Cyber Arena Reviews

Iridium's review is 100% accurate. Don't buy this at more than $0.10, and then only so you can post how accurate Iridium's review is.

[b][quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote][/b] Cyber Arena is a Unity Asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", Umbriel Studio, took the [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/slug/9905]Dark City[/url] Unity Store tutorial/demo/game asset pack from the real developers, Manufactura K4, changed the name, plugged in a VR first person shooter game mode, a spider asset and some other stuff "borrowed" from the asset store, 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. Because this is an almost exact 1:1 copy + paste of the original Unity assets, it's in violation of the [url=https://unity.com/legal/as-terms]Unity Asset Store Terms of Service and EULA[/url]. Specifically, Section 2, Subsection 2.2.1a: [quote][i]Subject to the restrictions set forth in this EULA, Licensor hereby grants to the END-USER a non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide, and perpetual license to the Asset solely:(a) to incorporate the Asset, [b]together with substantial, original content not obtained through the Unity Asset Store[/b], into an electronic application or digital media that has a purpose, features, and functions beyond the display, performance, distribution, or use of Assets ("Licensed Product") as an embedded component of that Licensed Product, [b]such that the Asset does not comprise a substantial portion of the Licensed Product[/b][/i][/quote] Because the developer misused the asset pack such that it comprises the vast majority of this "game", the developer has unethically and deliberately breached the license agreement. Worse, this intellectual property violation was done in an attempt to profit from their illicit actions. Why is this permitted on Steam? 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, "Dark City" is just a Unity Asset Store asset pack containing a cyberpunk city to be used as a placeholder until developers can come up with their own assets, 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. Don't reward this morally bankrupt, unethical behaviour from Umbriel Studio.

This game was really hard for me, there is no way to adjust the level of difficulty and monsters just start killing you, took awhile before I got past the first spiders.

Buy game. Install game. Press start button. Bullets do nothing to spiders. Die. Try again. Same result. Try again. Oh, they DO die, they just give no indication they're being hit, and also you can't change guns. Die. Try again. Die. Try again. Magically one hand is a shotgun now oh wait I'm dead. Shotgun gone. Die. Uninstall. Review. I don't know if this should still be considered a work in progress or what. The visuals are Dreamcast-ish, and not in a good retro way. There's no indication of damage as mentioned, and when the spiders die they simply fall down. There seems to be no controls beyond pull trigger and warp, but if i missed any there's sure no tooltips, hints, or even a readme file with details to clue me in. It would feel extremely generous to call it a cut-rate Space Pirate Trainer.