queenpea
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Yes, except that the other major selling point of the video is the ability to custom-name a settlement, which is a feature that was only just patched in. Along with "one more turn."
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Yes, except that the other major selling point of the video is the ability to custom-name a settlement, which is a feature that was only just patched in. Along with "one more turn."
What I certainly disliked in the ad is that it is either deliberately implicit about what the target audience for the game is (generally very young kids; not many others in their right mind would use this line about pudding in the game ^^) or unaware of the actual (?) audience for the game.
Civ ads were always on the silly side, yes, but perhaps with Civ7's known problems atm there should have been a sense of urgency about making promotional material which at least are mostly liked.
Anyway, I am just one person (obv), yet my criticism of the ad commands that Puddington is erased from the map asap.
This video has been released AFTER these features were implemented.
And you're overthinking this. It's just funny.
queenpea
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Lord Lakely
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The woman on the horse represents the player, not any of the leader avatars you play as.Too controversial to be 'an art'.
well no matter that there are three black women being Player Characters in this game (Hatshepsut, Harriet Tubman and Saruniya Amina), woman shown riding a horse look nothing similiar to any of these.
Why don't choose anyone who looks alot more like Amina to leads 'The Horde'? since she always introduce herself as an aggressive leader of robber band 'who thakes everything from anyone'.
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I believe they chose a black woman specifically to give as much contrast compared to the asian men she's leading into combat, so that you would KNOW she represents the player. It's weird how that observation flew over the head of many.
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Could someone post the funny one? Or at least a link.
queenpea
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I don’t think so, because the woman on the horse names the leader, Melvin392 or whatever, who I think represents the human player username.
Who cares what race everyone is? She does a good job in the commercial—not that the ad does anything for me particularly.
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Nah, she's an Army Commander!
Definitely!
Dreadnought
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This “trailer” perfectly encapsulates the issues with Civ7: total immersion killer.
And that’s not even counting the immense amount of cringe.
And that’s not even counting the immense amount of cringe.
What about the ad is a total immersion killer?
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I was scrollin the internets, immersing myself ya know, then I stumbled across that commercial and it totally killed all the immersion I had built ;D ;D
aelf
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My guess is the humour Moderator Action: *SNIP*Let's not go there please. -lymond
Personally, I don't even care much about immersion within the game.
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Lord Lakely
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Yes... but a visual representation of A Player Character doesn't hurt either. Via a disembodied hand and voice.
Oh, it's the typical "let's think of something FUNNY" straight man brainstorm, humour which aims for zany irreverence and often lands on forced cringe. We've seen worse of that. I've certainly seen worse recently, given that I am a fan of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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I'm sorry, but I misread the title, and thought this was going to be about Paddington the Bear
His ability is once per turn his army commanders can heal a neighbour unit with a marmalade sandwich?
aelf
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You mean the Moderator Action: *SNIP* or here either. -lymond bear from Peru 
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It'd have been better if the town was called Paddington, yes. Although it is a rather mid area of zone1 in London, mostly featuring small hotels apart from the large eponymous station.
The British accent (I have to suppose the actress is British) was among the cringe elements ^^
The British accent (I have to suppose the actress is British) was among the cringe elements ^^
Dreadnought
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This seems like an ad for Clash of Clans, not for a Civilization game. Is this really where the franchise has fallen to?
Has the franchise fallen, or have our advertising styles changed? I'm sure that whoever Firaxis hired to make ads knows what works. If this is the kind of ad that works, then so be it.
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