The Helldivers face an overwhelmingly hostile galaxy. Each deployment means risking mortal peril, whether by way of armor-shredding Terminid talons or the steel onslaught of the Automaton menace. Some of Super Earth's soldiers, however, fall prey to a more subtle killer: the physics glitch, a merciless enemy that's happy to pulverize a Helldiver as punishment for tripping over the wrong bit of terrain. It's an insidious foe, but it also happens to be very funny—funny enough that Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt thinks it's probably a net positive for everyone if it's left unaddressed.
Earlier this week, redditor 0_2AL uploaded a clip from Helldivers 2 showing the spectacular failure of their attempt at navigating level geometry (via GamesRadar). While trying to run through a trench, their helldiver gets snagged on a bit of invisible terrain at the foot of a lamppost, leading them to try to dive forwards to free themself.
