History VideoGame / HelldiversII

* {{BFG}}: Automaton bases and fortresses may have tank turrets mounted on towers guarding them, and they have considerable range. If they are alerted to Helldiver presence, they can easily deliver a suppressive barrage of OneHitKill blasts. You are generally encouraged to either stealthily infiltrate and disable them from within, call down a stratagem on their head, or take them out at long range where their accuracy becomes questionable.

* EnemyDetectingRadar: It's part of the LevelMapDisplay, where enemies appear as periodic red blips on the minimap. Note that the player cannot attack while using the minimap.

** The Orbital Railgun has a long recharge, 4 minutes, and only one shot on use that targets one enemy. That single shot, however, locks on to the tallest enemy near where the beacon landed and deals considerable damage with low risk of harming allies. Anything less than a bile spewer won't surivive, and even the superheavies will eat a chunk of damage. During normal play its great as a "geat of hulk/charger free" card if you need the breathing room and very rarely misses the best target, although walkers might still be able trick it, and it can hurt larger targets like spore spewers just as readily.

** The titular Helldivers themselves, who are ordinary human soldiers sent to battle two powerful and implacable foes: a horde of fearsome alien locusts, and an army of brutal, ruthless robots. Both the enemy factions possess units that are much larger and stronger than human soldiers, and Helldivers can expect to encounter multiple of these - along with hordes of weaker units - on any given mission (at least on higher difficulties). While Helldivers are themselves backed by an array of powerful weapons and stratagems, even a single Helldiver with the most basic equipment in the game - the starting medium armour set, default assault rifle, pistol and grenades, and maybe a machine gun as a support weapon - is capable of clearing objectives by his or her lonesome and doing great damage to enemies.

* TacticalShooter: Though not a full example -- the sci-fi setting and fantastic technology do limit the amount of realism present by their very nature -- the game does take definite cues from the genre. Helldivers are fragile, vulnerable to friendly fire, and are restricted to three weapons (primary, secondary sidearm, and optional support weapon) and a small amount of grenades and stims.
* TakeCover: One "Brasch Tactics" video advises this, providing a very clear indication that Helldivers are woefully undertrained despite [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous their supposed elite status]]. Players should probably still do it, though. Excessive damage to specific limbs impairs their ability to function (crippled arms can't throw as far and have trouble aiming weapons, crippled legs slow you down, etc.). With limited exceptions, the priority is always on completing the mission over scoring "kills" or "points," and Helldiver teams must work together and pick their battles carefully to succeed -- particularly at higher levels of play.

* TakeCover: One "Brasch Tactics" video advises this, providing a very clear indication that Helldivers are woefully undertrained despite [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous their supposed elite status]]. Players should probably still do it, though.

** Rendered moot by the Punisher and Slugger shotguns, which reload one shell at a time. Given how long it would take to reload 16 shells into two empty tubes, it's more practical to top them off as often as you can unlike the detachable magazine-based firearms. Likewise the Senator revolver reloads one bullet at a time, making it ''painfully'' slow -- offsetting its otherwise fairly high accuracy and power when used correctly.