One Of High Iron Simulation's Developers May Of Just Broke Steam Tos

So, not to continue to pile onto the continued High Iron Simulation issues, but this just happened....

This review was left on the ATSF pack on the 29th. The user that left it was ricardo.rivera, which as you can tell by their PFP is Reppo, someone who is under HIS development banner.


While I dont have 100% proof it is his steam profile, but under Steam TOS rules (At least from what others have said.) Developers of products are not allowed to leave reviews under products they worked on.

But if it is 100% true, then thats another hole that HIS and their crew just dug for their reputation on TSW and as a whole....

 

Defending his own work, right, and praising himself for quality delivered?
Shows the HIS and consorts attitude towards paying customers, does it?

No way of verifying the authenticity though ...

 

Ouch, though practically not sure what can be done about it.

DTG aren't about to throw their new (and probably only) 3P for US content under the bus.

Steam unlikely to care so long as they get their cut of the take and that's even if you can get through to someone who's not a bot.

But at least we know...

 

If it is HIS staff, it’s pretty funny that even in a fake review the best they can come up with is “quality matches the price”.

 

If he had enabled replies in his review (that would never happen)
I would go there now and respectfully reply him with "your statement doesn't matches reality"

 

How do you think does "may of" make grammatical sense? It's "may have"...

 

No one has ever faked reviews on trading platforms... Outrageous (sarcasm.jpeg)

 

I've pretty much given up on this. Somehow of=have has become its own pandemic.

 

Does it matter? It's a forum post, not an English Writing exam. It's still pretty obvious what the person meant...

 

Disappointing to say the least, especially coming from Reppo, one of the few creators from TSC that I do give more credibility to others.

Gary the "historian" must be paying him a fortune to make these reviews.

 

HIS are the only game in town for vintage US freight which I enjoy having played a lot on TSC. Hence I am prepared to overlook something that we can’t even verify is genuine. But if true not a good look at all.
I’m really looking forward to their upcoming Southern Pacific release because this game is crying out for that sort of content just to make a change from the seemingly endless one handled bus stop passenger runs and the even more prolific red German trains of which I am now tiring of.

 

How much you like something shouldn't influence how you should or shouldn't criticize it. You can like someone or something while also saying that they're doing something wrong or that it's flawed. Frankly a lot of people who actually enjoy the media in question often are some of the best people to actually find the flaws in it.

I love Metroid Dread for example, probably the game of the generation for me, controls amazing, probably the best map design in 2D Metroid besides Super, and has amazing boss fights, made all the more fun by said amazing controls. But the game is also very short, has a mid-soundtrack, and the has rushed pacing toward the end. The latter in particular is worth noting because it the game supposedly did have a lot more content planned. But due to a combination of over-ambition and COVID resulted in having to cut the game down quite a bit, which you can tell due said pacing. Also, shout outs to the credits, which left out people who worked on the game for upwards of 11 months out of it due to stupid studio policies.

I love the game, but all of those are valid criticisms in my book, as someone who has played and beaten that title multiple times. Liking something doesn't stop you from picking holes it, same goes for all aspects in life. Heck, I could even probably write better indictments on my parents than anyone they've ever had actual bad blood with, because I frankly know them better than they do.

That is all to say, Reppo should be getting criticized for this, doesn't matter if he makes "good content".

As for it being genuine, I can't say anything for certain, someone with more experience will have to give the proof. That said it's worth noting that account has been a thing since 2009. Plus it has left one other review, that being one for the E33, which he left to inform people not to leave the brakes in release. Not proof, but by the same token this "faker" would have to have been playing the long game if they really ain't it.

He makes decent items in TSC, but I think it needs to be kept in mind making decent content doesn't exclude you from doing dubious things. Heck, some of the greatest inventors and artist of all time are notorious complete pricks. Steve Jobs is the obvious one that pops into my mind.

 

It's been a common thing in a few regional dialects for at least 40 years that I can personally remember.

 

Edison legendarily so.

 

So wait, are they paying us to take it now?

 

I guess the syndrome is nothing new. That’s why half the reviews on the likes of Trustpilot, Trip Advisor and even Amazon should be taken with a pinch of salt. But if it has happened at the least there should be some admonishment by HIS to the developer and from DTG to HIS under whatever the 3P agreement states. As a minimum they should insist the review gets taken down.

 

Exactly why I stated that Reppo must be getting paid by HIS to make positive reviews of the Santa Fe Gameplay pack.

 

HIS, like the bearded one from ATS, [EDIT - Jan - Insulting] for their attitude, especially on their own social media?

My guess is, Reppo's pride was hurt. In what capacity was/is/will he be involved in DLC for TSW?

HIS and consorts really need to step up their game and get their joint act together in order to have any success in US DLC.
The player community is craving for some good routes and trains outside the present passenger oriented/commuter stuff.

It is still a bit odd why there is so little supply while there seems such a demand?

 

I mean, as HIS are showing us, it's also hard to do it right.

 

Stop trying to cause arguments here English may not be the persons native language.

and you wonder why you got banned on the drg forums. Giving how you act here I think you will find your answer.

 

And that remark in itself might be offensive if they are a native English speaker, which they might be with how much they know on US stock. I have to say as well that is not a reliably indicator at all, I've seen plenty of non-native speakers do a lot better than US/UK born citizens.

 

This is getting into pretty off topic and personal stuff about other users, can we get back onto the subject matter at hand maybe?

 

Fine by me but no need for the rudeness above from them.

i have reported the comment to steam for them to do some digging if it is a genuine account then they will remove it.

 

Im from the US so........

 

Ah, separated by a common language, so the saying goes.

 

It sure does. Otherwise, where do you draw the line? That’s why we have rules.

 

Could you please point us all to the rule of using correct grammar?

 

Pretty sure there is no rule about making (accidental) grammatical mistakes

 

Not part of a dialect as such; the way ‘have’ is pronounced by faster speakers in grammatical pairings like ‘may have’, ‘could have’, ‘should have’, etc, is a phonetic reduction which can sound not dissimilar to ‘of’. It is therefore just a simple grammatical error of which perhaps the OP was unaware. (Sorry for being OT)

 

I mean, it's fairly distinct as an evolution of a contraction such that a spacing is inserted. Where one generation said "may've", "could've" etc. at some point the 've got a pause inserted before it, and evolved from more of an "uv" sound to more of an "of" sound, seen the slide of it in my lifetime between boomers, gen xers and millennials.

 

Can you understand the point they're getting across? If yes, than frankly what grammar mistakes they're making don't matter. And I don't see where OP is crossing that line, "may of" versus "may have" ain't exactly changing the meaning of things, it's just being pedantic at that point. Maybe even "concern trolling", assuming people here even know what that term means.

If it was it clearly worked how about 70% of this thread is not about the subject in question.

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To play defense for the lack of further discussion on this, I mean, what more is there to really say on this? Nobody in their right mind is gonna argue a developer leaving a review is exactly ethical. Steam though probably isn't going to do much, they ain't all knowing, this drama isn't big enough for more than maybe a simple AI pass on that review, and that's 50/50 on if it will do anything. DTG I don't see caring, very clearly the HIS guys are all very buddy buddy with them. I don't see anything actually coming from this. Unless something really wild happens like some massive YouTuber or streamer ends up talking about this out of the blue.

Honestly the only other thing I would say is that perhaps people should talk with their wallet, don't buy this content if they're going to act like trash. That said even then we know how the community takes to people telling them what to do with their money, honestly probably saying nothing would do more knowing how spiteful some are here. Also not like me or most of the other people here would be telling people to buy that ATSF pack the way it is right now regardless.

 

Grammatical rules, gents…

 

Anyhow this is all going rather horribly off the original topic which is:
1. Has HIS or someone associated with them reviewed their own product on Steam and,
2. If yes, what are DTG and Steam going to do about it?

 

To be honest who gives a beep

 

While I will concede it is not a big problem, I think it undermines the steam review system for anyone who looks at them to see how good the product is. It also isn't an isolated incident from what I've gathered. This seems like just another incident that shows HIS's character flaws.

 

As I said, this is a forum, not an English writing exam... We can tell what was meant

 

People who like creating a drama out of every little thing. This place has more drama than EastEnders.

I take little notice of reviews unless they substantially go in one direction and even then I make my own mind up.

 

Does the person play the game?
I think Steam requires you to own the game to comment on it, don't they?
It's a pretty common name.
Just google it.
Let's see what we find...
Football player, lawyer, bus driver, director, stock trader, actor, teacher, funeral director, murderer, singer, insurance agent, doctor, baseballer, coach, financial advisor, construction manager, college student, high school student, engineer, marketing, another lawyer, pastor,US Navy supply NCO, another engineer...etc.
Which one of these is that person?
If you don't know.....then you're just assuming based on nothing.

 

If we go by that logic, do you only follow the speed limit when the cops are around? Integrity is what you do when no one is looking.

What about the helpful aspect of correcting a mistake? I strive to do everything I do as well as I can. If I make a grammatical mistake somewhere, I really hope someone corrects it, since I’m probably not aware I made a mistake. Letting the mistake slide is not helpful to me at all.

I feel most people will find this petty, but as I mentioned originally, where do you draw the line? Is being understood the only goal here? If so, we shouldn’t need any grammatical rules at all. So, ok, let’s let grammar go. What else would you not follow the rules on? Filing taxes? Following procedures at your job? Driving? My point is, the moment you start deciding what rules you should follow and which ones you’ll ignore, the whole system starts to break down. Many may think this a gross exaggeration, but that’s where it all starts…

And yes, I AM fun at parties

 

Or y'know, look at the name and profile pic and who they say they are.

Either this account is the dev in question that they claim to be, or they're violating Steam's TOS in another manner, by impersonating a developer.

 

Spot on. I have reported the account to steam suggest others do the same

 

What, are we hall monitors now?

 

Famous quote from Harry Potter comes to mind...

"Let me through, I'm Head Boy!"

 

I can’t believe people are actually concerned about this….

 

I can’t believe it’s not butter

 

Another for the block list

 

That's a silly comment. It's literal meaning adds nothing to the discussion, and if it's an attempt at humour, a UK advertising slogan from 30 years ago will mean nothing to non-UK readers.

 

Lighten up.

 

About as much use as your reply to mine then pointless