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And that is the trend of developers/publishers unveiling their games in an unrealistic manner that have absolutely no hope of the final product looking that way.
Let's take the most recent example of The Witcher 3. Let me start off by saying that I think despite any perceived visual downgrades that have happened to the game in development, it's still a gorgeous looking game and I have no issues with the way it looks whatsoever. Having said that, the game's visuals did fall well short of the original footage that was shown back in 2013. Another good example is UbiSoft's "Watch Dogs." That game fell WAY short of what was shown to us in the original trailer.
In my opinion, these tactics should be illegal. To me it falls under the category of "bait and switch," which IS supposed to be illegal according to the Better Business Bureau.
When unveiling a title, developers need to do one of two things...
A.) Make it crystal clear that what they are showing is a "vertical slice" of a target render and not the actual game and may not accurately represent the final product, also they need to state specifically what kind of hardware it's running on and not in microscopic print at the bottom that no one can read.
Or...
B.) Not show the game all until it's far enough along in development to where it gives gamers a fair and accurate idea of what the final game will actually look like.
Until this happens fellow gamers, we're being deceived and lied to! I don't know about you but that pisses me off! Developers and publisher are undermining our trust with these kinds of underhanded promotional tactics and it needs to stop!
Let's take the most recent example of The Witcher 3. Let me start off by saying that I think despite any perceived visual downgrades that have happened to the game in development, it's still a gorgeous looking game and I have no issues with the way it looks whatsoever. Having said that, the game's visuals did fall well short of the original footage that was shown back in 2013. Another good example is UbiSoft's "Watch Dogs." That game fell WAY short of what was shown to us in the original trailer.
In my opinion, these tactics should be illegal. To me it falls under the category of "bait and switch," which IS supposed to be illegal according to the Better Business Bureau.
When unveiling a title, developers need to do one of two things...
A.) Make it crystal clear that what they are showing is a "vertical slice" of a target render and not the actual game and may not accurately represent the final product, also they need to state specifically what kind of hardware it's running on and not in microscopic print at the bottom that no one can read.
Or...
B.) Not show the game all until it's far enough along in development to where it gives gamers a fair and accurate idea of what the final game will actually look like.
Until this happens fellow gamers, we're being deceived and lied to! I don't know about you but that pisses me off! Developers and publisher are undermining our trust with these kinds of underhanded promotional tactics and it needs to stop!