The Ritual (2024)

[quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/b] The Ritual is an asset flip, or what Valve calls a "Fake Game". The "developer" paid for/pirated someone else's example/template/tutorial game, changed the name/reskinned a couple of things, and submitted it to Valve as if it was their own game.[/quote] The Ritual is a fairly basic Unity asset flipped third person action person horror adventure, one of many hundreds, if not thousands of these glutting Steam. The "developer" paid for/pirated a few Unity asset store assets, arranged them haphazardly in a first person adventure game template, and submitted it to Valve as if they're real game developers. Two notable criteria for what makes an asset flip instead of legitimate use of stock assets are whether those assets comprise the majority of the game, and whether the "developer" properly credited the people who created most of the assets in the game. This game fails both of those tests. The "developers" here didn't credit any of the artists and real, actual game developers who created the assets here, so this is plagiarism, as well as cash grab shovelware. Taking this shovelware seriously as …

The Ritual is awful.. but its so bad, its quite enjoyable Pros + Its Funny Cons - Everything else

The Game Has A Good Concept. I Do Recommend You Try This Game Out. Some Mechanics Could Be Improved On. We Need Items To Respawn. A Better Way To Open The Lockers. A Practical Way To Slow Down Any Monsters, Such As Closing Doors, etc. I Wish It Had Keyboard + Mouse Support. At The Time Of This Review, It Only Has Controller Support. Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c06b4Mzxhk