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HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2015

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Quick resume

HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.

Global score

90/100

Genres

Action

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    Pros

    • Strong cooperative gameplay with up to 4 players
    • High skill and tactical depth with friendly fire mechanics
    • Procedurally generated missions and global war meta
    • Varied weapons, stratagems, and loadouts for customization
    • Active and friendly community with voice chat support

    Cons

    • Steep learning curve and punishing difficulty
    • Repetitive mission objectives and environments
    • Some essential dlc required for best experience
    • Shared screen limits individual autonomy in multiplayer
    • Small player base and occasional toxic players

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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      "Includes a Battle Mode for direct competition, but main gameplay focuses on cooperation rather than ranking."

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    • Continuation

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      "Many players report hundreds to thousands of hours played, with habitual grinding and long-term engagement."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Core gameplay revolves around 4-player cooperative teamwork, requiring communication, coordination, and mutual support to succeed."

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    • Creativity

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      "Players customize loadouts, choose characters, and experiment with ricochet shots and tactics."

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    • Domination

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      "Community generally cooperative and friendly; some reports of cheating and trolling but no strong evidence of dominance or toxic behavior."

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a fun distraction and stress relief with whimsical, chaotic gameplay."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily for fun and social interaction rather than obligation or pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Players encouraged to try different weapons, strategies, and paths to overcome challenges."

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    • Exploration

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      "Progression through different planets and levels offers some discovery, though environments are familiar."

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    • Expression

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      "Limited character customization mostly through combat abilities and weapon upgrades rather than cosmetic expression."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Set in a cartoonish sci-fi universe with fictional factions and humorous story elements."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Players feel part of a community through cooperative play, shared objectives, and in-game camaraderie."

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    • Growth

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      "Progression through skill upgrades, weapon tiers, and base improvements offers learning and development."

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    • Health

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      "Primarily sedentary gameplay with no physical activity involved."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during missions; not suitable for background or casual idle play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Players form friendships and social bonds through cooperative play and community interaction."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players often take on leadership roles in coordinating team tactics and callouts during missions."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong progression system with unlocks, upgrades, and campaign advancement."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Game is challenging and tense at times but also provides flow and fun moments."

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    • Sensation

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      "Visual and auditory effects, explosions, and weapon sounds provide sensory stimulation and excitement."

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    • Status

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      "Some recognition through leaderboards and community but not a major focus."

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Status, Competition.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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