikes and if you spent them all thats it. You can’t use them anymore. Most of the stratagem weapons could be deployed only once and if you lost them… well good luck

[@matty1094]

@@CF-or3ci Zamn

[@Teslijah]

@@CF-or3ci yeah, there were a lot more deaths to “trying to get your stuff back.” I also remember hardly ever using red stratagems because they felt too hard to use, and they were limited. I also didn’t ever go above difficulty 6, cause that was too hard for me and friends.

[@icata12345]

dude we were op as fuck in the first game in comparison

[@T4nkcommander]

Not really. Most of the gameplay and balance is pretty copy paste. The retaliatory strikes were much harder than even the new eradication missions.

[@DarthTellor]

this 100%

[@aspoiledpotato6231]

Nah, just try the 12 and 13 missions most enemies spawning were guaranteed to be always tanks and armored that you would lose all your anti tank ammo by the time you were done with 1 group, especially with the illuminates that can split your group up and you didnt have the luxury of splitting with the group since the screen is glued to the 4 helldivers

[@brotherzael7986]

@@aspoiledpotato6231 Read what you said "12 and 13" the difficulties went higher to comp for your power. What was a level 9 like in HD1 with a maxed account compared to a 9 in HD2 with a maxed account?

[@matthewrosado1936]

​@@brotherzael7986We feel like a very mid tier galaxy wide force in hd2 tbh

[@brotherzael7986]

The whole "I almost called them the N word... But I can say that" bit killed me, instant sub.

[@clawofthefallen]

I know and am glad that Helldivers 1 can be played offline with friends and stuff since it supports local play. Wish Helldivers 2 becomes that in it's end-of-service plans.

[@boom-wj1gt]

Split screen helldivers be funny

[@matchwojo7280]

God I hope so man. I don't want to not be able to play it one day when the servers die :(

[@TomNJoshPlay]

@@matchwojo7280I’m sure you’ll be bored of it long before then- or better yet, playing HD3 lol

[@ninochaosdrache3189]

@@TomNJoshPlay It's still important to keep HD2 playable. Nobody wants a second The Crew situation.

[@TomNJoshPlay]

@@ninochaosdrache3189 tru

[@guzxam]

the constant 'im gonna hold my tongue' moments are so good lol

[@BIGESTblade]

I miss cyborgs. I also hate that in the second game you are chained to your anti-tank weapon, you simply have no other way of dealing with armored enemies. In the first game Railcannon had 15 second cooldown and you could bring 4 of them at a time. In the second game sweet liberty help you it you ever lose your support weapon.

[@CF-or3ci]

Like you had ways to kill cyborg anti infantry vehicle without anti tank. And I remind you. It was a SCOUT unit. Sorry but you were chained to anti tank in the first game as well. Even automatons tanks have weak spot in the back vent. You didn’t have any alternative except anti tank weapons with cyborgs. If you want to tell me that you actually spent anti tank weapons on striders or devastators then I think problem is with you

[@BIGESTblade]

@@CF-or3ci My man never heard about quad thunderer loadout.

[@aspoiledpotato6231]

the recoiless rifle used to be the ultimate tank destroyer in helldivers 1. 2 guys would carry the gun and ammo and would be the main group dealing with tanks while the other 2 dealt with swarms n shit, so yeah even in helldivers 1 you were still pretty much chained to the support weapons just like in the 2nd game.

[@BIGESTblade]

@@aspoiledpotato6231 Recoilless rifle happened to be my favorite weapon in the first game. If you played the game any time after the release, you'd know that nobody cared for it anymore. people would run around with Rumbler, if any support weapon at all. Having multiple railcannons was also common.

[@velothosplays]

Kickass jazz music in the background while you talk all this fun stuff? Now we're cookin. Subbed!

[@Lucios1995]

Music is from Cuphead

[@thecommenter9678]

Helldivers 1 was one of my favorite games, But all my friends just up and dropped it damn near the same week and it just didn't feel good playing alone. I miss my spinny cape dance....

[@tr1bes]

You can always play with random.

[@shilombaba]

@@tr1bes BUT YOU CAN'T SPIN THE CAPE !!! :)

[@0V3RLO0K]

@@shilombaba You can though with randoms, in fact it is a universal sign of unity because in the original Helldivers you couldn't type in a chat box but instead you could only say some premade lines using the arrow buttons if you didn't have a mic. Because of the limited line selection, players would just spin frantically around while waiting in the lobby, greeting a player that joined, waiting for extract, highlighting their position, etc.

[@alex_thecarguy]

Never played the first game but this is some funny and entertaining commentary. Extra props for the effort of adding captions. Nice work.

[@bazingacopperwire667]

love the casual and hilarious commentary, and overall amazing vid. keep up the solid work sire

[@greyfells2829]

The lack of an independent camera for each player killed the first game for me.

[@ArheIy]

Nah, that's the point - it makes you stick to your squad. The second game is actually worse in the aspect of team cooperation, as we can freely separate from the team and the game (for now) has no vehicles that take 2 or more people to operate. That results in some people straying away, which isn't good in most of the cases. Overall, it's just different. The original game is *far more* team-oriented, while the sequel is not as punishing for solo players.

[@Yesnaught]

It had those Magicka couch co-op genes.

[@tr1bes]

Helldivers is about teamwork. NOT individual base. It's what you and teammates contribute to complete the task.

[@farcy3insanitymeme]

This is actually a really good video, keep it up man!

[@Bluubat]

Thanks, will do!

[@TheMunch97]

This was a really entertaining video ngl, surprised to see there's not more subs here.

[@oogalook]

Thanks, buddy! Nice to see a tribute to my boy HD1.

[@calebsummers6636]

we got the creek!

[@Cmdr_Roach103]

What i really liked about the enemies in the first game is every faction has a gimmicky way to fight. Dont believe me? Cyborgs. There all about controlling where you go. Hulks fire in a cone making a wall to block you. Tanks have big aoe damage so stay away from enemies but MOSTLY WALLS you will get caught by the aoe every time near walls. Warlords force you to go counter clockwise because of how they shoot in a sweeping motion. Bugs. Basically a dps check. Brood comanders will turn into heat seaking missles if you dont end them fast enough. Behemoths are Basically shields for the impalers. so got to quickly get rid of them before to many impalers show up. Illuminate. Mental warfare. I think thats all i need to say lol. Hope the devs expand on this in HD2.

[@seanm7002]

Love this vid - love the music too

[@Vhexen]

Keep it up, dude. Shared this so over the place I could. KEEP CALM & DIVE ON!

[@Xeceo]

Love the editing style; we need more helldivers content

[@thenegativestraightedge1073]

Love when the algorithm recommends me new underrated chanel with no subs man keep it up 👍🏻 amazing vid . New sub here

[@Bluubat]

Appreciate it!

[@undrwrldsk8fred]

Thanks for uploading some footage where it all began… I wish I’d known about this game years ago, definitely gonna be adding it to my list of throwbacks to check out considering HD2 quickly became my #1 favorite game I’ve played in over a decade.

[@SpicyElephant]

youre really funny, you deserve more subs, keep it up

[@comfybaguette]

great video! a minor suggestion would be to maybe remove or decrease the size of the subtitles. It being persistent throughout the whole video and only going one word at a time was messing with me lol. But the content is dope!

[@Bluubat]

Noted

[@adawg3032]

Watching this historical training video really puts a bunch of things into perspective. Good job sir!

[@WholesomePotato1]

Thank you for this presentation. It's nice to see the roots of HD 🙂👍

[@JarelDanieljarelftw]

bro we have the piss gun. its called a flame thrower

[@bejibx]

Played and still playing first game sometimes. In case of stratagem changes, for me the most noticeable are jetpack, napalm airstrike and orbital ems strike. All three are super useful in original and (imo) in second game rated somewhere between "useless" and "it's ok".

[@T4nkcommander]

All three are still really good in the sequel - jetpack is way better and can prevent enemies from ever getting to you. Burning effects currently only work on host - napalm is fantastic if it is your OP but worthless on someone elses mission.

[@Bertenburny.]

Because of the tentacle bugs and jetpack had no CD, jetpack+EAT combo was so good

[@tr1bes]

Find it, throw the Rec-16 at the opening. Wait for it to do it's thing and ignite the Rec-16. You can time it though. Or use 2 REC16 to blow it up. That goes for most tank bugs. The most I took down for tank bugs using 2 Rec16 is 4. That was with great satisfaction.

[@BMWCEO]

Good video bro

[@Soli9111]

Comment for Algo god. Good luck on growing man.

[@solarpunktechnician]

#bringbackthecapespin

[@AFloofyBoy]

Hey man I think you’re funny as hell, you earned my sub and I can’t wait to see you grow 😊

[@adawg3032]

Me and my nephew just recently tried HD1 and its a blast to play with friends, really is fun. Worth it IMO if you and a good buddy are both curious and down to play it.

[@pingus9934]

Me watching this with my cape for freeing malevalon creek lol

[@BozoTheGreat]

someones finally doing it

[@DaxterSnickers]

The Cyborgs are still there. Imprisoned in the mines of Cyberstan. Getting currently liberated by the Automaton forces...

[@Naruhiu]

i've never seen anyone put "getting" before "current" ever 💀

[@tsunderemerc2963]

It seems the Automatons learned from the Cyborgs and still chain you to running an anti-tank loadout lol

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

Best video on the topic! Which good to hear it's still going even though it's been a dacade or so... But yeah I just rewatched my showcase of the game back then... Oh man did I have the exact same impresstion as the 2nd game evenpreordering it at the last second... So yeah the new game is very much in the same vein even if it's lacking in content.

[@AudiblyBlind]

i used to run solo lvl 6-7 difficulty missions on illuminates for that sample grind. I nearly broke my controller so.. so many times... only reason I didn't is because we were too poor to go out and buy another one lol. the best thing for the illuminates was the jetpack tho. you could simply outplay them and run away, like a real hero, especially on those lava maps where you could jump over ravines. my go to loadout was always 2 fire walls, one strafing run, and the jetpack. it didn't always work, but the illuminates lack of tank enemies made them the perfect for getting dunked on by strafing runs when i was about to die for the second time.

[@ipinchevsky]

My first time checking out your channel, you just tell it how it is free and easy, I bet we'd be friends in real life bro 👊

[@El_Sparky]

I love how after the major order in HD2 the automatons have relocated to the northwest of the map to free cyberstan leaving the south open for the Illuminate like in HD1. At this moment when they show up, people will be chomping at the bit for a new enemy and will understand they bit off more than they could chew. Then the Hive Lords coming in as well as the cyborgs being combined into the Automaton ranks… it’s going to get crrraaaaaazy

[@anime_6915]

nice video

[@effergy7059]

The HAV was the most OP thing I swear, reduces armies to ash with only dent when crewed

[@justdointhisforthegames]

69th sub (for posterity) edit: actually maybe 70th but w/e great video looking forward to this channel blowing up

[@Misilo0304]

Also being stealthy and eliminating patrols before alarms was a really strong strategy, specially if you cordinated with teamates. then again there was also the bullshit situation with the cyborgs where not even in alarm and there was a pretty solid chance that a tank would just drop from the sky next to you and trigger the alarm.

[@117TheKill]

It really catches my attention but I have to ask. Like how many hours of gameplay are there for a single player? I mean. Until when can I play alone, before the misions than are impossible without friends how many hours would it be more or less?

[@Gxngstad]

You might turn down the music a notch or two, I had to run it back a lot just to hear what you said when the horns are going

[@TheEmilkh]

i miss having the railgun and stalward as primaries

[@bobbybee2975]

I just got a ship upgrade last night that reduces stratagem cooldown time, so they seemed to have carried that over.

[@tr1bes]

Strategem Priority on HD1 is at level 10. This is my AAA use on HD1. 2nd one I use is the boot for snowy scene only. Most of the cool down and extension of time on field is by upgrading strategems.

[@danhectic5629]

man HD 1 looks amazing- why didn't we play it?! would be great portable. nice music btw.

[@bzzbzz5649]

I wish that devs would add another difficulty that forces you to be close to your team8s demanding you to play coop and stop running away

[@YieM1331]

I miss the tentacles chargers i hope they bring them back .

[@ShebbyYT]

I miss mechs being able to call in stratagems without leaving it.

[@jeus-ez4yp]

getting JFKed is CRAZY

[@subcriticalpocket7804]

You earned my sub with this video.

[@BreezyVIL]

Sorry if this is dumb - what is the trumpet music that is playing over the video? Is that the game music?

[@NikEses8]

No just some random music

[@rey4874]

It's cuphead music

[@Kserijaro]

Cyborgs are mentioned as separate entities to Automatons in helldivers 2. They aren't "changed" They are by lore different things

[@CF-or3ci]

Based choice of primary weapon. Stalwart is freaking awesome in the first game. Im so sad its a stratagem weapon now. It just felt so powerful compared to all other primaries. Maybe it wasn‘t as powerful as laser shotgun for killing big crowds but man, the way it shreds through all the things except tanks felt so good. This thing and anti tank mines were my favorite picks. I hope they add anti tank mines in hd1… they were cool

[@thegageinator805]

Anti tank mines are coming back

[@CF-or3ci]

@thegageinator805 literally couldn’t be any more excited

[@thelink1053]

my broth most of all misses the constitution rifle not because it was op but just haveing a single shot rifle in battle was funny

[@Kqesus]

He aint gonna lie guys

[@rochlum]

gets into a mech first thing into a mission vs bots and gets blown up immediately. that shit happens in HD2 too, as soon as you jump into a mech EVERYTHING aggros to you

[@RIP2UALL]

All you needed for the Tentacle bugs was literally just a single EAT. wait for them to bring their armor face down and BOOM, dead.

[@nanokapp7794]

Bring back the randomizer loadout option

[@kiitaclyzm]

Just commenting early in the video but "hazard 8" is how you spot a DRG player

[@albertoserrano67]

Remember getting a look at this game back in '18 just didn't like the over top view format made it seem like a table top game, did like the whole star troopers vibe really like they brought it back some relevance. In the other hand loving HD2 to the max.

[@T4nkcommander]

A friend gifted it to me. I wouldnt have bought it being top down (even tho I really enjoyed Magicka), but it quickly became one of my favorites. I really love how much more visceral the perspective change has made the gameplay, tho

[@temperspace]

Nah dude, the railgun was essential in difficulty 7+, that and EMS'. Also it was cool how the music in those difficulties changed

[@felixtrujillo6149]

Woa so many memories I play when it came out the ice plants were the hardest there were still boots without them your too slow and the mechs weren't as powerful as in helldivers 2

[@krevetka9744]

Mechs were much more tanky and felt heavy. In HD2 they seem plastic to me, so I never use them.

[@Epic3556]

I miss being able to upgrade my favorite stratagems and weapons, but i do prefer the third person angle

[@beanzeani2440]

based stalwart user. I'm really sad we didn't get a primary like it in the new one

[@Honor_edits]

I have some bad news for those tentacle bugs in the first game. They MIGHT be added to the 2nd game because there are leaks of a TENTACLE attack.

[@TheBuddel]

Gets shot by tank „I was just instantly deleted“ Yes Thats what tanks do when you just stand in front if them

[@thenegativestraightedge1073]

Man don’t worry about swearing, ur chanel is not monetizing so u can do what ever u want also swears only really count the first minute

[@Bluubat]

True

[@svold]

omg bring back ceremonial and ranger armor from HD1 😩

[@childa.i.5198]

I really like how he talks

[@Prince6ft1]

Playing in 3rd person with the map overseeing everything is clutch, I get attacked left an right an don't even see it

[@jordanc1645]

2:02 Stratagems ❎ Text: “Strategy Jumps” ✅ 😂

[@Bluubat]

I did the subtitles late at night. That's my bad

[@jordanc1645]

@@Bluubat funnier this way, I’m sure it was auto correct lol

[@T4nkcommander]

The whole rant about the tentacle bugs had me rolling. I hated those bastards. Not sure I like Bile Spewers any better, tho. The tesla tower take is legit crazy tho. It is so much more effective in the second game - way more range, way more kills, significantly more survivable. Ive posted probably the most gameplay using it in both games, and the difference is night and day. I routinely get 15+ killstreaks with it in the sequel - you were lucky to kill a few patrols with it in HD1

[@williampattinson5453]

There are a lot of stuff from helldivers 1 that I'm wondering if any that will come to 2

[@Naruhiu]

Cars, I want cars back

[@BMWCEO]

Spray pray and run away I need that gun

[@scootyman3800]

The complaints about the armor on automatons is nothing NOTHING compared to how much the cyborgs demanded of you in terms of firepower

[@BatSAE]

I have some bad news for you about the tentacle bug.

[@leonardoseo1011]

Dude, from your comments I can tell that you haven't played the game much, many of the enemies mentioned are easily bypassed with different stratagems, but they're still nasty haha. Still, I liked the video

[@nuggetmuncher_69]

Ngl i kinda prefer the old map. It makes every planet look unique and it even showed the homeworlds of the enemy factions

[@GlemWalker]

The music in the vid sounds really good, sounds really Sam & Maxy What's it from?

[@Naruhiu]

songs called "The Kings Court" by Kristofer Maddigen from the game Cuphead

[@doktorroast2819]

Love the jazz, where is it from? 😊

[@Bluubat]

Cuphead OST

[@Kamino_3]

This is like Risk of Rain one and two

[@joelthune17]

Oh how the war marches on, this video was made in the good old days. Never surrender citizens, remember, my life for Super Earth.

[@halo_gravemind]

i dont own a ps5 yet so my only helldivers experience was the 1st

[@marcusclark1339]

commentary so good wild seeing the older game, how different it was, yeah its better not to microtransactions in any way, no matter how "cheap they are" its still bad, woes to HD2 interesting seeing how much bigger they went

[@Vientus]

liked the HD1 gameplay

[@CF-or3ci]

It was freaking revolutionary. Sad many people didn‘t appreciate it

[@badfoody]

guns in Helldivers 1 were so much better, but since it was top down aiming was easier. but I loved the Justice, I'm one of the few bums loving the Adjudicator in Helldivers 2, I can't wait for the Justice to return. also preferred the bulky 2000s 90s ish designs of the guns. Helldivers 2 uses very sleek and modern weapons

[@damnit8879]

HD 1 still much challenging compared to the new one. but the immersive gameplay of HD2 makes it better. But playing with HD1 with your buddies will make your friendship more solid because of all the fucking time you will die on every illuminate mission :D

[@tr1bes]

I suggest to you is to look at high level players' loadouts and how they play. High level players do not use mechs, vehicles and turret. It was fun to use in the beginning but as the difficulty ramp up, those 3 mentioned aboved are useless as it's a 1 time use. The turret does nothing to tank bugs and more than likely it will turn on it's owner and teammates. Ex. Im at level 50 and a few higher level player were at the extraction point on a level 10+. A level 18 player put their turret in. It turn on all of us and cost us the mission wasting 30 minutes. So the next mission, when that player put that turret in. Do you know what happen? We take it out by shooting it.

[@Naruhiu]

Not using mechs in squads yeah, But can not say the same for solo for which he was doing.

[@TryToKevin]

Mate, use audacity noise reduction or adobe enhance.

[@datjerziiboy]

It's krazy to know that, I'm literally 1 of 7000 ppl to play the first Helldivers on PS3. I would never have imagined playing a sequel all these years later at the age of 32 , but thank you. Shit is 🔥🔥🔥 lol. They OD'd making it 3rd person fr fr 😂💯.

[@datjerziiboy]

Also, idk bro, the Illuminate were annoying too with their psychic and shock powers, no kap lol 😂, but I definitely hate the fukn bugs too without a doubt 😎.

[@datjerziiboy]

One more thing, we most definitely need that acid gun back, that gun is a game changer, it was even more effective than a flamethrower imo.

[@justinwhitsitt7072]

I think the rail gun was far more useful in the first game as a team weapon. it didn’t have a charge up and everything in its place except for the cyborg tanks In the second game would make dealing with chargers and hulks much easier

[@achicirno8523]

I love helldiver 1 much more than 2 due to 2 being lot more grindy. (I really hate the grind in 2) 1 has funny mortar, c4, etc. 1 is satisfying if you know what you are doing, like melee spin, static field, etc.

[@CF-or3ci]

I think people don’t really understand what the timer in the corner is for. Most people who join me are trying to get EVERYTHING on the map. So they constantly fk up and spend a lot of time and reinforcements. It is much more efficient to just take some stuff from grind location(diamonds, crystals on the map and so on) if you run into them while doing objectives. In helldivers 2 there are tons of grind spots just so you could have a lot of stuff even if you don’t search for them. But people are just obsessed with the idea of getting everything on the fking map. So I don’t hate grinding, I hate people who take it to such an extent

[@CF-or3ci]

Also in hd1 you didn’t have to grind to get stuff but you did have to grind to upgrade it. Like… you had to spend samples to upgrade EACH stratagem and weapon. While in hd1 you spend samples only to improve stratagems and these upgrades aren’t even nessecary they just make everything a bit easier

[@Sojiro-bb7zx]

I loved the look and style of HD1. Mechs looked armored and intricate, we had more vehicles, tanks, way more primary weapon varieties, an encyclopedia of all the enemies you've discovered. You could even throw stratagems while inside your mech. It's like the weapons and technology in HD2 were downgraded. Downgraded hard.

[@IorekMetal]

I want to know about the background music.

[@zephalion7386]

Cuphead