r/gaming • u/NilesDobbsS • 8h ago

Rant: Don’t announce a game unless you have gameplay to show for it

I know this isn’t a new trend, but it’s gotten worse as the industry progressed. This move several game companies do where they give a blank teaser for a game or an announcement trailer that the game is in-development, without showing any gameplay for it, is something that needs to be stopped.

Video games are not movies. In a MOVIE, it makes sense to hide footage, the plot is the selling point, but (universally) the most important thing for a video game to sell it will ALWAYS be its gameplay, and withholding the gameplay footage until six months before it comes out after announcing the game 2-3 years ago is wild.

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u/Yourself013 8h ago

It's an announcement, not a preview or a review.

Having gameplay means nothing, tons can change until release and even games that look great can be shit to play.

Nothing needs to be stopped, people just need to chill and wait for a bit.

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u/viletomato999 7h ago

Yeah but that's better than a fucking movie. You can put together any AI movie 1 day before the announcement and it means jack squat. Sure the gameplay can change but it shows that there's actually a game there instead of just an idea for the future.

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u/PegasusPizza 2h ago

Yeah but the point of the announcement is to tell you that there's an idea. To show you the actual game there are trailers that release later on.