The games are different than the video. They just don’t deliver that experience at all. In 2026 it does seem strange as the cost of production of graphic and code is less.

But when that trend started back in 2023 or so, the game in the video was much more expensive to produce that what you actually got to play.

The game they're advertising for has absolutely no relation/bearing to the ads. At all. The actual game is more like an Advanced Wars-meets-Civilization/Risk boardgame type microtransaction-bleed-you-dry type game, you have to build a base and if you don't login every ~6 hours then people can take over your base and you lose/die, unless you pay ~$45/mo (or whatever). There is no scrolling arcade element of any kind in the actual game. This guy's game is brilliant tho.

It ends up being a tiny portion of the game because it's hard to monetize.

The majority of the game will still be timer based buildings/armies (so you pay to speed up) and egregiously p2w pvp.