• Swarfega@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    A fan made mod.

    Not to take anything away from them but other than not being on an official YouTube channel I did think this was a brand new game given it says ‘official’. A bit deceiving.

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      1 year ago

      It also uses the name “Portal” in a way that feels official, too. If it said “Revolution: A Portal mod” it’d be fine.

      • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de
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        How does it “feel official”? It’s just what a lot of mods do:

        • Portal: Prelude
        • Portal: The Flash Version (though this one is a standalone game)
        • Half-Life: Echoes
        • Half-Life: Caged

        These are just a few I can think of, you can find more on Steam and ModDB.

      • Shadowedcross@lemmy.world
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        It having official in the title has nothing to do with whether it’s a Valve game or a mod, though. It just means that it’s a trailer released by the developer themselves and not some random person, that’s all that official means.

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            The meaning is contextual.

            Exactly: and it says “official trailer” — separated from the rest by a fancy hyphen just like what I have used. The context is quite clear that it’s the trailer that’s official, and thus the meaning is quite clear as well.

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              They probably could’ve just made a more honest title like “Portal: Revolution - Official Trailer for the fan mod”. The title is longer and more unwieldy, but at least it’d be very clear

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                Your point is worthless. Not everyone needs context hand fed at all moments, and your misunderstanding of the title is anecdotal and unique to very few people.

                Edit: changed wording because it wasnt one single person making the argument

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                  I wouldn’t say worthless, that’s hyperbolic, but it is far beyond necessary, just saying that it could’ve been clearer, definitively.

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        1 year ago

        It makes me not want to play the mod for their manipulative use of the word in their advertising.

        You think they’re trying to trick you into

        check notes

        playing a free mod?

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        1 year ago

        The fact that this thread has more up votes on the “remove the official from official trailer” posts baffles me. The first line of the description says it’s a mod.

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        This is all you failing to understand something very simple.

        It’s the official trailer for the mod, that’s all it means.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      I was surprised to see another Portal game being announced, but finding out it’s a fan-made mod actually has me more interested.

      Fan-mods are where you can see some neat shit because they’re not trying to maximize profits, they’re just trying to make something cool.