Warhammer 40,000: l'espace marin 2 lead says Helldivers 2 “legitimizes what we’re making” by showing “people like multiplayer co-op games where you can just blow s**t up”
Saber Interactive chief creative officer Tim Willits has said the success of Helldivers 2 “legitimizes” Warhammer 40,000: l'espace marin 2.
Although the seismic momentum that propelled Helldivers 2 to ubiquity when it launched earlier this year has slowed somewhat, it’s still a massively popular game that exceeded all reasonable expectation. With the game’s creative director back on Discord after months of silence doing damage control after backlash toward controversial balancing changes, it might look like Helldivers 2’s time in the spotlight is over, but the game’s Steam data – although platform-specific and thus incomprehensive – paints a starkly different picture.
Talking to PCGamesN, Willits said the success of games like Helldivers 2 and DayZ are proof of a large public appetite for the kind of multiplayer game where you can keep up with friends — in between explosives and mortar rounds, bien sûr.
“I think something like ten million people play Helldivers, mais 25 million people play DayZ,” dit-il. “When you have numbers like that, it shows you that people like multiplayer co-op games where you can just blow shit up with your friends … I played the heck out of Helldivers [2], and it legitimizes what we are making, and it shows that these types of games can be very successful because people are social and want to play together.”
l'espace marin 2 is finally launching some 13 Délivre-nous Mars, and it promises to build on the original’s gloriously straightforward, hack and slash, third-person action gameplay. Don’t be intimidated by the Warhammer name, which of course encompasses tabletop games, tactics and strategy games, an MMO, et de plus; Space Marine is all about taking control of Captain Titus and mowing down mantis-like Tyranid aliens by the truckload with his big weapons and armor. The sequel is billed as, au fond, that but with improved graphics, more lavish set-pieces, and even gorier battles.