Raphael Trailer, . . . Oh Dear

[ExodusFinale]

Look, I understand game developers get feedback that is not only not what they want to hear, but perhaps down right pompous and arrogant. . . . I get that.

But to down right come out and make a trailer about such a thing occuring? That feedback might have been troublesome for you, but to hear "narrator" read out an excrutiatingly long email in sarcastic troll voice . . . . that's inflicting something comepletely worse on your consumer base.

I first heard about this game from a friend at work. He said it looked pretty good and and should read up about it. . . . . first trailer was grand, I was quite intrigued. Then the second (Raphael) trailer poured in.

I could barely make it through a minute of the 6 minute+ video. (I had to force myself to watch more of it just to see where it was going just before I made this post. Still didn't make it all the way through. Only up until the "Let me take you through the demo walkthrough)

There's a demo, if people are interested they will play it. You don't need to walk anybody through a free demo. If it was some sort of exclusive beta playthrough that only a select few had access to, than maybe, but not something widely available to anyone with a Steam account.

Perhaps the video ends entirely different than I'm picturing, and my mistake if so.

I'm imagining it's just "Here's this guy's opinion. I'm going to read his e-mail in the most sarcastic snoody voice I can muster. I will then walk you through the game's demo ((most awesome content ever!!!)) and then, once again, sarcastically see why you, Raphael, couldn't possibly like it. And we're sorry for our poor, sorry-♥♥♥ game that is widely beloved in the professional meta-critic community."

That guy might have been a D-bag, . . . you'll run into those. . . . . don't inflict your personal discontent with somebody onto your hopefully, consumer audience.

We (I?) won't like you for it.

[Mort Strudel]

It's entirely possible, and likely, that that was not an actual person, and instead was just a fake email altogether. And to be fair, anybody who says your game is bad because a woman played it and women are "inherently less logical than us guys" deserves to be made fun of an extremely passive-agressive manner.

[QuinnonSFM]

Originally posted by ExodusFinale:

I'm imagining it's just "Here's this guy's opinion. I'm going to read his e-mail in the most sarcastic snoody voice I can muster. I will then walk you through the game's demo ((most awesome content ever!!!)) and then, once again, sarcastically see why you, Raphael, couldn't possibly like it. And we're sorry for we're poor sorry-♥♥♥ game that is widely beloved in the professional meta-critic community."

No, see, here's what happened in that trailer:

"Here's this guys opinion. I'm going to read his email in the most sarcastic snoody voice I can muster. Then I'm going to say that he is some sort of Guru and that he was right, my game isn't that good. So then I'm going to show a new game that is full of emotion and choices, and demonstrate one said choice of making the main character teach his Uncles Soul in bike his part in a snake oil salesman bit. Then it will change to static, where I will say this is a part of the DRM. Then I will come out and say 'This wasn't the real game, but we hope the Real game is a lot more enjoyable to you. And if you don't like it, there's nothing more I can do.' "

Also, that guys email was very rude, slightly mysoginistic, and wasn't all to well put together.

[skin2yard]

i really dont see the problem, its freespeech...if you are not allowed free speech in your game, movie, music, what is it good for?

[ExodusFinale]

I'm not defending the guy who e-mailed them. He rightly does sound like a bit of a. . . . jerk, to put it lightly.

I'm also not saying the game is good nor bad. As I haven't played it. Though looking at review scores, it's at the very least not complete garbage.

Only trying to point out that it's not exactly "professional" or at the very least, mature, business practice.

You made the game, you got paid for it, you put up with the flak that one has to take when someone disagrees with you. I shouldn't be brought in as a third party to help deal with that.

If I had to hear every developer who's ever had a bad email belly-ache as hard as this, I wouldn't have the game library I do.

Have some thicker skin and keep it to yourself.

[dubesor]

You seriously have no sense of humour if you didn't like the Raphael video. When I first watched it I literally cried in tears. It's not that they are making fun of critisism but fun of the fact that someone wrote such an incredibly funny review. First of all the guy didn't mention any valid points, then praised himself in the email over and over again which has nothing to do with the game (he is so logical and so emotional), makes stereotypes about women and basically says only negatives about the game before finishing of with "overall your game is on a good path'.

Overall it reminded me of the 'Dot Dot Dot' video, where someone completely failed to see the point of a game and wrote a meaningless review. It's meant to be humorous and fun and if you can't see that the game is 100% not for you as you seem to lack the sense of either.

Edit:

Dot Dot Dot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z2Z23SAFVA

The Stanley Parable "Raphael Trailer"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ-IcS7mRSk

[skin2yard]

Originally posted by ExodusFinale:

I'm not defending the guy who e-mailed them. He rightly does sound like a bit of a. . . . jerk, to put it lightly.

I'm also not saying the game is good nor bad. As I haven't played it. Though looking at review scores, it's at the very least not complete garbage.

Only trying to point out that it's not exactly "professional" or at the very least, mature, business practice.

You made the game, you got paid for it, you put up with the flak that one has to take when someone disagrees with you. I shouldn't be brought in as a third party to help deal with that.

If I had to hear every developer who's ever had a bad email belly-ache as hard as this, I wouldn't have the game library I do.

Have some thicker skin and keep it to yourself.

dude, you ever watched south park or family guy? these shows make a living out of spoofing other people....

you dont need to buy the game if it upsets you, no one will hold it against you.

[ExodusFinale]

Maybe I'm just not hip with the "let's make fun of this guy, he seems like a bit of a loser" crowd.

I have a perfectly fine sense of humor. I'm not high brow with it (all the time) either. I've got screen shots on my profile that looks like another guy is blow jobbin' me while I'm riding an ATV in Arma 3 (extremely tactical, yet an awesomely odd occassion for that). . . . . and that's good times! (pics might be friend visible only, I'll change that if need be)

I'm not aware of the "Dot Dot Dot" video, I'm sure I can google/youtube it.

I just really don't see how ridiculing one guy's message (WHO KNOW ONE KNOWS ABOUT BUT THEM) is a selling point for your product.

There are a lot of full fledged reviews that will give you a better idea about what the game has to offer. You don't need a completely trol-la-la guy to refute what are obvioiusly invalid points.

(Oh, ya linked it, . . . easy findings)

[skin2yard]

Originally posted by ExodusFinale:

Maybe I'm just not hip with the "let's make fun of this guy, he seems like a bit of a loser" crowd.

I have a perfectly fine sense of humor. I'm not high brow with it (all the time) either. I've got screen shots on my profile that looks like another guy is blow jobbin' me while I'm riding an ATV in Arma 3 (extremely tactical, yet an awesomely odd occassion for that). . . . . and that's good times! (pics might be friend visible only, I'll change that if need be)

I'm not aware of the "Dot Dot Dot" video, I'm sure I can google/youtube it.

I just really don't see how ridiculing one guy's message (WHO KNOW ONE KNOWS ABOUT BUT THEM) is a selling point for your product.

There are a lot of full fledged reviews that will give you a better idea about what the game has to offer. You don't need a completely trol-la-la guy to refute what are obvioiusly invalid points.

everyone has his own preference... i like that kind of humor, if im acting like that and someone makes fun of me, ill laugh to.... ill bet raphael is laughing to...and its not like they made his phone number public knowledge...you dont even know who raphael is dude

[ExodusFinale]

Watched "Dot Dot Dot". . . . and I do find that to be entertaining.

It's done so differently though than this trailer is. Dot Dot Dot (hereby, abbreviated as just Dot) finds it's humor in more than "this guy is an idiot". It's that, and the juxtoposition of "Super serious voice" clashed against "I'm saying words completley wrong". . . . and there's humor in that.

There's no effort in the trailer for this game. The whole message is "I'm snooty, he's a idiot"

[vhapteR]

The Raphael trailer was hillarious!!

[Liet Kynes]

I really want to play the game in the Raphael trailer. Maybe it will help me feel what it would be like to actually be a barrel.

[ElGato]

Originally posted by ExodusFinale:

I'm not defending the guy who e-mailed them. He rightly does sound like a bit of a. . . . jerk, to put it lightly.

I'm also not saying the game is good nor bad. As I haven't played it. Though looking at review scores, it's at the very least not complete garbage.

Only trying to point out that it's not exactly "professional" or at the very least, mature, business practice.

You made the game, you got paid for it, you put up with the flak that one has to take when someone disagrees with you. I shouldn't be brought in as a third party to help deal with that.

If I had to hear every developer who's ever had a bad email belly-ache as hard as this, I wouldn't have the game library I do.

Have some thicker skin and keep it to yourself.

lol hope your are a troll
or
have mental disease

[ExodusFinale]

Ya caught me. . . .

Anyone else? Seriously? . . . . I'm getting accused of trolling by trolls

[hello]

Thanks for letting us know what you think about a video you didn't watch

[ExodusFinale]

Ok, watched it. And my opinion doesn't change. It's been terribly reinforced.

I had to watch in in order to somehow inform you that there is absolutely no way anyone can see where a plot is going without seeing it through to the ending. *sigh* (apparently this crowd is one that has never seen any sitcom ever)

It's nothing but parroting what the email said with the exact words of "now we're going to piss him off. . . . stanley, stanley, . . . . ad nauseum"

Watched it, . . . and . . . really didn't need to. It's not the type of thing to have insane plot twists.