Comment on The answer to the question posed in mobile game ads 'think you can do better?' is always 'yes'.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 1 day ago
That’s how they get you to download it. They show it being played absolutely terribly and the 4th or 5th time you see thead and the obvious mistakes and you’re like I’ll show you how to fucking do it, and you download it and it’s fucking Farmville dressed different and the ad was only showing a sidegame you get to access exactly once.
I’m pretty sure that’s how a lot of YouTube game previewers sell themselves to publishers. “Look how badly I can repeatedly play games, I’ll do a 1 off and never bother to learn any of the mechanics, and my viewers will need to purchase it themselves to see how it’s actually ‘meant to be played’”
I got suckered 3 or 4 times by northernlion back in the day before I caught on.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
9 times outta 10, the game they show in the ad isnt even the same game you end up downloading from the link.
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They use that trick to see which game interests people. That game ad you clicked on isn’t a real game, but might be if lots of people try to download it. It’s cheap to do an ad, expensive to make a game…
It’s amazing how fast the gaming industry went from “let’s make an even more incredible game” to dark patterns and shit like this.
shyguyblue@lemmy.world 1 day ago
When this happens, I make it a point to one-star review.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
A sternly-worded letter