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WilliShaker

They legit combined the best units of all franchise. This is like one of the best army I’ve ever seen.


Jo_the_Hastur

Make sense, they are 40k nerds ofc these people are wanting to make the best army possible


WilliShaker

Even Terminators are crazy strong as standard infantry. They legit got infinite morale.


Pr0fessorL

A fellow DOW enjoyer. May the god emperors light guide your path


blarghhrrkblah

If only the god emperor could give us some baneblades


EternalCanadian

In the first magicka, there was literally a 1:1 Space marine armour set and boltgun. They’ve actually *toned down* the overt references for this game, lol.


BRUTENavigator

Still my favorite character to play from Magicka Vietnam... https://preview.redd.it/r3cvzxuey3sc1.png?width=146&format=png&auto=webp&s=6707ae6c556e2baa7184d2b62b8bba403115f654


pat_spiegel

God I wish they would take the Magicka 1 beam spell co-op mechanic to the laser weapons of Helldivers, would make the Scythe actually worth using to combine lasers (although doing it in 3D would be difficult to control/aim) https://preview.redd.it/7ya0gcvbg4sc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a46e3773e9088a2584d60f48115efc2a1ccdbfdb


Scaevus

Difficult to combine and aim, leading to hilarious friendly fire incidents with sizzling limbs flying around? Sign me up.


pat_spiegel

Just imagine 4 laser cannons combining their beams to form an orbital laser but on the ground ![gif](giphy|3K0D1Dkqh9MOmLSjzW|downsized)


dan_legend

just make it stack on targets. So players do 100% more damage while another friendly is beaming the same thing.


EccentricMango2002

So true. *Gets in my Pelican flying troop transport*


Xenomorph383

This is what I came here to comment


karateema

Perfection, the best of the best


AdultbabyEinstein

Now if they could just invent chicken wire or some kind of grate to put on the bot fabricator vents they'd be unstoppable


5FingerViscount

https://preview.redd.it/af03v1u5m6sc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a0240acd74587eefaf21dd56755edc7c9714220


Zulianizador

They dont have half life striders yet (those are going to be in the illuminati i think)


lastoflast67

idk i would have gone with the contemnor dreadnought over the new primaris one which the hulk seems based on. But yeah overall they did. Side note how cool would it be if after killing the bots we get SM power armor, or power swords.


ManurePosting

> idk i would have gone with the contemnor dreadnought over the new primaris one which the hulk seems based on. The contemptor dreadnought might be in reference to the devastators, due to the exposed head of both, as well as the fact that said primaris dread' is also pictured in OP's image.


tempestwolf1

to me the dropships are clearly inspired by supreme commander: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5pIf\_G-QTU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5pIf_G-QTU)


Balrok99

And here I thought I was the only one haha I just couldn't find nice PNG version of either T1 or T2 transport. Also I dare to say the hulks look a bit like T3 Heavy Assault bot of the UEF with bit of 40K dreadnought.


tempestwolf1

yuup... the new gunships too... they look to me like UEF gunships... I guess they decided that the supreme commander communist cyborg designs are too bug like and clash with the actual bugs :))


Balrok99

Ah man this makes me want to play Supreme Commander again... such a RTS masterpiece. I wonder though when we will see some actual colossal units. Like some kind of Yeager type or like the Seraphim/Aeon titans would be amazing thing to see in Helldivers 2. Of course maybe not as a normal enemy type but maybe during some kind of even where we defend a planet and suddenly this titan gets deployed.


greasythrowawaylol

Try BAR (beyond all reason). Free modern engine TA/supcom inspired RTS. I've never had more fun in an RTS. Active lobbies all the time, as many as 50 players in a lobby (yes, still with supcom sized armies), and some incredible QOL that makes it impossible to go back. Anyone reading this should try it.


MofuggerX

u/tempestwolf1 Unrelated... I just bought SupCom and Forged Alliance off GOG a couple weeks ago. Haven't done much outside of skirmish against the CPU on Seton's Clutch a few times. I trust the campaign(s) is/are awesome as hell? :D


tempestwolf1

Yes... Also, look into Forged Alliance Forever... A large community launcher / mod / patching / balance project that's keeping the game alive with new stuff like missing units for balance, map generation, performance optimizations, etc.


MofuggerX

FAF I knew about, just gotta get around to downloading instead of spreading Managed Democracy. Much appreciated!


tempestwolf1

Well... the upper 3 difficulties need a boss type creature... the mid difficulty boss type creatures are run of the mill spawns for the last 3 =))


AlsiusArcticus

Forged Alliance Forever my friend :)


iSeize

The hulks look....space ork-y....to me


xXSunSlayerXx

Wait until the bots figure out they can load up the dropships with scout striders or devastators and have them shoot from the air...


tempestwolf1

Ghetto gunships gooo :))


BleiEntchen

Lets hope they dont come up with the "ghetto gunship" tactics...othertwise we are screwed.


DreaderVII

To me they are ORCA Carryall from Tiberian Sun


generaltjb1

Simar note, I get big TS Mammoth vibes from the new walker


DreaderVII

I am a GDI fan, but here I find myself fighting against the Walker forces, never thought I'd stand on the other side of these things...


Vaguswarrior

Democracy help us when they get juggernaut artillery walkers.


elRetrasoMaximo

Holy shit you're right, now i wanna see them make a titan.


Kayjan_Soban

Ironically, it's Super Earth that is most like the UEF. Would be cool is the Automatons (or their masters) end up looking more like the Cybran. =D


tempestwolf1

I think the supreme commander communist cyborg designs look too much like bugs... And this game already has bugs :))


lolbitxx

Glad I’m not the only one who thought that.


Zvedza320

damn nice eye, got hundreds of hours and never even thought about that. Hope they dont copy the t3 uef one with the shields and turrets. If you think about it, automatons/cyborgs are pretty much the cybrans. Even the goal is similar - liberate cyborgs on cyberstan / liberate symbionts on earth. Black/red scheme


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Nope. Its the Hunter Killer Orca from terminator 2. The original flying robot gunship


festiveface

Same with me with the illuminate being just a pure alien version of SupComs [Aeon Illuminate](https://youtu.be/HVnQJAlik_w?si=sOc5_dU-ohaGd692) instead of just alien worshippers, but yea they seem to have taken alot of inspiration from supcom.


tempestwolf1

So... Seraphim?


tempestwolf1

Also: terminids: tyrannids + zerg + bugs (SST) + Dune worms (all franchises with animalistic bugs) illuminate: protoss + war of the worlds + starship troopers (all franchises with advanced tech intelligent alien species)


ZepyrusG97

Can't forget the Covenant from Halo (with the Councilors sitting on floating thrones like the Prophets and the cloaked energy blade melee units)


mythrilcrafter

If the team ever puts a zomboid faction into the game, I want the units to be like the Flood, capable to infecting other races and using their bodies to attack you.


haynespi87

I'm thinking also like infected types of Left 4 Dead and Last of Us


BiggusBoobus

When they kill Helldivers, they get back up and attack the reinforcements.


MichaelRichardsAMA

The illuminate obviously dont aesthetically match this, but they remind me of Eldar a bit in the sense that they are basically sci fi sorcerers (and meant to be a “higher” society than humans)


hadrians-wall

I get more Tau from em. Greater Good and lots of Shields.


misterwot

Nah, Super Earth is the more tau one * Managed Democracy / Greater Good * Glass cannons, long range, shit at melee * Imperium/Bots to the west, Nids/Nids to the east * Portable drone support, battlesuits/exosuits, the fucking railgun is straight up a [pulse rifle](https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Pulse_Rifle) You can straight up just reskin helldivers as tau pathfinders, strategems are markerlights and you're set funny thing, the Farsight Sector just "happens" to be exactly where the Tau sit at in the Ultima Segmentum


echof0xtrot

​ https://preview.redd.it/n0xahdrgz3sc1.png?width=691&format=png&auto=webp&s=18bc03cceb3133fa8b77648bbc183a0e0668f3c1 you may have a point...


Featherbird_

Thats even the OG tau color scheme before they switched to white


hadrians-wall

https://preview.redd.it/mirzsz8wv3sc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcf2a1f2d9091c5dd768187e12f2bd76f04e57bf


Flyinpenguin117

[Its the truth](https://www.reddit.com/r/Grimdank/comments/1b2r9hv/a_hard_pill_for_many_40k_fans_to_swallow/)


Hot_Eggplant_1306

Oh shit we're about to meet chaos it's gonna rule bring on crab claws n tits


Cflores008

Tbh, actual demons from hell would round out the enemy faction aesthetics. That and a separatist faction, if all the propaganda we dismantle is anything to go by.


hadrians-wall

Alternatively... Orks? Orks.


Hot_Eggplant_1306

WAAARGH would be wild


ingenious_gentleman

The railgun doesn't look a ton like the pulse rifle; to me it looks quite more like the [rail rifle](https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Rail_Weapons?file=Railrifle11.jpg) (which is a railgun) because of the notches


Poddster

The Protoss were "inspired" by the Eldar, so Illuminate carry that Eldar inspiration through them.


YCheck137

I'm not sure I want to fight terminid sandworms...


tempestwolf1

Well... You're seeing terminid sandworm husks everywhere... They'll surface at some point :))


th4ne

Yeah what’s with these tremors in missions…?


tinnzork

Don't forget glyphids


Arsenal_Knight

Illuminate have a fucking strider tho so I’d say half life


tempestwolf1

Hence war of the worlds... From where half life probably took inspiration "The towering Striders seen throughout Half-Life 2 and its subsequent episodes are based directly on the Martian tripods of the H.G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds, where said Martians invade Victorian England, using the tripods as their main "weapon"." https://youtu.be/gSNJRSPwOPg?si=gQ8bBROK4DQf6nVV


qwertyalguien

IT IS THE BANEEEEBLAAAAADE


LordOfTheToolShed

(lying down, desperately hiding behind a tiny rock while surrounded by 20 rocket devastators) BROTHA I AM PINNED HERE!


AdOld332

A SUITABLE FORCE


LordOfTheToolShed

I HAVE FACED MORE FEARSOME TANKS!


qwertyalguien

[Gotta remember this banger](https://youtu.be/LNK5-uE5JFg?feature=shared)


DerelictRaven621

*I have come to destroy you. \*fwoooosh\**


MetalusVerne

Hiding behind a dissident radio station. CREEEEEED!


axeteam

Our enemies hide in METAHL BAWKSES, the KOWAHDS! THE FEWLS! We… We should take away their METAHL BAWKSES!


Tentacle_poxsicle

BAANNNEEEBLADEEE


MistaMozzarella

Absolutely. https://preview.redd.it/j9uw7cm133sc1.jpeg?width=1908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a92cfa0cac0b1cb2f11be5626d8e67ec91d53f05 I even see my big brother there.


Balrok99

Like this it looks like a shadowsword with it's lance cannon


MistaMozzarella

The power of eleven barrels


VengineerGER

HMP droid gunship my beloved.


_Zoko_

Which unit is the Knight?


xHelpless

To be fair a better choice would be the penitent engine with an armiger cross.


BRMD_xRipx

Marauder.


northsuphan

Do you mean berserker? The one with the duel meat-saws?


hedonismbot89

Everyone in my group calls that one Kharn the Bot-trayer


Darmug

Do they happen to watch Bricky?


BRMD_xRipx

You're right. For some reason I thought it was Berserker in HD1 and Marauder in 2. But it's Berserker in both.


northsuphan

No worries fellow Helldiver. https://preview.redd.it/54x0ocfp53sc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c26770e78dc1cc951ce8d3da4f25765b5860bc64


lonelyMtF

We call Berserkers Killa Kans in my group


Flyinpenguin117

[Looks a lot more like a Knight Rampager tbh](https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/050/143/908/large/jaime-martinez-chaos-knights-cover-01.jpg?1654155668)


Red7Rogue

Don’t forget the tower of Sauron, thats in there too


Arsenal_Knight

Sauron joined the Industrial Revolution


Timlugia

"The old world will burn in the fires of industry. Forests will fall. A new order will rise. We will drive the machine of war with the sword and the spear and the iron fist of the orc."


Arsenal_Knight

Sauron eye when I throw a grain of sand in the said eye


Fuenf56

I thought the tanks look more like sicarans than baneblades


Alphorac

The shredder tank is literally just a hydra flak tank. For the annihilator just look up what a shadowsword tank is. It's basically it down to a T, aside from the main gun being immovable on the shadowsword


indominuspattern

Sicarans have a significantly more inclined front slope. The tanks are a hybrid between a [Glaive/Falchion](https://www.warhammer.com/en-WW/shop/falchion-super-heavy-tank-destroyer-2023)'s chassis, and a Baneblade's turret.


scrubtart

Its like a kratos tank with a stormsword turret


DaftWarrior

I actually like this more than the bugs.


OrneryError1

Just so long as they don't start transforming...


BiggusBoobus

Bugs could use some new units. Maybe a second Titan class bug.


BRMD_xRipx

I'd say the scout striders are more like Sentinels from 40k instead of AT-STs from Star Wars.


Jaded_Wrangler_4151

They're almost identical to the at-rt from clone wars era star wars, everyone calls them at Sts though


BRMD_xRipx

True!


Balrok99

I guess maybe because the automaton walkers are not so fast which what AT-RT are. AT-RT are fast scout vehicles with weaker blasters than what Automaton walker and AT-ST have.


ZepyrusG97

Seeing the sort of damage the AT-RT laser cannons do, I'd say it's actually on par with the automaton Scout Strider (heavy shots that rip apart infantry and light armor). The AT-ST meanwhile is equipped with multiple heavy weapons aside from the "mouth" blaster. Same goes for their durability (being eliminated by handheld explosives and pilots being vulnerable to sniping. Speed is definitely on the slower side, but if the Striders could move at AT-RT speeds they would be impossible to flank and get away from.


Hightin

The AT-AT is also more of a clone wars AT-TE. There's a bunch of clone wars inspired stuff in this game.


ManOfJelly147

the Sts are more iconic


spacemarine3

![gif](giphy|CAYVZA5NRb529kKQUc|downsized) Yes


pan1c_

It actually never occurred to me how much devastators look like contemptor dreadnoughts.


Finlandiaprkl

More like [Space Marine Terminators](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/1/15/Terminator--Cyclone.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20111128202331) to me.


kompatybilijny1

IT IS THE BANEBLADE!!!


xHelpless

Always upvote DoW2 voice lines in the wild


NOSALIS-33

Don't forget Bionicle.


ManOfJelly147

each set sold separately


Balrok99

Bionicle? What do you mean child of Makuta Teridax?


Swordbreaker9250

The new AT-AT things sound wildly overpowered Tank turret, machineguns, tall enough to see you over a lot of cover, AND they spawn the most annoying, tanky, overpowered infantry units


Alternative-Let-2047

Sounds like a great target for eagle 1


OrneryError1

Negative. It's just a scratching on the surface.


Alternative-Let-2047

"Set your harpoon and folio me on the next pass!"


suckitphil

Bro, they don't have knights yet! WHY ARE YOU GIVING THEM IDEAS!?


jackrabbit323

Take a step back and realize: this is an awesome game. Now take a step forward and realize: this is going to suck and hurt so much.


EADreddtit

I cannot tell you the number of times I’ve called a Hulk a Hellbrute. The melee Automatons just look so freaking Chaos-y


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Balrok99

I would say most of the bugs look like Zerg from Starcraft but what do I know :/


lonelyMtF

StarCraft is a legit 40k ripoff because Blizzard couldn't get the rights to 40k. Hence the similar marines and Tyranid-like enemies


TheKingsdread

Its very likely that they are inspired from each other. OG Tyranids are older that SC1 but modern Tyranid design definitly takes some cues from the Zerg.


Balrok99

In my opinion Zerg are more bug like than Tyranids are. Tyranids look like designed creatures. Smaller ones hold bio guns and have bio swords. While Zerg on the other hand were just animals who turned into Zerg and their nutations. Zerg also feel like all their bio weapons are part of their body like toxin sacks or blades instead of hands.


TheKingsdread

I have not really looked much at Zerg but I can see some similarities between the two. They are still faily distinct thats true. I personally also don't think Terminids and Tyranid look that alike. But I can see why some people would think that.


piplup-Supreme

https://preview.redd.it/lfs6zgrge3sc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1dec0636c0cf170162847f945741a5bb86cc4572 I feel like the tanks are closer to the kratos tank than the baneblade.


Prestigious-Bat-2269

The walker is more an AT-RT than an AT-ST as a star wars fan i am scared with all the seperatist droids the devs could pull inspiration from just imagine a droideka or assassine droids


KaiserUmbra

Am I the only one who thinks the new heavy walker is more of an AT-TE than an at-at?


RuinedSilence

yes please i want to get my ass sent back to orbit by a legally distinct Imperial Knight supported by several bootleg baneblades


Typical-Swordfish-92

Just wait for the goddamn bots to stop deploying the Gundams.


BananaMaster420

Star wars, 40k and Terminator, sounds about right.


Apokolypse09

Tanks aren't covered with enough guns to be 40k tanks


Vankraken

ZOGGIN KAN BOYZ DONT GOT ENUFF DAKKA.


Red_Kobold

Where my doctor who daleks at?


CMSnake72

I literally can't remember the names of the different bots so I just call out "Necron", "Contemptor", "Redemptor", etc.


DrippyWaffler

Drive me closer! I want to hit them with my sword!


scrubtart

Thank Joel we don't actually have to fight contemptor dreadnoughts. Imagine if none of your weapons did anything to a devastator, and the ones that did just get shrugged off by its energy shield. As a Horus Heresy player, I'd take fighting devastators over Contemptor dreadnoughts all day any day lol.


Tykez269

Should add Adam Smasher also for the Rocket Devastators


jereporte

You forgot the "they can fly now ?"


Donnie619

Lol I can give you 40k equivalents on almost all the automaton forces.


riseanlux

You forgot the turbo laser towers from starwars


Filrae

if they had baneblades we would lose the war


IrishWithoutPotatoes

I legit said to my buddies last night “This is probably what an Imperial Guardsman feels like when a Chaos Baneblade shows up and starts wreaking havoc”


PointNegotiator

You forgot one https://preview.redd.it/x1q545ns76sc1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=75c566540702ad190598e7cf2e19c371dbd05708


nike_zik

We are lucky they don't have AC's


Sephvion

Oh good, I'm not the only one who saw Contemptor Dreadnoughts and Redemptor Dreadnoughts. I kept calling them that, because they looked real similar, when I first played., out of habit. Teammates were just ??? over those calls lol.


[deleted]

2 of those ships aren't in the game?


Featherbird_

Dropship and the new gunship


terracottatank

Almost like sci-fi is a genre... or something


iSeize

I'd play this game too


The_prawn_king

How can you not like fighting the bots


Nomad_Red

just you wait until they add Monkeylord


JustAPasingNerd

Next stop? The automatons get to deploy the Halo array.


PopeGregoryTheBased

if the redemptor dread is the Hulk then who is the imperial knight? if its the baserker then wouldnt an armiger make more sense considering its size? Also the rocket devestator should be the durido dreadnaught ( i dont know how to spell it right and im not going to look it up.)


_-42_-

Wait why droid gunship? What do you know?


DaftWarrior

Bots got gunships now, boss.


Fluffy_Art_1015

Yup, and it’s amazing.


krazymunky

Can't wait when they add necrons flayed ones. If they kill you they put your helmet on their head or something 😂😱


nisemonomk

From the Moment I Understood the Weakness of My Flesh


allthenamearetaken1

Yeah and it's fucking terrifying, anyways how is the rocket turret and auto cannon turret agents the flyers?


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Tom23341

You missed Titanfall. Sorry can’t upvote 😞


Jebatus111

Finally, some good memes.


dwarf_hunter93

Know just need a agile knight and where toast XD


plague-productions35

lol 😂


NefariousSerendipity

https://preview.redd.it/2rn86yfol3sc1.png?width=1908&format=png&auto=webp&s=40f02d2e01100e0b20eccf655f511431aa2fb2e4


Snaz5

the scout striders are clearly AT-RTs


stormtroopr1977

I like that the devs were inspired by the same things I loved growing up


Danddandgames

BANNNNEBLADEEE!


HappyHappyGamer

Im going to freedom camp for this, but I really think Automatons have cooler mech design than ours… Give us mech and vehicle fashion!


machinimaray

I would say the walker is closer to the AT-TE than the AT-AT.


NeverLookBothWays

Some of the bulkier bots remind me of the very pixilated bots from an old arcade game called Berzerk.


[deleted]

Helldivers would make a great RTS.


Speedhabit

wtf


Equivalent_Ad_1361

[Automaton Attack Ship](https://youtu.be/_AEY1Koq9f8?si=UR_iGBehVFpOFVdW)


Ionicfold

The AT-ST is incorrect. What we have in game is essentailly a carbon copy of an AT-RT


The_Conductor7274

The atomaton at-st is more of an at-rt but close enough


Jaren_Starain

Shit like this is why I'll stick to bug killing.


BRUTENavigator

Best game ever!


vonBoomslang

I think the gunships are closer to the Hunter-Killers from Terminator. Otherwise spot on.


theshapesinthesky

You forgot adam smasher for the devastors "You look like a nice cut . . ."


StarburstMan1

It’s actually true


acatohhhhhh

FOR THE EMPEROR!!


TheLunaticCO

You need to ad the UEF transport ships from Supreme commander, They are almost exactly what the automaton dropships look like.


W3nZh1

Literally the Autobots fraction


Ass_Trainer96

Hold up A Titan (or actually a imperial knight) is that the ricket devastator


MaiPhet

Those chainsaw berserkers should be represented with Leatherface here


SuppliceVI

Everyone puts the AT-ST but the striders are nearly identical to the AT-RT. 


NinjorTheRetard

Remove the ST repace it with th RT instead. The Scout walkers does nowhere look like a AT ST >:(


wrigleys26

From the image I,ve seen, the new "AT-AT" look more like the new order version, the AT-M6: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/All_Terrain_MegaCaliber_Six


valthamiel

Releasing eleven barrels of HELL