game commercials with pre-rendered graphics

[jmood88]

Re: game commercials with pre-rendered graphics

perfect looking burgers are different than pre-rendered graphics in commercials. McDonalds could make their big mac's look that way if they chose, and they hardly market their food by the way it looks anyways. Games often can't be made to look as they look pre-rendered in commercials, and the method is directly used to drive sales.

No having your food look completely different than what it actually looks like when you get it. McDonalds could not make their food look like that unless they completely changed their method of cooking and presentation. Anyway, I agree that they should be stopped from doing it but it isn't going to change anytime soon.

[Pared]

Re: game commercials with pre-rendered graphics

No having your food look completely different than what it actually looks like when you get it. McDonalds could not make their food look like that unless they completely changed their method of cooking and presentation. Anyway, I agree that they should be stopped from doing it but it isn't going to change anytime soon.

Maybe it's your specific McDonald's. For the most part, a "clean" McDonald's actually has that food looks like the commercials.

It's still ridiculously unhealthy.

[jmood88]

Re: game commercials with pre-rendered graphics

Maybe it's your specific McDonald's. For the most part, a "clean" McDonald's actually has that food looks like the commercials.

It's still ridiculously unhealthy.

I have never been to a McDonalds, clean or not, that has burgers that look like the commercials. None of their patties are as big as they make them out to be and they just look completely different.

[tanis38]

Re: game commercials with pre-rendered graphics

Yeah, this bugs me too. The thing is, on some of these titles (Bioshock, CoD4) I find the real-time stuff much more impressive. Not that is "looks" better, because real-time graphics still have a long way to go to compete with quality CG, but since I know that other stuff is prerendered it does not "wow" me like when I see something really impressive being done in real time.

CG game commercials actually have the opposite effect on me than what the Publisher is intending. I find them pretty unimpressive. The ones that show gameplay on the other hand always peak my interest.

[Graphik]

Re: game commercials with pre-rendered graphics

Yeah, this bugs me too. The thing is, on some of these titles (Bioshock, CoD4) I find the real-time stuff much more impressive. Not that is "looks" better, because real-time graphics still have a long way to go to compete with quality CG, but since I know that other stuff is prerendered it does not "wow" me like when I see something really impressive being done in real time.

CG game commercials actually have the opposite effect on me than what the Publisher is intending. I find them pretty unimpressive. The ones that show gameplay on the other hand always peak my interest.

My thoughts exactly. I saw that Assasins Creed commercial yesterday and thought to myself "BS". Its almost like they want to hide how the game really looks. You'd think that by now with these powerful machines and all, that showing gameplay footage, even if it is zoomed in a tad for detail would be an effective way to sell games.

On a side note, I abolutely love NBA 2Ks marketing with the player models mixed with real players. Thats a unique and effective way of marketing without BSin the public.

[tanis38]

Re: game commercials with pre-rendered graphics

The only videogame commercials that I think I have enjoyed that did not show gameplay were all the Halo 3 "Believe" ads. I really enjoyed those because of how unique they were.

[jmood88]

Re: game commercials with pre-rendered graphics

My thoughts exactly. I saw that Assasins Creed commercial yesterday and thought to myself "BS". Its almost like they want to hide how the game really looks. You'd think that by now with these powerful machines and all, that showing gameplay footage, even if it is zoomed in a tad for detail would be an effective way to sell games.

On a side note, I abolutely love NBA 2Ks marketing with the player models mixed with real players. Thats a unique and effective way of marketing without BSin the public.

The Assasin's Creed commercial isn't prerendered. There was one part of it that was but the rest of it was gameplay.