Peak developers would rather you pirate its game than play Roblox "microtransaction-riddled ripoff slop"

Peak developers would rather you pirate its game than play Roblox "microtransaction-riddled ripoff slop" | Eurogamer.net

The team behind indie hit Peak would rather its community pirate its own game, than play a "microtransaction-riddled" ripoff that has appeared on Roblox.

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Peak’s indie devs are so fed up with a near-identical Roblox clone called Cliff that they’d rather you straight-up pirate their hit game than waste money on “microtransaction-riddled slop.” Cliff apes everything from Peak’s artwork and first-person climbing mechanics to its airport lobby and stamina bar—so much so that even the copycat’s creator credits Peak as “inspiration.”

It’s not unusual for Roblox to host games riffing on popular titles, but Cliff crosses the line into blatant copy-and-paste territory. Peak’s team has publicly urged fans to skip the knockoff entirely, while winking that piracy is preferable. And hey, if you’re still keen on Peak itself, the devs recently added a cannibalism feature—yes, you can now eat your friends.