Summary
Released in 2015, the firstHelldiverswas a top-down shooter that wasn’t afraid to wear its influences on its sleeve. Taking control of an elite, yet completely expendable soldier known as a Helldiver, players blast their way through hordes of Bugs, Cyborgs, and Illuminate, all in service to Super Earth and its citizens. Much ofthe firstHelldivers' gameplayand satirical narrative has carried over toHelldivers 2, but there are still a few glaring omissions.
Possibly the most obvious missing element from the firstHelldiversis the entire Illuminate enemy race. An alien species that used to reside on aquatic planets, the Illuminate use powerful beam and energy-based weapons, along with personal teleporters and shields. By the timeHelldivers 2picks up in the year 2184, the Illuminate have apparently been exterminated from the galaxy. But that might just be what the Ministry of Truth wants people to think. It’s been heavily rumored for a while now that the Illuminate will come toHelldivers 2eventually, and when they do, they’ll expand the game in more ways than one.
Introducing The Illuminate Could Improve Helldivers 2 Two-Fold
The Illuminate Would Bring A Range of New Enemy Types to Helldivers 2
Of course, the biggest benefit ofadding the Illuminate toHelldivers 2would be the wealth of new enemy types that come along with them. In the firstHelldivers, enemy types were split into five categories: Scout, Infantry, Tank, Elite, and Master. These general enemy types are still present inHelldivers 2, and as such, many of the Illuminate’s enemies could be translated into the sequel’s third-person action seamlessly.
For instance, the Illuminate’s most basic unit is the Observer, a small drone that surveys the battlefield, cloaks, and teleports back to base. The Observer would make complete sense inHelldivers 2’s gameplay loop, requiring players to carefully watch the horizon for any cloaked sentries that could reveal their position. The Illuminate is also home to a slew of melee-focused attackers, whichHelldivers 2already has plenty of. But the real hook of the Illuminate is that they also have access to advanced weaponry and gadgets, such as shield generators.
The Illuminate have the potential to beHelldivers 2’s hardest factionyet, blending together the lethal melee attacks of the Terminids with the ranged deadliness of the Automatons, and sprinkling in some high-tech gadgets to make them even harder to kill. With plenty of Illuminate enemy types already there and ready to go, it’s hopefully only a matter of time beforeHelldivers 2veterans are given an even greater challenge.
The Illuminate Would Add a New Segment of The Galaxy
But adding the Illuminate toHelldivers 2would also presumably add an entirely new section to the galaxy map, presumably one that’s filled with a plethora of brand-new planets. WhileHelldivers 2already has some pretty varied environments, there are still more biomes that the game could explore, and adding the Illuminate to the game could be the perfect excuse to kill two birds with one stone, adding a bunch of new enemy types and planets.
Originally hailing from aquatic planets, it would make sense for the Illuminate’s portion ofthe galaxy map inHelldivers 2to focus more heavily on water-based arenas than the other factions' homeworlds. To coincide with these new planet types,Helldivers 2could also add a range of new vehicles or Stratagems to the game that help players traverse these watery worlds.
Helldivers 2
WHERE TO PLAY
Do you believe in freedom? Can you stand in the face of oppression – and defend the defenceless? Wage war for peace. Die for democracy.Join forces with up to three friends and wreak havoc on an alien scourge threatening the safety of your home planet, Super Earth, in this multiplayer co-op shooter for PS5 and PC from Arrowhead Game Studios.Step into the boots of the Helldivers, an elite class of soldiers whose mission is to spread peace, liberty and Managed Democracy using the biggest, baddest and most explosive tools in the galaxy.Helldivers don’t go planet side without proper backup, but it’s up to you to decide how and when to call it in. Not only do you have a host of superpowered primary weapons and customizable loadouts, you also have the ability to call on stratagems during play.Helldivers 2 features Arrowhead’s best cooperative gameplay yet. Collaboration will be vital: Teams will synergize on loadouts, strategize their approach for each mission and complete objectives together.1Enlist in Super Earth’s premier military peacekeeping force today. We are heroes… we are legends… WE ARE HELLDIVERS.
