I had tried to help by writing on the Playrix games Wikipedia pages by exposing what they are guilty of doing, but they had got removed due to a lack of reliable resources

Fortunately, the youtube user refused to remove the video and continues to expose more of the adverts. A few days later, a developer sent him a message on Instagram and threatened him with legal action unless he takes it off, as the developer claims exposing their adverts and gameplay damages their reputation.

“A youtube user has uploaded videos of what the advert shows and what the game is actually like. Understandably, a petition was made by a frustrated gamer on. All in all, these gaming companies still come out on top despite their misleading behaviors. So despite many people deleting the game once they realize they’ve been misled, there will still be a number of people who decide to keep the game. Most mobile gamers can relate to downloading a game because of the cool advertisement and then becoming instantly upset when they realize it’s nothing like what they saw initally.

How do they do this? By making their gameplay look like something it’s not.Īlthough this is morally wrong, they can still legally do it. Misleading advertisements stem from companies wanting to stand out from competitors, even though their gameplay is essentially the same. However, when players click on the ad and see the screenshots from the app store, they soon realize that this isn’t the game at all. The player in the ad gets it wrong most of the time so it gives you the incentive to want to beat them and prove it’s easy. The ads usually have the same kind of concept too – where you need to save someone from a situation and you have 3 objects to choose from. Examples of games that do this are Homescapes, Gardenscapes, Mafia City, Fishdom, and Matchington Mansion. Misleading advertising has been around for some time now, however, these ludicrous mobile ads have only been here a few years.

Homescapes fake ad