Get rid of the New Motto, bring back the old - Page 6

Warborn · 2012-06-20, 04:27 PM

Smirk factor. I like that. You need to remember they're shooting for roughly the same level of seriousness as Team Fortress 2. Smirk factor, as you might call it, is not out of place here. I think making the game's tagline a dick joke with no subtlety is pretty tacky, but having a game where you cover yourself in little hearts and put spinnas on your tank take itself too seriously would be pretty out of place, too.

Dagron · 2012-06-20, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by Warborn

You need to remember they're shooting for roughly the same level of seriousness as Team Fortress 2.

This would suck, because that's not the mood they conveyed to me at all so far...

Originally Posted by Warborn

a game where you cover yourself in little hearts and put spinnas on your tank

Despite all this zebra'n junk silliness, i thought PS wasn't supposed to be comical.
I assume they're putting that stuff in but don't really want the wackyness to get out of hand (like TF2 did).

Talek Krell · 2012-06-20, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by Vancha

I voted for the old motto, but to be honest, it'd probably be better to have something that'd make people identifiable as Planetside players would be good. Bonus points if it can be put on a shirt with out sounding cheesy out of context, or if it's good to chant as a crowd at E3/Fan Faire etc.

Pretty much this. I just hope their marketing didn't spend a lot of time researching their current tagline.

Noivad · 2012-06-20, 04:53 PM

For Land. For Power. Forever. Is a powerful statement.

As far as size goes.

"It's not the size of the DOG in a fight, it's the size of the fight in the DOG"

But I would support the following statement .

For Land. For Power. For Greed. Excluding God, For Land. For Power. For Greed. is the cause of most wars. And Planetside is about War. Never ending, vicious, cycled death.

Thats what brings people into FPSMMOs - Not the Size of a map or the number of people. (Note: Number of People does help though ) But is not the only thing that attracts FPS player to a game.

Hmr85 · 2012-06-20, 05:28 PM

I have to agree with the op. I much prefer the old PS1 motto over the new one. It just sounds better.

Russ · 2012-06-20, 05:44 PM

I dont really like the motto. I feel its too much of a innuendo and doesnt really capture what the game is about. Feels like it should be a Katamari game motto.

EVILPIG · 2012-06-20, 06:37 PM

I'm happy to see a motto that recognizes my gift. ..and I'm not talking about the outfit!!

Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhh!!!!

Highwind · 2012-06-20, 07:51 PM

Anything but " Free to Play. Your Way.™ "

Which I remember seeing a few places around the pre-E3 screenshots, but luckily it didn't seem to be front and center, but rather was replaced with size always matters for the main trailer.

Some people say that Free to Play. Your Way.™ is the global SOE F2P tag line, fine whatever but keep that away from Planetside because it made me cringe 100 times more then any innuendo ever did.

TheBladeRoden · 2012-06-20, 09:05 PM

"How can we cram so many players into one game?"

Badjuju · 2012-06-20, 09:10 PM

I like the old motto better, yet if I had to guess the new one is primarily for marketing purposes. What they are trying to push about this game and what makes it distinct from the current FPS games out there is its size. Again I like the old motto better, but they think this one will attract more players then I am all for it.

cryosin · 2012-06-20, 09:12 PM

I love the original but "Size always matters" is also very good.

Something about the old saying turns on the "C&C" Nostalgia. But Size always matters is very good, im okay with either.

Geist · 2012-06-21, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by Sledgecrushr

I like the new motto just fine. If they come up with something better then that would be ok too. Maybe we need a thread where we can brainstorm new mottos.

Do it here, what do you think the third option is for? Although I suppose I could change the title of the thread to make it more obvious...

Marsgrim · 2012-06-21, 09:39 AM

I think the new motto is fine, it's intended as a selling point to communicate the scale - it actually tells those not familiar with the game that it's massive in scal, I think that's the aim.

Baneblade · 2012-06-21, 01:24 PM

Shoot, Maim, Kill!

TeaLeaf · 2012-06-23, 01:17 PM

Size Always Matters is fine. The thing is, PS2 is fairly "generic" if you ignore the scale. That's not a bad thing inherently but the game's motto should should focus on the USP. BF3 and many other games have combined arms warfare and classes and persistance isn't exactly a rare thing in today's shooters.

The only other aspect they could play up is the persistant battlefield but its hard to convey that in a single sentance.

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Size Always Matters	69	26.04%
For Land. For Power. Forever.	135	50.94%
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