Random Out-Of-Place Song for BF3 TV Ad?
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Oh... I thought you were talking about the Revelations trailer. I am officially an idiot who cannot read, just ignore me while I slink away in shame.Outright Villainy said:
Is it really that incongruous or out of place? You have to think of what market they are trying to target with this trailer and it is most likely the kids with way too much disposable income and listen to rap because they think it is cool and will make them cool.AAdams said:
Yeah, probably one of the worse trailers I've seen in a while.
I might even give a shit about the game if their ad campaign didn't rely so heavily on trying to bash the CoD franchise. The identity that Battlefield 3 has set up in my mind is the game that wants to steal from it's big brother, not a game that wants to make it's own mark. It's almost like I'm avoiding it because it's trying to shit all over another gaming franchise. It's poor sportsmanship, and it bugs me.
Plus, that Awolnation song "Sail" fits perfectly, no matter where you start playing it from.
I might even give a shit about the game if their ad campaign didn't rely so heavily on trying to bash the CoD franchise. The identity that Battlefield 3 has set up in my mind is the game that wants to steal from it's big brother, not a game that wants to make it's own mark. It's almost like I'm avoiding it because it's trying to shit all over another gaming franchise. It's poor sportsmanship, and it bugs me.
Plus, that Awolnation song "Sail" fits perfectly, no matter where you start playing it from.
Nope. Just trying to get yet another one over CoD.AAdams said:
It's sad but true. I still love CoD, but holy fuck do I wish they'd increase the dev cycle for it. Make a game that actually blows people away. Much like BF3 is going to do.SmashLovesTitanQuest said:
I agree that they should stop trying so hard to bash CoD, but CoD HAS been dominating the franchise for years with a noticeable downward curve in playability. Meanwhile, Battlefield has only been getting better over time, and still gets tossed aside a lot when compared to Call of Duty games.JoesshittyOs said:
So they have a somewhat valid reason to be so aggressively competitive.
Not as WTF-inducing as the use of This is the New Shit by Manson in the Dragon Age 2 ad. That made me stop and ponder my life.
There's a strong military fixation with rap currently?AAdams said:
That's kind of like asking why there's all that Jimi Hendrix in Vietnam movies.
No offense intended.
Though they definitely could have chosen a more apropos song.
But thats the thing. What song, exactly, would people consider apropos? Battlefields don't usually have music blaring in the background. I bet if people during the Vietnam war were playing Vietnam-based videogames and listening to all the music in those, they'd be like "Why is all this freaky hippy music in my war? This doesn't fit at all!".Zachary Amaranth said:
Its an uptempo trailer with lots of sudden cuts and synchs well with the beat. Rap fits as well as anything. Plus, you know, its popular and contemporary, just like Hendrix or CCR in a 'Nam movie like you pointed out. Big, swelling orchestral scores don't really work for this sort of trailer, nor would a more subdued song (plus then you start waltzing onto Gears of War's turf).
But among them a ***** will not be included, which I deduce to a favourable quality.VashtaNerada said:
I'm not really sure there's too much that can be done with the FPS genre anymore though. Not without everyone taking a big step back and thinking hard about it.SmashLovesTitanQuest said:
Also, I was aware of the two year dev cycle, and even that doesn't seem to be long enough. Maybe if it was a two year release cycle it'd feel like more progress was being made. I dunno.
