Favorite game trailers?

Big Boss · July 01, 2018, 07:58:26 AM

I've been rewatching some of my favorite game trailers from over the years, so I was wondering, what are your favorites?

What really got me going was the Dishonored trailer. I love the game's version of the 'Drunken Sailor' song, it's haunting but also goddamn catchy and fits the trailer really well. I'd probably have it as my favorite, actually.

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Metal Gear Solid V's 'Elegia' trailer was also a standout, as much as it kinda hurts to watch now.

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Ásgeirr · July 01, 2018, 09:43:02 AM

Dragoons will never not be the coolest

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FatherlyNick - fuck putin · July 01, 2018, 09:47:50 AM

Halo 3. "Do you think anyone is out there?" The scene with the bubble shield.
Fucking hype.

Verbatim · July 01, 2018, 11:41:29 AM

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these aren't so much "commercials" that played on TV or anything; instead, they're creatively designed web-based promotional material made for majora's mask that functioned almost like an ARG, the details of which can only scantly remember

it's a pretty fun concept, though, and it makes me happy to know that the game's darker setting and plot were not completely lost on the marketers—they understood what made the game unique and cool, and did not just try to sell it on its name alone

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here's another with a similar concept (and this one actually played on TV), but it isn't executed as well imo

Desty · July 01, 2018, 01:39:51 PM

YOU PULL MY DEVIL TRIGGER

Aether · July 01, 2018, 02:07:09 PM

This one had a fun spin on it.

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Mordo · July 01, 2018, 02:20:39 PM

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TOR had the absolute kino trailers. Shame the MMO was pretty lacklustre.

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Spartan · July 01, 2018, 03:41:47 PM

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Great trailer for a guilty pleasure but not good game

Elai · July 01, 2018, 05:38:24 PM

Nuclear

Pretty much anything from Halo

MarKhan · July 01, 2018, 05:43:03 PM

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Jet Wave · July 02, 2018, 02:18:09 AM

In an alternate timeline, GearBox gave this game the attention it deserves.

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Flee · July 02, 2018, 03:07:09 PM

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Super Irish · July 02, 2018, 03:51:46 PM

The Gears' 1-3 ones always stick with me. Even the 4th one I hadn't seen and that looks alright anyway.

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The Borderlands' original trailer was pretty lackluster - 3 years later they sold it's sequel with a lot more of it's strengths;

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Destroy All Humans had a few, but this is the one that sold me it as a kid;

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Halo has some damn good live action trailers. The Halo 3 ones should be up here too, but this was the first one I saw on TV;

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Deus Ex doesn't show much gameplay though it does have a very good way of displaying the features through the trailers,and even a large part of the story without ultimately spoiling anything. The monologue reads out a bit like a techno version of Hatred though;

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And further onto the topic of dystopian alternative futures (...right?), there's Fallout 3 with a general "everything's fucked" tone;

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to NV's "Well, everything's not all bad, we have casinos..."

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to 4's "Yep, still fucked"

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Then we have the ~~Commie's~~ Russian take on the upcoming apocalypse; less 50's idealistic superficial coating over a dystopia, just straight up hellish with a hint of slightly different make-believe;

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So yeah, that last one is out next year and it's been the only new game series I've pre-ordered, and the only one I'm ordering for next year methinks.