Bandai, please stop spoiling the game

[Crater]

Seriously, why do you keep doing that? People who have interest in this game already know about it, and dropping trailers full of spoilers only pisses people off. Not to mention those "influencers" livestreams.

[hemorrhage911]

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Ryu eredeti hozzászólása:

It's Bandai Namco's fault that you can't exercise some restraint and not watch.

Know when I saw the DS3 launch trailer? a month ago. Because it was so easy not to watch, I forgot about them for years.

Instead of blaming people for watching trailers, which are meant to be watched, you should blame the company behind it which wasn't able to construct a decent trailer without spoiling things too much. I am aware that they need something to show, but it doesn't have to be half the game or all of it, in case of Mario Odyssey for example.

A company isn't going to know what you think is a spoiler - most people don't view just SEEING bosses as being "spoiled".

Actually, most of these trailers aren't even directed at you - they are directed at potential consumers. I let a friend see one of the recent trailers just a couple days ago and he said it answered some basic questions he had and he's now going to get it. Other people said that trailer showed too much...

This is spoilerphobe territory though. Out of context "bosses" being shown is minor enough that the potential gain for them outweighs a decade long fan thinking they saw too much...while they still have it preordered.

[Sam]

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Samuel22 eredeti hozzászólása:

Context tends to matter a lot when it comes to counting something as a spoiler or not, some people would count trailers as spoilers and some dont, I respect whatever choice you decide it a spoiler or not, mine is just that I find trailers more of something that entices me to get into the game and what to look forward to, now if the whole game WAS shown then that feeling would be very diminished

Story-wise maybe, but I am strictly talking about enemies/bosses and areas here. If I see in trailers and screenshots that there's caves with spiders, a dude with a double-sided axe as weapon and a level with a beach and sunset, that's 3 things spoiled already. Those are examples, I actually, thankfully, cannot remember anything in particular from the reveal trailer. I did see a few things from the NT and obviously I've seen the store screenshots. Those things alone, with how varied they are, spoil things. If I know half of the areas and bosses already, because I've seen them over and over in marketing material I won't be surprised once I see them in-game. It'll just be "oh, it's that guy" or "oh that area".

Fair enough, I understand how that feels in some sense, I wish you the best of luck in your journey through the Lands Between

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nomorevideos eredeti hozzászólása:

Instead of blaming people for watching trailers, which are meant to be watched, you should blame the company behind it which wasn't able to construct a decent trailer without spoiling things too much. I am aware that they need something to show, but it doesn't have to be half the game or all of it, in case of Mario Odyssey for example.

A company isn't going to know what you think is a spoiler - most people don't view just SEEING bosses as being "spoiled".

Actually, most of these trailers aren't even directed at you - they are directed at potential consumers. I let a friend see one of the recent trailers just a couple days ago and he said it answered some basic questions he had and he's now going to get it. Other people said that trailer showed too much...

This is spoilerphobe territory though. Out of context "bosses" being shown is minor enough that the potential gain for them outweighs a decade long fan thinking they saw too much...while they still have it preordered.

It's not "spoilerphobe" territory. Look at movies and their trailers, since someone else mentioned it earlier.

Movie trailers are the worst offenders by far, since most trailers these days spoil nearly all good scenes. Don't Breathe 2 IIRC spoiled nearly all of its best scenes. Imagine seeing a trailer for a movie and going "woah, yeah, that looks awesome!" and then you go to see the movie and there isn't a single action scene in there you haven't seen before in the trailer. So in the end there was no special action scene that wasn't shown and you essentially paid $15 to see some characters talk for 80 minutes.

Same goes for ER. Instead of being surprised about the cave with the spiders you'll just go "oh this area" since the store page on several websites already has that spoiled. Instead of being surprised about a level's aesthetics you just kinda shrug it off.

[Weedsmell]

never watch trailers of this games, they are usually full of spoilers, or will break your heart (looking at you ds2 mannequin's mask )

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Samuel22 eredeti hozzászólása:

nomorevideos eredeti hozzászólása:

Story-wise maybe, but I am strictly talking about enemies/bosses and areas here. If I see in trailers and screenshots that there's caves with spiders, a dude with a double-sided axe as weapon and a level with a beach and sunset, that's 3 things spoiled already. Those are examples, I actually, thankfully, cannot remember anything in particular from the reveal trailer. I did see a few things from the NT and obviously I've seen the store screenshots. Those things alone, with how varied they are, spoil things. If I know half of the areas and bosses already, because I've seen them over and over in marketing material I won't be surprised once I see them in-game. It'll just be "oh, it's that guy" or "oh that area".

Fair enough, I understand how that feels in some sense, I wish you the best of luck in your journey through the Lands Between

You too.

[Gigadesu!]

I haven't watched like anything about the game. I know we can ride a goat and this is darksouls in all but name.

[ilyrad]

I didn't read any comments on this board, I also have had 0% of the game spoiled for me. I only know what classes will be by name, and only general info from the original demo revealing the gameplay snippets.....If you have had spoilers I would put money on you actively watching videos for elden ring, watching streams with it, or have super ♥♥♥♥♥♥ friends that tell you spoilers.... the first two mean you have poor self control and the other one means you have poor taste in people.... none of those you can pin on bandai tbh. It really isn't hard to avoid spoilers, you just have to want to avoid spoilers and properly do what needs to be done to avoid them. See content related to elden ring on social media? just bypass that thing entirely or don't use social media. Honestly this argument is dumb as hell.

if you watch a ***preview*** for anything..... guess what.... that will give you a preview of the content and that is by virtue a spoiler.... no avoiding it, don't like it? Don't watch previews.... p easy.

but you are probably a child and likely would rather project your faults on others....

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ilyrad eredeti hozzászólása:

I didn't read any comments on this board, I also have had 0% of the game spoiled for me. I only know what classes will be by name, and only general info from the original demo revealing the gameplay snippets.....If you have had spoilers I would put money on you actively watching videos for elden ring, watching streams with it, or have super ♥♥♥♥♥♥ friends that tell you spoilers.... the first two mean you have poor self control and the other one means you have poor taste in people.... none of those you can pin on bandai tbh. It really isn't hard to avoid spoilers, you just have to want to avoid spoilers and properly do what needs to be done to avoid them. See content related to elden ring on social media? just bypass that thing entirely or don't use social media. Honestly this argument is dumb as hell.

if you watch a ***preview*** for anything..... guess what.... that will give you a preview of the content and that is by virtue a spoiler.... no avoiding it, don't like it? Don't watch previews.... p easy.

but you are probably a child and likely would rather project your faults on others....

Nice ad hominem and deflecting from the actual point of discussion, that a company shouldn't go out of their way to show everything prior to launch.

[paladin181]

Funny, I haven't been spoiled. I haven't seen so much as a screenshot from in game since early development.

[RyuKazé]

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Ryu eredeti hozzászólása:

It's Bandai Namco's fault that you can't exercise some restraint and not watch.

Know when I saw the DS3 launch trailer? a month ago. Because it was so easy not to watch, I forgot about them for years.

Instead of blaming people for watching trailers, which are meant to be watched, you should blame the company behind it which wasn't able to construct a decent trailer without spoiling things too much. I am aware that they need something to show, but it doesn't have to be half the game or all of it, in case of Mario Odyssey for example.

Someone could see 1 toe from Melina and call that a spoiler. When i recently watched the DS3 trailer, I wasn't even focused on the fact that they showed a bunch of bosses, it just made me really excited for the game though I had already beaten it, which is the point.

Trailers are meant to be watched, sure but if you think you have a low threshold for things you consider to be spoilers, it's easier for you to not watch because the company is gonna do what they want regardless.

[Corona Scurrae]

"I'm not going to play elden ring because it contains spoilers" op probably.

[BiscuitsnGravy]

dude just turn the channel ffs

[ilyrad]

nomorevideos eredeti hozzászólása:

Nice ad hominem and deflecting from the actual point of discussion, that a company shouldn't go out of their way to show everything prior to launch.

there is nothing of the sort in my words. A trailer is something literally used to give a preview into what a consumer is getting and there is no way of doing that without spoiling the contents of the thing being showcased.

I really don't understand how you all view this as rocket science, trailers/previews are literally peaking inside the product... you can only blame yourself for peeking, this is literally true for every type of media that has a trailer or preview. If you are a fan of a series of something like this and honestly do not want anything spoiled the last thing you should do is watch promotional content for that thing.

so yeah, I guess you can cry me a river....

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Ryu eredeti hozzászólása:

nomorevideos eredeti hozzászólása:

Instead of blaming people for watching trailers, which are meant to be watched, you should blame the company behind it which wasn't able to construct a decent trailer without spoiling things too much. I am aware that they need something to show, but it doesn't have to be half the game or all of it, in case of Mario Odyssey for example.

Someone could see 1 toe from Melina and call that a spoiler. When i recently watched the DS3 trailer, I wasn't even focused on the fact that they showed a bunch of bosses, it just made me really excited for the game though I had already beaten it, which is the point.

Trailers are meant to be watched, sure but if you think you have a low threshold for things you consider to be spoilers, it's easier for you to not watch because the company is gonna do what they want regardless.

Except seeing a single toe or even item wouldn't really spoil anything. Even if it's an item that later plays a role in the ending e.g. RE7/8 did something like that with their starting areas.

The point is that Bamco is showing way too much overall, from the several videos/trailers, to the NT and all the promotional material you can find on the store page and Co. Again, Mario Odyssey had basically all its levels spoiled, excluding Mushroom Kingdom, which was a secret level. It's just sad to see when literally every possible level in a game like that is spoiled. Mexican Ice Desert, Overgrown City Ruins, New York, etc. Odyssey even showed and spoiled some of the boss fights in its trailer(s).

You're all ignoring the fact that this isn't about story spoilers or event spoilers, it's solely the spoiling of locations and enemies. I literally had a look at the store page just a moment ago and saw a picture I hadn't seen yet, or if I did before I 100% didn't remember seeing it. Guess what, now I am spoiled and I know there's going to be an area withpurple crystals, similar to DS1 in this game.

I've made it my plan to literally count every single area and boss in the game and compare it to the marketing material once the game's out and I am done playing it. Because I am pretty sure half of the areas and bosses have been spoiled at this point.

[V Knives]

It looks awesome tho.