Guild Wars 2

Jackard.3071:

see here https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Our-Time-is-Now-Video/first#post76734

that said I have not met a single person that thinks that was a good trailer. what the hell were they doing

Thanks for linking that, but they closed my thread earlier. The moderator said people were using hyperbole and stating opinions as facts, so closed the thread.

@felivear – I liked the point you made about bringing friends over to this game. Word of mouth from other gamers can really drive the adoption by others. I only mentioned that because the moderator has closed a few of these threads by saying we already bought the game and the commercial isn’t directed at us.

I think we can still discuss the commercial if done right… even if the commercial isn’t directed at us (since we already bought the game).

Forbes.com posted an online article critiquing the trailer:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolpinchefsky/2012/09/10/guild-wars-2-is-an-excellent-game-so-why-is-the-new-promo-so-terrible/

So even outside, rational writers are looking at the commercial with confusion.

I’ve had time to think about the commerical, and maybe it makes sense if the Forbes writer is correct in pointing out that the director for the commercial worked on the Matrix movies.

Maybe the real world players are living in a dream world (a game world like the Matrix), and they each wake up realizing it isn’t really real. They find each other and work their way to the really real world (Guild Wars 2).

That’s the only thing I could come up with, considering how none of the real world scenes seemed to relate to a revolution against their gaming status quo.

Agreed, very nice guide. Can’t wait to see the rest of it.

I really liked the tips – they let me benefit from what you’ve learned and quickly improve my effectiveness.

Tanith.5264:

I may be in the minority of people who liked it. I thought it was pretty dang cool.

I’d like to hear what you liked about it.

ArenaNet has some great videos out there showcasing GW2. I’ve seen lots of them and I can see how much thought and love they put into this beautiful game.

I’m having an awesome time exploring their brilliant creation.

This commercial just got me confused, because it looked to be their first TV-like commercial, and it didn’t seem to know what it was trying to say.

Twaddlefish.6537:

I liked the bit when the person in the gas mask spray painted red from a can that clearly says ‘blue’.

You have some great eyes, I didn’t notice that!

At roughly 49 seconds into the video, the young woman’s spray can is indeed labeled as being blue.

Edit mistake aside, I didn’t get the commercial, it felt disjointed.

People in the real world were rebelling against the system. I guess this was to set us up to visualize us breaking free from our video game oppressors?

However, in the game world that rebellion didn’t seem to be there. It was a group of players banding together to fight a dragon like every other MMO out there.

The commercial didn’t seem to tell me what was revolutionary about it.

Good points. It was interesting to see how they tried to transition from real world to the virtual world, so the gamer can see themselves being drawn in to the game.

@nachdenki – didn’t realize they showed two dragons already. I’ll have to go back and see previous videos to see if I can catch the 1st one.

Saw the Guild Wars 2 commercial, and was wondering what the story being told was.

Here is the link from ArenaNet’s Official Youtube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o4R5Q0ZOTa8

At first, the person caked in mud reminded me of people in that old Apple/IBM commercial, where they are breaking free of their oppressor (here was it supposed to be Warcraft?).

The kid was paralyzed by fear and doubt, but about what, a video game?

Later, there are counter-culture types “rising up”, but against whom?

When they all rally, they face a dragon. I thought they were rising up against the system and sticking it to the Man.

I read they got someone who worked on the Matrix to direct this commercial.

I get those movies themes. However, this commercial’s modern setting and anarchist/protester theme didn’t make sense for a Warcraft-like fantasy game.

What does the commercial mean to you?