Is the tower game shown in the 'Hero Wars' ad a real game?
I was playing a game on my phone, and an advertisement appears about the game 'Hero Wars', but Hero Wars does not play anything like what is shown in the ad.
The advertisement shows a hero being placed on various levels of a tower to defeat enemies and level up:
Does the gameplay shown in the advertisement exist as an actual game?
Here's the full ad on Facebook: https://fb.watch/3Sb-ooOiEY/
Best Answer
Really, there's a general rule to go by: when you see a mobile game ad, there are very good chances what is shown is not gameplay, or not even related to the game. Some of these mobile games (Homescapes) are even being sued for misleading advertising.
So yeah, except for the characters in the ad, nothing of what is shown exists in the 'Hero Wars' game.
Does the gameplay shown in the advertisement exist as an actual game?
I would expect no. The gameplay shown is a very easy puzzle, and they are banking on the dumb (but I guess working) trend in mobile advertising where the puzzle is basic, kindergarten math (usually shared with some sort of challenge like "98% OF THE POPULATION CAN'T DO THIS, CAN YOU?") Like the puzzle shown in this ad. Just pick your character, and then go and check every enemy. Is his level HIGHER? OR LOWER? If lower put against.
You might find a puzzle that looks like this in a puzzle compilation game, but a game that has this basic mechanic as it's only feature? Not that I know of.
EDIT: There is now also a GameTheory episode that digs down as to why those ads never seem to fit with what the game actually is.
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Is there a game like tower ads?
The game is called Hero Rescue, and the Google Play Store description for the game says "Experience the real game you always see in the cool ads." While it has some pretty aggressive in-app ads itself, we can confirm from playing the first 100 levels that Hero Rescue is, in fact, the game from those cool ads.Why are mobile game ads fake?
This type of practice is usually perpetrated by hyper casual game developers, whose games are usually simplistic and requires little to no effort to develop. In order to gain traction, they try to lie about their games' content so as to generate more money from ad revenue. This problem is still continuing to this day.Does Hero Wars actually have minigames?
Currently, there are 9 Minigames available, some of them can be played online on the hwgame webpage.Is Homescapes a real game?
Both Homescapes and Gardenscapes are hugely popular, with more than 100 million app installs each from the Google Play store. But the games have often used ads that show a multiple-choice type puzzle to avert a catastrophe, or, more recently, the pin-pulling puzzle type.The Tower new mobile game walk-through, gameplay.
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Answer 2
Aside from being a misleading advertisement used by "Hero Wars" and "Mighty Party" this was actually turned into a game and released on April 02. by the developer TuTapp.
It is currently available on the Google Play store under the name Hero Castle Wars but recommending the app is difficult because it not only constantly prompts the user to rate it but the levels sometimes cannot even be solved as seen in the following screenshots.
Does the gameplay shown in the advertisement exist as an actual game?
Yes, not in the games that use the ad, but it exists.
Answer 3
This advertisement is misleading and does not show actual gameplay. Here is a video showing the differences.
Mobile game advertisements are often misleading, but this is an actual game, even if the shown gameplay is fake.
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