This video helped me appreciate what goes into game marketing a lot more. Particularly the 'ramping up' in exciting elements you talked about with Nintendo trailers, it's pretty interesting.
Also, I greatly appreciate you talking about how generalized Indie games are presented these days. The trailers we remember are the ones that don't fit the theme. Cozy IS the theme these days.
I played the demo of Little Kitty Big City ages ago on my GPD Win4 during Steam Next Fest and it is a seriously fun and charming game. Jake, you've gotta play it.
To your point about lists: EVERY. SINGLE. DIRECT. They describe at least one if not several games with: "VERB, VERB, and VERB your way through INSERT WORLD HERE and INSERT PUN HERE to victory" and it is SO boring. The narration from the developers is 1000x better than whatever Nintendo provides in the voiceover.
I was quite interested in Valley Peaks and i genuinely didn't even notice you play as a frog and use your tongue to traverse?? 😅 A miss for me or a miss for the trailer?
This video helped me appreciate what goes into game marketing a lot more. Particularly the 'ramping up' in exciting elements you talked about with Nintendo trailers, it's pretty interesting.
Also, I greatly appreciate you talking about how generalized Indie games are presented these days. The trailers we remember are the ones that don't fit the theme. Cozy IS the theme these days.
I played the demo of Little Kitty Big City ages ago on my GPD Win4 during Steam Next Fest and it is a seriously fun and charming game. Jake, you've gotta play it.
To your point about lists: EVERY. SINGLE. DIRECT. They describe at least one if not several games with:
"VERB, VERB, and VERB your way through INSERT WORLD HERE and INSERT PUN HERE to victory"
and it is SO boring. The narration from the developers is 1000x better than whatever Nintendo provides in the voiceover.
Also you're right about the slow narration, that was weeeeird
Based Jake, as usual
I need more of Jake going "oh nice! Yeah?"
no Antonblast mentioned 😔
One of the only games here that goes out of its way to avoid the generic wholesome vibe is AntonBlast.
NO ANTON BLAST TALK??
I was quite interested in Valley Peaks and i genuinely didn't even notice you play as a frog and use your tongue to traverse?? 😅
A miss for me or a miss for the trailer?
I don't recall seeing Valley Peaks in the NA direct.
Hi chat!
So glad you aren't apart of gamexplain anymore. This is so much better
thank you ❤️
awesome!
Jake hates Indie games confirmed
Fixed: Jake hates indie game marketing confirmed
If I'm honest I didn't watch it it's not a direct so yeah pretty cool games though