Video game ads that show little to no gameplay are stupid

[Captain_Tom]

sethnintendo said:

Captain_Tom said:

It isn't recent, and it is stupid as hell.

Ah I suppose I'm just noticing them now because I don't have cable (just use Netflix and Hulu).  Hulu started getting a lot of gaming ads recently due the holiday season.  If they have to put actual people in ad then I don't mind if it is something like Smash Bros 3DS ad (where they challenge each other to fights but in between the actor clips they show ingame footage).  There should at least be a 50/50 mix.

Yeah I remember an ass-ton of adds with fake crap for the Wii (An Indiana Jones game comes to mind), then I remember a ton of stupid adds for the Halo games on 360, and last I remember Killzone Shadowfall using ads with real people.

They look cool, so they use them.  However I am always far more impressed/convinced to get a game when they show the best parts of the gameplay.