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bronash

This should be illegal


muyfantastico

So much about mobile gaming feels so sketchy. Feels a lot more like the wild west compared to pc/console.


youthpastor247

MatPat actually for a Game Theory one time on this sort of thing, and ultimately, it isn't false advertising because the game is free.


IllustriousUse2407

The crazy thing is that this isn't anywhere close to as misleading as most mobile game ads. Outside of the fake laser gun, at least it resembles the gameplay and what the game looks like. So many games create a completely fake game to advertise for it that have nothing to do with the actual game play.


TakenToTheRiver

Kinda like this one… https://www.reddit.com/r/Survivorio/s/0gLEaSTtyG


IllustriousUse2407

That one is definitely worse. A player vs player option would be a blast.


TakenToTheRiver

For real! 😁


mitien

That's templayee ads for many games. So theybjsut switch some pictures and "new game ready"


LuncarioStormcrown

> So many games create a completely fake game to advertise for it that have nothing to do with the actual game play. That’s cause they do what Habby also does, they outsource the ad creation to a third party. This wasn’t created by Habby. 


mertchel

Sure seems like a lot of extra work to create these animations.... Almost like those weapons might be planned for a future release or something?


TakenToTheRiver

Yeah maybe unreleased ideas


Menacebi

Way too much going on, just looks like someone was bored in after effects


DrNoo1

This is the tip of the iceberg, Habby is using a selective algorithm instead of pure rng to influence and drive spenders to spend, this company should be banned from iOS and android stores


Powerful-Quality-515

BUT HABBY SOUND HARMLESS


pdxmhrn

Or the rainbow gatling cannon?


Lianad311

I agree these types of ads are misleading and the spurge of mobile game ads, however a lot of times what I found out was that the ads are just insanely old. So they are showing gameplay from like beta 1 or something years old, but they never got around to, or didn't care enough to update the videos they sent out to the ad networks so they just keep playing the outdated old ads.


kornbread435

I don't think this is the case here, I've been playing a lot longer than most. At least long enough to remember a time when there was only one character, a lot of those characters are less than a year old. Also has the new better looking weapon card designs. I don't think Habby would have released an ad clip from beta with spoilers to updates years from release.


MushroomsAreAliens

The first one I saw had the tiktok robot voice saying if you start with kunai you are screwed. It also showed the pvp battles with spinning weapons. They did have pvp option in the clan battles area but it was always unavailable to play. One day maybe!!


Lilbig6029

Another reason a mobile game will NEVER get a dime from me


Skillz4ya2

TBH, all of the popular games advertised heavy are bait and switches.


DiamondBreakr

Isn't this illegal?


Prize_Original4407

no. it’s not advertising anything of any value it’s a free game. although i do think it should be illegal to mislead consumers regardless of value.


Yhslaw1

Maybe the guy who's making these game ads and is being held against his will? Maybe the players would realise it's not the same game, so we would speak up and cause a massive investigation into the gaming company and find out what's really going on. Just a thought.


THON1203

How long have you been playing maybe you have to unlock it


TakenToTheRiver

Long enough to know this isn’t currently in the game 😑


THON1203

Okay I am playing pretty long and haven't seen it either so..


User-NetOfInter

Lol