• Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    Battlefield games also had billboards. Granted they were torn up, but they were advertisements. Tbh I’m okay with ads if they fit into the game.

    Have a game with a TV? I’m okay with ads getting inserted into the fake-TV programming so long as they’re in the style of the game.

    Have a game with billboards? Okay, but again, it needs to be in the style of the game.

    I’m willing to forgive some level of advertising in games, especially if they’re from smaller studios, they just need to be non-intrusive and fit the style of the game. I’m more forgiving if you’ve put the work and effort into making the ad look and feel like it’s part of the world. An example is if GTA VI had radio ads that were self-depricating and/or self-parodies of the real-world companies advertising in-game.

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      1 year ago

      How about the example of Transformers(2007) where GM very gently shoehorned their product into nearly every character.

      This movie killed the movie theater for me, I felt like I paid to watch a commercial