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Tencent is still stuck at an unoriginal loophole as usual.
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GameLoop (formerly Tencent Gaming Buddy) is an Android emulator, app store, and streaming provider service developed by Tencent and released around mid-2019.
GameLoop was first released as Tencent Gaming Buddy to serve as an official emulator for PUBG Mobile on PC. After a favorable reception from PUBG fans, Tencent later expanded the platform to support other games, as well as including support from streaming services NonoLive and NimoTV.
Why It Sucks
- False advertising: On the launcher's website, Tencent displayed several PC games as "supported games" including Portal 2, Grand Theft Auto V, and Apex Legends as well as labeled it as a "free games" to confuse the viewers despite GameLoop is only an Android emulator.
- Despite claiming that the launcher was built specifically for gaming, it suffers from optimization problems;
- Many games suffered from wrongly displayed textures and models.
- The launcher sometimes has trouble while running small-sized games (such as lagging and occasional freezing), this also includes various "hyper-casual" games made by Voodoo.
- Sometimes, the game doesn't even launch at all.
- Unlike most Android emulators, you cannot install any apps except for the "supported" ones available for download on the launcher. You can't even install the app via APK.
- It should be noted that most of these "supported" games have only preset keyboard configurations and thus do not require any complex technical modification to make them "compatible" with the emulator.
- The launcher occasionally resets itself when you close it, this means various settings on the emulator as well as account sign-in will be reset to default and force you to log in and set up the emulator all over again.
- This also caused some game's progress to be reset as well.
- For odd reasons, some games on the platform were region-locked mostly due to the launcher doesn't "support" an international version (and thus not available for download). A notable example includes Azur Lane, in which only the Chinese region is available.
- Despite being advertised as a "gaming emulator launcher", GameLoop features several mature dating apps and vlogging platforms such as Tinder, TikTok, and Bigo Live which feature several adult-oriented contents. The fact that the launcher doesn't have age restrictions and ratings for apps doesn't help either.
- The review system on the launcher is rigged and practically useless; you cannot write a review of a game on the platform and instead, the launcher features "highest rated" positive reviews from the Google Play's app page (especially a "featured" app made by Tencent's subsidiary) that can easily be seen as a review written and mass-upvoted by bots.
The Only Redeeming Quality
- GameLoop has built-in support for mobile streaming services NonoLive and NimoTV, as well as an easy-to-use screen recorder that you can use for live streaming and video sharing.
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