[quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/b]
"Sense of The Devil" is a Digital Homicide style asset flip, or what Valve calls a "Fake Game". The "developer" paid for/pirated a few Unity asset store packs, dumped them all in a blender, and submitted it to Valve as if they're real game developers.[/quote]
Two notable criteria for what makes an asset flip instead of legitimate use of stock assets are whether those assets comprise the majority of the game, and whether the "developer" properly credited the people who created most of the assets in the game. This game fails both of those tests. The "developers" here didn't credit any of the artists and real, actual game developers who created the assets here, so this is plagiarism, as well as cash grab shovelware.
In this case, the asset flipper took took an asset for a Unity demon and a couple of FPS asset packs, weapon sets, and not much else, and made a really bad wave survival FPS arena shooter... not unlike a GameGuru FPS Creator asset flip, overall. This is completely terrible, and stealing other people's assets and putting them in paid products is not okay. It has no value or merit as a real game.
ANPA.US/Racing Bros have shown a repeat pattern of unethically dumping other people's work onto Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab, through this account or through closely linked/alt accounts. Here's some examples so you can see for yourself:
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[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/809180]District 112 Incident: Bowling Alley[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/stater-kit-1-8337]Starter Kit #1 Bowling Kit[/url] developed by Inane Game
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/828890]My Golf[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/mini-golf-ball-game-kit-216223]Mini Golf Ball Game Kit[/url] developed by XBR Studios
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/832680]Darts and Friends[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/stater-kit-1-8337]Starter Kit #1 Darts Kit[/url] developed by Inane Game
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/854810]Simple Sailing[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/sailing-regatta-102922]Sailing Regatta[/url] developed by Blab Dev SA
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/886590]My Bingo[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/brilliant-bingo-kit-36436]Brilliant Bingo Kit[/url] developed by Rumyancev Pavel
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Taking this shovelware seriously as if it was a genuine attempt to make a game, it doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard.
The game assets are fairly mediocre/low quality, in some places they appear mismatched... Ultimately the quality of these assets, and thus the overall visual quality is lower than average, and low quality always makes for a less than optimal gaming experience. Remember, we're looking for the best of the best of 100,000+ games on Steam.
The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers, left handed gamers or gamers using AZERTY or other international keyboard layouts.
These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game.
The poor quality of this game is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 8 players. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 100,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality game is to be expected.
It's also important to note the "developer" here has connections to a number of shady Russian asset flippers and review manipulators who show an organised pattern to scam and defraud gamers with fake reviews and asset flipping the work of others for profit. While reviews are about the games, gamers should be informed when developers act unethically. Whether these connections are the same developer using multiple accounts, or just working closely with other unethical developers, gamers should be warned about the harm to gamers by this developer and their associates. Buying games from unethical developers puts your money at risk.
So, should you buy this game? Is this one of the best of the 100,000+ games on Steam?
"Sense of The Devil" is relatively cheap at $1 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, and the questionable ethical nature of the developer and/or their associates (as outlined above), this is impossible to recommend. Remember that if you buy a game from an unethical developer, you're putting your money at risk.
