Oh yeah, that’s sus as hell. I could also see this coming from someone who is a fan of the game who genuinely doesn’t feel impacted by the microtransactions. I’m also vehemently against microtransactions though and think that they reduce the quality of whatever game they’re in, so I’m definitely not speaking in favour of Helldivers 2

I think regardless of whether Helldivers 2 is a good game, Reddit is such a cesspit of corporate bot trash that it primes you to be cynical of whatevers big on there at the moment. Like, I’m more suspicious of Helldivers 2 because of how big it’s been on Reddit, because I’m more likely to see posts like the one you linked and just assume it’s corporate shills. It’s a large part of why I don’t use Reddit anymore, because that cynicism permeated basically all of my Reddit browsing, and it’s not like I can even say it isn’t warranted.