The Case for Helldivers 2 to Revist its Scrapped Five-Person Squad Plans

Fans of the original game will attest to how different Helldivers 2 is from its predecessor. The simple act of making the game a third-person action shooter rather than a top-down perspective did wonders for the series' mass appeal by putting the player more directly in the chaos of combat. It’s tangible proof that sometimes changing the established formula can be a good, even necessary, thing. But the perspective change wasn’t the only shakeup Arrowhead considered when making its record-shattering sequel.

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