Comments on: Looking at trailers

By: spinks

spinks — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:28:40 +0000

I’m the same! I love them for the pure entertainment value. I’d be so sad if people stopped doing them.

By: Stabs

Stabs — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:20:25 +0000

I thoroughly enjoy trailers and the general hype train. And it probably does influence my gaming choices.

I guess I’m just the type of advertising victim person that keeps marketing people in work.

By: Longasc

Longasc — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:03:13 +0000

I am always most interested in actual gameplay footage and tend to analyze what I see. Jumping chars in the Guild Wars 2 trailer and the day/night cycle were some nice hints for GW geeks.

By: Dblade

Dblade — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:48:04 +0000

I tend to analyze those trailers pretty hardcore though, because I play games pretty hard-I usually just play one at a time with a lot of time investment, so game trailers have a higher standard to live up to for me. Cinematic ones tend to be more of seeing the general concept, so I tend to give them a pass and not judge games based on it.

By: spinks

spinks — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:33:47 +0000

I know what you mean. The sith warrior really reminds me of my warrior in WoW — the epic combat moves, leap into battle, dual wielding. Which means I’ll probably want to play one

By: JC

JC — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:20:38 +0000

I’m in the “if it ain’t got gameplay, I’ll watch it, but won’t look at it as an actual ad for the game” camp. The SWTOR trailer with the Jedi Temple being attacked was a nice film clip, but it wasn’t an ad for the game, as far as I’m concerned.

I loved the gameplay trailer, and will most likely be taking out a sith warrior for a spin once the game comes out based on what they showed. I hadn’t planned on that at all, initially, figuring everyone and their dog would have one and I’d want to go a different route. . .but after seeing the gameplay. . . I want a Sith!

By: evizaer

evizaer — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:58:24 +0000

Trailers are meaningless.

I only really care about the gameplay. In the end, I buy games to play them.

By: xXJayeDuBXx

xXJayeDuBXx — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:44:12 +0000

The TOR trailer was awesome, and now the long wait begins.

By: motstandet

motstandet — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:18:03 +0000

Cinematic trailers are very nice to look at. Fun eye-candy shorts. They offer no gameplay information though, which is the crux.

I always note my first impression when I watch gameplay trailers. Even though we are rational beings, the unconscious and emotional realms of our mind play a big role in our enjoyment of some activity. If I become excited while watching, I will typically investigate the game more. Otherwise, I might skip it until a friend asks me to look into the game.

I usually will try my hardest not to judge a game too harshly during testing phases, but keep in mind that official trailers are the BEST this game has to offer at this moment. The marketing people aren’t going to show you average or poor quality work in a promotional advertisement…

By: Klepsacovic

Klepsacovic — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:41:59 +0000

It looked like kotor online, which is to say, awesome.