[b][quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote][/b]
Mountain Troll is an asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", IndieLip, took the basic platformer template from Construct-2, slapped a couple of asset flipped sprites on it, and dumped the results onto Steam as a cash grab scam.
IndieLip has shown a repeated pattern of ripping off Construct-2 templates and dumping them on Steam.
Don't believe me? Here's some other asset flips from exactly the same template, all shamelessly dumped on Steam as nasty cash grabs:
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[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1879620]1000 Needles[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by LTZInc
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1506660]Battle Cube[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by LTZInc
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/720470]Caveman Alive[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Vyacheslav Shilikhin
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/709780]Crazy Scientist[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Droid Riot
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/715980]Eared Hero[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Vyacheslav Shilikhin
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/699550]Forest Guardian[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by OnBlind
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/860440]Goat Life[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Vyacheslav Shilikhin
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1559500]Happy Halloween[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by HandMade Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/739990]Lucky Panda[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by OnBlind
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/754040]Piggy Poggy Pog[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by TSS Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1686880]Queen of Honor[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by Big Black Bear
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1787650]Trick or Treat[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by HandMade Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1810810]Underwater World[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by HandMade Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/782300]Unstoppable Hamster[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by IndieLip
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1691170]Virus ON[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by NL Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1928940]Wild Adventures[/url]", copy + pasted from the same template by LTZInc
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Look for yourself... these are all exactly the same game!
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, "Mountain Troll" is just a very old, very basic Construct 2 template for a simple, badly made platformer that's been reskinned lazily, and doesn't have any merit as a proper, fully fledged PC game, so this copy+paste of it can't be recommended.
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 are an insult to both PC gamers and to professional game developers who create genuine, high quality PC games. 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. They make it harder for gamers to find genuine games made by honest developers.
To cement the position of this asset flip as nothing but a cash grab, it was dumped onto cheap DailyIndieGame shovelware bundles very shortly after launch. Don't reward this morally bankrupt, unethical behaviour from IndieLip.
[b][quote][url=https://mmofallout.com/valve-bans-titles-for-review-manipulation/]Warning: Review Manipulation![/url][/quote][/b]
This game features a small number of fake positive reviews from accounts known to be in the business of review manipulation/paid reviews. They're all written in either Russian or broken English, appear almost immediately after the game launched on Steam, all have a direct Steam purchase of the game, and the accounts are used consistently to write fake reviews for asset flips and other cash grabs/scams. The "Positive" review score on this game should be disregarded due to this review manipulation.
