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Rich Stanton

Helldivers 2 kept its most exciting feature secret until launch: human dungeon masters 'responding in real time' and messing with players

Helldivers 2 launched on Steam today and unfortunately seems to have got off to a bit of a shaky start network-wise: the reviews are currently "mixed," and the mood music is that people are enjoying the game but deeply frustrated by connection issues. The studio admits it's in "crisis mode" and at the time of writing has just pushed out the first hotfix.

Launch woes aside, Helldivers 2 hasn't been especially on my radar—but a new PlayStation Access interview with the game's deputy director Sagar Beroshi made me realise this is a game with big ideas, and none more exciting than its take on in-game dungeon masters.

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