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        • anamethatisnt@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          I much rather fix up some burgers and drink a few pints at home while playing helldivers 1 with friends than sit at the pub eating worse burgers and paying too much for the pints.

      • Echo DotEnglish
        52·
        11 months ago

        I don’t know of any popular games that have it anymore. It’s not something I’d actually expect to exist in a game anymore.

        I think it used to be a feature in games back when computers were expensive, but these days that’s not so much the case and if I want to with my partner, well she has her own computer.

        It’s not like only nerds have computers now. Basically everyone comes with at least a laptop.

        • anamethatisnt@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          Definitely rarer now, but four people sitting in the living room with controllers is still as fun. Helldivers, Magicka, Overcooked, Totemori, Gang Beasts and Genital Jousting are all great fun with some being easier to get into than others.

    • zecg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I really always prefer local coop but it doesn’t work well when it’s 3rd person over the shoulder and you have to split the screen into two different viewports.

      • anamethatisnt@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        I agree that their choice of perspective makes local coop harder to implement due to needing splitscreen, it also means I wouldn’t want to play it with a controller.
        I just hope that they keep their Helldivers 1 servers up and about, or release a patch that makes the game work offline if they don’t.

  • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    11 months ago

    The game looks great. I guess they fixed the more glaring issues with their initial release.

    People seemed to have issues logging in, matchmaking or CDT randomly. I’ll wait for a few trusted reviews but it looks like something I’ll enjoy.

    • bitwaba@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      11 months ago

      I refunded on day 1 because their anti cheat was preventing it from launching on Linux. They had a fix out Friday night, so I repurchased and have put maybe 6hrs into it.

      I’ve been playing the early access Starship Troopers Extermination over the last 6 months, and after 30 minutes of Helldivers I told my friend “they’ve made a better Starship Troopers game than the Starship Troopers game.”

      There’s a couple bugs here or there, but just playing 4-man with the homies seems to have avoided all the matchmaking issues.

      • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        I have Starship Troopers Extermination as well but I feel it has a long way to go still. I’m really tempted now to get Helldivers 2 and keep Extermination on the side as it progresses in Early Access.

    • Lesrid@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      I had a bug where the obstacle you’re meant to crouch under spawned in at a height too low even for crawling. I had no idea it was a bug because I had never seen the tutorial before. After leaving and re-entering the tutorial it spawned in at the correct height.

      Game is awesome though. If they smooth out the experience it will be my shooter of the year.