What dev makes the best trailers?

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#1 deactivated-59b71619573a1
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As the title says really, what dev do you think makes the best trailers for their games.I don't mean things like E3 presentations now but regular released trailers

For me I think R* make some pretty good trailers for their games. Their RDR and GTA trailers have always been really good and show enough while teasing other things in the background and cause lots of hype and speculation.

Another dev I think is DICE. Hate them and their games all you like but their trailers for the games are actually really good. Those bad company 2 moments trailers were well executed. Also their BF3 videos have been really good, people were actually excited about the campaign before it launched because of the trailer and if you can make that pile of crap look good then you must be talented :P Also their new vehicle warfare trailer released in the last few days was really cool

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#2 FPSfan1985
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Bungie/343 games. They make Halo look great, when in reality it's been average the past few years.
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#3 CaseyWegner
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konami is pretty good with their trailers. the one for silent hill 4 is probably my favorite trailer ever.

bioware is also quite good.

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#4 Sushiglutton
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Maybe Square Enix? I dunno, but this is the best trailer I have ever seen by far. In fact it's better than a lot of full games imo :P!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIPrVB12CK4

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#5 svenus97
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Definitely Blizzard.

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#6 deactivated-598fc45371265
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Definitely Blizzard.

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If CGI that looks nothing like the actual game + cheesy voice-overs makes a good trailer then sure.

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#7 mems_1224
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its gotta be the halo ones. the odst and reach live action trailers were amazing
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#8 freedomfreak  Online
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Agreed. Rockstar does make some pretty cool trailers. The game's atmosphere reflects itself in the trailer. You just know how it's going to be.

I also like the Dead Island trailer.

Fun fact:
You can find the family from the trailer in the game.

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Ubisoft :p

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[QUOTE="svenus97"]

If CGI that looks nothing like the actual game + cheesy voice-overs makes a good trailer then sure.

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[QUOTE="svenus97"]

Definitely Blizzard.

Storm_Marine

If CGI that looks nothing like the actual game + cheesy voice-overs makes a good trailer then sure.

The point of a trailer is to get you hyped; "CGI that looks nothing like the actual game + cheesy voice-overs" can do that. If you want to know about the game you play a demo. Besides, you are thinking entirely of stuff like this when there is also something like this.

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#12 casharmy
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Nothing beats a Halo hype trailer.

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#13 poovannaorcbane
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my favorite has to be blizzard- warcraft 3 had amazing cinematic trailers so did WOW and now starcraft 2 and diablo 3 i loved CD projekt Red trailer of witcher and witcher 2 asssassins of kings (especially the one on the boat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ajukUlRKdA&list=PLDCB505A67F742616&index=12&feature=plpp_video)

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Kojima.

That Deus Ex preview really makes it look like an awesome game... too bad it wasn't.

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#16 finalfantasy94
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well the dead island devs made one hell of a fake trailer for thier game.

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#17 PressXtoJump
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microsoft is a pretty solid trailer in third place
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#18 deactivated-5fc147aeeb0aa
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Relic Entertaiment.

This one is classic:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-E1RcRvny8

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#19 mems_1224
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Nothing beats a Halo hype trailer.

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its a shame that the trailers usually show a better story and more emotion than the actual games :( hopefully 343 changes that
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[QUOTE="sherman-tank1"]

Relic Entertaiment.

This one is classic:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-E1RcRvny8

man warhammer is so awesome. i need to install those again and beat them. i started playing them on my crappy laptop but then it broke on me and i ahvent gone back to play em yet
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#21 PAL360
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Blizzard and Bioware.

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#22 dirtyd89
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Blizzard makes the best damn trailers I've ever seen. The production value and how it's put together is outstanding. IMO.
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Agreed. Rockstar does make some pretty cool trailers. The game's atmosphere reflects itself in the trailer. You just know how it's going to be.

I also like the Dead Island trailer.

Fun fact:
You can find the family from the trailer in the game.

freedomfreak

Yeah but they don't even look similar lol and the window has the curtains drawn with no broken window or any zombie bodies around. The trailer was one of the best ever made but it reflected horribly on how the game really is

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#24 freedomfreak  Online
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[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]

Agreed. Rockstar does make some pretty cool trailers. The game's atmosphere reflects itself in the trailer. You just know how it's going to be.

I also like the Dead Island trailer.

Fun fact:
You can find the family from the trailer in the game.

seanmcloughlin

Yeah but they don't even look similar lol and the window has the curtains drawn with no broken window or any zombie bodies around. The trailer was one of the best ever made but it reflected horribly on how the game really is

Yeah,the window thing was messed up.

But it was a great trailer nonetheless.
I'm one of the few that actually likes Dead Island.

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#25 deactivated-59b71619573a1
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[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]

Agreed. Rockstar does make some pretty cool trailers. The game's atmosphere reflects itself in the trailer. You just know how it's going to be.

I also like the Dead Island trailer.

Fun fact:
You can find the family from the trailer in the game.

freedomfreak

Yeah but they don't even look similar lol and the window has the curtains drawn with no broken window or any zombie bodies around. The trailer was one of the best ever made but it reflected horribly on how the game really is

Yeah,the window thing was messed up.

But it was a great trailer nonetheless.
I'm one of the few that actually likes Dead Island.

I really like Dead island too. It's a lot of fun. Has it's flaws of course but still a great entertaining zombie game

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[QUOTE="sherman-tank1"]

Relic Entertaiment.

This one is classic:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-E1RcRvny8

mems_1224

man warhammer is so awesome. i need to install those again and beat them. i started playing them on my crappy laptop but then it broke on me and i ahvent gone back to play em yet

Yeah the trailer does that me too. Do you have Dark Crusade? That one is the best.

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I really like Dead island too. It's a lot of fun. Has it's flaws of course but still a great entertaining zombie game

seanmcloughlin

Truth.
Nice.

Another one! One of us. One of us.

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Bethesda. the skyrim trailer got me very hype

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#29 Slashless
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Other than the music what was so good about the Dead Island trailer?

On-topic Bungie/343 and Blizzard.

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Bethesda. the skyrim trailer got me very hype

TheShadowLord07

Much better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li5aDU9280c

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#32 FireSpirit117
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[QUOTE="casharmy"]

Nothing beats a Halo hype trailer.

mems_1224
its a shame that the trailers usually show a better story and more emotion than the actual games :( hopefully 343 changes that

Since Frank O'Connor and the rest of 343 has been responsible for much of the story for the past 5 years I wouldn't doubt it.
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[QUOTE="sherman-tank1"]

[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="sherman-tank1"]

Relic Entertaiment.

This one is classic:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-E1RcRvny8

man warhammer is so awesome. i need to install those again and beat them. i started playing them on my crappy laptop but then it broke on me and i ahvent gone back to play em yet

Yeah the trailer does that me too. Do you have Dark Crusade? That one is the best.

i think so, i have 3 warhammer games on steam. i was only 2 hours into the first one though.
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microsoft is a pretty solid trailer in third placePressXtoJump

1. your wishful thinking cannot in any way alter the actual state of the market.
2. you're twisting the title to take it way off topic.

Anyway, my own 2 cents;

Blizzard
Bungie
Bioware
Eidos (just look at the Deus Ex trailers)

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Bungie/343

Squere Enix

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#37 deactivated-5ac102a4472fe
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I think that Epic is fairly capable at making trailers too.

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DICE and CD Projekt make the best trailers I've seen.
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[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

Bethesda. the skyrim trailer got me very hype

freedomfreak

Much better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li5aDU9280c

That was stupid. :|
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#40 Chris_Williams
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Square enix and ubisoft makes some good trailers, though they outsource their trailers.

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Used to be Kojima by a long shot, but I have no idea now.

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[QUOTE="svenus97"]

Definitely Blizzard.

Storm_Marine

If CGI that looks nothing like the actual game + cheesy voice-overs makes a good trailer then sure.

Trailers are meant to get you hyped. And if you think all Blizzard trailers are solely CGI, you must not know much about Blizzard: every launch trailer for a WoW expansion has showcased gameplay footage, and the cinematic trailer only releases close to the launch of an expansion. Same with Diablo 3.
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Rockstar, they do everything the best :P

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The "Meet the" series was amazing.

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[QUOTE="Storm_Marine"]

[QUOTE="svenus97"]

Definitely Blizzard.

princeofshapeir

If CGI that looks nothing like the actual game + cheesy voice-overs makes a good trailer then sure.

Trailers are meant to get you hyped. And if you think all Blizzard trailers are solely CGI, you must not know much about Blizzard: every launch trailer for a WoW expansion has showcased gameplay footage, and the cinematic trailer only releases close to the launch of an expansion. Same with Diablo 3.

This might be true, but trailers that focus almost entirely on pre-rendered footage or other things not part of the actual gameplay are almost useless in the long run. They tell you nothing about the game other than giving a bare idea of the game's main ideas that may or may not be accurate to the final product. The Dead Island cinematic trailer was a prime example of an end product being wildly different from what the footage implied.

And personally, trailers that show how the game actually plays will always get me more hyped up than a barely-informative one filled with razzle-dazzle.

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TBC trailer is legendary

YOU ARE NOT PREPARED

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Rockstar and Bungie.