{"id":760757,"date":"2025-11-27T12:19:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/helldivers-2-has-a-dungeons-and-dragons-style-gm-behind-the-scenes?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-27T12:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:19:54","slug":"helldivers-2-has-a-dungeons-and-dragons-style-gm-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/helldivers-2-has-a-dungeons-and-dragons-style-gm-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Helldivers 2 has a Dungeons and Dragons-style GM behind the scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/helldivers-2-has-a-dungeons-and-dragons-style-gm-behind-the-scenes.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Today I learned there is a Dungeons and Dragons-like Game Master (GM) working behind the scenes on Helldivers 2.<\/p>\n<p>His name is Joel, and his job title at Arrowhead is, well, Game Master. &#8220;We have a lot of systems built into the game where the Game Master has a lot of control over the play experience. It&#8217;s something that we&#8217;re continuously evolving based on what&#8217;s happening in the game,&#8221; Helldivers 2 game director Johan Pilestedt told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/we-have-an-actual-person-with-the-title-of-game-master-a-single-helldivers-2-dev-named-joel-is-pulling-the-strings-on-its-galactic-war-like-an-all-powerful-dandd-dungeon-master-war-will-become-more-and-more-sophisticated-over-time\/\">PC Gamer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This continuous evolution has actually seen Joel getting up at unsociable hours to sort out situations when the Helldivers 2 team realised the game wasn&#8217;t as balanced as it could be. &#8220;There have been some sudden moments where maybe one planet was too easy or one was too hard and [Joel] had to get up in the middle of the night to give the Automatons a bit of reinforcement so the players don&#8217;t take [the planet] too quickly,&#8221; Pilestedt said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/helldivers-2-has-a-dungeons-and-dragons-style-gm-behind-the-scenes?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/helldivers-2-has-a-dungeons-and-dragons-style-gm-behind-the-scenes?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I learned there is a Dungeons and Dragons-like Game Master (GM) working behind the scenes on Helldivers 2. 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This continuous evolution has actually seen Joel getting up at unsociable hours to sort out situations when the Helldivers 2 team realised the game wasn&#8217;t as balanced as it could be. &#8220;There have been some sudden moments where maybe one planet was too easy or one was&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/helldivers-2-has-a-dungeons-and-dragons-style-gm-behind-the-scenes\/\">Read 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