As the popularity of puzzle games is on the rise, there has been an increase in the number of mobile games that have used different ad videos to show mechanics they don’t use. Turns out that the pin-pulling game was just a minigame in a generic, yet impossible, cash grab Candy Crush-like game. They even said in the ad that their ad wasn't misleading like others (ironic).
And shares the same gameplay concept, combining traditional match-3 mechanics with a storyline. I honestly thought their ads showed a pin-pulling puzzle game. Gardenscapes combines simulation elements and traditional match-three mechanics while Homescapes is a Gardenscapes spin-off. The ASA also mentioned that the ads should not be used again. ASA said that the ads showed the gameplay where players pull pins in a specific order to solve a puzzle but the actual games had totally different gameplay. Homescapes and Gardenscapes ads banned by ASA after they received formal complaints from seven users. This has come as a shock for Playrix, which recently became world’s second-biggest gaming company by mobile revenue, reported by AppAnnie. Very False Advertising : Just like Gardenscapes, Fishdom has received advertisements in the s that portray it as a game where you have to save a clownfish. These games are Homescapes and Gardenscapes.
In a recent development, the ads of two popular games from the Russia-based international developer Playrix have been banned by Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
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