One of things about helldivers is love is the sheer difference between the first and second game. It feels in the modern game industry sequels especially for big budget games that have sequels seemingly vary very differently from their predecessors sequels often feel very safe very rarely do they make big changes to the main gameplay much rarely do they change the entire genre and perspective of the game.
Helldivers feels very different in this regard I don’t know if you’ve seen gameplay of helldivers 1 I’ve personally never played it myself but gameplay wise instead of being a 3rd person shooter it was a top down shooter game and all the differences in game design choices that entails. Graphically in the most affectionate way I can say helldivers 1 looks like a 3DS game to me idk it just has that slightly blocky 3d aesthetic the game also had a much more cartoony art style.
Idk I just really like seeing a game so willing to massively change what game it is between entries in a series and willing to not just play it safe but to experiment and it worked out really fucking well.
I don’t know how long hd2 was in development but 9 years between releases has really made a difference and more experimentation in games is something I really hope to see in the future.
