Helldivers 2 Paranoia Peaks, Players Convinced The Illuminate Already Walk Among Us | Push Square
20.03.2024 - 01:21
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Helldivers 2 players have served heroically in the ongoing intergalactic war effort, turning out in their millions to patriotically defend Super Earth from the external threats of both Bug and Bot. But reports have begun to trickle in about a new enemy faction moving in the shadows, or perhaps more appropriately, the return of an old nemesis, one known as The Illuminate. Some even suspect they already walk among us, which is obviously defeatist nonsense.
The Illuminate were an enemy faction in the first Helldivers, an ancient and technologically advanced race of aliens hellbent on destroying Super Earth. We all know they were wiped out long ago. Like those pernicous, completely <a href=«https://twitter.com/Pilestedt/status/1767627610912157728?ref_src=» https:>false reports of flying bugs
(thanks, IGN), they simply do not exist.
Still, some patriots, perhaps suffering from battle fatigue, are reporting coming under fire from a «vibrant blue laser», which some think matches the energy signature of sniper weaponry employed by The Illuminate previously. It's pretty distinct from the red energy weapons used by both Helldivers and Bots, but visual evidence remains inconclusive.
You should probably also ignore the in-game messages about Illuminate sightings. Super Earth High Command's official line is that «blue beams aren't real, it can't hurt you», and the account Helldivers Alerts (our conspiracy theory is that the devs run it) provided a leaked look at our ancient enemy.
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Have you noticed any unaccounted flashes of blue light while on deployment in Helldivers 2? Do you think The Illimunate already walk among us, sabotaging ballot boxes and rigging elections? In the comments section below, remain unwavering in your support of Super Earth.
Khayl is Push Square's Australian correspondent, a reporter who regularly catches the competition napping. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
Really hope they add the chimera in the future.
Remember Helldiver, scepticism is treason!
Donald Trump is an illuminate agent working to over throw earth's governments. Need proof? Look how orange he used to appear and recently he looks a bit pallid almost translucent in certain pictures. He's been replaced by a pod person I tell you. They are already amongst us.
Honestly, fun stuff like this makes me sorta wish I had jumped onboard. Live services just aren't for me, but when they're done well like this, they can truly add to the experience in ways that a singleplayer game