Best Video Game Trailers? 63
An anonymous reader asks: "I was doing my usual site browsing, and I stumbled onto this thread about the best game trailers at PCSynapse.com. It made me really think about how important it is for a company to make a good, early impression on potential videogame buyers, and give people something to anticipate. What do you say your favorite non-interactive game trailers of all time are?"
Warcraft III (Score:3, Funny)
halo 2 (Score:1)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (Score:2)
I also remember the semi-famous "Into the Shadows" demo from a long time ago. The game was never finished but the demo was sweet, showed skeletons moving around casting multiple shadows on the floor, on a Pentium 90 with no 3d card.
Re:Metal Gear Solid 2 (Score:3, Interesting)
Nevermind the incredible "WTF" scenes like Snake on a skateboard, Meryll alive and the giant soldiers.
And the tagline: The fall, Metal Gear sheds its skin and reveals its SUBSTANCE.
Re:Metal Gear Solid 2 (Score:1)
Are we talking in general or all time? (Score:1)
Re:Are we talking in general or all time? (Score:1)
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Re:Are we talking in general or all time? (Score:1)
Tied between Starcraft and Diablo (Score:4, Insightful)
Wing Commander III and IV (Score:4, Insightful)
Mark Hamill. John Rhys Davies. Malcolm Mcdowell. Space fighters. Great special effects. Cheesy writing made cool and memorable by quality actors. These trailers are the best things ever.
Oh, did I mention that you can download them [solsector.net]?!
If you don't download them, just look at the pretty pictures on the page there. Quality stuff.
Re:Wing Commander III and IV (Score:2)
I dunno about trailers... (Score:3, Informative)
Cheers.
Re:I dunno about trailers... (Score:1)
5 post thread? (Score:1)
r&c (Score:2)
A comprehensive such list... :) (Score:5, Informative)
Bloodrayne Trailers
Brute Force
DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Devil May Cry 1/2
Doom III
Duality
Final Fantasy Series
F-Zero GX
GunGrave
Halo 1/2
Jet Set Radio Future
Kakuto Chojin
Killer 7
Kingdom Hearts
Max Payne
Metal Gear Solid 1/2/3
Metroid Prime
Murakumo
Ninja Gaiden
Odd World: Munch's Oddysee
Phantom Crash
PlanetSide
Primal
PN 03
Resident Evil (various)
Shenmue
Silent Hill 2/3
Soul Calibur II
*SOME* Star Wars trailers (not enough time to list 'em here)
StarCraft - Ghost
Sudeki
Tekken 3/4
Unreal 2
WarCraft III
World of WarCraft
XIII
That's all that pops out at me for now. There have been others that I've liked, but you will get a kick if you watch the above
And yes, they are all non-interactive downloadable movies somewhere...
What makes a BAD game trailer/ad IMHO (Score:2)
When I see a game ad, I want to see what it's like from the perspective of playing it. Not some dumb raycasted promotional graphic that looks NOTHING like the game. Gran Turismo's screenshots are guilty of this. Nearly all of them are 'external' views. Who uses the external views while driving? I want to see what the graphics quality is like from
Re:What makes a BAD game trailer/ad IMHO (Score:1)
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Re:What makes a BAD game trailer/ad IMHO (Score:1)
The only difference is the HUD and, in the case of GT, the interior of the cars. On racing games I have a tendency to turn off the interior view. In FPS games how much modification I do to the HUD is dependant on how it looks, but if something really bugs me I'll change it, rather than suffering with it, and seeing it beforehand isn't really going to change that.
Re:What makes a BAD game trailer/ad IMHO (Score:2)
Re:What makes a BAD game trailer/ad IMHO (Score:1)
Showing off models as they were rendered before putting them into the game and finding out that the game couldn't handle it, and trying to pass them off as in-gam
Operation Flashpoint Trailer (Score:1)
you wanted to play it!
Anticipation (Score:1)
"You are in a"
Man, I was on the edge of my seat.
not exactly a trailer but... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:not exactly a trailer but... (Score:2)
Oni (Score:1)
A Dark Future
Unfortunately I can't find a download link which still works in general, but FilePlanet subscribers may have luck via http://www.3dactionplanet.com/oni/files/movies.sh t ml
Mortal Kombat 3 (Score:2)
Halo 2 (Score:1)
Alice, of course. (Score:2)
And it alone was enough to land a potential movie deal with Wes Craven, which just goes to show...
The nice thing is that even if the trailer didn't show game footage, the game maintained the atmosphere of the trailer -- you can't accuse them of lying about the experience, you just got a different experience in the same exact vein. Goo
Fallout (Score:2)
It begins with the vinyl crooning of a melancholy oldie from the Ink Spots over a scratchy black and white retro-future newsreel. An ad for an atomic-powered car, then a shot of a soldier in power armor kicking a man on the street, filling him full of lead, then waving to the camera.
The perspective pulls back to reveal a boxy old console television, and as the music starts t
Re:Fallout (Score:1)
But don't leave out fallout 2. With a wonderfully educational VaulTek newsreel and some Louis Armstrong (Kiss to Build a Dream On) crooning out from the P.A. speaker deserves note.
Too bad it defies description. Just go buy a copy of the fallout 1&2 combo even if it's just for the opening FMV's. It's like 15$ USD max.
You won't regret it.
Re:Fallout (Score:2)
I mean, forget that final fantasy crap. You actually get to ROLEPLAY in these!!
Re:Fallout (Score:1)
Oh, and I completely agree with you about Fallout.
Oni (Score:1)
Duke Nukem Forever (Score:2)
Final Fantasy VII (Score:2)
This is the trailer that changed the mainstream perception of RPGs forever.
It is also the first trailer I saw that looked like a cinematic movie presentation, focusing on the story/characters, instead of the gameplay.
The original Halo E3 Movie (Score:1)
It was great! And they were like "yeah, its running on a P2 400..."
Oh man, 2000 was a great year.
skye
Grim Fandango (Score:2)
Re:Grim Fandango (Score:1)
Starcraft Brood War E3 Trailer (Score:2)
The eerie operatic music combined with the glimpses of ultraviolent combat between zerg and human left a lasting impression on me.
I also remember that as one of the last big files I downloaded over the 28.8 modem before I got my cable-modem. You can still download it [blizzard.com] from Blizzard's site.
Trailers are misleading (Score:1)
A good storyline is great, but for any game I'm gonna buy, I've gotta be interested in the gameplay. Often you can't determine whether that's any good without a demo or a rental.
I think it should be (Score:1)
At least I think that was the name of the game. Back when the 486DX266 was king. And 800x600 ruled the gaming world. mmmm I remember those days.
Fav. Trailers (Score:1)
X-COM UFO (Score:1)
Alice was nice too..
Fable (Score:1)
Trailer which raised interest of a game? (Score:1)
Myst Online (Score:1)
Not that this would qualify as a classic trailer, but I just downloaded the trailer for URU: Ages of Myst [uruobsession.com] and found it very impressive, especially considering the text at the beginning, which informs you that the entire trailer was made using the game engine...no pre-rendered images.