Piffsy

[quote][b]Note: Dead Multiplayer game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There's no viably populated servers/active player population. This game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] [quote][b]Warning: Third Party Account[/b] This game requires you to create a third party "Piffsy" account... there's no valid reason for this in a PC game when SteamWorks is available. This is often done to harvest private data and profile you, with potential sale and transmission of your private data to third parties. The developers will probably argue that you can trust them, but if they were trustworthy they wouldn't demand you create a third party account. This represents a considerable risk to gamers due to the privacy and security implications of developers that wish to bypass Steam and harvest user data. Remember, sometimes if the product is free, YOU are the product.[/quote] This is less of a full game and more of a "Second Life" ripoff metaverse tech demo. And as soon as you can apply "Metaverse" to any bit of software, we immediately know it's garbage. It's a dead multiplayer game, and it's time for us to have a post-mortem to see some of the reasons this failed. [i]Almost every multiplayer exclusive game on Steam fails.[/i] Only a tiny proportion of them "go viral". This game failed for many of the same reasons those others fail. The chief of which is the developer thinking that their game will "go viral" without actually creating any reason for it do so. The market for multiplayer games is crowded and the player base is limited. This game never reached "critical mass", didn't "go viral", and didn't offer anything to differentiate itself enough. Even with no upfront cost, it failed to appeal to gamers for several reasons. First and foremost, there's little to no solo content. The developer gambled that other players would be an acceptable substitute for adding storytelling, level design etc to the Game. They lost that bet. Without a huge community of players or solo content to add a lasting value to the game, the game dies. Developers must learn that other players are not an acceptable substitute for adding content to a game. On the important subject of visuals, this features fairly low quality stylised/cartoony low poly 3D graphics. It comes across as the kind of thing you see on mobile phones and Nintendo games, which will deter a lot of PC gamers, understandably. Gaming is a visual medium, and to be considered one of the best games on Steam, the graphics have to be some of the best on Steam. That's not happening here. Let's talk about pricing and the actual value this has for gamers. This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in the "free" section is truly free, there's usually some hidden price tag), at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good, and the cost of a game is more than just financial, your time is valuable too. Despite having no up-front cost, this failed to appeal to the 130 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB shows this peaked at [b]only 14 concurrent players[/b]... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. All other issues aside (any of which would disqualify this from being worth your time), this is a game that relies on other players for it to be viable, and because there's not enough players, it's not viable. I can't recommend anyone downloads this, it's basically dead.

Just no . . .

Interesante propuesta alternativa a SL .. pero siento que le falta demasiado como para llegar a ser siquiera un competidor.

Игра 'Piffsy' оказалась довольно увлекательной головоломкой! Простота механики обманчива, ведь по мере прохождения уровни становятся все сложнее и требуют стратегического мышления. Мне понравилось минималистичное визуальное оформление, оно не отвлекает от игрового процесса и создает приятную атмосферу. Звуковое сопровождение тоже ненавязчивое и хорошо дополняет картинку. Не могу сказать, что игра идеальна. Иногда возникают моменты, когда решение кажется неочевидным, и приходится прибегать к перебору вариантов. Отсутствие каких-либо подсказок может быть как плюсом (для тех, кто любит хардкор), так и минусом (для начинающих). В целом, 'Piffsy' - это хороший выбор для тех, кто ищет небольшую, но увлекательную головоломку, способную занять на несколько вечеров. Рекомендую попробовать, особенно если вы любите игры, заставляющие поломать голову.