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SpookyCoffee, do gaming w Man, gaming ads in the 90s were something else.

Source?

The_Picard_Maneuver,
@The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website avatar

There are a few articles about their controversial ads. Here’s one that includes it: sabukaru.online/…/playstation-2-advertisements

QuantumSparkles,

These all look like ads that you would see in Cyberpunk 2077

Tremble, do gaming w Man, gaming ads in the 90s were something else.

Reminds me of John Lennon who said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus…

There were protests and record burnings and they were banned on many radio stations and they stopped touring, some say because of the backlash….

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_popular_than_Jesus#:….

zaplachi,

In 1980, he was murdered by a Christian fan of the Beatles, Mark David Chapman, who later cited Lennon’s quote as one of his possible motives in the killing.

d00ery, do gaming w I'm fine.

CIA or the Fallout equivalent. Everyone knows they get up to sneaky black ops stuff.

pearsaltchocolatebar,

And getting people hooked on drugs is one of their specialties.

wabafee, do gaming w They've lost their soul

Not familiar with the titles on the right are this the font style names or actual game names?

Omnificer, do gaming w They've lost their soul

I don’t think logo design is enough to claim they have lost their “soul”. Aren’t Bravely Default, Octoparh Traveler, and Triangle Strategy pretty well liked and reviewed? And have some cool innovations on narrative and mechanics?

I won’t say that the logo design and naming convention isn’t off-putting, but it only reflects a current style, not the games themselves.

MentalEdge,
@MentalEdge@lemmy.world avatar

They do still make good games, but that’s despite squenix.

Grass, do gaming w They've lost their soul

The names are terrible too. Bravely default was decently enjoyable but octopath traveller being stupidly expensive and not very enjoyable after trying it has made me not bother with every other game name printed in that title template.

edgemaster72, do gaming w They've lost their soul
@edgemaster72@lemmy.world avatar

Had to look up Various Daylife, I was sure that one was made up, but apparently not

Crozekiel,

Really? Not "Triangle Strategy"?? That was the one I thought was obviously fake.

edgemaster72,
@edgemaster72@lemmy.world avatar

That one I actually remember from its reveal with the working title Project Triangle Strategy

Sway_Chameleon,
@Sway_Chameleon@lemmy.world avatar

It sounds like it should be a sequel/spin-off of Geometry Wars.

taiyang, do gaming w They've lost their soul

Pretty meh meme, the latest ones are all the same dev team while the older ones are different teams with very different projects. Just look at the recent Mana game announcement, or KH4, etc. Kind of misleading for the sake of rousing up people.

Just feels… a bit “Kids these days…”, ya know. Darn millennials and their simple fonts.

DumbAceDragon,
@DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works avatar

No no no, it’s not hip to make fun of millennials anymore. It’s the zoomers we’re mocking.

Adderbox76, do gaming w They've lost their soul

Parasite Eve needs a remake. Such an underrated gem.

LaserTurboShark69,

One of the first games I remember being genuinely freaked out by. RE remakes are killing it. Silent Hill 2 remake is hugely anticipated. Parasite Eve’s time is coming.

Signtist,

There was a promo video for the original game on a demo disk I had as a kid. That shit gave me nightmares.

IWantToFuckSpez, (edited ) do gaming w They've lost their soul

This happened with a lot of brands. Just look at these brands It’s just a shitty trend.

Kierunkowy74,
@Kierunkowy74@kbin.social avatar

This image is biased.

All logos here are made artificially monochrome (ebay, Google still remain coloured, etc.). Revolut has broken its R into 2 pieces in 2023. AirBnB and Microsoft logos include now their symbols, not only wordmarks (and they are omitted in this image). Spotify still uses its "beams".

Yes, some brands went (more) bland - especially Pinterest, Google and ebay.

For fashion: Burberry has returned to its knight in 2023. And some fashion brands go against this trend - 2017 Zara wordmark is more complicated than before.

BTW, even on this image I can see, that former Revolut and AirBnB logos look like knock-overs of each other. Both used even shades of blue xd

Kolanaki, (edited ) do gaming w They've lost their soul
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Everything on the left prior to 2003 (which looks like everything on there other than Dragon Quest IIRC) was just SquareSoft. They began going downhill in the spring of 2003 when they actually merged with Enix.

IMO, Dragon Quest is the only game Enix made that was actually worth a shit and it still paled in comparison to the likes of Final Fantasy. It sucks that instead of Square elevating Enix, it just feels like Enix drug Square down.

Also, wtf is “Various Daylife?” That one sounds more like it could be a competitor to The Sims and not a JRPG. lol

ZycroNeXuS,

Looking into it, that’s apparently pretty much what Various Daylife is, a life sim of some kind. Sitting at “Mostly Negative” on Steam, as well.

TrousersMcPants,

I think your opinion on Dragon Quest might be a bit unpopular. Its a very popular franchise in Japan specifically and I have personally always liked it better than Final Fantasy.

usualsuspect191, do gaming w They've lost their soul

I was so obsessed with FFVII and so really hyped for the upcoming FFVIII I bought Brave Fencer Musashi mostly because it came with a FFVIII demo disc.

Funny thing, FFVIII ended up disappointing me, and Brave Fencer Musashi grew on me quite a bit; I still give it a playthrough every couple of years. Even bought the sequel but that one didn’t quite have the same charm.

Xanvial,

Yeah, really like Musashi, been awhile since I played it

deus, do gaming w They've lost their soul

Nevermind the logos, what even are those titles? All the current ones sound like working titles they forgot to change to something more interesting before release

cm0002,

I can’t believe they were all real lmfao 😂

WarmSoda, (edited )

It started because people begged them to keep Octopath Traveller as the title. It was the working title, and meant to be changed.

So now they’re doing simple titles as a thing.

EdibleFriend,
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

Seriously wtf is bravely default!?

darthsid,

The original game and sequel are some of Square’s best offerings, it’s on the 3DS - got mine back in the day to play them!

simple,
@simple@lemmy.world avatar

All I know about it is that the soundtrack is absolutely banging

Also it’s a decade old so it should be on the left side really

MagnyusG,

Bravely Default was the first of its kind, it gets a pass. Considering it started off as yet another spin-off of Final Fantasy, it’s better that they tried to distance themselves from FF because it very much isn

It was definitely a gimmick to go with naming the game after the mechanic. But they’ve definitely gone too far with the others. Octopath and Diofield are at least unique words, though Octopath Traveler is equally as on the nose as Bravely Default, oCtO = 8 bE

There’s no excuse for the other two, Triangle Strategy was literally the working title when the game was announced and then they lazed out and didn’t change it. Meanwhile Various Daylife is an atrocity of a game title.

Sway_Chameleon,
@Sway_Chameleon@lemmy.world avatar

Better than the Cowardly Alternative.

closetfurry,

That was pretty good

faercol,
@faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Can’t talk about the others, but that’s kinda what happened with Triangle Strategy. It was presented as “Project Triangle Strategy” when it was first announced, and the title was officially a working title.

Then it was officially released as “Triangle Strategy”

I think something similar happened with Bravely Default, but not sure about that

Maximilious,
@Maximilious@kbin.social avatar

Are you sure you're not thinking of Octopath Traveler? That was the first game with that engine and they presented it as a working title when first announced.

faercol,
@faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

No, I’m 100% certain it’s the case for Triangle Strategy (I really was interested in the game from the start so I remember it well).

However, it’s very likely to also be the case for Octopath Traveller, so you’re probably right too.

SgtAStrawberry,

Why put work into making a title when you already have a working title * taps forehead *

johannesvanderwhales,

I think it’s not a coincidence that they’re all by the same team at SE.

paultimate14, do gaming w They've lost their soul

I haven’t played any of theae games, but I can appreciate a simple and legible logo.

The new game names are dumb, but so we’re most of the old ones anyways.

PugJesus, do gaming w They've lost their soul
@PugJesus@kbin.social avatar

Ah, Parasite Eve, Legend of Mana, and Valkyrie Profile, those bring me back.

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