Parents' Guide to

Helldivers II

Game PlayStation 5 , Windows 2024
The box of Helldivers II shows four fighters, suited up, carrying guns, and standing on top of a rocky plateau.

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age 9+

Based on 13 kid reviews

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age 8+

graet

I have never wanted to play a game so much

This title has:

  • Great messages
  • Great role models
age 2+

I have never played a game this good.

my whole family plays this game.

This title has:

  • Great messages
  • Great role models
age 2+

one of the best games I've played

we love this game

This title has:

  • Great messages
  • Great role models
age 10+

it's a good game and your not killing real people or things so I think it is a good for ages 10 and up

age 11+

Only for older kids (10-12) if they mature but atleast there’s no sex scenes
age 15+

Helldivers 2 is a awesome game with amazing graphics and gameplay but it can show lots of blood and limbs being blown off.

This title has:

  • Too much violence
age 14+

Great teamwork game for ages 15 and up

This is by far one of the best games ever made. It has gore, language, and military satire in it, so i can't recommend it for any kids under 15, but if your kid is 15 and you still check what games they should and shouldn't play, you probably shouldn't be parenting at all.

This title has:

  • Great messages
  • Easy to play/use
age 13+

Educational value: Not really any present. Great messages: Starship Troopers for Gen Z (the movie, not the book). The entire game is a critique of militarism and fascism, particularly as a cautionary tale, and it's not too hard to see. Your characters are branded as defenders of democracy and freedom, shown constant propaganda videos from your superiors, and commended as heroes before being blown to pieces by a landmine or shot minutes after deployment, as a new patriotic recruit takes your place as a character. The two main enemy factions are described as inhuman and uncaring aggressors by those around you, despite your destruction of their homes and nurseries. Great role models: None. Everyone's a bad guy. Your character, your superiors, and the alien enemies you face all have the end goal of killing whoever isn't them. Ease of play: A difficult game at times, but not a hard one to learn. Violence: The severe violence is all an aspect of the game's messages. However, this doesn't mean it's any less violent. Dismemberment of human and alien enemies is frequent, as is human and alien blood. Gas, fire, guns, and explosives are all used. Sex: None. Swearing: None. Consumerism: A lot of in-game purchases, cosmetic and otherwise, are optional but undermine the game's messages. Drinking/drugs/smoking: Characters use painkiller syringes to heal.

This title has:

  • Great messages
  • Easy to play/use
  • Too much violence
  • Too much consumerism
age 10+

Great game

Very fun game, nothing bad, just some blood. You better buy it if you love democracy
age 12+

Starship troopers the game

Great satire SI-FI adventure although gore is present it is only if you character is blown up and is only shown briefly and not dramatised like other games like fallout you can mute teammates on voice chat or play solo or just with freinds gameplay can get intense and hard but there are many difficulties to choose from. Over all if it was a movie it would be a 15 (and a mild one at that) video game age ratings are bull sh;£ and if they can watch the movie it is based off of “Starship troopers” You can play it so get out there and liberate the universe!!!

This title has:

  • Educational value

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