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[knock]
Hey,
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Mom says you have to let me
borrow your new graphics card.
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KYLE: Previously teased in fun/corporate
cross promotional PR just a few weeks ago,
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was officially revealed this week.
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Immediate side note,
when I went to rewatch the trailer,
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I noticed this banner on
Xbox's YouTube channel. It says:
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Which would lead one to ask,
"Why would I pre-order something
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that I'm going to eventually play
Day 1 on Game Pass?"
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And I think what they mean here
is the "and" is an option.
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You have the option to pre-order
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AND you have the option to
play Day One on Game Pass.
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It could be "or".
The end of the trailer says "or."
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But if this said:
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There's kind of no reason to pre-order.
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It's like saying, "You can go on
a second date with me
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or take this $20,000
and walk away forever."
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They're gonna take the money.
Nobody wants to pre-order that bad.
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Really, though, this couldn't be simpler.
The solution's obvious.
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Just make it a plus sign.
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What were they thinking?
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But I'd say when I watched that trailer,
I had two main takeaways.
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First takeaway:
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The Stop the Music moment
doesn't really hit.
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And when I say Stop the Music moment,
I just mean that part of a trailer where
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the music's goin' great, right?
We have a lot of momentum.
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But then suddenly, bwoo.
Stop the music.
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Big reveal.
"Whoa, they're doing WHAT?"
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Music kicks back in.
Title.
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Trailer's edited like you're supposed to
throw your head back and say,
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"Wha--?! A-- Whoa!
I can't believe they're going there!"
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But, I don't know,
it just seems like another place.
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Anyway, it's kind of interesting that
this collection of two classic games
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would be so proud to advertise:
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And I think it has something to do with
what they're doing with Tony Hawk 4.
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Here's what the Xbox website says:
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So Tony Hawk 4, back in the day,
tried out a new thing
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where you'd have more open area levels
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and you would skate around and pick up
whatever little missions at your own leisure.
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Tony Hawk 3 + 4, I think
to be a more cohesive package,
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has taken that fourth game and authentically
streamlined it into the epic 2-minute format.
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Kotaku confirms that's what they're doing.
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So I wonder if including the water park in
the same breath is explaining these changes
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is their way of saying,
"It's all good, alright?
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None of this is bad.
We're not taking anything away.
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In fact, we're giving you more.
We're giving you a water park."
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And then the other big takeaway
is obviously, "Woo,
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look at Doom Slayer here."
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Not just a hidden character, mind you,
but a Digital Deluxe incentive.
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To me, an indicator that the Doom Slayer
is teetering on the precipice of becoming
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a mascot.
I do think it is less exciting in that
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he looks identical to his in-game
character model from Doom Eternal.
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So does this Revenant.
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And sorry that the best shot I could find
of that guy is from the Switch trailer.
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I think it's apparent to anyone whether
they're really thinking about it or not,
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the specialness of a crossover
is reduced when
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you're looking at a 3D model
that has already existed before.
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It's like, "Big deal.
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You put Quagmire in Grand Theft Auto.
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You're not gonna get a blog post
about that anymore.
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We've seen it."
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I feel like the real magic,
the real fun of a crossover event
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is when the guest character has to
adhere to the host game's aesthetic.
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Recent example: Sub-Zero in Fortnite.
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He's both unmistakably Sub-Zero AND
unmistakably a Fortnite character.
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They really pulled this off.
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Least they could do here is
give Doom Slayer, like, a sideways hat.
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Maybe give this guy a shirt
that says "Gnarly Dude." Make 'em fit.
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By the way, I don't believe these boards
contain any original art.
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It's basically,
"Yeah, we took some PNGs we had
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lying around from the last few Doom games
and slapped 'em on some skateboards.
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Enjoy those."
Those could've been cool.
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All what I'm saying is they--
Maybe it would've been cool if they hired
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some unique artist to do Tony Hawk-specific
Doom original art for those boards.
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Kinda like what Fortnite does.
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I think the Unmaykr Hoverboard down here
is pretty much a new asset.
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Yeah, that's what the gun looks like.
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So there you go.
That's a new thing.
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And I think a funny thing about this,
just in case you are concerned that maybe
