Video Game Marketing

[the dark side]

i didnt know that. sorry if ive let the side down kreekakon. to be hounest, i think ive got a long way to go. as you know, most aspies progress at very different rates, although i am a lot calmer than i used to be, beleive me, i was blowing up at the slightest little thing even as recent as 2 years ago, ive still got a long way to go before ill be able to prevent myself from blowing up at all, if i ever even get that far...

i really hate cinematic trailers for the same reason, all they show is the games presentation, that is pretty much secondary for me, to me, the whole point of a game, is its gameplay, its not the title, its not the art style or presentation, even the story can go fourth. gameplay is important, and if i dont see gameplay, then i have to rent or download a demo to find out how it plays, ok, 99% of the time the presentation of the advert is enough to tell me the game is yet another modern shooter/street gang racer, so i stay away, but not always, and i get pretty furious if i waste PSN space or a 5 pound rental fee on a modern shooter/street gang racer, because i hate them, even more now they are totally unessesary because they are over-saturated, and thus, dying genres.

agreed, if you want to sell me a game, show me the gameplay, its why i KNOW im going to love dishonoured, and why i pre ordered it, its got fixed crosshairs, its got a proper health system (no regen, get hurt, loose red in the lifebar, want it back?...eat a rat!), its innovative, it looks hard, you can turn the hints off, and by golly, the stealth gameplay and art design Really Remind me of the old Theif games. I seem to remember Serious Sam III had an advertising campaign that was very gameplay led as well, another game i knew was gonna be awesome in my opinion and pre-ordered (and thus, got SSTFE and TSE in HD form, FREE!-schaweet!).

ive really got to give bethesda double kudos for not only having the guts to not only allow what i call "a proper game" to be made in this day and age, as well as having the gonads to publish it on disk, but also giving it a Proper ad campaign, wich shows the old fashioned gameplay mechanics off as something "cool", and, as they are so rare now, "fresh".

heres hoping it sells like the hotcakes, outsells a few AAA titles, it certainly deserves to, for having the Guts to be not only old fashioned, but also incredibly creative and innovative, 2 words the mainstream industry finds to be almost filthy.

That way perhaps more publishers will start making proper games and giving them proper, gameplay lead, advertising campaigns again.