Terraria - [Scam]

[Filing Cabinet]

I think Apple should just boot out any app where the screenshots submitted are different to the actual game itself. wont be too difficult to do.

checking to see if a game is infringing on any copyright is impossible to do, and should be the responsibility of the copyright owner and not Apple.

[MidianGTX]

Originally Posted by Filing Cabinet

I think Apple should just boot out any app where the screenshots submitted are different to the actual game itself. wont be too difficult to do.

checking to see if a game is infringing on any copyright is impossible to do, and should be the responsibility of the copyright owner and not Apple.

What makes you think it won't be difficult? Developers are entitled to submit screens showing the very last stage of an impossibly difficult and gruelling 500-level campaign mode if they wish. Apple testers just aren't going to see everything and spending time searching for specific screens in particular would be hugely time-wasting.

[Filing Cabinet]

Originally Posted by MidianGTX

What makes you think it won't be difficult? Developers are entitled to submit screens showing the very last stage of an impossibly difficult and gruelling 500-level campaign mode if they wish. Apple testers just aren't going to see everything and spending time searching for specific screens in particular would be hugely time-wasting.

take this game for example, it's pretty obvious (from the actual game screenshots posted) that the itunes screens are completely deceiving, and that any reviewer playing the game would realize why original terraria screens were used instead of gameplay screens. they dont need to play the entire game hoping for a proper version of terraria to unlock

but I do understand your point, the game screen system can easily abused.

[squarezero]

Originally Posted by Filing Cabinet

I think Apple should just boot out any app where the screenshots submitted are different to the actual game itself. wont be too difficult to do.

checking to see if a game is infringing on any copyright is impossible to do, and should be the responsibility of the copyright owner and not Apple.

How many times? Once a month? Twice a week? Every day? For over 600,000+ apps? Except for the famous Christmas break, developers have access to their screenshots and marketing copy every day. If Apple representatives check one day, an unscrupulous developer may change them on the next.

As we see here at TA, scammers are very resourceful; they test security systems and find the flaws to exploit. The reality is that consumers have to take responsibility for their purchases. One very easy and small step is to click on the App Support link on the App Store page: scammers almost never have real web pages (as is the case with this "Terraria).

[squarezero]

Originally Posted by Filing Cabinet

take this game for example, it's pretty obvious (from the actual game screenshots posted) that the itunes screens are completely deceiving, and that any reviewer playing the game would realize why original terraria screens were used instead of gameplay screens. they dont need to play the entire game hoping for a proper version of terraria to unlock

but I do understand your point, the game screen system can easily abused.

You are assuming that the reviewers saw those screenshots when they reviewed the game. I am almost certain that they didn't. As I pointed out above, the developer is free to change them after the game is approved (and before it's available for purchase).

[mr.Ugly]

screenshots are not part of the teview process.. you can change them whenever you want and it takes usualy a couple minutes from changes in itc to apper on the store.

[squarezero]

Originally Posted by mr.Ugly

screenshots are not part of the teview process.. you can change them whenever you want and it takes usualy a couple minutes from changes in itc to apper on the store.

Nice to have that confirmed by a developer .

[Filing Cabinet]

Originally Posted by mr.Ugly

screenshots are not part of the teview process.. you can change them whenever you want and it takes usualy a couple minutes from changes in itc to apper on the store.

Originally Posted by squarezero

How many times? Once a month? Twice a week? Every day? For over 600,000+ apps? Except for the famous Christmas break, developers have access to their screenshots and marketing copy every day. If Apple representatives check one day, an unscrupulous developer may change them on the next.

oh is that how it works...I was under the impression that screenshots, description and the game are all submitted to Apple, and reviewed together at the same time.

no wonder crap like this gets through

[�]

Originally Posted by badmanj

Pretty disgraceful that Apple lets these through. Clearly indicates they don't check everything.

I could understand an indie game slipping through, but the sheer amount of fake mario and Pokemon stuff is a complete joke

[Vovin]

Originally Posted by �

I could understand an indie game slipping through, but the sheer amount of fake mario and Pokemon stuff is a complete joke

These, again, are legal issues, or screenshot fakes. Apple gives a shit about them. Unless notified or it is their own stuff.

I am a bit under the impression that some people take Apple as a god-like company: sees all, hears all, knows all. I'd say: it's completely different.
But it sounds like as if people want app review and approval times of 4-6 months, or more, instead of 2-3 weeks.

take this game for example, it's pretty obvious (from the actual game screenshots posted) that the itunes screens are completely deceiving, and that any reviewer playing the game would realize why original terraria screens were used instead of gameplay screens. they dont need to play the entire game hoping for a proper version of terraria to unlock

but I do understand your point, the game screen system can easily abused.

There's another trick that scammers can do. Read the description of the Terraria-scam-app very carefully.
There is nowhere stated that this app IS actually the Terraria game, it only tells you a bit about a game called "Terraria"... got the idea? There are no review notes & quotes, there is no feature list; there's nothing you see normally in an Appstore description.