Finally. We media-illiterate, pre-release buying, integrity-requesting-of-our-journalism video gamers finally get to play as a bitter middle-aged man lost to nostalgia lacking the self-awareness...
Finally. We media-illiterate, pre-release buying, integrity-requesting-of-our-journalism video gamers finally get to play as a bitter middle-aged man lost to nostalgia lacking the self-awareness required to feel shame at betraying his principles.
I feel as though there should be a rage-inducing YouTube video about this. But there's probably not.
I thought the Porsche and the watch were funny, they definitely fit the vibe this game was going for. It felt like a nod to James Bond, and who is Leon S. Kennedy if not an American,...
I thought the Porsche and the watch were funny, they definitely fit the vibe this game was going for. It felt like a nod to James Bond, and who is Leon S. Kennedy if not an American, zombie-fighting James Bond?
I thought so too. It's funny. Leon in the game is campy as hell with his one liners and the Porsche just adds to that image. It's so over the top and self aware it loops back to good. So the...
I thought so too. It's funny. Leon in the game is campy as hell with his one liners and the Porsche just adds to that image. It's so over the top and self aware it loops back to good.
So the author of this article takes it a little too serious but I can vibe with the gist of it. It's funny now, but it won't stay funny when every game is filled with product placement. TV has enough of that shit, now I get ads in my games too?
This part feels like nitpicking to me. I don't know about other law enforcement, but I suspect Leon of all people knows how vital it can be to have both hands free in an emergency. Wristwatches...
And the idea that one modern-day law enforcement agent would wear a luxury wristwatch instead of just checking their phone's clock like a normal person is already wild.
This part feels like nitpicking to me. I don't know about other law enforcement, but I suspect Leon of all people knows how vital it can be to have both hands free in an emergency. Wristwatches are definitely more convenient than phones in that regard, you can literally just look at your wrist instead of having to waste precious seconds getting out your phone. Plus don't have to worry about the battery if another zombie apocalypse happens.
Though the writer does have a point about the price of that thing. Converted, Leon's watch would be $2350, which... Wow. Yeah, REALLY weird to wear something that expensive in field work, I can see how that can break immersion for people who know the price tag. Even Grace's is over $1500. Presumably they wouldn't be as expensive in-universe, but neither of them seem like the type to splurge.
The fact Leon can't shoot the Porsche is pretty funny though. I choose to believe he decided to splurge on it as one of his few Very Nice Things during a minor midlife crisis moment, and so of course he won't shoot it and waste all that money!! That, or it belongs to the agency and he doesn't want to deal with the paperwork from shooting his own car. I know some police forces do have Porsches for the sake of high speed pursuits and the like, so it actually isn't too crazy he'd have one.
Actually, it makes a lot of sense for characters to NOT shoot their own cars. Kinda weird anyone would take any sort of risk with their main mode of transportation.
Overall, this post feels very nitpicky about product placement given it's fairly minor in my opinion. There are farmoreblatantexamples out there. In comparison, the Porsche logo and watch are pretty easy to ignore and actually do fit inside the setting. Mostly. those price tags for the watches definitely don't
...Also, after the mention of police Teslas, I now have the cursed mental image of Leon driving a Cybertruck. Imagine him driving it instead of the motorcycle during that one scene. I guess the Beethoven's Nightmare thing could serve as a decent distraction/lure for zombies...
Finally. We media-illiterate, pre-release buying, integrity-requesting-of-our-journalism video gamers finally get to play as a bitter middle-aged man lost to nostalgia lacking the self-awareness required to feel shame at betraying his principles.
I feel as though there should be a rage-inducing YouTube video about this. But there's probably not.
YouTube is already overrun with enough of this garbage
I thought the Porsche and the watch were funny, they definitely fit the vibe this game was going for. It felt like a nod to James Bond, and who is Leon S. Kennedy if not an American, zombie-fighting James Bond?
I thought so too. It's funny. Leon in the game is campy as hell with his one liners and the Porsche just adds to that image. It's so over the top and self aware it loops back to good.
So the author of this article takes it a little too serious but I can vibe with the gist of it. It's funny now, but it won't stay funny when every game is filled with product placement. TV has enough of that shit, now I get ads in my games too?
This part feels like nitpicking to me. I don't know about other law enforcement, but I suspect Leon of all people knows how vital it can be to have both hands free in an emergency. Wristwatches are definitely more convenient than phones in that regard, you can literally just look at your wrist instead of having to waste precious seconds getting out your phone. Plus don't have to worry about the battery if another zombie apocalypse happens.
Though the writer does have a point about the price of that thing. Converted, Leon's watch would be $2350, which... Wow. Yeah, REALLY weird to wear something that expensive in field work, I can see how that can break immersion for people who know the price tag. Even Grace's is over $1500. Presumably they wouldn't be as expensive in-universe, but neither of them seem like the type to splurge.
The fact Leon can't shoot the Porsche is pretty funny though. I choose to believe he decided to splurge on it as one of his few Very Nice Things during a minor midlife crisis moment, and so of course he won't shoot it and waste all that money!! That, or it belongs to the agency and he doesn't want to deal with the paperwork from shooting his own car. I know some police forces do have Porsches for the sake of high speed pursuits and the like, so it actually isn't too crazy he'd have one.
Actually, it makes a lot of sense for characters to NOT shoot their own cars. Kinda weird anyone would take any sort of risk with their main mode of transportation.
Overall, this post feels very nitpicky about product placement given it's fairly minor in my opinion. There are far more blatant examples out there. In comparison, the Porsche logo and watch are pretty easy to ignore and actually do fit inside the setting. Mostly.
those price tags for the watches definitely don't...Also, after the mention of police Teslas, I now have the cursed mental image of Leon driving a Cybertruck. Imagine him driving it instead of the motorcycle during that one scene. I guess the Beethoven's Nightmare thing could serve as a decent distraction/lure for zombies...