Helldivers 2

10. HD2
11. LEGO Horizon
12. Star Wars Outlaws
13. Black Myth: Wukong
14. Alan Wake 2: Night Springs and The Lake House expansions
15. Neva
16. Silent Hill 2 (2024)
17. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
18. Astro Bot
19. Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Since the start of pandemic, a few of my oldest, closest friends and I have played multiplayer games once or twice a week. I've more or less kept up with gaming since college, but these guys didn't do more than the odd few rounds of Mario Kart during Thanksgiving. That was until we all had to sit indoors for a year.

I mainly got them into the Souls series. We branched out to stuff like Monster Hunter, and I even got them to play my favorite, Mordhau, which doesn't play great for them on console.

One of these friends has cerebral palsy. He walks with canes or rides a scooter to get around. He can hold and use a controller well enough, but, as he puts it, when the pressure builds in game his spastic reflex gets the better of him and he can't do much more than panic dodge roll.

The Souls series can be very forgiving at times when he can be a magic user and nuke things from a distance. Bloodborne, on the other hand, was rough and we had to use PS5's remote share a few times to get him through some spots before it all became too much.

Then we bought HD2 during the sale. I was a big fan of 1, and was honestly unsure of the new perspective (boy was I wrong, but that's another topic). Despite his physical disability, my friend has become a god on the battlefield. With turret, HMG emplacements, and mines, he consistently gets the most kills during a dive, usually twice over.

I don't know if there is more to say. I feel like a lesser game would have nerfed those "crutches" into oblivion. But most use them as a way to pad out survivability while you try to have fun with the rest of the weapons.

You can pick up to five of the ten games, but you do not need to use all five votes.

How long can we delay this stratagem? Hopefully longer than Anti-tank mines.

Ever since I got the the Stalwart, I've ignored the MG. It baffled me that it hit the last major order before the Stalwart.

Now that we're currently getting the MG strat for free, I've found a use for them: I throw the beacon atop bot factories.

Something broke last drop...I think

All winners: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/here-are-all-the-golden-joystick-awards-2024-winners/

(From the DSS in game)

Looks like the socialist scum are going after the DSS through Mastia. Hopefully we can mount a solid defense to keep the DSS from bot hands.

Title says pretty much it.

To be more specific: How do you destroy this bastard WITHOUT the use of strategems (barrage, laser, rail canon strike etc.)?

Does he have any vulnerable parts on the back - like the other tanks - but they are not glowing?

How can I kill it with a auto cannon? I usually don't carry the thermite granades.

I’ve been using the Dominator for a while now and it’s definitely fun but I’m wondering if there’s more viable options. I’ve been eyeing the scorcher cus it looks cool and I’m thinking my potato aim will like that recoil better than the dominator sending my camera towards the heavens above with each shot

Also side note, anyone use the new plasma pistol yet, maybe I can knock out the senator as my only used secondary

I genuinely thought his armour looked cool :(

... hold on, "players are unable to emote when flying through the air"?
Is that currently possible or is it supposed to be? Either way I have questions.

Snipers blow chunks in Helldivers 2, and here's why.

The Diligence does a pathetic 165 damage and basically isn't worth using, especially since it can't penetrate armor. It probably is similar to a 5.56 rifle which means it should be medium armor penetrating at least. It's literally outperformed by almost every other weapon in the game for either penetration, damage, or both.

The Diligence Counter Sniper does 200 damage, which is OK, but still pathetic. Penetrates medium armor, but is embarrassed by the fact that the Senator does the same 200 damage and penetrates heavy armor. I've got a news flash for Helldivers devs - there is no universe where a revolver does more penetration than a fucking sniper rifle. The Counter Sniper is probably a .50 BMG rifle or similar, and if I shoot a Charger or Hulk in the face, it should immediately sit right down on its ass. The Senator, since it fires a slower round, should be the one doing medium penetration.

The Eruptor is pay-to-win, since it's the only usable sniper rifle in the game, but it's crippled by short range(the round explodes after a short distance) - so why bother putting a sniper scope on it at all? It's the only rifle capable of clearing out medium bugs just fine, but not due to precise sniper shots - due to exploding rounds. The rounds bounce off Bile Titans unless you hit them juuuust right - but it can one-shot a Factory Strider from beneath(as it should). It's utterly incapable of damaging a Charger at all, unless for some reason the Charger is heading away from you.

Here's how sniper rifles should work: the recoil should be horrendous unless you're prone. The Diligence should penetrate medium armor. The Counter Sniper should penetrate heavy armor. The Eruptor should penetrate heavy armor, stun, and clear the surrounding area with the explosion. There is very little, if any, armor that we know of that can stop a .50 BMG, so there's basically no bug or bot that should be able to take Counter Sniper rounds or greater and keep walking.

Sniper rifles are meant to be slow firing, high damage weapons that reward precision, and penetrate effortlessly. I should be able to find a spot, see a long distance with the scope and ping for my team, and land shots in critical hit points at range and bring large enemies to their knees while my team is working on crowd control. Unfortunately, most of the sniper rifles in this game are fucking useless, because the devs feel like you're supposed to bring a rocket launcher instead of a precision rifle.

Signed, the teammate who wants to play as a sniper, but can't, because there are no good long range rifles in the game.

I also posted this rant to Steam Community if you want to discuss there.

What does "make other public performance of it" mean? Am I subject to licence revokation if I make a screenshot and post it on social media or something?