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15 Misleading Video Game Trailers That Totally Lied To You

Unlike the advertising you’d find in any other medium, trailers and promotions for video games can often show absolutely nothing from the product they’re promoting. While a movie trailer is supposed to set up plot and characters at the same time as teasing key aspects of the experience, video game trailers are more often than not entirely unrepresentative of the finished product.

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LordMaim3339d ago

Wow. There are some extreme leaps of "logic" that are being presented as issues in this article. Like how Brutal Legends is somehow "more of an RTS" than it is an action game, which is completely inaccurate.

Spotie3339d ago

It's whatculture. Expecting better than this is silly.

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JasonKCK3339d ago

I wouldn't really consider many of these as lies. Some of these are just development changes. The Killzone 2 reveal trailer, Aliens CM, and Watchdogs are definitely lies though.

NarooN3339d ago

The Killzone 2 2005 trailer wasn't a lie, it was the press (and some higher-ups at Sony who didn't know any better) who claimed it was real-time. GG (the game devs) always maintained that it wasn't real-time footage, but that it was a target of what they expected to achieve with the hardware down the line... And while the animations weren't as fancy as in the '05 trailer, the actual content was in the final game, and the final graphics literally exceeded that trailer anyway.

JasonKCK3338d ago

When the Sony head said "that was in game" when it was CGI. That was a lie any way you look at it. I know mentioning a Sony exclusive is a no no here but a lie is a lie, own up to it.

NarooN3338d ago

I don't care what the Sony guy said. What matters is what the actual devs, the people making it said, and they never said it was in-game, so get over it.

WizzroSupreme3339d ago

Bioshock Infinite looked like such a totally different game just a couple of years ago, but I liked how it turned out well enough.

BudokaiGamer3339d ago

For me, it didn't feel like a Bioshock game. I think with any other name I would appreciate it more. And it didn't tie into the story of Bioshock for me at all. I played it once and enjoyed it, but I think I would've loved it if it was better.

ion6663339d ago

no mini puzzles and it just felt generic. Plus they screwed on some story elements like the racial undertone. it could have been a deep game but it ended up in matrix 3 territory. I never felt underpowered ever. It should have focused on survival. It clearly a cash grab. but if they make a part four with all the money they recieved from infinite.Then I would hope they implement gameplay from part 1 and 2

Vegamyster3339d ago

It was a stripped down version of the first game, i didn't even finish it because of how generic the gameplay was.

JasonKCK3338d ago

I agree. Bioshock was so much better than Bioshock Infinite yet Bioshock Infinite got so many 10's. Probably the most overrated game I ever played and biggest waste of money on Steam. They took one of the most beloved RPG horror games and Call of Duty-ed it.

JWiLL5523339d ago

Yeah...I never understood the complaints about Killzone 2's reveal trailer. The final game ended up matching it in most ways.

ion6663339d ago

I was blown away by Killzone it felt like a war. I think the targeted video was 88% matched. I'm sure if they remade the game now it would be screen for screen. I love killzone.

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The Best Video Game Opening Levels In Gaming History

The Opening Levels that hooked gamers from the outset.

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The 7 Best Final Fantasy Characters: Unveiling the Legends

While FFVII ranks highly, there's more to the series than one game. Here's Chit Hot's picks for the seven best Final Fantasy characters.

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The older it gets, the more I respect Final Fantasy XIII

Alex Donaldson: "Hindsight is a hell of a thing, however, and in the years since Final Fantasy XIII, my respect for the decisions its developers made has skyrocketed. In the two Final Fantasy titles since we see both the brilliance and the folly in alternative approaches - and in Final Fantasy VII Remake, we get a more nuanced understanding of what FF13 was trying to accomplish from many of the same development leads."

Einhander1972126d ago

FFXIII is actually one of the best Final Fantasy games.

I also sort of was disappointed at the time, never as much as the bandwagon. But really all the fantastic 3D rendered cutscenes and I actually liked the characters and the story though convoluted was actually fantastic and the ending was extremely emotional. So much budget and time were put into that game Square had such big plans, I actually have always felt kind of bad for how things played out.

I have been thinking for years how great it would be to get all three games on one disk for PS4 or 5.

Nyxus126d ago

I always liked this game, and I agree, a rerelease for current gen would be nice.

Shane Kim124d ago (Edited 124d ago )

Gotta take off the nostalgia glasses. It's the worst FF. Shiva as a bike, I mean come on.

Elda124d ago

Shiva as a bike is strange but saying FFXIII is the worst FF is not at all a fact, that's simply your opinion.

Terry_B124d ago

*One of the 3 equally bad FF's

DivineHand125124d ago (Edited 124d ago )

When I got my series X a year ago, I bought FF13 for nostalgia reasons but ended up being disappointed. When I first played it around the time it launched, I didn't have a lot of experience with final fantasy games, so I enjoyed it. Fast forward to when I played it again, I found that the game had many unnecessary filler moments instead of just giving us meaningful content.

The game is also very linear and a quote on the article said it best. "It is like a sewage pipe that leads to the ocean until it opens up on Grand Pulse."

The story didn't make much sense either and I believe it is my mistake as I played the FF7 remake on PS5 prior which is a night and day difference in terms of pacing, storytelling and likeable characters even though cloud is aloof.

FinalFantasyFanatic124d ago (Edited 124d ago )

Probably was a mistake to play any of the golden era FFs first (e.g. FF6 through FF10), it makes it harder to enjoy some of the FFs that aren't as good. I think FF12 was where major issues with the series started becoming apparent, and it just got worse from there.

FinalFantasyFanatic124d ago (Edited 124d ago )

I didn't really care for it that much, the only saving grace was that it had a better story than 15 (overall it was better than 15) and possibly 12, and even then, you had to read some of it through primers, like reading a book. Plus the battle system was reasonably fun for what it was, even if it was more the spectacle that was exciting for me (e.g. summoning). And to be fair, the 13 trilogy got better with every games, I still don't like Snow though.

Gamingsince1981124d ago

Ff13 is only good if you haven't played a ff before, or any other games that are decent for that matter.

-Foxtrot124d ago

It is in fact no way the best Final Fantasy game, it's one of the worst

Linear corridors, Cutscene, Fight, Cutscene...rinse and repeat

Dialogue and characters are pretty bad, especially Lightning as the main FF hero, they literally said they tried to make a "Female Cloud" and they failed.

Story was pretty awful

I could go on

I think the only alright thing that came from the game was the music.

Elda123d ago

That's not a fact that's your personal opinion. The game sold 11 million copies between its 2009 release up until 2014 including critically reviewed as an 8 out of 10 or an 80 out of 100. The game does have some issues but it's not at all a fact as one of the worst FF games.

-Foxtrot123d ago

Elda

Not just mine mate

A large majority

So….

Traecy123d ago

N4G commenters such as yourself aren't the majority. The game was well received.

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gold_drake126d ago (Edited 126d ago )

i liked the game alot but i didnt like how they handled the terminology.

i dont mind reading data logs but it had soo many.

but i always loved the music and how it looked. the battle system wasnt too bad either.

but i like 13-2 more :)

i still dont understand why we never got a remaster of the trilogy

Eonjay124d ago

Xbox kinda did. Besides the video files of course which are still best on PS3 due to bluray.

Snookies12126d ago

XIII is a pretty solid game, but XIII-2 is WAY better. XIII-2 was one of the few games I decided to go for a Platinum trophy in, early on. Had so much fun the entire way through getting it too!

Eonjay124d ago

Totally agree. FF 13 was okay but 13-2 is my favorite FF game ever.

shinoff2183125d ago (Edited 125d ago )

I hated this to when it released. I haven't much liked a ff game since ff10 as much , aside from ff7remake. I decided to give it another shot on my series x since it's not on a current ps and was liking it quite a bit(just takes me some time to get over things ) until star ocean 2 remake came out I was all over that.

Square should definitely remaster it or something for ps4 ps5

KillerB124d ago

my favorite jrpg trilogy ever

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