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Starship Troopers: Extermination - Official Release Date Trailer | IGN Live 2024 (www.youtube.com)

submitted 5 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (5 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 (4 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 (3 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.

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

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

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