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[truly101]

So all the ads will feature Mariah looking at the camera from the right side of her face? yay!

 

[Shaanyboi]

dude what

 

[Catdaddy]

Maybe you can pay for her to sing to you in the game….

 

[liquidtmd]

We've come a long way from the Evony ads with nameless stock photo models.

Commodore days, where art thou?

 

[Skux]

This is going to become the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover model thing.

 

[Busty]

My problem with those ads with Upton was her boobs looked neither sexy nor comfortable and so it left her looking like she was selling the game on her love (*shrugs shoulders) of military strategy.

Presumably Upton was the bring in male (teen?) market and with that demo at saturation point they are moving onto Mariah to bring in the female demo.

 

[soundahfekz]

No because whore rhymes with war and these lovely ladies aren't doing it for free. Are you offended?

so does bore, chore, snore, and im sure tons more (more!) that aren't misogynistic in nature

 

[knicks]

Game of War sounds like a game a mom makes up when describing what her son and his friend are doing on a playdate.

Also, how the fuck can you get paid 7 figures to be the spokesman for some shitty mobile game? How is this possible?

 

[Fallout-NL]

We're told the shoot will last 2 days and the guy in charge is the director for "Terminator Genisys."

Because of course he is.

 

[Halcyon]

I've tried to play game of war a few times but it was always a laggy mess on my tablet.


I play Clash of Clans and Boom Beach all the time though. They're both very good games.

 

[teruterubozu]

Also, how the fuck can you get paid 7 figures to be the spokesman for some shitty mobile game? How is this possible?

Because:

'Game of War' is a phenomenon, raking in $1 million a day.

Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft would kill for that.

 

[Arkeband]

PLAY FOR FREE, MY LORD!

I don't really care whether these mobile games succeed or fail, but I find it absolutely hilarious when they go from this unnecessarily pandering, CGI-fest, over-the-top commercial and then it shows gameplay and it's some Farmville shit on a tiny phone screen. Gets me every time

 

[SmokyDave]

Total downgrade.

 

[Kurdel]

No because whore rhymes with war and these lovely ladies aren't doing it for free. Are you offended?

Most flamebaity response I've seen in a while.

Also, some women can use their bodies to make money, doesn't make them "whores". Overall a disgusting joke.

 

[ampere]

I figured it was making money for them to afford all the ads, but $1M a day, jesus.

 

[Chuckie]

My problem with those ads with Upton was her boobs looked neither sexy nor comfortable and so it left her looking like she was selling the game on her love (*shrugs shoulders) of military strategy.

Presumably Upton was the bring in male (teen?) market and with that demo at saturation point they are moving onto Mariah to bring in the female demo.

They look sexy and comfortable to me!

 

[Wiktor]

From Upton to Mariah? Geez...

 

[Forkball]

Seriously, who is paying for this stuff? Someone needs to gather like twenty people who pay money for Game of War every day and ask, "WHY?"

Actual screenshots used to promote the game:

The developer, Machine Zone, doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. And yet they make more money than a large portion of game developers. Is this what people are going to be nostalgic for in twenty years?

 

[backflip10019]

Seriously, who is paying for this stuff? Someone needs to gather like twenty people who pay money for Game of War every day and ask, "WHY?"

Actual screenshots used to promote the game:

The developer, Machine Zone, doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. And yet they make more money than a large portion of game developers. Is this what people are going to be nostalgic for in twenty years?

Oh No! My empires is being attacked
(Translated from Italian)

 

[Bedameister]

Seriously, who is paying for this stuff? Someone needs to gather like twenty people who pay money for Game of War every day and ask, "WHY?"

Actual screenshots used to promote the game:

The developer, Machine Zone, doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. And yet they make more money than a large portion of game developers. Is this what people are going to be nostalgic for in twenty years?

I laughed at kawaiidoge and IlikeCats

 

[fallengorn]

director of terminator genisys AND thor 2. lol

Dude directed some of the best Game of Thrones episodes. :\

 

[BronsonLee]

My problem with those ads with Upton was her boobs looked neither sexy nor comfortable and so it left her looking like she was selling the game on her love (*shrugs shoulders) of military strategy.

Presumably Upton was the bring in male (teen?) market and with that demo at saturation point they are moving onto Mariah to bring in the female demo.

Eagerly anticipating the sequel ads where Upton and Mariah team up to fight the biggest terror of all..

PROFESSOR MORIARTY

 

[3phemeral]

Perfect.

 

[Syntsui]

Is there any AAA game that make that much money? 1 million a day is ridiculous.

 

[JordanKZ]

Actual screenshots used to promote the game:

Wait, *that's* how this game looks? Holy shit. For the amount of money that game is raking in, you'd think they'd have a decent graphics engine or some kind of art style doesn't resemble an early 90's PC RTS.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I block every ad I see of game of war. Also say it's offensive when they include a little survey. The ads bother me so much.

 

[teruterubozu]

Seriously, who is paying for this stuff? Someone needs to gather like twenty people who pay money for Game of War every day and ask, "WHY?"

I don't know but there seems to be lots of bored people with money to burn. I always see reviews on the App store that say stuff like "I paid $3,600 in IAPs before I realized this game SUX!" Somehow Game of War tapped into those people.

 

[Mechanized]

Wait, *that's* how this game looks? Holy shit. For the amount of money that game is raking in, you'd think they'd have a decent graphics engine or some kind of art style doesn't resemble an early 90's PC RTS.

That's not even the worst part. The home base screen is like a pop up ad from the 90s. It's just a huge mess of shit with tons of banners, buttons, ads for currency and bullshit. These are not games, they're cash grab addiction scams.

 

[Dennis]

"Game of War" ? Never even heard of it. And I am an elite gamer.

 

[OléGunner]

Insane amounts of cash being made off such a terrible game.
Most AAA devs would die to make such money and they have more talent, expertise and skill than this F2P horse shit.

Welp, make that bank Mariah!

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

War of Thrones

 

[Somnid]

This game seems to be nothing but an advertising campaign. Like they somehow got enough money to buy some big ads and they've been able to get money to buy new big ads ever since.

 

[sikkinixx]

Whynotboth.jpg

 

[Patryn]

For those curious about how it plays, Giant Bomb did a Quick Look showing it off.

It's about as bad a F2P game as you'd think.

 

[mrklaw]

If this game had come out on the Commodore 64 back in the day, we'd have Sam Fox being replaced by Maria Whittaker.

 

[Shuggananas]

For those curious about how it plays, Giant Bomb did a Quick Look showing it off.

It's about as bad a F2P game as you'd think.

stop the F2P stigma !

 

[Bacon]

That's not even the worst part. The home base screen is like a pop up ad from the 90s. It's just a huge mess of shit with tons of banners, buttons, ads for currency and bullshit. These are not games, they're cash grab addiction scams.

Slot machines in F2P game form

 

[Bladenic]

Super weird choice, but good for her I guess, 7 figure check for like what? A day's work?

 

[User 479360]

Mariah? ehhh

Dunno why they'd change it up

This. It's a dumb idea.

Maria's pretty and all, but she's not Kate Upton and doesn't fit as well.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Wait, *that's* how this game looks? Holy shit. For the amount of money that game is raking in, you'd think they'd have a decent graphics engine or some kind of art style doesn't resemble an early 90's PC RTS.

Those are actually bullshots, the actual game is much messier...

 

[Enco]

Mind blowing

Can't blame devs for changing to f2p games.

 

[teruterubozu]

Those are actually bullshots, the actual game is much messier...

Renaming yourself is a quest? Sounds really hard.

 

[Nikodemos]

Slot machines in F2P game form

A much better fit than the tired old comparison with coin-op arcades.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

Mariah is 45 years old now. I expected this kind of work would have suited someone younger. 90's Mariah was gorgeous though.

 

[cubicle47b]

I actually like a lot of the Boom Beach ads. I don't know if it's the same company or not.

 

[n00bsauce87]

it really is disgusting how much money is being made off trash like that

Sex sells. It's easy to sell to men if you go this route. It's was a smart business move

 

[freenudemacusers]

it really is disgusting how much money is being made off trash like that

whoa mariah isn't that bad

 

[Anoregon]

I actually like a lot of the Boom Beach ads. I don't know if it's the same company or not.

It's not. Boom Beach is the same company as Clash of Clans.

 

[Nikodemos]

Sex sells. It's easy to sell to men if you go this route. It's was a smart business move

I know a co-worker who got it just because it featured Kate Upton in the ads.

 

[Faiz]

Goin after that lamb money.