do you think the people that made these
trailers knew what they were doing
welcome to watchmojo.com and she’ll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
trailers that were better than the game
god protect us for this list we’re
counting down our picks for the best
trailers that got us super hype to try
out the finished product but once we
press start we couldn’t shake our
feelings of disappointment the door is
unlocked I’ll tell the guys to let you
through
sorry PT and silent hill’s but thanks to
Konami we’ll never actually get a chance
to play the actual game so you’re
disqualified number 10 Dragon Age 2 this
epic trailer promised to make us feel
like absolute badasses taking on
fearsome adversaries in intense brawls
while we ended up with a relatively
solid RPG with various fetch quests
missions and a healthy dose of text
adventure the intensity of the trailer
was lost in the countless hours spent on
the campaign you have turned your back
on your kin yes for a second time the
typical RPG combat felt really hollow
compared to the choreography of the
trailer and the promise of choosing your
own destiny felt wasted when we were
sequestered into small repetitive
environments washing out the epic scope
and feel of the story
number nine Duke Nukem Forever
okay so after a decade in development
hell we knew this wasn’t gonna be the
game of the year
but the trailer did give us a small
glimmer of hope that at least it would
be a bit of dumb fun a throwback to a
simpler time perhaps did you think I was
gone forever alas in the end duke was
stuck straddling the old and the new
with lame jokes and a confusing bunch of
modern shooter mechanics without doing
anything new or interesting with any of
it Duke as a character was just as we
remembered him which made him feel kind
of old and dirty and not cool at all it
was time for Duke to grow up but instead
we got the same dirty old jokes about
the game Duke was it any good yeah but
after 12 years it should be number eight
assassin’s creed this was a renewed
focus on cinematic presentation for a
new console generation and Ubisoft
promised to deliver it with the trailer
showing off a slick and sneaky
assassination being surrounded by a
crowd and still managing to take out
your target using parkour skills was
impressive and looked really fun but it
turns out the game thought little of the
city’s AI which resulted in a world that
felt lifeless despite its size
the potential to make you feel like a
stealthy assassin was all here but it
never quite delivered the killing blow
number seven Resident Evil operation
Raccoon City looks like we missed one
hell of a party
taking on zombies as military personnel
should have been intense and the
cinematic and Atmospheric trailer had a
perfect blend of horror and action to
get your adrenaline pumping
but then the game turned out to be a
mess both mechanically and in terms of
AI the best military games put an effort
into making your comrades feel like
effective partners yet the trailers
emphasis on a team-based zombie genocide
was simply non-existent in the game
while we’re not completely against an
action focused Resident Evil game so
long as it’s a spin-off at least make it
a good spin off shit
number 6 Killzone 2 Sony would probably
rather forget the debacle that this
trailer caused promising incredible
graphics and cinematic gameplay that
would justify the high cost of these
soon to be released PlayStation 3 Sony
passed off this video as in-game footage
despite being actually pre-rendered and
even included an entirely fake gameplay
segment
while they did end up doing a good job
with the final game the trailer built up
so much hype and received so much
criticism for essentially being a
bait-and-switch that the game simply had
no chance of living up to the trailers
tainted legacy number 5 aliens colonial
Marines
the beloved movie franchise finally
seemed to have its chance at delivering
a truly bone-chilling aliens experience
sir what happened in that we should have
bed being part of a large military group
getting massacred by the xenomorph
threat we thought of nothing less than
tons of action heartfelt losses and
scary Xenomorphs the intense struggle
that the trailer showed was all but lost
in the end with the copious amounts of
ammunition and weapons you were given
not to mention the stupid amount of bugs
and terrible AI you’re never left
wanting in a firefight and the
Xenomorphs ended up as nothing but
roaming idiots
there’s nothing less frightening than
this number 4 Mirror’s Edge
promising first-person platforming like
never before and never since this
trailer was exhilarating to watch as we
witnessed parkour jumps across buildings
though the final game was loved by many
the linear levels poor combat set-pieces
and repetitive gameplay left a lot of
people wanting you think this was an
accident Kate there are no accidents in
this city
the lack of platforming imagination and
gameplay options made the game feel
extremely limited and what should have
been an example for others to follow
became more of a cult classic number
three Star Wars The Old Republic
finally Bioware has always been a strong
storyteller and their foray into this
universe is no different with an epic
trailer that oozed medic lorian’s we
were ready to forget the prequel movies
and return to what made this franchise
so special the game’s story choices felt
impactful and did Lucas proud but then
the gameplay got in the way the promise
of becoming a Jedi just doesn’t meld
with the slow and repetitive RPG
mechanics ultimately the intense
lightsaber clashes of the trailer were
left behind in favor of executing
commands if only we just got a
movie-like version of this trailer
instead
number two halo 3 ODST this live-action
trailer reminded everyone that the
Covenant was dangerous it was emotional
intense serious and even kind of scary
the final game was impressive by all
counts with a compelling campaign and
excellent multiplayer but it was missing
the emotion and thoughtfulness from the
trailer not to mention the super gritty
atmosphere the trailer was a reminder
that you weren’t the all-powerful Master
Chief
but another soldier fighting against an
unstoppable enemy the game was a
reminder that the Covenant still felt
like villains from a Saturday morning
cartoon before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions
number one Dead Island
taking the media by storm his
controversial trailer received huge
backlash for showing violence against
children
alas the beautiful slow motion trailer
depicted a heart-wrenching zombie
apocalypse but the game itself ended up
being an action heavy RPG with bland and
repetitive missions this is why it’s
important for your trailer to reflect
your game properly because people felt
like this was the ultimate
bait-and-switch
plain and simple ultimately though Dead
Island did a lot of things right the
gameplay experience eventually became as
mindless and heartless as the zombies
roaming the island and that’s why the
trailer was so much better than the game
do you agree with our list I have a
feeling what’s your favorite trailer
that was better than the game for more
overhype to top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com do
I really have to convince you to do the
right thing
trailers knew what they were doing
welcome to watchmojo.com and she’ll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
trailers that were better than the game
god protect us for this list we’re
counting down our picks for the best
trailers that got us super hype to try
out the finished product but once we
press start we couldn’t shake our
feelings of disappointment the door is
unlocked I’ll tell the guys to let you
through
sorry PT and silent hill’s but thanks to
Konami we’ll never actually get a chance
to play the actual game so you’re
disqualified number 10 Dragon Age 2 this
epic trailer promised to make us feel
like absolute badasses taking on
fearsome adversaries in intense brawls
while we ended up with a relatively
solid RPG with various fetch quests
missions and a healthy dose of text
adventure the intensity of the trailer
was lost in the countless hours spent on
the campaign you have turned your back
on your kin yes for a second time the
typical RPG combat felt really hollow
compared to the choreography of the
trailer and the promise of choosing your
own destiny felt wasted when we were
sequestered into small repetitive
environments washing out the epic scope
and feel of the story
number nine Duke Nukem Forever
okay so after a decade in development
hell we knew this wasn’t gonna be the
game of the year
but the trailer did give us a small
glimmer of hope that at least it would
be a bit of dumb fun a throwback to a
simpler time perhaps did you think I was
gone forever alas in the end duke was
stuck straddling the old and the new
with lame jokes and a confusing bunch of
modern shooter mechanics without doing
anything new or interesting with any of
it Duke as a character was just as we
remembered him which made him feel kind
of old and dirty and not cool at all it
was time for Duke to grow up but instead
we got the same dirty old jokes about
the game Duke was it any good yeah but
after 12 years it should be number eight
assassin’s creed this was a renewed
focus on cinematic presentation for a
new console generation and Ubisoft
promised to deliver it with the trailer
showing off a slick and sneaky
assassination being surrounded by a
crowd and still managing to take out
your target using parkour skills was
impressive and looked really fun but it
turns out the game thought little of the
city’s AI which resulted in a world that
felt lifeless despite its size
the potential to make you feel like a
stealthy assassin was all here but it
never quite delivered the killing blow
number seven Resident Evil operation
Raccoon City looks like we missed one
hell of a party
taking on zombies as military personnel
should have been intense and the
cinematic and Atmospheric trailer had a
perfect blend of horror and action to
get your adrenaline pumping
but then the game turned out to be a
mess both mechanically and in terms of
AI the best military games put an effort
into making your comrades feel like
effective partners yet the trailers
emphasis on a team-based zombie genocide
was simply non-existent in the game
while we’re not completely against an
action focused Resident Evil game so
long as it’s a spin-off at least make it
a good spin off shit
number 6 Killzone 2 Sony would probably
rather forget the debacle that this
trailer caused promising incredible
graphics and cinematic gameplay that
would justify the high cost of these
soon to be released PlayStation 3 Sony
passed off this video as in-game footage
despite being actually pre-rendered and
even included an entirely fake gameplay
segment
while they did end up doing a good job
with the final game the trailer built up
so much hype and received so much
criticism for essentially being a
bait-and-switch that the game simply had
no chance of living up to the trailers
tainted legacy number 5 aliens colonial
Marines
the beloved movie franchise finally
seemed to have its chance at delivering
a truly bone-chilling aliens experience
sir what happened in that we should have
bed being part of a large military group
getting massacred by the xenomorph
threat we thought of nothing less than
tons of action heartfelt losses and
scary Xenomorphs the intense struggle
that the trailer showed was all but lost
in the end with the copious amounts of
ammunition and weapons you were given
not to mention the stupid amount of bugs
and terrible AI you’re never left
wanting in a firefight and the
Xenomorphs ended up as nothing but
roaming idiots
there’s nothing less frightening than
this number 4 Mirror’s Edge
promising first-person platforming like
never before and never since this
trailer was exhilarating to watch as we
witnessed parkour jumps across buildings
though the final game was loved by many
the linear levels poor combat set-pieces
and repetitive gameplay left a lot of
people wanting you think this was an
accident Kate there are no accidents in
this city
the lack of platforming imagination and
gameplay options made the game feel
extremely limited and what should have
been an example for others to follow
became more of a cult classic number
three Star Wars The Old Republic
finally Bioware has always been a strong
storyteller and their foray into this
universe is no different with an epic
trailer that oozed medic lorian’s we
were ready to forget the prequel movies
and return to what made this franchise
so special the game’s story choices felt
impactful and did Lucas proud but then
the gameplay got in the way the promise
of becoming a Jedi just doesn’t meld
with the slow and repetitive RPG
mechanics ultimately the intense
lightsaber clashes of the trailer were
left behind in favor of executing
commands if only we just got a
movie-like version of this trailer
instead
number two halo 3 ODST this live-action
trailer reminded everyone that the
Covenant was dangerous it was emotional
intense serious and even kind of scary
the final game was impressive by all
counts with a compelling campaign and
excellent multiplayer but it was missing
the emotion and thoughtfulness from the
trailer not to mention the super gritty
atmosphere the trailer was a reminder
that you weren’t the all-powerful Master
Chief
but another soldier fighting against an
unstoppable enemy the game was a
reminder that the Covenant still felt
like villains from a Saturday morning
cartoon before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions
number one Dead Island
taking the media by storm his
controversial trailer received huge
backlash for showing violence against
children
alas the beautiful slow motion trailer
depicted a heart-wrenching zombie
apocalypse but the game itself ended up
being an action heavy RPG with bland and
repetitive missions this is why it’s
important for your trailer to reflect
your game properly because people felt
like this was the ultimate
bait-and-switch
plain and simple ultimately though Dead
Island did a lot of things right the
gameplay experience eventually became as
mindless and heartless as the zombies
roaming the island and that’s why the
trailer was so much better than the game
do you agree with our list I have a
feeling what’s your favorite trailer
that was better than the game for more
overhype to top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com do
I really have to convince you to do the
right thing
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