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Flying Gorilla's marketing is actually genius. They know how crappy the quality of the game is, so they market it as low quality like every meme in the last year has been.
@@recitationtohear You've also been waiting so long for your father to come back 💀 I never thought a generic joke about someone's father leaving would ratio this hard lol
I feel like a lot of games used to be honest but have gone to deceiving. Like there was this one game called Arcana and they were truthful with what the game was about- an interactive love story game-- but then all the sudden they went to lying about what the game was about in their advertisements and it's like... WHY!?
I did remember those ads a while ago. It even piqued my interest because of it. On another note, Google legit promotes Gardenscapes for some reason, I can't.
@@vinwaffle7077 the saddest part is that arcana is actually good, but the adds make it look like some half ass game I thanks fully I had the game before seeing the adds
I made a joke about these terrible ads to my sister once. I told her that all the ads I’ve seen have a woman who finds her boyfriend/husband cheating on her and then moves out to the middle of nowhere in a broken down house during a blizzard. And now you have to fix her house because apparently she’s too stupid to find a better place to live. Also, bonus points if she’s pregnant or has a baby/child with her.
You know what's sad? Evertale used to feature non-horny bait characters. Like the knight-captain character used to wear an honest-to-God plate armor until they went the Easter-MMO style of just making the female armor be lingerie.
Yeah I currently play the game and a lot are saving for the first non horny character in about a year that is supposedly coming out around new year, Endless Finn. The rest is so horny though and they even had to redo art once since the drew a tight bikini on someone who looks 10.
Yea. And the wolf fury ad. The one in the right in the thumbnail. I got that ad SO meny times that I think youtube is purposely sending them out just to arouse users like the tens on millions view corn videos. Not like literally corn but something else.
The company behind eveertale made a game called Neomonsters which is kinda good but wouldn’t really recommend it (pretty much a cash consuming Gacha game) plus they release new monsters that you can only really get through with money. You can use gems (split between paid gems and free gems) to get eggs for the monsters but your not gonna get them. They also randomly decided to add in anime girls as monsters.
I do love how Saber adresses all the problems of RUclips. Remember the Elsagate Scandal? It was such a massive problem on RUclips with many small Mom and Pop channels attempting to attract children for their content only to showcase their creepy themes to the poor children. I'm not exactly sure why RUclips was okay with any of it for a while but maybe because ads were placed in to make money and every company loves ads. Some people say Elsagate isn't dead as it evolved into what people have called "Sonicgate", videos that were identical to Elsagate ones with video game franchise characters being made with the same Flash animation software as the Elsagate but these videos were few and far between on RUclips. Anyway, I'm glad you address current problems that haven't been fixed yet. Mobile game ads today are very unhinged and even when you're vising another site, they don't go away and even one game that kept being advertised as I was on the internet was Hero Wars, a mobile rpg with the absolute worst ads I've ever seen. From anime girls in rique scenarios to toliet humor, I'm not sure why this company makes these ads to begin with.
@@hughmortyproductions8562 no. It's unacceptable to not allow videos containing the content of ads because they're too explicit, while also allowing the ads to stay. There are legitimate advertisers that might have an ad directly after a weird mobile game ad. If it's too explicit, ban the offensive ads as well, but there shouldn't be a double standard
As a voice actor myself who’s applied and auditioned for some of these ads the reason for the poor quality control is mainly due to the companies seeking talent typically are non native English speakers (Chinese most of the time). Lots of things lost in translation and even getting scripts can be a pain when the format is jumbled up or in a format you can’t normally open, it’s very sloppy and messy and I’m honestly impressed with some of the shit they can get away with and being able to pump out these ads
@@markguyton2868 I still haven’t gotten a role yet from any of these companies, I’ve applied and still do regularly but haven’t gotten a mobile game role just yet. It’s definitely a competitive business which is to be expected, and honestly voicing in a weird mobile game ad is a funny goal of mine lol
Mate, I implore you, PLEASE find another source of income as soon as humanly possible, if only so that you won't have to have the thought of having taken part in these "ads" weighing on your conscience.
The saddest thing about Evertale's ads is there's totally a market for retro arg games thanks to the sudden appearance and rise of the genre itself paired with the sudden nostalgia for games from the 90's and early 2000's with various indie horror games being styled after the N64 and Playstation era of graphics. An arg where you can live out your wildest dreams of becoming a monster tamer with a dark twist would definitely make bank and get tons of downloads if made real.
@@Temperans For a knockoff Pokémon horror game ARG? My guy, the most cost there's going to be is for the art and music. Unless you plan on doing live action segments (which tends to happen with nearly *every* retro-styled indie horror game and a good chunk of ARGs) there shouldn't be a need to make the production values so ludicrously high especially in this day and age. 'Sides someone's trying their hardest to make the fake ads ZigZaGame used for Evertale a real thing given the numerous asset-flips they did for the ads. Someone in *Japan* is taking the same assets they used for the fake ads and doing their hardest to make a tangible version of the game to play! There's an actual fanbase for the fake, creepy ads ZigZaGame used for Evertale and folks are doing their best to remake the ads in a playable format!
@@justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313 I don't doubt that, but making a deep game now a days is still expensive. We are talking about hours upon hours of testing, designing mechanics, and creating a story. If you notice most ARG are short stories with relatively inexpensive ways to do things. But a full game has to be more complicated by default. Even if you use RPG maker, you would still require a lot more time to create things than you need to make a short ad.
@@Temperans Like I said, folks are using the same assets the folks ZigZaGame hired to try and completely *recreate* Evertale's fake ads. And even then, if you know what you're doing and know what you want to do without trying to out do the competition, you can make something that lasts long, has tons of hidden lore and secrets and will get folks talking much long especially if it's something done right. Much like everything else, ARGs might as well be a competition with how often some try to one up other ARGs by using the same formula and gimmicks. Each attempt to out do someone else's ARG is no doubt going to cost more production wise compared to the last, it's just the unfortunate truth.
I think all of those "demoted to concubine/commoner" apps deserve a dishonorable mention. I actually played one of those, it was fun for some time, but the adv is sooo different from the gameplay
@@Ka_chi1 The one I played was Ottoman Empire themed but I don't remember the title, different one I remember having ads like this was called 'King's Choice'
For me the worst ones are the "play this game and get paid" ads. I typically see them when playing ad supported mobile games, but it's basically "they never pay out."
I used to play Homescapes and it was actually a decent game- a Candy Crush copy for sure but it had a storyline that you could follow. Basically, we watch the main character move back to his parent’s old house and fix what was broken, while also making new friends and seeing what made his old house so special. It focused on remembering the past while also looking forward to the future. There was even a love story between the protagonist and the girl with the red braid (the one that always freezes to death in the ads). But their ads! I was pretty sheltered when I started playing this game. I was still watching G-PG rated movies and was easily upset over stupid things. One day, I finished a level and… I guess you get rewarded with an ad or something? Anyway I was forced to watch a Homescapes advertisement while playing the literal game it was advertising for. It showed the cute little cat, the gray Garfield of the Homsecapes universe getting run over multiple times and the main character crying at the side of the road. I still shudder at the memory, despite all the years that had passed. I deleted that app and never looked back.
I used to play this strategy dress up game called Love Nikki that actually had an interesting involved plot about like… political turmoil between several nations and the idea of morality and free will and there’s actually a bunch of lore about why fashion is such a big thing in their world and one major character straight up murders another main character several story arcs in. (Also the art is *gorgeous.* ) Its not a weird rushed slapped-together game, there’s a lot going for it, but for several months the RUclips ads were like this - weird cheap skits about relationship drama and weirdly photoshopped versions of the characters with random assets. I think they even made a short-haired tomboyish character into another character’s shallow boyfriend at some point? Idk. Super weird.
yeah i played the project makeover game, it's actually really fun. has different story lines where you help the characters and give them new clothes, hair, house, etc. not sure why the ads are so horrible
Love Nikki and Shining Nikki are literally the only games I have on my phone. They keep me going after the death of Flash crumbled all of my fav dress up sites. And we don't talk about GGG.
Every time I see an Evony ad, I feel like I'm losing my mind. "I want that treasure! First I'll get rid of the lava! Now the water! Oh, no! I did it wrong!"
Yeah, I'd keep getting ads for it where a person says "I've finally found the game everyone's talking about," and I can only think, "Is everyone talking about how bad it is?"
There’s one I see constantly where the guy yells “GOOD JOB, YES!!!” Keep in mind, he’s the one playing the game so he is actually saying “good job” to himself. Ya know, what us normal humans do.
I'm so thankful for Saberspark calling out these ads on youtube, I've seen many of these and I remember disgust and outrage they caused but youtube will keep on promoting them.
For real. I was just watching a different youtube video and a pop-up ad for some anime game called Queen's Blade popped up. It had a very suggestive picture of girl and I am aware of what the main draw of the Queen's Blade anime is. Reminded me of all those creepy ads you see on wikis and manga websites promising that you won't last five minutes while playing this game.
Unfortunately, calling them out is also promoting them. He's showing the ads to 1.7 million people free of charge, & some people will inevitably download some of the games after watching this video.
Minor prop to Merge Mansion, they at least added a narrative that reflects parts of the ads. It's not compelling or anything, but I appreciate that they leaned into it
Concerning Homescape, I don't know what's worse: The fact that they made these terrible ads with mini-games that had nothing to do with the actual game ... or the fact that after a while, they decided to actually add these mini-games inside the actual game.
Man, I remember when that game had genuine advertising that actually had a lick of quality to it. It made the game look relaxing and competent, not raunchy and thrilling.
Yeah it did. And it was beautiful. The ads the had before they started the false ads is like comparing night and day. The original ads presented the premise clearly and precise, a puzzle game. It started with Austin writing you a letter that you are the owner of an old mansion a family member of yours owned before passing away and that he was your family member's butler. After which you arrived to an old decrepit mansion and Austin says its old but we can make it better if we add a little effort to it, which then showed the real gameplay. It was simple. I miss the old age of advertisement in mobile games and games in general where it showed the game and not clickbait
Honorable mentions: I've seen one where there was a running theme of a pregnant woman coming home to find her husband cheating on her 😆 There is a newer one I've seen where the game is you remove the pens and a bunch of marbles fall. In this one, the marbles represented food and it was like a 5 minute ad of a poor hungry single mother trying to be fed and they couldn't get anything. It kept going to the point where they were left out in the cold!
These types of mobile game ad were banned in the UK for one reason. They lied in their marketing and the game you got wasn't what was advertised. They later changed their adverts to show what the game actually was, or just had an animated segment and were allowed to be advertised on TV and online again. However the newer advertising campaigns didn't work and so these "game companies" have mostly stopped advertising here. We get the occasional one, but having to create a completely new advert for just the UK is expensive.
Here’s the thing about Homescapes and Gardenscapes - their developer, Playrix, used to make decent mobile games. And by decent, I really meant it. I loved playing Playrix games as a kid - their Four Elements game was my first exposure and it was a puzzle mixed with a hidden objects game. That game garnered a sequel (Four Elements 2). Gardenscapes is probably their most famous IP and before it became this with bad advertising, it was a hidden objects game where it was just you and Austin selling stuff in your mansion to restore it (at least that’s what it was in the demo - I never got to play the full version of OG Gardenscapes). Farmscapes and its sequel Barn Yarn (which was published shortly before New Gardenscapes so I only played like, a little bit of it and I think that one was a hidden objects game) was Gardenscapes but better. Oh yeah, before Homescapes, there was Farmscapes, and that one didn’t even involve Austin. Fishdom was probably their second most famous IP. Before, it was discount Insaniquarium with Candy Crush. Today, it’s still discount Insaniquarium with Candy Crush… with bad advertising. Honestly, Fishdom had the least amount of changes from its original form if you ask me. Oh, and notice how I said Gardenscapes had a demo? Because you paid for it once and then never again. No micro transactions or anything. Same goes for all their other games. Maybe I’m misremembering things and everything I just said was a fever dream because I never see anyone talk about the OG Gardenscapes. Today, you won’t find Four Elements and Farmscapes (and their other games I don’t remember but the general gist is that the main levels would be these match 3, hidden object or linking game with cool visuals - Four Elements’ visuals blew me away as a kid with it’s medieval fantasy stuff while OG Gardenscapes and Farmscapes had visuals similar to modern Gardenscapes but smoother and overall looked more professional) in the App Store or Google Play Store and honestly I wish Playrix would actually focus on making games like those, but I digress.
I remember Fishdom and probably Farmscapes too, and I also think they had a turtle-themed platformer (though i may be remembering wrong). I had also played Gardenscapes and Homescapes after they became match 3 games, but before they dropped the ball with the ads. The moment I saw one of those bad Gardenscapes ads, my first reaction was "I trusted you, Playrix, I trusted you!"
Oh, my friend was a big player of the OG Gardenscapes! She talks about how strange the advertising has become and stopped playing simply because of how awful the ads were.
Just seeing the discrepancy between the original Gardenscapes and modern-day Gardenscapes is insane since the original was a find the object kind-of game while the modern day is pretty much Candy Crush Saga 2.0 (which is turn probably took inspiration from Bejeweled made by PopCap) - thing is that Playrix indeed did some great match 3 games when it was during the flash era. Unironically so. Call of Atlantis is my all time favourite from them. Spent hours just trying to collect the shards and items to put them back where they belonged.
I remember that, Gardenscapes used to have legit gameplay footage of the game itself go advertise it, and people downloaded the game for a legit reason back then, because they got to see what the game was actually like in the adds. so idk why the developers decided to follow the same low quality, awfully made, dumb, totally fake ads trend
Garden-Scapes and Home-Scapes actually used to use proper ads for the games. Those are the ads that got me into them. My friends and I used to have little competitions, seeing who could get to a certain level the fastest. I guess over time they saw other games getting more success based on fake ads, and started using those instead to gain more traction. Which, funnily enough, is what drove me and my friends away from the games.
Aw really? I used to like Homescapes or whatever it was called with the butler. Got rid of it after a while cuz I'm not gonna pay money just cuz I'm stuck.
The Evertale ad should absolutely be an actual horror game. And if someone else makes it, they can't be sued because it's nothing like Evertale's actual game.
The evertale ad actually takes a WHOLE lot of elements from Omori, there’s even a room that they took from it and just chnaged like a few things and slapped it into an ad. OMORI’s an amazing game, though, you have to play it!
I got one of those “Game of Sultan” ads, or something of the sort, where there was a crying baby in a basket on a stormy body of water, crying “Help me, daddy!” To which I pressed the “No” option, thinking it’d just automatically select “Yes” The baby stopped crying and scowled at me, saying “I hope you can live with yourself, asshole” 😂 Mobile game ads are garbage, but sometimes there’s a cool looking rock in the rough
I love it when they have the "Don't you hate those fake game ads? Well this game is the real thing." and in tiny, tiny print it says "Not actual gameplay".
If anyone is curious, there is one game, suggested by game theory itself when they went over the ads, that is along the lines of Evertales ARG like ads, it's called Beasts of Burden and its free on Steam
Gardenscape actually didnt use to be this bad. I remember when I got its ads that were genuine, showing its candy crush gameplay and garden editing. Then once the more crass or deceitful ads became popular, gardenscapades joined the gang with its current ad runs
Then once they got in trouble for the ads, they just added the shitty little puzzles in rather than advertising what's actually the main point of the game
*_Fun fact: Garden and Home-scapes weren't like that BEFORE, along with Fishdom. As a former Playrix player, it was restricted as payed (You need to buy the games, but you can have 1 hour of gameplay time as a trial)._* *_Heck, with the ads incoming, I can only reminisce the glory days where Playrix was not like that._*
Same. I used to play those games as a kid and seeing the ads for them now makes me feel disgust and sadness at these hollow shells of their former selves that gave me joy as a child.
Incredibly, I'll sort of defend Project Makeover for what it is. The ads for it are completely unbelievable and I was only tempted to download it AFTER someone told me what it's really about. And... It's possibly the best bejeweled /candy crush clone out there. The puzzle is kinda fun, the characters are someowhat charming, the mini-storylines of the makeovers are compelling enough, the art of it all feels generic by today's standards but it isn't half assed in the slightest. And the localization for my language (Brazilian Portuguese) was excellently done. The only bad things about it are the ones that are universal to this kind of game that offers way too many microtransactions for people who get addicted to it. All in all, it's... the best possible version of a general bad idea. With the worst ad campaign.
i unironically had a crippling obsession with flying gorrila. i played it everyday, every waking moment. i even paid for no ads, and i unlocked all the skins and wings. its a miracle i was able to get the help i needed to put it down and move on with my life
Fun fact: on instagram these people pay to advertise their game/apps and when someone clicks on their link to the installation page, no matter if you install it or not. So do that or not! Have a good day. :)
I played Project Makeover, before encountering the infamous ads... the only thing those ads do is tarnishing the game, it's not even about drama, it's about helping the clients, by not just giving makeover, but also revamping there rooms. I like that the clients are diverse, from young to old, male and female, to fit to curvy, and all from different walks of life. It's still basically Candy Crush, I prefer this, mostly it's like playing dress up. The sucky part is the puzzles get impossible and unforgiving.
That's how I felt about Lilly's Garden, which I played for years before the ads came out. The game actually has a good story & characters, but because of the ads, which has a completely different story & added a bunch of characters that weren't in the game, I have to play the game in secret out of embarrassment instead of on my lunch break.
I’ll be honest here probably never would have downloaded Project Makover anyway, but the adds have basically ENSURED that I won’t touch their game EVER!
I actually played the project makeover game too, although I had seen a couple ads for it. To be fair I was just looking for a random game on the Google play and decided to try it out of boredom. Liked it until it got ridiculously difficult. Never saw any of the really wild ads for it before though, so it's interesting seeing how much crazier they have gotten since I tried the game.
Truthfully the ads that make me angriest are the one where the person solving the puzzle (whatever it is) keeps making obvious mistakes and fails. Like. I get that it’s baiting people to be like “oh I can do that” but it’s so infuriating that it makes me hate whatever app it’s advertising on principle.
Thank you! I get so irritated seeing those they come off as a bunch of idiots I half think the advertising teams are shows us how dumb the company they work for is
They also tend to have characters crieing in pain and fear. It's supposed to come across as over-the-top and goofy, but it becomes really sick very fast.🤬
where 4 or 5 people all prove that isn't a fake game but they all make the exact same mistakes in the exact same way when they take their turn to play it as if someone had prerecorded footage and were too lazy to make new footage for each ad?
Its sad about gardenscape. It usrd to be a hidden object game for pc, my mother and i played it for hours on end in the early 2010s before our pc died. It still had the building your garden, but it wasn't as horrible as it is now. And it took skill and actual puzzle skills to locate these hidden objects you required to progress the story and game. Now its a match 3, then it became a merge game. Its depressing to see such an amazing game from my childhood become what it is today. And they made homescapes even worse, and it was a similar gae to what gardenscapes used to be when it first came put. But instead of s garden, you made a mansion over time. And it was amazingly satisfying to not only find these hidden objects, but even watch as the broken old things from the place you renovate becomes amazing new objects over the course of the game. You could even spend time once it was renovated to buy the other options if you wanted to see what other options looked like for your garden/home. Then they became mobile games, and have decreased in quality of graphics and gameplay. Its sad.
I saw one for Hustle Castle. At the end, it involved the titular character smacking the woman's butt in a sexist and gross way, then they went into a house to do... Adult stuff. Seriously, these ads need some sort of regulation. If you wouldn't show it on prime time TV, then it shouldn't be on mobile game ads!
The thing about the robot actors. A while back people discovered that some of these ads took popular streamers and RUclipsrs without permission and dubbed them for their advertisements. I really can't remember which streamer called out the ads that used them and I really wish I did for proper context. It was a few years ago.
i know moistcritikal had called out a one piece ad that used him without permission some time ago, though if i remember correctly, it wasn’t even an official game company that rolled out that ad
@@Xenshi. perhaps what's what I'm thinking about. I swear I remember more people talking about it but for the life of me I can't find any of the videos that I remember seeing. Guess I could just be misremembering. But every time I see what could be a content creator with what seems like a really bad voice over I think of that.
@@JargonMadjin yeah, these ads often and pretty blatantly take music that doesn't belong to them. If they're willing to mess with the music industry I don't think they care about the lawyers streamers might have.
It’s also common in puzzle game ads that there is a hand with red nail polish who is a moron. Moving stuff the wrong way. This so someone thinks “I can do that” and downloads the game.
Im surprised you didn't mention King's Choice, the one with the European nobility getting into "which one's lying about being pregnant" or with the choices and getting thrown in the dungeon and the like. The game is nothing like that (as someone who downloaded it out of curiosity and has been playing for 100 days) and is instead just one of the best kingdom building/waifu collecting games I've tried since (most of them are missing the quality of life features within playing that make King's Choice better) plus the community in the server/alliances is really nice and welcoming
...and there are about a dozen games like it... I mean Refantasia has the same element of Kings Choice. Building your barony?? with the help of a cowgirl waifu, daddy general uwu, kuudere assassin and awkward klutz shieldwaifu of a knight. I wonder if the other #7 game that Isekai Demon one has the same gameplay elements as that too. I seriously wonder if games like these have an employee flood their own game with in game items because some of these people are the top are either Montana Max from Tiny Toon Adventures throwing away money like knuckleheads or baiting people like me to "VIP" themselves into larger numbers. Because the stats of the people are #1-5 on every leaderboard is unnatural in games like this without massive spending.
Yeah, the ads for King's Choice are pretty atrocious, but the game is pretty decent (and with a good alliance you can level up much faster without micro-transactions).
@@fermintenava5911 makes me think of evony, which i've been playing way over a year, but no waifus :( Got tricked into showing up by the puzzles that exist, just not as often as the ads suggest, and stuck around for the amazing community.
You know, im glad that you bring this up It is so weird that not much content creator point this out while it is one of the big and well know thing to people
The girl from the Hero Wars ad you showed was Celeste from in the game. In the game, all these characters have really fleshed-out backstories, and lore, and many other things. But in the ads, the company just copies all the other mobile game ads. I used to play Hero Wars, and it's a very unique game, with I think around 9 or 10 different game modes when I left it, about 6 months ago. With how big the game is compared to the ads, it shows that the company doesn't really care about the game, and it only exists to make them money. This is also shown with the unreal amount of in-app purchases. There was someone on my old guild (guilds are teams that you fight together with) who purchased a few purchases each week, with the purchases being the highest kind you can get, costing $225 US dollars each. I counted at least $2k amount spent on the game, just for that one person. It's very addicting too, which is why not many people stop playing the game. If the company actually used the gameplay from the game in their ads and toned down the in-app purchases, they may get more downloads then they're currently getting. I got to say though, the web version is way better then the mobile.
At least the person who jumped off the Eiffel Tower made an invention that would save lives and still to this game. Unlike uninspiring mobile game ads.
I would like to defend Project Makeover, real quick- The game itself is good! They could just be honest with the ads. Basically, you run one of those home makeover shows, where you redo someone's house or living space, but also clean them up and get them new clothes. The match 3 segments are how you earn money, and you use that money to unlock stuff There's also an overarching plot, about the old manager trying to sabotage you
I actually used to play Project Makeover in the very early stages of when it came out and their ads actually showed what the game was about. It was genuinely really fun, but as I played on they started making their crazier and crazier ads. I stopped playing because I always felt bad after playing it. It’s sad that they went down that path instead of sticking to when it was really cool:((
I remember this one live action mobile game ad about a woman hiding like 4 or more guys from her bf. When he got home she started to act a little sus, so he grabbed his phone and started to name characters from whatever game was being advertised with their power level/strength and the men she was hiding came out to look at the game. I can't find this ad anywhere anymore, even Google fails me.
I remember seeing homescapes being one of the first to make these sort of false and weird ads, like a few years ago. They used to have completely normal ads, so when they jumped from that to those weird ads about suffering and trying to survive it was pretty shocking. Then I started seeing those types of ads everywhere and I just feel sad that this is what mobile games have become, especially since I only ever played mobile games for a long time and enjoyed a good majority of them.
You know how RUclips will call things "Advertiser friendly" or not? Can we declare ads as "Creator unfriendly" and decline to have them featured on our channels? Why shouldn't creators have control over the first thing that comes up when someone wants to watch their videos?
Some good news about the evertale ads is that apparently someone in Japan is actually trying to develop a game based on the horror adverts. Potentially we could end up with a great horror RPG all thanks to some scummy company lying to their consumers. Ill try and find again where development was being posted. Edit: heres the link to the channel ( i believe) ruclips.net/channel/UCza5QNESAf0Cu8VHxaJQeLA I unfortunately do not speak japanese, but for those of you that do hopefully this provides a silver lining to the evertale scam.
Yo! That’s sick! I really liked the ads, they would make an AWESOME game. After playing for a month Evertale for a month I should be able to give some feedback. To give them very little credit, the game is alright. It’s a turn based strategy game where you catch creatures. Hence the pokemon based ads. The strategy elements are actually pretty good. Your team has an energy system which needs to be refilled using skills. Some skills cost zero, others cost three. The game’s difficulty is low however. They allow you to bring WAY too many units. The story is pretty meh. It’s just about a magical boy fending off a evil which resurfaces every decade. It is a generic plot. The writing is also poor iirc. Best part about the game is the players. The community is nice, when I was playing it I never encountered toxicity. If they actually made accurate ads they might get positive feedback. (Love the jigglypuff pfp too)
The worst part is Evertale was a decent monster tamer game until it became a waifu collector Then when these ads came in they changed their game to imply it REALLY IS that creepy pasta stuff in the store front when it isn't AND they turned from f2p to be a single dollar So people who are tricked would be like "Oh a dollar, A can spare that" only to realize it's nothing like those ads
For Evony king’s return those puzzles are in it but it’s a daily thing you only get 6 of, plus more for when you level up your keeps castle. It’s mostly a socialising/kingdom building based game though
The mobile game ads that included a guy saying that the puzzle game wasn’t fake often struck me as being dubbed over. The ones that I saw had a voice that didn’t seem to be coming from that person at all.
Speaking of Merge Mansion, how can you forget the live-action ads, which can you believe it, stars Kathy Bates playing Granny Ursula. These are just as crazy as the animated ads. Almost as if the marketers behind the game said to the creators of Lily's Garden, "hold my beer!"
I remember this one ad I saw in a kid's game. It featured a demon and a naked guy. The demon had a weapon which looked like a certain piece of anatomy.. but like, with spikes.. and he started.. inserting.. it into the moral from behind, and the mortal was definitely in pain and not wanting this to happen to them... so... g-less grape. Something which should be not in a kid's game, but here we are. I don't remember the name of the game it was advertising, or the game it was in. I remember seeing another version of the ad around the same time with a cucumber instead the weapon... still not appropriate =/
When i clicked on this video I actually got an ad from "perfect lie" so having saber actually talk about the app after me getting an ad from the very game is crazy in a cool way.
Homescape really does have those puzzles, but it's not the main game. The main game is just a match 3, 4 or 5 game, but every other turn, you get one of those puzzles.
I have Homescape and have played very far, and originally their ads made sense, you get stars then use them to fix up a house, and as you complete rooms, you unlock more of the house. I don't understand why they put the character Katherine and a random child in such horrible conditions, when that has nothing to do with the game at all
Project Makeover is actually a pretty good game, one of my favorites actually. It circles around a reality show where they give makeovers to make people feel better about themselves, and generally it makes you care about the guests. The actual game has nothing you see in the ads, so the ads crack me up every time I see them. Like, Project Makeover, you're a good game, you don't have to do this 😂
If the ad is straight up lying to me and/or just looks like clickbait, all that tells me is that the game is absolutely not worth playing. If they feel the need for ads like that I highly doubt that it's a good game and it will probably turn into an insufferable pay to progress game after the first five minutes. If not anything worse.
@@Grey_Warden_Invasion love Nikki actually isn’t like that at all, it has no ads in game, solid gameplay and a rich story. It’s kinda stupid that they market it so poorly.
Don't forget that Homescapes / Gardenscapes feature a "Why is this game so hard?!" mode to fix a disaster in the house, whatever you do, don't choose the gasoline to put out the fire.
I actually played Evony: The kings return, and I can confirm. The puzzles are not like the ads and aren't even really the main focus of the game itself. The main focus at least when I played is more so building up troops/upgrading buildings then using said troops to attack NPC or other players. Only way to do much of anything at all is to join a large/successful clan/alliance, otherwise you're pretty much SOL. Only stayed for the community I got in lol, then left after that burned down.
The thing I hate the most of the Evony ads is that whenever they come up (if you watch an ad for some free energy or something) I never get the reward after the ad is done.
13:13 I've actually seen multiple mobile game ads where they apologize for false advertising. And it's always "We're sorry" "We're late" each line said by different people bowing. It seems Idle heros just copied it and made their own animated version of it. I love when awful ads steal from other awful ads, just multiplying the awfulness.
there is a lot of the same ads format with copy paste script and voicelines...srsly it's fking annoying. and there is some different game with same ads.
@@foppish9393 I mean even Mobile Legends did the same ! They used the same animation style like in the first ad I saw about the game where there is a off-brand Mr.Beast that gives money to anyone that uninstall that game.
I honestly liked Project Makeover, it was a pretty fun game. I saw one of the tamer ads for it and thought "What the hell is this game actually about...?" and tried it. It was okay. Not playing it anymore tho, got to a point where proceeding was a pain if you didn't start paying for stuff
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what
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It's more fun to skip them.
Actually flying gorilla was made to be a meme
RUclips is a totalitarian algorithocracy, not a democracy, and certainly not consistent.
The stronger it gets the more it schizophrenizes.
Ads went from a minor annoyance to breaking every community guideline youtube built to prevent sponsors from shying away from RUclips
@I'll say when it's time 🅥 Since you are making fun of bots, aren't you making fun of yourself?
SO MANY DAMN BOTS!
got to love those double standerds.
They went from [minor 𝑆𝐻I𝑇] to a really [ *Big* ] shit
Yo it's them!
Flying Gorilla's marketing is actually genius. They know how crappy the quality of the game is, so they market it as low quality like every meme in the last year has been.
@@recitationtohear You've also been waiting so long for your father to come back 💀
I never thought a generic joke about someone's father leaving would ratio this hard lol
@@recitationtohear bot
@Chad 007 bot
@@recitationtohear your mom seeing me at her doorstep be like
I didn't know it was a real ad at first UNTIL I got the ad.
Flying Gorilla's ad is so genuine about what it's selling that it almost becomes somewhat heartwarming.
Unironically one of the best mobile game ads. The product is exactly as advertised.
Bro I saw a review saying the game saved his marriage. It’s that good.
The game isn't half bad.
@@popeo1973 bro 💀
Flying Gorilla ads are the only mobile game ads that I don’t skip after the 5-second period, which I think says something.
I'm glad Evertale is on this list.
I'm pretty sure their false ads are actually illegal since the app costs money.
Its free now for a wjile atleast
Someone should make a dark and edgy or even universe subverting Pokémon game just to spite them for those ads.
Actually Film theory talked about this and no they really aren't. How they cover it was pretty interesting.
i swear the idea of an horror game pokemon would have made them more successful than their cookie cutter anime gacha game
@@invadercow1533 Nah. That concept alone sounds so unconvincing and cringy. Those ads were clearly geared towards children and imbeciles.
It seems that Poor Saberspark just can't escape these wretched advertisements.
Nobody's able to escape them...
I don't think anyone can escape them at this point.
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@@EnriqueMcQuade I need Saber making a video about this annoying bots
They’re targeted advertisements lol
Fun fact: Gardenscapes is so old that the Google Play Store itself is only older by one year.
Dam I didn't know that thanks for the nice fact
Totally unrelated, but wow, the comment has 999 likes with one ( now two ) replies. Weird.
Totally unrelated, but wow, the comment has 1.1k likes with two (now three) replies. Weird
wait what- youd think theyd learn how to make good ads in that time
yup
originally released in 2009 for pc only
the play store was released in 2008
The weird thing is I distinctly remember Gardenscape advertising more honestly a few years ago and it just backslid more and more as time went on
Same I remember when they used to advertise honestly when I was in Middle School, now they've gone completely off the rails.
I feel like a lot of games used to be honest but have gone to deceiving. Like there was this one game called Arcana and they were truthful with what the game was about- an interactive love story game-- but then all the sudden they went to lying about what the game was about in their advertisements and it's like... WHY!?
It’s a little sad to see how they were slowly corrupted by the influence of false advertising over time
I did remember those ads a while ago. It even piqued my interest because of it. On another note, Google legit promotes Gardenscapes for some reason, I can't.
@@vinwaffle7077 the saddest part is that arcana is actually good, but the adds make it look like some half ass game I thanks fully I had the game before seeing the adds
I made a joke about these terrible ads to my sister once. I told her that all the ads I’ve seen have a woman who finds her boyfriend/husband cheating on her and then moves out to the middle of nowhere in a broken down house during a blizzard. And now you have to fix her house because apparently she’s too stupid to find a better place to live. Also, bonus points if she’s pregnant or has a baby/child with her.
Also Project Makeover has those weird smelling feet fetish thing going on. Wtaf.
MatPat actually did a theory on the Evertale ads. Not the game itself, just the ads. The ads have an ENTIRE different story than the game.
He also said you shouldn’t download the game too for clarity of others that may read this
He also did a theory on the merge mansion trailers, the ones where the grandma is hiding something from the main woman character
@@GhostHunterDipperPines
Wow he did something good for once
@@BBWahoo what’s your problem with matpat
Mattpat is about as useful as a mobile game ad...
You know what's sad? Evertale used to feature non-horny bait characters. Like the knight-captain character used to wear an honest-to-God plate armor until they went the Easter-MMO style of just making the female armor be lingerie.
Yeah I currently play the game and a lot are saving for the first non horny character in about a year that is supposedly coming out around new year, Endless Finn. The rest is so horny though and they even had to redo art once since the drew a tight bikini on someone who looks 10.
Yea. And the wolf fury ad. The one in the right in the thumbnail. I got that ad SO meny times that I think youtube is purposely sending them out just to arouse users like the tens on millions view corn videos. Not like literally corn but something else.
The company behind eveertale made a game called Neomonsters which is kinda good but wouldn’t really recommend it (pretty much a cash consuming Gacha game) plus they release new monsters that you can only really get through with money. You can use gems (split between paid gems and free gems) to get eggs for the monsters but your not gonna get them. They also randomly decided to add in anime girls as monsters.
@@thephantomwolf1002 Supposedly there's someone who's going to make a game inspired by the horror ads so there was at least one good thing about them
@@cthulhuthereader I hope its a genuine indie dev and not some ftp mobile game company
12:00 The sad/funny thing about Gardenscape is that they DID use to advertise the ACTUAL game.
Why the hell is goku here
Yes I remember at 2014 or 2015 they DID advertise the actual game
I do love how Saber adresses all the problems of RUclips. Remember the Elsagate Scandal? It was such a massive problem on RUclips with many small Mom and Pop channels attempting to attract children for their content only to showcase their creepy themes to the poor children. I'm not exactly sure why RUclips was okay with any of it for a while but maybe because ads were placed in to make money and every company loves ads. Some people say Elsagate isn't dead as it evolved into what people have called "Sonicgate", videos that were identical to Elsagate ones with video game franchise characters being made with the same Flash animation software as the Elsagate but these videos were few and far between on RUclips. Anyway, I'm glad you address current problems that haven't been fixed yet. Mobile game ads today are very unhinged and even when you're vising another site, they don't go away and even one game that kept being advertised as I was on the internet was Hero Wars, a mobile rpg with the absolute worst ads I've ever seen. From anime girls in rique scenarios to toliet humor, I'm not sure why this company makes these ads to begin with.
Yeah, I'm surprised these weird fetish ads are legal because of Elsagate and you know, false advertising.
it’ll be insane if youtube demonetises this for the provocative ads, but not stop the ads themselves…
its called being a hypocrite or having double standerds.
The advertisers are paying to be on the site, this is expecting to get paid. It's a totally different situation.
I’ve seen youtubers get demonetized for making videos about the ads before so I wouldn’t be surprised.
@@hughmortyproductions8562 no. It's unacceptable to not allow videos containing the content of ads because they're too explicit, while also allowing the ads to stay. There are legitimate advertisers that might have an ad directly after a weird mobile game ad. If it's too explicit, ban the offensive ads as well, but there shouldn't be a double standard
I think he had trouble with his other video about mobile game advertisment.
As a voice actor myself who’s applied and auditioned for some of these ads the reason for the poor quality control is mainly due to the companies seeking talent typically are non native English speakers (Chinese most of the time). Lots of things lost in translation and even getting scripts can be a pain when the format is jumbled up or in a format you can’t normally open, it’s very sloppy and messy and I’m honestly impressed with some of the shit they can get away with and being able to pump out these ads
Glad to know you are finding work, kind of sucks it for this junk :\
@@markguyton2868 I still haven’t gotten a role yet from any of these companies, I’ve applied and still do regularly but haven’t gotten a mobile game role just yet.
It’s definitely a competitive business which is to be expected, and honestly voicing in a weird mobile game ad is a funny goal of mine lol
@@MistaBrandoVA Well, good luck to ya, and yeah that would be funny. Good resume conversation ;)
I'm so sorry you have to do this to live.
Mate, I implore you, PLEASE find another source of income as soon as humanly possible, if only so that you won't have to have the thought of having taken part in these "ads" weighing on your conscience.
The saddest thing about Evertale's ads is there's totally a market for retro arg games thanks to the sudden appearance and rise of the genre itself paired with the sudden nostalgia for games from the 90's and early 2000's with various indie horror games being styled after the N64 and Playstation era of graphics.
An arg where you can live out your wildest dreams of becoming a monster tamer with a dark twist would definitely make bank and get tons of downloads if made real.
The issue is that actually making a fun game out of that premise is quite difficult. (Aka expensive)
@@Temperans For a knockoff Pokémon horror game ARG?
My guy, the most cost there's going to be is for the art and music. Unless you plan on doing live action segments (which tends to happen with nearly *every* retro-styled indie horror game and a good chunk of ARGs) there shouldn't be a need to make the production values so ludicrously high especially in this day and age.
'Sides someone's trying their hardest to make the fake ads ZigZaGame used for Evertale a real thing given the numerous asset-flips they did for the ads.
Someone in *Japan* is taking the same assets they used for the fake ads and doing their hardest to make a tangible version of the game to play!
There's an actual fanbase for the fake, creepy ads ZigZaGame used for Evertale and folks are doing their best to remake the ads in a playable format!
@@Temperans dude with the amount of money they're no doubt dumping into advertising they could do it and still have a ton to spare
@@justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313 I don't doubt that, but making a deep game now a days is still expensive. We are talking about hours upon hours of testing, designing mechanics, and creating a story.
If you notice most ARG are short stories with relatively inexpensive ways to do things. But a full game has to be more complicated by default. Even if you use RPG maker, you would still require a lot more time to create things than you need to make a short ad.
@@Temperans Like I said, folks are using the same assets the folks ZigZaGame hired to try and completely *recreate* Evertale's fake ads.
And even then, if you know what you're doing and know what you want to do without trying to out do the competition, you can make something that lasts long, has tons of hidden lore and secrets and will get folks talking much long especially if it's something done right.
Much like everything else, ARGs might as well be a competition with how often some try to one up other ARGs by using the same formula and gimmicks. Each attempt to out do someone else's ARG is no doubt going to cost more production wise compared to the last, it's just the unfortunate truth.
I think all of those "demoted to concubine/commoner" apps deserve a dishonorable mention. I actually played one of those, it was fun for some time, but the adv is sooo different from the gameplay
Name?
@@Ka_chi1 The one I played was Ottoman Empire themed but I don't remember the title, different one I remember having ads like this was called 'King's Choice'
@@Bounncexo wow I actually wasn't expecting a reply, thanks I'll look more into it😁
For me the worst ones are the "play this game and get paid" ads. I typically see them when playing ad supported mobile games, but it's basically "they never pay out."
I dislike the "Free Robux" ones, they say they arent fake, and then the says Roblox as "Rablux"... and my little brother almost fell for the ads
Or scan bar codes at the store and earn points. Those seem very sus
or the lottery games that claims u get free money
I was always suspicious of these apps, but what do you mean they never pay out?
@@EvilSantaTheTrue The legit don't pay you. It's basically like playing the lottery only the odds are *NEVER* in your favor
I still remember the era when mobile games used to rule the internet and were actually worth to play.
Yeah. Same thing with Flash games that has once ruled the Internet too, like Friv.
@Sabersраrk 🅥 based
(remember to still not click people's links)
Good times.
Those were the days...
There's still a lot of good mobile games, like warplane inc.
oh wow that greg universe impression was spot on, props for that
The bots are just going crazy in the comment section.
@Bully peter Bad Bot
the high notes yeah, the lower fell a bit flat
(Steven Universe fans now TRIGGERED!) 🤬
Oh I love SU can’t wait to hear that
I used to play Homescapes and it was actually a decent game- a Candy Crush copy for sure but it had a storyline that you could follow. Basically, we watch the main character move back to his parent’s old house and fix what was broken, while also making new friends and seeing what made his old house so special. It focused on remembering the past while also looking forward to the future. There was even a love story between the protagonist and the girl with the red braid (the one that always freezes to death in the ads).
But their ads! I was pretty sheltered when I started playing this game. I was still watching G-PG rated movies and was easily upset over stupid things. One day, I finished a level and… I guess you get rewarded with an ad or something? Anyway I was forced to watch a Homescapes advertisement while playing the literal game it was advertising for. It showed the cute little cat, the gray Garfield of the Homsecapes universe getting run over multiple times and the main character crying at the side of the road. I still shudder at the memory, despite all the years that had passed. I deleted that app and never looked back.
I used to play this strategy dress up game called Love Nikki that actually had an interesting involved plot about like… political turmoil between several nations and the idea of morality and free will and there’s actually a bunch of lore about why fashion is such a big thing in their world and one major character straight up murders another main character several story arcs in. (Also the art is *gorgeous.* ) Its not a weird rushed slapped-together game, there’s a lot going for it, but for several months the RUclips ads were like this - weird cheap skits about relationship drama and weirdly photoshopped versions of the characters with random assets. I think they even made a short-haired tomboyish character into another character’s shallow boyfriend at some point? Idk. Super weird.
yeah i played the project makeover game, it's actually really fun. has different story lines where you help the characters and give them new clothes, hair, house, etc. not sure why the ads are so horrible
Love Nikki is amazing. But yeah, those early adds were weird.
I play Love Nikki religiously- I don’t regret downloading it!
Played Love Nikki for a while, but it developed into a cash grap, so nah
Love Nikki and Shining Nikki are literally the only games I have on my phone. They keep me going after the death of Flash crumbled all of my fav dress up sites. And we don't talk about GGG.
Every time I see an Evony ad, I feel like I'm losing my mind.
"I want that treasure! First I'll get rid of the lava! Now the water! Oh, no! I did it wrong!"
Yeah, I'd keep getting ads for it where a person says "I've finally found the game everyone's talking about," and I can only think, "Is everyone talking about how bad it is?"
“It’s just like the ads!” Cool I hope I’ll never know if that’s true because I really don’t want to find out!
"i want that treasure, aw not the right move. treasure! treasure! it really takes some wisdom to pull this off."
it looks like sratch but with a green screen 3d model
There’s one I see constantly where the guy yells “GOOD JOB, YES!!!”
Keep in mind, he’s the one playing the game so he is actually saying “good job” to himself. Ya know, what us normal humans do.
I'm so thankful for Saberspark calling out these ads on youtube, I've seen many of these and I remember disgust and outrage they caused but youtube will keep on promoting them.
For real. I was just watching a different youtube video and a pop-up ad for some anime game called Queen's Blade popped up. It had a very suggestive picture of girl and I am aware of what the main draw of the Queen's Blade anime is. Reminded me of all those creepy ads you see on wikis and manga websites promising that you won't last five minutes while playing this game.
Why RUclips is beyond full of shit when it comes to invoking what is "advertiser friendly".
@@toddclawson3619 I saw that ad on twitter. I know queen's blade is also hentai I think so I know its gonna have huge anime tits and MILFs.
Unfortunately, calling them out is also promoting them. He's showing the ads to 1.7 million people free of charge, & some people will inevitably download some of the games after watching this video.
it's adds like this is why i use an add blocker
Minor prop to Merge Mansion, they at least added a narrative that reflects parts of the ads. It's not compelling or anything, but I appreciate that they leaned into it
Concerning Homescape, I don't know what's worse:
The fact that they made these terrible ads with mini-games that had nothing to do with the actual game
... or the fact that after a while, they decided to actually add these mini-games inside the actual game.
There is a whole subreddit dedicated to hating on homescapes. r/fuckhomscapes
I can only assume someone reported them on false advertisement and added them so the law wouldn't be on their butts.
Oh yeah, Homescape was removed from the App Store for being misleading if that helps!
That was a while ago so it’s back now.
Man, I remember when that game had genuine advertising that actually had a lick of quality to it. It made the game look relaxing and competent, not raunchy and thrilling.
Yeah it did. And it was beautiful. The ads the had before they started the false ads is like comparing night and day. The original ads presented the premise clearly and precise, a puzzle game. It started with Austin writing you a letter that you are the owner of an old mansion a family member of yours owned before passing away and that he was your family member's butler. After which you arrived to an old decrepit mansion and Austin says its old but we can make it better if we add a little effort to it, which then showed the real gameplay. It was simple. I miss the old age of advertisement in mobile games and games in general where it showed the game and not clickbait
Honorable mentions: I've seen one where there was a running theme of a pregnant woman coming home to find her husband cheating on her 😆
There is a newer one I've seen where the game is you remove the pens and a bunch of marbles fall. In this one, the marbles represented food and it was like a 5 minute ad of a poor hungry single mother trying to be fed and they couldn't get anything. It kept going to the point where they were left out in the cold!
Remember when the woman was pregnant, and then her husband drove off into the distance? 🤣
That’s not an honorable mention, at least four games on his list have those ads.
The last one is prob a "*insert something here*scape" game, those aren't that new
And guess what? They are in the vid!
@@dj-um7el ah, probably lily's garden.
Turns out there's a second version of the ad where she faked the pregnancy to get him to leave
These types of mobile game ad were banned in the UK for one reason. They lied in their marketing and the game you got wasn't what was advertised. They later changed their adverts to show what the game actually was, or just had an animated segment and were allowed to be advertised on TV and online again. However the newer advertising campaigns didn't work and so these "game companies" have mostly stopped advertising here. We get the occasional one, but having to create a completely new advert for just the UK is expensive.
Here in America false advertisement is supposed to be illegal.
Key Word: supposed
I still see them all the time where is that ban at?
@@kittykittybangbang9367
To be fair, murder's supposed to be illegal but it still happens, some people are just stupid and do it anyway
@@JargonMadjin The difference is that false advertisement is easier to regulate and punish.
@@kittykittybangbang9367 This is true
4:20 merge mansion ads get even wilder when matpat did 2 whole videos dedicated to the ads lore
That Greg Universe impression was actually quite good!
ikr
Came to say this!!! Now my balls hurt
*Shivering in horror everynight after that scene*
the internet ruined me dud
Yes he should be the voice actor if they ever did a 18+ SU
And I thought I was the only one who thought this...
5:30 Surprisingly accurate Greg voice, which makes it ten times funnier the dialogue he gave Greg.
RIGHT?!
WHY IS NO ONE ELSE TALKING ABOUT HOW GOOD HIS GREG VOICE WAS?
It was REALLY good. I laughed hard when he did it.
Fucking agreeed lmaoo
DUDE IT'S SO GOOD 🤯
Here’s the thing about Homescapes and Gardenscapes - their developer, Playrix, used to make decent mobile games. And by decent, I really meant it. I loved playing Playrix games as a kid - their Four Elements game was my first exposure and it was a puzzle mixed with a hidden objects game. That game garnered a sequel (Four Elements 2). Gardenscapes is probably their most famous IP and before it became this with bad advertising, it was a hidden objects game where it was just you and Austin selling stuff in your mansion to restore it (at least that’s what it was in the demo - I never got to play the full version of OG Gardenscapes). Farmscapes and its sequel Barn Yarn (which was published shortly before New Gardenscapes so I only played like, a little bit of it and I think that one was a hidden objects game) was Gardenscapes but better. Oh yeah, before Homescapes, there was Farmscapes, and that one didn’t even involve Austin. Fishdom was probably their second most famous IP. Before, it was discount Insaniquarium with Candy Crush. Today, it’s still discount Insaniquarium with Candy Crush… with bad advertising. Honestly, Fishdom had the least amount of changes from its original form if you ask me. Oh, and notice how I said Gardenscapes had a demo? Because you paid for it once and then never again. No micro transactions or anything. Same goes for all their other games.
Maybe I’m misremembering things and everything I just said was a fever dream because I never see anyone talk about the OG Gardenscapes. Today, you won’t find Four Elements and Farmscapes (and their other games I don’t remember but the general gist is that the main levels would be these match 3, hidden object or linking game with cool visuals - Four Elements’ visuals blew me away as a kid with it’s medieval fantasy stuff while OG Gardenscapes and Farmscapes had visuals similar to modern Gardenscapes but smoother and overall looked more professional) in the App Store or Google Play Store and honestly I wish Playrix would actually focus on making games like those, but I digress.
omg I remembered Four Elements, used to spend hours just to speedrun every book until I reached the ending, it was such a great game
I remember Fishdom and probably Farmscapes too, and I also think they had a turtle-themed platformer (though i may be remembering wrong). I had also played Gardenscapes and Homescapes after they became match 3 games, but before they dropped the ball with the ads.
The moment I saw one of those bad Gardenscapes ads, my first reaction was "I trusted you, Playrix, I trusted you!"
Oh, my friend was a big player of the OG Gardenscapes! She talks about how strange the advertising has become and stopped playing simply because of how awful the ads were.
Just seeing the discrepancy between the original Gardenscapes and modern-day Gardenscapes is insane since the original was a find the object kind-of game while the modern day is pretty much Candy Crush Saga 2.0 (which is turn probably took inspiration from Bejeweled made by PopCap) - thing is that Playrix indeed did some great match 3 games when it was during the flash era. Unironically so.
Call of Atlantis is my all time favourite from them. Spent hours just trying to collect the shards and items to put them back where they belonged.
My mother and I used to play Fishdom and the Dash games on the Big Fish Games and Popcap Games launchers. I hate what Diner Dash has become.
I feel like the fact that Matpat himself made a lore video on the Evertale ads shows how deep into this lie Evertale is.
"I haven't seen every mobile game ad or I'd be dead"
I'm dead from that compliment to mobile game ads.
DID YOU JUST LINK ME TO AIR FRYING POTATOES?!
@@Nixie-Nix wait now I'm interested
I'm wheezing
pfft don't be, it's a bot
Nice username
That Greg voice impersonation was actually pretty good
whats funny is that homescapes actually used to have normal ads with the in game characters and the actual plot
I remember that, Gardenscapes used to have legit gameplay footage of the game itself go advertise it, and people downloaded the game for a legit reason back then, because they got to see what the game was actually like in the adds. so idk why the developers decided to follow the same low quality, awfully made, dumb, totally fake ads trend
The guy you mentioned that did that fatal test off The Eiffel Tower was named Franz Reichelt (1878-1912).
Not only is the ad for Flying Gorilla the only good mobile game ad, it is genuinely amazing to me.
and apparenty i never get to SEE THE BEST AD, and instead watch 2 billion ads of everything else
Garden-Scapes and Home-Scapes actually used to use proper ads for the games. Those are the ads that got me into them. My friends and I used to have little competitions, seeing who could get to a certain level the fastest. I guess over time they saw other games getting more success based on fake ads, and started using those instead to gain more traction. Which, funnily enough, is what drove me and my friends away from the games.
Aw really? I used to like Homescapes or whatever it was called with the butler.
Got rid of it after a while cuz I'm not gonna pay money just cuz I'm stuck.
I remember those ads. "We have to renovate this place."
Same, I think they changed the ads around late 2018
I knew about them from the PC versions.
The Gardenscapes one makes me sad sometimes cause I got the game when they advertised it as it is. Then they hopped on the wagon of bad ads 💔
The Evertale ad should absolutely be an actual horror game.
And if someone else makes it, they can't be sued because it's nothing like Evertale's actual game.
The evertale ad actually takes a WHOLE lot of elements from Omori, there’s even a room that they took from it and just chnaged like a few things and slapped it into an ad. OMORI’s an amazing game, though, you have to play it!
Ikr? They have a pretty good Concept there.
I got one of those “Game of Sultan” ads, or something of the sort, where there was a crying baby in a basket on a stormy body of water, crying “Help me, daddy!” To which I pressed the “No” option, thinking it’d just automatically select “Yes”
The baby stopped crying and scowled at me, saying “I hope you can live with yourself, asshole” 😂
Mobile game ads are garbage, but sometimes there’s a cool looking rock in the rough
Why can’t I get those ads? 😭😭
I got that one too! I was able to record it the second time I got it lol
Nice PFP
I have been waiting so long for this :
ruclips.net/video/mCfYi7634rU/видео.html
@@brightongold4398 upload if you can, this sounds very funny lol
I love it when they have the "Don't you hate those fake game ads? Well this game is the real thing." and in tiny, tiny print it says "Not actual gameplay".
I bet you some ads don't even have the "not actual gameplay" text on it.
If anyone is curious, there is one game, suggested by game theory itself when they went over the ads, that is along the lines of Evertales ARG like ads, it's called Beasts of Burden and its free on Steam
Gardenscape actually didnt use to be this bad. I remember when I got its ads that were genuine, showing its candy crush gameplay and garden editing. Then once the more crass or deceitful ads became popular, gardenscapades joined the gang with its current ad runs
Same thing with Fishdom.....
Then once they got in trouble for the ads, they just added the shitty little puzzles in rather than advertising what's actually the main point of the game
As the old player of the game, it's so sad to hear this news. :,(
*_Fun fact: Garden and Home-scapes weren't like that BEFORE, along with Fishdom. As a former Playrix player, it was restricted as payed (You need to buy the games, but you can have 1 hour of gameplay time as a trial)._*
*_Heck, with the ads incoming, I can only reminisce the glory days where Playrix was not like that._*
can only blame the raise of meme ads as they attract more people than actually being honest about their game.
Same. I used to play those games as a kid and seeing the ads for them now makes me feel disgust and sadness at these hollow shells of their former selves that gave me joy as a child.
I'm so pissed a monster catching horror game doesn't exist.
Pokémon zombie rom hack thingy.
@@lithunoisan I'll check it out
@@Bonklyboi snakewood.
Isn’t phasmiphobia technically one?
Palworld
Incredibly, I'll sort of defend Project Makeover for what it is. The ads for it are completely unbelievable and I was only tempted to download it AFTER someone told me what it's really about. And... It's possibly the best bejeweled /candy crush clone out there. The puzzle is kinda fun, the characters are someowhat charming, the mini-storylines of the makeovers are compelling enough, the art of it all feels generic by today's standards but it isn't half assed in the slightest. And the localization for my language (Brazilian Portuguese) was excellently done. The only bad things about it are the ones that are universal to this kind of game that offers way too many microtransactions for people who get addicted to it. All in all, it's... the best possible version of a general bad idea. With the worst ad campaign.
i unironically had a crippling obsession with flying gorrila. i played it everyday, every waking moment. i even paid for no ads, and i unlocked all the skins and wings. its a miracle i was able to get the help i needed to put it down and move on with my life
fo real?
@@areadenial2343 I have been waiting so long for this :
ruclips.net/video/mCfYi7634rU/видео.html
@@popeo1973 THE FUCKING BOTS ARE DIRECTLY REPLYING TO PEOPLE NOW, GOD DAMMIT
@@areadenial2343 STOP MAKING FUN OF BOT ⬇️
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@@popeo1973 no you didnt
Fun fact: on instagram these people pay to advertise their game/apps and when someone clicks on their link to the installation page, no matter if you install it or not. So do that or not! Have a good day. :)
1. I don't own a phone
2. I use adblock on PC
3. I don't use Instagram
So I will be having a good day knowing that I took three steps to avoid them
(4:40) Can we just take a moment to appreciate the fact that Kathy Bates played the grandmother in these ads, it's part of what makes them so great.
And we just saw her rotating the nipples of a statue
Kathy Bates is a fucking treasure.
Thank you for talking about flying gorilla at the beginning! I wouldn't stop laughing with their ad.
I played Project Makeover, before encountering the infamous ads... the only thing those ads do is tarnishing the game, it's not even about drama, it's about helping the clients, by not just giving makeover, but also revamping there rooms. I like that the clients are diverse, from young to old, male and female, to fit to curvy, and all from different walks of life.
It's still basically Candy Crush, I prefer this, mostly it's like playing dress up. The sucky part is the puzzles get impossible and unforgiving.
That's how I felt about Lilly's Garden, which I played for years before the ads came out. The game actually has a good story & characters, but because of the ads, which has a completely different story & added a bunch of characters that weren't in the game, I have to play the game in secret out of embarrassment instead of on my lunch break.
I’ll be honest here probably never would have downloaded Project Makover anyway, but the adds have basically ENSURED that I won’t touch their game EVER!
I actually played the project makeover game too, although I had seen a couple ads for it. To be fair I was just looking for a random game on the Google play and decided to try it out of boredom. Liked it until it got ridiculously difficult. Never saw any of the really wild ads for it before though, so it's interesting seeing how much crazier they have gotten since I tried the game.
Had the same experience with Gardenscapes & Project Makeover too.
That greg universe impression was so fucking spot on it was scary
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Truthfully the ads that make me angriest are the one where the person solving the puzzle (whatever it is) keeps making obvious mistakes and fails. Like. I get that it’s baiting people to be like “oh I can do that” but it’s so infuriating that it makes me hate whatever app it’s advertising on principle.
Thank you! I get so irritated seeing those they come off as a bunch of idiots I half think the advertising teams are shows us how dumb the company they work for is
They also tend to have characters crieing in pain and fear. It's supposed to come across as over-the-top and goofy, but it becomes really sick very fast.🤬
And when you download it, you spend more time watching ads than playing the actual game
where 4 or 5 people all prove that isn't a fake game but they all make the exact same mistakes in the exact same way when they take their turn to play it as if someone had prerecorded footage and were too lazy to make new footage for each ad?
One thing I will say, Lily’s garden lore goes hard with the live action!
Flying Gorilla is great, everyone should definitely download it, it is very high quality, trust.
XD I couldn't stop laughing
Flying Gorilla is actually great
That ad is so hilarious 🤣
I've been playing Project Makeover for ages, and the ads are literally nothing like it - they aren't even in the same art style? It's bizarre!
Its sad about gardenscape. It usrd to be a hidden object game for pc, my mother and i played it for hours on end in the early 2010s before our pc died. It still had the building your garden, but it wasn't as horrible as it is now. And it took skill and actual puzzle skills to locate these hidden objects you required to progress the story and game. Now its a match 3, then it became a merge game. Its depressing to see such an amazing game from my childhood become what it is today. And they made homescapes even worse, and it was a similar gae to what gardenscapes used to be when it first came put. But instead of s garden, you made a mansion over time. And it was amazingly satisfying to not only find these hidden objects, but even watch as the broken old things from the place you renovate becomes amazing new objects over the course of the game. You could even spend time once it was renovated to buy the other options if you wanted to see what other options looked like for your garden/home. Then they became mobile games, and have decreased in quality of graphics and gameplay. Its sad.
It it’s not broken, why fix it?
Scapes franchise: ｙｅｓ
Same. I used to play gardenscapes and fishdom H2o hidden odyssey as a kid, unfortunately they were both ruined.
7:17
“Number seven”-
*MOBILE AD JUST HAPPENS TO PLAY*
I saw one for Hustle Castle. At the end, it involved the titular character smacking the woman's butt in a sexist and gross way, then they went into a house to do... Adult stuff. Seriously, these ads need some sort of regulation. If you wouldn't show it on prime time TV, then it shouldn't be on mobile game ads!
I’m so glad you mentioned evony and it’s audacity to get REAL PEOPLE to lie and say their game is what it shows it a hill to die on for me.
The thing about the robot actors. A while back people discovered that some of these ads took popular streamers and RUclipsrs without permission and dubbed them for their advertisements. I really can't remember which streamer called out the ads that used them and I really wish I did for proper context. It was a few years ago.
i know moistcritikal had called out a one piece ad that used him without permission some time ago, though if i remember correctly, it wasn’t even an official game company that rolled out that ad
@@Xenshi. perhaps what's what I'm thinking about. I swear I remember more people talking about it but for the life of me I can't find any of the videos that I remember seeing. Guess I could just be misremembering. But every time I see what could be a content creator with what seems like a really bad voice over I think of that.
I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty sure that's something you can sue for, but I don't think it would be worth it anyway
@@JargonMadjin yeah, these ads often and pretty blatantly take music that doesn't belong to them. If they're willing to mess with the music industry I don't think they care about the lawyers streamers might have.
I think that was Pyrocynical
It’s also common in puzzle game ads that there is a hand with red nail polish who is a moron. Moving stuff the wrong way. This so someone thinks “I can do that” and downloads the game.
Why can't we give poor Saber a break
He barely got out of this video alive
Poor Saberspark
I pray for his sanity.
Nah he disrespected flying gorilla no breaks for him.
Im surprised you didn't mention King's Choice, the one with the European nobility getting into "which one's lying about being pregnant" or with the choices and getting thrown in the dungeon and the like. The game is nothing like that (as someone who downloaded it out of curiosity and has been playing for 100 days) and is instead just one of the best kingdom building/waifu collecting games I've tried since (most of them are missing the quality of life features within playing that make King's Choice better) plus the community in the server/alliances is really nice and welcoming
That game also has ads where the white-haired girl becomes queen and has the literal Imperial State Crown, one of the British Crown Jewels.
...and there are about a dozen games like it... I mean Refantasia has the same element of Kings Choice. Building your barony?? with the help of a cowgirl waifu, daddy general uwu, kuudere assassin and awkward klutz shieldwaifu of a knight. I wonder if the other #7 game that Isekai Demon one has the same gameplay elements as that too. I seriously wonder if games like these have an employee flood their own game with in game items because some of these people are the top are either Montana Max from Tiny Toon Adventures throwing away money like knuckleheads or baiting people like me to "VIP" themselves into larger numbers. Because the stats of the people are #1-5 on every leaderboard is unnatural in games like this without massive spending.
Yeah, the ads for King's Choice are pretty atrocious, but the game is pretty decent (and with a good alliance you can level up much faster without micro-transactions).
@@fermintenava5911 makes me think of evony, which i've been playing way over a year, but no waifus :( Got tricked into showing up by the puzzles that exist, just not as often as the ads suggest, and stuck around for the amazing community.
You know, im glad that you bring this up
It is so weird that not much content creator point this out while it is one of the big and well know thing to people
The girl from the Hero Wars ad you showed was Celeste from in the game. In the game, all these characters have really fleshed-out backstories, and lore, and many other things. But in the ads, the company just copies all the other mobile game ads. I used to play Hero Wars, and it's a very unique game, with I think around 9 or 10 different game modes when I left it, about 6 months ago. With how big the game is compared to the ads, it shows that the company doesn't really care about the game, and it only exists to make them money. This is also shown with the unreal amount of in-app purchases. There was someone on my old guild (guilds are teams that you fight together with) who purchased a few purchases each week, with the purchases being the highest kind you can get, costing $225 US dollars each. I counted at least $2k amount spent on the game, just for that one person. It's very addicting too, which is why not many people stop playing the game. If the company actually used the gameplay from the game in their ads and toned down the in-app purchases, they may get more downloads then they're currently getting. I got to say though, the web version is way better then the mobile.
At least the person who jumped off the Eiffel Tower made an invention that would save lives and still to this game. Unlike uninspiring mobile game ads.
The guy who jumped off the Eiffel tower didn't invent parachutes if that is what you are implying.
@@HoveringAboveMyself Well at least he sort of revolutionized the idea. Especially for aviation.
@@HoveringAboveMyself Sorry if I got the history wrong.
@@helloimskip I mean... no. He just died. He didn't really prove anything, and his death didn't provide new information. He just wasted his life.
Flying gorrilla is the only mobile game ad i can give a gangster pass to because its basically a meme and they know it
Yeh they KNOW it's bad
They know their game is trash so they made their ads trash on purpose
@@thelarryman482 And that's what makes it good
I would like to defend Project Makeover, real quick-
The game itself is good! They could just be honest with the ads. Basically, you run one of those home makeover shows, where you redo someone's house or living space, but also clean them up and get them new clothes. The match 3 segments are how you earn money, and you use that money to unlock stuff
There's also an overarching plot, about the old manager trying to sabotage you
Remember the age of Jetpack Joyride, Subway Surfers, and Fruit Ninja? I miss those days…
I actually used to play Project Makeover in the very early stages of when it came out and their ads actually showed what the game was about. It was genuinely really fun, but as I played on they started making their crazier and crazier ads. I stopped playing because I always felt bad after playing it. It’s sad that they went down that path instead of sticking to when it was really cool:((
Huge fan Kitty
@@Sydney2010. I have been waiting so long for this :
ruclips.net/video/mCfYi7634rU/видео.html
Same ugh
I remember this one live action mobile game ad about a woman hiding like 4 or more guys from her bf. When he got home she started to act a little sus, so he grabbed his phone and started to name characters from whatever game was being advertised with their power level/strength and the men she was hiding came out to look at the game.
I can't find this ad anywhere anymore, even Google fails me.
Don't worry fam i got you
Search mobile legend advertisement and you will see what i see every time i watch youtube 🥲
It was for a mobile legends game I think.
Its mobile legends adventure ptsd again
I remember seeing homescapes being one of the first to make these sort of false and weird ads, like a few years ago. They used to have completely normal ads, so when they jumped from that to those weird ads about suffering and trying to survive it was pretty shocking. Then I started seeing those types of ads everywhere and I just feel sad that this is what mobile games have become, especially since I only ever played mobile games for a long time and enjoyed a good majority of them.
You know how RUclips will call things "Advertiser friendly" or not? Can we declare ads as "Creator unfriendly" and decline to have them featured on our channels? Why shouldn't creators have control over the first thing that comes up when someone wants to watch their videos?
Some good news about the evertale ads is that apparently someone in Japan is actually trying to develop a game based on the horror adverts.
Potentially we could end up with a great horror RPG all thanks to some scummy company lying to their consumers.
Ill try and find again where development was being posted.
Edit: heres the link to the channel ( i believe)
ruclips.net/channel/UCza5QNESAf0Cu8VHxaJQeLA
I unfortunately do not speak japanese, but for those of you that do hopefully this provides a silver lining to the evertale scam.
I hope the advertisers don't make a single cent, the guy actually making the game deserves the money
Yo! That’s sick! I really liked the ads, they would make an AWESOME game.
After playing for a month Evertale for a month I should be able to give some feedback. To give them very little credit, the game is alright. It’s a turn based strategy game where you catch creatures. Hence the pokemon based ads. The strategy elements are actually pretty good. Your team has an energy system which needs to be refilled using skills. Some skills cost zero, others cost three. The game’s difficulty is low however. They allow you to bring WAY too many units. The story is pretty meh. It’s just about a magical boy fending off a evil which resurfaces every decade. It is a generic plot. The writing is also poor iirc. Best part about the game is the players. The community is nice, when I was playing it I never encountered toxicity. If they actually made accurate ads they might get positive feedback.
(Love the jigglypuff pfp too)
The worst part is
Evertale was a decent monster tamer game until it became a waifu collector
Then when these ads came in they changed their game to imply it REALLY IS that creepy pasta stuff in the store front when it isn't
AND they turned from f2p to be a single dollar
So people who are tricked would be like "Oh a dollar, A can spare that" only to realize it's nothing like those ads
Oh nice, that's good at least. I know I've seen some reviews asking for a horror version
For Evony king’s return those puzzles are in it but it’s a daily thing you only get 6 of, plus more for when you level up your keeps castle. It’s mostly a socialising/kingdom building based game though
The mobile game ads that included a guy saying that the puzzle game wasn’t fake often struck me as being dubbed over. The ones that I saw had a voice that didn’t seem to be coming from that person at all.
Speaking of Merge Mansion, how can you forget the live-action ads, which can you believe it, stars Kathy Bates playing Granny Ursula. These are just as crazy as the animated ads. Almost as if the marketers behind the game said to the creators of Lily's Garden, "hold my beer!"
Lol the hold my beer part 😂🤣💀
@@jessicacarranza4010 I'm quoting a line said by MatPat, who did a theory video on both games.
I remember this one ad I saw in a kid's game. It featured a demon and a naked guy. The demon had a weapon which looked like a certain piece of anatomy.. but like, with spikes.. and he started.. inserting.. it into the moral from behind, and the mortal was definitely in pain and not wanting this to happen to them... so... g-less grape. Something which should be not in a kid's game, but here we are. I don't remember the name of the game it was advertising, or the game it was in.
I remember seeing another version of the ad around the same time with a cucumber instead the weapon... still not appropriate =/
When i clicked on this video I actually got an ad from "perfect lie" so having saber actually talk about the app after me getting an ad from the very game is crazy in a cool way.
Saber has sat through so much cursed material on his channel I'm shocked he hasn't called an exorcist.
Im just gunna tell you, my horse prince is not click bait, there is a horse with a prince head in the game and its the funniest shit
WHAAAAT?!!?
My proof is this video frome vinesauce vinny, all you have to do is go to the most viewd bit ruclips.net/video/HemR9r2dhZQ/видео.html
Thank you for reminding me of that nightmare...
@@markguyton2868 your welcome
Homescape really does have those puzzles, but it's not the main game. The main game is just a match 3, 4 or 5 game, but every other turn, you get one of those puzzles.
5:37 Wow, that was actually a pretty good Greg impression! ^_^
Yep It Is!
No cap??
4:09
Actually, that cutscene is actually in Merge Mansion, and it is incorporated into the plot of the game (somewhat).
Flying gorilla is the best mobile game ever made, it even cured my depression and back pain
I have Homescape and have played very far, and originally their ads made sense, you get stars then use them to fix up a house, and as you complete rooms, you unlock more of the house. I don't understand why they put the character Katherine and a random child in such horrible conditions, when that has nothing to do with the game at all
Project Makeover is actually a pretty good game, one of my favorites actually. It circles around a reality show where they give makeovers to make people feel better about themselves, and generally it makes you care about the guests. The actual game has nothing you see in the ads, so the ads crack me up every time I see them. Like, Project Makeover, you're a good game, you don't have to do this 😂
Love Nikki which is a game I love also falls into this category. Good game, weird af ads
lmao right? I feel like project makeover would have been fine advertising the drama stories that actually happen.
If the ad is straight up lying to me and/or just looks like clickbait, all that tells me is that the game is absolutely not worth playing. If they feel the need for ads like that I highly doubt that it's a good game and it will probably turn into an insufferable pay to progress game after the first five minutes. If not anything worse.
@@Grey_Warden_Invasion love Nikki actually isn’t like that at all, it has no ads in game, solid gameplay and a rich story. It’s kinda stupid that they market it so poorly.
Evertale did something like this too
Don't forget that Homescapes / Gardenscapes feature a "Why is this game so hard?!" mode to fix a disaster in the house, whatever you do, don't choose the gasoline to put out the fire.
2:34 Flying Gorilla
2:53 Lily's Garden
4:09 Merge Mansion
5:31 Erase it: Delete One Part
6:18 Refantasia: Charm and Conquer and Isekai Demon Waifu
7:21 Fat2Fit, Twerk Race 3D, First to Life, and Fairly Rush: Genetic Fusion
8:26 Evony: The King's Return and Hero Wars
11:25 Homescape and Gardenscape
12:13 Perfect Lie
12:38 Idle Heroes
13:23 Project Makeover
14:47 Evertale
👏😁 good job, mate!
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I actually played Evony: The kings return, and I can confirm. The puzzles are not like the ads and aren't even really the main focus of the game itself. The main focus at least when I played is more so building up troops/upgrading buildings then using said troops to attack NPC or other players. Only way to do much of anything at all is to join a large/successful clan/alliance, otherwise you're pretty much SOL. Only stayed for the community I got in lol, then left after that burned down.
But hey it’s better than nothing, there are puzzles
the fact that i got hit with almost ALL of those adds is worrying...
I also hate those bots that autocomment stupid things under my comments
SCREW OFF! HOW OFTEN DO I HAVE TO REPORT YOU!?!?
9:05 my mind refuses to hear "the general direction of her body" and will proceed to remember this as "the GENITAL direction of her body"
The thing I hate the most of the Evony ads is that whenever they come up (if you watch an ad for some free energy or something) I never get the reward after the ad is done.
I will never understand ads showing gameplay completely unlike the game being sold
13:13 I've actually seen multiple mobile game ads where they apologize for false advertising.
And it's always "We're sorry" "We're late" each line said by different people bowing.
It seems Idle heros just copied it and made their own animated version of it.
I love when awful ads steal from other awful ads, just multiplying the awfulness.
there is a lot of the same ads format with copy paste script and voicelines...srsly it's fking annoying. and there is some different game with same ads.
@@foppish9393 I mean even Mobile Legends did the same ! They used the same animation style like in the first ad I saw about the game where there is a off-brand Mr.Beast that gives money to anyone that uninstall that game.
@@777omen idk what happened to mobile legends to have such bad advertisement for the game like are they even trying tho.
@@foppish9393 I can't tell, I got the ads in 2022.
@@777omen which ads?
I always had this idea to do a mobile game where the microtransactions are dirt cheap. Like the most expensive bundle of in game currency is 4.99
How about a mobile game, were there is zero microtransactions
Just don't add ads
It won't work. Then the hierarchy of whales won't mean anything if it's so cheap
@beyond your imagination the "making fun of bots" part makes me cringe
@@LiIacAster how would they make money? Ads should be an option that give decent items. Devs wont be able to fund the game
I honestly liked Project Makeover, it was a pretty fun game. I saw one of the tamer ads for it and thought "What the hell is this game actually about...?" and tried it. It was okay. Not playing it anymore tho, got to a point where proceeding was a pain if you didn't start paying for stuff
yea honestly its fun if you don’t try to play all the time, which I don’t, so it’s just a good “i have 10 minutes” kinda thing
Not playing it at all and doing work you hate is more rewarding