Comments on: Favorite CG MMO Trailers

By: /AFK – August 26 « Bio Break

/AFK – August 26 « Bio Break — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:59:55 +0000

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By: Mythokia

Mythokia — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:29:07 +0000

Lineage 2′s C5 CG movie: ftp://ftp.lineage2.com/ch5_cg_movie.zip

Even electronic stores played it on loop.

By: Syncaine

Syncaine — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:22:26 +0000

Because they all die to the city leader and the greater demon? Destro wins.

By: Green Armadillo

Green Armadillo — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:49:32 +0000

Even if the engineer had died, he took out a bunch of choppas before he went. Then the Herder didn’t get the kill because the Wizard got him. Then the Marauder apparently missed the heart (it looks like the wizard is trying to cauterize the wound in the final panel, dunno if that’s an ability they actually get) and got distracted and destroyed by the Warrior. Then the Sorceress snares the Shadow Warrior but does not actually do any damage before the boss calls off the flunkies.

To sum up, Destruction lost an undetermined number of Choppas/Black Orcs, a Herder and a Marauder, while all of the Order players survived. How is that tit for tat? :P

By: Hirvox

Hirvox — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:53:51 +0000

Well, it was tit-for-tat: The Engineer shoots some Choppas, the Squig Herder defeats the Engineer, the Bright Wizard defeats the Herder, the Marauder defeats the Wizard, the Shadow Warrior defeats the Marauder and the Witch Elf defeats the Shadow Warrior.. and then they’re all okay in the final scene. While the Engineer was probably only knocked down, the Bright Wizard took a sword through his heart. I guess he respawned. :-)

And yes, TBC was quite a bait-and-switch. Fighting Illidan himself was quite epic, but too few saw him until the 30% nerf.

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:41:39 +0000

Not an MMO and not really a trailer, but the CG intro to the first Dawn of War always tickled my bone. Better than the original WoW cinematic to me (keep in mind this was back in 2004/5)

By: Krosuss

Krosuss — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:15:30 +0000

The WAR trailer is pretty sweet. What chance do a Shadow Warrior, Dwarf Engineer, and a Bright Wizard have against Tchar’zanek and an obviously potent Changer of Ways? Everyone knows they need at least 2 tanks to help hold aggro!

I love the Star Wars trailer but the sad thing is the game’s actual graphics will be nothing like this. They will be cool, but stylized. I’m a realism fanatic, usually prefer real-life-looking graphics over cartoony. Unless the game is meant to be cartoony (a la Ratchet & Clank). Why I think WoW looks so ridiculous.

By: Thallian

Thallian — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:57:30 +0000

While I have to agree with your choices, especially with WAR being a great trailer, I think I ought to mention how it has caused me to avoid trailers entirely now since they get me pumped to buy a game which isn’t as great or fun as the trailer is.

By: Green Armadillo

Green Armadillo — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:23:32 +0000

The thing that puzzled me about Warhammer’s trailer was that it made the Destruction side look like cannon fodder in the LOTR movies. The Dark Elf Chick just wants to tease some girl-on-girl with the Shadow Warrior, and the rest of the playable Destruction classes get cut down by the swashbuckling Order heroes.

As to TBC, it is tremendously well-executed, but also slightly bittersweet. From the moment you put the disc in the drive, it’s all Illidan (or his minions), all the time, in most of the expansion zones and content. Only problem is, if you weren’t in an elite 25-man guild, Illidan was right when he says that you are not prepared – all of that story and build up is not for you. As a non-raider, it feels like the bad guy ended up winning.

By: Ravious

Ravious — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:20:43 +0000

@Bri – if that were so it might kick the WAR trailer off my fav list.

@Changling bob – noted for fencing. I guess it was a little too theatrical for me. Couldn’t he just flick his wrist inward? Regardless, it was more of a culmination of the bad guys being cooler… even if the end result was pre-determined.