Helldivers II pitää jatkossakin huolen, ettei kaveria voi ampua seurauksitta

Helldivers II on ytimeltään niin sanottu PvE, jossa siis keskitytään tekoälykkäiden pahiksien pieksäntään muiden pelaajien sijasta. Mukana on kuitenkin myös "friendly fire", eli kaverin voi ampua.

Arrowhead Game Studiosin toimitusjohtaja Johan Pilestedt on tehnyt selväksi Playstation Blogissa, että jatkossakin friendly fire on se juttu ja sillä siisti.

On siis vain opittava elämään sen kanssa, että kaveria voi ampua.

"The most important thing when we make games is believability. Things should be consistent in the game world and therefore, we must have friendly fire. If your bullets can kill enemies, and the enemies can kill you, then logic dictates that your bullets must also be able to kill your friends. This kind of design is inherently systematic, where we create a rule set that applies to everything in the game world, with minor exceptions."

"What this does, and maybe most clearly noted by friendly fire, is create a complexity to the gameplay where players have to actively think during combat sequences - not in a "solve the puzzle" way but instead in a very primal creative problem solving way. Also, the chuckles that happen when you accidentally carpet bomb your friends allows for a playfulness that in reality would be a tragedy - but within the self bounds of games we can explore the dark humour of these situations. And finally,, the friendly fire element makes the players a true interactable part of the game world that plays a great part in positioning and helps with team play."