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smarter as always video game trailers
are a great way to get us up for an
upcoming release but sometimes the
methods used or a bit predictable we’re
not saying that these trailers or
anyone’s that use these tropes are bad
it’s just that we’ve seen this kind of
thing before now without further ado
yeah closing remarks before we get on to
the list number 10 trailers that look
like a completely different game genre
what were you expecting a story-driven
experience with a focus on teamwork and
fun character interaction ah the old
bait-and-switch That moment when you
watch a trailer and prepare for one
style of gaming and get something
completely different were you expecting
a cinematic masterpiece that would tug
at your heartstrings as you desperately
trying to stay alive how about a huge
open fantasy with real-time combat that
will keep you on your toes did you think
you’d be able to pull off those sweet
moves in the game see that’s not how
this works buddy
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number nine not adding that much new
footage finally that game you’re excited
for has a brand new trailer but that
footage looks pretty familiar huh
haven’t you seen that level before it’s
a bit of a letdown when a studio
releases a trailer but the only thing
that changes is the music and title
cards maybe if you squint jazz hard
enough you’ll see a couple of
milliseconds of a new scene trailers
like this tends to be for games that
don’t have a foreseeable release date so
the promise of something new is supposed
to get us talking even if that something
new is recycled footage that leads to a
microscopic payoff so Kyle Watson any
hand custody jiggle Vaughn Mehta breaked
pre-order adds just when you think the
trailer is over pre-order add now to
take a look at all the stuff they’ve cut
out of the regular game to sell to you
at a higher price extra maps new skins
exclusive weapons and if you’re lucky a
beta code or a demo to something you
actually want to play it’s getting to
the point that entire trailers will be
dedicated to these silly friggin bonuses
it’s not just the studio’s that are
jumping on this pre-order now bandwagon
but retailers have joined them in
dangling that carrot in front of our
faces as each one will try to offer you
something different I mean come on
pre-order at multiple locations is
number seven revealing too much hey new
trailer and it’s over a minute long
police don’t have spoilers please don’t
have spoilers please don’t that’s got
spoilers in it I mean come on
we understand wanting to get gamers
excited but some things are better left
unsaid and unseen number six in engine
footage rather than in game footage when
a game is in development but doesn’t
have a foreseeable release date there
will usually be a trailer that reassures
us that the game is really being worked
on and a lot of the time this trailer
has in engine footage it’s also a sneak
peek of what the game should look like
and how it should run but the key word
here is should seeing in glimpse of a
game’s development processes pretty cool
unless the final product doesn’t even
look like that this is probably why some
trailers tell us that they’re actually
using in-game footage as in engine
footage is extremely disingenuous number
five awesome CGI that will never make it
into the game video games have come a
long way especially when it comes to
sometimes a trailer comes out with such
stunning CGI that you’d swear you’re
watching a movie that gets you excited
and you’re eager to take up your
controller and experience those stunning
visuals unless those visuals are only
him the trailer we now watch trailers
with a bit of apprehension when the
graphics are a bit too crisp because
there’s a chance that those graphics are
pure trailer fuel either by pre engine
footage like we saw in the earlier entry
or in pure CGI which is basically just a
line grant if the game might still be
fun but it’s lousy when the trailer
cinematics don’t match up to what you’re
playing number four the inception horn
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dramatic horn intense statement whoa
we’re fairly certain that this formula
started before Christopher Nolan
introduced us to the trippy world of
Inception but every time we hear that
sound we think of buildings falling over
on each other the quote unquote
inception horn can add some extra move
to a trailer but it’s really a big-ass
cliche now I mean come on
fade in wha fade out come on dude we’ve
number three the camera tricks as the
protagonist looks over the city taking
in scenery as the wind whips around them
suddenly everything fades to black when
the scene picks up again we see an
overabundance of action followed by
another fade to black
people flee the scene more action
happens in slow motion this time
followed by it you guessed it another
fade to black throw in that inception
horn and you’ve basically got a hell of
a lot of trailers that you’ve seen right
number two one-word accolades when
you’re trying to promote how great your
game is sometimes it’s best to let the
critics do the talking especially if
they have good things to say but
trailers can only go on for so long
enter one word accolades or at least
accolades that aren’t entire sentences
of praise that you’ll probably be
reading about in a publications review a
bit later we usually see these in
trailers closer to or after the release
date but the point is that these
one-word accolades could be taken out of
context very easily maybe the one word
is amazing whereas the reviewer wrote
it’s not exactly amazing get it before
we get to our number one pick here’s a
cliche of our own an honorable mention
my name is Marcus I am one of them this
is our story
number one creepy versions – not so
creepy songs ah did you really think
that was a fun song you could tap your
foot – nope that song is creepy as shit
now as this trailer will demonstrate
with its dark and brooding cover
sometimes the cover is such a departure
from the original song that you can’t
that nursery rhyme that inspirational
melody that old folk song
anything can be nightmare fuel now we’re
not saying we dislike these covers but
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