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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 178.3 hrs on record (125.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 18 Nov, 2021 @ 8:38pm
Updated: 10 Mar, 2024 @ 2:57pm

it was an okay game, until they added a EULA a day or two ago, that allows them to run hundreds of background applications, many of which are shady as all hell. they also get the right to collect all user data they can find about you and sell it. it allows the use of multiple web trackers to acomplish this, and might have a few webcam grabbers and desktop capturers for the most invasive, agressive middle finger to the paying customer. test edit to see if the developers blocked my ability to edit this.

mkay so i forgot i already edited it to be more accurate. just an FYI, for several weeks after i posted this review, i was unable to edit it to be more accurate because the developer was trying to flag my review to get it removed. secondly, its my review and i can delete whatever comments i want. most of those were people trying to start an E-fight, or people going "nuhuh games totally legit, dosent matter what the EULA says about its shady and illegal usage of tracking software and facial recognition software". this developer is partnered with JagEX, which should be a massive red flag right from the gate. the EULA does (or did, havent bothered booting this up since the dev added that and removed my ability to even start the game) in fact give jagEX, the actual owners of the game since he sold it, the "right" to instal a ton of shady and illegal tracking, monitoring, and facial recognition "services" as well as the ability to take webcam captures and desktop captures. the "proof" is/was right in the EULA, or more accurately the tetiary doccuments the EULA link(ed)s to that is a list of hundreds of shady, illegal software "services" and a handful of basic libraries.

also VERY interesting how the review with the most "helpful" votes literally dosent even show up on the store front anymore. nothing at all shady about reviews with 100-200 people calling it helpful, and less than 10 words said about the game, sit several pages above a review with nearly 1,000 helpful votes, and over 100 awards.

edit for the DLC: oh man, anyone remember when the dev was swearing that anyone who bought the game got the first 3 DLC for free? well now each ones half the cost of the game, and barely adds anything to it. also really nice to see that i was 100% right. wanna use mods? use the cloud. and for the cloud you need to make 2 separate accounts youre not going to remember exist, but will absolutely be used to correlate your data more accurately. even better, the "mods" youre downloading? guess what? you already gave them permission to install keyloggers, geotrackers, webcam grabbers and everything else under the sun. ever wonder why this game all of a sudden started taking a massive amount of CPU and RAM to do some very basic number crunching? cause those mods aint as safe and clean as you might think. the "core" one alone has about a dozen different data miners running in the background whenever the games up if you have it installed.
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Developer response:
Malcs  [developer] Posted: 19 Nov, 2021 @ 6:18am
Firstly, please be aware that the original reviewer is deleting ALL comments that they do not agree with - attempting to intentionally hurt the game for their own personal gain.

Melvor Idle runs on open source software called NWJS: https://nwjs.io/

The game itself is coded in HTML and JavaScript, and the code is publicly visible.

This review is completely untrue, and is only here to hurt the reputation of the game for some unknown reason.

Anyone that knows how I go about things with development will know that the things mentioned here are so absurd, they will never happen.

Please be aware that the stuff mentioned in the review is highly illegal under GDPR. How anyone thinks that kind of stuff occurs, especially with a JavaScript game is beyond my comprehension.
64 Comments
Pox 21 Nov, 2021 @ 5:59am 
ngl if it did run all this shady shit the game wouldn't be allowed on the platform

GDPR truly is a bitch, and Valve better not be fucking with it. Since the game is on sale in the EU, yeah, just read the EULA and double check but do your own research. Reviewer doesn't provide evidence for the claims even though they could simply drop links within the review.
IceChilly 21 Nov, 2021 @ 4:21am 
Wow I was almost ready to pass on the game before reading this...thank you for responding!
huw 21 Nov, 2021 @ 3:02am 
Thanks, you convinced me to buy the game!
0n3sh0t 20 Nov, 2021 @ 9:32am 
I have not purchased this game yet due to this review. So you are saying this game is safe to purchase? I did read the EULA and this game is not purchased but Licensed to us. You have the right to revoke our license at anytime if you do choose we have violated the agreement. The game looks fun, however this review has made me double think my choices. I wish other than Devs for this game, someone from Valve would respond because this is for sure hurting the sales of the game. If I do see someone from Valve respond I most likely will purchase this game and recommend it to my friends if I enjoy it. I do feel sorry for the company that created this game if this review in untrue. If I see valve remove this review I will know it was untrue, I guess that is what I have to go on.
Discord Mod ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ 20 Nov, 2021 @ 6:53am 
oh yes let me just blindly trust the dev because he said its untrue. because facebook does not do the same things he accuses this game of right? like why even reserve the right to datamine etc if you ''would never do anything like that'' thats just bs^^ yea i will stay away from this game and dev and will tell my friends to do the same.
Magic 19 Nov, 2021 @ 9:40pm 
Why do EULA links keep getting removed?
Irot Noot 19 Nov, 2021 @ 7:22pm 
The insincerity of this review caused me to buy the game. I was on the fence but saw your review and the developers response. In the face of such accusations and ZERO proof given, I give the devs more benefit of the doubt here, I mean, its open friggen source for Petes sake, we can phsyically go look at the code and see for ourselves that this review is complete bull.
Mert 19 Nov, 2021 @ 7:09pm 
@Bunnywitch yup, I completely agree, this is the correct stance
lcizzle 19 Nov, 2021 @ 2:30pm 
@Malcs NWJS.IO, so you made this game in construct?
Recks 19 Nov, 2021 @ 1:56pm 
"Please be aware that the stuff mentioned in the review is highly illegal under GDPR. How anyone thinks that kind of stuff occurs, especially with a JavaScript game is beyond my comprehension."

Lol because it literally happens every day in games to supposed trusted sites like FB... But its ok the dev said its illegal and he wouldnt do anything like that ... we should all just blindly believe him because this is the internet and people do not lie at all on the internet to make a buck