Be wary of United Independent Entertainment publishings...

[wherestheanykey]

This is the same publisher that raised controversy a couple months ago by apparently hijacking Phobos 1953 (KGB 1953 on Steam) and cutting out the developers once it was Greenlit.

[Seth]

Hi there, we state again that we didn't hi-jacked any games and we didn't rip off the developer. We do own the rights on the Phobos, and we are in talks with the dev... apperently he made a bad deal back in the past.

[Nerd Dragon]

Ja ist alles Risikoreich, wissen wir ja und kleine Firmen sind dann gleich pleite, und so ein Potenzial game ist für immer vergessen,. also ist das hier ein versuch nochmal etwas zu retten. Gut gut..

Yes everything is Risky, yes we know small businesses and are then immediately broke, and as a potential game is forgotten forever. So that's a try again to save a little here. Good good ..

[[Cz]crimson]

Originally posted by Seth:

Hi there, we state again that we didn't hi-jacked any games and we didn't rip off the developer. We do own the rights on the Phobos, and we are in talks with the dev... apperently he made a bad deal back in the past.

when u say bad deal do u mean with you

[Seth]

That's truly not what i wanted to state. We do own the rights on that great, russian adventure and made it available for a broader audience. We're still in talks with the original Dev.

[Pyñokio]

why they use the GIANT name, those are JoWooD games not yours. wana make people think that they have something with the giants saga games.

[Steve]

Hi Piter, first of all: Thanks for writing JoWooD in the right way. Can remember that we had issues in the past with people not writing the name in the right way. Why we use the name? Because the Giant brand is our property now. Brand was sold by JoWooD years ago to another company and this brand was bought by us (UIG). This includes also all titles developed by the various companies (JWD Ebensee, Enlight etc).

[Implied Facepalm Deadmeat]

I'll be brutally honest, UIG games seem to be hastely made and show little 'quality control' compared to the the games they often are successors of.

I've played many UIG games and all 'Giant' games and most JoWood games(I'm an especially big fan of JoWood). The ones produced with nothing to do with UIG are far superior. I imagine this is because of funding constraints they tend to rush things, but in rushing them you guys have got a terrible reputation.

Farming Giant seems to be the same, however this one looks to me, to be far better quality than others. like Rockerfeller(god awful) or some of those previous 'Giant' style ones.

As a gamer, and a great fan of the companies you purchased the rights to, I would urge you guys to strongly look at the quality control of the games. Translations are terrible, bugs are immense, after release support/improvement is even non existant(a big one) sometimes, control schemes are terrible(albeit often the same in the Giant games, so forgivable) and the games generally look like someone didn't really take the time to make it fun, rather than a chore.

I know you are a company, I know you have funds and schedules and that you're human beings, and I accept those limitations. But when I see the label 'UIG' on a game that I thought looked fun, and refuse to purchase because of the large number of half baked games i've played before, you've got a problem. Based on this forum I don't think I'm alone in this. And it doesn't make me feel good, I like supporting companies who make this genre of game.

The bottom line is, this carelessness/attitude/way of doing things is hurting YOU. It doesn't hurt me, it doesn't hurt gamers, it hurts YOU and the long term viability of your company.

P.S. I'm not trying to 'slag you off' I love the games you try to do, and I probably will buy FG sometime on good faith and hope to 'work through' the 'UIG issues' because I really enjoy the genre. But the quality of UIG games and the support after the fact is terrible by any standard. Some may be worse, but many many many smaller companies with less funding do better.

I wish you all the best, and hope UIG's name gets a good reputation instead of 'one to avoid' in the future!

Best regards.

[FancyCat]

Hello, I am crusading to have UIG removed from the steam community entirely. I believe firmly do to their unethical business practices that they should have all of their content banned.

How they aquired these games is unsure but what is certain is that they are releaseing old games on steam like they are new when they are infact all unfinished and unpatched games long sense abandoned by their developers.

All games Published by UIG have the same look about their forums. I ask you to check it out. go to every forum of every game published by this company and you will see the same discussions. Help me get them removed from steam before they steal any more money form unsuspecting gamers.

[SeniorPZ]

ALL UIG GAMES SUCK BALLS...they crash ALL the time. customer service is really unsatisfactory. They need to go away.