Once I hit play on EA’s new “deep dive” trailer for the upcoming Crops vs Zombies Replanted, I didn’t count on to be introduced with a faux stream that includes two actors pretending to be hip and funky content material creators taking part in the brand new remastered model of PopCap’s beloved tower protection sport. But that’s what this new trailer is. It’s so unusual and cringey. Introduced earlier this yr, Crops vs. Zombies Replanted is a 4K remastered model of the unique 2009 PvZ with some new content material in addition to bonus options just like the co-op mode first seen within the Xbox 360 and PS3 variations. Consider it as the last word model of the favored sport, which can lastly be accessible on consoles and PC later this month. I’m very excited to replay PvZ after not touching the sport for a lot of, a few years. However a brand new trailer from EA displaying off PvZ Replanted practically made me query my pleasure for this remastered basic.
Launched on October 14, EA’s “Deep Dive Trailer” does certainly exhibit a number of the upcoming PvZ Replanted, together with a brand new perma-death mode and the return of all of the minigames present in previous ports. That’s nice. What’s not nice is that every one of this data is, for some cause, delivered to us by way of two faux streamers taking part in the sport on a faux stream, full with faux chat and compelled reactions. Right here’s the trailer:
Yeah, it’s fairly dangerous. After watching it the primary time, I felt prefer it should have been practically 10 minutes lengthy, however it’s not even 4 minutes. It simply felt a lot longer. I suppose listening to a faux streamer yell out “Spud Yeah!” could make you lose observe of time.
The feedback beneath the trailer are, predictably, not constructive, with many excited in regards to the sport however uncertain why EA determined to promote it this fashion. The highest-voted remark merely states: “‘How do you do fellow youngsters’ trailer.”
Yeah, teenagers and children aren’t silly. They’ll see proper by way of this apparent corporate-approved try and recreate a Twitch stream in essentially the most sanitized method doable, say “Cringe,” and transfer on. PvZ is nice. Simply present individuals how a lot better this model seems and among the new options. That’s all you gotta do to get individuals on board. The $20 price ticket can also be an awesome promoting level that this trailer fails to say. Anyway, dangerous, cringey trailer apart, I’m nonetheless excited to play Crops vs Zombies Replanted when it arrives on consoles and PC on October 23.
