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Talk about stating the obvious man :laugh: When do CGI trailers ever look the same as ingame ones :p

Actually many do. A lot of trailers are in game and encoded to video. Back in the day though, nah.
 
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Actually many do. A lot of trailers are in game and encoded to video. Back in the day though, nah.

yeah like mafia 2 simply showed the cut scenes from the game in the trailers and their cut scenes used the game engine, always nice to see your correct clothing/weapons/damage in a cut scene.

I've actually seen several trailers that looked worse than the game, imo crysis is one of those.
 

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Sorry but I don't understand that.

I want a game to get me emotionally involved with the characters, I want to care so that the game is more immersive. L4D I couldn't give a ratt's arse if someone dies, in fact - I'd be happier.

Yeah maybe so but it's still a game. I liked heavy rain but i wasn't attached to a fake person.
 
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Yeah maybe so but it's still a game. I liked heavy rain but i wasn't attached to a fake person.


I'm curious, do you become attached to people in books at all? ( or is it only games you have a lack empathic responce too?)

Sorry if these seems rude or probing, feel free to disregard the post.
 

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Yeah maybe so but it's still a game. I liked heavy rain but i wasn't attached to a fake person.

No maybe about it, it's what I want. I can't say I get that attached to characters but if a game actually makes me feel something (other than rage) then I'll definitely enjoy it more, especially if it's story driven. It's like films, and as Panther pointed out, books.
 

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I'm curious, do you become attached to people in books at all? ( or is it only games you have a lack empathic responce too?)

Sorry if these seems rude or probing, feel free to disregard the post.


I'm just not empathetic( I think I used that correctly) to non real people. If I know a book or a game was based on an actual event, then it changes ever so slightly. I still don't really care because it's a game or a book, but I enjoy the game, or the book for what it was meant to be, entertainment and nothing more.

No maybe about it, it's what I want. I can't say I get that attached to characters but if a game actually makes me feel something (other than rage) then I'll definitely enjoy it more, especially if it's story driven. It's like films, and as Panther pointed out, books.

Exactly, it's just a game. I don't play a game to get attached to the story.
Take half life for example. When Alex's father was killed at the end of episode 2, I was like :cry: but then I was over it a minute later, because it's a game. My life still goes on. When my gf broke up with me I was like :cry: for a month because that's real life.

My feelings toward this may be that I have worked directly with people for the past 5 years and to be so emotionless and to say I hate people is not entire true. I dislike them, yes but I don't hate humanity. So when a game that basically had a little girl killed honestly makes no difference to me as it is a game. Now I enjoy video games but I do not get attached to a fictional character no matter how "emotional" it is simply because it's a game. Now I am not fond of games related to harming children, or woman or a child that is a young girl, and I may stop playing it for that reason, but in the end it is still just a game and nothing more.
 
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Is this trailer what it took for people to have an emotional response to a game? Naw, I know you guess have felt attached to other characters, but this response just proves the trailer is damn good.

The trailer is beautifully well done, but I don't get the response some times. I was more emotionally taxed when I realized I was killing what use to be people's infants in Dead Space.

I am proud of this game. To many times have games tried to protect children in mature rated games. They are mysterious non-existent in every other zombie game like the zombies ate them all (Dead Space 1 and 2 being an exception). They didn't exist in any Western RPG game I have played that I can recall. Hell Elder Scrolls had them in Oblivion and then were told to remove them all during final production. And they were immortal in Fallout 3...well immortal when it came to you doing stuff to them.
 

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Is this trailer what it took for people to have an emotional response to a game? Naw, I know you guess have felt attached to other characters, but this response just proves the trailer is damn good.

The trailer is beautifully well done, but I don't get the response some times. I was more emotionally taxed when I realized I was killing what use to be people's infants in Dead Space.

I am proud of this game. To many times have games tried to protect children in mature rated games. They are mysterious non-existent in every other zombie game like the zombies ate them all (Dead Space 1 and 2 being an exception). They didn't exist in any Western RPG game I have played that I can recall. Hell Elder Scrolls had them in Oblivion and then were told to remove them all during final production. And they were immortal in Fallout 3...well immortal when it came to you doing stuff to them.

don't forget bioshock were the girls are turned into posed demon like creatures.
 

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Here's hoping the game is anywhere near as good as the trailer!
 
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don't forget bioshock were the girls are turned into posed demon like creatures.

Yeah. That could have been sad if they didn't make everyone else look normal....well human, but made the little girls look like anime characters. That was a little atmosphere braking to me.

Here's hoping the game is anywhere near as good as the trailer!

I second that.
 

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Imo the only flaw with the trailer is the funny slow-motion chicken dance the mum does at one point, hehe :)
 
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Is this trailer what it took for people to have an emotional response to a game? Naw, I know you guess have felt attached to other characters, but this response just proves the trailer is damn good.

The trailer is beautifully well done, but I don't get the response some times. I was more emotionally taxed when I realized I was killing what use to be people's infants in Dead Space.

I am proud of this game. To many times have games tried to protect children in mature rated games. They are mysterious non-existent in every other zombie game like the zombies ate them all (Dead Space 1 and 2 being an exception). They didn't exist in any Western RPG game I have played that I can recall. Hell Elder Scrolls had them in Oblivion and then were told to remove them all during final production. And they were immortal in Fallout 3...well immortal when it came to you doing stuff to them.

I used to feel the same way until I had kids. Now if the include the harming of children I don't play it. Its not that I am boycotting it or anything. I just find it unnecessary to hurt a child (even a virtual one) to get a point across. I'm sure it adds a lot of drama but count me out and until you have children I really don't expect you to understand.

One of my daughters is about the age of that little girl in that trailer. When I first saw it I wanted to know who left her alone like that. Second I was pissed off because no matter what you could do you would never be able to hurt those zombies as bad as they hurt those parents. I don't wanna play a game that makes me feel like that. I deal with enough crazy shit in real life. I play video games to escape reality not relive fears.

I hope this game does well and I also hope they keep the children out of the plot. IMO that would be best. As it stands now its just cheap shock value and I have to wonder how far do we go before we say "Thats to far"? Maybe a cut scene were someone molests a kid? You know to draw rage from you? Make you hate him more? Naaaa Ill pass.

On a side note PREY had children getting killed left and right. There was even a scene where a little girl rips her brother apart. Good game but that was unneeded. It really had nothing to do with the plot. Hell it was never even explained.

Maybe I'm just getting old.
 
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I used to feel the same way until I had kids. Now if the include the harming of children I don't play it. Its not that I am boycotting it or anything. I just find it unnecessary to hurt a child (even a virtual one) to get a point across. I'm sure it adds a lot of drama but count me out and until you have children I really don't expect you to understand.

One of my daughters is about the age of that little girl in that trailer. When I first saw it I wanted to know who left her alone like that. Second I was pissed off because no matter what you could do you would never be able to hurt those zombies as bad as they hurt those parents. I don't wanna play a game that makes me feel like that. I deal with enough crazy shit in real life. I play video games to escape reality not relive fears.

I hope this game does well and I also hope they keep the children out of the plot. IMO that would be best. As it stands now its just cheap shock value and I have to wonder how far do we go before we say "Thats to far"? Maybe a cut scene were someone molests a kid? You know to draw rage from you? Make you hate him more? Naaaa Ill pass.

On a side note PREY had children getting killed left and right. There was even a scene where a little girl rips her brother apart. Good game but that was unneeded. It really had nothing to do with the plot. Hell it was never even explained.

Maybe I'm just getting old.


Not an age thing man, it's just a you thing ( I don't mean that negatively :laugh:)


I just showed this trailer to my mother earlier, shes 54 she thought it was brilliant. ( so age defitnitely isn't it :laugh:)
 

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Not an age thing man, it's just a you thing ( I don't mean that negatively :laugh:)


I just showed this trailer to my mother earlier, shes 54 she thought it was brilliant. ( so age defitnitely isn't it :laugh:)

Maybe your mom just doesn't like you?
 
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I know im a little late to the thread but, Wow that was an intense trailer. Id watch a movie made like that, and will definately be checking this game out. I think it was supposed to bring out emotion and so it has done its job.
 
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I used to feel the same way until I had kids. Now if the include the harming of children I don't play it. Its not that I am boycotting it or anything. I just find it unnecessary to hurt a child (even a virtual one) to get a point across. I'm sure it adds a lot of drama but count me out and until you have children I really don't expect you to understand.

One of my daughters is about the age of that little girl in that trailer. When I first saw it I wanted to know who left her alone like that. Second I was pissed off because no matter what you could do you would never be able to hurt those zombies as bad as they hurt those parents. I don't wanna play a game that makes me feel like that. I deal with enough crazy shit in real life. I play video games to escape reality not relive fears.

I hope this game does well and I also hope they keep the children out of the plot. IMO that would be best. As it stands now its just cheap shock value and I have to wonder how far do we go before we say "Thats to far"? Maybe a cut scene were someone molests a kid? You know to draw rage from you? Make you hate him more? Naaaa Ill pass.

On a side note PREY had children getting killed left and right. There was even a scene where a little girl rips her brother apart. Good game but that was unneeded. It really had nothing to do with the plot. Hell it was never even explained.

Maybe I'm just getting old.

I'm guessing that you're not a big fan of Stephen King then.
 

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pretty sure i remember punching children in the groin in fallout along with rats.

a golden era of gaming.
 
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Not an age thing man, it's just a you thing ( I don't mean that negatively :laugh:)


I just showed this trailer to my mother earlier, shes 54 she thought it was brilliant. ( so age defitnitely isn't it :laugh:)

not just a him thing, it's a most people thing. your mom is an exception and most of you on here aren't old enough to understand otherwise.

I agree that it's unnecessary and that's why I really didn't like the whole max payne thing (that and from having a bachelors in literature i though the plot line of those games were moronic and base level, but that's just me). It's not necessary. there are far better ways to immerse the player and cause tragedy.

besides if they're going for rage just give the player an awesome devastating weapon and then have a zombie snatch it out of your hands and destroy it. Guaranteed to show a ton more rage.
 
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