‘Helldivers 2’ success leads to ‘Starship Troopers’ resurgence
nme.comHelldivers 2 has seen Starship Troopers rush up the charts to become the 19th most popular movie online, per today’s ranking of Television Stats (February 20).A closer look at the surge of popularity for Starship Troopers on Television Stats’ graph shows that its rise coincided with February 15, which was one week after Helldivers 2 hit PC and PS5.The increase caught the eye of creative director Johann Pilestedt, who called it “incredible”.
Starship Troopers and Helldivers 2 share a similarly satirical characterisation of the military action and expansion of humanity into space in their respective storylines.This is incredible!
https://t.co/UmreTNdMhj— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) February 19, 2024Starship Troopers, based on the novel of the same name by Robert A.
Heinlein, is set in the 23rd century and sees the fictional United Citizen Federation only bestow citizenship and rights to those who serve in the military eradicating alien “Arachnids”.On the other hand, Helldivers 2 relays to the player that the future Super Earth is organised through a “managed democracy” where the outcome of elections are much more predictable.
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