The problem with video game marketing today
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 at 7:01am by Blake
Here is a recent promotional line taken from a 2K print advert for Top Spin 3, a game I’m particularly excited for excluding the below reason:
Evolutionary Visuals™ (Apparently, 2K owns the trademark on better graphics) - Watch in real time as your players get progressively hotter, sweatier, and dirtier while competing at breathtaking venues.
Watching a character become progressively soiled does not sound fun, nor is it fun to watch — although it may be expected in a realistic simulation game. Nothing wrong with evolutionary graphics, but let’s keep things in perspective, m’kay?
March 12th, 2008 at 10:48 am
However…..if the player will scratch him or herself between matches, I”m in!
March 12th, 2008 at 11:29 am
I wonder at what point the characters have to take a bathroom break and we have to sit there for five minutes until they have fully wiped. Now that is a simulator.
March 12th, 2008 at 11:50 am
I just glanced at the pic and thought it was a photo before looking again. So yes, I’m on board for whatever realism they can add!
Nothing wrong in my book with making players look like they went through a match by the end of it. Honestly, no one’s socks are still white after playing on clay! Generally your shirt even gets streaks or brown or green! This genuinely could add immersion for me.
March 12th, 2008 at 11:51 am
All I want is realistic player fatigue.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
All i want is for no more gay games like tennis.
March 12th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I would love to see any sort of realism in sports games on the wii.
I would also like to see people stop referring to tennis as gay.
March 12th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Go out and play real tennis. You can’t get anymore real than that.
March 12th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I do, often. Great sport. I’m in a weekly league.
Im just waiting for a great version of a sports game on Wii. I think Madden came closest.
Don’t get me wrong, love wii sports. Still play it daily. That’s not what I’m talking about.
Something that combines cutting edge (wii) graphics with great game control (like wii sports.)
My two cents.
March 13th, 2008 at 1:39 am
My god, what is that, a giraffe?
March 13th, 2008 at 1:39 am
My god, what is that, a giraffe?
March 13th, 2008 at 1:40 am
What the hell? Why’d it double post? I only clicked once!