I was flat on my belly on an Automaton planet the other day, being steadily driven back into the sea by waves of ramshackle AT-AT wannabes, when a switch flipped in my head amid the white noise of impending defeat, and I found myself saying “by golly, Helldivers 2 feels a lot like Metal Gear Solid 5.” Sadly, there was nobody to overhear my brainfart/stroke of genius, because I was playing the game solo. But that’s as it should be: if you want to appreciate what Arrowhead’s Starship Troop ’em up shares with Konami’s open world stealth bonanza, it’s better to Helldive on your lonesome.