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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

I"ve been playing this in early access for a while now....

Based on the current state of the game, october seems a bit rushed

They have a lot of bugs to fix, and a lot of optimization to do to get the fps up to where it needs to be.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I want to do my part!

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Was wondering how long it would take someone to try to replicat Helldiver's success with this same narrative.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if sarcasm/trolling. Forgive me for saying so if it isn't. This game has been available in early access long before helldivers 2. Starship troopers the movie has much the same tone as this trailer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This is a co-op FPS with 16-player PvE and by looking at the teaser it also involes base building, so not exactly the same type of game.

As for the narrative, Helldivers is obviously based on the Starship Troopers movie (the plot, the action, even the "patriotic theme"), which itself was heavily inspired by StarCraft. So no one is really "replicating Helldivers narrative" here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is a co-op FPS with 16-player PvE and by looking at the teaser it also involes base building, so not exactly the same type of game.

spot on

As for the narrative, Helldivers is obviously based on the Starship Troopers movie (the plot, the action, even the “patriotic theme”), which itself was heavily inspired by StarCraft.

!?? I read Heinlein's Starship Troopers in the early 80s lol, not sure you meant that the way it reads. ST the book and subsequent verhooven movie were not inspired by Starcraft.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit! I had no idea it was based on a book! The movie really looked like StarCraft without the Protoss. So the rabbit whole goes even deeper, good to know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

the book is fantastic but doesn't really emphasize a lot of the fun themes you'll find in the film. worth a read, it's short af.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Almost as if the movie was made into a satire of the book it's based on 😱🤯

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

yes, but also, it explores the universe heinlein created in ways i'm certain he never anticipated (talking heads on TV shows being a great example).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

it is a right wing libertarian manifesto, but good book is still good book.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Still inaccurate to the book, hard pass.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Without the philosophical overtones and the anti military industrial complex theme, I don't think I'd want to play it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I actually liked the movie better than the book. One of those rare examples.