Helldivers 2 gamers have sturdy emotions concerning the planets they’re combating to defend within the recreation’s ongoing galactic struggle. First there was Malevelon Creek, which grew to become a infamous hotspot for gamers, after it was dubbed “Robotic Vietnam” because of its flame-spewing robots, jungle setting, and vital issue. Even supposing I’ve described an abject nightmare, gamers developed a little bit of a sentimental attachment to the planet, and its many subsequent rises and falls supplied nice dramatic fodder, to not point out materials for the neighborhood to show into memes. Malevelon Creek grew to become a celebrated locale, and the builders finally gave it a vacation. Now, gamers have developed an intense relationship with one other planet, however issues couldn’t be extra completely different.
You see, Helldivers 2 gamers fucking hate Hellmire.
There has by no means been a shittier planet. Consider the worst doable place on the earth, multiply it a couple of instances, and sprinkle in a few of your least favourite folks, and you continue to wouldn’t come near the ire people really feel in direction of Hellmire. Hellmire sits clear on the opposite aspect of the galaxy from Malevelon Creek, which couldn’t higher encapsulate the huge distinction in how gamers really feel concerning the two. You already know what they do have in widespread although? Hearth.
Hellmire is a planet held by the bug-like Terminids, and also you’d assume they might have given up or died off simply having checked out it. Hellmire, not like most planets, is affected by firestorms, which accurately make the floor seem like a visualization of Hell. Certain, it’s honoring its namesake, however may it’s any much less a ache within the ass? It’s not dangerous sufficient that I sometimes drop into Hellmire on high-difficulty operations with overwhelming odds and bugs coming out of each doable gap within the planet, however I even have to fret about not catching fireplace on a world whose entire deal is the countless flames scorching it.
Locations like Hellmire are particularly harrowing as a result of a steadiness change (which desperately wants fixing) just lately made by Arrowhead Sport Studios elevated the injury of fireplace from all sources, making any drop onto the planet an excellent higher ordeal.
For the time being, there’s a serious order selling the protection of plenty of planets throughout the whole lot of the galaxy. Hellmire is amongst them, and after I checked on its liberation standing earlier immediately, it was at a paltry quantity. It was a quantity so pathetic (nearly as unhappy because the variety of gamers actively enjoying on Hellmire for the time being) that I don’t even wish to repeat it right here. By comparability, one other planet in the identical system was effectively on its method to freedom and having fun with a wholesome focus of gamers. In the meantime, the Helldivers reddit has been flashing with occasional calls to outright “glass” the planet to…remedy?…the issue of its liberation.
In keeping with the neighborhood, “no one desires Hellmire,” and it’s arduous to argue with the numbers. The overall consensus appears to be very “fuck Hellmire,” which may spell a little bit of a humorous subject for the neighborhood and builders, since Hellmire is such a focus of many strategic pushes. It’s to the purpose the place gamers are often joking about simply hitting the bricks and abandoning the planet solely, and it appears to be turning right into a actuality, which could throw a wrench in Arrowhead’s versatile struggle narrative.
Hellmire’s arduousness very a lot looks like the purpose of the planet, nevertheless it additionally looks like participant sentiment, which has soured a bit within the final a number of months, has seemingly settled on Hellmire as its newest goal. That, and it’s bought to suck to eat shit to bugs and fireplace tornadoes repeatedly. Possibly we’ll see Hellmire utterly fall, or possibly we’ll see Arrowhead modify to the neighborhood’s emotions and pivot away from it for a time. Hopefully, the studio fixes the hearth injury to curb that entire aspect of the equation solely. I’m begging you, Arrowhead. My crops are on fireplace.
