War Identity is a Unity Asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", PWNED Studio, took the [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/-101171]MFPS 2.0: Multiplayer FPS[/url] Unity Store tutorial/demo/game asset pack from the real developers, Lovatto Studio, changed the name, added some asset flipped skins and maps and other garbage, 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... "MFPS 2.0: Multiplayer FPS" has also been shamelessly dumped on Steam by other asset flippers apart from PWNED Studio:
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[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1868120]Black Ace[/url]", asset flipped by Tuning Mania
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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, "MFPS 2.0: Multiplayer FPS" is just a template framework for making multiplayer FPS arena shooters, and doesn't have any merit as a proper, fully fledged PC game, so a copy+paste of it can't be recommended.
The developers did add a few extra features to this asset flip, assets from other asset flip sources (maps, skins etc), and much more nasty stuff like cancerous microtransactions, to double down on the cash grab nature of this scam. They did everything possible to get paid for the work of others at the expense of gamers.
Pretending this is a serious attempt at an FPS, and not just a cash grab, it's bad, really bad. Let's go over the reasons this failed, and would have failed even if it wasn't an asset flip scam. And fail it did... resoundingly... SteamDB shows a peak player count of just 36, just for 1-2 days, then the player count dropped to around 1 player per day at best.
First up, the developers deliberately didn't use SteamWorks, demanding your private email address so they can profile you, spy on you, collect data about you and sell that data to third parties. Of course they'll swear black and blue that they don't, you should trust them with your private data... but how much is anyone going to trust asset flip scammers?
The developers made the terrible mistake of launching a multiplayer only game in Early Access. This is almost certain to kill the game. Most gamers will evaluate a game only once. If they do so when the game is incomplete, they will check it out, then abandon it (just like the developers did). When (IF) the game eventually does get around to release, there will be no players, because the developers burned the first impressions through their faulty Early Access experience. Players who saw the game and didn't like it because it was incomplete [i]do not come back[/i]. Multiplayer games must have a large population if they are to go "viral" and succeed, especially without single player content to fall back on. Releasing a multiplayer only game into early access kills the game population, and thus the game, before the game even launches.
The developers made the fatal, lazy mistake of believing that PvP, other players, would be an acceptable substitute for doing the difficult job of adding single player level design, storytelling, NPCs and other rich aspects of designed game content to the game. As a result of this choice by the developers, the game has little to no actual interactive game content. It's a little considered fact that the vast majority of PvP only, multiplayer only games [b]fail[/b]. Developers must learn that other players are not an acceptable substitute for doing the job of game developers and building a game filled with content. PvP only games must have a [b]huge[/b] player base for them to "go viral" and succeed. But with no single player experience to add lasting value to a game, the developers instead chose to bet against all odds that their game would "go viral" without any actual reason for players to want to play the game. Predictably, they lost this bet.
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.
Don't reward this morally bankrupt, unethical behaviour from PWNED Studio.
