Looking at the reaction around the web for this trailer I'd say it was a success...
in alienating possible customers =(
How come almost every other FF game gets better marketing trailers and ads than ARR?
I mean even XIV had better trailers than XIV ARR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW-dfDTruMQ
I'm no director but to me the music-editing and pacing of this trailer makes ARR trailers seem amateurish.
There clearly is cool material in the game as evidenced by gamescom video. Concept art for ARR is stunning. What I'm saying is that you already have the goods but you're presenting it in a really bad way.
Even splicing CG with in-game stuff can be done in a way that doesn't feel cut and pasted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh7_ZZUsPss
Don't even get me started on that VO issue Grrr. o_O()
Please do better marketing
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09-20-2012, 09:40 PMSeifPlease do better marketing
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09-20-2012, 09:44 PMSeif
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLimr...eature=related
More examples of a FF trailer splitting the time between CG and gameplay without going into MTV strobe-mode. -
09-20-2012, 09:47 PMAleyah
All SE needs to do is spam the hell out of this video, problem solved...
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09-20-2012, 10:36 PMColino
I'd rather have less trailers with more quality.
Did we need two very similair CGI trailers when the second one was clearly much better? What's the point of this new TGS trailer when the only new footage is lagging and dropping frames all over the place?
The limit break trailer was a good level of quality IMO (although the text prompts looked really amateurish to me). -
09-20-2012, 11:02 PMSeifI agree less is more especially when the quality of more is less.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colino
Obviously the devs aren't doing the trailers but why are especially these clips so cheesy compared to other FF and SE titles? -
09-21-2012, 12:03 AMRauQuote:
Originally Posted by Aleyah
BEW BEW BEW BEW BEW BEW DUHDUDHUDHDHUDHDUH
And yeah. Probably. -
09-21-2012, 12:42 AMAleyahSex sells! You got a lot of single men, some unable of obtaining any type of female companionship, so they make Mithras....Quote:
Originally Posted by Rau
As for the whole marketing thing. There is really no need, people who know of XIV don't want anything to do with it and most of the people who play it are ashamed that they play it. SE wants better numbers "MAKE THE GAME GOOD" Don't copy shit from other games. Make it unique and challenging that will bring back the loyal fan base. With social media these days if a item is good it does not need a single commercial just a "share" or "Tweet" and it will grow.. But this will only happen if it is like I said three sentences back "GOOD" -
09-21-2012, 12:53 AMAvraym
Agreed. Poor choice of voice acting and over the top typeface didn't work for this trailer in my opinion.
The only thing that did seem to work was the stunning visuals, but everyone KNOWS to expect that when watching anything final fantasy related. -
09-21-2012, 02:48 AMSeifThis just in: visuals sort of bombed in the latest video according to everybody's reaction here and around the web.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avraym
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09-21-2012, 03:29 AMnormalforce
Just curious, what has been the reaction around the web? I don't normally pay attention to sites that talk about this things. Any links? I'm truly curious.
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09-21-2012, 06:00 AMleomax
oh how i miss when thm was actually exciting and had some level of skill to it.
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09-21-2012, 07:04 PMAvraymI'm talking about the cinematic quality you hurp a durp.Quote:
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Shitty Frame rate/crappy camera angles ect is a seperate issue. -
09-21-2012, 07:24 PMLirion
They should do more than just trailers, they need to do more HD walkthroughs showing all the mechanics of the game, dungeons, alliance raids and so on. They can do low level stuff so they don't spoil cool things, trailers are nice but I don't think they are enough.
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09-21-2012, 09:10 PMNeomarl
Please don't do any marketing.
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09-21-2012, 09:36 PMSeifIt definitely needs a bigger volume of pr material but if this is their current quality I don't think it's doing them any favors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lirion
At minimum at least sell it like any Final Fantasy game.
XIV is not some indie game without a pr department. They invest good money to make these but personally I'm questioning their talent among other trailer producing groups at SE.
Personally I really want the game to sell for it to live long but it seems like they aren't even trying. -
09-21-2012, 10:10 PMNoxthey said they would be doing this sort of thing after the launch of ARRQuote:
Originally Posted by Lirion
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09-21-2012, 10:14 PMLirionOf course, using low quality unfinished material will not help them no matter how much PR they throw at it, but if they want potential MMO players to start playing their game they need to show them why and showing the FF universe is a great way to do that since you wont find that in any other MMO. Personally I got infinitely more hyped on 2.0 after the gameplay in the live letter than any trailer have made me so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seif
I can't remember a single trailer from GW2, but all those gameplay videos the devs did made me buy the game. So while trailers are nice for events, I think MMOs need to be shown differently compared to singleplayer games.
That's good to hear, hopefully not too long after release.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nox