The Most Patriotic Game Ever Created

[@SneakyMuffin]

Okay, something important to bear in mind with the server issues. Helldivers 1 had like, a peak of 7000 players at once. Helldivers 2 has absolutely shattered that, and rather than hiring and firing server techs, they're taking the time to tune up the servers themselves because they think (correctly) that the practice is horrible for the new hires. These devs are basically trying to take a car that barely handles the highway and make it race in Formula 1, and they're managing to succeed.

[@Mariodash23]

It's like seeing a Yugo outdo a Formula 1 racecar while blindfolded. It shouldn't be possible, it was designed to be impossible, and yet it's clearly possible.

[@JL32506]

Remember to give your engineers a cup of coffee and a snack every so often. They're some of the backend heroes in gaming. They are fueled by coffee and impossibility.

[@LordTomi2011]

I've heard that it's not just a server issue but the whole backend wasn't designed for such a high load. However, it's obvious (especially if you join their discord) that they are working really hard at fixing any issue we come across. I've even seen the CEO of Arrowhead today there, somebody had the "stuck staring at ship" issue that should've been fixed with today's patch, so he talked to them and said he'll talk with the team about it. Love to see that.

[@ChaosWolfRider]

@@LordTomi2011 The CEO is so fucking amazing. "Please don't buy our game right now if you are worried about money, it's worth waiting for us to be able to fix the servers anyhow", among tons of other great things. The whole studio is a gem.

[@m_6866]

@@LordTomi2011 The networking was designed for max >100k. They made design decisions that should not have been made for a game with a larger user-base. Now they have to redesign their back-end with only 4 people in record time. Horrible decisions in development with great reactionary patch coding from those 4 people to get 450k user stable-ish on what they have. It should never have happened as this is an entirely different type of game from their first one and they should have expected more players. Not to dis them, but the first game is like COD arcade zombies with objectives, of course not a lot of people will play it.

[@alexhuntercdc5151]

“I saw 20 helldivers went into the creek, only one crawled back to the extraction zone” Fighting the automatons in the jungle at night is just Vietnam, man . . .

[@randomtagr.t591]

Tell me about it

[@kevinjeffreys967]

Fr (I never touched this game before)

[@Heroo01]

creek* a creak is for like creaky floorboards

[@StarFroggo]

@@Heroo01 🤓

[@sychan168]

THATS WHAT I WAS SAYING

[@cowmeatius7151]

10:35 funny thing is in the lore the bugs actually dissolve into oil when killed. You literally are at war for oil

[@nabieladrian]

I lost it the day I learned the 710 is OIL 😂

[@m_6866]

@@nabieladrian It is special oil for special FTL engines. The engines just happen to roll-coal as we invad-... retake democratized planets.

[@HER0_]

@@m_6866almost had to send you to freedom camp there for a second

[@slaughterman44]

well, at war to recapture lost assets, the bugs were being farmed for the oil for 100 years when they escaped

[@popoi6427]

​@@nabieladrian 710 looks like OIL flipped upsidedown

[@caitgreenleaf5861]

"What in the Clone Wars is this" quote had me in tears 😂

[@radio_vidar1745]

22:55 for anybody Curious

[@CaptRexCT-7567]

Welcome to unbara

[@fabianrocha9924]

​@@CaptRexCT-7567Umbara, Jabiim, 2nd Geonosis...

[@sniclops15]

0:40 There was apparently 1 guy in the game who has become infamous due to teamkilling all his squadmates and extracting alone at the end of a mission. It got so bad, that the devs made it *in-game lore* and the entire playerbase has launched a bounty against him. UPDATED INFO: This player has since been confirmed to be innocent, and it was actually the people who recorded the video who are at fault.

[@rustedgaming8224]

Damn…

[@cyanide3508]

i love how positively interactive the devs are

[@samueltrusik3251]

Is there a place I can find this lore?

[@sniclops15]

@@samueltrusik3251 You can find some people explaining lore online, but most of the lore and stuff you find is in the game itself, similar to lorebooks in Destiny 2

[@BraydenParker-s5t]

Hey guys apparently he was framed they attacked him off camera and he murked them in response

[@Brand0n555]

"It's a bad day to be an innocent bug on your own planet..." "Actually, this isn't their planet this is OUR Planet." "How many Planets do we own???" "Every one of them🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅"

[@buttscooterjeff5768]

EAT FREEDOM RAHHHH 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@EliLikesRice]

DEMOCRACY HAS NO BORDERS

[@Brand0n555]

@@EliLikesRice GIVE THOSE BUGS A CUP OF LIBER-TEA

[@alwaysstayclassy.forever]

@@EliLikesRice OH SHIT IT'S ELI WSP anyways AMERICAAAAA FUCK YEAH🇺🇸🦅🔫🇺🇸🦅🔫🇺🇸🦅🔫🇺🇸🦅🔫

[@BatmanSmiling]

@@EliLikesRice DEMOCRACY IS THE BORDER!!!! 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Brand0n555]

The "POV you discovered Oil" meme is hilarious because they actually farm the bugs for oil in the lore

[@Otsuko]

to get that sweet E-710 fluid.... ; )

[@Ze_Borb]

@@Otsuko oh sweet succulent *C* *O* *R* *P* *E* *S*

[@Why477]

why dont they just farm the terminids on outer planets though, meaning they wouldnt be able to advance towards super earth since they have no space travel

[@mimby6120]

🤓

[@Brand0n555]

@@Why477 are you questioning managed democracy? That sounds like a fast track to a freedom camp

[@Feenix823]

the bugs were actually wiped out in the first game, the only reason they are still around is because we found out they make oil when they die, so we farmed em

[@Maxsteel_4014]

*_That sounds understandable and ethical_*

[@teachme5334]

That sounds extremely american

[@alexgeerts6404]

⁠I’m hearing the noise of a TRAITOR OF LIBERTY.

[@Nyx-rn7ny]

So we suck the freedom out of em? I see

[@sychan168]

COME ON YOU APES YOU WANNA LIVE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@THE_REAPER69420]

14:00 casually says “sound like it’s about to bust” then it explodes right after is perfect 😂😂😂

[@kiracomments-chca2747]

He is a fellow seer after all lol

[@serpentwolf5582]

prediction MASTA baby!

[@arsonexc]

I love how the more insane it gets the more they actually start to lock in as a crew.

[@pirateditly2105]

True bro mentality

[@inspector_beyond]

Just a reminder that this game is made on a now discarded engine that wasnt updated since 2018. Yet it has better effects and cape physics than in Unreal 4 and 5 with less money and people than most of developers out there (which kinda shows in the uoptimization and netcode, but I was primarily talking about visuals)

[@alexandremagalhaes1774]

I mean, the netcode *was* optimized to accommodate more players than the devs ever thought would play the game (250k) but the game just won the success lottery and now there are 400k+ concurrent players on steam alone

[@inspector_beyond]

@dremagalhaes1774 Mostly becuase the game is fun. And even if it has clear signs of Live Service game, these elements are not soring (is that even a word?) your eyes and you can play without ever knowing these elements are there. And it's style and clear inspiration is what pulled people in. You think Among Us, Lethal Company and etc. had a random success chance? Probably, but their orientation on cooperative non-comptetitive gameplay, but still having an ability to mess with friends is what pulled people in, because guess what, people want more coop games with good interaction range than just a static 100+ multiplayer game.

[@kaifox431]

​@@inspector_beyond Yes, too many games putting to much time and money into PvP. Look at ARC Raiders (a fully PvE, open world coop game against Alien Robotic invaders) people were stoked and hyped about the game (me and my friends included) but they threw it away by announcing they'd instead make it into a PvPvE extraction shooter...

[@MegaMoneyMaker711]

​@@kaifox431 That is so fucking disappointing. I was super hyped about that game.

[@talizorahnarrayya5916]

@@kaifox431 Me and my friends were so hyped for ARC Raiders. its truly a shame

[@OreoRanger2210]

This game is basically Starship Troopers with a 1984 background world with a little bit of 40k thrown in for flavor. I love the first game and the second one is shaping up to be amazing.

[@antoinettefuller5519]

Should I play the first one before this

[@dingodingus2927]

Don’t forget about Odsts and terminators

[@unkinderjam4376]

I didn't so@@antoinettefuller5519

[@Marc3elps]

@@antoinettefuller5519Naa u dont need to :) Didnt played the first one too.

[@antoinettefuller5519]

@@Marc3elps oh ok thanks 😊

[@king_of_idiots9070]

For those that care and play this game, joining through a friend before opening the game gets you in have fun, and spread liberty

[@amemnon7859]

Damn, just giving away the secrets

[@MisterChipa]

I think each server "instance" can accommodate 4 players since you join someone and they host the entire lobby. So joining on them bypasses the need for you to wait for one to be allocated to just you.@@amemnon7859

[@m_6866]

Fucking delete this before the secret blood pact comes hunting you

[@SolDizZo]

and even after sitting in the queue for a while it tells the server to recognize you-- but I'm sure it's because of the number tallying system

[@Big_Dude1]

*dives into glowing plant "oh i thought that would explode😢" *walks on different exploding plant "f$&cking dies"

[@FersPlaysGames]

My ship is the Lord of Family Values. It came with a Vin Diesel and I'm apparently part of his family now. Btw, there is actually a thing where if you teamkill enough, the devs will find out and mark you a rogue helldiver who has committed treason. A news clip with a pic of the player and a clip of him saying something treasonous shows up in the screen on the ship.

[@mellennia9]

Turns out it was taken out of context cuz the team attacked him off camera and laid the blame on him when he retaliated. Regardless, I love that the devs are interacting

[@Killllr0y]

You got to give this game some credit .. The scene where he dives from the orbital bomb an the shock wave blows him away in mid air in the other direction is pretty impressive

[@lordlj339]

"You can speak bug?" *grenade* 5:04 "I would say I'm fluet enough" *boom*

[@BloodyMobile]

"Can I see what that does on Flom?" - * spins around without hesistation and 'nades them * classic milkbag moment 🤣

[@PhaserFelix]

"You simply do not understand hell, until you dive into one. Even the ones you trust might be a demon is disguise" -A Recruit Helldivers Comment After First Mission

[@tristanmedina6593]

13:36 somebody's 90 year old grandpa using the self checkout machine for the first time:

[@thegungeoneer9299]

0:48 sounds like dissident behavior. We should have you arrested for treason.

[@TheMaskOfZack]

Friendly fire is just a part of war! Besides, democracy is a priceless act! No price is too high!

[@arkking552]

General Brasch says that there is absolutely nothing we can do to prevent Friendly Fire

[@orcwordlaugh1360]

0:01 Robots? I was a robot once. They locked me in a channel, a Discord channel. A Discord channel with lag, and lag makes me robot.

[@CasualDoomer897]

Robots? I was a robot once...

[@JoseMartinez-yy5hh]

@@CasualDoomer897 They locked me in a channel...

[@CreeperINK]

A Discord Channel.

[@Justarandomcommenter-gl7bx]

A discord channel with lag

[@osiogames]

and lag makes me a robot...

[@Henry75kg]

“All I ask for is rage, spill oil. Teb fold. A 100 fold to the bled we’ve shed.” 22:49

[@mr_0n10n5]

I appreciate the Devs response to the issues with the game. I also appreciate the gamers for being patient

[@__-fi6xg]

this is is just so perfect, from the handling of the different weapons, to the impactful screenshake and the meaty sounds of each explosion or gun or the charger stomps that is right behind you. Its so well done.

[@maniacmike4438]

I’m 23 and I never really laugh out loud to these gaming vids like I used to in the glory days.BUT at 12:13 when he turned around and head shot his teammate randomly, I started dying of laughter! 😂😂😂 A classic playing with your friends gaming moment comedy! Thats a great clip!! 🥹🥹🥹

[@maniacmike4438]

😂😂😂💀💀💀

[@peterpounds9909]

It's the single shot that's the cherry on top

[@maniacmike4438]

@@peterpounds9909 The head just POPSS 😂😂

[@kaide5262]

Anyone know where in Eli’s vod we can see his perspective?

[@The_Goober_Gang]

It's also funny because you're able to see his head flying off into the distance

[@blxdesinger]

I'm so early to this it's mental, been praying that you'd upload about the game. Love the content man keep it up!

[@maggiepinto6499]

“sounds like its bouta bust-“ *five layers of the earth shoot up into the air*

[@misty6351]

I WANT THIS TO BE A SERIES FOR WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR

[@lNxros0314]

11:00 ATF agents when they see someone’s dog

[@oklol8066]

7:30 those blue shipping containers, also comes in red, can be blown open with explosives and have medals, req slips, super credits or samples and support weapons Im surprised the nade launcher and barrel didnt blow it open lmao

[@Lunar137]

I learned something new today, thanks!

[@arkking552]

Noted for when I get the game eventually

[@RandomPerson_4136]

3:54 is the quote of the day.

[@ReikaAnam]

Its 00:00 The perfect time to start a new day

[@TheCommanderOfTheAutistics]

Been waiting for them to play this game.

[@motomadman573]

where do you live?

[@HuziBoy111]

buddy why are you askin- oh wait nvm​@@motomadman573

[@ReikaAnam]

​@@motomadman573Indonesia GMT+7 time zone

[@adyaadimas9564]

sama² nonton smitty bang?😂😂

[@IAmUnknown-_-]

The VFX and particles etc, at 19:35 if it were on my PC, my PC would literally implode

[@YaBoiRoach527]

6:55 you can tell the exact moment the one braincell they share bounced into the corner of their minds and made an idea

[@johnwink9786]

6:47 as soon as I saw a red barrel I was like oh no somethings gonna happen, and it did. It crack me up so much, man I love these guys

[@MAN_IM_FIRE]

the first time i experienced true fear is when i saw the red light of an annihilater tank shine right at me. The meaning of that is : DEATH

[@StraightKnots]

Heya, watched this stream and it was fantastically chaotic. Somehow, you made it even more so. Needed a good laugh after a bad week, thanks Sir Milk Bag.

[@ShortCutZz_]

Friend of mine described it as Co-op only horde shooter like drg, kf2, and halo 3 ODST. Immediately sold me on it 😂

[@Fantisidy]

To view vids type Doer of Comments into search bar Every like this comment gets after 10 days I'll do that many pushups and I'll link the video of me doing each and every pushup Edit: P.S. Not gonna do them all at once gonna take a break in between like a minute, and in the breaks I'll use my counter to add the number I did to keep track ok 👍

[@MissyMoo1361]

Aye @ me for vid lol

[@dark_paladan7164]

Imma get my 4 alts and my friends and his alts to like. You’ll be doing a lot

[@Jay23420]

We are going to get you the best abs and back in history after the amount of push-ups you do

[@farix9109]

9 more days

[@Fantisidy]

@@MissyMoo1361 will do

[@ex1l1um51]

4:40 He was performing ultimate treason by trying to reason with the bugs

[@CrashOzzy1223]

12:59 that’s a nuke… well it’s really fallout now.

[@radisharauco]

another great video, patriotism, what else could i expect

[@craftingtales2790]

Won’t tell you NOT to kill your friends, won’t tell you to DO it either. Also that desert extraction failure clip at the start gave me flashbacks to a little over 30 minutes before I finish typing this comment.

[@layzeemi98swagger41]

0:33 the calmest part is definitely the reconnect screen😂

[@midgetmanegghead5268]

4:05 I’m glad I’m not high while watching this or else that would have freaked me the hell out 😂

[@TheMaskOfZack]

Who’s your dealer? Can they hook me up? (This is a joke)

[@HoneyBeeMoth]

4:03 that's actually so nice of Smii7y's editor. as soon as Smii7y started saying that, I got super itchy and paranoid, but then I looked up and was immediately reassured. I know a lot of people that have even worse reactions than I do to others saying stuff like that, and I don't think I've ever seen reassurance after they say it! I already really loved Smii7y's editor (because, c'mon, the editing is so good), but this got them a lot of respect from me!!

[@Hawkspire]

[@HoneyBeeMoth]

@@Hawkspire wait are you smii7y's editor? bro you're a legend and i love you, thank you for all that you do

[@SketchEguy]

4:20 I AM DYING

[@null9014]

I love it when there's funny stuff and you guys are just messing around having fun, but when you guys start getting seriously into whatever game you're playing and the editing becomes more dramatic, that sh*t is a like a movie scene and it is _so_ f*cking cool. I love that sh*t so much. I'm leaning forward into my screen and I'm just totally captivated. It's amazing.

[@TheSidwysDrftr]

My best trick for waiting on loading times is to run it in the background and having the application’s volume off. Play another game while waiting. When your frames massively tank, the game has loaded.

[@zerozerozero979]

4:56 *looks at Helldiver rule book* Hmmm... that sounds like TREASON!

[@Moon_Peony]

18:08 One of the most popular quotes before the disaster...😂 18:15 "They said it was hard..." fit in here too

[@8unnylover]

10:54 He was possessed by Matt for that one.

[@RamadaArtist]

I love how this game just absolutely up rips off other IPs with *zero* shame whatsoever. You've got the Starship Trooper bugs, the Star Wars droids and mechs, the obviously 40K styled armor... Hell the extraction ship is straight out Halo and they even *call it* a Pelican. Fucking legends.

[@user-iGb]

2:28 you just died 3 times or maybe more in tutorial only ☠️ , imagine the rest of the game 😂

[@hydro-ol2fi]

5:23 FIRE IN THE HOLE

[@Chicenk]

i love how at 9:10 they basically start roleplaying

[@andrewmerrillchan2021]

hey, do you know whats the title of the background music they used?

[@Chicenk]

@@andrewmerrillchan2021 Nope, sorry

[@andrewmerrillchan2021]

@@Chicenk All good, Thank you tho!

[@nerdsreunited6954]

​@andrewmerrillchan2021, did you find out eventually?

[@Officer_duh]

6:05 “Aww I thought that would explode :(“ **spontaneously combusts**

[@fatalexception3845]

That artillery on the first ever bile titan though. I wish it always went that smoothly! Great shot!

[@slackyjones344]

me when i see my wife and child getting eaten by an alien monster 1:42

[@Olaoopp]

Good acting💀👍

[@ModernMyths]

After watching Smitty's last GTA video on his main channel I expected Blarg to fly through space in front of them at 9:19 XD

[@popcornpony8420]

1:30 Helldiver game kinda reminds me of starship troopers from that opening video.

[@Pablo_the_raccoon]

I'm pretty sure it's mostly based on it

[@popcornpony8420]

@@Pablo_the_raccoon I want a shooting game like that, imagine the outpost mission. I only seen some KZbinrs play a strategy game so maybe I'll get that one. I love strategy games.

[@Velxk.105]

15:41 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 perfect voice acting

[@IAMZaneraven]

little did they know what the war would be like now

[@Gigaknight1]

Luckily they added an afk timer so people who were clogging the servers and never logging out got kicked. Never had login troubles after that.

[@Nathdood]

11:54 I literally almost died choking on my sandwich worth it

[@Au_196]

The face the guy makes at 1:42 is priceless.

[@casheverett6300]

In this game, death is funny. When you die its either friendly fire (orbital strike), dying in a last ditch effort as you sacrifice yourself for your squad, or friendly fire (you walking into their gunfire)

[@not_shadow77]

9:46 "Manifest Destiny!" Hell yeah, brother.

[@Tom..Shelby]

19:30 HE BROKE THE FOURTH WALL!

[@TheMaskOfZack]

That wall costs 50 gifted subs so we’re good! 😊

[@Tom..Shelby]

@@TheMaskOfZack Indeed

[@aaron2995]

6:07. Is pure karma

[@chasicleso4963]

i saw somewhere that the bugs didnt even do anything at all to provoke super earth so saying we are the bad guy at around 2:40 is kinda accurate

[@Tonini08]

Yeah the bugs originally wanted to be peaceful with humans, but upon hearing “they threatened our way of life” they decided to kill them The bugs are actually a sentient species just like us, so that’s some fun ethics to think about 🫠

[@TheMaskOfZack]

This slander of Super Earth! You will be reported to the Ministry of Truth immediately! Where is your commanding officer, Cadet?

[@arkking552]

The bugs are mostly innocent however we have yet to discover the Automaton’s motives

[@bettrthnur1039]

The wait in queue is actually much better now and lets you in instantly now because they kick whoever is AFK in the lobbies

[@joshuafife6792]

this editing is crazy. props to your editor, they did very well on this one

[@chiseledmedal2634]

1:02 bro shit works better now lmao

[@madkat1324]

Warhammer if they're normal people

[@craftsareus1769]

15:20 that mf built like a tank

[@SaltyBoi1030]

Glad to see these planets will be bug-free soon thanks to the terminicide towers 😀

[@EpicBaller27]

6:18 was badass

[@pikachumaster0518]

15:44 why are you running

[@jimmyjimmy4809]

Every like I will do nothing

[@OddlyFamiliarStranger]

Y’all keep finding new ways to make these

[@VISTAHA]

That’s crazy bro

[@Diamondmech6]

AMERICAAAAAA

[@Blank55600]

Bro likes get you nothing, shits annoying yall need to stop posting this crap.

[@rickishit]

Damn, after 1k you may just be like my girlfriend.

[@DecayCult]

That creature is considered small on its home planet ._. 18:08

[@nuttybuddy1717]

Yo smii7y, they’ve fixed the queue times. You can instantly get into games now, its rare to even see the queue screen now

[@jaredthomassen3635]

I love the Server Error Joke Smiity is going hard with the jokes right off the bat.

[@SaltyBoi1030]

Yeah, teamkilling is fun with friends. If a random team kills you it’s just frustrating

[@ScottyTownsend91]

I’ve been waiting for smitty to drop a video on this game. Definitely something I knew him and the gang would enjoy.

[@_Gunner15]

“Sounds like it’s about to 🅱️ust”

[@rogueninja4719]

I just had an interesting challenge idea. Starting at the tutorial, do at least one operation mission for each level (easiest to hardest) without dying. If you die, you have to start all over again but (optional) you can use any equipment you gained. In case you don't know, Operations (depending on the difficulty) have most, 3 operations.

[@nicolasjamo]

I've been loving this game and its great that the server capacity was raised. The Federation of Super Earth gave me an mech suit and a cape and I intend to use both.

[@narahin]

I was SOOOOO! hoping you'd play this game SMii7y! I just thought the amount of chaotic shooting, friendly fire, swarming and CHAOS would be something for you and your crew, thank you for reading my mind and making this!

[@KERMITDAFROG081]

already watched this 3 times but why not come back 🤷‍♂️

[@MizuMing]

15:46 That scream sounds like the lady from the 'why are you running' meme. 😅

[@Simat_0]

The trust put in the capacity of these replenishment pods to land exactly where they're supposed to in incredible, nowadays it's like, ''capsule incoming, quick evacuate a 20 miles radius''

[@RamadaArtist]

4:04 SMii7Y: "The bugs are in your skin, let them out." Caption: "THERE ARE NO BUGS UNDER YOUR SKIN" I appreciate whoever on the editing team is just keeping an eye out for any tweakers that might be watching.

[@Gdudyrdydgj]

At is funny and the part smi77y said" we fight for our our earth until we realize we're kinda bad people " that part is funny as flip😂

[@000notlucky9]

I remember when I had helldivers form 2015 it's was really fun.

[@lucasshelton977]

Been waiting for my favorite youtube to play this game. Im loving it and it has so many hilarious moments. So much fun.

[@jasonguy1875]

Absolutely LOVE THIS GAME PLEASE KEEP PLAYING THIS GAME!!!...... If you want to of course, your the boss so you do what you want to of course.

[@Oblivionaire]

you should get everyone you can into one spot near like a boss, or a bug breach, and everyone throws orbital strikes, and/or eagle clusters, or things like that all at once. like all of your friends and maybe twitch chat and everyone just throws it all at the same time. or do a game mode type of thing where everyone throws down minefields in a big circle or big wall and everyone has to get through it. also this game looks a lot like destiny 2

[@twinightatom8925]

Probably was heavily inspired by it

[@ktakashismith]

18:20 I laughed harder at "I've got CTE I'm 'bout to BMW" than I had any right to