“Give them prizes.” Developers Naughty Dog and Infinity Ward are amazed by Helldivers 2 and its animation – HellDivers 2

Helldivers 2 has already sold over 1 million copies, but the game’s animation is worth mentioning.

A few months ago, Helldivers 2 received little attention, and therefore many players did not expect it to be a success. But in the end it turned out to be one of those video games that surprise the community. Its popularity led to Helldivers 2, published by PlayStation, becoming a bestseller and exceeding all expectations. In this case, we will talk about an aspect that has gone somewhat unnoticed, but is one of its strengths: animations.

Because they were collected from the middle first Gamesradarthe animation of the space soldiers surprised the community, as well as veteran developers. In the game, developed by Arrowhead Game Studios, you can die from friendly fire, get crushed by ships, get eaten by aliens, or have explosions send you very far away in a very funny way. For this reason, there are developers who praise this element, and one of them is the main designer Playful puppyMichael Barclay.

In your account X/Twitter reacts to a clip from Greg Miller, founder of the Kinda Funny Games podcast. “I need more people to talk about the animation of Helldiver 2.” Look at that ragdoll (ragdoll effect which gives the animation more realism), no trimming, cloth (Helldiver), ragdoll recovery. Give them prizes“, he notes. Who also praised It was Steve Holmes, designer Endless Chamberwhich indicates that “it’s amazing“.

Helldivers 2 is the most successful game for PlayStation PC.

A few days ago, we told you that Helldivers 2 was a huge success and became the most successful PlayStation game since its release on PC. It beat Marvel’s Spider-Man and God of War by a wide margin. Arrowhead’s proposal received more than 196,000 playersAccording to SteamDB. That’s a difference of over 120,000 concurrent users at launch.

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