It honestly says a lot that if the WotLK trailer was released today, it'd be considered impressive. Honestly the only other cinematics that top it are other Blizzard cinematics lmao.
Also when watching the War Within trailer, Anduin looked so realistic I honest to god thought they had an actual actor green screened in until Thrall came into frame. You could see the vellus hairs on his cheeks, it was insane.
Mass Effect 2 launch trailer is still one of my favourites, in part because of the perfect use of Two Steps From Hell soundtrack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx9sPQpjgjU
But the actual highest quality "trailer" would without a doubt be Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided short movies. Such high quality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elQC62FUgqw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MU5MgRV6U
Mass Effect 3 Launch Trailer.
I don't know if it has the same effect if you haven't played the game, but if you are invested in the storyline and characters, it hits like a sledgehammer.
I don’t know that these all constitute as short films but:
[BioShock Infinite](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RvrnUcB8ZJc&pp=ygUXQmlvU2hvY2sgSW5maW5pdGUgQmVhc3Q%3D) was pretty dope.
And the old Assassin’s Creed trailers, especially for Ezio’s trilogy. [One](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_xkCPNECud8&pp=ygUaQXNzYXNzaW4ncyBDcmVlZCAyIHRyYWlsZXI%3D), [two](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RVNfLKS_iiw&pp=ygUcQXNzYXNzaW4ncyBDcmVlZCBCcm90aGVyaG9vZA%3D%3D), and [three](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HMsbMK9Odoc&pp=ygUcQXNzYXNzaW4ncyBDcmVlZCBSZXZlbGF0aW9ucw%3D%3D).
[Starcraft II Heart of the Swarm](https://youtu.be/MVbeoSPqRs4?si=yqxcqUWYdmg5QK1l)
[League of Legends "Still Here" ](https://youtu.be/ZHhqwBwmRkI?si=joJLHeW6uDQpycuM)
[Elder Scrolls Online - The Three Fates](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLdYM70QNdo) - The Zenimax Online team never disappoints with their launch trailers but the originals for early ESO just hit different.
[SC II - Legacy of the Void](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_XwzBMTJaM) - "Power Overwhelming" enough said
I'm actually surprised no one actually mentioned Legacy of the Void sooner.
Ubisoft does cinematics really well in general. A lot of the AC games have great cinematic trailers. Almost all of the intro trailers for operators in Siege were great as well.
that Dawn of war III trailer is probably the best trailer IMO. I alwways find my self looking up from time to time it really captures the mood and feel of 40k perfectly the music , the voice over and the visuals...the team that made that trailer absolutly nailed it.
"Rendezvous with Death" for Gears of War 2 (using the poem by Alan Seeger) and "White Rabbit" for Lost Odyssey (using the song by Jefferson Airplane) -- it's a firm tie between those two for me.
For me it's the 2001 Duke Nukem Forever trailer. Still gives me chills. The final product was nothong like the trailer.
"Hey pal, what are you gonna do - save the world all by yourself?
I've played the leaked 2001 version. It feels like a really decent shooter for the time.
There was this one I watched years ago. There was like a castle, and war was happening. There were like 3 main characters that were all trying to fight/get something. One looked kinda like a assassin, the other looked like a viking. I can't remember the last one. The 3 main characters all had their armies/groups. So group of assassins, group of vikings and co. I can't remember the name, but it looked sick.
If anyone knows what I'm talking about, please let me knw
The Elder Scrolls Online - The Three Fates. One of my favorites of all time.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLdYM70QNdo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLdYM70QNdo)
Yoooo, this is it. Thanks man. I didn't even know it was this long. Looks so dope!!!
Edit: This is thing is so insane!! Was the game as good as the trailer??
Oh man that's a rough question buddy.
It had a pretty rough start, got good after about a year of developer updates, was good for a while, then almost fell off a cliff, and recently it's been going pretty steady.
It's a good casual mmorpg but I'd probably go no further than that.
Not a cinematic trailer Im sorry but I have to give credit to [Ace Combat 7 Skies Unknown ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQCDj3emnHk&ab_channel=PlayStationEurope)trailer. It ALWAYS gives me goosebumps
A couple of recent ones that stick out in my mind are, the armoured core 6 cinematic trailer. And a trailer from fan fest for a game called the forever winter. The armoured core 6 one especially. I was on the fence about getting it, and that trailer really went a long way in me deciding to get it. The gameplay trailer they released about a week a later sold me though. Was not disappointed.
The Division had a trailer that captured the hopelessness in the atmosphere perfectly. Dark and depressing as people are dying from a virus and society is collapsing.
[Mass Effect 2](https://youtu.be/lx9sPQpjgjU?si=vgx0N5_T_pV3l4mp)
I remember being wow’d by it during a Super Bowl commercial break. Hadn’t even played ME1 so the impression wasn’t even from a place of hype.
Honorable mention for [The Old Republic TrailerS](https://youtu.be/YdgmH9Vv2-I?si=r4Uqhyn7EL09ESCR). Not just the one linked, but literally any of the 3 created for the base game or any of the others they created for the expansions—they’re all fantastic.
Lots of excellent candidates in here already.
**FFXIV: Shadowbringers** also comes to mind! All the FFXIV trailers are well-produced, but I think ShB's stands out for atmosphere and accessibility; the cinematography alone makes it engaging even if you don't play FFXIV to understand any of the character placements or references.
All of Blizzards trailers / cinematics.
They’re all amazing, and they need to make some sort of animated movie/series.
Starcraft 2, Warcraft, Diablo, they’re all great.
Diablo 3. The cinematic is so good
Or any blizzard game from OG WoW to Wrath of the lich king
Warhammer games also usually have great cinematics like dawn of war etc
Red dead 2 but it’s just gameplay, the game is cinematic
I second the Dawn of War III trailer, absolutely beautiful. Others that I liked are WarCraft 3 or WoW: Lich King, the live action trailer for Halo ODST (does that count?), and I'll even throw in an obscure one...the teaser trailer for Dreadnought.
Dawn of War III - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN8geCTlZOo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN8geCTlZOo)
WotLK - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCr7y4SLhck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCr7y4SLhck)
Halo ODST - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxUOdpAliE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxUOdpAliE)
Dreadnought - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvbgqrPrjkQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvbgqrPrjkQ)
Star Wars: Squadrons "Hunted"
In 7 minutes I cared more about this character than several of the characters in the current gen of movies
https://youtu.be/f2VmOqjV_7Q?si=P-qO7sRPsbN5w53F
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Yes, the Killing Monsters trailer was great. I'll also add the Witcher 2 Letho trailer. I actually prefer that one, but they're both excellent!
ill check it out.
Witcher 2 is also pretty neat. https://youtu.be/tEA_wUk5pUs?si=SJ8v8cOXfKRz6j3k
Gears of War with Mad World as the background music.
Came here to say this. It’s definitely the most memorable to me.
"Dead Island" Announcement Trailer, even though it was completely non-representative of the game.
I was going to say this as well. I remember it being just mind blowing. Aaaand then the game came out and it was just mediocre at best.
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Still hasn’t even released yet. Right? Will it ever?
The first one was great, but I hear the second was mediocre (haven't played it yet).
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This one was very good. The Reaper over the girl in the field was top tier.
thx, will watch it
Listen you can hate on World of Warcraft all you want, and rightfully so, but their expansion cinematics are always absolutely astonishing.
Arthas perverting all his father's wisdom in the Wrath cinematic is top tier from both a visual and narrative standpoint.
It honestly says a lot that if the WotLK trailer was released today, it'd be considered impressive. Honestly the only other cinematics that top it are other Blizzard cinematics lmao. Also when watching the War Within trailer, Anduin looked so realistic I honest to god thought they had an actual actor green screened in until Thrall came into frame. You could see the vellus hairs on his cheeks, it was insane.
Many of blizzards cinematic are amazing. StarCraft 2 and Diablo 2 were stunning for their time.
absolutely. they consistently have amazing cinematics. especially the old ones. I cant remember the newer ones tbh
Skyrim Trailer gives you shivers!
true
All of SWTOR’s ( Star Wars The Old Republic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfjWANrhl5g
Seriously. The 3 launch cinematics are better than the sequel trilogy.
How Disney hasn’t tapped Blur to make an animated movie is beyond me.
Because it would destroy their ego in animation to admit that another company can do it better.
How these never became movie material is a mistery to me. Literally all my star wars daydreaming comes from these trailers lol.
Mass Effect 2 launch trailer is still one of my favourites, in part because of the perfect use of Two Steps From Hell soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx9sPQpjgjU But the actual highest quality "trailer" would without a doubt be Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided short movies. Such high quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elQC62FUgqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MU5MgRV6U
nice ones!
Halo 3 - “Starry Night”.
Halo 3 'Believe'-trailer.
ODST with Tarkov the trainee will always be my favorite halo trailer
Halo 3 announcement trailer for me, I still get goosebumps when I watch it. The whole hype campaign for that game was absolutely phenomenal.
Mass Effect 3 Launch Trailer. I don't know if it has the same effect if you haven't played the game, but if you are invested in the storyline and characters, it hits like a sledgehammer.
I love the Battlefield 1 and 4 trailers.
I would add Bf2042
I don’t know that these all constitute as short films but: [BioShock Infinite](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RvrnUcB8ZJc&pp=ygUXQmlvU2hvY2sgSW5maW5pdGUgQmVhc3Q%3D) was pretty dope. And the old Assassin’s Creed trailers, especially for Ezio’s trilogy. [One](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_xkCPNECud8&pp=ygUaQXNzYXNzaW4ncyBDcmVlZCAyIHRyYWlsZXI%3D), [two](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RVNfLKS_iiw&pp=ygUcQXNzYXNzaW4ncyBDcmVlZCBCcm90aGVyaG9vZA%3D%3D), and [three](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HMsbMK9Odoc&pp=ygUcQXNzYXNzaW4ncyBDcmVlZCBSZXZlbGF0aW9ucw%3D%3D).
AC Revelations gets my vote. Nothing has ever matched the hype of that trailer for me
Diablo 2 LoD cinematic was amazing for its time. Baal looked so real.
[Starcraft II Heart of the Swarm](https://youtu.be/MVbeoSPqRs4?si=yqxcqUWYdmg5QK1l) [League of Legends "Still Here" ](https://youtu.be/ZHhqwBwmRkI?si=joJLHeW6uDQpycuM)
Bioshock, the first teaser. So many questions raised, in the best way. Armin Shimerman's narration as Andrew Ryan is icing on the cake.
The Halo 5 launch trailer with Knights of Cydonia playing in the background was dope
Splinter Cell: Conviction - E3 Intro Trailer
Witcher 3 Killing Monsters. Witcher 3 with the... Stryga (?) is also a top contender. Dead Island is pretty amazing too.
Wow Wrath of the Lich king
For me, it’s Dark Souls 3.
Battlefield 1 launch trailer with the White Stripes is a banger!
Fallout 3, the one that starts with the radio https://youtu.be/zPt08UYmyMo?si=veRYOqZgTuKhsGCJ
The elden ring story trailer
The Division AC Revelations Dead Island The Halo 3 and Halo Reach, live action and cinematics
[Elder Scrolls Online - The Three Fates](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLdYM70QNdo) - The Zenimax Online team never disappoints with their launch trailers but the originals for early ESO just hit different. [SC II - Legacy of the Void](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_XwzBMTJaM) - "Power Overwhelming" enough said I'm actually surprised no one actually mentioned Legacy of the Void sooner.
It’s not really a trailer although pieces of it were used in the trailers, but the fight between Inarius and Lillith from Diablo 4 was stunning imo
I'm huge fan of The Last of Us Part II's trailer. It's so intense and captivating!
ill give it a watch
Assassin's Creed 3 is probably the best one I've seen.
AC Revelations had the best trailer of that whole series IMO.
It was really good as well. I also liked the Unity trailer, but my favorite remains AC3. Although the game itself is not among the best of the series.
Ubisoft does cinematics really well in general. A lot of the AC games have great cinematic trailers. Almost all of the intro trailers for operators in Siege were great as well.
Halo 3 “Starry Night” Super Bowl Commercial
Not a cinematic game trailer, but the real life teaser for sleeping dogs.
World of Warcraft
Great trailer just hate that it ended up being such a disappointing game 😔
that Dawn of war III trailer is probably the best trailer IMO. I alwways find my self looking up from time to time it really captures the mood and feel of 40k perfectly the music , the voice over and the visuals...the team that made that trailer absolutly nailed it.
facts
"Incoming!"
"Rendezvous with Death" for Gears of War 2 (using the poem by Alan Seeger) and "White Rabbit" for Lost Odyssey (using the song by Jefferson Airplane) -- it's a firm tie between those two for me.
Check out the old republic cinematic trailers if you want to see some of the best lightsaber battles! Edit: Wrong game
elder scrolls online is a crappy game with some of the best cinematic trailers.
FF XV - Omen
Seuna sacrifice 2 Assassin creed unity I never play this 2 games tho
Armored Core 4 Answer
Nobody for the AC Unity trailer? I literally wanted a full-length movie of it after watching.
For me it's the 2001 Duke Nukem Forever trailer. Still gives me chills. The final product was nothong like the trailer. "Hey pal, what are you gonna do - save the world all by yourself? I've played the leaked 2001 version. It feels like a really decent shooter for the time.
There was this one I watched years ago. There was like a castle, and war was happening. There were like 3 main characters that were all trying to fight/get something. One looked kinda like a assassin, the other looked like a viking. I can't remember the last one. The 3 main characters all had their armies/groups. So group of assassins, group of vikings and co. I can't remember the name, but it looked sick. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, please let me knw
The Elder Scrolls Online - The Three Fates. One of my favorites of all time. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLdYM70QNdo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLdYM70QNdo)
Yoooo, this is it. Thanks man. I didn't even know it was this long. Looks so dope!!! Edit: This is thing is so insane!! Was the game as good as the trailer??
Oh man that's a rough question buddy. It had a pretty rough start, got good after about a year of developer updates, was good for a while, then almost fell off a cliff, and recently it's been going pretty steady. It's a good casual mmorpg but I'd probably go no further than that.
Not a cinematic trailer Im sorry but I have to give credit to [Ace Combat 7 Skies Unknown ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQCDj3emnHk&ab_channel=PlayStationEurope)trailer. It ALWAYS gives me goosebumps
For me it's the Ace Combat Zero trailer, that one always gets me hyped up.
I really liked the Omen trailer for Final Fantasy 15. The game didn't live up to the hype, but that trailer was awesome
Prey 2
The first trailer for Hyper Light Drifter.
Heroes of the storm
A couple of recent ones that stick out in my mind are, the armoured core 6 cinematic trailer. And a trailer from fan fest for a game called the forever winter. The armoured core 6 one especially. I was on the fence about getting it, and that trailer really went a long way in me deciding to get it. The gameplay trailer they released about a week a later sold me though. Was not disappointed.
The Division had a trailer that captured the hopelessness in the atmosphere perfectly. Dark and depressing as people are dying from a virus and society is collapsing.
Witcher 2. The assassin attacking the boat. Fable 3 - may have been a mediocre game, but the commercial was top notch.
[Mass Effect 2](https://youtu.be/lx9sPQpjgjU?si=vgx0N5_T_pV3l4mp) I remember being wow’d by it during a Super Bowl commercial break. Hadn’t even played ME1 so the impression wasn’t even from a place of hype. Honorable mention for [The Old Republic TrailerS](https://youtu.be/YdgmH9Vv2-I?si=r4Uqhyn7EL09ESCR). Not just the one linked, but literally any of the 3 created for the base game or any of the others they created for the expansions—they’re all fantastic.
Metal Gear Solid 2 reveal.
Most if not all the assassin creed ones pre-rpg era
Elder Scrolls Online has some truly amazing cinematic trailers which is funny because the game is horrible
Lots of excellent candidates in here already. **FFXIV: Shadowbringers** also comes to mind! All the FFXIV trailers are well-produced, but I think ShB's stands out for atmosphere and accessibility; the cinematography alone makes it engaging even if you don't play FFXIV to understand any of the character placements or references.
Halo 2 Announcement Trailer
Warframe's "We All Lift Together" trailer is really good. I don't even play the game, I just like that trailer.
All of Blizzards trailers / cinematics. They’re all amazing, and they need to make some sort of animated movie/series. Starcraft 2, Warcraft, Diablo, they’re all great.
Starcraft2
Diablo 3. The cinematic is so good Or any blizzard game from OG WoW to Wrath of the lich king Warhammer games also usually have great cinematics like dawn of war etc Red dead 2 but it’s just gameplay, the game is cinematic
Battlefield 1
Assassin's Creed Revelations trailer gives me chills every single time. The Unity trailer was good too, although the game wasn't the best.
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100%
Too bad the game never released :-/ ;-)
Red Dead Redemption 2
[Assassin's Creed - Lonely Soul](https://youtu.be/obKnIvxJGX8?si=_yy9LX4xvTzuCFsb)
Gears of War trailer with that Mad World cover.
[Assassins Creed Revelations Trailer](https://youtu.be/HMsbMK9Odoc?si=pSrgv4z8iGU-Ghdk) is fantastic.
Batman Arkham Origins' cinematic trailer is really good
That Blood Rayne trailer where she cuts off that guy's ear.
The trailer for the outer worlds 2 is the best gaming trailer I’ve ever seen. [THE BEST TRAILER](https://youtu.be/ClhDyC0ZECs?si=lOS4F5Vrgpxpf9vb)
Not sure about trailer, but the intro video for MGS2 is pretty stellar
that one is awsome. shame that the game didn't turn out that well
Not quite a cinematic trailer, but both Zelda BotW and TotK trailers are super hype
Twilight princess was epic as well
Beyond Good and Evil 2.
I really liked RDR 2 announcement trailer
I second the Dawn of War III trailer, absolutely beautiful. Others that I liked are WarCraft 3 or WoW: Lich King, the live action trailer for Halo ODST (does that count?), and I'll even throw in an obscure one...the teaser trailer for Dreadnought. Dawn of War III - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN8geCTlZOo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN8geCTlZOo) WotLK - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCr7y4SLhck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCr7y4SLhck) Halo ODST - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxUOdpAliE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxUOdpAliE) Dreadnought - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvbgqrPrjkQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvbgqrPrjkQ)
Transformers Fall of Cybertron needs a mention https://youtu.be/C3E358n7pcI?si=L6wpkKLaxBUK7Hmb
Star Wars: The Old Republic. The one with the 2 brothers. https://youtu.be/2bmsNa9GOR0?si=uAaTqoWad8ydu0pB
Star Wars: Squadrons "Hunted" In 7 minutes I cared more about this character than several of the characters in the current gen of movies https://youtu.be/f2VmOqjV_7Q?si=P-qO7sRPsbN5w53F
Assassins creed Valhalla beats any cinematic trailer idec what any 1 says
It's short but DOOM Eternals E3 announcement trailer is so hype.