| oniyide said: the fact that this game is niche and it did that well is even more cause for celebration, it did well no amount of spinning will change that |
Not personally denying it did well (unlike Shenmue, it was a game of this type that sold a million copies and made money), but this is not automatically cause for celebration.
How much of the gameplay was in the trailers and ads? I can't rembember even on of the prompts, the very core of the gameplay, in the ads. I just saw something typical of a lot of games ("a lot", not "all"), which is to show virtually none of the gameplay, and just the most "intense" or "dramatic" parts of the cut scenes.
If the ads had shown the gameplay, and the game still sold these numbers, that would mean this kind of game sold for what it was. But this just shows that good trailers can get good openings, which is not something new in any medium.
No, I'm not putting down the game for that. This is more me being annoyed that a lot of marketing companies are afraid of selling video games by showing the actual game parts.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
