There is no doubt that cooperative play Helldiverse 2 will welcome a third enemy faction. After insects and robots, the community should face hostile and well-equipped aliens.
Since its launch, Helldiverse 2 pits players against two enemy factions: insects (terminids, inspired by Starship Troopers) and robots (automatons, which refer to machines of Terminator). All in a global conflict driven by a game master, who can activate various levers depending on what is happening on the battlefield. But everything suggests that at least a third camp will come to sow discord sooner or later.
In the first Helldiverse, we also had to come up against the enlightened – an extraterrestrial civilization that has access to powerful technologies. When we look at the galactic map ofHelldiverse 2, we can notice several unoccupied corners and there is in particular the square, to the south, to allow the enlightened to arrive at any time. What do they look like? A leaker reputable shared some screenshots from the game files on Reddit.
What will be the third enemy faction of Helldiverse 2 ?
On May 11, IronS1ghts shared a visual apparently showing the face of an illuminated person. The design is close to what we know from many cult science fiction works (from which the developers are openly inspired). They are reminiscent of amphibian creatures, with a frightening appearance that has nothing human about it. Some compare them to the Protoss — the mystical aliens of the saga starcraftimagined by Blizzard.
Already in April, IronS1ghts shared another overview of the illuminated, with potentially two classes:
- The adept, a kind of mage capable of dodging or even summoning flames;
- The “Guy”, a visibly heavier unit equipped with a staff that can be wielded with one or two hands (for projectiles likely to do damage in close or distance combat).
He had also shared the image of a portal that would allow the enlightened to quickly arrive on the battlefield. Players should then destroy it to stop the assault waves. On paper, the enlightened would propose a different opposition, which would force the human troops to rethink the confrontations – the strategies to defeat the terminids and the automatons are already different.
The question on everyone’s mind remains when they will make their debut. The presence of the illuminated has already been suggested in the game, through clues scattered here and there, according to certain theories on Reddit. The developers could otherwise create a surprise by integrating a completely unknown faction.
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