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Top 10 Cinematic Gaming Trailers Flame On
   July 28th, 2010 clock image 12:15 pm

Heavyrain

I’m a huge fan of the cinematic trailers that gaming companies are now releasing, you know the ones I am talking about. The ones that have little to no gameplay footage at all and wouldn’t be out of place in the world of blockbuster movie trailers.

So to satisfy my cinematic desires I have rounded up the top 10 cinematic trailers from the last few years.

Do you agree or have I missed out the best of the bunch?

10. Brink

9. Splinter Cell: Conviction

8. Burnout: Paradise City

7. Halo 3

6. Bioshock 1

5. Left 4 Dead 2

4. Deux Ex: Human Evolution

3. Gears of War 1 (Mad World)

2. Starcraft 2

1. Heavy Rain

Okay that’s my list, remember this isn’t a top 10 list of games but simply their cinematic trailers from my point of view.

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  • koldFU5iON

    Never saw that Deus Ex one, that’s pretty good. Heavy Rain one is just pure power!

  • Krypty

    Where is Mass Effect?

  • Milesh Bhana ZA

    yeah that Heavy Rain was deserves the top spot. Or does it? It actually shows you nothing of the actual game and is essentially a tech demo.

  • Parker

    Yep, Mass Effect 2′s one was absolutely epic. I think it was the music that made it though, Heart of Courage by Two Steps From Hell, will make anything look awesome.

  • eXp

    Would the Halo3 ODST “we are ODST” not count, seeing as it’s a live action trailer?

  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za Gavin Mannion

    If you guys have a link to the trailer you are talking about I can add them into the comments…

  • moegoe

    My favorite is GOW ‘Mad world’

  • koldFU5iON

    agreed that one was awesome

  • http://www.designwave.co.za Nick de Bruyne

    Yeah, the Mass Effect 2 trailer was epic, as well as the Dragon Age cinematic trailer

  • plmko

    If you don’t have Killzone 2 in there you fail. Go on PSN and download the 4D interactive trailer.

  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za Gavin Mannion

    Man I hate the term 4D, just because it’s interactive doesn’t make it 4D… the common belief is that time is the 4th Dimension and I don’t even subscribe to that BS as that would make Braid a 3D puzzler which it blatantly isnt..

    The Killzone 2 trailer was fine but it didn’t even make my top 20 to be honest

  • xDD

    fail….HR no1
    GoW3 nothing is the best trailer in history

  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za Gavin Mannion

    God of War 3 (Fear Nothing) or Gears of War 3 where all the people turned to nothing?

  • plmko

    When someone coins a term or applies it something it doesn’t necessarily have to be true to the bone. I mean why do Americans call Petroleum “Gas” or Carbon loaded Pencils “Grey Lead pencils” when there isn’t even any Lead in them (that would be dangerous lol).

    The 4D isn’t there to describe Quantum mechanics, it just describes casually as you said, interactivity.

    How about the Bioshock pre-render video, you liked that?

  • Scooby

    Mass Effect 2 Launch trailer of course

    But what about the WOW cinematics? Those are damn good.

  • Fox1

    The Deus Ex trailer has to be the best from that list. It has meaning.

    Doesn’t this Crysis 2 trailer remind you a bit of the GoW Mad World trailer?
    http://www.gametrailers.com/video/the-wall-crysis-2/64318

  • Ono’rach

    Have you not seen the trailer for The Force Unleashed 2?

    Probably the best trailer for anything, ever…

    Come on guys…

  • xDD

    ahh sry donno how fear disappeared xD but hell yea God of War!! xD

  • Sleeper

    No World of Warcraft cinematics? you gotta be kidding me…

  • Bobby Kotick used to play WOW

    Have to kind of agree with Sleeper, WOW has some of the most amazing cinematics in gaming, but their GAME TRAILERS although atmospheric, relies on the ingame engine, and thus aren’t that visually pleasing.

  • Christo Le Grange

    Purely to cut costs, isnt it, Mr Kotick?!

  • Bobby Kotick is attracted to your wallet

    Of course Christo… :P

  • justin

    the knights of the old republic cinematic trailer and the DC universe trailers are pretty sick. wish they would make movies

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