UK developer jumps on the countdown bandwagon If you've not got a countdown on your website then your game's a nobody. Splinter Cell: Conviction, Assassin's Creed 2 and even Hideo Kojima have becomes masters of the tease. So to, has UK indie studio Just Add Water.... read more
What I'd do is have a site that changed over time to reflect the game you're about to announce. That way, fans will be able to feel superior by guessing it first while everyone else will be wondering what's going on until the last minute.
A bit of background one day, a figure appearing the next, a bit of texturing, a silhouette. Numeric countdowns are so last-gen _________________ Xfire | Xbox Live | PSN: Dajmin
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The Kojima countdown is already getting on my nerves. By the time the game gets revealed (MGS5 with Raiden as the main protagonist), I won't actually care. _________________ PSN ID: MarkyUK 360 ID: MarkyUK35
The wheels on the bus go round and round - round and round - round and round.
*hands over a few pennies* that's it, you're not getting any more change than that.
Dajmin wrote:
What I'd do is have a site that changed over time to reflect the game you're about to announce. That way, fans will be able to feel superior by guessing it first while everyone else will be wondering what's going on until the last minute.
Nice idea, but what would actually happen is the first bar steward to figure it out would post it all over the net... and then shortly thereafter everyone and their pet rabbit would know. _________________ "Even with my eyes wide open, I still can't see a thing"
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