I've watched some of that video game award show yesterday and I've noticed something: how bad (and weirdly similar) all the trailers were.All they were relying on was shoving as much shit on the screen as possible - there was no focus, no drama, no contrast - just a constant visual diarrhea...Don't they teach you anything in art school anymore?
Image if the music industry had Hollywood tier production but it was mandatory to have twinkle twinkle little star as the chorus for every song That’s how the show felt
let's be real, video game trailers were always garbage that only uberdweebs got excited for
>Not actual gameplay footage>They never show actual gameplay footage.
>>7823107Visual diarrhea has been the gaming aesthetic for over a decade now. Compare an arcade game from the 1980s, and how well the characters are set off against the background, to a modern game in the same genre, with the action zoomed way out and every element competing for attention and the whole thing an unreadable mess. Picrel is not cherry-picked and is far from the most glaring example.
>>7823158Forgot to attach the image!
>>7823145Lies. Video game trailers used to be epic as fuck. ALL of the entertainment industry has been getting worse for years now. It's been happening for so long that I'm already tired of talking about it. We need something to cause a reset in all of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krc1t4HU8GI&t=151s
>>7823158I've been saying for years something very similar to what you said, but about movies. Watching a movie now is like watching a football game sit in the crowd. No color variation, No fun and creative angles, close ups and composition, like in this scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLl942BoyVg When suddenly the camera angle becomes lopsided, and the actors being on focus and out of focus alternatively, and that guy smashing her head on that glass like that. Every shot remains in your head. Now, everything is a blur, you're looking at a bunch of messy shit from afar, no visual storytelling, or color hierarchy. Film making is dead.
>>7823162mgsv is a garbage game and that trailer is cringego soiface somewhere else, neckbeard
>>7823162>woah, is that a 5 minute cutscene set to gay hipster music interspersed with title card credits like in real cinema, dare I say it, kino?? this is epic as fuck! bravo, kojimbo! peak video games!
>>7823192So true! Also, today's filmmakers are like a kid in a candy store with CGI. Instead of thoughtful framing and composition, you get what looks like a PS4 game cinematic with the "camera" flying all over the place, just because they can.
>>7823162why are you chinese
its been an issue for a while, even in movies. just because you can do anything and everything doesnt mean you have to. particle effects for example are one of the most annoying things ever shoved onto a screen. i cant tell whats going on anymore as soon as the action gets going. a gen or two ago, you still had limitations that forced you to design something that looks interesting, now its just bigger and more.
>>7823247>>7823255>>7823286Imagine being this much of a contrarian
>>7823295>not seeing moviegames as """"epic as fuck"""" is contrariango back, nigger
>>7823295any opinion other than corporate opinion are contrarian
>>7823295>my criticism of mainstream thing: epic as fuck>your criticism of mainstream thing: contrarianThank you, reddit
>>7823107>Don't they teach you anything in art school anymore?If they're all doing the same thing, and it's feeling formulaic, shouldn't you be saying the opposite?They're all copying each other homework to the point of feeling cookie cutter.
>>7823307>>7823308>>7823310Alright. Show me what YOU think is an epic video game trailer you fucking faggots.
>>7823318nigga, the way to promote a video game, is with a free demo
>>7823318>kojimbotard is functionally illiteratetruly shockingrefer to >>7823145the only game trailer not automatically worthless faggotry are gameplay trailers and the kikes enabled by you brainrotted niggers have successfully turned those into more fake movieshit
>>7823322>>7823321You two are retarded. You can do cinematic trailers *and* gameplay trailers. Both are good and serve different purposes.
>>7823327sorry, there's more of us so you're the contrarianI accept your concession btw
>>7823327yeah the purpose of a cinematic trailer is for retards like you to wank to them and that doesn't concern me in any way whatsoever and I think that they are therefore total fucking garbagethe show last night almost convinced me to give up this entire industry because it was that bad
>You two are retarded. You can do cinematic trailers *and* gameplay trailers. Both are good and serve different purposes
>>7823330>He actually watched the game awardsNigga the joke is entirely on you.
>>7823334somehow I'm not convinced that you're the one having a giggle
>>7823107bigger stakes. bigger visuals. biggerer numbers. bigger shareholder profits. bigger quarterly earnings. assault the brain. biggersr bigerer nigger
>>7823107The video game industry is completely rotten, and the art has died long ago. No one should watch these game awards, that are pretty much piloted.
>>7823405the difference is that romans weren't paying for bread and circuses, they were basically extorting the richfags for free shit or they'd kill themmost citizens of rome at the time were literally neeting through threat of violence and making the rich pay for it, it's wholly inapplicable to our situation
>>7823107I skip forward until it shows sustained gameplay.
>>7823455>millions of minorities on welfare at the expense of the working tax payer.>will collect gibs by threat of violence>still no threat to the elite class who designed this systemyou're right, its not applicable. Its worse.
I've been looking through E33 art director's paintings and conceptshttps://www.artstation.com/artwork/a0rXRJhttps://www.artstation.com/artwork/x3x6ROhttps://www.artstation.com/artwork/a0rXLqimpressive stuff, the amount of creativity and variety in those
>>7823535too busy
>>7823535the problem I have with E33 and its art. there really isnt a distinct character. visually there is just rock/mask creatures in different shapes. I see they made some creative designs that suit the enviornment. I wonder if there even is a villain in the game. Even the protagonists are just planks, visually and emotionally.It just reminds me of how boring souls games are to trudge through. Im not asking for a broadway musical but god damn this whole game is lifeless
>>7823145i quite like the starcraft 2 trailers. i think they're well done and conceptually simple enough (space armies fighting). i personally think that cool cinematic action slop is better than le gameplay demos where the character runs around for 15 seconds because the point of a trailer is to get you excited for new product. if anyone wants a representative example of gameplay, they should watch some youtuber do a review of it.OP's photo is an example of a movie made by a creatively sterile megacorporation from a franchise that's so mainstream that it will turn a profit no matter how poorly it's done. video games actually have to try to get your attention because there isn't any video game franchise that has star wars or marvel levels of automatic fandom.
Doing weird shit isn't allowed anymorehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrU_NabHp-c
>>7823107nothing is good anymore, they just need you to pay the hundred bucks and a few more dollars for whatever day dlc they're working on at the same time. Stop trying to find inspiration in advertisements, that's not the point. They are not trying to make something meaningful to them, they are trying to get your money with the least effort possible, so they're actually fuming that they have to do all this visual diarrhea now just to compete.
>>7823107No. They hire marketers to shit out stuff, mostly with AI and hopefully as cheaply as possible. All the slop enjoyers show up and clap like seals. It's over for AAA games.
>>7823535It is certainly very artstationyCan't say I really see the appeal
>>7823107>Don't they teach you anything in art school anymore?Yes but techbros took over. They used consumer data, fed into an AI that gave them the guidelines for the broader market appeal by making things the least offensive possible.Developer times and cost got so big everybody is playing not to lose. In case the game flops they can shift the blame to somebody else.People complained about the "woke" times of the 2010s but what comes next is going to be way worse. Good luck.
ok wrap it up anon
