Helldivers 2 has a Dungeons and Dragons-style GM behind the scenes (www.eurogamer.net)

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[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago

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't as balanced as it could be. "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't take [the planet] too quickly," Pilestedt said.