[b][quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote][/b]
Sonny The Mad Man: Casual Arcade Shooter is a Unity Asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", HapGames/Merla Games, took the [url=https://forum.unity.com/threads/released-full-game-kit-hammer-2.353481/]Full Game Kit - Hammer 2[/url] Unity Store tutorial/demo/game asset pack from the real developers, XForm Games, changed the name, 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.
It gets worse... "Full Game Kit - Hammer 2" has also been shamelessly dumped on Steam by other asset flippers apart from HapGames/Merla Games:
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[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2098730]Hammer 2 Reloaded[/url]", asset flipped by XF Game/Small Game Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1526020]Bullet Time[/url]", asset flipped by indiegames3000
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176020]Rampage Miami[/url]", asset flipped by RewindApp
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/728830]San Matias - Mafia City[/url]", asset flipped by MageC Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/730620]Hammer 2[/url]", asset flipped by RewindApp
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/869540]Hero Hunters[/url]", asset flipped by Beyond Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150610]City Gangs War in Miami[/url]", asset flipped by Polantronic
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1494100]VIRTUAL SOLDIERS[/url]", asset flipped by Sean Adair Entertainment
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/679740]Totally Mayhem[/url]", asset flipped by Mihai Morosanu
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Take a look for yourself... these are all [i]exactly the same game![/i] In fact, after extensive research into asset flips, Hammer 2 is the most frequently flipped asset pack, followed closely by the UnitZ Battlegrounds asset pack. Thanks for listening to my TED talk.
HapGames/Merla Games/The Lone Developer (this guy manufactures fake/shell accounts about as quickly as he flips asset packs!) has a known history of trying to scam people into paying them money for someone else's work. One example of HapGames/Merla Games doing this is [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2642970]Stealth Assault: Urban Strike[/url], which is really the "[url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/industrial/rpg-fps-game-assets-for-pc-mobile-industrial-set-v7-0-177135]RPG/FPS Game Assets Industrial Set[/url]" asset, written by the actual developers, Dmitrii Kutsenko.
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, "Full Game Kit - Hammer 2" is just a template for making a low poly third person shooter/vehicle action game ripoff of GTA6, 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 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. They give indie developers a bad name.
Don't reward this morally bankrupt, unethical behaviour from HapGames/Merla Games.
[quote][b][url=https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/profile]Profile Features Limited![/url][/b]
Valve have marked this game as "Profile Features Limited" at the time of this review. This is usually caused by poor sales figures and low community acceptance for the game (to date). Until this status changes, this game will not give you +1 to your Game Collector badge count, appear in profile achievements or any other Steam meta-accomplishments, nor can it be displayed in some profile showcases. If these factors are important to you, it may be worth holding off before buying this game.[/quote]
