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.
9 times outta 10, the game they show in the ad isnt even the same game you end up downloading from the link.
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.
I don't think you can compare scam mobile game ads to the actual game development industry
Going by revenue, that IS the actual mobile game development industry
I dunno', with EA/Ubisoft et. al. going to 50 DLCs and never releasing a single unique idea EVER, I think it's fair to say of everything but the indie space.
When this happens, I make it a point to one-star review.
A sternly-worded letter
It's like in those shitty kitchenware commercials where it starts with someone opening a cabinet and all the things immediately come flying out at them.
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