Helldivers 2 players were already getting obliterated, so now it just feels like game master Joel is taking their lunch money, kicking their teeth in, and spitting in their eyes

Helldivers 2 soldier in blue lighting.

Helldivers 2's galactic war is the tool used by the live-service game to keep us motivated to continuously lay down our lives for Super Earth. The mastermind behind it, Joel, has devious ways to steer the war whichever way he wants, and it seems he's keen to kick us while we're down on Oshaune. As if we weren't drowning in bug bile already.

Currently, Helldivers are facing overwhelming odds on Oshaune. It's a Terminid Hiveworld filled with underground tunnels that make most stratagems utterly useless. It's also got new enemies like the Hive Lord. It's tough – so tough, some are saying it's "officially worse than Malevelon Creek."