They made another live action ESO commercial

MrCray78 · March 2016

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IcyDeadPeople · March 2016

Cadbury wrote: »

I tend to think Eastern MMO's have better commercials.

Case in point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyHIvDP6pa8

Quick and to the point. No filler live action segments that detract from the game itself.

Do you really find this ad appealing? The content is just multiple character models all performing the same animations: running, riding, grinding, harvesting nodes etc. By Japanese standards of TV advertising, which are usually rather high, this one looks as if the agency phoned it in, relying entirely on the name Final Fantasy.

The ESO TG spot seems silly, but it is more memorable.

Thelon · March 2016

IcyDeadPeople wrote: »

The ESO TG spot seems silly, but it is more memorable.

Cadbury · March 2016

IcyDeadPeople wrote: »

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Cadbury wrote: »

I tend to think Eastern MMO's have better commercials.

Case in point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyHIvDP6pa8

Quick and to the point. No filler live action segments that detract from the game itself.

Do you really find this ad appealing? The content is just multiple character models all performing the same animations: running, riding, grinding, harvesting nodes etc. By Japanese standards of TV advertising, which are usually rather high, this one looks as if the agency phoned it in, relying entirely on the name Final Fantasy.

The ESO TG spot seems silly, but it is more memorable.

I just like it as it shows more of the game itself. It relies on the product to sell itself, not rely on paid actors.
It would be like a movie trailer having random people reenacting scenes from the movie, instead of showing actual scenes

It's definitely not a favorite, but it does its job adequately.

FunkyMunkayya · March 2016

Cadbury wrote: »

....so....Elder Scrolls LARPers are a thing, huh?

Ofcourse they are a thing, just about any mmo or roleplaying game has LARPers. Consider this, even Runescape has its share of LARPers who construct and wear homemade rune armor and dragon scimitars with paper phats... Even back when its graphics where so pixelated it looked like u where playing a lego character.

Elsonso · March 2016

Gidorick wrote: »

I like how some people are trying to read too much into the commercial... trying to make it out as some sort of really clever meta campaign like @lordrichter
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lordrichter wrote: »

I thought it was pretty cute, right down to the exaggerated LARP acting. As a commercial, it does what it needs to do. It shows in-game action, gets the point of Thieves Guild across, and does it by presenting the game using actors pretending to be in the game.

While I am sure this is missed by most, what we are watching in this video is Elder Scrolls lore in action. Events in the game presented from the perspective of people in the game. Yeah, it is done in a light manner, but the whole thing reminds me of something one of the NPCs in the game might do, if the technology was available.

Excuse me? Not even close, @Gidorick .

You are reading way too much into my comment. I do not think those two people are actually in the game. They are players, outside of the game, pretending to be in the game, but everyone knows that they are not actually in the game.

Not only do I think that this is intended (obviously) but I think that, as part of this, they are playing off of how Elder Scrolls lore works using the very format of the video. This is one way to write a skit to convey information about Thieves Guild (remember, this is a commercial video) by setting the video as an account of one ESO fan playing the DLC. This is the format that Elder Scrolls uses to present lore. If intended, wonderful!

Gidorick wrote: »

I just don't think these commercials do a great job of highlighting the strengths, atmosphere, or feeling of ESO.

That is not the intent of the videos. These are not technical commercials that outline the facts of the game. They are not selling what happens in the game as much as they are selling how players feel about playing the game. They do it in a fun way, which does capture the essence of the game itself.

IrishGirlGamer wrote: »

I remember watching the official Skyrim trailer for the first time. I was in school and I was blown away. I grabbed a couple of friends and we went up to a study room at the university library and hooked up my Macbook to the television monitor. Then we played the trailer with the volume loud enough to practically rattle the glass in windows.

I loved that trailer. It was well-written, great voice, nicely timed. And it was all gameplay footage

It was well written and I love that trailer. Ultimately, the trailer depicted things that were not in the game.

Although, it is nice to see that competitive archery was in TES V:Skyrim, too!

Forestd16b14_ESO · March 2016

Did they seriously get the dumb blond in Skyrims steel armor to do a half ass commercial for ESO again ?

rotaugen454 · March 2016

Forestd16b14_ESO wrote: »

Did they seriously get the dumb blond in Skyrims steel armor to do a half ass commercial for ESO again ?

That "dumb blonde" probably made more filming that short commercial than you will in a year.

TheValkyn · March 2016

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Thornen wrote: »

Sophie Monk AAA Australian Actor....topkek

Well, when they made the clip it was still summer in the southern hemnisphere - and the DLC landscape was made with the australian outback in mind, so having an australian actor and maybe film it in australia makes sense in a way.

Edit: and the way in which it is presented is roughly british humor - a persiflage, self-mockery.

Except she's been doing the commercials for over a year now.

IrishGirlGamer · March 2016

lordrichter wrote: »

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Gidorick wrote: »

I like how some people are trying to read too much into the commercial... trying to make it out as some sort of really clever meta campaign like @lordrichter

lordrichter wrote: »

I thought it was pretty cute, right down to the exaggerated LARP acting. As a commercial, it does what it needs to do. It shows in-game action, gets the point of Thieves Guild across, and does it by presenting the game using actors pretending to be in the game.

While I am sure this is missed by most, what we are watching in this video is Elder Scrolls lore in action. Events in the game presented from the perspective of people in the game. Yeah, it is done in a light manner, but the whole thing reminds me of something one of the NPCs in the game might do, if the technology was available.

Excuse me? Not even close, @Gidorick . You are reading way too much into my comment. I do not think those two people are actually in the game. They are players, outside of the game, pretending to be in the game, but everyone knows that they are not actually in the game.

Not only do I think that this is intended (obviously) but I think that, as part of this, they are playing off of how Elder Scrolls lore works using the very format of the video. This is one way to write a skit to convey information about Thieves Guild (remember, this is a commercial video) by setting the video as an account of one ESO fan playing the DLC. This is the format that Elder Scrolls uses to present lore. If intended, wonderful!
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Gidorick wrote: »

I just don't think these commercials do a great job of highlighting the strengths, atmosphere, or feeling of ESO.

That is not the intent of the videos. These are not technical commercials that outline the facts of the game. They are not selling what happens in the game as much as they are selling how players feel about playing the game. They do it in a fun way, which does capture the essence of the game itself.
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IrishGirlGamer wrote: »

I remember watching the official Skyrim trailer for the first time. I was in school and I was blown away. I grabbed a couple of friends and we went up to a study room at the university library and hooked up my Macbook to the television monitor. Then we played the trailer with the volume loud enough to practically rattle the glass in windows.

I loved that trailer. It was well-written, great voice, nicely timed. And it was all gameplay footage

It was well written and I love that trailer. Ultimately, the trailer depicted things that were not in the game.

Although, it is nice to see that competitive archery was in TES V:Skyrim, too!

I'm curious ... what do you feel the original Skyrim trailer depicted that wasn't in the game?

strikeback1247 · March 2016

It seriously wasn't that bad. It was not even cringy. Maybe I'm just used to way worse cringe from watching too many youtube cringefests...

TerraDewBerry · March 2016

So so bad.. it was good. I had to watch it twice!

Refuse2GrowUp · March 2016

Horrible commercial

MrPoolaty · March 2016

Waste of resources.

Gidorick · March 2016

lordrichter wrote: »

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Gidorick wrote: »

I like how some people are trying to read too much into the commercial... trying to make it out as some sort of really clever meta campaign like @lordrichter

lordrichter wrote: »

I thought it was pretty cute, right down to the exaggerated LARP acting. As a commercial, it does what it needs to do. It shows in-game action, gets the point of Thieves Guild across, and does it by presenting the game using actors pretending to be in the game.

While I am sure this is missed by most, what we are watching in this video is Elder Scrolls lore in action. Events in the game presented from the perspective of people in the game. Yeah, it is done in a light manner, but the whole thing reminds me of something one of the NPCs in the game might do, if the technology was available.

Excuse me? Not even close, @Gidorick . You are reading way too much into my comment. I do not think those two people are actually in the game. They are players, outside of the game, pretending to be in the game, but everyone knows that they are not actually in the game.

Not only do I think that this is intended (obviously) but I think that, as part of this, they are playing off of how Elder Scrolls lore works using the very format of the video. This is one way to write a skit to convey information about Thieves Guild (remember, this is a commercial video) by setting the video as an account of one ESO fan playing the DLC. This is the format that Elder Scrolls uses to present lore. If intended, wonderful!
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Gidorick wrote: »

I just don't think these commercials do a great job of highlighting the strengths, atmosphere, or feeling of ESO.

That is not the intent of the videos. These are not technical commercials that outline the facts of the game. They are not selling what happens in the game as much as they are selling how players feel about playing the game. They do it in a fun way, which does capture the essence of the game itself.
show previous quotes

IrishGirlGamer wrote: »

I remember watching the official Skyrim trailer for the first time. I was in school and I was blown away. I grabbed a couple of friends and we went up to a study room at the university library and hooked up my Macbook to the television monitor. Then we played the trailer with the volume loud enough to practically rattle the glass in windows.

I loved that trailer. It was well-written, great voice, nicely timed. And it was all gameplay footage

It was well written and I love that trailer. Ultimately, the trailer depicted things that were not in the game.

Although, it is nice to see that competitive archery was in TES V:Skyrim, too!

That's part of the issue I have @lordrichter , I don't feel like the trailer captures the"essence of the game"... or was ESO intended to be a sort of parody of TES and I'm just completely missing the joke?

mistermutiny89 · March 2016

Poor Sophie, scraped the bottom of the acting barrel with this job, the first one was even worse. I still remember as a teenager having pics of her up on my wall hahahaha.

As for the pauldroms, yeah that's a pretty accurate rendition of how all shoulder pieces look in game. Good job. (Inserts five hundredth request to hide shoulders option).

runagate · March 2016

I don't know what's funnier: That the lady in the video says "so you just steal ***" and you don't even really notice, or that someone said the phrase "is a sportive equestrian."

I will henceforth forever reply when asked, "What are you like, bloke," solely with, "Well, I'm a sportive equestrian." That made my day - nay! my week.

Lysette · March 2016

runagate wrote: »

I don't know what's funnier: That the lady in the video says "so you just steal ***" and you don't even really notice, or that someone said the phrase "is a sportive equestrian."

I will henceforth forever reply when asked, "What are you like, bloke," solely with, "Well, I'm a sportive equestrian." That made my day - nay! my week.

Well, that was not part of the video - I said that, because I was doing a quick check about who that person is (I didn't know her) on the web and what I found was among other things that she is a sportive and competitive equestrian.

tinythinker · April 2016

Sorry, wrong button/window. Never mind

Burning_Talons · April 2016

I want to bleak her outpost