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AsHelldivers 2continues to catapult in popularity and player counts, fans wonder what the game’s next chapter will bring about. We recently learned how the game will introducenew enemy types, guns, mechs, and more, but players are turning their focus on another part of the game—cosmetics.
In today’s live-service games, cosmetics, battle passes, and microtransactions for exclusive items are common.The consensus is that these are fine so long as they’re not game-breaking advantages that players can have.
Helldivers 2 Community Takes Stance Against Cosmetics
Depending on their execution, cosmetics can certainly affect immersion, and theHelldivers 2community wants to stay far away from them.
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In a recent poston the game’s subreddit, a player expressedconcerns about a lack of faith in preserving original settings in modern games:
They continued:
Even though there is clear inspiration from several different pieces of media, Helldivers is a unique game in its look, feel, and story. It would be such a shame and a disservice to ruin it with things like collabs.
The post concluded with “Let Helldivers just be Helldivers.” However, an edit was later made where OP clarified that they wouldn’t mind gear inspired by other series, so long as it fits theHelldiverssetting.
Players Give Their Two Cents on the Cosmetics Discourse
Players largely echoed OP’s concerns, with one comment mentioning that the originalHelldiversavoided odd cosmetics that clashed with its setting. While some hoped the sequel would follow suit, it’s insane popularity leaves uncertainty about its direction.
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Another comment made an interesting suggestion—instead of having visual cosmetics, the game could introduce voice cosmetics:
Give me a diver with Southern drawl. Give me one with a New Zealand accent, a Canadian accent, and Nigerian accent, a fucking Minnesotan accent. So, so many cool and funny accents to choose from.
They added,
Insteadof following the CoD (I know CoD had voice packs, this is not that) trend of brightly colored skins, we get to hear maniacal cackles from the toughest sounding accents to the goofiest ones.
This would certainly make for interesting gameplay and add a touch of immersion to the game as well. What says unity and democracy better than people that sound like they’re from different parts of the world, coming together to fight against the big bad?
What do you think of these suggestions forHelldivers 2? Do you have any of your own? Drop your ideas in the comments below!
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