Top 10 Videogame Trailers that made us Nerdgasm
Published on: 2nd October, 2009
Over the years Video game trailers have evolved from being simple 10 second commercials with cartoony characters to motion picture events that could rival that of most Hollywood blockbusters. We here at Game-Rigs have compiled a list of some of the more memorable ones from the past, present and future titles.
10. God of War III
This is the most recent of the trailers on the list and it makes it here because not only is the entire thing shot while within the in-game engine but the ending leaves so many questions and a lot of people wanting NEEDING more.
9. DOOM III
When this trailer was first released, people were absolutely dumbstruck by the quality of graphics it was detailing. Similar to what Crysis was like when it first came out, this game cause gamers everywhere to start updating their rigs to DOOM III quality. Gamers seriously thought that we had reached the pinnacle of what gaming graphics would look like.
8. Gears Of War
Who else remembered for months after the release of this IMMENSLY popular commercial, people everywhere calling into their favorite radio station requesting “that song from the xbox commercial”. In case you were wondering the song is called Mad World by Gary Jules, it first came to be in the movie Donnie Darko.
7. Grand Theft Auto 4
Everyone was waiting for the preview of the first next generation Grand Theft Auto game for the Xbox 360 and PS3. When they finally premired it on their site, it came with a mix of different emotions. People first speculated from the landmarks shown that it was going to be taking place in New York City. NYC didn’t want any of that kind of publicity, but in the end it turned out to actually be still within a newly re-designed Liberty City.
6. Super Smash Bros Brawl
Not only was this the first trailer to show off the newly reformed graphics of the 3rd in the series of Smash brothers games, but the announcement of Solid Snake as a character blew everyone away. Nintendo wanted to make sure he was in the first trailer as kind of a lure for other publishers to allow their characters to also be used in the game. Who knows what characters could be in the next title? Megaman anyone?
5. Starcraft 2
“Hell it’s about time” that is something the millions of fans want to be saying right now, but alas the game has been pushed back for a 2010 release now. It took them 10 years to release this trailer, Starcraft was first released in March of 1998. Will the millions of fans finally get what they deserve when this game is finally released? I for one am hopeing so.
4. Halo 3
Any big halo fan can almost recit this trailer. Not that it was an unexpected announcement, but this was the first trailer to actually show the graphics of what Halo 3 was going to be capable of. In this trailer you will notice that Cortana is speaking very crypticly. It is actually based loosly off of a poem by T.S Eliot called “The Hollow Men”.
3. Final Fantasy 7
This is again another one that doesn’t really fit as a trailer as it was the commercial for the game, but really who else when they saw this commercial went out and bought a playstation. I know I did.
2. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
Some will say why didn’t the trailer for the Lich King make it up here aswell. The reason is, as good as that trailer was, I don’t think it had the same impact as the trailer for the First expansion EVER to be released for World of Warcraft. This trailer (Which also happens to be the intro) blew everyone away with the first appearance of Illidan and his rage filled speech.
1. The Legend of Zelda: Orcarina of Time
Now I hear alot of you flaming and raging already saying, “Why is this number one?” “This game wins everything” blah blah blah. The reason this is number one is this came out in an age where game trailers were nothing more then quick few second grabs to make you lauch and give u a general look at the game. This one though really blew everyones socks off because of it’s serious take on the genre of video games. I heard the game wasn’t bad ethier.