I wasn't going to make a thread for this, but the more I think about it the more annoyed I get.The new trailer for Get Famous advertises having award ceremonies like this: https://youtu.be/pvMPTkj_HcQ?t=1m27s (1:27 mark)notice the roar of a crowd? This suggests that these ceremonies will have hundreds of sims in attendance, which is realistic.However, in the live stream they did an award ceremony with a total of 6 chairs, each sim had to be told to sit, and if they weren't they were just standing around like at weddings. When the sim getting the award started singing, they all crowded around her which would *not* happen at an actual award ceremony. https://youtu.be/DV0WT8jPEPw?t=28m2s (28:07 mark)The two portrayals of the award ceremony are vastly DIFFERENT. The trailer which suggests TONS of people showing up is straight up lying to consumers as what they acutally get if you they the expansion pack is not even close to that. I would have been happy with a couple dozen, but 6!?!?!!?This is dishonest. It is false advertising. It is tricking consumers into buying a product and it. is. wrong.and really, after seeing that misrepresentation, I can't help but wonder about the other aspects of the pack and whether what I get will be anywhere like what the trailers show. I don't like watching multiple 1.5 hr streams because I want to discover things myself. Therefore, I rely on trailers to know weather I will like something or not and so I want them to be a fair representation of the pack. Not. A. Lie.

not the first false advertising they have done..

"DreamaDove;d-950666" wrote:This suggests that these ceremonies will have hundreds of sims in attendance, which is realistic.The game has always had a maximum limit of 20 sims per zone so to expect hundreds or even a couple dozen to show up to these ceremonies is definitely wishful thinking I'd sayTo me, false advertising would have been if they'd have actually shown you hundreds of sims attending the ceremony and then it turned out that that wouldn't have been the case.

Like madadelee said, this is nothing new. Sims 2 announce trailer anyone? That one had sims hanging from ceiling fans, sims breathing fire, and other things that weren’t included in the game because of its t for teen rating. Just search the trailer on YouTube.

"Cupid;c-16821061" wrote:"DreamaDove;d-950666" wrote:This suggests that these ceremonies will have hundreds of sims in attendance, which is realistic.The game has always had a maximum limit of 20 sims per zone so to expect hundreds or even a couple dozen to show up to these ceremonies is definitely wishful thinking I'd sayTo me, false advertising would have been if they'd have actually shown you hundreds of sims attending the ceremony and then it turned out that that wouldn't have been the case. They could have had non-interactive NPCs --basically effects just beyond where the player can go with a small area on the front for VIP's - your played sims. If they can't make it seem somewhat realistic, they should have done something else instead like going to a radio show to promote your movie or newsroom interviews.

"ljoejoe871;c-16821082" wrote: Like madadelee said, this is nothing new. Sims 2 announce trailer anyone? That one had sims hanging from ceiling fans, sims breathing fire, and other things that weren’t included in the game because of its t for teen rating. Just search the trailer on YouTube.I've seen it. Though just because something has been done before, it doesn't make it okay now.

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pepperjax1230
Rising Novice
7 years ago
"MzPigglyPooh;c-16821324" wrote:
"paradiseplanet;c-16821322" wrote:
"paradiseplanet;c-16821306" wrote:
These trailers have always made it their priority to grasp your attention and your need to buy it, so a whole lot of video editing software and careful placement of things to make everything look good makes for a great trailer; not exactly the most accurate trailer, but the one that will get you nonetheless. I know it sure had me when I only just watched the City Living announcement trailer a month ago after having CL for almost a year now, and the trailer definitely got me excited, even though I knew in my heart that all of this was staged to look very, very well made.

Tell me the trailer didn't excite anyone when you first saw it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W458QnCVQik

I know it got me... that's why I have it now... But you live and you learn lol...
Yup me to :joy:
paradiseplanet27
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
"friendlysimmers;c-16821286" wrote:
@DreamaDove in case you might not remember the sims2 first trailer players tough that what was in this trailer for sims2 would be in the game was not the case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og8vDhJoj6Q and the same go for this trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUc_VDWRAQo until the ep is out we will not know what is in the game until we actualy play it and see what is in the game with or own eyes

Wow, these trailers are really dating themselves! :D
DreamaDove
7 years ago
"friendlysimmers;c-16821286" wrote:
@DreamaDove in case you might not remember the sims2 first trailer players tough that what was in this trailer for sims2 would be in the game was not the case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og8vDhJoj6Q and the same go for this trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUc_VDWRAQo until the ep is out we will not know what is in the game until we actualy play it and see what is in the game with or own eyes

yeah, I had already commented on the ts2 trailer. I've seen it.
Still, once more, even though something has been done before it doesn't make it right. Ts2 really shouldn't have advertised like that.
DreamaDove
7 years ago
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"MzPigglyPooh;c-16821324" wrote:
"paradiseplanet;c-16821322" wrote:
"paradiseplanet;c-16821306" wrote:
These trailers have always made it their priority to grasp your attention and your need to buy it, so a whole lot of video editing software and careful placement of things to make everything look good makes for a great trailer; not exactly the most accurate trailer, but the one that will get you nonetheless. I know it sure had me when I only just watched the City Living announcement trailer a month ago after having CL for almost a year now, and the trailer definitely got me excited, even though I knew in my heart that all of this was staged to look very, very well made.

Tell me the trailer didn't excite anyone when you first saw it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W458QnCVQik

I know it got me... that's why I have it now... But you live and you learn lol...

I hadn't seen the CL trailer before. I still think it's a little better than that crowd cheer that they added in the current trailer, but it still really doesn't represent the pack very well.

...I think it's because in all of the trailers the sims shown are AWARE of their surroundings and react appropriately and that's not what happens in the game. They might be using in game animations and objects, but sims in the trailer act real and reasonably. Like for that kareoke thing, numerous people were sat and all cheered at the appropriate time. I can never get anything close to that in my game. Sims just generally don't seem aware of what is happening.
paradiseplanet27
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
"DreamaDove;c-16821423" wrote:
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"MzPigglyPooh;c-16821324" wrote:
"paradiseplanet;c-16821322" wrote:
"paradiseplanet;c-16821306" wrote:
These trailers have always made it their priority to grasp your attention and your need to buy it, so a whole lot of video editing software and careful placement of things to make everything look good makes for a great trailer; not exactly the most accurate trailer, but the one that will get you nonetheless. I know it sure had me when I only just watched the City Living announcement trailer a month ago after having CL for almost a year now, and the trailer definitely got me excited, even though I knew in my heart that all of this was staged to look very, very well made.

Tell me the trailer didn't excite anyone when you first saw it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W458QnCVQik

I know it got me... that's why I have it now... But you live and you learn lol...

I hadn't seen the CL trailer before. I still think it's a little better than that crowd cheer that they added in the current trailer, but it still really doesn't represent the pack very well.

...I think it's because in all of the trailers the sims shown are AWARE of their surroundings and react appropriately and that's not what happens in the game. They might be using in game animations and objects, but sims in the trailer act real and reasonably. Like for that kareoke thing, numerous people were sat and all cheered at the appropriate time. I can never get anything close to that in my game. Sims just generally don't seem aware of what is happening.

EXACTLY.

There isn't enough actual self-awareness of Sim's surroundings!
MsPigglyPooh
7 years ago
"DreamaDove;c-16821423" wrote:
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"MzPigglyPooh;c-16821324" wrote:
"paradiseplanet;c-16821322" wrote:
"paradiseplanet;c-16821306" wrote:
These trailers have always made it their priority to grasp your attention and your need to buy it, so a whole lot of video editing software and careful placement of things to make everything look good makes for a great trailer; not exactly the most accurate trailer, but the one that will get you nonetheless. I know it sure had me when I only just watched the City Living announcement trailer a month ago after having CL for almost a year now, and the trailer definitely got me excited, even though I knew in my heart that all of this was staged to look very, very well made.

Tell me the trailer didn't excite anyone when you first saw it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W458QnCVQik

I know it got me... that's why I have it now... But you live and you learn lol...

I hadn't seen the CL trailer before. I still think it's a little better than that crowd cheer that they added in the current trailer, but it still really doesn't represent the pack very well.

...I think it's because in all of the trailers the sims shown are AWARE of their surroundings and react appropriately and that's not what happens in the game. They might be using in game animations and objects, but sims in the trailer act real and reasonably. Like for that kareoke thing, numerous people were sat and all cheered at the appropriate time. I can never get anything close to that in my game. Sims just generally don't seem aware of what is happening.

Omg yesss! That's why I don't even bother to take my sims karaokeing anymore. Even when a crowd forms they're all just standing around and it's just really all over the place. The sims immersion has changed dramatically since the beginning of the game. I have to say sims were a lot more interactive when the game first launched. I don't know what's happened since then but it's a lot of standing around doing nothing now.
Geminiagre
New Spectator
7 years ago
Um... haven't you guys ever seen an advertisement? Toothpaste adds and so bright teeth that can light up a stadium , one drop of dish soap and an entire pot of grease magically disappears, red bull that gives you wings...Cause you know that's what a game trailer is. It has to be exaggerated to draw your attention. That's how marketing works. Ok or not, that's how it is being done since advertising became a thing. For sims sake even in Mobile casual game ads they show you a finger clicking on massive clusters of same colored tiles that give you awesome boosters and make captivating sounds and then you download the game and the bigger cluster appears on level 1-10 and is no bigger than 10 tiles. And you get 1-2 boosters. If you want more you have to buy them. And don't get me started on action mobile games...were they even fake the graphics in the ad ...
Also I remember that in TS3 the number of sims that appeared per lot had to do with your hardware. I don't know if that's still the case...So maybe you want them to show you gameplay on the lowest end machine with lousy graphics , where no more that 1-2 random sims appear.. I'm pretty sure that would draw so much of your attention to buy the game, and if you did, and you had a better computer, and you suddenly find your self in front of cool graphics and a bunch of sims, wouldn't that be false advertising?
Guys c'mon some common sense , please
Pegasyms
New Spectator
7 years ago
Or look at the Sims 3 Late Night trailer - I never, ever got anywhere close to the number of sims shown in the trailer on a community lot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZcq9f72r2c
astridentanja
7 years ago
I don’t really understand the “it happened before so it’s perfectly ok” comments. Yes it happened before and no that doesn’t make it ok. It just means it happened before (and I actually have felt deceived by some of it in the past). I suppose the rules might be different in different countries? In my country a company who sells butter had to change their advertising that claimed their product was ‘cholesterol-lowering’ for instance.
kaeyresky
7 years ago
I don't think the point people are trying to make is that it's okay because it has happened before. But this is something so ubiquitous in our society that it's a little surprising to see it bought up here. There's no doubt the OP sees dozens of ads employing the very same tricks on a daily basis. Advertisements everywhere, for everything are dramatized and idealized.

Spoiler
https://i.imgur.com/y7r7Zha.jpg

It's been this way for a long time and it will continue to be that way. Of course, as consumers we don't enjoy it and we don't think it's fair.. but it's an issue way too big to be tackled in these forums.

Don't get me wrong, if it came down to a situation where claims were being made that were not being honored (~~like that whole year or so where GTW claimed to offer 3 new functional careers yet only one of them worked~~) then I could totally get behind the sentiment.