but also ignited a new battlefield: paid bot campaigns.
Reports suggest that individuals are being offered money to flood platforms with negative reviews about the game. It's like hiring someone to complain that "the Zone is too radioactive"—a strategy as transparent as vodka in a Soviet flask.
The irony? If a game is so bad it needs paid bad reviews, it’s clearly doing something very right. Meanwhile, genuine players are busy exploring Pripyat, dodging mutants, and marveling at the incredible Ukrainian artistry that went into the game.
In the end, the bots’ reviews say more about the reviewers' bank accounts than the quality of STALKER 2. It’s a cultural ambush where GSC Game World is clearly winning, one radiation-soaked adventure at a time.