"When I hit play on EA's new "deep dive" trailer for the upcoming Plants vs Zombies Replanted, I didn't expect to be presented with a fake stream featuring two actors pretending to be hip and cool content creators playing the new remastered version of PopCap's beloved tower defense game. Yet that's what this new trailer is. It's so strange and cringey."
"Released on October 14, EA's "Deep Dive Trailer" does indeed show off a lot of the upcoming PvZ Replanted, including a new perma-death mode and the return of all the minigames found in past ports. That's great. What's not great is that all of this information is, for some reason, delivered to us via two fake streamers playing the game on a fake stream, complete with fake chat and forced reactions."
EA released a "Deep Dive Trailer" for Plants vs. Zombies Replanted, a 4K remaster of the 2009 game that adds new content, bonus features, and co-op. The remaster includes a perma-death mode and restores minigames from previous ports. The trailer presents the information through a staged Twitch-style stream featuring two actors, fake chat, and forced reactions. Many viewers reacted negatively, calling the trailer cringeworthy and questioning the marketing approach. Comments criticized the attempt to mimic streamer culture, with the top-voted remark comparing it to a "How do you do fellow kids" moment.
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