"It is that sort of fantasy approach where extrapolating on actions that are normally a button press, that frequently shows up in both Helldivers 1 and Helldivers 2," Larsson says. "The more things that can break when you pull the trigger, the better. Like, guns should be loud and visceral. They shouldn't be something you need to put, like, 20 bullets into something to get it to go down." This uninhibited approach to combat creates a cinematic experience in a dramatic shooter like Helldivers 2, but as someone who prefers horror over pure action, I imagine it would also lend itself to a thrilling survival experience. Helldivers 2's next 4 arcs are being discussed by Arrowhead, creative director promises to "deliver a bit more often" Former Little Nightmares devs' End of Abyss is a satisfyingly creepy blend of top-down twin-stick shooter and Metroidvania exploration After Helldivers 2 boss teased chaos in upcoming update, new Illuminate structures appear in Super Earth media Silver Pines follows private investigator Red Walker's trip through the tumbledown Silver Pines in search of the missing musician Eddie Velvet (these are all some of the most Lynchian proper nouns I've heard in a while), and I expect Helldivers-style, explosive gunslinging will only heighten the down-home surreality of that experience. Echoing Blue Velvet director David Lynch's famous adage that "the film is the thing," Snygg adds that, "The creative vision and the creative output is the thing, and everybody understands that." Everybody understands that, and a couple of bullets. Try your luck with the 10 best survival horror games to test your endurance skills.