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[–] Lightborne@lemmy.world 97 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (10 children)

I don’t mind in-game ads printed on in-map billboards and stuff

Not ten years ago people were complaining about this very thing.

It's fascinating to watch the boiling frog in basically real time. Give it another 10 years and ads that interrupt gameplay will be seen as normal too.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

I dont mind it when it makes sense... Like ad boards in fifa games make sense...

But if it breaka immersion, then it's stupid

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

or drinking a can of Monster Energy to replenish your health in death stranding...

/s

[–] MrDrProfJimmy@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That one may be my favorite product placement in a game. It's so absurd it becomes ironically funny

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

This kind of thing is a real artform, and I love it.

Making something so bad it gets good again, because people then understand it's intentional.

Same for some visual effects in movies, or character traits, whatever. If it's too subtle, it might be seen as out of place, an oversight or a straight up error. But if you over-exaggerate it, then it suddenly works.

Reading this back, I now have no idea if I explained my thought process in a way that gets my point across.

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