Yeah, I know, they’re called trophies on PlayStation. Achievements, trophies… whatever you want to call them, Helldivers has some of the funniest I’ve seen in a while.
Take the one in the gif up top, called “Dancing Queen.”
Every time I’m playing with someone new, I stop everything on the bridge and tell them to start twirling their right thumbstick. Last night, Patricia and I stood on the bridge of my ship for a few minutes while she tried to twirl 25 times in a row, cracking up. It’s harder than you might think!
Or how about this one:
I have a soft spot for achievements that can only be earned on certain days of the week, and also for terrible/amazing pop tunes, so this works out well.
The basic achievements for a few “firsts” tell a funny story:
And of course, there are a couple Starship Troopers references in there:
Then again, joking about escort missions doesn’t make them any less onerous…
…though I guess that Brian Fantana reference makes it a little better.
We’ve seen games go the extra mile with achievements in the past; Gunpoint and The Stanley Parable come to mind. Glad to see Helldivers following in the grand tradition.
https://kotaku.com/helldivers-is-like-the-video-game-version-of-starship-t-1689222322
