Helldivers 2's siege of Cyberstan is the greatest galactic campaign the game has seen so far

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Subscribe to our newsletter Sean Martin, Senior Guides Writer (Image credit: Future)Last week I was: getting roundhouse kicked by Cyborgs.This week I’ve been: impressed by the Automaton’s ability to produce seemingly infinite Vox Engines.Anyone who’s been kickin’ around the milky way for a while in Helldivers 2 will recall quite a few events of note in the galactic war. We fended off a massed Illuminate invasion of Super Earth, fighting through city streets as Leviathans swam in the skies above, raining down laser fire. We assaulted the Terminid Hive Worlds, diving underground into dark, bug-infested labyrinths, with only the weapons on our backs to keep us safe.For my money, though, the current Machinery of Oppression update and our assault on the Automaton capital of Cyberstan is the best the game has ever been—and no, I’m not just saying that because it added my beloved explosive hammer. It all started with sneaky clankers stealing the blueprints for the ‘Star of Peace’, a planet-destroying weapon for the Democracy Space Station. Now, yes, that is the plot of the Star Wars, and what’s even funnier: we’re the Empire in that analogy.Still, Super Earth couldn’t suffer the Automatons to gain a planet-cracking weapon—or to know about the single ventilation shaft that was presumably its only weakness—so we hit the road for Cyberstan, blazing a trail of destruction right into the heart of Automaton territory to end their threat once and for all. Related articles Arrowhead wants Helldivers 2’s assault on Cyberstan to really sell the promise of the Galactic War: ‘We don’t know how it will play out. We don’t know if they will win’ Nobody is doing live service better than Helldivers 2 because Arrowhead makes expansions, not just updates Helldivers 2 has a tank now There’s a multitude of reasons why this update has been so good. We got new toys to play with like the wonderfully designed Bastion Tank, which isn’t actually a tank, but a Tank Destroyer. Don’t ask me why Super Earth gave us a vehicle from World War 2, but its combo of major firepower and limited turret range make for some fun teambuilding between the gunner and the driver as they try to line up targets.We got new enemies—or should I say old enemies—in the form of the returning Cyborg menace. Trying to accomplish strategic objectives while getting shotgunned and roundhouse-kicked into oblivion can be quite the hurdle. Not t