Helldivers 2 | Fully Ramblomatic

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Fashionably late to the party as always, Yahtzee.

Yahtzee, I'm not stingy, I'm broke.

It's competely non-canon, but i like to think that when you're picking out the name of "your" starship, the Super Earth Government just looks at the options you chose from the pre-determined list, ships your cryogenically frozen arse to the part of their immense discretionary military spending budgeted fleet with a matching title, and when they thaw you out as the next chunk of patriotic pork to be thrown into the meat grinder, they tell you that it's "your" ship.

The thing I love about the opening is how they refer to the Helldivers as cargo the minute you're frozen. They make it pretty clear you're as expendable as your bullets.

SHAME THEY FUCKED IT UP. really see that english lit, published author talent on display. The sheer emotion behind those 5 words really speak to you.

"Dial-a-warcrime" is my new favorite phrase for stratagems! 😂

It’s like a really fun puppy with a terribly abusive owner

The one thing that I think Yahtzee might’ve appreciated more is if he realized what the “Free Spaceship” thing actually was. Whenever you start your game you come out of a cryo pod, from a long conveyor belt of cryopods with other helldivers. The implication isn’t that you specifically get a ship and are coming back. But rather you’re unfrozen after training “Welcome aboard!”, drop down, die, the next person gets de-thawed “welcome aboard!” Drop down, die, repeat ad infinitum

I love adendums

Been a long time since I heard Yahtzee say "Mummorpegher". I wondered why he was doing so well mentally.

Yahtzee you've done the composer dirty here. Not in my life have I ever heard the conflicting themes of "epic hero-boner avengers assemble space-man battle music" and "clearly taking the piss" woven so beautifully into a single piece. Wilbert Roget II put on a masterclass in understanding the assignment, and deserves a Grammy.

Thanks Yahtzee, been following your reviews since the early days and it's lovely to see you taking a proper stab at our title. As always, laughs were had. Especially "Dial-A-WarCrime-System" and "SHAME THEY FUCKED IT UP" :D

3:08 To be fair, it's not like that spaceship is yours per se. The military stuffed each one full of frozen Helldivers to replace the ones that get minced. It's even implied that each time you load into your ship, it's that specific Helldiver's first day on the job. Also, that addendum is the angriest I've ever heard Yahtzee.

Love that the intro explaining why there was an addendum was about 5 times as long as the actual addendum.

"You know what? Considering the irony of Starship Troopers went over so many peoples' heads the first time, probably wouldn't hurt to give it a second crack." Brilliant.

Yatz, Imma level with you. It's hard out here. I'm barely making it by and i think i may have sleep for dinner at least once a month, but I'll tell you this; I have been watching your reviews for many years now. i have enjoyed every one and sometimes find myself playing games after i watched your review like Damn, He really nailed it! Things are looking up now and i think i can afford a dollar! I love this revival to second wind and i cant wait to see what happens next for all of you.

I must say im so impressed by the helldivers community how they made their anger heard through reviews and when it was settled everyone like an organism went back and upvoted the game again at steam. Never underestimate a fan base when they set their mind on something and coordinate it well. A win for gamers.

Yahtzee, putting the finishing touches on this video: Ah, another review ready to ship. Sony: I’m about to pull what called a “pro gamer move”

By the way, the reason you are given a spaceship is because you are more or less the spaceship, not the recruit. The recruit is replaced with a new recruit every time you die, and that new recruit takes over the spaceship but reaps the benefits you unlocked. This is why you are unfrozen each time you return to your ship (that's a new recruit), or why the bug juice stays on you if you survived the mission (that's the same recruit). The spaceship is the only constant throughout your playtime. This also why the default for the voice of the player is set to random by default. None of the recruits you control are the original recruit you did during the tutorial after you die once.