r/PS4 • u/cristi1990an cristi1990anRO • Sep 01 '18

[Video] [Video] BioWare Makes Fun of Marvel's Spider-Man's "PuddleGate" Controversy

https://youtu.be/yQph-_imtDY
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u/Maximelene Sep 02 '18

Because it's a work product that is never advertised as being exactly what you will buy at release.

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u/Guyote_ Guyote__ Sep 02 '18

But they’re taking pre-orders while showing that off.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18

Wait...doesn't pre alpha footage ways say something in the effects of "work of progress might not represent final product." You should NEVER take any pre alpha footage to heart. Every game company has done this over the years. Every one. All those games at E3 will probably not look like that when they are released unless they are pushed back and come out next generation. But honestly...should you care as long as it's a great game?

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u/Maximelene Sep 02 '18 edited Sep 02 '18

Which doesn't change anything to the fact that the images they're showing are not definitive. Which is also why you shouldn't preorder.

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u/maniek1188 Sep 02 '18

Of course it is false advertising. I bet that if this game was published by EA or Ubisoft there would be universal uproar, but since its "good guys" Insomniac people prefer to get angry with others pointing that out. Hypocrites, hypocrites everywhere.

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u/Maximelene Sep 02 '18

Hypocrisy is seeing work in progress footage, assume that's how the game will look like at release (without anything supporting it), then getting angry with them because of your own baseless assumptions.

And yes, it works the same for every publisher. The outrage about Watch Dogs downgrade was idiotic. People need to start understanding the concept of "work in progress", and how development works. Or, at least, don't complain about things they don't understand.

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u/maniek1188 Sep 02 '18

No - that's not how it works. You do understand what happened with Alien Colonial marines? They got sued for their visual downgrade. Lets not make light of blatant false advertising. There is very simple fix for this - don't allow preorders till game goes gold. Then there would be no more overpromising materials trying to gather as much preorders while showcasing effects impossible to obtain in final product. People do not have to be experts on game development to buy games - thats how it works in every fucking industry when you buy product. So stop defending blatant anti-consumer practices and start to stand your ground. Fucking fanboys. Jesus.

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u/Maximelene Sep 02 '18

Yes, that's how it works. You should read about that lawsuit. It revolves around the fact that the images shown were advertised as "actual gameplay", which is exactly what I'm talking about, and is something that Insomniac didn't do. You're actually supporting my point here.

And you don't HAVE to know anything about development to understand that images shown months before release are not final. That's called common sense. The only "anti consumer practice" here is the one you force on yourself.

By the way, you're the only agressive person here. Stop calling people "fanboys" simply because they disagree with you, and try to be reasonable.