When it came to the setting of “Helldivers 2,” the developers at Arrowhead were more than obviously inspired by the “Starship Troopers” franchise. As Creative Director Johan Pilestedt confirmed in an interview, however, another classic in film history was initially used as a source of inspiration.
With more than twelve million units sold In just under three months, the co-op shooter developed “Helldivers 2” one of the biggest surprise hits of recent times.
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At the Nordic Game Conference in Sweden, Johan Pilestedt, the creative director behind “Helldivers 2” and outgoing CEO from Arrowhead. At the event, Pilestedt looked back at the development of the co-op shooter and discussed the sources of inspiration that Arrowhead drew on when designing “Helldivers 2”.
According to Pilestedt, players were originally supposed to “take on the role of soldiers from the evil side of pop culture.” A scenario in which the Arrowhead team was inspired by a classic scene from the legendary “Star Wars” series.
The Creative Director refers to this iconic scene
“We aimed for a realistic depiction of what it would be like to be in one of these stormtrooper teams,” Pilestedt explained. The creative director then went on to discuss a scene from “Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope” in which one of the stormtroopers enters the cell block of the Death Star.
“He gets shot in the chest by Han Solo, of course. That begs the question: Would you do better? To climb into that room and try to catch the bad guys trying to take over your beloved Death Star?” Pilestedt further commented on the original draft.
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In the end, however, the developers decided to take a different approach and to base the game on films like “Starship Troopers.” The feedback from actor Casper Van Dien recently confirmed that the team was right with this creative decision.
He played the protagonist Johnny Rico in the 1997 film “Starship Troopers” and described “Helldivers 2” as a “great tribute to Starship Troopers”.
What’s next for Helldivers 2?
Due to the commercial success of “Helldivers 2”, long-term support for the co-op shooter is of course assured. However, as Arrowhead recently admitted, future updates will a little longer take longer to arrive than has been the case so far.
In the future, the developers would like to take more time to avoid possible errors.
At the same time, feedback from the community will play an important role in future updates. For example, Creative Director Pilestedt admitted a few days ago that his team may have had trouble with the last balancing adjustments. exaggerated a littleArrowhead could make improvements here based on user feedback.
“Helldivers 2” is available for PC and PS5.
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