Hidden Magic Town

This is not an actual game. It's two half-baked phone games in a trench coat, and the bottom one is dead. Just an immovable, creepy, trench coat-wearing con artist muttering inanely about it's "hidden magic" to passersby. It wears a price-tag to blend in with the other games. It hangs out near the other games. It even goes on sale like other games. Upon approach, however, it becomes apparent that you are staring into the eyes of a soulless, greedy shell. It wears color like lead makeup over rotting skin, and cannot feel love. Do not feed the shell <3

It is really bad hidden object game where you have to find a whole lot of 32 things that are mostly very stupidly hidden. I am not even gonna waste any more words on it because it is not worth the time and it is most definitely not worth the money they ask for it as it takes less than 15 minutes to beat. Linux version works fine at least.

Sadly this game still has issues with functionality for the player. 1. The items are not clear in the Clue box on some occasions being a very dark image on the black background of the item to find box. 2. It is never clear how many of each item you are expected to find. 3. My game also suddenly became a black screen which could only be reset by using the positional drop down box. This also reset my coins. 4. The positional drop down box only ever centred the map and did not show you the closest player or item. 5. Most "hidden" objects are badly hidden or not really hidden at all just camouflaged by the background colours they reside upon. (A whole house is hardly a hidden object) All in all I would advise any gamer not to waste their money on what has to be the worst HOG ever to emerge. My advise to the Devs are to take a long look at the issues with this game and either patch it of make it free to play because it is certainly not in a state that gives any value for the cost.

[quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/b] Hidden Magic Town is an asset flip, or what Valve calls a "Fake Game". The "developer" paid for/pirated someone else's example/template/tutorial game, changed the name/reskinned a couple of things, and submitted it to Valve as if it was their own game.[/quote] This time Hede stole a basic isometric tileset asset pack and slapped it on a basic point and click "find the objects" game blueprint... there's only about 30 odd clicks to finish the whole "game". It's just another asset flip scam from a Russian asset flip scammer. Hede/Hede Games have shown a repeat pattern of unethically dumping other people's work onto Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab, through this account or through closely linked/alt accounts. Here's some examples so you can see for yourself: [list] [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1306160]Get Over Blood[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/historic/the-big-castle-kit-75818]The Big Castle Kit[/url] developed by Triplebrick [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1915910]Hidden Build Top-Down 3D[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/industrial/polygon-construction-low-poly-3d-art-by-synty-168036]Polygon Construction Low Poly 3D Art[/url] developed by Synty Studios [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2630820]3D PUZZLE - Harbor[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/industrial/toon-harbor-pack-188250]Toon Harbor Pack[/url] developed by SICS Games [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1576790]FPS Tactics[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/terrain/r-a-m-2019-river-auto-material-2019-145937]River Auto Material landscape pack[/url] developed by NatureManufacture [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3009770]3D PUZZLE - OldHospital[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/urban/the-old-hospital-12995]The Old Hospital[/url] developed by Triplebrick [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2947730]3D PUZZLE - Hospital 1[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/hospital-medical-office-kit-165327]Hospital Medical Office Kit[/url] developed by Brick Project Studio [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2703190]Hidden World 10 Top-Down 3D[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/historic/polygon-pirates-low-poly-3d-art-by-synty-92579]Polygon Pirates Low Poly 3D asset pack[/url] developed by Synty Games [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3079460]3D PUZZLE - Deserted Village[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/historic/deserted-village-86290]Deserted Village[/url] developed by Triplebrick [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2703230]3D PUZZLE - Hangar[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/industrial/fps-hangar-20040]FPS Hangar[/url] developed by Yunus Emre Yaman [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3009820]3D Puzzle - Hospital 4[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/hospital-medical-office-kit-165327]Hospital Medical Office Kit[/url] developed by Brick Project Studio [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2703200]Hidden Western Top-Down 3D[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/historic/polygon-western-low-poly-3d-art-by-synty-112212]Polygon Western - Low Poly 3D Art Pack[/url] developed by Synty Studios [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1944970]Hidden Farm Top-Down 3D[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/industrial/farm-life-110144]Farm Life[/url] developed by beffio [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3244700]Archaeology - Egypt[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/landscapes/desert-kits-64-sample-86482]Desert Kits Sample[/url] developed by Sagital3D [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2703270]GTH 3033 - Grand Theft Hunter 3033[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/urban/polygon-apocalypse-low-poly-3d-art-by-synty-154193]POLYGON Apocalypse - Low Poly 3D Art[/url] developed by Synty Games [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2878360]Save and Survive[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/survival-engine-crafting-building-farming-178160]Survival Engine[/url] developed by Indie Marc [/list] So, from that evidence we can see exactly who we're dealing with... this is just another fake game. The poor quality of this game is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 2 players, and the worst part is these weren't genuine players, these were the Russian fake review accounts that the developer paid to make the fake reviews. Since the fake reviews are all done, now the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 110,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality game is to be expected. [quote][b][url=https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/federal-register-notices/16-cfr-part-465-trade-regulation-rule-use-consumer-reviews-testimonials-final-rule]Warning: Review Manipulation![/url][/b] This game features a number of fake positive reviews from accounts known to be in the business of review manipulation/paid reviews. They're all written in either Russian or broken English, appear at almost exactly the same time, very shortly after the game launched on Steam, all have a direct Steam purchase of the game, and the accounts are used consistently to write fake reviews for asset flips and other cash grabs/scams. The "Positive" review score on this game should be disregarded due to this blatant, unethical review manipulation. This is done to deceive and scam gamers into paying for a bad product. Due to the 2024 FTC ruling (16 CFR Part 465), these fake reviews are a violation of US Federal Law.[/quote] This kind of asset flipping isn't harmless. It makes it harder for gamers to find genuinely made games from ethical developers. It makes it harder for genuine indie developers, who put hard work into trying to make real games, to find an audience for their products. It gives indie developers a bad name. So, should you buy this asset flip? Is this better than any of the 110,000+ genuinely made games on Steam? Of course not! Hidden Magic Town has scam price of $200 USD, for which you could easily get any number of brand new AAA games. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, and the questionable ethical nature of the developer and/or their associates (as outlined above), this is impossible to recommend. It's possible this price is either for the purpose of money laundering, or simply to prevent genuine reviews from reducing the fake "positive" review score from the fake reviews the developer paid for. Either way, this is unacceptable manipulation of the Steam store for profit. It's harmful to gamers and to genuine indie devs, because it gives indie devs a bad name. [quote][b][url=https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/profile]Profile Features Limited![/url][/b] Valve have marked this game as "Profile Features Limited" at the time of this review. This is usually caused by poor sales figures and low community acceptance for the game (to date). Until this status changes, this game will not give you +1 to your Game Collector badge count, appear in profile achievements or any other Steam meta-accomplishments, nor can it be displayed in some profile showcases. If these factors are important to you, it may be worth holding off before buying this game.[/quote]

The ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game ive played. dont waste even a cent on this crap

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I would not have wasted the money on this. There are definitely much better hidden picture games for much cheaper. By the end of it, I just wanted it to be over.

A quite boring item finder with booming music, this far I havnt been able to find any volume settings. the maps pretty weirdly made to, its like a badly laid out game of carcasonne. you can see the seems between tiles. I dont really recommend this in its current state, some annoying bugs and the fact everything is static makes it very boring. If the villagers had some movement or the trees blew in the wind it would be more interesting, maybe some items gets more viisble due to the movement.