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Asad Kashif

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A game named Banana has recently stormed the internet by gaining a burst of popularity on Steam. The game’s rise to fame has brought with it many concerns about the ethical prospects behind a game like this.

Many users asking for such games to be banned from Steam altogether for being scammy.

What Exactly Is Banana?

Banana is a “game” where you can click on a banana on your screen. That’s kinda it, really. A number on top of the banana records the number of times you’ve clicked on said banana, and the number resets whenever you close the game, forcing you to keep it open.

What’s the purpose? The game uses Steam’s integrated marketplace, the same thing people use to sell Counter-Strike skins. If you keep the game running and clicking for a certain amount of time, you can get a rarer banana peel to sell on Steam.

Why Clicker Games Work

Clicker games can still work, but Banana is shamelessly bad. The allure of most clicker games like Cookie Clicker is progress. Clicking earns you resources that you can then use to get upgrades, such as more resources per click or auto-clicking.

This provides a sense of accomplishment and grinding. Banana, of course, has no progress whatsoever.

No Shame In Selling Bananas

Even if the main point is to sell skins to earn, that by itself isn’t something to be hated. After all, Steam Marketplace is a fun way for players not only to earn but also to share and collect stuff from their beloved games. To insult this is to disrespect a large community of players.

The reason Banana sucks so bad is because this selling and buying is the only thing it has going for it. The game lacks passion and only exists as a manifestation of the developer’s greed.

Predatory Practices, Rotten Bananas

This fruit salad of problems gets worse with each bite. There’s the ethically questionable choice of casting away all progress when you close the game, forcing you to keep it running to farm popularity on Steam artificially.

The lack of effort and respect for their players is another thing, with the developers refusing to put even a speck of effort into making the game presentable. However, the most blatantly predatory practice is with the main system of the game, selling skins.

Can You Get Rich?

Regardless of what sites like The Gamer or Polygon tell you, the chances of you getting a super rare skin are minuscule. The devs refuse to publish any official drop rates as well, so we don’t have a set n. There hasn’t been extensive testing, but we can see the rigged results from the game’s recent botting problem.

Only a third of the players are actual humans, with the rest “exploiting” this game by using virtual machines. You’d still rarely find anyone getting a super legendary skin among these.

The Problem

If the game’s free and takes minimal resources, what’s the issue? 

• Steam exploit: Feeding into these Steam marketplace exploits means giving more people the green light to produce similar games, hoarding Steam’s top spots and causing actual good games to go unseen.
• No free money: There’s no such thing as free money. Your electricity bills alone would be worth more than the meagre cents you earn every few days from the game.

Yeah, The Game’s A Scam

If it wasn’t obvious enough already, the developers are all extremely greedy. The game’s made to make someone rich, but it’s not the players.

Exploiting Steam’s system for popularity and then having complete control over the actual worthwhile items in the games makes for a very good scam, and people just can’t stop buying into it.

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At Tech4Gamers, I’m a Tech Detective and Guides Writer, unravelling PC hardware complexities. With experience, I bridge the gap between novices and tech aficionados with informative content.

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Delta Force: Hawk Ops was developed by a Chinese company highly influenced by the Battlefield series. It’s so similar that it feels like a one-to-one copy of Battlefield. However, it might replace Battlefield once and for all. 

Similarities

The game features a similar huge map with tons of modes of transportation and a large range of weapons.  

At the time of deployment, Hawk Ops has the same UI design, with the teammates’ info on the left and your weapon loadout at the bottom. You also get the same countdown present at the bottom right side of your screen. 

Shooting your enemies using your ADS has a similar hit marker and skull headshot icon, and each damage is registered in the same way as in Battlefield. Moreover, the enemy’s health and names are also visible while you’re shooting at them.  

The helicopter crosshair radical looks identical, with the dots representing the remaining bullets. When you’re dead, you can be revived, and the distance of your ally is shown at the bottom right corner, as in Battlefield. 

However, being revived by an ally shifts the camera to a point-of-view angle where you can see your teammate reviving you, similar to the Call Of Duty series. When you revive a fallen ally, you also initiate an animation similar to the one in Warzone. 

The medic is also equipped with a healing pistol, which you can use to heal yourself or your teammates, similar to Battlefield 2042. However, the animations and mechanics are much better in Hawk Ops. 

Overall, the game seems to be fully inspired by the Battlefield series and partially by the COD series, taking a few parts for each of its games to create one game. The running animation and parachuting are reminiscent of Modern Warfare 2. 

Difference

Delta Force took many things from the Battlefield series but included specialized operators, much like the agent’s abilities present in other games. This is a chance to see Battlefield-type games.

However, this twist to this genre is the only thing putting off Battlefield and COD fans. They would prefer it if abilities weren’t added to the game, as it looked promising without them.  

Poor Handling Of The Franchise

Despite the many similarities, fans aren’t upset or disappointed. In fact, they are quite happy that this game is launched. EA hasn’t been the most efficient in handling the battlefield franchise, especially for the last two titles, and they even denied these claims.

Issues With Battlefield V & 2042

Both Battlefield V and Battlefield 2042 were plagued with bugs and glitches. Battlefield 2024 even had performance issues at launch and became a victim of registration issues, server instability, and connection problems.   

Apart from that, Battlefield V also didn’t include the 5v5 competitive mode, which they had promised to add before the game’s launch. This, paired with the inconsistent updates, led to the fans’ frustration with the game.

Even though Battlefield 2042 Devs Hired 100 content creators, they still ignored their advice. They launched the game with fewer maps and modes than the previous titles. In addition, the campaign mode was absent from the game, which made it feel incomplete. Now, EA is expected to integrate a campaign mode in their next Battlefield game. 

Ignorant To Feedback

The updates to this game were very slow, and even after updates, the key issues remained unfixed for the most part. EA and DICE seemed to be ignorant of the community’s feedback.

This led to community-building resentment toward the entire Battlefield franchise. With this amount of frustration, fans gladly accept Delta Force Hawk Ops since they believe at least the company behind it won’t abandon their community.

Fans’ Response To Hawk Ops

Fans are even sighing relief that this game isn’t made by EA or DICE. Some appreciate the incredible gunsmith in a Battlfield-like game because it resembles the one in Escape From Tarkov. 

Many also comment that the game looks like a combination of Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield 2024. 

Might Replace Battlefield

Despite all of that, fans are eagerly willing to play Delta Force Hawk Ops, and it might replace the Battlefield franchise in the near future if EA doesn’t stop killing their franchise by not listening to their community. 

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Avatar: The Last Airbender doesn’t have any decent AAA games. Today we’ll explore why we not only want one but also need one. 

Huge Market Potential

Believe it or not, there hasn’t been any decent AAA Avatar: The Airbender game in a long time. All the games released were either 2D ones, had a locked camera, or simply didn’t contain full free-roam ability. 

The last three Avatar games were The Legend Of Korra (2014), Generations (2023), and Quest For Balance (2023). While Legend of Korra wasn’t fully 3D, Generations focused on combat only, and Quest of Balance had a locked camera despite being 3D.

Last Avatar Game

The latest game in the Avatar franchise is Avatar: The Last Airbender: Quest of Balance. However, this game remains true to the franchise’s identity, which is based on solving puzzles using the four elements. 

This game also features the switching of the character to aid each other by solving puzzles with respect to each of the character’s abilities. Being created in Unreal Engine 5, this game does appear decent with great lighting and shadows.

However, this game still lacks depth and has left the fans disappointed. The camera was locked in one place the whole time, and the characters could only move in a manner similar to that of the older Avatar games.

Apart from the puzzles and the ongoing map, there wasn’t any open-world experience, so you’re limited to the route the game provides you. This goes to show that Avatar: The Airbender game hasn’t reached its full potential in the gaming industry.

Strong Fanbase

Avatar games have been out since 2006, and it’s been almost twenty years, and we still haven’t got any full open-world free-roam AAA game from this franchise. Since Avatar wasn’t making a game, fans decided to take matters into their own hands.

In 2020, a fan-made “Avatar Four Seasons” project was initiated to create a 3D open-world Avatar game. The game is made on Dreams on PS4, and anyone can play it to explore its potential. 

This game starts with a story similar to that in the anime and consists of a few cutscenes. It utilizes all four elements, with Aang’s air ball used as a traveling device, fire and water for combat, and earth as a barrier to protect against attacks.

Aang can also fly across the map using his glider, which is satisfying to both watch and play. This shows the passion fans have for the love of this game. All the features used in this game merely reflect what the fans want from the official game.   

Insomniac’s Magical Touch

Now, if Insomniac were to make an Avatar game, it would be the cherry on top. Insomniac is known to create the best games because of its exceptional story-telling, rich character development, and innovative gameplay mechanics.

Story-Telling & Character Development

Insomniac’s strong narrative is evident in Spider-Man 2 and Ratchet & Clank. Their games also follow the emotional arcs of the characters, which strengthens the bond between the audience and the characters.

This would be the case for the characters in the Avatar universe as well. Insomniacs can carry out or even enhance the character that is present in the anime with their visual storytelling.

Innovative Gameplay Mechanics

We’ve experienced Insomniac’s smooth gameplay mechanics and Spider-Man: Miles Morales is one of its fine examples. It is known to create satisfying gameplay where the web swinging is seamless and somewhat effortless. 

The mechanics implemented in an Avatar game will help create seamless movements using the four elements. If they were to add a glider part, they would make it move so smoothly.

Open-World Exploration

The game could allow us to explore iconic locations such as Ba Sing Se, the Southern Water Tribe, the Air Temples, and the Fire Nation. Using the four elements to travel across the map would be fun for completing both the main and side quests.

Multiplayer Mode

Fortnite, which crossed 6M players, recently added and collaborated with Avatar to include the infamous glider and the four elements. This re-ignited fans’ craving for a multiplayer game mode in an upcoming game or at least a coop mode to enjoy the game with friends.