{"id":47326,"date":"2024-03-06T18:23:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T17:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2005077"},"modified":"2024-03-06T20:12:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T19:12:44","slug":"who-is-joel-in-helldivers-2-community-legend-explained","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-joel-in-helldivers-2-community-legend-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Joel in Helldivers 2? Community legend explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who is the mysterious Joel and what does he do? <\/p>

By Joshua Lamb\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 06 March 2024 at 17:23 PM<\/p>

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The planets home to many gory battles in Helldivers 2 are the perfect place for any player to turn themselves into a legend within the game\u2019s community. <\/span><\/p>\n

One figure has already achieved that status, becoming something of an enigma in the process. He goes by one name: Joel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like all great science-fiction epics, Helldivers 2 has a deep lore surrounding it, which makes it more than just a fun shooter. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is set in a galaxy divided into 53 sectors, harbouring 253 planets. The citizens of Super Earth are embroiled in a war against volatile bugs called Terminids and Automatons \u2013 murderous robots \u2013 in a satirical take on the distant future.<\/span><\/p>\n

All of that context is easy to grasp for the majority of players, but the presence of Joel in Helldivers 2 is proving more of a headache.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, who is Joel and what does he do?<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is Joel in Helldivers 2? Community legend explained<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Helldivers 2.<\/span><\/figcaption> Arrowhead Game Studios<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Joel is the game master in Helldivers 2<\/b>. He is an actual, real-life person whose job is to manage the game world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joel\u2019s role is similar to that of a dungeon master in the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. The DM, or in this case GM, often represents the players\u2019 enemies, and can have a significant influence on the narrative\u2019s direction.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a recent interview with <\/span>PC Gamer<\/span><\/a>, Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt confirmed this, saying: \u201cWe have an actual person with the job title of game master. His name is Joel and he takes his job very seriously.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For anyone who has played Helldivers 2, this will not come as a surprise. The game has a vast ever-changing warfront that shifts depending on how the players logging in around the world perform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Soldiers can team up with each other and complete missions on a variety of different hostile planets, which impacts the status of the war that is at the centre of the game. <\/span><\/p>\n

Joel has the ability to counter any player success with the creatures at his disposal, which can subsequently alter the game\u2019s difficulty.<\/span><\/p>\n