# Games which actually play like the fake mobile ads **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 19, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054 "2024-06-19T17:03:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054/1 "2024-06-19T17:03:33Z")
I hate the practice of using fake ads (with completely different gameplay) to sell mobile games. To that end, I’m starting a list of games which feature the actual gameplay shown in the ads. I use android so my links will be for the Google Play Store. Please share any you find. Here’s a couple to get started: “Pull Pins To Save The Person Ad” - “Hero Rescue” - [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.herorescue.knight.pull.pin&hl=en\_US](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.herorescue.knight.pull.pin&hl=en_US) “Attack the Smaller Number To Defeat the Tower Ad” - “Hero Castle Wars: Tower Attack” - [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=game.genix.stickman.hero.war.puzzle&hl=en\_US](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=game.genix.stickman.hero.war.puzzle&hl=en_US) ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054/2 "2024-06-19T23:27:29Z")
What’s the actual original game where you start off as a single guy with a gun walking up a vertical alleyway and you gain more and more armed guys by going through blue boxes with numbers on them? ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054/3 "2024-06-20T00:03:20Z")
I haven’t found a real mobile game which plays like that ad yet. There is a similar game for the PC: [Math Runner by FatDino](https://fatdino.itch.io/math-runner) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054/4 "2024-06-20T04:23:51Z")
Last War isn’t what spawned those ads but looks more like someone decided to make a game that plays like those ads. I installed it and played it for like a day. It’s pretty fun, but that one day essentially gave me my fill and I haven’t returned. > > > Join Last War: Survival Game - strategic zombie dodging and quick combat await... ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054/5 "2024-06-20T04:46:38Z")
Game Grumps did a let’s play not too long ago on a game the premise of which is explicitly “those fake games from the mobile ads”. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeah!\_You\_Want\_"Those\_Games,"\_Right%3F\_So\_Here\_You\_Go!\_Now,\_Let's\_See\_You\_Clear\_Them](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeah!_You_Want_%22Those_Games,%22_Right%3F_So_Here_You_Go!_Now,_Let%27s_See_You_Clear_Them)! (EDIT: For some reason the link to this Wiki article doesn’t work, apparently because of the exclamation point at the end, but if you copy-paste it into your browser it should.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MDXK2lyVKh0/maxresdefault.jpg "YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES", RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDXK2lyVKh0) ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054/6 "2024-06-20T19:12:49Z")
This should work: > **[Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeah!_You_Want_%22Those_Games,%22_Right%3F_So_Here_You_Go!_Now,_Let%27s_See_You_Clear_Them%21)** > > Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them!\[a\] (stylized in all caps), commonly referred to as Those Games (Japanese: あのゲー, Hepburn: Anogē), is a parody puzzle video game developed by Monkeycraft Co. Ltd., and published by D3 Publisher. It was released on July 19, 2023, for Microsoft Windows and the Nintendo Switch console. On January 11, 2024, the game was released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 console. > The game is a parody of mobile game advertis... ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054/7 "2024-06-20T22:08:30Z")
I’ve seen a lot of game ads, and some of them seem like they might be fun games, but I never atually played any of them. It didn’t take long before I started hearing that the ads are nothing like the games they’re plugging. Which leaves me with lots of questions; I’ll be keeping an eye on this thread. One thing I noticed about the ads is that they usually show someone playing a game, and being really bad at it. Is that part of the advertising, make people think “oh, that looks easy, I could beat that”? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054/8 "2024-06-20T22:40:05Z")
I played the first few levels of _Hero Castle Wars: Tower Attack_ and it’s just as boring as you might expect. It’s basically a greater-than/less-than game. If you comprehend numbers, you can win the game. I deleted it after three levels. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054/9 "2024-06-21T12:18:39Z")
Are all of the puzzles in that game as easy as the ones shown in the video? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054/10 "2024-06-21T12:21:43Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > It’s pretty fun, but that one day essentially gave me my fill and I haven’t returned. That’s the problem with that kinda game, it only looks viable while someone is playing it badly. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054/11 "2024-06-21T16:43:42Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I played the first few levels of _Hero Castle Wars: Tower Attack_ and it’s just as boring as you might expect. It’s basically a greater-than/less-than game. If you comprehend numbers, you can win the game. I deleted it after three levels. It’s stupidly easy at first but does get more difficult. Later on some of the levels initially appear unwinnable but can be beat by trying a less obvious order. But yeah, it’s not rocket science and there’s an overabundance of ads. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-which-actually-play-like-the-fake-mobile-ads/1003054/12 "2024-07-01T18:05:54Z")
Here’s another one in the “choose left or right” genre on mobile. Looks to be aimed at a younger audience: > > > Evolve and multiply bombs to destroy the tower in this epic battle bomb game...