"Those issues were quickly overshadowed by a wave of seemingly suspicious Steam reviews posted for Starsand Island at launch, many of which were reportedly from users with less than an hour of total playtime and zero other reviews listed on their profiles. I say "reportedly," because while several threads and the Steam discussion board have discussed said reviews, dozens of these suspicious reviews have since disappeared from Starsand Island's Steam page."
"Yesterday, Seed Spark Lab released a community update post on the life sim RPG's Steam page and its official Discord titled "Announcement Regarding Artificial Comments." It takes aim at the "large number of overly positive 'praise' comments about Starsand Island appearing across various social platforms." "Is this some kind of overpraise as an attack? We have no concrete evidence, but it does feel as though someone may be doing this intentionally," posits Seed Spark Lab."
Starsand Island launched into Early Access on February 11 and encountered multiple launch problems. Kickstarter backers reported not receiving release codes, the Xbox Series version suffered technical issues, a $20 cosmetic DLC angered crowdfunding backers, and the EULA's 'virtual goods' clause attracted scrutiny. A wave of suspiciously positive Steam reviews appeared at launch, often from accounts with under an hour of playtime and no other reviews, many of which later disappeared. Seed Spark Lab posted a community update titled "Announcement Regarding Artificial Comments," noting a large number of overly positive praise comments across platforms and saying many reviews appeared AI-generated. The studio reported that some accounts refunded the game after posting reviews and asked whoever was behind the reviews to stop.
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