What is the story with those dominion ads??

[Wrana]

To Ich:

so the game becomes more appealing to the target audience: Seduction and Corruption will be played out in some kinda dating sim fashion. Blood hunting will be played out in some other kind of mini-game as well (no details)

It was the 1st April post, for Cthulhu's sake!
You may find the humor in question a sick one, but don't say that you didn't get it from acronims included (the engine mentioned here was named LAME, iirc!).
As for ad-munchers, etc., it just seems that they are not used by enough people to enter into equation. Probably if we would advocate their use actively enough...

[lch]

Wrana said:
It was the 1st April post, for Cthulhu's sake!
You may find the humor in question a sick one, but don't say that you didn't get it from acronims included (the engine mentioned here was named LAME, iirc!).

Huh, what are you referring to? The Aprils fools forum thread? I didn't really read that one, just glanced over it.

I was just ad-libbing. But if things progress in that direction you may soon crown me as the great visionary that foretold those changes.

[VedalkenBear]

I can tell you this much totally honestly. If I didn't already own Dom3, and I saw that ad, I would be mightily disinclined to purchase it.

This is also true for any product IW makes in the future, since I assume the ad ran with their consent. If not, IW, please let me know.

[Wrana]

To Ich:

what are you referring to? The Aprils fools forum thread?

Precisely. It contained all things that you mentioned.
As for visionaries - frankly, I have enough where I live. And I read Exile, too. So, while you are in good company, you just have no chance of getting a crown in it.
And direction in which things DO go has enough darker tendencies without seeing one in just black humor of some punks-gone-within-system.

[Kristoffer O]

vfb said:
I have sufficient faith in the developers to believe that this marketing campaign is going to have no influence on the game itself.

Oh dear, it has had an effect!
I'm sorry! There will be some male nudity in the new patch

[Sombre]

We've already got the alternate costume of the lord of fertility. Do we really need more wang? Of course we do.

[VedalkenBear]

Speaking for myself, I find the ads rather tasteless.

As far as 'hot women' liking these games, there is no logical reason why they shouldn't; one of my friends in high school was the head of the Dance Team (and looked it), and was the Captain of the Hurricanettes at UM her senior year there... and majored in Computer Engineering. If she didn't graduate at least Magna Cum Laude, I will be very much surprised.

[Ironhawk]

Yeah, even after all the commentary about how its a joke and whatnot, I still find the ad offensive. I think if they'd just made even the slightest head-nod to dominions, like the Bog Beast furry doll or something, I would have been able to swallow it.

And to your comment Wokeye: yeah I understand the advertising concept of "any attention is good attention", but in this case I cant say I agree with it. I mean, this ad campaign has lowered the degree of respect that I have for Shrapnel as a whole. How can a campaign be considered a success if it is alienating a repeat buyer?

[DonCorazon]

Renojustin said:
It's not funny. It's not effective. It's just plain stupid.

As Turn Based Strategy players in general, and Dominions 3 players in particular, I think I speak for all of us when I say that we prefer substance over graphics.

Well funny is a matter of opinion in most countries luckily.

I tend not to take things too seriously and find it amusing to see a beautiful scantily clad woman craving an extremely complex turn based computer strategy game that I cannot even convince some of my geekier friends to attempt to learn. And I admit that I am probably at my geekiest when I spend time combing through the forums trying to figure out the best way to kit out Rhuax, Elemental King of Fire to help aid the Jomonese nation fend off the evil Lord Fiddlesticks of Pythium.

But hey, if you want to be all serious and let this offend your sensibilities because we are braniac strategy gamers only interested in intellectual content then cheers! You are definitely in the target demographic.

[Lingchih]

I've always taken the as a joke, and find them quite funny.