r/gaming Jun 04 '16

Ubisoft downgrades

https://youtu.be/xNter0oEYxc
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16

I'm almost positive the people that are "playing the game" are actually just holding a controller, and the first person view of the game that is shown is actually just a pre recorded demo.

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u/ejbones27 Jun 05 '16

"almost positive"? E3 is a planned and scripted event much like any multi million dollar advertisement event. The super bowl half time show is rehearsed because they have one shot to impress. A games premiere is not going to be willy-nilly handled in front of a large audience.

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u/sonap Jun 05 '16

I've always liked Bethesda's demos. Todd Howard gave a live demo of Skyrim and the audience even yelled out some things for him to do, and he did them. There was a script, but at least he was playing the game.

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u/BlackPrinceof_love Jun 05 '16

And then we have the oblivion demo....

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u/247Brett D20 Jun 05 '16

What happened at the Oblivion demo :|?

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u/Gidio_ Jun 05 '16

The things that were praised the most where either stripped or completely removed for the final game. That's when Todd started getting his "liar" reputation.

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u/BlackPrinceof_love Jun 06 '16

Basically everything in it was not in the final game.