Helldivers 2 Automaton Combat Music (Game Accurate)

Warning: you are in range of enemy artillery

In 60 years my grandkids will wonder why their grandpa is terrified of that little red infrared light on the corner of the TV. Well, this is why.

When you drop in hot right next to a stratagem jammer and a gunship fabricator…. That was a painful experience

I love how the automaton music has a distinctly soviet anthem kind of vibe to it.

Can't wait for the music to switch up suddenly in a bot mission and hear "warning: unidentified hostiles in your area"

I thought the bots wouldn't be too bad. When I heard this soundtrack for the first time after fighting against the Terminds for hours, I got humbled real quick.

The Terminids sound chaotic, and primal, I think it's the choice of percussion. They also have very flowy and chaotic string instrumentation that still seems very grand and impactful, making it seem like every tiny bug could be the one you forget to shoot and kills you. As well, the low brass create an intimidating sound, like the idea of the endless horde. Overall, their theme sounds like a jumpy, chaotic battle with a tide of bombastic insects that dont stop coming and are constantly in your face. The automotons are more structured and bombastic, seeming like an anthem of hate. The percussion sounds impactful and consistent, the brass sounds large and intimidating, and the tecni bits that come in here and there compliment the more orchestral bits well, imitating the automoton's contrasting industrial machinery and sci-fi lasers theme, plus it adds auditory intrigue. As well, the fades sound like hydraulic pistons sliding, and the drums sound like metal clashing occasionally. As well, the ambient bits sound very echoey and ethereal. I also notice some of the times the strings sound like a car's engine revving up, or like a swarm of bees. Overall, their theme sounds like facing a swarm of lasers shot by an intimidating, hateful army of indistrial mechanical soviets.

I'm pretty much a bot only player at this point. I love getting into firefight with a bunch of Psycho's who randomly alternate between being "unable to hit the broad side of a barn", and "20 consecutive headshots". Every time I introduce a friend to the game, we hot-drop on a bot base on hard or worse. It's glorious every damn time.

The bot soundtrack is the main reason why I mainly play bot missions now.

The Confederacy of Independent Systems if they weren’t fucking around:

That synthesizer at 5:19 will always remain a haunting element of the automaton theme. Being on malevolen creek for the first time, where the crisp cold blue hue was lit up by crimson red laser fire, being overwhelmed by hundreds of automatons while we fought for survival using inadequate weaponry. With the few moments you had to breath and take in the environment, the sheer scale of the fighting you see beyond the playable space really dialed in that tone That’s what it reminds me of.

The little flourish at 4:25 tickles my little Clone Wars brain every time

This is IMO the best rendition of the theme on Youtube. It has a consistent growth and pacing of the different audio cues. I especially love how it builds up to the crescendo bit by bit. Like the soviet industrialization. Save the kids of Vernen Wells. Eradicate the Automatons!

Fighting bugs: pest control. Fighting bots: SOVIET POWER SUPREME!

whos ready for level 10 difficulty?

Ah yes.. Everyone's gangsta until the trees start speaking in binary

This is definitely the best mix on Youtube, huge props. While the loop logic is kind of broken in game so it's almost impossible to get the combat music to stop playing even during quiet moments, the bot theme is SO good I will actually listen to it in my free time! A part of me will always remain on Draupnir, listening to this while the bots play angry birds with my ragdoll body.

4:20 easily my favorite part. It makes me feel fucking emotion Man. It’s the equivalent of the song saying “WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST DO????!???????” As you see countless dropships showing up on you. Dude that shit tears me the fuck up. Am I having thought crimes???!?

This soundtrack makes me want to liberate my microwave

Me frantically reloading the Autocannon as a hulk gets closer