The following is an excerpt from my list Errant Thoughts on Games I've Never Played Before/Haven't Played Too Much
I actually wouldn't have minded a solid zombie extraction shooter that played like a more polished version of Deadzone! It's a shame that that's not how they sold this and that the developers are clearly frauds and plagiarists. You thought Redfall was bad? This is where redemption arcs (or, collectively known in the gaming sphere as "DAE NO MAN'S SKY?!1/!:/1?!???"") go to rot.
And really, that's just the kicker, isn't it? I started out my impressions by comparing this negatively to a Roblox game from ten fucking years ago. As much as I loved Deadzone back then, you'd really have to put in a herculean effort to make a modernized version feel less like the Americanized Eurojank it is. Nevermind false advertising, or bugs, or shady volunteer work, or a suspicious trademark dispute—your game being worse than the slop we used to enjoy on Roblox? Ouch, a Band-Aid isn't going to stop that bleeding.
I actually wouldn't have minded a solid zombie extraction shooter that played like a more polished version of Deadzone! It's a shame that that's not how they sold this and that the developers are clearly frauds and plagiarists. You thought Redfall was bad? This is where redemption arcs (or, collectively known in the gaming sphere as "DAE NO MAN'S SKY?!1/!:/1?!???"") go to rot.
And really, that's just the kicker, isn't it? I started out my impressions by comparing this negatively to a Roblox game from ten fucking years ago. As much as I loved Deadzone back then, you'd really have to put in a herculean effort to make a modernized version feel less like the Americanized Eurojank it is. Nevermind false advertising, or bugs, or shady volunteer work, or a suspicious trademark dispute—your game being worse than the slop we used to enjoy on Roblox? Ouch, a Band-Aid isn't going to stop that bleeding.
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@NOWITSREYNTIME17 It's hard for me to quantity the extent of it, but to the best of my knowledge, a lot of their marketing materials took their concepts pretty flagrantly from other titles. The best example I can think of for this is their final trailer, which has its voice over and, in one pretty egregious case, a line of its voice over taken pretty much verbatim from Cyberpunk's gameplay trailer. I'm sure there's a lot more than I know of, but that's one that stood out to me, in particular.
💀I did actually just watch the trailer comparisons and its definitely a scam. how sad
Crazy what happened, not even false promises just a straight up different amd unplayable game.
NOWITSREYNTIME17
4 months ago