Fraudulent Actions of Temperia: Soul of Majestic Developers on Steam
And Setting Aside Ethics, Is It Any Good?
It’s rare to see this blatantly obvious of a positive review purchasing scheme on Steam. There are many accusations and odd occurrences, but typically at least a layer or two of obfuscation in between the developer(s) and/or publisher(s) and the resultant reviews, but not here!
What is Temperia: Soul of Majestic?
Temperia is a triple triad-based competitive card game developed by Moonwolf Entertainment and A2 Softworks (only title either has on Steam) and is published by Leonardo Interactive (see Appendix A for complete list of current Steam titles). It has the appearance of being a polished CCG from a legitimate studio, and the game itself appears to support this. While it’s overly simplistic and a bit RNG-heavy, the game itself is playable and visually appealing. It’s actually not half-bad for an early access Steam CCG.
Purchasing Reviews
One of the aforementioned organizations or an individual within appears to have purchased positive reviews. The initial evidence is shown in the Steam graphs, where 283 positive reviews were received on July 26th and another 589 on August 9th. It seems a portion of these reviews are hidden or were removed, given that’s more…