I don’t get it. Well, I kind of get it. These ads are trying to be some kind of weird, artistic, over the top visions to get peoples attention. Kind of like those retarded PlayStation 3 ads with demon babies and other weird sh*t inside that white room. We at least knew those ads were for the PlayStation 3 by the end of the commercial.
In the case of these five new international ads for Metal Gear Solid 4, you’d have no idea they were for the game unless someone told you. In fact, you wouldn’t know what the hell these ads were for had I not just tell you. For all we could have known, this first ad might have been for a new live action tentacle rape porno. Which wouldn’t have been a bad thing. That makes much more sense actually.
I leave better artistic pieces in the toilet. […]
Original post by mrdestructoid@gmail.com (Destructoid.com) and software by Elliott Back
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