Originally posted by retsam1:

Originally posted by Entity Mystik:

Read https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/allnews/

Sorry but how does posting a link to the general news page for Valheim support or refute things?

It suggests a motive for trolling a rival game. I have a suspicious mind, and it seems to me all too likely that big software houses would hire troll$ to try to hurt the reputation of indie games, especially around awards time.

However, it's also possible just to get hung up trying to prove some ancient negative post about a game. When I strongly dislike a game, I'll post one bad review, if any, and move on, but it seems some people get stuck trying to prove a game is bad, often based on their own subjective reaction.

The only objective proof of the worth of a game is whether people enjoy playing it.* To the extent that someone is trying to forestall others' enjoyment as a weird way of proving their case, they are acting as trolls—they're just not getting paid.

*OK, a game should have a moral compass, and preferably not an evil one.