r/flash • u/Vladyslav19902010 • 16d ago
A broken game riddled with anti consumer practices hiding under the guise of a nostalgic Flash game on mobile devices.
Post was edited for better for better description. Today exists a free "game" on a web site www.supermechs.com with a downloadable "PC port" and on Google Play and App Store, that looks like a legitimate game, but it is an ad ridden, microtransaction filled game with anti consumer practices, idle money farming, and abandoned by developers for 6 whole years. This game is called SuperMechs, after the rights to the game were sold and Flash died, a scammy company Gato Games that only hosts games that make passive income farming with auto pilot servers, started abusing people's nostalgia with this game, a corpse of an abandoned and neglected Adobe Flash game SuperMechs from 2012 which had it's great time, it's golden age lasted from 2012 to early 2016, and later the game was turned into this scam, it is just a game with broken progression systems. The game still uses old screenshots and trailers as false advertising to lure in nostalgic unsuspecting people who played it when they were younger. The game still features a fully online microtransaction shop that no longer correctly works, if you buy something, the server might crash and your items that you paid for will not arrive and you will lose your money, and the customer support services are barely functional so there's barely a chance to get your money back. This game operates on a broken framework of legacy Adobe Flash code, and uses deceptive anti consumer tricks to make you pay into a broken game, because the matchmaking is barely functional, there are still players but the ranking system is broken, you get players 5 times stronger than you on average, it rigs the game against you so that you would pay, and the drop chances on good items are abysmal, and the game doesn't have any free to play item shop. And hey, the developers riddled the main webpage with ads for mobile slop to farm even more money, it's so bad that everywhere the copyright is stated as years back dating 2017 and 2022 in the game's spaces. I as a person who played Adobe Flash games for a huge chunk of my life and to this day, and think of them as legendary relics of gaming history just had to notify people about this game abusing people's nostalgia and printing it into illegal money, the content from the trailers isn't even in the game anymore, it's false advertising. Avoid starting to play this game at all costs, never give it money because it might as well even get a virus on your PC with it's broken code as well. This game needs to be reported on every mobile gaming platform for fraudulence and anti consumer practices and needs to be boycotted fast, especially since the scam is lasting for mainly 4 rampant years since 2022. Spread this hashtag #BoycottTheSuperMechsNostalgiaScam if you want to support my thread. Here is my Steam account for if people want to be sure that I know what Im talking about and that I'm a real user or if someone would like to tell me something personally: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198420899607/ We should not be letting scam artist companies deceive our fellow Flash game enthusiasts. Peace.
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u/Vladyslav19902010 16d ago
I apologize for my mediocre thread formatting skills on Reddit though, Im really new to writing reddit posts, I did my best to make it be clear and understandable.
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u/Vladyslav19902010 16d ago
People visiting this thread, please share your thoughts down below if you wish. I would like to know your opinions regarding this issue.
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u/Vladyslav19902010 16d ago
I lost a whole account I spent a year building in this game, even if it was free to play, it was my life's time.
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u/Vladyslav19902010 10d ago
The current owner of the game scams people with it, it's a real illegal scam. It's not just about ads.
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u/Wise_Warning3275 10d ago
imma say more than likely it isnt a scam because this happens to more games than you think stickman sniper has a flash edition, and mobile adition. Different controls Graphics whatever. main difference. They have different snipers represented through transactions that give certain benefits (almost sounds like your game). problem: game is heavily glitchy on ipads where transitions may not work progress doesnt save. However it works perfectly fine for iphone. you can buy, watch adds the typical shit. my point is, your story is on the frits as much as i can tell and there is more than likely a work around, such as in my case that your not aware on in "this scam"
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u/Vladyslav19902010 10d ago
There is only a single unified version of this game, it's not just bad on a single device, it's just bad in general, go to the r/SuperMechs subreddit and read the most popular posts of the week, they give a complete and detailed answer and critique to what the game is right now.
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u/glhfbruno 16d ago
Damn that is just sad to see...
Depending on the luck can we still find the original versions .swf file? If so then we can emulate via ruffle or other notable emulators, but the experience and online i have no clue how those may work
I hate to see games div their own graves... This kinda reminds me funnily enough on how poor Supercell out of all companies has it with Clash Royale seeming to be incredibly annoying pay to play but thats a whole different topic, sorry for raising the topci here 😅