Game Update Maker

With the number and diversity of applications on the market that make changes to your system for proper functionality, there's a high chance conflicts occur, and this is why updates are important, to fix security and other issues. What Game Update Maker aims to do is help you create a system that scans directories and automatically updates old files.

The first neat thing you notice right after downloading the application is that you don't have to install it to work. It lets you take it anywhere you go on a removable storage device, which also means system registries remain intact, not affecting your PC's health status in any way.

All features are stored in a compact main window that can't be resized, but visuals are of little to no importance. A few input fields need to be filled in, and this is incredibly easy, since you only need to pick different directories described next to each field. Options let you choose the operation to perform, while hitting the “Finish!” button concludes the process, displaying a confirmation message in the end.

Unlike common synchronization utilities, this one lets you pick three folders to put under the scope. It might take a little while to get acquainted or perfectly understand what you need and can do, especially because of the poor and not too helpful documentation, which narrows down to a read-me file.

As if poor support didn't create enough confusion, trying out the set of features also drags practicality down. Not because of any functionality issues, but in the end, you only get files from one folder copied to another. It's not like any other sync tool, and even if you leave the old directory input field empty, all works just fine with the rest. You just need to make sure the destination is empty and something in the new directory.

The application attempts to read outdated files from a directory of your choice, and based either on CRC32 Hash or last change date, files from the updated directories are compared and then copied to the destination. However, since outdated files are no longer needed and new ones are required, the first folder input field is rather redundant because everything from the new directory is copied anyway, regardless of what or if there are files in the first.

All things considered, we can safely state that Game Update Maker aims to make updating games and documents a little easier, but fails to fulfill its purpose. With visual design not taken into consideration, practicality is questionable, with the result being nothing more than a one-time automated process to copy files to a different directory.