My first dives in Helldivers 2's Illuminate Super Earth invasion were a brutal, chaotic disaster, and the Halo ODST in me loved every second of it

My first dives in Helldivers 2's Illuminate Super Earth invasion were a brutal, chaotic disaster, and the Halo ODST in me loved every second of it


Despite the valiant best efforts of countless of Lady Liberty's finest over the course of several months, the unthinkable has happened: the Illuminate have reached Super Earth itself in Helldivers 2, and are now deploying to the surface of the heart of Managed Democracy itself with a gargantuan invasion fleet. The squids have also introduced a new gunship to the fray called Leviathans — huge and extremely tough-armored aircraft that immediately bring MCU Chitauri Leviathans of the same name from The Avengers and the Battle of New York to mind. Leviathans, the other new Illuminate units introduced recently with the Galactic Emergency patch, SEAF fireteams, and crowds of panicked civilians sprinting around have all made the battles I've endured in the streets of Eagleopolis the most chaotic I've experienced in my ~500 hours of service on the frontlines.

Author: lowryb3865@gmail.com (Brendan Lowry) , Brendan Lowry


Published at: 2025-05-20 22:06:00

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