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Prior to this announcement, Hell Divers 2 maintained overwhelmingly positive reviews, with players praising its gameplay and community aspects. However, in the days following the policy change, the game's Steam page saw a dramatic shift. The review score plummeted from near-unanimous praise to "mixed" and later to "overwhelmingly negative".
Data from SteamDB illustrates this sharply: in two days, over 200,000 negative reviews flooded in, dwarfing the positive feedback that had accumulated earlier. The core complaints centered around the forced account linking, the removal of the game from sale in numerous countries, and Sony's perceived contempt for the fanbase’s preferences.