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One quote kept running through my head as I played Helldivers: “The only good bug is a dead bug.”
It’s hard not to quote the delightfully bad sci-fi movie Starship Troopers while playing Arrowhead Games Studios latest top-down co-op adventure. In fact, Arrowhead programmer Mikael Bauer told me in June that both the film and the developer’s first game, Magicka, influenced the cross-play (one copy works on each system) exclusive for PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. I reviewed it on the PS4.
If you can draw yourself away from Helldivers 2, you can pick up the first game for less than $20 right now, but you’ll need to be quick.
In the update players will receive Proving Grounds and an improve loadout system.
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "Competing with other players online is ingrained into the gaming ecosystem these days, with every hardware manufacturer (even the previously resistant Nintendo) offering ways to connect to others over the internet to engage in multiplayer. Ever since SEGA blazed a trail with their gone-too-soon Dreamcast and titles such as Chu Chu Rocket and Phantasy Star Online, the console landscape changed towards embracing the internet – solidified further by Microsoft’s Xbox initiative in 2001.
On handhelds, inroads into online gaming were slower, but with the advent of Sony’s PSP in 2005 that changed again and suddenly portable experiences were offered that could also connect with other players across the world. This was refined further with their next-generation handheld the PlayStation Vita, which offered improvements like easily accessible friends lists, system-based party chat, alongside some of the best portable online games that were available at the time of its release."
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Killzone Mercenary has spectacular gameplay and great mp. Underrated game.
Helldivers was pretty awesome to have on Vita.
NFS MW worked well on Vita.
Killzone Mercenary is not only a phenomenal KZ, it has the best integrated system shared between the campaign and the online community. I wish more shooters were this incredible.
How come metacritic is flooding the scores with 70 75 and leaving off the 90's 95's and even the 80's sounds like they have an agenda.