Rage 2 social media account "pokes fun" at Forbes contributor for criticizing Rage 2's overall marketing

[Syriel]

This is the kind of social media fun I can get behind. Clickbait headlines are trash. If you're going to use them, be prepared to be called out.

 

[Deleted member 43084]

That's not a clickbait headline.

 

[JohnMichonski]

Nah this is lame, their marketing isn't great and that's a valid criticism.

 

[KoolAid]

dunno, they could have come with a better clapback

but i dunno what this guy is talking about

 

[cowbanana]

The edge of social media is as dull as the first knife my dad gave me as a kid.

 

[Lego Killer Moth]

Alternative thread title, "Bethesda opens journalist up to the harassment of fans after criticism of non-existent marketing"

 

[Etrian Darkness]

Wait it's out in 4 days?

 

[beelulzebub]

I didn't know Rage 2 is coming out in four days and I'm considering buying it too.

 

[Dreamboum]

« No u »

LMAOOOOOOOO

 

[Nabs]

Is it clickbait because the title didn't include the entire article?

 

[Vincent Grayson]

I've never been a big Paul Tassi fan, but he's right. Until I saw that launch trailer, I had no idea it was coming so soon.

 

[5taquitos]

Worst case scenario is that this article lets more people know about the release date, I really don't get this response.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Very childish.

 

[vestan]

should have replied with a sad smiley like this :(

hire me bethesda i'm in with the cool kids

 

[Daniel Westlake]

God the marketing for this game has been so dull.
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Are we just labeling any headline we don't like as clickbait? Is that what we're doing now?

 

[Bear]

Ah yes let's shame this reporter (even though he's a contributor, he's a reporter) for doing his job.

 

[Rebel1]

Wait it's out in 4 days?

Click to shrink...

it....wait... what!?

 

[Theorry]

Someone is raged.

 

[Deleted member 4260]

I feel like the title is accurate. Honestly forgot this was coming out soon.

 

[Brazil]

How is that clickbait in the first place?

 

[Deleted member 17643]

I didn't know Rage 2 is coming out in four days and I'm considering buying it too.

Click to shrink...

Yeah same here. I'm going to hold off... as much as I hate to say it I think this is one of those "$30 in two weeks" games.

 

[Papercuts]

I both didn't know this came out in 4 days, or know who they replied to.

 

[ASaiyan]

Paul Tassi is a permanent gaming analyst at Forbes who has written some incredibly insightful articles on the industry and is definitely worth a read.

RAGE 2 is a Bethesda singleplayer title that, like its predecessors, has suffered from almost zero marketing effort. And is now apparently trying to bury that fact by miming Era's habit of arrogant and unwarranted Forbes-bashing.

Pretty pathetic tbh.

 

[Okabe]

Haha

 

[antitrop]

How does the author usually find out about release dates, does he wait for a carrier pigeon to drop off a note with a date written on it or some shit?

RAGE 2 has trailers with a date at the end like any other game. It's not a secret.

 

[Rei no Otaku]

People really don't know the game is coming out? They've been releasing trailers, doing live streams, and even just released a content roadmap. That's not even counting the ads all over stores and in weekly flyers.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

"Hey this games coming out soon headsup"

"WOW FUCK YOU BRO YOU WANNA GO"

are they even sending this one out for review. they didnt for doom. hmmm

 

[Son of Sparda]

I didn't know the game was coming out in 4 days.

 

[Cocolina]

Trying too hard

 

[Khaos Prime]

I honestly didn't know it was coming in four days. Thought it was already out.

 

[corn_fest]

this is a game that's being made?

 

[YaBish]

I also didn't know it was out in 4 days. Was expecting something more clickbaity

 

[Deleted member 13101]

The first two sentences of the article are "I play video games and write about them for a living, so that means for roughly 14 hours a day, on my computer or my phone, I am scouring for stories. And this is why I find it genuinely surprising that until yesterday, I had no idea that Bethesda's Rage 2 comes out just four days from now."

There's no clickbait or ambiguity here.

 

[nasirum]

Game looks amazing, and I find the humor they've presented in trailers along with their social media team pretty funny.

Can't wait for Monday evening.

 

[ParmeSean]

Haha

Click to shrink...

Journalist gives great witty comeback to video game brand that tries to be "relatable"

 

[Deleted member 45130]

I find it really difficult to believe that on a forum like this, this many people didn't know the release date for a game made by both ID and Avalanche.

 

[Ambient80]

How is that clickbait in the first place?

Click to shrink...

I'm not sure even the most generous definition of clickbait would include that headline, haha

 

[Maxime]

I don't see how this is a clickbait title? By any mean, it is even an informative headline.

And the paper is even kinda interesting.

 

[Deleted member 28461]

The Rage 2 twitter account has further convinced me that I shouldn't buy Rage 2 in four days.

 

[Deleted member 49574]

Tbh i did not know it was coming out this soon either.

 

[Einchy]

TIL Rage 2 comes out in 4 days.

 

[collige]

The article isn't particularly great, but it's definitely not clickbait. I thought Rage 2 was coming out in October or something until today tbh

 

[TheRuralJuror]

It's a poor call out. I had no idea when it released either. Wasn't really clickbait.

 

[Francesco]

I had no idea rage 2 was coming out soon.

 

[Hey Please]

I thought that the reviews were coming out next week. Wow, that Forbes article was on point, at least, for me.

 

[funky]

Bethesda's marketing sucking for everything not coming out of BGS isnt exactly a hot take.

But yeah. Jeez. I felt like this was a game that gets a random October release

 

[overcast]

I honestly didn't know it was coming out in 4 days. I knew it was May, but I guess my track of time is off the rails a bit.

 

[Lothars]

Forbes contributors including the one who made this article are consistently bad but this article seems right on the money. I didn't realize it was coming out so soon.

 

[MrH]

Oh God, people who say "who are you " in an argument are the absolute worst.

 

[delicious]

lol thread backfired, marketing for bethesda's singleplayer fps's are not great