Following yesterday’s announcement of Hellraiser 2’s “biggest update yet” – Freedom Upgrades – there’s a lot to be excited about in the lead up to its August 6 launch. However, one new mission type that’s about to arrive has players doing something a little weird – coming up with names for the Terminid babies they’re about to conceive.
If you missed the update’s release, you can check out a rundown of what’s in it here–which should be great news, especially if you’ve been craving a new challenge, either in terms of difficulty or just in the form of new enemies. Meanwhile, if you’ve been thinking the game needed a few more Death Stranding-style twists, you’re in luck, too.
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You see, one of the new mission types outlined in the trailer below has you picking up a small test tube backpack and successfully making it to an extraction point. The problem is that the backpack contains a Terminid larva, which will make your mission much more difficult by attracting a swarm of protective bugs to attack you through its chirping.
It’s also pretty adorable, depending on how you feel about things that kind of look like you’d have to go to the hospital if they bit your leg. So, naturally, while some people have taken this opportunity to question whether Super-Earths are actually bad guys, others have already started coming up with names for their new companion and asking Arrowhead to add a proper sling so they can hold it like a human baby.
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There are a number of names being picked out in a Reddit thread right now, including Steeve and/or Steevie, spelled with two E’s I guess because it’s 2024, as well as Mike and Quadruple Agent Joe. To be fair, given the growth of Terminids, they’re less likely to be bullied once they hit puberty, so just let them be.
Sadly, for every good-hearted Hell Dad and Hell Mom, there seems to be a possible wimp who’ll make a fuss because he’s not part of the team that has to carry the little guy. Seriously, people are already thinking about what kind of equipment a designated Terminid transport should have from a tactical perspective.
The good news is that whether or not you need to think about this, or come up with a name that your Terminid kids are bound to think is a bit lame when they grow up, the current primary order means you can do it while trying to kill as many bugs as possible.
