The coolest video game trailer/print ad you've seen?

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#1  Edited By BisonHero

To compete with the other thread, what were some games that got advertised in cool, creative ways that you actually appreciated?

I don't have any long anecdote; I just really like the weird BioShock Infinite ads that didn't even show much the game. They're made in the style of "In Search Of", a series of American "documentaries" from the 70s about some paranormal topics. Example of "In Search Of":

And here are the BioShock ones, the "Truth from Legend" trailers, clearly going for that style:

The audio work is so fucking good. I'm curious who their fake Rod Serling is. How many BioShock Infinite potential buyers would even get the reference? It's just so bizarre and...not mass market.

What game trailer and advertisements did you think were just rad, regardless of whether they actually sold the product well or not?

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The obvious one:

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The 'Meet the Team' videos for TF2 were really impressive. I still think they are the best ads ever created for a game.

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Max Payne E3 2001 trailer the music and setting is just powerful even with dated graphics

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I waited 2 years for this game to come to PC it was a hellish wait trying to avoid spoilers for so long but this trailer stood out to be one of the best GTAV trailers with the song and video cuts has a very mellow feeling.

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Mortal Kombat 2 SNES version I still remembered when this aired back in 94. I was so excited it was coming to SNES and it had the blood and gore it was a big deal back then since the original MK was censored on the SNES.

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What the Assassins Creed movie should've been.

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For prints, I love this print for Kirby 64. Maybe if this was for something like Gex or Croc, this would be cringy. But since its Kirby, a character that people like, I think the humor fits and was a good ad for what I feel is an underrated N64 game. Kirby truly is the face of terror...

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For trailers, I'll never forget watching the E3 2006 reveal trailer for Super Smash Bros Brawl. Seeing the Melee characters models run up to each other and then transform into their Brawl models, the thunderous chorus in the background and unveiling one new character after another. Seeing all of this made me so excited since my friends and I spent endless hours playing Melee. Then Snake being the surprise final character reveal was just the cherry on the top of this trailer.

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It is Mad World...we don't have to like that fact, but that is an actual commercial the aired that everyone saw.

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It has been quite a while since I've played SMB, but the "commercial" style trailer is quite memoriable.

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MGS2 is probably the best one objectively, this Dark Souls trailer always gets me though:

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Easily the most excited I've ever been for a video game in my life

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ODST was terrific and i'm not huge on halo at all.

also nothing got me pumped for a game like the Beast of America trailer for Bioshock Infinite. i'm an easy mark, i guess.

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What the Assassins Creed movie should've been.

Yep. Great use of music here.

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This Strafe trailer is rad.

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I'm not even a fan of Dawn of War but this trailer is fantastic.

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@haxdax: With the quality of all the cinematics in the various Dawn of War games, it makes me wonder why they haven't done a Warcraft-style animated movie yet. If they stay true to the lore it could be extremely cool.

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Rockstar always hits it out of the park in my opinion. This is my favorite though:

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And all the other ones are basically just "dope song + gameplay/cinematics"

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Here are a couple that come to mind:

This is great on a couple of different levels. I love the song, it showed more of Persona 5's styyyyyyyyllleee, it (finally) introduced more members of your crew, and showed more gameplay aspects. All of these trailers were great for the hyping people up for Persona 5, but it felt like the big reveal of what this game was actually going to be like.

And for pretty much the exact same reasons as above...

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This Strafe trailer is rad.

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That might be the funniest thing I've seen in a long time! Why the F does the mom have a picture of Uncle Jesse on the counter?!?

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These were the ones that came to mind for me:

E3 2014 Trailer for The Division:

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Halo 3 ODST Live Action Trailer:

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The "Gotham is mine" trailer for Batman: Arkham Knight was fantastic.

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Personal favorite.

Also Don't even like Starcraft, but this trailer is amazing:

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What sticks out in my mind for coolest trailer is a toss up between the original gears of war 1 "mad world" trailer and the Bioshock 1 where the protagonist fight the big daddy with a wrench and plasmids then catches a drill in the hand

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This one always stuck with me.

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