So I Tried Helldivers 2 Solo..

[@jaredgrate3413]

helldivers lore: every time you die that is not your clone, that is a different person that signed up to be a helldiver

[@Sorain1]

hence the default voice setting being 'random'.

[@mkaleborn]

Helldivers are Super Earth's Elite Fighting Force...of expendable assets. For Freedom and Democracy!

[@scratthesquirrel5242]

"DO YOU WANA LIVE FOREVER?"

[@smorc65]

What makes this even better: they tell you you're the "captain" of the battleship... which means every new helldiver is also told they're the "captain" of the battleship.

[@Poloxamine-tg8dh]

@@smorc65 "S U P E R" captain

[@warpseer]

"i hate being told what to do. now what?" truly amazing

[@dusk2308]

like a true soldier god bless super earth

[@raykay47420]

Part of his shtick is intentionally doing stupid shit (for content), like standing right next to an explosive barrel, asking what happens if he shoots it, then finding out. He's done it multiple times before. He just likes owning backseaters.

[@huntercrawford5556]

The problem with this game is it doesn’t tell you stuff . Like getting access to the seaf artillery after completing it, holding R to change rpm, scope, and flashlight. The game never tells you this you just have to either accidentally hold R or have someone tell you. Like you can go first person while aiming if you press the scroll wheel while ads. The way info gets around is through people telling you.

[@seaturtleman]

Being told what to do when you aren't asking is very different compared to being told what to do when you ask for advice

[@Hybrodon]

@@huntercrawford5556 the game tells you all of these things though, just gotta learn to pay attention. Literally, every single one of these things.

[@Shipx7]

"Voice 4 sounds like an anime character so I cant choose that one" LOL Voice 2 is literally the English Voice Actor for Sasuke.

[@jaycee1768]

Now i cant unhear it hahaha

[@W_PFP]

Fuck i knew it sounded familiar.

[@sadasd-n2f]

lol wtf

[@mobiletaskforce_1d129]

its also ps4 spider-man

[@Dynamitethedrummer]

means that as a voice actor he's doing his job right, not sounding like anime when the job is not dubbing anime.

[@imsoupcansam]

The way the music stopped at 14:40 when Asmon hovered over "Patriot of Patriotism" was so fire

[@hugothecuban]

LOL the timing

[@BREAKocean]

I'm diamond of gold

[@km077]

The name was so incredibly good that the game itself saluted it out of sheer respect.

[@DreamsOfLegend]

It was EPIC 😅

[@roberth4395]

It was ment to be.

[@bmbmw69]

Dude plays video games like my grandpa. "Whats this do?" "Is that a bad guy?" "Why did that kill me?"

[@brbrd102]

It's an act for the stream. He baits people with it.

[@Zena_arsen]

He's just trying to learn the ropes. Cut the guy some slack.

[@specialsnowflake2309]

wow brainrot

[@Liquidmetal702]

Nah hes pretty trash at games in general

[@MasonB88]

Cry more

[@DoorThief]

Him: "I hate being told what to do." Also him 1s later: "What do I do?"

[@Sheckshe]

😂😂😂😂😂💀😂😂😂😂😂🔇🦫

[@alexbarn3841]

There’s genuinely a difference between being told what to do and asking someone what to do. The first is annoying backseating, the second is being helpful.

[@NewbNinjas]

Rhetoric. A beautiful thing.

[@ballisticwaffles]

@@NewbNinjas "Is the incompetent streamer bad at his job? No, its obviously a bit. He is clearly engaging in Rhetoric, which is not what he is doing, but because I'm defending him, I don't need to be right."

[@wandameadows5736]

Everyone's a hypocrite.

[@UnnyAthyArchy]

tips for all you newly graduated Hell Divers. Hold the reload button to set your fire rate, sight, and flash light. Also, you can ping locations, enemies, and loot with your setting's ping button. Along with the previously two mentioned tips, use your mini-map to set locations for your squad so you guys always know where to go. Clear those orange bubbles for extra completion bonus' and look for the radio towers! For Super Earth!

[@zootedandstoopid]

You're awesome

[@spazzticzeal6238]

You have a tip to actually get in the fucking game?

[@LUCAS420BLZ]

​@@spazzticzeal6238 Yes it's called waiting to play this amazing game and that the servers are flooded because it's a good game

[@majimbo8528]

FOR DEMOCRACY!!!!!

[@dakotawharton]

​@@spazzticzeal6238 I've heard not skipping the intro scene was working for some people but it's pretty hit or miss since the update.

[@twennysebben]

"How was I supposed to know it was going to crush me?" Big sign literally to his right explaining the need to stay clear of falling pods: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@lihavalokki5705]

Ain't no way blud didn't spot the obvious sarcasm

[@R3dCol0r]

There's a lot of games where signs mean jacksht. They are just visual stuff. Not to mention the fact that the sign said "may", it may cause injury or death. It could have been non lethal damage. So the only way to know for sure is to try it out.

[@anima.7750]

same kind of people who die by being crushed by a supply air drop in Gaza lmao

[@spacerspud7076]

you are not funny ​@@anima.7750

[@Palindrome3945]

"I want to learn on my own, trying things" Doesn't try things

[@lukecodz]

he tried a little too much actually

[@crashboredom2]

Im like 50 hours into this, and the loading screen of being shot in a gaint bullet to the surface of the planet never gets old

[@Nurptog]

For me the mission launch perfectly encapsulates the overall tone of the game and is one of the most badass ways a load screen has been implemented into a video game The music, the suspense in the buildup just before launch, you and your fellow divers all prepared to go to work - I can’t help but get hyped up every time a mission starts just because of the detail of the drop sequence The devs really nailed this game

[@KrisKringle06]

I have also been in a giant bullet shooting down to the surface for over 50 hours

[@GlammaPlays]

fun fact, the bullet pods from the distance are other players diving

[@james9531]

idk why but this game gives me the boyz vibe

[@crazychase98]

​@@GlammaPlayssupoosedly so are the ships in space when in orbit. Along with the ships in the distance, sending down orbital stikes. Which if that's the case it's crazy the computer can hand all that

[@tehphoebus]

It's like watching an elderly man use a smartphone for the first time.

[@nurgles_be_saggy]

I know bro it gives me physical anxiety when I watch him try to play games.

[@aarengraves9962]

He isn't very good at games tbh If you think this is "fake incompetence" then go watch his Witcher III gameplay.

[@Battusai1984]

And yet all three of your are watching him, while you're being edgy he's making money, bet he doesn't waste his time watching old people on their phone for the first time. real galaxy brain shit guys /salute.

[@nurgles_be_saggy]

@@Battusai1984 for a minute there I thought you were trying to white knight for an only fans "model" until I remembered it's about a video game content creator. Are you 12 years old?

[@Battusai1984]

@@nurgles_be_saggyI know you think you're being clever, but all this really does is narrow down the box you're stuck in. No my reasons can't be deduced to a meme, it's much more simple, i thought you three were full of shit, and i said so, not everything in life is performative, sometimes when people say you're full of it it's not because of some meta clout chasing bullshit. Sometimes they just think you're full of shit.

[@bschannel5236]

are we not even going to talk about how real the opening "actor" looked. At first i thought it was a real person.

[@TheManyNations]

Mocap animation. Pretty easy to make that kind of thing look really awesome these days, but yeah it's a great cinematic.

[@oldylad]

@@TheManyNationsnot easy, maybe for a company dumping money into it, but yeah. I still actually get embarrassed when I see morons bitch about chi when it’s as good as it is these days. There are even moments in the Star Wars prequels that people didn’t realize were cgi, and these days it’s gotten so good that you could almost make a whole film using cgi exclusively without it being obvious, crazy stuff

[@mercurymachines4311]

Only an idiot would think that Starship Troopers is a bad Film.

[@pablopablo3834]

The first one is so damn good. The others however. Lmao

[@MeggaMann_theBlueLion]

Facts

[@gregc.9313]

This.

[@TheNucaKola]

Great film, was ahead of its time and the effects still hold up today. Sci fi classic

[@Dexcalibur420]

I don't really understand who the people are that don't like the movie. Even the people that the movie is making fun of like the movie because they're so surface level that they think the movie makes them look cool.

[@ventisimywife]

Next asmon video: this game changing his life very soon

[@jorgeelias1294]

😂

[@TheTimberstone]

Yes , and after the post 6 hours later the tittle might change into , this is a great game

[@fffx2]

Doesn't seem to like it

[@AfterDark62]

Ain't seeing it 😅

[@alex62965]

Then the next one is: "I'm addicted to this game"

[@killerkram1337]

14:42 the way the music ends on that. perfection

[@majo2626]

dude i almost choked up laughing my ass off :D

[@xKevmachinex]

I just realized there was 47,000 recruites, this guy talking during tutorial has to do this 1 person at a time... that guy is a legend.

[@skrt947]

or maybe it's pre-recorded :(

[@WayStedYou]

haters will say its pre recorded

[@xKevmachinex]

@@skrt947 AI lol

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@skrt947Watch your tongue! Only traitors and commies talk like that!

[@funionsflagons7844]

i think if it was pre recorded, it would make the praise so much funnier. everyone is the best!

[@nuqi]

This guy is either trolling or... bless his heart.

[@andrecroker882]

He gets tripped up by the fact he doesn't read button guides on the bottom of the screen a lot

[@dusk2308]

@@andrecroker882 i mean to his credit pushing buttons is hard

[@xDvoa]

He doesn't read anything on the screen, he said before that usually the on screen prompts are wrong or can be ignored (false), so he does that and then tries to use his own logic to figure it out, which doesn't work so then he just says the game is illogical when the chats screaming at him.

[@Tekner436]

@@andrecroker882 He's doing his best DSP impression

[@whytho5666]

1st thing i noticed when i watched 1 of his videos. lol but no biggy, he good.

[@gabesalyers8345]

Ive never seen someone ask so many questions and never look to find the answers, escpecially having 1000s of people ready to answer you.

[@timothyblazer1749]

Asmon gets off on being in charge and in control. He will always act like this, unless he has a come to Jesus moment.

[@RigRacers]

I feel for the backseaters... this one was reallllllly painful to watch. Like a chatter mentioned, its like watching a toddler try to play games on your phone.

[@DiBBs277]

His not understanding the progression and refusing to press R is what got me. I think I may stick to his shorter form content because this was painful.

[@Aurilion44]

@@DiBBs277 Yeaaaah, surprisingly Asmon tends to be not that good of a gamer. Too stubborn and calcified to even pay attention, follown instructions or read things that are in your face

[@Aftokraftor]

His refusal to tackle with greatsword or even block with it was absurd im glad he finally did start but it took DAYS

[@glardian966]

I think he's dyslexic and reading is hard for him to he's subconsciously avoiding reading things

[@cortesacrawford]

@@Aurilion44 You described it perfectly, it's why I can never watch him play a new game. A couple streams into a game is fine, but watching him learn is suffering.

[@quicktrickgang9836]

9:30 he says how is supposed to know if the pod kills, but there’s a bigass yellow sign in front of him saying so 😂

[@willkarn9750]

8:40 hes staring right at it.

[@R3dCol0r]

No, actually the sign didn't say so. It said "may", it may cause injury or death. It could have been non lethal damage. So the only way to know for sure is to try it out.

[@ZildjianMan30]

Signs are fake news! FAKE NEWS!

[@ballisticwaffles]

@@R3dCol0r "Hmm, I wonder if getting hit in the head from a drop pod from orbit would kill me." *Dies* "Wooooooooow"

[@un-kyejohn2968]

​@ballisticwaffles, that's crazy bro I didn't know that😂

[@Sterfry_Chicken]

The fact he choose voice pack 2 because number 4 was to anime sounding when number 2 is voiced by the English dub of Sasuke Edit: apparently number 4 is a persona voice actor (Thanks for 69 likes)

[@dankrhino]

He’s trollin 100%

[@FrederikSeerupNielsen]

Number 2 is also a persona voice actor. He's Yosuke in persona 4

[@Console-Lord]

They got Jonny I forget his last name in this that’s cool that guy also voiced Nero in DMC 5.

[@ss3vegito999]

As a mainly solo player, i must say playing this game with friends or randoms enhances the experience 10 fold

[@codyblackwell5489]

Facts. But ill be damned if I don't find a way to solo a whole helldive operation

[@Blackwatch8800]

⁠​⁠@@deibu__Yeah matchmaking is fucked RN from what i can tell, i tried the quick play option and it didnt find any ongoing missions with randoms for me and while in-game mission menu/map showed me some of my Steam friends and their missions, I didnt join cuz didnt want to intrude uninvited. So I farmed easier missions solo until it was fixed or some more of my friends bought it. Then a few hours in my mission crashed, I reconnect and suddenly Im in a party with other randoms. So I guess something is really broken for many people.😅

[@CertifiedSunset]

@@deibu__ Matchmaking isn't working at all so far, the only luck I've had is joining friends.

[@cpt_Ruckus]

Matchmatching seems to break if you lose network connection or come out of a sleep state, restarting fixes it.

[@JonYugen]

​@codyblackwell5489 I've seen people do it, and I can't even solo 7 without being on my last life throughout the entire game. Shit gets crazy

[@xFATMAN192x]

The Starship Troopers game we ALWAYS wanted, but never got. Man, first Palworld. Now this!

[@shadowlordalpha]

There is actually a decent starship troopers game. Came out a bit ago

[@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4]

@@shadowlordalpha Yeah but it focused more on the Squad play and the building aspects. Which is fine, I love Squad and the same developers making the Mod into a full fledged game is sick. But it's definitely leaning more on the side of Mil-sim than Helldivers 2 which is very much arcade. Which is likely why Helldivers 2 feels so much more fun. It focused more on that moment to moment gameplay where as the Starship game focused on the tactical squad immersion. Though with that said, the environments and sounds in HD2 are amazing and I'd argue makes the game more immersive than the Starship game.

[@wisemage0]

Hilarious, they decided to release an actual licensed Starship Troopers game at the same time as Helldivers 2. It's probably a decent title in its own right; but it pales in comparison. I was getting the titles mixed up because I kept seeing midroll ads for both games.

[@hpwonders123456789]

@@wisemage0they didn’t release at the same time. The Starship game has been out since May last year.

[@NewsofPE]

@@wisemage0at the same time? are you living under a rock or just oblivious? game has been out for a long time, the fact that you think they came out at the same time despite no one saying anything like that is hilarious

[@LUITESLIFE]

Honestly one of the best intros to a game I've seen in a while. Love the self mockery towards democracy and human kind basically. Just the right amount of humor, really spot on.

[@mcradskillz2750]

Watching you play a game for the first time is like watching a panic attack

[@ez6791]

True true true

[@MajCyric]

Would have been a way 'Moar' intense panic attacks had he dropped in on Bot missions...

[@onepunchman4444]

He's definitely not a gamer...

[@TrailerParkShit]

This one dropped me

[@cidfacetious3722]

“ I hate being told what to do” Immediately after saying that “ now where is the extraction?” “ do I want to go that way?” 🤦

[@kingobsidian6941]

rhetorical questions

[@gladtech4740]

This game super easy to learn and get a hang of. This was like watching someone cut grass with scissors and complaining it's too slow. While the lawnmower is in the corner with a huge sign "use this to cut grass"

[@phoenixfire8226]

@@gladtech4740 that's asmondglod for u dude is like 35 iq

[@cidfacetious3722]

@@phoenixfire8226 no he just never had to really grow up. It’s like child star syndrome.

[@cidfacetious3722]

@@gladtech4740 if you thought this was bad, check out NeebsGaming two of those guys never figured out how to reload because it doesn’t auto reload for you, so they just kept resupplying. It was like pulling teeth. 😂😂

[@asimplewizard]

This is probably the only shooter to incorporate friendly fire and find a way to make it even feel like a core part of the experience.

[@bluephoenix7565]

It IS a part of the core experience.

[@TheReaperHunter]

This was actually painful to watch. Guy has the attention span of a goldfish. Actually that's mean to goldfish.

[@ryanmiskin8925]

he's pretty intolerable, honestly.

[@dkkids]

Yeah, I'm sure he's not going to make it as a KZbin creator! lol @@ryanmiskin8925

[@angryvaultguy]

and he kept freaking reloading and his probably the only person too die twice to the turrets in training, basically journalist level gameplay sometimes

[@anembersarc]

It's Asmon, what were you guys expecting?🤣 Nobody watches him for great gameplay, that should be obvious.

[@NiclasHorn]

you now, Zack have placed WoW for 20 years, it´s hard to start thinking and just not do stuff on a routine and face roll you keyboard 🤣

[@Atova]

I'm doing my part!

[@themarlboromandalorian]

I'M DOING MY PART!

[@Sig509]

Do you want to know more?

[@gregc.9313]

FOR BUENOS AIRES!!!!

[@mrmultiify]

Im doing my part!

[@wordsandthing]

I'm doing my part

[@EvaandJavier]

I’m doing my part!

[@kirkfrench9123]

He really takes every step necessary to make the learning process as painful as possible

[@FOBStevie21]

Its infuriating. 1:25:36 actually pissed me off. He's such a man child.

[@mrsn3sbit888]

Its because his entire ethos for video games is abusing an op strat to complete the game as fast as possible, hes not really an explorer.

[@averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh]

Starship troopers is a fucking awesome movie that’s critically underrated

[@iggswanna1248]

more like Starship Troopers is an awful movie that got critically overrated I love it tho

[@GeorgeMonet]

It was underrated at first but people came to appreciate it more with time.

[@showmetheslaps]

It’s because it came out and people thought it was serious. Starship Troopers is one of the best satires ever.

[@MeshedRealityGaming]

Starship Troopers is one of the worst movies and THAT is what makes it absolutely fantastic - I have an Arachnid print hanging above my toilet and I'm proud of that 🫡

[@christianalanwilson434]

yeah i remember a lot of critics were calling it pro fascist and other dumb shit, completely missing the point of the movie.

[@Shedrick_Goldsmith]

This game is even better with a team, and better yet, a team you know!

[@acutelilmint8035]

😢

[@Nyxesgaming]

@@acutelilmint8035keep your head up soldier! You can match make and find other solo soldiers. Now go out here and make some friends!

[@AQS521]

That's wishful thinking. The servers are always full.

[@613aristocrat]

I love it when a plan comes together.

[@arkcantoscreampsnpc7274]

@@AQS521on weekends yeah, I’ve never had a que on weekdays

[@justmeowth9697]

Asmon didn't realize that he was not reviving, it's another recruit taking over the last one.

[@kurejiakuma]

Asmongold doesn't pay attention to the tutorials... Close the bug holes to stop the bugs from spawning to much completely ignores the samples and game basics...

[@VincentValentine-]

Yes like frozen food from the grocery stores. I feel sad when mine dies🥲

[@overseer_of_memes]

​@@kurejiakumathe fact that he clicks a automatic gun instead of just holding it down already pains me

[@kurejiakuma]

@@overseer_of_memes screaming at the screen for the love of God man clear the side missions and out posts! You did not beat the game!

[@highrider9168]

As a soldier for super earth. Asmongolds super citizen status needs to be demoted for the wasted resources left behind in enemy hands. I counted 347 individual rounds (government property) Left behind. 😂😂😂😂

[@zeist3608]

I love how it feels like a different game based on the enemies. Bugs are extermination/wave survival, and the robots is a guerrilla warfare

[@ArkhonXIX]

Playing it with other people IS what makes it fantastic It’s most definitely not meant to be solo

[@KSpartan]

100%

[@mrtoestie2707]

Yeah, especially since when going “solo” other people should still be able to just get matchmaked into your game. I got the game a couple days ago, have only gotten to play a handful of missions and only one of them so far other players actually showed up. (heard something about the automatic matchmaker not really working atm)

[@thedripdrop9826]

It's so much fun. It's a shame their matchmaking doesn't really work, or no one is using it. This game is HARD solo.

[@digduck9463]

but not with random

[@cccbbbaaa110]

especially tk

[@krelekari]

It says "Only hero's past this point" beore you get the cape in the beginning because the marble walls are actually a written contract signed by donning the cape I love super earth so much

[@Sorain1]

Actually that contract has two clauses that matter about signing up. 1. Reading this contract, in whole or in part, constitutes signing up. 2. Reading this contract in full is a violation of the contract punishable by execution.

[@asimplewizard]

​@@Sorain1if you spend too long looking at the wall will they shoot you?

[@thenson1Halo]

My first mission was a damn escort mission with the robots. All of my bug missions so far had the yellow dust cloud. It's kinda weird actually being able to see the tyranids coming at you lol.

[@whollymindless]

"I hate being told what to do." "Now what?" (I know it was rhetorical, but...)

[@dusk2308]

like a true soldier god bless super earth

[@Kiba69420]

Oh i LOVED that part lol Him being made about being told what to do, then ask what to do next. XD

[@ChilledMoo]

Watching him go through the tutorial is giving me anxiety like I can’t tell if he’s doing it on purpose or not

[@apt7prod]

Nah he's actually this much of a spaz

[@plain_simple_garak]

He is. He plays every game the same, it's always like this

[@saltyexxer8253]

It was the funniest shit I've ever seen 😂😂😂

[@dokutah7374]

@@Krucifusok but feigned ignorance can inly be taken so far, even when he’s actually playing the game and not being an idiot he isn’t really good at the games he plays Streamer brain is a thing, and a lot of big creators like Asmon have it there’s faking it for content, but you can’t tell me people actually find this entertaining to watch for hours on end, everything in moderation and he’s definitely not being stupid in moderation

[@mwkrenn]

The look you had, when you stood at the drop pods LZ.. hilarious! Please more of HD 2 Let's plays :D

[@KenobiStark1]

Helldivers being about Super Earth and not a super country, singular, is something I really liked. All of us here on the planet playing together online and liberating planets by working together. Now that is some good stuff right there. I love this game.

[@crazychase98]

Being prohuman is always a next positive. Humanity should always come first

[@worksmarter6418]

​@crazychase98 Venus life forms have rights too

[@-sigma1584]

@@worksmarter6418sounds like xeno propaganda, time for a purging of Venus

[@joso7228]

Lets all pop over to Ukraine and help Liberate

[@jesperjohansson6959]

@@crazychase98 I see no reason why that should be the case. Anything that's capable of suffering should not suffer, regardless of what its external appearance is

[@kebabsandoz]

Solos a different experience and I really like it on darker, more inhospitable bug planets on higher difficulties. Feels almost like survival horror and managing to cap everything and get out alive is amazing

[@singed420snowinit9]

Action horror, but I get what you mean.

[@majimbo8528]

Meanwhile co-op is an action comedy with some drama elements

[@kebabsandoz]

@Mark-rt1jn I have incredible experiences solo and coop now that some friends dropped into my game. After 4 hours of waiting for the server numbers to drop enough to connect that is.. I couldn't get in until 1am

[@darkrecon1209]

​@Mark-rt1jnMy friend and I killed a Bile Titan, close to us, and it fell and squashed us lol

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

Is this game what Starfield supposed to be

[@Piev_]

And he never touched the game afterwards

[@John-X]

honestly i hated the game & felt like i wasted money until i unlocked everything & got to the last 2 difficulties, then it was awesome, then i liked it a lot. then they nerfed everything in that patch & now i hate it again :)

[@ctse26]

​@John-X then they rebuffed everything again and dropped a new warbond. It's one heck of a Rollercoaster ride. XD

[@Delta-mo6hn]

Glad the CEO stepped down and decided to improve upon the game and make it less ridiculously difficult

[@lukewarmape603]

I cant stop laughing at Asmon not being able to comprehend how to apply settings, its hilarious

[@medic5133]

The guy responsible for leveling his characters offscreen quit no joke

[@ohyea456]

Actually, as a software tester/instructor, I have to agree with him. The menu said left click to discard the changes and it wasn't doing that. When attempting to change screens, the prompt is telling you that your changes have not been saved. It gives you two options: Left Click to discard or ESC to cancel. If ESC canceled leaving the screen to ensure that you saved your changes, one would presume that Left Click to discard would mean "don't save and leave the menu." Both options did that same thing, took you back to the menu. Revert converts all options to default settings and Tab saves the changes. There is no option to leave without saving. I'm fairly sure, discard is supposed to leave without saving, but does not. That was his point without putting it into understandable language and the developers should change it.

[@shunein3619]

@@zondor8123 he acts like everything is a first

[@Uhhuhok434]

Streamer moment

[@yhwach1]

@@ohyea456the discard was not for discard changes but discard the action of advancing without saving i.e canceling/going back. Esc is for when you actually want to leave the menu

[@daver9571]

To your comments at the end - there is definitely some aspect of levelling up your guns and gear. I was really hoping you'd unlock and try out the Sentry gun you looked at earlier, but with those as an example: Gattling Sentry is much better than the first Machine Sentry, then there's Mortar Sentry and others - and all these you can upgrade with samples - their cooldowns reduced, more ammo, better aiming and such.

[@codyblackwell5489]

More like acquiring than leveling but yeah

[@Dale-jr7oj]

Yet you get f all for samples and credits playing solo cause it’s too hard to play higher difficulties

[@Rumcajs981]

@@Dale-jr7oj No, it is not. It is actually easier to play solo or with one half-competent person than with a bunch of braindead randoms. Also if you are half-decent, any difficulty below 7 (Suicide Mission) is super easy to do solo, as long as you plan and dont try to clear EVERY place on the map.

[@Ironbuket]

Imagine this as a Mandalorian game where you do missions and slowly build up your armor just like in the show all set in a star wars universe

[@jacknickolstine3355]

When loading the artillery make sure to load the red HE shells and the black tipped AP shells before the yellow smoke shells. There should be more than enough shells to load it so choosing the right shells is key and knowing what shells are loaded. Itll help. I remember dropping a smoke on a group thinking it would drop an HE lmao

[@stefanforsgren9023]

Yellow are mininukes. And they are fired in the order you load them

[@leonrussell9607]

​@@stefanforsgren9023some yellow are mini nukes, most are smoke rounds

[@scale8125]

It's wild because this game was never this hype back when I played it as a kid. Goes to show, new talent can find a way to bring fire to an old IP

[@doomguy.23frommars60]

Yeah the first was still great but u know back then AAA were not mostly sucking balls and its an RTS and rts are more niche then a shooter

[@chaoseclipse0305]

The game is also a different play style from the first one. There are tons of people that don't like top down games.

[@Gallagin239]

​@doomguy.23frommars60 the first game was not an RTS. It was a top down shooter

[@DarkAoiishi]

Top down shooter of the first game was fun, but I like this one more because it feels more personal with the 3rd person viewpoint. The fact that you can also scope into 1st person is also a nice touch.

[@TheRastil]

@@DarkAoiishiToo bad it's not 1st person to be as personal as possible

[@fredericoalmeida6179]

I'm a little late to comment about this video and probably it will ignored but anyway... The leveling system only unlocks stratagems and that's the key ingredient for the base game, the warbonds unlock gear but not the same as the stratagems and you need medals for that. The core of the game is based on skill and tactic also you can create builds. Depending on your team or the mission itself the stratagems are a key factor for a build creation. Now here's the thing the weapons you get from warbonds do have special features and they're mentioned as passive attributes. My advice, test every weapon in the game (not the stratagems) and then you can get a glimpse of what you want to create. For example, i've create a DOT build in HD2 and works pretty good...

[@fredericoalmeida6179]

I just want to correct something in the first comment, the weapons in warbonds do NOT mention any special features in the passive attribute. Some will say something in the description of the weapon but the best way is to test them all out

[@Jason-ji8ql]

Its worth noting at the time of the recording, there was an issue with a recent update. Each planet has statistics of how many players and such that is happening in real time. The game is dynamic as hell, but wasn't correctly displaying information. They were also at maximum server capacity for like 3 days, so glad he was able to get in to play XD

[@spazzticzeal6238]

They still are at max capacity I got in played the tutorial, one mission. And couldn't get back in since fucking yesterday.

[@dakotawharton]

Quick play and joining ongoing missions is also broken since the update. Only way is through joining someone on your friends list.

[@adambrown9454]

I had two people join via some beacon yesterday

[@twizms7362]

​@@dakotawhartonI was wondering why nobody ever joined my game when I threw an sos out

[@crazyooma]

"4th voice sounded too much like an anime character." *chooses the literal voice of Sasuke Uchiha*

[@craigbowen9995]

Yuri Lowanthal has transcended anime.

[@TwujStary69420]

Ok weeb

[@PsychoSpiral]

The "Under Construction" areas of the ship are where the mechs are gonna be added once the servers capacity increased and game stabilize more.

[@sienihemmo]

They're not. They're all areas that open up when you buy ship modules. Source: I've bought about half the ship modules and all of the "under construction" areas are open for me.

[@PsychoSpiral]

@@sienihemmo my bad. I just saw the vehicle bay closed doors next to the parked eagle in the destroyer.

[@sienihemmo]

@@PsychoSpiral The vehicle bay ones on the lower deck might open up when they add the mechs, yeah. But the other doors are just the ship modules

[@IBuhZerK]

How would I know that the strategem would do kill me on impact? I don't know, maybe the giant yellow sign in front of you

[@rafaelmatavelli7397]

Or the people dying in previous videos he watched on stream before playing the game

[@evilloki85]

I lost count of how many team members i have killed by accident with the Eagle Cluster. Who the hell runs straight to a breach with an orbital right in the middle? Well... the people i have killed.😂

[@wintesrain]

​@@evilloki85Its super hard to see the laser you are just fragging your teammates

[@evilloki85]

@@wintesrain the hell? Its clear as day when im playing with my friends, i see mine and the others clearly and they have no problems seeing mine either. When playing online with others i have no problem seeing theirs either. Your comment of me fragging others goes out the window. I hate that shit.

[@Grandalf3004]

whoosh

[@Andrew99994]

14:40 lmao the music drop when he got the name

[@christopherallmand9407]

Your first time in this game reminds me of my first time. There are hellbombs on the map sometimes which are unexploded ordinance that you can set off. And I played with other players who didn't communicate, so I never learned the level/map objectives until way later. The samples collected drop when you die, but you can pick the dropped ones up again where you died. The samples upgrade your ship. If you have a damaged arm or leg the stims fix that too. The door you tried to open and got stuck on requires two people to open. Bullets are reflected by some of the armored bugs, so you have to flank them or set them on fire. Alt dive breaks stun or slow. Yes, grenades go in the bug hole. Every red highlight on the map is a point of interest to complete for a higher score. Change the settings so you don't free run over obstacles and must press what would be jump to step up or climb up. Long reload animations can be cancelled by swapping weapons. I think the rare samples can only be collected in torment 7 or up, but don't go that high until you've got better strategems unlocked. The flamethrower is badass and I always take one into bug levels, try not to kill yourself or your mates with it. All of the sentries and drones will shoot you and your mates if you are between the turret or drone and the target. You can start a mission by yourself, but if you deploy an SOS beacon other players can join you mid mission. One person of 4 on the ship will always be the games host. This game has a lot of clipping issues where you will get stuck inside of the terrain. Sometimes the maps or levels can be bugged or broken and not working properly, so you'll have to leave and start over. The walkers need to be flanked, or you can hit them in the front slot with an explosive weapon twice. The enemies are infinite and there's no score for killing them, so ideally you'll want to move as fast as possible completing objectives and avoiding fights.

[@knauxu]

An ODST voiced by Yuri Lowenthal fighting flood-like xenomorphs. Love to see it.

[@sleepwellmychild]

The Spiderverse is really getting out of hand

[@Kiran_Nath]

If you don't rock and stone, you ain't coming home!

[@burg3rlessturd599]

For Rock And Stone Brother

[@mak4enot]

Rock and Stonee!

[@TheCrazyCount]

Wrong game sadly, but rock and stone!

[@engineereddeath]

For Carl!

[@TesekkurlerCreeper]

Mushroom

[@LukeValentino]

Puts on the most flashy armor - Can't even figure out how to change settings in the menu..

[@wetnoodleman]

Cant judge a game made for co-op based on the single player experience

[@TheOnlyDTM]

its fun alone but way better with people, especially homies

[@garethwillis]

@@TheOnlyDTM "play smash bros, then smash your bros" - asmongold

[@taurusj3748]

i love it how you can tell when they recorded by what sectors and planets been liberated

[@Stunpuppy-i8r]

2:33 Every time this moment happens it reminds me of the intro for Skyrim elder scrolls, “hey, you. You’re finally awake.”

[@Tgruss]

The game does not scale with the amount of people on the mission, so medium difficulty is medium difficulty for 4 people. It is pretty hard solo. I was able to connect to a few games, but I wasn't able to at all last night. Pray they get those servers up and running soon.

[@JellowGelo]

HellDivers intro is like an ad that the non-skippable Military ad plays on KZbin, but better.

[@General.Falcon]

Your right, bro. Squad play in this game would be nice, I think. But imagine when squad isn't online, or whatever then I think it's getting boring... Squad, I agree!

[@chrispyy99]

Nah u can play with randoms and queue up, it's still rlly fun solo

[@PopcornMax179]

Asmon experiencing shellshock from getting stuck on the settings menu.

[@someguy1026]

I like how this game is made by a Swedish studio so it's basically just a caricature of how Swedes(and pretty much everyone else) see Americans

[@maximyurin8308]

Nah, it's a documentary.

[@Stubzmeister]

🇺🇲 RAH!!

[@AustinJFerret]

I *wish* American fashion included full-body armor suits and fancy capes.

[@dusk2308]

and there god damn right, where conically the bot are communist too.

[@NewsofPE]

wasn't starship troopers made by americans?

[@SeroCloud]

"NO CAPE!" Seriously, that thing will get caught and bam, you bug food,boy! Unless you can fly, no capes.

[@michaelr9839]

The kids like the capes. It’s so silly

[@Ope-que]

the game had more effective recruitment for a soldier than america army today

[@vanbinsbergentv]

Robo Cop, Starship Troopers and Total Recall the holy trifecta of Sci Fi movies

[@KoinzellGaming]

Demolition man, Starship Troopers and Total Recall for me. Bladerunner and Star Wars if a 4th and 5th were to fit into into the "trinity" (tho that'd be an (un)holy pentagon at that point).

[@Stagmuffins]

"I don't like being told what to do". 2 seconds later. "Ok guys, what do I do now".

[@thunder9236]

Ive been playing solo and its still great. It definitely has a lot of elements that make the game better with co-op and make it AMAZING and there are small objectives that require 2 people. Its insanely fun.

[@tykjenffs]

Playing Helldivers 2 alone is like watching Starship Troopers alone. Its SO much better with friends.

[@mcharge10]

Has to be the best cinematic intro to a game to make me want to play I think I've ever watched

[@mrt3206]

That introduction is better recruiting then our military has ever done, that got me hyped to be a helldiver lol

[@alexbarn3841]

The CIA would absolutely love how easily you believe propaganda.

[@tubbysnub]

As someone who has mostly been playing solo good luck it's rough definitely designed to be played with people explosive damage goes brrrr

[@Anonymous4045]

I'm studying Software Engineering in college and I find this genuinely insightful into UX design. Whenever I'm designing a user interface, I will now think about how Asmon would use it.

[@Orion3T]

I spent my first hour with this game getting exterminated solo while attempting to rescue researchers from automatons. Most I managed to evacuate was 7. Tried the 'kill the bugs' mission and passed easily first time. I think those rescue missions might be a bit overcooked considering it was meant to be 'trivial'?

[@JulianVR4]

Felt that also. I was getting my shit stomped on that rescue mission

[@nitroexsplosion]

A tip. The automotons also target the people so while they're not on you, you can use their distraction to pick them off. Just spam the shelters to spawn people out. Though even then the rewards don't compare. Did like two solo and said "Nah, bugs it is."

[@MutateSin66]

Because those were defend planet missions event, and devs up the rate of spawn. Sometimes, the NPC stuck (bugged) in between platforms and won't get into the building making the whole mission a failure.

[@sethmydude4812]

They most definitely were. I believe they patched them. Can complete much more easily now. Also check multiple locations to free scientists. Much more easy that way.

[@GrimnirLaguz28]

I did bugs for the first 4 missions, was able to solo 3rd difficulty pretty easily, but when I went to trivial bots, I got the escort mission and it just didn't work, so I will probably stick to bugs solo lmao.

[@praecursoris8002]

the tone shift from the start where he's playing things up for the viewers to the tilting of the terminators was night and day, shit was hilarious.

[@grzegorzstrongowski9439]

First one was fantastic. Happy to see the second to be even better. Simple premise polished to perfection. This is what i wanna see

[@oneringtorule2032]

lol “these Necrons don’t know when to QUIT!!!” It feels so warhammer

[@adammontgomery7980]

14:39 might be the pinnacle of streaming.

[@Grimno]

*Enters into hostile nest* "Are these bad guys?"

[@SetTheCaptivesFree4797]

😂

[@pmuskett311]

Played this with a buddy of mine....I haven't had this much fun in a video game in a long time. We were laughing so hard. Amazing how smart the enemy AI can be. This game is so damn good.

[@tengkuluqmanhakim291]

Bruhhh the intro is just perfect. The comedy, the message, and the advertising. Dayummm

[@johnnycripplestar5167]

This is when a game has thought and passion put into it. Very typical genre but really seems to be doing well and satisfying players. Can't believe we got a pretty good game.

[@SirDigbyChickenCaesar]

Jesus christ. Watching Asmon play this was like pulling teeth. "Don't tell me what to do!" as he wastes bullets, and only throws one offensive stratagem in an hour and a half.

[@kgw100]

That snap is the hardest transition out there. Dude forgot about NIC at night crawling under the machine guns in the army. Fun times

[@kreambeam]

The moment I realized I was going to enjoy this game is when you walk into the area with the friendly and instantly shoot them before listening to the general. This way of showing that friendly fire exists in the game is top tier and seeing Zack do the same thing I did, I am sure all players did the same.

[@Redclone789]

Ya it's a fantastic game, been playing it its not overhyped at all its so rare to find a good fun game nowadays

[@colby8104]

Incredibly overhyped. Only surface level fun at first but gets really boring and stale. (Even with friends) I uninstalled after 15 hours. Progression loop with the ship upgrades and battle pass doesn't feel fulfilling either.

[@Tazza19931]

​@@colby8104You have the right to your opinion, obviously, but I'm very glad that you're part of the minority.

[@HastyElderHaman]

@@Tazza19931 Plenty of other games out there, the gameplay loop for me is just addicting. I don't particularly care about the 'progression' part of it when the actual moment to moment gameplay is so good.

[@biggrug3968]

​@@colby8104 Just say you're a WOW sweat lol have your opinion buy of your opinion only cares about "progression" just go sweat on a boomer game

[@Tazza19931]

@@HastyElderHaman Yes, I feel the same regarding the gameplay loop.

[@pedropartida8969]

New drinking game. "Take a shot every time you hear "Who are these guys?"

[@AlterXVI]

The potential to add new enemy types, new challenges, new weapon variants and artillery etc etc that helldivers has is limitless.

[@TheOnlyDTM]

if they go the anthem route and we can end up flying in some ironman suit with flying bug/automatons/another race... this game might get game of the year

[@maximusultra9928]

@@TheOnlyDTM oof speak not of the dead

[@crispouk3070]

@@TheOnlyDTMideally they don’t go the anthem route lmao

[@manuelvillarreal1021]

"I hate being told what to do, now what?" lol

[@wowJhil]

Always wondered why there wasn't every a really good Starship Troopers game. A good one. But I do feel like the feeling would be similar of the old classic Alien games that were actually legit good!

[@AlexThomasy2k]

Bravo .. running towards bomb after shooting it 👏

[@Pupixario]

One would think capes are not a great idea when you have to fight large bugs but seems to work out

[@giant0mantis]

They increase recruitment numbers enough to make up for it

[@HastyElderHaman]

They're not about efficiency, all the helldivers are just fodder for the military machine.

[@JArbiter3784]

Shoutout to this guy getting stuck in the ESO tutorial for 40 mins, now he's just getting stuck in menus for 6.

[@Celas-m93s]

Smg from Page 3, Grenade Launcher and Drone. I don't need more to soloing most of the Game. btw. the soundtrack is awesome

[@DerikPiano]

Awesome! I hope the devs fix the matchmaking issues though.

[@JulianVR4]

Theres matchmaking?

[@AQS521]

Ive essentially paid $40 for a waiting screen.

[@rollyrollybrocolly2204]

Yeah thx god i got it refunded , i got 3 hour playtime , 2 from waiting and 1 hour of actual gameplay before crashing into the title screen again

[@verti3213]

I have refunded it too. It's unplayable for now.

[@deathstroke2305]

The game got too big for its own good lol. Jokes aside it's crazy how they expected 50K player peak for their servers and have had to increase it for 360K and it's still not enough

[@cruiseelroy1679]

7:24 Asmon instantly icing the cardboard helldivers is the funniest shit