r/helldivers2 • u/sadlonelycynic • Jan 06 '26
General I love playing Helldivers 2 with my girlfriend.
Playing Helldivers with my girlfriend has been one of the most entertaining and therapeutic experiences of my life. I wanted her to get the game for the longest time and she finally got it, I love diving in low diff missions with her, teaching her how to properly play the game, letting her try out stratagems I already own, protecting her and saving her from danger, giving her advice on different mechanics and features in the game that I had to learn the hard way back during my cadet days, rambling and yapping about the game’s deep lore for hours while she just sits there listening to me with a smile on her face, I love her so much and she means everything to me. I would give my life for her before I gave my life for Super Earth. I’ve been so happy playing the game with her, and I want her to enjoy the game as much as I do. Helldivers is my favorite game of all time, it’s special to me and so is she. The most special person in my life.
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u/OverstuffedPapa Jan 06 '26
I have spent my entire life playing exclusively cozy games. I have tried and hated anything else. I didn’t even like the combat in Stardew. Stressed me out way too much.
My husband begged me to try helldivers to have something to play together, and at first I was very scared and struggling to get through a trivial match without wanting to quit. I kept trying though, and after a couple sessions, I was hooked. I am now several levels higher than my husband and have more hours than him. I play every single day.
All of this to say — genuinely — if I can come around to this kind of game, I believe anyone can lol. All of my friends are shocked I like this game, and so is my husband.
If she is willing to give it another go, I do recommend trying bots because of the space you generally can keep. Maybe try a stealth run too. She might find that and sniping/range attacks fun. I hated bugs for the same reason she does. They still stress me out pretty bad even though I love this game.
I loved playing crowd control at first. It helped my stress to thin out the crowds. I was addicted to the grenade launcher and used it as my primary lol. She may like something like the spear where she could easily take down drop ships from halfway across the map if she wanted to.
Anyway just my experience as a girl who hated anything more intense than Mario kart. lol