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Obsidian sucks at making trailers

Rondel.

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It's too long. It is boring to see some fights for half of the trailer. And those flashes witch are trying to show new features.. well they don't show anything (I hate it when some features are introduced, and movie doesn't match text - for example that "New trade system", and then camera is flying over a broken ship, it just doesn't make sense for me). I'm sure that Atari has made this trailer.
 

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If you know that close combat captions don't do well with NWN or the Engine, then why do you still do it?

You could achieve so much better effects by not doing these close-ups again and again and again... Just show some other stuff, too.
For examle, just showing a character at creation is boring yeah, but doing so while mentioning how many possibilities there are to create one would be kinda neat. Also, if you want to show some BANG BOOM stuff, show how some player selects his mage and casts something BIG, killing masses of thieves (or something like that) in the process.
Or show a fighter knocking down one of those giant dinosaurs.

You know, something along these lines...


Also... are you responsible for the trailers or is that Atari?
Since, usually, if the trailers suck, the devs were not involved ;)
 

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their trailers are bad because nwn 2 is fucking ugly. When you focus about a specific character or environment, you can see good things. Obviously, they have some talentous artist. But despite that, the overall aspect is just pure shit.

Atari does good jobs with what they have for makes this trailer. The last with silent hill's film grain looks... well... not really good... but that can be a lot worse.
 

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I've always thought that a good trailer only needed a good tune, numerous fade to black and inept words on fire. And SoZ music's great.
 

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They ought to focus more on the multiplayer aspects. Maybe have some gamers talking to each other during a quest with a little combat near the end. Of coarse this would have been easier if it was an Xbox Live game with Friends on the standard mic. Without focusing on the multilayer aspects it looks like an ordinary dungeon hack and since its 3D, a dungeon hack that a casual gamer might not be confident his PC could support. Its typical though and Obsidian isn't alone. Has there ever been a game licensed by Wizards that had half the marketing genius of Fallout 3?
 

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OBSIDIAN FUCKING SUCK PEROID WORST FUCKING GAME COMPANY EVER!





i wish those bitches would give me a refund for fucking kotor 2, nwn2 and motb those fucking faggot pricks FUCK YOU ANTHONY DAVIS
 

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I'm more concerned about the lack of advertising and other stuff than a trailer being naff. Companies like Obsidian are a dying breed in the these troubled PC times. Dumbed down super hyped console shit is invading the earth ( I like Rock Band though).

Some of my criticisms of Obsidian is more to do with missed oportunities and technical annoyances to what could be a top franchise....but that is probably more down to Atari,WotC and Hasbro I guess.
 

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"Companies like Obsidian are a dying breed in the these troubled PC times."

If they continue to make shit like SOZ, and not awesomeness like MOTb, they deserve to be a dying breed.
 

Beans00

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Volourn said:
"Companies like Obsidian are a dying breed in the these troubled PC times."

If they continue to make shit like SOZ, and MOTb, they deserve to be a dying breed.
i agree
 

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