Hyrule Warriors

Yes, so were all the other games shown. Heck, Nintendo managed to get their SSB logos designed before development started on the games, which shows their concern for standing out from the crowd when giving their first reveal. It shows professionalism, respect, and the fact that you actually care about your game.

The thing that's really getting me peeved is that people are only excusing it because of brand loyalty to LoZ and DW. If an Indie studio pulled that then they would never get a sale. Heck, even Indie studios that put so much time and effort into their trailers don't get noticed because they're overshadowed from games that put-no-effort-in-but-just-have-brand-loyalty. It's a slack effort and they should be critised for it, because if this is the effort they put into the first reveal of their game then it says things about how much effort they're putting into the game. It grinds my gears.

Like, I get that they may have run behind schedule and couldn't get a proper render in time. It happens. But you know what, they had a perfectly good Japanese title. Want to know a better, more professional-looking solution? Use the Japanese render, and use closed captions for the translated name. Simple, no added effort to what they already provided, but looks a whole lot snazzier (and also doesn't suggest that they haven't bothered with an English render). So why did they go with suck a slack effort when such a simple solution was right in front of them? That's what I want to know.
 
I don't know why they don't have a better title card right now but I honestly don't care. I got gameplay that shows me what the game is like and I got a name to call it by. I'm just going to let it slide since it really doesn't seem like a big deal that they didn't have a fancy looking logo to go with the trailer.
 
Are you like that with every game trailer or just this one because you're a fan of the series?
 
Meh, I'm not the biggest Link fan, but I'd wait until a better logo shows up. It is weird that we have a lazy English logo while the Japanese does look nice. I don't think this is worth complaining a lot about, though.
 
santanoice said:
Are you like that with every game trailer or just this one because you're a fan of the series?
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Pretty much everything. I'm very passive with these things. As long as I get something out of it, I'll say it's good/decent. Unless I felt like it was waste of time. A 5 second portion of this video had text telling me the name, I payed more attention to everything else that was shown. I'm just glad they gave us a name to begin with.
 
santanoice said:
I actually saw that on Wikipedia shortly after but even that looks more impressive than the tacked-on English words.

The point is that they had literally a minute to convince people to buy their game over all over games and they went with the tackiest way of presenting something and it's just not good enough.
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So basically people aren't going to buy it because of an early pr thing made probably a year before the game is released yep that's not fucking stupid or anything
 
Fearless Fosdick said:
santanoice said:
I actually saw that on Wikipedia shortly after but even that looks more impressive than the tacked-on English words.

The point is that they had literally a minute to convince people to buy their game over all over games and they went with the tackiest way of presenting something and it's just not good enough.
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So basically people aren't going to buy it because of an early pr thing made probably a year before the game is released yep that's not fucking stupid or anything
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thank you.

Besides, it's going to be most likely in Japan first and then later US/Europe, so they have time.
 
Fearless Fosdick said:
So basically people aren't going to buy it because of an early pr thing made probably a year before the game is released yep that's not *bleep*ing stupid or anything
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No, they made a dumb decision because this was their chance to sell their game with a great first impression and they blew it. Presentation is an extremely important thing, and it isn't stupid at all to put some effort into it. For instance, if you had to hire an employee and had to make a choice between two people with exact qualifications but one looked like they'd just woken up and the other one was groomed and suited up, then you're probably going to choose the latter because their presentation has demonstrated that they put effort in, and it is the same deal here.

I never said people weren't going to buy this because of it, I said a game without the fanbase (such as an Indie title) that this one has would be completely passed up for doing the same, even if it ended up being equal or better quality when it is released. That's really frustrating because it means the sales aren't based on quality, they're based on the size of their following, and what's worse is you guys are falling into the trap. You are excusing what is essentially a half-arsed effort to sell you their work, which also suggests that they could produce a half-arsed game and you would still buy it and excuse it due to its name alone. How is that not "*bleeping* stupid or anything?"

They can still make a comeback with a better trailer in the future, and of course produce a really good game (which I really hope they do), but it doesn't change the fact that they completely blew the moment of the trailer which was meant to give the viewer a good, lasting impression, which is a massive shame. It was just a dumb decision and they should have done better. Lets hope they take the criticism on board and produce something better in the future.

On another note, it turns out it people are starting to spoof it now:
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Speak for yourself.

Me and the others in this thread got a great first impression. Link was whooping that ass, I don't care about some stupid logo.