The Dark Herald takes a quick look at Helldivers II and notes its similarity to the Starship Troopers movie.
I had intended to post a full review of Helldivers II this week, but that is not going to happen.
I have to say that I am somewhat disappointed. I was under the impression that Helldivers II was going to be a non-competitive, third-person co-op shooter. One that had strong overtones of Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers. Except this one was supposed to be deliberately funny and wasn’t trying to be a secretly brilliant film that requires you to have an IQ that falls in a very specific range of above average but not too far above average to truly appreciate it as an understated masterpiece.
I admit my own dislike of the film was based on three things. First I was stationed in Okinawa and had been looking forward to seeing it at the Hansen Theater, Mainside, and had to see it at Futenma instead (busted air conditioner on a jungle island). The second was my sweet summer child belief that Verhoeven was going to deliver a respectful treatment of Robert Heinlein’s military science fiction classic and that Denise Richards would show her boobs sometime during the movie. Did I mention I was in the Marine Corps? Third, I read the book first and was hoping I would see a respectful treatment of it, which was possible in the 1990s. Mostly, I had gotten a little too optimistic about the film’s quality based on Clancy Brown being cast for a key role.
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”The Kurgan as Sergeant Zim? Awesome!!!”
In fairness, Clancy Brown delivered, and come to think of it, Denise Richards would too, eventually. Be careful what you wish for.
Nonetheless, I remain one of those snobs who didn’t really like the movie because I wanted to see a good version of the book, that will never happen now, and I’m not moving off that. Consequently, a game that was clearly making fun of it seemed like a perfect fit for me.
Why, yes! Sony does own Tri-Star.
Imagine my disappointment upon discovering that Helldivers II was not a non-competitive, third-person co-op shooter but was, in fact, a battle royale where the objective is to outwait the other players trying to get a precious slot on one of the game servers.
I did get to finish my training mission without getting killed, ever since I bought Drake of the 99 Dragons I regard that as a mark of quality in a game. The music, while waiting in the endless queue, seems appropriate to what I hope the game will be like when I get to play it someday. Movement in the training mission is quite smooth and I got a cape at the end of it, which I kind of liked.
The cost of the game is $40 bucks, which, for AAA’s new release, I really liked. It is currently available on Playstation and through Steam for PC.
I will deliver a review of Helldivers II someday, but today will obviously not be that day.
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