It’s taken the better part of the year, but Arrowhead Games has finally releasedthe long-anticipated third enemy faction forHelldivers 2. That’s right, folks: theIlluminate forces are hereas part of the Omens of Tyranny update, and they’re a menace.
We’ve been waiting for the Illuminate to make themselves known forquite a while now. Teasers have been coming in thick for months, and since the third faction is the last major piece ofcontent from the originalHelldiversthat we hadn’t yet seen, there was a lot of excitement and mystery surrounding it. To that end, the Omens of Tyranny update’s sudden release shouldn’t necessarily come as a huge surprise. It launched as part of the ongoing TGA celebrations (which is appropriate, seeing howHelldivers 2won the “Best Multiplayer Title” award), and you can go fight the Illuminate right this instant. Should you, though?
Take the fight to Illuminate forces in Helldivers 2: Omens of Tyranny
Followingthe annoyances of August’s Escalation of Freedom update, I was skeptical of the new Omens of Tyranny release forHelldivers 2. Quite simply, Arrowhead has a track record of successfully mucking about things that work, and though I was quite happy with the state of the gameback in October, the road to getting there did make me suspicious of any huge revamps, releases, and changes.
With that in mind, things seem to be in order. Even though the return of the Illuminate is the biggest draw of this update, Omens of Tyranny is substantially larger than just that. As per theofficial blog post over on Steam, you can expect all of the following features inHelldivers 2‘s latest build:
Great stuff, right? But wait, the good news doesn’t stop here because Omens of Tyranny is positively loaded with excellent balancing changes, too:
Further, you may now rejoin your last match if the game crashes. Arrowhead has also delivered a whole host of bugfixes and other assorted balancing improvements as part of the update. There are just too many of those to be able to shove them into a sensible list in such a small article.
All in all, then,Helldivers 2‘s huge Omens of Tyranny update is an excellent showing. The availability of a new faction, multi-user vehicle, or the urban biome each would’ve been a huge upgrade toHelldivers 2‘s longevity on its own. With all three of these features included in one update, we’ve got a heck of a holiday season ahead of us.
