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Originally Posted by Madigan
I said the same on another thread, I agree with you twisted. The dev edition and the artbook were perfect, no doubt. I knew this was a watch, after seeing the shitty N7 ambassador, but when ryan said you can use it ingame (or something that's in the game) I said, nah, it must be a weapon or something.
http://www.mstrwatches.com/Chief-at-MSTR-CID262.aspx
that's the regular model used for this watch.
It feels a little rushed like saying "Hey, it says dead space, and it's in the game, buy it" |
I can see where you're coming from, but the full story is
slightly less crass than that....
We wanted to do a watch because the N7 one was a pretty nice piece in person and sold much faster than we expected. We worked out a watch that was less expensive and seemed to fit the game and were going to sell it regardless.
Because we were working with Visceral so closely on the Dev Team Edition, we wanted to keep the watch subtle and somewhat believable in terms of in-game fiction (and also, there's only so much you can do without taking a lot longer or costing a lot more--neither of which seemed like good options). When I first saw it, I had kind of the same reaction. I thought we could have done more to make it really stand out, but I've really come around and think it works much better this way.
Visceral liked the watch, and we all liked the idea of it being something you could picture Isaac wearing with his civilian suit (and Ben Wanat came up with the great idea to name it in such a way that it alluded to being a functional, corporate kind of gift; like it was a standard-issue thing in the world of the game). Then, it turns out they were actually able to put it on him in the game.
This felt like a really cool little bonus, since we thought the watch was worth it either way and had committed to putting it into production before we knew it was going to be in the game. We felt like it would be a neat thing to see the watch that you wanted for yourself worn by the main character in the game. They didn't put it on Isaac just to have something to sell, and there definitely wasn't a product placement deal where we (or a watch company) paid them to compromise and throw something in your face.
I agree that this shot has some lighting situation that causes it to look almost awkwardly prominent, but the screenshots were intentionally taken in such a way that the watch would be noticeable since that's what we wanted to call attention to.... I haven't had a chance to play the game yet, but from the few screenshots I got to pick from for this, it seems like it'll be subtle and something you could easily miss (also, it's only visible when you don't have a suit on).
This is absolutely not for everyone (or even very many people). I think we got nice photos of it, but it's actually more impressive in person. I think it's a nice watch, and I think it's pretty fairly priced for a nice watch (especially one this large and heavy--I like big watches, but this thing is huge). It's nicely collectible with each one numbered and not many made, and I think it's subtly designed so as to be something people could be comfortable wearing. It's a nod to a cool game with a rich story, and there's a few scenes where you can play with it occasionally visible on your character. We just thought that was kind of neat.... It was never a sinister or half-baked plot to get a bunch of money from good people. If you like the game and want the watch, cool. If you need a watch and you like this one, cool. It really didn't go much further than that.