Arknights Ads Are Ridiculous

[@siinon]

I'm still glad they hired CDawgVA for an Arknights ad. At the least, they realized that they needed to get people that actually play the game

[@psy__]

Connor's ad was pretty damn good, shame he quit the game though since he seemed to be rather passionate about the game.

[@secretscarlet8249]

@@psy__ why'd he quit?

[@PhamNguyen-cv5ym]

@@secretscarlet8249 he just tired of gacha games in general I think

[@siinon]

@@secretscarlet8249 he said its because he finished everything and got nothing anymore to do in game at that point

[@secretscarlet8249]

@@siinon I guess he didn't consider dead weeks and events then

[@HiImYii]

Ah. She jumps right through! Again? Is she a hare? So annoying... I need someone that can punch her away! Looks great! Show me what you got! Wow! That's amazing! Hmm... Let me try this strategy. Here it comes. Hmm... Not what I expected. That was embarrassing. I got to train more. Let's try again. Succeed! More ways to play, come join now!

[@kamerad4749]

so true king!

[@CRRNCRW]

Preach

[@kennar5348]

Ah. She jumps right through! Again? Is she a hare? So annoying... I need someone that can punch her away! Looks great! Show me what you got! Wow! That's amazing! Hmm... Let me try this strategy. Here it comes. Hmm... Not what I expected. That was embarrassing. I got to train more. Let's try again. Succeed! More ways to play, come join now!

[@SorataYukuta]

Honestly the best arknights ad is still the one featuring arknights memoir W with the were going up song.

[@psy__]

I like how in the last ad they even gave the patient that hardened skin trait in order to simulate "real" oripathy haha

[@YR2050]

These ads are like stock photos, any game can use them.

[@mayonotes9849]

The ads are honestly some of the most horrendous things I've ever seen. The trailers for their upcoming contents are absolutely incredible looking in comparison. They should've just used the PVs made for their game instead to pull in new players from the start.

[@juicyjuustar121]

Funnily enough they actually have and still do. It's a weird mix of actually cool animations with awesome music and then utter garbage like this.

[@DylanoRevs]

The curse of mobile game ads today

[@rezafebriansyah8620]

It's getting cheaper and cheaper by day

[@brunopagnoncelli975]

@@rezafebriansyah8620 mobile game ads are sadly getting worse everytime one is done, arknights is an amazing game, sadly these ads don't help showing that, who still remembers the colossatron ad? That was some good shit....

[@rezafebriansyah8620]

@@brunopagnoncelli975 the one with the meteor coming down to earth? Yeah, really.

[@brunopagnoncelli975]

@@rezafebriansyah8620 that was a cool one, they perfectly encapsulated the gameplay into an epic action scene, packed with a final climax at that

[@rezafebriansyah8620]

@@brunopagnoncelli975 it's really weird, all it takes was at least 5 years for something cool to flop like nowadays CGI, I mean in comparison game advertisements and CGI almost shared the same fate. I wonder why?

[@frauflaw100edibleorganicco9]

8:25 "Patient is dying? Just use surtr" ngl i chuckle when i saw that comment XD

[@lazycat836]

Im surprised these ads haven't killed the game by themselves

[@brandoncrz2228]

Thats how good the game is lmao

[@kyarumomochi5146]

@@brandoncrz2228 Well this is the same for litterally all other gacha games like AL or genshin

[@fathanariel.p7643]

@@kyarumomochi5146 I’ve seen bad AL ads But I’ve never seen bad Genshin ads tho.. I think?

[@kyarumomochi5146]

@@fathanariel.p7643 Most genshin ads are also beyond cringe

[@DD-fs7pg]

@@brandoncrz2228 Definitely not good at bringing in newcomers. Ironically I think these ads were supposed to be aimed at casuals/non-anime fans.

[@t00g00d4anam3]

If the ad team just showed snippets of the story (main,event, or SS). I can guarantee more people will be interested.

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Ehh not really You cant expect people to come play your game because you showed some story stuff

[@Brindale]

Literally just cut clips from the music videos/pvs

[@DD-fs7pg]

@@kyarumomochi5146 I saw the ads and thought arknights was just another shitty chinese idle game cash grab using crappy "viral meme" ads, which you can argue that it kind of is, but at least the AK devs seem to actually care about the longevity of their game unlike 99% of other chinese mobile game devs. but nevertheless, way too late now.

[@brunopagnoncelli975]

@@DD-fs7pg honestly arknights is far from being the crappy quick cash grab game, the art, lore and world building go WAAAAYYY too hard, way harder than it needs to, the story is so good that it has it's own anime, the devs care a fuck ton for f2p players, the game is generous and i love the pity system, i mean the game is good, the ads are cringe af.....

[@asophropyll]

Arknights is the first gacha game that I've played for over a year and still plays it to this day. What got me into Arknights is a The Speed of light ad featuring penguin logistics, got addicted to the song and the visuals of the animation got me to download it

[@derpp654]

Ohh my God, same man. I joined at the start but the slow story drove me away. That ad and the song were so catchy that it made me search up the add and brought me back to this game, and I’m glad for that

[@minglian9335]

Same

[@baldychkn2949]

That ad started my gacha addiction

[@sesquipedalian8909]

A lot of the ads felt outsourced, which is weird considering Yostar Pictures could have used the PVs or EPs and just added small animations in between them. It probably makes sense from a staffing perspective so that more people could focus on the actual game, but I still think they could have done their down advertising.

[@FrostySnow1000]

Even the ads promote bullying crownslayer

[@cg_4209]

This reminds me of the time that I would be discouraged to play Arknights because of the ads. Then, I heard 'Untitled World' and decided to look for content on the actual game. Been playing since August 2020, and still active as ever.

[@DD-fs7pg]

If only they did that sooner. Watched some of the later videos and they would have definitely hooked me in when the game first came out.

[@alvianekka80]

Vifer died from cringe after watch AK ads.

[@kazimierzdocktuh02]

Man Speed of Light ad was my first Arknights exposure. Downloaded the game, let it sit on my phone for months, fired it up, never stopped playing.

[@Mr_Rhodey]

You gotta give Arknights ads credit where credit is due: They get people talking about them, even if it is because of how... _"good"_ they are, haha. Cheers!

[@Stone15656]

"Give credit were credit is due". I had severe brain hemorage after watching AK ads. These ads can be used as a Psychological Warfare Weapon

[@Mr_Rhodey]

@@Stone15656 That's the secret tactic. If the Ads make everyone insane then the Sanity Potions have even more appeal. True deep science marketing, haha. Cheers!

[@chenchen6150]

Mobile ads love banking on misleading and controversy because that two factor is so easy to attract people, I mean look at ToF and Legend of neverland as good example of game advertise base on controversy.

[@SirGacha]

Arknights ads made by those who's low on sanity Cheers

[@hikikakira]

The fact that i only started playing this game recently because they refuse to promote the gameplay AT ALL so i didn't know what to expect so i didn't even download it is insane to me, this only proves me right

[@therealsus8817]

Fun fact: the ads is for kid,for teen or adult they just feel cringe (sometime)

[@raynardrapael5559]

Then they just failed cuz kids this days can't play RTS properly

[@therealsus8817]

If you know went i was a kid i get baited for 3 time

[@Liscinov]

What kind of child would wanna play AK?

[@therealsus8817]

Basically i wanna tried how hard is arknight and how easy to get 6 star

[@arcium6766]

they really tryin to appeal to normal people

[@MajorJak]

The feater one feels ok to me, it actually shows off that you can push enemies to death in this game which is quite unique and is ACTUAL FUN gameplay but also shows that you can fuck it up too.... The voice-over kinda kills me inside tho, not enough... emotion? Doesn't excuse all the other bad ones of course. Idk maybe it works for the youtube algorithm I guess.

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Not really No one would be interested because some chibi girl pushed an enemy that you have no idea about to a hole

[@gucci4838]

Idk whats wrong with these CN game companies. Everytime they release a game in Global they always have these cringy ads. They look like a poor company that cant pay a decent director for their ads lol

[@radornic2387]

It's a mix of their humor and a misunderstanding of ours

[@imatyourhomewall234]

ADs maker: Sir. Can you give more budget we run out Arknight: mhm yes Lore

[@undra133]

i like the ads where they hired nice actors with quality cinematography, coz at least it's clear that they actually invest something in their advertisements. plus they seem to be funny self-aware satire lul

[@foujiz]

They spend hundred of thousands on the damn PVs, that are absolutely gorgeous, and they still have to goddamn hire a random as fuck marketing company to make absolute trash. Damn, the marketing budget is definitely higher than what they allocate to PVs with those views.

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Not really Problem with PVs are they are 2d animated so you are basically giving false information since no one will be expecting a 2d chibi game instead Their budget isnt high its just dirt cheap to make ads like these

[@MonCalypso]

Practically like most of the generic, cringy ads we see everywhere lmao

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Doesnt justify it being absolutely terrible

[@MonCalypso]

@@kyarumomochi5146 some are bad, some decent, or downright horrible

[@tyaty]

I started Arknights because KZbin algorithm showed me actual gameplay. I never encountered with AK ads.

[@FairyNya]

i went and shuffled the playlist, the first 3 i got were genuinely intriguing ads, the later 3 that i watched were 🤔”what did i just watch” ads

[@bobthebox2993]

I actually wasn't aware of these terrible ads. I've always gotten the anime-like ads with great music on top

[@whymyluckstatsistoolow]

This is what will happen if they left the promotial ads making to 3rd party

[@ikmalt9851]

now we need an AK ads tier list

[@crispybaguette4033]

the ad that got me into the game was when i think the game first released, bc there were ads about the obsidian festival event, and the ad was like the ads "showing" recruitment, basically selecting random tags and the result was the summer skins for ops like gummy and shining. idk how i was interested, maybe i thought they just looked really pretty and i really liked them.

[@Rencraw]

Ngl Ad#3 with Fandom Games Voice Convince me to return after the obsidian festival

[@flower7168]

Although they are really cringe It's still funny to see that Ak ads are like this

[@bloodred255]

the ad for arknights that got my into arknights was just a little youtube 'try arknights today' text thingy. Probably played some ad which I skipped. you know the things the text with a link that shows up after an ad. don't remember seeing any actual ad so I probably skipped it, but was like what the hell, I got a phone with enough space, I'll give it a go. tried azur lane, Did not care for how it played on my phone. Actually think I was just scrolling down youtube on my phone and the ad was there, in text with a link. and thats what got me into arknights.

[@maximusu.5078]

The one with the speed of light ad got me interested on trying arknights and I do not regret my decision 😁

[@firstghost6]

watched Prelude to Dawn and needed to get my fix, AK mobile filled the hole...i had never once seen an ad for this game up until this video.

[@TheyCallMeDio]

It's like they hired a bunch of random guys from an alley to write the scripts for the ads

[@mojavefry2617]

God, the only ad for Arknights I ever got was the one they released when it first went global and got me to check out the game. These are terrible.

[@magistermartin3996]

man i cant believe he didnt see the ad with tim mcmorris

[@irmalitaambarini6809]

the only ads that make me play arknight are the penguin logistic event with "speed of light" song

[@grimreap2692]

when the ads itself is reverse clickbait to the real gameplay

[@IMUKP]

7:24 That was one of the first few ads I saw of the game

[@oleanderivy6972]

When you give the marketing zero budget

[@tallenta6071]

They wasted their entire marketing budget on that Anime scene ad

[@lynell2B375]

I feel like most gacha games ads that uses skits are weird. They're not exactly bad or good, and the skit is pretty funny. But they are definitely on the weird side. I think the "good" ads are probably the one where they use the trailers as the ads, like the code of brawl event ad(that ad got me to play arknights after all lol). Other gacha games that I know uses the trailers as ads are probably only Honkai and Genshin(although they have some weird skits too lol)

[@404User-Not-Found]

Ironically it's because I didn't saw any of these that I got into Arknights, it's because my gf was one day like "check out this game I found 2 days ago, it's so good" If I saw any of these, I probably wouldn't have trusted her when she said "it's so good" It's my favorite game now though, so yeah :p

[@IronCobraTD]

:NotLikeThis: :NotlLikeThis: :NotLikeThis:

[@destawaits]

:xairatNotLikeThis: :KEKW:

[@cyclenitram7598]

Ad#5 was the one that got me into Arknights

[@ninjahaz0180]

1:11 we are like 2 seconds into this ad and i had to pause, ah the pain

[@blue-boi]

well I got into arknights about 2 weeks ago and love it!. but...I have seen any Ads for Arknights like those on your vids. I did find about arknights from the music/music video they have of Arknights lol

[@FlyingDangoXD]

The best ads were the anime and tectone for me.

[@user-ec7fh9sp3h]

Ad#8 is the feeling of completing Contingency Contract without watching any guides.

[@joshuahawkins6489]

Been doing those recruitment things for ages and still I HAVE NO SEIGE! * 0 * Literally been waiting for her to be even summon able and there's no chance so far.

[@haruharu0w0]

Azurlane players with their global Yohstar ads : remember that... "NUMBA 1" "Numba 2"

[@GIJake-cs8he]

2:00 a son teaching his father about recruitment… brought me to tears

[@SovietGrizzly]

I tried to click the skip ad button on reflex several times.💀

[@Exceperojo]

ad 5 is the omly one that's good here. I wish the video included the 'life is beautiful' ad

[@argene652]

What the fuck is this? I'm surprised Arknights playerbase is growing despite those horrendous ads 😂

[@nazodreemur8284]

The only arknights ad thats good i watch was the Dossolos Holiday with the random vibin happy song

[@maniacmohawk5513]

I’m concerned with what they were thinking with those ads Btw I started playing because of a random meme video with doctor has doom slayer lol

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Ads 2 and 4 look more like Animal Crossing than Arknights.

[@thesupremepotato7850]

i've never seen a single arknights ad until today im glad i havent

[@mykkoyt8982]

Ad 5 at 4:03 actually convinced me to download the game

[@Cel-vh7ut]

Bruh I subconsciously clicked the skip ad button for some of these 😭

[@404Yon]

Ad 3 is kind of funny because it's not serious and it does actually show off a decent amount of art and gameplay in a non misleading way.

[@nessy4666]

1:13 bye bye y'all, I just can't with this...

[@sm4sher45]

Down right horrendous! This is a warcrime! Why am i still playing this game?!

[@hassathunter2464]

While most are outsourced the panda and corgi are inhouse since those employers also appear in Azur Lane streams from time to time (I assume AK too but I dont watch those).

[@Stone15656]

AK ads make me want to bleach my eyes

[@itsjustizumi]

The reason why I played Arknights and how i got into it is that i saw w’s main theme

[@nachoneko309]

playing arknights for two years and i still don't understand any of the ads above

[@worldshistories5143]

Same I don't exactly understand any of 'em despite I'm almost 1 year, I just understand a bit of em like FEater pushed CS to abyss but FEater's S2 ad cringed me, that man is "Doctor can't read EN" example. Some ads are frickin doesn't make sense.

[@ForumcoldiArchon]

Background: All people dead, sadness, girl character crying etc.. Music: Its a great day im feeling good oooh! The possibilities.... Most unfitting music ever and yet they Spam it. Makes me never touch the game even though i like tdish games from time to time

[@compaktdanger4734]

I remember that 3rd and it was so stupid that I downloaded the game that was back when first came out

[@yang8271]

Looks like the devs were just joking when making the ads

[@kyarumomochi5146]

These arent made by devs these are made by horrendous CN companies that has no fucking idea how ads work

[@CorvoA77ano]

Watching these ads gave me brain Hemorrhage

[@flamefierce998]

I did not think Arknights had these kinds of ads. I was only aware of the Even PVs how wrong I was..

[@PROVENT_ANIMS]

these horrendous ads are the reason that discouraged me to play arknights for 2 years, the only reason I started playing Arknights is because of a video called "oh the misery but its arknights lore". it had a nice but dark artwork and decided to give the game a shot and goddamn the games good. edit: also I first knew arknights at the 3rd ad but I didnt want to play the game because of the many misleading ads I saw before it, I regret not playing the game earlier

[@Where_would_I_go_without_you]

Oh my goodness, my eyes are burning. Dear lord this is the most cursed this I've seen I might actually get oripathy.

[@imanstev246]

It's been long time since I see Top Operator tag in my recruitment list 😿

[@coffeeandkeyboards8361]

I got into Arknights because BTC, a youtuber, mentioned it a few times. If I watched any of these ads before hearing about AK from BTC, I wouldn't have given it a chance.

[@larrywoolfolk8224]

Wait you're telling me Arknights will fix my marriage, I gotta play this.

[@AnAverageBox]

Yo Ad# 3 was the original ad that made me want to play the game it was so good lmao

[@MustachioT]

AD 5 convinced me to check arknights out. The story got me hooked in.

[@WONDERMALT]

speed of light ad worked for meee

[@longsteinpufferbatch4949]

"HAGDE HAGDE YAGADA YAGADA"

[@montesclarosmyrna7964]

the shorts ads 💀💀💀💀

[@arridwanmalik7797]

00:26 seems legit.

[@durandus676]

I miss those surreal live action ads.

[@ushio1228]

I got so annoyed with the last one which was every single ducking ad break that i decided to try it out and here we are

[@propredator128]

I’ve seen the bad arknights adds before but I decided to download after seeing the speed of light video and the cardiac arrest doctors

[@OffTheRailGaming]

I really want to know what the meetings were like where they greenlit these ads.

[@blahtoblahtoto6441]

Shout out to ma boi Yii!! may Skalter spook you in the upcoming Limited banner xD

[@ZeroConZx]

Very unlikely to get FEater from those tags, you are guaranteed a Frostleaf tho. But put shift in there and you are guaranteed to get her.

[@arenshichic1203]

wait what's the tag again

[@kaypeeoh2781]

its funny i have not watched any of these ads besides the code of brawl one (thank God for saving my eyes until now!)

[@thegameowl11]

Melee and slow does not guarantee FEater. Shift and slow does.

[@Werday-bv7eh]

wtf i never know how idyot arknight ads 😱

[@rayka3889]

The last one

[@prawn727]

I swear every gacha game company hires the same people to make their ads

[@lightning77777]

Ah yes… the Penguins Logistics ad got me to play ak. Hated the ad at first, but it got me Also Bison

[@umbracloud2378]

2:59 what stage is this?? I don't remember that stage??

[@_unknown123.]

Why kokodayo

[@alexondiana]

5 ad I got in Arknights plus I wanted the penguin. I download the app am like where is my penguin. I got scam.

[@denis4760]

Ad 5 brings me to this amazing game