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Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
I'm not tho lol | ||
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Miragee
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Why did I even click? -.- I thought it was some parody but I should have known better. | ||
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Ophe
Sweden388 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33678 Posts
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MilkDud
Canada73 Posts
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Yacobs
United States846 Posts
On November 12 2014 04:09 MilkDud wrote: Did anyone else feel slightly uncomfortable with the feeling that the cinematic trailer looks like it was marketed towards 11 year olds while glorifying and sanitizing violence and its consequences? Right because teens wouldn't enjoy cartoony violence without Blizzard's evil influence. | ||
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MilkDud
Canada73 Posts
On November 12 2014 04:10 Yacobs wrote: Right because teens wouldn't enjoy cartoony violence without Blizzard's evil influence. I'm not even talking about teens here. It seems like Blizz is aiming even younger with this trailer. | ||
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RuiBarbO
United States1340 Posts
On November 12 2014 04:16 MilkDud wrote: I'm not even talking about teens here. It seems like Blizz is aiming even younger with this trailer. I would argue that even gritty video games like Call of Duty and CS:GO are guilty of glorifying and sanitizing violence and its consequences. It would take a lot of guts and creativity for a developer to make a play for a spot on the esports hierarchy that didn't involve fighters marching enthusiastically off to war. Edit: My point being that popular culture is pretty saturated with clean-looking violence. What Blizzard is doing doesn't seem to me to take that in a radically different direction. Edit 2: Which doesn't mean that you should just be happy with Blizzard's design choices. | ||
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Yacobs
United States846 Posts
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darkxanima
United States7 Posts
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On November 12 2014 04:16 MilkDud wrote: I'm not even talking about teens here. It seems like Blizz is aiming even younger with this trailer. It's attitudes like this that created the "Real is Brown" and "Real is Slow" age of gaming. Gritty and dark doesn't mean more mature. It just means the game looks gritty and dark. Having blood in a game doesn't mean it's for adults. It means that the game has blood in it. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On November 12 2014 05:17 WolfintheSheep wrote: It's attitudes like this that created the "Real is Brown" and "Real is Slow" age of gaming. Gritty and dark doesn't mean more mature. It just means the game looks gritty and dark. Having blood in a game doesn't mean it's for adults. It means that the game has blood in it. Agreed, I am tired of games that try to be realistic or gritty. Sure, the game is filled with bloodless violence, but so is CS. Even Unreal and Quake have super minimal gore(compared to games today). Really, I am just tired of games being so serious and I am happy Blizzard is switching it up. I hope that kid from the trailer becomes a playable character and runs around in his hoddie, backpack and that huge punchy fist as a weapon. | ||
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RuiBarbO
United States1340 Posts
On November 12 2014 05:29 Plansix wrote: Agreed, I am tired of games that try to be realistic or gritty. Sure, the game is filled with bloodless violence, but so is CS. Even Unreal and Quake have super minimal gore(compared to games today). Really, I am just tired of games being so serious and I am happy Blizzard is switching it up. I hope that kid from the trailer becomes a playable character and runs around in his hoddie, backpack and that huge punchy fist as a weapon. I'm curious to see where the art style goes as they add more characters and unveil more maps. Maybe they'll even put in a female character whose waist is more than half the width of her shoulders. | ||
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Andre
Slovenia3523 Posts
On November 12 2014 04:16 MilkDud wrote: I'm not even talking about teens here. It seems like Blizz is aiming even younger with this trailer. Yea they kind of are. Pretty sure Metzen said something like the game is all about embracing your "inner 6-year old". Also bunch of people have thought of fps/moba hybrid before. The most original I can think of was a mod for UT1 called Dark Magic where you basically had xp and abilities/spells all the while you had to do UT1 stuff like CTF etc. Back then "moba" term didn't really exist but that mod is like a pillar to what Overwatch tries to be. | ||
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Catch]22
Sweden2683 Posts
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Godwrath
Spain10162 Posts
On November 12 2014 05:29 Plansix wrote: Agreed, I am tired of games that try to be realistic or gritty. Sure, the game is filled with bloodless violence, but so is CS. Even Unreal and Quake have super minimal gore(compared to games today). Really, I am just tired of games being so serious and I am happy Blizzard is switching it up. I hope that kid from the trailer becomes a playable character and runs around in his hoddie, backpack and that huge punchy fist as a weapon. You have to give that the cinematic is clearly aimed at young players (kids mostly). Nothing wrong with that, tho, we, as mature players can like or dislike the aesthetics, but we can also value the game for its gameplay instead of on advertising video. | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On November 12 2014 06:30 Godwrath wrote: You have to give that the cinematic is clearly aimed at young players (kids mostly). Nothing wrong with that, tho, we, as mature players can like or dislike the aesthetics, but we can also value the game for its gameplay instead of on advertising video. We talking North American kids? Because just having guns in something aimed at little kids would make all the moral guardians throw a fit. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On November 12 2014 06:30 Godwrath wrote: You have to give that the cinematic is clearly aimed at young players (kids mostly). Nothing wrong with that, tho, we, as mature players can like or dislike the aesthetics, but we can also value the game for its gameplay instead of on advertising video. I am a grown ass adult and all my grown ass adult friends really liked the cinematic. I think you under estimate the reach of Pixar and an entire premise of two leagues of villains and heroes fighting against each other Saturday morning cartoon style. The reach of this game is broad. On November 12 2014 06:01 RuiBarbO wrote: I'm curious to see where the art style goes as they add more characters and unveil more maps. Maybe they'll even put in a female character whose waist is more than half the width of her shoulders. At a panel someone asked if there would be a gender swap option later on and the devs seemed super into that idea. They said no initial character could have it due to the work involved, but they would love to do it later on. But they do need a lady in large armor that isn't super tiny. All the female characters have similar size, while everyone else is all over the place. Maybe a Lady Gorilla. | ||
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diehilde
Germany1596 Posts
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