oh FFS we already got:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2plRTzSrY8

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OyHwqokkKk

In fact, the 2nd one could make a grown bearded man cry

Originally posted by Matheusor1

oh FFS we already got:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2plRTzSrY8

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OyHwqokkKk

 

In fact, the 2nd one could make a grown bearded man cry

your second link still shows your first -- this is what you intended http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OyHwqokkKk

I'd say no for one very good reason, as we've seen in other so called wow killers, cinematic trailers are NEVER like the gameplay in the actual game, i'd prefer the stance of honesty that Anet has taken with their title.

Originally posted by jpnz

I think the question is, 'Why not do a cinematic trailer?'

It'll give you news / views / media attention for the game so there is no downside on doing one.

It's a giant waste of resources. The game should speak for itself.

Cinematic trailers are dishonest and lie to the player. They're always a good indicator of when a company puts more effort into marketing than actually making a good game.

Doesn't look like GW2 needs the market bonus from it to me. You go in any MMO at the moment and global/zone chat is often featuring a GW2 discussion every now and then. MMO players are already in the know.

A big cinematic is a large investment for something 99% of people would only want to see once.

Originally posted by Istavaan
Imagine for one minute that you never played wow and saw that new trailer, then logged into the game to play it, im betting you'd be hugely disappointed. but that's how blizzard hook them.

Not really, I do like the WoW graphics it absolutes suits the game, really good progression from WC3, by that premise no game should ever have any cinematics. The wrath gate quest line ( in WoW ) was one of the best I have ever done in ANY game, and the cinematic made it even better.

Its nothing to do with market bonus or marketing its just another part of the game we come to expect, and they have kept pushing it in game, it is one of the way they use to tell the story. And it works great, I loved all the cinematic and scripted bits in WC3 it was absolutely amazing, and it was nothing to hype the game it was part of it.

Originally posted by Istavaan
Imagine for one minute that you never played wow and saw that new trailer, then logged into the game to play it, im betting you'd be hugely disappointed. but that's how blizzard hook them.

agree

with Warcraft / Starcraft, the RTS games, CGI didnt bother me because i knew it was just about story, not gameplay

when Blizzard released this CGI for their mmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNS_8C_gQSQ

I thought it was deceiving because the CGI was showing Classes gameplay

the WOW classes could do everything in the CGI but the ingame avatars are cartoony

Originally posted by Vannor

Doesn't look like GW2 needs the market bonus from it to me. You go in any MMO at the moment and global/zone chat is often featuring a GW2 discussion every now and then. MMO players are already in the know.

A big cinematic is a large investment for something 99% of people would only want to see once.

Was playing RaiderZ all day yesterday and ALL anyone was talking about was GW2. Tried out DarkBlood for a bit (can't seem to get into that game, don't know why, the elements are good) and once again, nothing but GW2 in the chat. Same thing in C9, just GW2 everywhere.

Even I didn't realize it was that rampant. I decided to ease up on the people bitching they can't go anywhere without people screaming in their face about it. If it was a game I didn't like, I'd probably get a little perturbed, too.

Fortunately I'm just as excited ;3

Originally posted by Nadia

Originally posted by Istavaan
Imagine for one minute that you never played wow and saw that new trailer, then logged into the game to play it, im betting you'd be hugely disappointed. but that's how blizzard hook them.

agree

 

with Warcraft / Starcraft, the RTS games, CGI didnt bother me because i knew it was just about story, not gameplay

 

when Blizzard released this CGI for their mmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNS_8C_gQSQ

I thought it was deceiving because the CGI was showing Classes gameplay

the WOW classes could do everything in the CGI but the ingame avatars are cartoony

 

What?! That is story telling right there, and not only that but the gameplay is pretty accurate you can pretty much do what they do, with the in game tech, the first hint that it is story telling is the fact that there is a narrator at the start telling exactly what the setting is, also following up on their other games that tell the story in pretty much exactly the same way I am not sure how you were surprised and/or felt deceived.

You must feel deceived with every single game out there that has any sort of cinematic then?

Need? No

Would it sales improve if it had one? Sure

Could they fool player to expect more of the game than they will get? Sure

Could they use it to introduce player to the lore/setting or enhance it?Sure

Would that make the gameplay any better? Hardly.

Would I prefer if they used the money to improve the gameplay, server, developement, service or anything else related to my gameplay? Hell yeah.