Comment on Divinity - Cinematic Announcement Trailer

• Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The Cyberpunk 2077 announcement trailer was barely even a trailer. Just a moving jpeg of a woman with swords coming out of her arms.

  Elder Scrolls 6’s announcement trailer was literally just a super quick flyover of some landscape then a title card.

  Don’t suddenly start acting like it’s this huge problematic practice when it’s literally how every piece of media uses announcement trailers - hell, even books will have announcement trailers extremely similar in style to this.

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Don’t suddenly start acting like it’s this huge problematic practice when it’s literally how every piece of media uses announcement trailers

    You’re literally using the exact same logic here, again. We can again distill the argument and these examples as, “everyone does it so it’s not a bad thing”.

    Secondly, it doesn’t have to be a “problem”, sure, but it’s not a good representation of what to expect. Nobody’s saying it’s a “huge problematic practice”. It’s just annoying. The best trailers to me are just… gameplay. Anything else would be a teaser.

    Thirdly, it’s not really “suddenly”. It’s been like this for a long time and I haven’t ever liked it. It’s just the first time you’re hearing me say it.

    Fourth…ly? One is allowed to feel like it is a problem, too, if that would indeed be how one felt about it. 👍

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    • Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s why there are different kinds of trailers. You have announcement/teaser trailers, gameplay trailers, cinematic trailers (for showing cutscenes and story content), character trailers…

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        🤷‍♂️ I guess I’m only interested in certain types of trailers. And that’s the real argument right there, which is valid, that there are different kinds of trailers. That’s perfectly fine.

        But my main gripe, regardless of the topic, is to say “everyone does it so it’s fine”. There are very few instances of that being a valid argument. I can think of linguistics as one example. 😄

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• hydroxycotton@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They didn’t say it’s a good thing.

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What are they saying with that, then? It’s a nothing statement without that implication.

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    • hydroxycotton@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s a teaser/announcement trailer not a gameplay showcase. This is about what it is not whether it’s good or not.

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨29⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Aight? 🤷‍♂️

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• inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You’re right, tradition is a poor reason for anything, abundantly agree. However this is an incredibly pedantic topic to deploy that argument. You’re taking a trueism and applying it to something with such low stakes that it becomes a little silly.

  Which is why you’re getting so much push back. You’re repeating the same truth, but that’s not relevant to why people are down voting and sassing ya.

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨30⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    🤷‍♂️ igaf to be honest, it’s not some hill I’m dying on regarding this.

    But thanks for trying to explain or whatever though. You’re a bro. Or sis, or other. 👊 A good person!

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