The Chemical Agents Warbond has just dropped inHelldivers 2, but players are gushing over the new Sueprstore armor. Its design fits the Warbond really well, and as a lovely added bonus, it looks like something you’d see enemies wearing in aWolfensteinorWarhammer 40Kgame.
TheChemical Agents Warbondadds all sorts of chemical warfare-based weaponry and cosmetics toHelldivers 2. It’s a premium Warbond, meaning players must spend some premium currency to pick it up, but they see to be gravitating more towards the other new premium item that’s been added to the game. A set of armor with a terrifying sci-fi gas mask and latex material that looks incredibly flammable but very good at keeping out lethal toxins.
The ultimate crossover
As a hugeHelldivers 2fan, this armor, the AF-91 Field Chemist set, is now my favorite in the game to date. The other options in the Chemical Agents Warbond are great, but this one, as has been pointed out by pretty much every player on thegame’s subreddit, feels like we’re finally getting the crossovers with other universes that we’ve been after.
The gas mask looks like it would fit really nicely inWolfenstein 2009among the occult soldiers you battle. Of course, it could easily be inspired by the newer entries in the series. A gas mask on a soldier is part of the DNA of the Wolfenstein games, and I’ll happily rock something that reminds me of them while spreading freedom for Super Earth any day.
The other type of soldier that this armor set reminds players andWarhammer 40Kfans of is the Death Corps of Krieg. I’ve included an image of one of these soldiers above so you can see the similarities. To be clear, nobody is accusing Arrowhead Game Studios of copying here. The developer has just released the60-day update forHelldivers 2and has clearly been working on armor sets that lean into the other franchises fans like to reference in the game while keeping them in line with the Super Earth universe’s visual aesthetic.
The flavor text on this armor set reads as follows. “This armor, together with its friendly-faced helmet, is instantly recognizable from the beloved children’s show ‘Jen Shriver the Science Diver’.”
It deepens theHelldivers 2lore and makes the set even better because it’s obviously absolutely terrifying. But I can imagine Helldivers looking at each other and pointing because they’re instantly reminded of a children’s TV presenter and not a spooky monster fromDoctor Whoor some other bringer of death.
