i get that there are artistic hidden messages but the way it was executed was cheaply done and full of out of place cliches and distractions. The only things that stood out were dirty guy, gas mask, people stepping on coals, wet boobs, and dragon.
IT WAS SO AWFUL.
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90% of the male Teen market sold on the product then
Psh, I get more enjoyment on my char dancing than that video.
Can't believe they went so far as making them bounce so life like. I was just chilling in an instance at level 80 and was the first time doing my dance when it caught my eye. Thank god I took the biggest pair on my human. woot woot.
Originally posted by Homitu I think we're being trolled by Anet.
I think they know more about what they are doing than we do. We got our trailers and are playing the game right now if we intended to. That video is for a different audiance.
I assume though that they knew this type of reaction would happen with current fans and are probably laughing along with us.
these 3 are much better IMO:) strange because they made the "get ready" trailer and thought that, while short, was well done
You're just saying that because those are on your super awesome video page.
Seriously though, I agree they should have used something more like those videos, IMO. Subtlety doesn't work all that well in trailers and ads so with very few exceptions, I don't think most people will be psyched to check out GW2 just based on that.
Sorry, Anet, but you f'd up that one. It doesn't happen often but it happens.
You want me to pay to play a game I already paid for???
I've only been able to see the video muted. I don't understand the gas mask. Are they trying to imply that the current genre stinks? Oh well, will watch it in an hour when I get home.
Hi - resident GW fanboy here. But let me just state my opinion as objectively as always:
That trailer sucks as badly as SWTOR the game sucks.
What a contrast between the marketers ideation and the collective developers vision. Something was lost in the translation along the way. That trailer conveys some amorphous "rebellion" of a twenty-something group of kids with 20 seconds of game footage. It's one big shrug.
It's a well done video just entirely inappropriate for what it is supposed to be promoting. It's clear that their was absolutely zero conversation between ANET and the director. As a result, it comes off as extremely pretentious.
I bet this trailer was written and directed by the same people who wrote the in-game storylines and voice-over scripts. I bet they thought it was good, too.
ANET really needs to hire some professional writers. Maybe look into picking up the ones fired from TSW.
I bet this trailer was written and directed by the same people who wrote the in-game storylines and voice-over scripts. I bet they thought it was good, too.
ANET really needs to hire some professional writers. Maybe look into picking up the ones fired from TSW.
I bet this trailer was written and directed by the same people who wrote the in-game storylines and voice-over scripts. I bet they thought it was good, too.
ANET really needs to hire some professional writers. Maybe look into picking up the ones fired from TSW.
spending tons of money on story and VO is a horrible idea for a MMO.. no MMO imho should have most it's resources put into it's story/VO period.
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
I bet this trailer was written and directed by the same people who wrote the in-game storylines and voice-over scripts. I bet they thought it was good, too.
ANET really needs to hire some professional writers. Maybe look into picking up the ones fired from TSW.
spending tons of money on story and VO is a horrible idea for a MMO.. no MMO imho should have most it's resources put into it's story/VO period.
I hear that makes great MMOs... Or should I say single player RPGs, like most that have already done it. Not like I took this flight for the in flight movie, else I'm sure I would complain too.
Originally posted by Wolvards Would've been epic for TSW. But lame for GW2.
It was a strange ending for a TSW trailer... don't tell me it actually was for GW2?
I like the game, but they must have been sarcastic when they wrote that script and later some other person must have had a brain fart and in error sent in the wrong script and finally those who actaully ended up making the trailer laughed all the way to the bank.
ANET really needs to hire some professional writers.
You don't know what the word professional means, do you?
Yeah, someone who gets paid to do something, and does it for a living. I very much doubt someone actually got paid to write that monstrosity, and if they did, ANET should look into getting their money back.
Storylines, voiceovers and trailers are not mandatory for MMOs, but if you're going to put any of those in your game, at least make sure they are good, or leave them out altogether. That trailer is an example of something that should've never seen the day of light.
Or maybe I just don't have the sandbox mentality to comprehend it.
Exactly my point. He's a professional writer, it's his profession, ie: he gets paid for it. Personal opinions about quality have nothing to do with the meaning of the word.
ANET really needs to hire some professional writers.
You don't know what the word professional means, do you?
Yeah, someone who gets paid to do something, and does it for a living. I very much doubt someone actually got paid to write that monstrosity, and if they did, ANET should look into getting their money back.
Storylines, voiceovers and trailers are not mandatory for MMOs, but if you're going to put any of those in your game, at least make sure they are good, or leave them out altogether. That trailer is an example of something that should've never seen the day of light.
Or maybe I just don't have the sandbox mentality to comprehend it.
Well if there's a problem, it's that the Matrix / V for Vendetta guy might not understand that video game trailers aren't movie trailers and has little to no experience marketing to a gamer crowd. It doesn't mean he's not good at what he does... just that this is not what he should be doing.
ANET really needs to hire some professional writers.
You don't know what the word professional means, do you?
Yeah, someone who gets paid to do something, and does it for a living. I very much doubt someone actually got paid to write that monstrosity, and if they did, ANET should look into getting their money back.
Storylines, voiceovers and trailers are not mandatory for MMOs, but if you're going to put any of those in your game, at least make sure they are good, or leave them out altogether. That trailer is an example of something that should've never seen the day of light.
Or maybe I just don't have the sandbox mentality to comprehend it.
Remember - they're trying to sell the game to people who haven't actually bought it, not those of us who have. For me, at least, they definitely would have succeeded in making me take note of the game's name instead of forgetting it a couple of commercials later.
I'd never buy GW2 if i saw this trailer first. I feel rather offended by it. Shilling a computer game by appealing to rebelion... in a world which is in the state it is right now. I am deeply offended. They should have stuck with fantasy and Jeremy Soule, not this "fight the system buy our game" exploitative hypocritical crud.
What's the message of this trailer? Watch out, Blizzard's agents are gonna try to off you if you buy GW2? Oooooh soooo edgy, like i'm really sticking it to the man now lol. Look at me I'm playing a pc game, nya, nya, nya. I'm so dangerous lol.
I don't know where you stand as far as politics, and it doesn't matter. I feel the same way you do about this ad. Whoever created it should turn their hand to something with real world importance.
Or maybe the person who created the ad is such a subversive genius that the real message slipped past the suits and is telling us to get off the couch, put down the games, and turn our hands to something with real world importance?
If so, genius. I feel like pissing rightwingers off on some message board now. Which isn't all that effective either, but is less pointless than spray painting some innocent brick wall.
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i get that there are artistic hidden messages but the way it was executed was cheaply done and full of out of place cliches and distractions. The only things that stood out were dirty guy, gas mask, people stepping on coals, wet boobs, and dragon.
IT WAS SO AWFUL.
Most memorable games: AoC(Tryanny PvP), RIFT, GW, GW2, Ragnarok Online, Aion, FFXI, FFXIV, Secret World, League of Legends (Silver II rank)
90% of the male Teen market sold on the product then
Psh, I get more enjoyment on my char dancing than that video.
Can't believe they went so far as making them bounce so life like. I was just chilling in an instance at level 80 and was the first time doing my dance when it caught my eye. Thank god I took the biggest pair on my human. woot woot.
I think they know more about what they are doing than we do. We got our trailers and are playing the game right now if we intended to. That video is for a different audiance.
I assume though that they knew this type of reaction would happen with current fans and are probably laughing along with us.
You're just saying that because those are on your super awesome video page.
Seriously though, I agree they should have used something more like those videos, IMO. Subtlety doesn't work all that well in trailers and ads so with very few exceptions, I don't think most people will be psyched to check out GW2 just based on that.
Sorry, Anet, but you f'd up that one. It doesn't happen often but it happens.
You want me to pay to play a game I already paid for???
Be afraid.....The dragons are HERE!
Hi - resident GW fanboy here. But let me just state my opinion as objectively as always:
That trailer sucks as badly as SWTOR the game sucks.
What a contrast between the marketers ideation and the collective developers vision. Something was lost in the translation along the way. That trailer conveys some amorphous "rebellion" of a twenty-something group of kids with 20 seconds of game footage. It's one big shrug.
Re: SWTOR
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I bet this trailer was written and directed by the same people who wrote the in-game storylines and voice-over scripts. I bet they thought it was good, too.
ANET really needs to hire some professional writers. Maybe look into picking up the ones fired from TSW.
Hmmm... Pass.
spending tons of money on story and VO is a horrible idea for a MMO.. no MMO imho should have most it's resources put into it's story/VO period.
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
I hear that makes great MMOs... Or should I say single player RPGs, like most that have already done it. Not like I took this flight for the in flight movie, else I'm sure I would complain too.
You don't know what the word professional means, do you?
Exactly. Same people did V for Vendetta and Matrix, which both were pretty awesome.
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It was a strange ending for a TSW trailer... don't tell me it actually was for GW2?
I like the game, but they must have been sarcastic when they wrote that script and later some other person must have had a brain fart and in error sent in the wrong script and finally those who actaully ended up making the trailer laughed all the way to the bank.
I'm so broke. I can't even pay attention.
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Yeah, someone who gets paid to do something, and does it for a living. I very much doubt someone actually got paid to write that monstrosity, and if they did, ANET should look into getting their money back.
Storylines, voiceovers and trailers are not mandatory for MMOs, but if you're going to put any of those in your game, at least make sure they are good, or leave them out altogether. That trailer is an example of something that should've never seen the day of light.
Or maybe I just don't have the sandbox mentality to comprehend it.
Anyone noticed the charr with a harpoon gun coming out of the water ? that is odd, is he planning to shoot with it in land base combat ?
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@Taugrim explains why the fanbois don't get it
Exactly my point. He's a professional writer, it's his profession, ie: he gets paid for it. Personal opinions about quality have nothing to do with the meaning of the word.
Well if there's a problem, it's that the Matrix / V for Vendetta guy might not understand that video game trailers aren't movie trailers and has little to no experience marketing to a gamer crowd. It doesn't mean he's not good at what he does... just that this is not what he should be doing.
Hahahah , good one!
I don't know where you stand as far as politics, and it doesn't matter. I feel the same way you do about this ad. Whoever created it should turn their hand to something with real world importance.
Or maybe the person who created the ad is such a subversive genius that the real message slipped past the suits and is telling us to get off the couch, put down the games, and turn our hands to something with real world importance?
If so, genius. I feel like pissing rightwingers off on some message board now. Which isn't all that effective either, but is less pointless than spray painting some innocent brick wall.
I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
~Albert Einstein