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02-18-2005, 02:44 PM
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| | | Advertising in video games.......
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02-18-2005, 02:50 PM
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| | | I sure hope that I can turn them off if I bought the game, now if they make all games free then you would have to put up with them
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02-19-2005, 12:29 PM
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| | | i can imagine it adds a sense of realism, and who wouldn't want to order food from your comfy chair. "hhmm, think ill order a tab..."
I can imagine there will be a lot of restrictions, like there probably won't be a Gap or whatever in Everquest, not necessarily, i wouldnt think. it would be even more realistic for say, half life 2, to add coke bottles on the ground, and maybe some stores in city 17, at least to give you somethign to do. (that store could even sell half life propaganda or something.)
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02-19-2005, 03:03 PM
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| | I love it :P, I downloaded the EQ2 Trial of the Isles demo thing, just to type /pizza...even thouh I hated the game...:P |
02-19-2005, 03:44 PM
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| | | I cant wait till they impement /hooker or /beer |
02-19-2005, 03:50 PM
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| | | /beer, what would that do? What service offers online ordering of beer?! WHERE IS IT! :P (Same goes for the /hooker one...:P)
/pizza is actually pretty cool, if you have no life, and can't walk 20 feet to your phone to call...:P |
02-19-2005, 10:04 PM
|  | Sire Lans-alot | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada
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| | | personaly I do not mind advertising in Racing games for example, where the advertising normaly is ...
If the advertisement isnt supposed to be part of the visited environement (Walking on planet Mars and coming across a starbucks pannel), then I think it really gives an annoying vibe.
The worst Ive seen so far is in MMORPGs ... For example, there was this fantasy MMORPG I tried recently and I came across a giant alienware sign in town square... That seriously is kind of lame, especialy when you have 10k players paying 15 bucks monthly to play your game :|
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02-19-2005, 10:28 PM
|  | The Real Joe | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Diego
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| | | I have to agree with Kierrato in the GT games you should see ads as they are part of any racing in real life. Or in games where you are running around a modern city. But Fantasy has no place for ads to be put in without throwing the game vibe off. |
02-20-2005, 04:07 AM
|  | Hey little bird, fly away | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oregon
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| | | In my opinion i think the only games it would be cool in (almost great) would be MMO, but only if i wouldnt have to pay for a subscription. Though i also agree it couldnt be in a game like EQII, but it would be fine in racing games or games set in present day. Or if it would help lower the prices for new games. But i dont think either one of thoose are real posibilities.
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02-21-2005, 05:33 AM
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| | As with anything relating to gaming, Tim Buckley of Ctrl-Alt-Del has something to say about this: 
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