"Sweet Liber-Tea," I breathe, frozen before an open fridge. A crucial decision. What's for dinner? I've been playing Helldivers 2 for less than a day and its sweet patriotic nothings have already wormed their way into my brain, presumably carving out inessential things like basic maths while doing so. Dinner ends up being a sandwich, cold chicken, and everything that can be swept onto a plate without cooking. There's no time for the oven: Super Earth needs me, and I need Super Earth.
Helldivers 2 is vastly different to how I remember it being a year ago, with the biggest change being the addition of vast cities to fight in instead of endless plains. The only downside? They're our cities, which I imagine must be a bummer if you spent most of 2024 trying to keep endless hordes of aliens an arm's length away from civilization. Between the high stakes and wealth of updates (they're new to me!) I've picked a wonderful time to finally fall head-over-heels for Helldivers 2 – and it's all thanks to the game's ever-patient community.
