Every absolutely aweful game I wish I didn't install seems to have ads all over the internet with absolutely gorgeous sexy avatars that don't even exist in the game world.  What kind of false advertising is this?

I just wanted to vent that, thanks.

I think a game advertisement should in some way make you want to play the game.

So to me, one that clearly shows off a neat feature, or relates a new expansion launch is good.

And to me, one that shows off nothing but maybe the name of the game, and the size of a female anime chick's... feature set, then I don't feel interested in playing that game.

You know... I never really considered that possibility. But now that you mention it, just about every game with such ads has been a piece of a crap. (I say "just about" in case there is one I can't think of that was decent.)

I doubt it's actually indicitive of a bad game, but ironically it does seem almost true when you think about it.

Originally posted by Abuz0r

Every absolutely aweful game I wish I didn't install seems to have ads all over the internet with absolutely gorgeous sexy avatars that don't even exist in the game world.  What kind of false advertising is this?

I just wanted to vent that, thanks.

Not all of it is false advertising - for example that hot chick for Rift's Storm Legion expansion is actually a main character in game - Queen Meila, and she's hot in game as well. And on top of all that the expansion is actually really awesome, like 10 times better than the original game.

Games, pro-wrestling, comic books, teen novels and best sellers, pop reality shows, Twilight, all of it is trash entertainment that sells sex and violence. I enjoy it. As to false advertising, well what classic B movie doesn’t have a DVD cover that manages to be completely unrelated to the movie footage? ;)

Originally posted by Haruto
Best example of putting a fairly hot girl on the cover of an actually good product was Firiona Vie for Ruins of Kunark Expansion in EQ. And she is more in the background, was a major part of the game, and the Expansion was great.

LOL! That is the exact example I was going to use.

Originally posted by Abuz0r

Every absolutely aweful game I wish I didn't install seems to have ads all over the internet with absolutely gorgeous sexy avatars that don't even exist in the game world.  What kind of false advertising is this?

I just wanted to vent that, thanks.

 You mean like the Woman on the Everquest 1 and 2 boxes and advertisements? many people would disagree with you that Everquest is a "Absolutely Awefull game"

Originally posted by Quizzical
Not necessarily, but if marketing feels the need to come up with ads that have nothing whatsoever to do with the game, that's not a good sign.

hahhah good point.