In the current shooter hit Helldivers 2 (Steam, PS5), there are increasing hints that a faction from part 1, the Illuminati, will also appear in part 2. In clips on YouTube and reddit, players share their experiences. However, the game’s director explains this as propaganda: Blue laser beams are not real and cannot harm players.
This is the situation:
- A few days ago, data miners found hints that an enemy faction from part 1, the “Illuminated,” will also appear in part 2. We reported on this on MeinMMO on March 12.
- These Illuminated are a highly developed alien civilization that already appeared in Helldivers 1 as an enemy of the Over-Earth. Data miners found hints about enemy types such as Adept, Ghoul, Outcast, Pathfinder, or Summoner. In part 1, they could teleport and showed the gruesome visage of their tentacle faces.
- Now, there are increasing hints that the Illuminated are already appearing in the game.
Players Show Blue Laser Beams
This is what players say: On reddit about Helldivers 2, clips are now being posted from player experiences that show unexplainable blue laser beams apparently shooting from the sky and harming players, as well as bugs.
Players write: “Blue laser beams discovered.”
A veteran from part 1 writes: “No joke, these blue laser beams trigger post-traumatic stress for me.”
However, there are also many players who believe the “Ministry of Truth” and dismiss the images clearly as propaganda and panic-mongering:
- One says it’s just weather phenomena.
- Another thinks they are “birds taken from an unfavorable angle.”
Thus, they orient themselves towards the developers of the game. The CEO of the studio and creative director of Helldivers 2 declared: “Blue laser beams are not real. They cannot harm you.”
Well, that’s good then.
Even with flying bugs, there was a clear denial that such a thing existed.
