What's the most mis-advertised thing you've ever seen?

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twistedmic said:
What's something that you've seen that was hideously mis-advertised? It can be a game, movie, comic book or toy or whatever.

For me, it was something I saw years back (close to twelve or fourteen years ago). Back when I was still getting Nick Kids Magazine, I repeatedly saw an advert for the anime TriGun, which was marketed as a kid's anime. Whoever made that decision was a complete idiot, or a sadistic bastard.
Pretty much any anime that has ever been released in America... as far as I've seen anyway.
 

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Azaraxzealot said:
Dragon Age: Origins. Seriously, this is what i expected and what they advertised:

this is what i got...

wtf is this?! nothing like advertised i can assure you of that...
From what I understand, it is suposed to be a spiritual successor to games like Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, though I can see how you would arive at another conclusion

OT: Dante's Inferno. The only reason I picked it up in the end was that it was on sale and I had read the poem, and wanted to see how it stacked up. Shockingly good, I must say.
 

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Dead Island, the tear-jerking overly dramatic zombie game that truly explores what it means to be undead- and what it means to be alive. With storytelling on par with Heavy Rain it will be a compelling and cinematic experience.

Oh, shit, wait. I mean Dead Island, the game that can literally be summed up completely as 'Left 4 Borderlands'.
 

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Daniel Moores said:
The Fable 3 "morphing" weapon system. PM said that the weapons would morph as we use them, change shape as we kill things or bash thing, that it would be unique, original. HAH! It was nothing more than your basic weapon upgrade system from any game out there. You have a restricted amount of templates randomly given to you based on a half assed selection code. It is easily in the top 5 PM letdowns.
I feel like getting a job at Lion Head Studios, so I can hire two guys in grey jumpsuits come Fable IV

PM will open his mouth and say "So this new system that allows your children to grow, and become NPC warriors to fight by your side will--" I will snap my fingers and whistle. Two guys in jumpsuits will come in and frog march him off, talking in soothing tones.

"Come on, Mr Molyneux, let's just take you for a little lie down."

"But I'm the head developer!"

"Okay, Mr Molyneux, it's going to be all right, just lay off the gamers, okay?"

"But they took my car keys..."

"Yes, Mr Molyneux, of course they did..."
 

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CM156 said:
Azaraxzealot said:
Dragon Age: Origins. Seriously, this is what i expected and what they advertised:

this is what i got...

wtf is this?! nothing like advertised i can assure you of that...
From what I understand, it is suposed to be a spiritual successor to games like Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, though I can see how you would arive at another conclusion

OT: Dante's Inferno. The only reason I picked it up in the end was that it was on sale and I had read the poem, and wanted to see how it stacked up. Shockingly good, I must say.
well you'd never guess that from the E3 trailers and other trailers with Rap Metal in them proclaiming "THIS IS THE NEW SHIT BITCHES!" (at least that's what i heard in he lyrics, may have misheard them...)

i saw all the adverts on hulu and one day randomly decided to buy it based on those adverts i saw... yeah, not fun.
 

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This may well be an old wives tale, but I hope it's not.

The story goes that when Coca-cola moved into the Chinese market they used a phonetically similar name. KoKiKoLa, or whatever it was. It didn't sell well. Apparetly, on inspection, the way it was written translated roughly as 'bite the wax tadpole.'

Again, may or may not be true, but it always makes me laugh.
 

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"Did you know that sprite uses artificial PRESERVATIVES?!
Get real, new Sierra Mist with 100% real sugar and no artificial SWEETENERS!"

Bugs me soooo much
 

Enrathi

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Evony.

Everyone remembers the ads, and we all know it's really just a run-of-the-mill kingdom building game. Nothing wrong with that, but it's as far from the ads as you can get.
 

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Evony, never played it, never will, but have you seen those advertisments? Its an online browswer empire building game and the ad is just bewbs with the caption "FREE" on it.
 

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Catchy Slogan said:
Brutal Legend. Just ... Brutal Legend.
Absolutely this. But also,
http://fragtagradio.com/images/homefront_xbox360_box_art.jpg
 

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iphonerose said:
I would also suggest adding some discussion to these pictures (if they appear) or you are going to get reported for a low content post.
 

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putowtin said:
oh no.... not tiptoes!!!
No one can hate the movie that gave us the line, "So you had a circle jerk with a bunch of little people? I would love to see that."