[b][quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote][/b]
Blood of Patriots is a Unity Asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", 12 to 6 Studios LLC, took the [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/humanoids/humans/politicians-caricature-pack-79527]Politicians Caricature Pack[/url] Unity Store game asset pack from the real developers, Veg3D, slapped it lazily onto the [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/ufe-1-basic-15839]Unity UFE fighting engine[/url] game template, and dumped the result onto Steam. They're attempting to scam people into buying this, so they can get your money for someone else's work.
Because this is an almost exact 1:1 copy + paste of the original Unity assets with no original content, it's in violation of the [url=https://unity.com/legal/as-terms]Unity Asset Store Terms of Service and EULA[/url]. Specifically, Section 2, Subsection 2.2.1a:
[quote][i]Subject to the restrictions set forth in this EULA, Licensor hereby grants to the END-USER a non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide, and perpetual license to the Asset solely:(a) to incorporate the Asset, [b]together with substantial, original content not obtained through the Unity Asset Store[/b], into an electronic application or digital media that has a purpose, features, and functions beyond the display, performance, distribution, or use of Assets ("Licensed Product") as an embedded component of that Licensed Product, [b]such that the Asset does not comprise a substantial portion of the Licensed Product[/b][/i][/quote]
Because the developer misused the asset pack such that it comprises the vast majority of this "game", the developer has unethically and deliberately breached the license agreement. Worse, this intellectual property violation was done in an attempt to profit from their illicit actions. Why is this permitted on Steam?
The products that result from asset flips aren't "real" games. They lack depth and content, because they're just simplistic copies of demos or tutorials. In this case, "Politicians Caricature Pack" is just an asset pack with various politicians that the developer has combined with a simple fighter/versus game template from the Unity store, and doesn't have any merit as a proper, fully fledged PC game.
Asset flips don't involve any professional game development. Sure, sometimes they may change a few cosmetic things, swap out different assets etc, but at heart it's functionally identical to the asset they're ripping off.
Asset flips like this are harmful to the gaming industry and to Steam because they reduce the visibility that sincerely made indie games should have, and make it harder for gamers to find real games from genuine developers. It gives indie developers a bad name.
But most importantly, this doesn't have any value for you, the consumer. I can't recommend anyone buys this game because it's unenjoyable and insincere, like all asset flips. It's better to spend your money on a genuine product from a sincere developer, you'll have a better gaming experience.
Don't reward this morally bankrupt, unethical behaviour from 12 to 6 Studios LLC.
