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Starship Troopers: Extermination - Official Release Date Trailer | IGN Live 2024 (www.youtube.com)
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[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is a co-op FPS with 16-player PvE and by looking at the teaser it also involes base building, so not exactly the same type of game.

As for the narrative, Helldivers is obviously based on the Starship Troopers movie (the plot, the action, even the "patriotic theme"), which itself was heavily inspired by StarCraft. So no one is really "replicating Helldivers narrative" here.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is a co-op FPS with 16-player PvE and by looking at the teaser it also involes base building, so not exactly the same type of game.

spot on

As for the narrative, Helldivers is obviously based on the Starship Troopers movie (the plot, the action, even the “patriotic theme”), which itself was heavily inspired by StarCraft.

!?? I read Heinlein's Starship Troopers in the early 80s lol, not sure you meant that the way it reads. ST the book and subsequent verhooven movie were not inspired by Starcraft.

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit! I had no idea it was based on a book! The movie really looked like StarCraft without the Protoss. So the rabbit whole goes even deeper, good to know.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

the book is fantastic but doesn't really emphasize a lot of the fun themes you'll find in the film. worth a read, it's short af.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Almost as if the movie was made into a satire of the book it's based on 😱🤯

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

yes, but also, it explores the universe heinlein created in ways i'm certain he never anticipated (talking heads on TV shows being a great example).

[–] shadowscale@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

it is a right wing libertarian manifesto, but good book is still good book.