It's no exaggeration to say that by the time War Gods hit the consoles we had already seen hundreds of fighting games. Between Capcom, SNK, and dozens of other companies, gamers everywhere had seen their fair share of fighting game characters. From the silly (Dhalsim), to the cool (Baraka), to the downright pathetic (Dan), fans of fighting games figured they had seen just about everything. But Midway decided to go a different route, instead of making a game with a lot of characters people want to play as, they decided to make War Gods. Kind of like Dead or Alive in reverse.

Want a perfect example of this? Check out this terrible character to your right, a kabuki warrior that is only a few rungs below a clown. Actually, with all that make-up on he kind of looks like a clown ... but who am I to judge. Even if you get into the idea of a kabuki fighter in a video game, it still doesn't explain why he's a God. If this is a game full of War Gods, then is the kabuki fighter the rodeo clown of this little competition?

But this advertisement is not just about showing you a line up of characters you don't want to play; it tries to do it as a personal ad. You know, the kind of personal ad you might see in a newspaper or online. But like everything else about War Gods, this falls flat on its face. Were they going for humor here? I've seen better humor at a Carrot Top show.

FROM: You Bet Your Bad Advertising