Daikatana Ad

[Anonymous No.6496480]

Was this really “too edgy” for when it came out?
I’ve heard it was tone deaf at the time but...why?
Because it was delayed so many times? Something in the news?
It’s not the best ad ever but surely it wasn’t -that- bad was it? What happened?

[Anonymous No.6496492]

>>6496480
people with any kind of self-irony (like extrovert Romero) could laugh at this commercial and not take it too seriously, but the PC gaming fanbase around 2000 consisted mainly of insecure manchildren and they became easily frustrated by such a to-the-face, vulgar commercial.

[Anonymous No.6496578]

>>6496480
>Was this really “too edgy” for when it came out?
It was "too edgy" for the reception the game got when it finally came out. If the game was fondly remembered, things may have been different.

[Anonymous No.6496597]

>>6496480

It wasn't too edgy, but an ad like this obviously hypes up the game as the best thing since sliced bread made by Jesus. So when the game then actually came out the fall was the more deep.

[Anonymous No.6496598]

They way I remember it this only became a joke after Daikatana blew ass. People laughed at the irony of the balls to the wall marketing for what amounted to a polished turd.

[Anonymous No.6496683]

>>6496480
It's not edgy, it's bold. Better be sure to back up your claim.

[Anonymous No.6496726]

>>6496683
This is very edgy, especially for advertising.

[Anonymous No.6496730]

>>6496726
And keep in mind, since this is /vr/ and not the rest of 4chan, I'm using the normal definition of the word "edgy" and not the buzzwordy "throw it at everything" even remotely transgrassive.

[Anonymous No.6496731]

>>6496480
No. It was just another ad.

[Anonymous No.6496792]

Yeah. Telling your customers to eat cum wasn't very common back then.

[Father Electronics Couture No.6496934]

>>6496480
The only thing wrong with it is it's false advertising.

[Anonymous No.6496943]

Romero didn't realize that restrictions are actually good in the long run.

[Anonymous No.6496973]

>>6496480
To roughly quote civvie 11(that commie fag):
He had all the bragging rights in the world because he basically made the video game equivalent of Thriller with Doom. Naturally that went to his head.

I don't agree with Romero and his political views, but the man did something right.

[Anonymous No.6497007]

>John Romero and his fabulous hair will never make you his bitch

[Anonymous No.6497437]

>>6496598
This. If Daikatana was actually any good people would revere this ad and have it framed on their walls

[Anonymous No.6497440]

>>6496973
What are his political views?

[Anonymous No.6497519]

>>6497440
Unremarkable centrist opinions, but any positive thing towards women is a slight against posters like him

[Anonymous No.6497647]

It was a knee-jerk response to how shit the game was, but yes; it wasn't considered "proper" for print advertisements to have cursing in them. There was a cocurrent commercial of Ocarina of Time that was pulled that called you a little girl if you couldn't beat it. It would be tantamount to if the original print ad for Duke Nukem Forver was "You'll want the Duke so bad; you'll beg him to call you a faggot"

[Anonymous No.6497840]

>>6496480
Romero got punked by Paul Steed, pic related

[Anonymous No.6497841]

>>6497840

[Anonymous No.6497842]

>>6496480

[Anonymous No.6497851]

It could be laughed off as 90s tough guy humor if the game didn't suck. Imagine if Bubsy 3D had hype around it and advert that said "Bubsy is going to make you suck his dick" and then you play the game and you realize it sucks dick. If Daikatana turned out to be a masterpiece like Deus Ex, that line from the advert would be all over the place as a beloved meme.

[Anonymous No.6497884]

>>6497851
It was probably better for Romero to fall this hard before he completely lost his mind. Also, it made the advert much more funny knowing what happened after. Like a big joke that turns against you.

[Anonymous No.6497885]

>>6496480
Game developers sort of wanted to have a rock star image, when in truth most people don't really seem to care who makes their games.

[Anonymous No.6497935]

>>6496480
Would have been fine if the game was at least good, but Daikatana basically exposed Romero as a blowhard who was over-inflating his own talent and importance on Doom's success.

[Anonymous No.6497983]

It's good to show contempt for your audience, at least in some circumstances which include having made Doom a few years prior. Actually insulting your audience is not good and there really isn't even a fine line between the two. We'll never know exactly what they were playing at because afaik Romero isn't interested in discussing the ad in interviews and probably is geniunely embarassed about it still.

[Anonymous No.6497997]

>>6497440
He’s half Mexican and half Native American. What do you think?

[Anonymous No.6498172]

>>6497840
>"Fuck Romero and his company!", he said. "Lets just show up at his office and see what happens!"
>"Dude," Paul wrote to Romero, "don't fuck with me because I'll grab you by your ludicrously long hair and kick your ass back into the Doom days where you wish you were."

[Anonymous No.6498201]

>>6497440
Showed latent signs of liberal thinking and "CAPITALISM BAD" and "MUH RACISM" despite structuring his online presence around games that would have never existed in any other economical & sociopolitical setting.

[Anonymous No.6498217]

>>6497440
The exact opposite of what Cancer Mouse says.

[Anonymous No.6498238]

>>6498201
Stfu snowflake

[Anonymous No.6498278]

>>6497840
>>6497841
>>6497842
I love how it isn't held back how everyone involved here is an absolute manchild.

[Anonymous No.6498307]

>>6498238
Reading Comprehension Issues: The Silent Killer

[Anonymous No.6498343]

>>6498307
I don't have any reading comprehension issues. If someone's a little bitch, they're a little bitch, no matter how "based and upvotepilled" you think they are.

[Anonymous No.6498346]

>>6497007
Fabio and Romero will never have a Hair-Off

[Anonymous No.6498353]

>>6498343
So basically you?

[Anonymous No.6499308]

>>6497841
John carmack calls getting tired of everyones petty BS and publicly calling them out on it in time magazine "an experiment in mood manipulation"
lol he truly has transcended us smoothbrained mortals.

[Anonymous No.6499345]

>>6496492
Hi John

[Anonymous No.6499376]

>>6496480
Ads for Command and Conquer, Unreal Tournament, and Quake 3 especially were pretty much just as polarizing as Daikatana's ad campaign. Daikatana was unsuccessful so people act like it was a real line crosser. So to answer your question, no. not too edgy

[Anonymous No.6499458]

>>6499376
Show me some Quake 3 ads.

[Anonymous No.6499526]

>>6499376
Loved these back then, caused monumental butthurt.

[Anonymous No.6499554]

>>6499458

[Anonymous No.6501274]

>>6497851

[Anonymous No.6501970]

>>6501274
Kek