I tried this game out for a bit given It was on sale for 9,56 euros, I had fun with the gunplay and wanted to try out more of the weapons, classes, and build stuff, But... there are few complains I have.
1: You cannot play multiplayer with bots, only the solo missions that general rico sents you on, The solo missions... kinda boring and very short, so the fact the solo missions can only have bots Is kinda weird really, Its surprising too, cause... There are still people who play this game, very low, around 522 people and only 604 hour peak, Its very low when compared to helldivers 2 for example, but thats also the thing, there are still people playing this, and the fact this game does not have bot support for the multiplayer Is just very weird. I hope one day there will be bots, cause... I don't like playing with people usually, If anything... the multiplayer Itself should have had a solo option with bots aswell.
2: very underwhelming In terms of gameplay, It feels like there was something more meant to it, It IS starship troopers after all, Starship troopers whether It comes to the classic book, or Its movies that parody the book, Its Iconic, and I really expected something more from it, It feels like as If someone made a traditional food that misses Its key ingredients that make it so beloved by people, just like why people love starship troopers Is due to Its themes. Its dissapointing this game did not reach my expectations, and even one friend did mention that she does not recommend the game.
like I said though, I still had bit of fun with the gunplay, and I really loved the guardian class(I am a heavy main In TF2 and also enjoy strong and big characters to play as).
3: The game... feels like a cash grab. If you look at the date... you will see that HD2 released on 8th february 2024, meawhile this game was released on 11th october and the same year. even the whole style just... feels helldivers but If you instead made it wear the skin of one of the things that Helldivers was inspired off of, like If leatherface wore his grandfathers face.
This game was published by people and developers that made squad... one of the best tactical games ever, the fact that this game did not end up being great Is beyond me, who knows why. though, It Is still sad, this game clearly has potential If this game had proper updates and enough players.
The only starship troopers game that I played a while ago, a demo, was the ultimate bug war. That game did starship troopers justice.
and... Im sorry, but there Are obvious reasons why helldivers 2 was most played than ST: extermination, It felt more starship troopers than this game. Helldivers 2 also has some problems of Its own, but... there Is a reason it still Is played to this day. even the DLC's like the warbonds are a lot better than the DLC for extermination.
Offworld... give this game proper love and passion It needs. Do your part, just like we do our part.
