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We create "magazine ads" for the hell of it. Now: Two Out Rally

Raging Spaniard

If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
I really doubt anybody will do x-2, so heres my take :p

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AniHawk

Member
Moving right along, the SNES Final Fantasies, FFIV-FFVI. This is probably the last time I'll use Amano's artwork.

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I was thinking FFVI could have had more of a full campaign, one ad for some of the bigger (or more marketable) characters. If I was more focused, I probably could've come up with a better way to make Kefka's different.

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(yes, I know Kefka's from Dissidia here)
 

vareon

Member
First try. I'm never a graphic design person, I just want to contribute something to this already awesome thread :D

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I wanted to do 6 next but I have no idea :(
 

PBalfredo

Member
I originally had the heroes on the right hand side, like good old Final Fantasy tradition. But when I added the Dissidia logo, it felt weird having the heroes and villains not line up with Cosmos and Chaos. So I flipped it. It's all the logo artist's fault :p
 

AniHawk

Member
Okay, FFVII. The game I don't like and I'm not using Amano's art for once. Trying to get across the OMG THE GRAFX type advertising the game originally had.

A one-pager:

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And a two-page version:

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TheGOHN

Member
AniHawk said:
Okay, FFVII. The game I don't like and I'm not using Amano's art for once. Trying to get across the OMG THE GRAFX type advertising the game originally had.

A one-pager:



And a two-page version:

All I see are X's
 
Honestly I doubt anyone will be able to top the FFVI (FF3! FUCK THE REVISIONISTS) magazine campaign. It was a page of all the nasties in the game surrounding Mog and another page with their smoldering remains and him leaning on his sword. Showed off the art, served as a thesis of the series as a whole, and didn't rely on goddamn plot spoilers that this thread seems to love.

Edit: Fuck, the fact that I remember it over a decade later should point out how well done it was.
 

UraMallas

Member
Son of Godzilla said:
Edit: Fuck, the fact that I remember it over a decade later should point out how well done it was.
The only game ads I remember from when I was a child were the Earthbound ones. Those were lauded but I loved them, so they did they're job on me.

There are some nice Final Fantasy ads in here, although it isn't my favorite game and it's a bit cliche, the Aeris FFVII one is quite neat. As is the FFIX one. FFIV is my favorite game in the series and the ad up above definitely gets a mention from me as well! Those are my favorites, I like to come in here and browse. Keep up the good work, dudes!
 

PBalfredo

Member
Son of Godzilla said:
Honestly I doubt anyone will be able to top the FFVI (FF3! FUCK THE REVISIONISTS) magazine campaign. It was a page of all the nasties in the game surrounding Mog and another page with their smoldering remains and him leaning on his sword. Showed off the art, served as a thesis of the series as a whole, and didn't rely on goddamn plot spoilers that this thread seems to love.

Edit: Fuck, the fact that I remember it over a decade later should point out how well done it was.
You mean this one?
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vareon

Member
Jugendstil said:
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Was sorely tempted to do a spoileriffic version of this, but I resisted.[/QUOTE]

This reminds me how much awesomer the game would be if Basch was the main character.
 
PBalfredo said:
You mean this one?

Dude, epic edit. Yes, that one. Completely sold me on the game, I had never even heard of it beforehand. Flipping through a GamePlayers one day, saw that, and had to have it. I didn't even notice it was a two page ad till one day out of the blue.

Seriously, this thread just gets better and better.

vareon said:
This reminds me how much awesomer the game would be if Basch was the main character.

I've only ever played like an hour or maybe two of FFXII. I literally said What The Fuck when they did that inane block of plot text and I got back control only to have control of some homeless transvestite instead of Mr. Badass.
 
Vaan sucked, but I liked the game in spite of its shortcomings, which is why I made an ad for it. FXIII seems to be firmly mired in the plucky, androgynous, transsexual teenagers-save-the-world aesthetic, so I'm not getting my hopes up over it.
 
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