Your favorite video game trailers of all time?

2008-09-20 10:36:35

#1

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6536|Long Island, New York

For me, it's:

1) Fallout 3 - Perfect Life from E3 2008. http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36201.html
2) Halo 3 - Announcement from E3 2006. http://www.gametrailers.com/player/10454.html
3) Bioshock - Announcement from X06. http://www.gametrailers.com/player/10454.html

Honorable mentions:

FFXIII Announcement from E3 2008 (I don't like the FF series at all, but the trailer's pretty sick) - http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36267.html
Gears of War - Mad World - http://www.gametrailers.com/player/14418.html

The one from Fallout 3, although the game's not out yet, got me from not wanting the game at all to now having it as my most anticipated. The amazing combination of 50's themed TV/commercials along with the song "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" by Bob Crosby and the Bobcats is incredible. The whole theme of the game is incredible (as were the themes of the previous Fallouts of course) and the combination of the two into the trailer is great.

Halo 3's storyline is what pulls me into it the most. I read the first three books when I was younger and I've been hooked since then. Seeing how there's suddenly some gigantic Forerunner structure hidden in the Earth for the first time was incredible. Plus, Martin O'Donnell's incredible music in the backround just threw it over the top. He's done incredible work with the series and proved it right there.

Bioshock's trailer got me for a variety of reasons. Andrew Ryan's (and whoever plays him) incredible speech and voice acting on top of a view of how vast Rapture is...along with the incredibly gory (and somewhat disturbing) scene with the Big Daddy just made that trailer incredible.

And remember, this isn't necessarily just posting trailers of your favorite games, but what games you think have the best trailers.

2008-09-20 10:46:24

#2

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|6760

none. trailers piss me off cuz they never show the actual gameplay.

2008-09-20 10:48:12

#3

SEREVENT: MASSIVE G STAR; +605|6106|Birmingham, UK

usmarine wrote:
none. trailers piss me off cuz they never show the actual gameplay.

Yeah...

Like that conflict denied thing... it looked cool, bought the game and it was the worst game ever apart form haze...

2008-09-20 10:51:38

#4

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6620|London, England

usmarine wrote:
none. trailers piss me off cuz they never show the actual gameplay.

Exactly, I just want to see what the game looks like when you're playing it. Not some fancy camera angles and cut scenes and shit. At least they've stopped doing pre-rendered cutscenes that really look nothing like the game at all.

2008-09-20 11:25:45

#5

firebolt5: Member; +114|6154

PR 0.5

2008-09-20 11:29:25

#6

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6567|Mountains of NC

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2008-09-20 11:31:41

#7

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6521|...

GTA: Vice City

2008-09-20 11:32:11

#8

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6771|PNW

Oh jeez, where to start...

The ones that come to mind at this moment are Hellgate London's cinematic trailer, Freelancer's 7 minute 'intro-trailer,' and the TV Diablo II trailer with the dorky necromancer. Honorable mention for Doom III's trailer with the music style that never saw the light of day beyond the main menu. The ambiance was cool, but I wanted my Doom rock!

Mek-Stizzle wrote:
usmarine wrote:
none. trailers piss me off cuz they never show the actual gameplay.
Exactly, I just want to see what the game looks like when you're playing it. Not some fancy camera angles and cut scenes and shit. At least they've stopped doing pre-rendered cutscenes that really look nothing like the game at all.

1) Some do.
2) If you bought Warcraft II thinking that it was going to look like the CGI opening, HA-HA.

2008-09-20 11:36:13

#9

Home: Section.80; +447|6847|Seattle, Washington, USA

Gears of War - Mad World.
This World in Conflict trailer was awesome.

2008-09-20 11:37:29

#10

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2008-09-20 11:40:31

#11

r'Eeee: That's how I roll, BITCH!; +311|6447

imo

2008-09-20 11:50:38

#12

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|5749|شمال

BF2 intro. But thats not a trailer, is it?

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...show me the schematic

2008-09-20 11:57:23

#13

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6155|Vancouver | Canada

Any of the Battlefield series.
A few World in Conflict trailers.
Call of Duty 4.

2008-09-20 12:03:28

#14

cowami: OY, BITCHTITS!; +1,106|6288|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

2008-09-20 12:51:49

#15

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6467

That Far Cry 2 trailer with the gun singing in some African language.

2008-09-20 12:58:53

#16

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6452|The Twilight Zone

jsnipy wrote:
GTA: Vice City

win. I can't believe its been 6 years since I played the game.

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2008-09-20 14:06:31

#17

Miggle: FUCK UBISOFT; +1,411|6741|FUCK UBISOFT

gameplay demos > trailers.

2008-09-20 14:38:06

#18

Kez: Member; +778|5702|London, UK

If you want to call this a trailer, I think this is awesome

2008-09-20 14:56:07

#19

Fat_Swinub: jaff; +125|6434

2008-09-20 14:59:57

#20

Kez: Member; +778|5702|London, UK

Yeah, and this (like Poseidon said):

2008-09-20 15:01:18

#21

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|6765|UK

cowami wrote:

this wins.

2008-09-20 16:09:09

#22

Miggle: FUCK UBISOFT; +1,411|6741|FUCK UBISOFT

Vilham wrote:
cowami wrote:
this wins.

I fucking love audioslave.

2008-09-20 18:05:44

#23

r2zoo: Knowledge is power, guard it well; +126|6595|Michigan, USA

Still one of my favorite games, still play it, when the game came out it drove me crazy because I didnt have a ps2 at the time

2008-09-20 18:08:07

#24

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6536|Long Island, New York

r2zoo wrote:

Still one of my favorite games, still play it, when the game came out it drove me crazy because I didnt have a ps2 at the time

Ah yeah, can't forget that one.

I gotta say, GTA IV's trailers were pretty incredible as well.

Especially the one with The Boggs.

2008-09-20 23:20:38

#25

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6771|PNW

DoctaStrangelove wrote:
That Far Cry 2 trailer with the gun singing in some African language.

This?
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38386.html

That's a good one, too. It's a song called Barra Barra, by Rachid Taha, if I remember the name right. It was used in Blackhawk Down, but plays slightly different in the trailer. I sometimes use it in the CoD Africa missions, BF2 and CoD4.

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