I’m not actually condoning advertising in games, this is just a shitpost
Daldameht
Good shitpost. Not as good as games that require to look at ads to heal. There’s actually a game that does that.
Cranjesmcbasketball1
Fuckin’ A right, and damn we need a remake of this classic
zeptillian
Sometimes the whole games were just ads.
Pepsiman
Yo! Noid
Chex Quest
Cool Spot
tehjeffman
With all the ads in racing games, these should be free.
daveypoo143
As long as it doesn’t interrupt gameplay or go completely overboard with the placement I honestly don’t mind ads like this in games. Who didn’t love playing as Slim Jim Guy in Dave Mirra 2?
you_wish_you_knew
Back in my day fast food companies would make entire games to use as ads for a product they sold in their store, none of this lazy “put my ad in your game and I’ll give you money.”
icantevenbeliev3
God damn I actually forgot about this gem of a game.
quangtran
I remember people being upset that the game Wipeout used fake billboards instead of real ads.
RecoverRare1333
Remember when Burger King just made video games where you were basically Sam Fisher but the Burger King? What a wild time to be alive
RcTestSubject10
I cant even tell what’s being advertised, Msomething pew ? Is it like a streamer from back then ?
TeeJayPlays
I don’t understand all the rage about real ads in games. GTA litterally has people going about their day, wasting their free time in making billboard ad mods for dr pepper n shit. Why are people so mad for ‘real life’ ads.
No-Cat-9716
Crazy taxi had KFC
Parasites Eve 2 had Coca-Cola
Havi_jarnsida
I got it too fire game
Oxygenius_
I remember kid me used to think “man that’s so cool how they introduce real world things into games”
Yeah well that was a mistake
hvacgymrat
I could see the ads work in one positive way, shooter games can use the real world gun/equipment names and logos, (ik licensing is a thing) but it’s free advertising for companies like Eotech, crye, Holosun, H&K etc.
Maldunn
I liked the ads in the monkey island games for other Lucasarts games. The “ask me about LOOM” guy in the first game and they dead pirate in monkey island three with a button that says “ask me about Grim Fandango!”
itx89
Tbh id take the low-resolution, borderline goofy ads if it meant there are no unskippable 30-second ad with obnoxious gimmicks to keep your attention on the screen.
Old-Paramedic-4312
Jet Moto is so sick but also so ridiculous lol
Jeoshua
We didn’t.
Faelysis
Seeing this make me remember Rush 2049 (or San francisco) which we needed to collect Mountain Dew cans in stage to unlock stuff
fknSK
Ah man reminds me of Rush 2 and the Mountain Dew drag car you got from collecting cans all over the map. Good times lol.
Stivox
Marioboro in Mario Kart 64
Ghostbuster_119
Only game I ever saw have ads in it and it was actually fine to me was mercenaries 2.
Because you had an open contract to blow up billboards, so any time i saw an ad I could destroy it.
Which was effective because I saw the ads, and also satisfying because I got paid for blowing it up.
Smartest advertising in a game I’ve ever seen.
freedfg
Shout-out to Slim Jim guy in Dave Mirra BMX
Old-Sparkles
I think it had to do with the feeling of validation: “hey, an actual real life thing in my game”! A feeling wich looses all its appeal when games are already super mainstream and have ads and product placement all the time, to the point of getting in front of the actual gameplay.
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I’m not actually condoning advertising in games, this is just a shitpost
Good shitpost. Not as good as games that require to look at ads to heal. There’s actually a game that does that.
Fuckin’ A right, and damn we need a remake of this classic
Sometimes the whole games were just ads.
Pepsiman
Yo! Noid
Chex Quest
Cool Spot
With all the ads in racing games, these should be free.
As long as it doesn’t interrupt gameplay or go completely overboard with the placement I honestly don’t mind ads like this in games. Who didn’t love playing as Slim Jim Guy in Dave Mirra 2?
Back in my day fast food companies would make entire games to use as ads for a product they sold in their store, none of this lazy “put my ad in your game and I’ll give you money.”
God damn I actually forgot about this gem of a game.
I remember people being upset that the game Wipeout used fake billboards instead of real ads.
Remember when Burger King just made video games where you were basically Sam Fisher but the Burger King? What a wild time to be alive
I cant even tell what’s being advertised, Msomething pew ? Is it like a streamer from back then ?
I don’t understand all the rage about real ads in games. GTA litterally has people going about their day, wasting their free time in making billboard ad mods for dr pepper n shit. Why are people so mad for ‘real life’ ads.
Crazy taxi had KFC
Parasites Eve 2 had Coca-Cola
I got it too fire game
I remember kid me used to think “man that’s so cool how they introduce real world things into games”
Yeah well that was a mistake
I could see the ads work in one positive way, shooter games can use the real world gun/equipment names and logos, (ik licensing is a thing) but it’s free advertising for companies like Eotech, crye, Holosun, H&K etc.
I liked the ads in the monkey island games for other Lucasarts games. The “ask me about LOOM” guy in the first game and they dead pirate in monkey island three with a button that says “ask me about Grim Fandango!”
Tbh id take the low-resolution, borderline goofy ads if it meant there are no unskippable 30-second ad with obnoxious gimmicks to keep your attention on the screen.
Jet Moto is so sick but also so ridiculous lol
We didn’t.
Seeing this make me remember Rush 2049 (or San francisco) which we needed to collect Mountain Dew cans in stage to unlock stuff
Ah man reminds me of Rush 2 and the Mountain Dew drag car you got from collecting cans all over the map. Good times lol.
Marioboro in Mario Kart 64
Only game I ever saw have ads in it and it was actually fine to me was mercenaries 2.
Because you had an open contract to blow up billboards, so any time i saw an ad I could destroy it.
Which was effective because I saw the ads, and also satisfying because I got paid for blowing it up.
Smartest advertising in a game I’ve ever seen.
Shout-out to Slim Jim guy in Dave Mirra BMX
I think it had to do with the feeling of validation: “hey, an actual real life thing in my game”! A feeling wich looses all its appeal when games are already super mainstream and have ads and product placement all the time, to the point of getting in front of the actual gameplay.