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Best Video Game Trailers?

Posted by Cliff on from the high-wow-factor dept.

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?"

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  1. Tied between Starcraft and Diablo by the+Man+in+Black · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I remember distinctly saying "Holy shit!" on both of these. All hail Blizzard.

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  2. Wing Commander III and IV by PeteyG · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The non-interactive movie-style trailers to the best interactive movie / flying games ever. Wing Commander III and IV.

    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?!

    If you don't download them, just look at the pretty pictures on the page there. Quality stuff.

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  3. I dunno about trailers... by fuzzdawg · · Score: 3, Informative

    but being the UT junkie that I am I prefer the Unreal Tournament movies made by some of the best clans and players on the face of the planet. Good Stuff Here
    Cheers.

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  4. A comprehensive such list... :) by Shaheen · · Score: 4, Informative

    3DNark 2001 non-interactive demo
    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...

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