News: Death is No Excuse Full Length Trailer

[Aberdash]

Originally Posted by PredatorFour

Seems people are blown away by the trailer, not me. Its not even ingame ! People are like "this is amazing!" and its not actual game footage. I cant believe it.

It's not meant for people who are already interested in PS2.

[PredatorFour]

But why paint a picture that is totally different to how the actual game looks? When they get ingame they`ll be like wtf.

[Revanmug]

Originally Posted by PredatorFour

Seems people are blown away by the trailer, not me. Its not even ingame ! People are like "this is amazing!" and its not actual game footage. I cant believe it.

we already saw game footage so we have an idea how the game is...

Not sure about you but I rather PLAY the game than just watch it. I can't believe people want to watch ingame footage when they could just wait and play themself...

[Aberdash]

All publishers do it. It's to generate hype among people who weren't interested before.

[Tachion]

naaa Vanu doesnt gloat at all...

[Raymac]

Watched it again last night. That long tracking shot is the best I've seen in any trailer (movie or video game). It's like the tracking shot in Goodfellas, only with explosions. The camera movements, the details going on in the periphery, the "holy shit" moments like the galaxy he just shot up crashing into the galaxy he is wrestling the TR on, all of it building up to the crescendo of the shock of getting stabbed out of nowhere and the decloaking VS reflecting in his visor.

I know it's cliche, but it really is action packed and it is bound to get more people to notice. 650,000 or so views after a day and a half...not bad.

[Razicator]

Originally Posted by PredatorFour

Seems people are blown away by the trailer, not me. Its not even ingame ! People are like "this is amazing!" and its not actual game footage. I cant believe it.

Jesus christ you and your ilk. You aren't the target audience for the trailer. Once you understand that, you can appreciate it for the entertainment.

I bet commercials, advertisements, and other game cinematics give you heart attacks. When Starcraft 2 trailer was first announced, did you yell "this is amazing!" or did you yell "this trailer makes it seem like SC2 is a FPS following one convict as he gets suited up in armor; it's not representative of the game at all!"

And of course you can poke holes in my 5 second analogy but whatever.

[ziegler]

Originally Posted by Razicator

Jesus christ you and your ilk. You aren't the target audience for the trailer. Once you understand that, you can appreciate it for the entertainment.

But he is right. and it is widespread throughout the industry. Did you watch the trailers for SWTOR? No where near representative of the actual ....hmm...I dont feel right calling it a game..but whatever.

It generates hype for the game, but I think the point being made, it creates false hype and then come launch, reality hits and negativity blows up all over the net.

Kick ass trailer all the same. Enjoyed it for what it is. A marketing commercial, and like everything else in the world these days, the commercial is nothing like the actual product.

[Blackwater]

Originally Posted by Cosmical

God why does everyone care so much? The NC are the good guys, and the TR the bad guys. And the VS are the exotic loners, and the trailer shows exactly that.

TR will get enough troops on the fact theyre black and red, which is internet freaks favourite two badass colours.

If you knew the back story, you would know NC are NOT the good guys

[ItsTheSheppy]

Originally Posted by Sevalona

So a friend of mine just watched the Planetside 2 trailer (with no prior knowledge of the first game) and told me "This looks awesome... Think it has multiplayer?"

He was completely serious.

So yeah. Beautiful trailer, not a great representation of the game at all.

A fantastic example of why trailers like this are, in the end, probably not worth all the effort that goes into them.

[Khagan Impi]

This trailer had 632,000 views. That's a ridiculously good result, and while the majority are likely to not pay much attention to it, there will still be a large amount of people who will google for Planetside 2 and find out more about how the game actually works. This was meant as a hook, a trailer type commonly used as advertising.

If this were the first trailer we ever saw, your complaining would be justified. But it really isn't. We've had a massive amount of trailers which display actual game-play and SOE has been quite judicious in their showing of game-play. We may have a full day's worth of gameplay easily accessible from Youtube.

Therefore, many are being entirely too hard on SOE. They have been immensely successful in the main point of the trailer: Actually attracting some attention to the game. While some may balk at the idea of any new people being introduced into their precious game, we should be happy that they are attempting to expand the userbase a bit. After all, if for nothing else, they'll be great targets .

[Blackwater]

Originally Posted by Firearms

As if all the TR think Higby had a hand in it...pfft.



Oh.....

via @Arclegger

He looks like a fat Kurt Russel

[Raymac]

Originally Posted by ItsTheSheppy

A fantastic example of why trailers like this are, in the end, probably not worth all the effort that goes into them.

You're looking at it wrong. It's actually a fantastic example of why trailers do work. That guy's friend had no previous knowledge of Planetside. He watched the trailer. Now he has heard of "Planetside". THAT'S how trailers work.

Besides, trailers have been an essential part of marketing going back to the days of black & white movies. If it wasn't "worth it" they wouldn't still be so pervasive for so many decades.

[Craftyatom]

Awesome trailer, fantastic job guys! Keep it up!

[Rivenshield]

Originally Posted by ziegler

Did you watch the trailers for SWTOR? No where near representative of the actual ....hmm...I dont feel right calling it a game..but whatever.

Point of order: The trailers for SWTOR made both sides look totally badass, though one invariably wound up creaming the other. Even the TEASER for this trailer gave you that quality. THE REBELS! THE VISIONARIES! THE PROFESSIONALS! The finished product didn't.

Not only that, it made the game look like Haloside -- a conventional FPS where You Are Epic Fucking Hero Dude. That annuls any amount of marketing text on the size and scale and ambition of the game, or that there are even three sides to choose from with competitive weapons and vehicles. They didn't even show Super Smurf respawning, which would have been a golden opportunity to embed that facet of game lore into the visual narrative.

It's good eye candy. I hope that's enough. I *want* it to be enough. A lot of you seem to think so, and I trust the wisdom of crowds. But I dunno. You can write it off to Elmo butthurt if you please, but I think Sony really stepped on their million-dollar dick on this one.