Helldivers Has Some Great Achievements
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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...
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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.

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...

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.