That IGN First gameplay put me off this game, but this looks a lot better. If I was a publisher, I probably wouldn't be using IGN First to show a first look at my game again after that. Not sure how that footage got approved tbh. https://t.co/7IUk1eVkdk
— Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) April 9, 2023
Yeah, developers/publishers really need to stop using IGN First as marketing for their games. More often than not it actually hurts the game in question because most gaming journalists suck at games and their poor gameplay footage makes the game look worse than it is. I mean seriously, look at how bad this is, it got 5x more dislikes than likes. What blunder by Microsoft choosing IGN First to market a game like Redfall that has already struggled with marketing right from the first teaser trailer announce: