Helldivers 2 Community Mourns the Loss of 'Space Vietnam' Map Malevelon Creek — but the Fightback Has Already Begun

ign.com:

The Helldivers 2 community was left in tatters after fan-favorite planet Malevelon Creek, dubbed ‘Space Vietnam’ by players, finally fell to the Automatons.

The community reacted in horror overnight as they discovered Malevelon Creek with the dreaded ‘0% Liberated’ flag, and, even more devastating, a ‘Planet Lost’ retreat order. This made the planet inaccessible, and players have even reported getting booted from its surface mid-mission.

Malevelon Creek is widely thought of as Helldivers 2’s best planet. It sees players go up against Automatons — Terminator-style killer robots - in an atmospheric environment clearly inspired by iconic imagery from Vietnam war movies. Its eternally twilight forest biome is creepy, awe-inspiring, and, if you’re doing well, more than a little heroic.

But overnight, Malevelon Creek fell in a surprise twist in the ongoing meta narrative that makes up Helldivers 2’s Galactic War. Here, Super Earth and the alien enemy wrestle for control over entire sectors of the galaxy as players battle to complete operations (sets of missions) and positively contribute to each planet’s liberation status.

Here's a snippet of the reaction to the fall of Malevelon Creek:

We've lost Malevelon Creek.

The Automatons won.. pic.twitter.com/xut96CP7Pg

we lost malevelon creek pic.twitter.com/nGGmPzd9vi

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// 2/27/2024

[Unknown] on Malevelon Creek, having missed the last Pelican out after the planet fell, requesting the remaining Destroyers in the system glass his grid square before warping out.

We will return. pic.twitter.com/pJvLAd5qq8

Malevelon Creek fell... it was all for nothing... pic.twitter.com/YJxvE6jFZS

Meanwhile, on what's left of Malevelon Creek... pic.twitter.com/32p3ZKTMB8

malevelon creek fell less than an hour ago o7 pic.twitter.com/G7OzP8n4re

⚡️BREAKING: HELLDIVERS EVACUATED THE EMBASSY ON MALEVELON CREEK, TOTAL HELLDIVER PULLOUT ANNOUNCED ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/NLw0JovKwf

It truly is the saddest of days #HelldiversII #HELLDIVER2