@(Unverified) Fake "close" buttons on ads ARE completely unacceptable. Joystiq needs to make money through ads and I don't mind watching a commercial before a trailer.
But tricking people into opening an ad is just wildly out of bounds for any site that wants to be treated with credibility.
I have a feeling the Joystiq staff is no more pleased with this then us though they may not be able to do much about it.
The course of action that is most likely to result in change would be to complain to the companies advertised (who probably have no idea about how these ads are being handled). If they contact whatever advertising agency is responsible for this and complain you can bet that agency will listen.
How's the combat in this one? I saw the giantbomb review which mentioned that it's a little more forgiving then the first. That's what got me stuck in the first one. I think I must have botched a setup or something because I ended up having to fight 5 guys (including assassination target) and 2 archers at once. It didn't go well.
Also, can you assassinate your target without forewarning them? The first game seemed to end up with me fighting the target and a good amount of guards but I'd rather be sneaky about it. Maybe I botched the setup for those ones too though, who knows.
I'll be playing some Dawn of War 2, Dragon Age and maybe trying to finish up the last part of AC 1.
But I'll probably just end up playing a lot of Borderlands. Add me on XBL, I'm having trouble finding people around 25-30 for the loot filled fun. My handle is JohnnyKale.
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Feb 18th 2011 8:19PM (Joystiq)But tricking people into opening an ad is just wildly out of bounds for any site that wants to be treated with credibility.
I have a feeling the Joystiq staff is no more pleased with this then us though they may not be able to do much about it.
The course of action that is most likely to result in change would be to complain to the companies advertised (who probably have no idea about how these ads are being handled). If they contact whatever advertising agency is responsible for this and complain you can bet that agency will listen.
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Nov 24th 2009 11:06AM (Joystiq)Also, can you assassinate your target without forewarning them? The first game seemed to end up with me fighting the target and a good amount of guards but I'd rather be sneaky about it. Maybe I botched the setup for those ones too though, who knows.
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Nov 20th 2009 11:05PM (Joystiq)But I'll probably just end up playing a lot of Borderlands. Add me on XBL, I'm having trouble finding people around 25-30 for the loot filled fun. My handle is JohnnyKale.
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