澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Helldivers 2's popularity continues to be immense, and one senior game designer at 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Naughty Dog has been gushing about what they believe to be the m༺ain reason why – its focus on immersion. 

Derek Mattson has been credited with a number of huge 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Sony Interactive Entertainment-published games, including being part of the narrative technical design team on God of War Ragnarok and serving as a game designer on The Last of Us Part 2. The designer has been discussing how Helldivers 2's immersive design contributes to players feeling like real Helldivers, keeping us all coming back for more, even if it's a factor "I don't see people talking about enough," particula🌠rly regarding multiplayer games🐻.

"They remove as many 🥀barriers as possible between you and living the fantasy of being a Helldiver," Mattson says. "You are on the stick controlling your Helldiver as soon as the game can let you. No main menu, instead you are on your ship. You are not a player. You are a Helldiver."

The designer points to the war table and its 3D holographic map and how Helldivers are instructed to get into their Hellpods to begin missions as examplඣes of details that draw players in, noting that "even the loading screen commits to immersion." Mattson explains: "The theme song kicks in as we watch the appropriate number of pods drop from the ship for our player count. We are singing the theme song in the chat. [...] We are Helldivers and no one can tell us otherwise." 

Being a bit m𒁃ore critical for a moment, Mattson says it can be argued that the screen that pops up when you're choosing your loadout is a bit less immersive, but "my brain fills in the blanks" with the idea that it could be an interactive screen within the Hellpod.

"I can't understate how all of this (on top of some choice [multiplayer] gameplay design) is what adds up to a cohesive experience that players keep yearning to come back to over and over agꦆain," Mattson continues. "It's also why you see a commitment to roleplaying of a Helldiver in and out of the game."

Even these design choices aside, there's also Helldivers 2's evolving narrative to consider, since the lore shifts and changes as we complete (or fail) the various Major Orders. We've got 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:galactic Game Master Joel to thank for a lot of the twists and turns in th🧜e war, of course, and he certainly knows how to keep it interesting.

To wrap up the thread, Mattson acknowledges "the argument" to prioritize "responsiveness over immersion" in games, saying that "it is a balance we all have to strike." However, "ignoring imꦰmersion altogether for the sake of responsiveness clearly leads to losing out on something special," the designer adds. 

This week, Helldivers 2 players were given a number of fresh upgrades to unlock. Be sure to check out our guide to all the new Ship Module upgrades and what they do.