Tue, Feb 14, 2012 | 22:41 GMT
Mass Effect 3 Take Earth Back trailer teased
Here we go with the recursive promotional madness again; this is a teaser for an upcoming trailer promoting Mass Effect 3.
The 52 second video embedded below is a good 30% logos, but fear not – it presages a longer cinematic trailer due to premiere during the February 19 episode of The Walking Dead.
Mass Effect 3 launches on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in March, and ends the story of Commander Shepard’s fight against the Reapers. The demo is out now.
Thanks, EvilAvatar.
10 comments
#1
m2stech
14/02/12, 11:08 pm
Dead Island was the first to use children in their trailer, now EA not only used the same emotional method but also included a child in one of the in-game cutscenes and there might be more!
#2
Phoenixblight
14/02/12, 11:40 pm
@1
No Dead Island was not the first. Quick google would prove your wrong.
/golf clap
#3
DSB
15/02/12, 12:19 am
Pretty stupid claim. I remember one of the first World in Conflict trailers starting with a similar looking girl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_0mmZ65gOA
Most games don’t actually have the balls to show children in the games themselves though. That was one of the few things that made me respect Singularity.
#4
Phoenixblight
15/02/12, 12:29 am
@3
Bioshock trailers did.
#5
absolutezero
15/02/12, 1:11 am
This is however an obvious direct reply to the Dead Island trailer and the rampant acclaim it built up.
Riding on coat-tails.
#6
daytripper
15/02/12, 1:26 am
I thought that was a fantastic teaser
#7
DSB
15/02/12, 1:27 am
Using kids is pretty common imagery. If you want to make an object more ominous and threatening you just put a kid in front of it.
Same as the World in Conflict thing. Soviet parachutes on US soil is bad enough, but putting a little girl in front if it seals the deal.
I don’t think it’s stupid. The clip with the actors was stupid.
#8
daytripper
15/02/12, 1:38 am
I personally would of used this as the very first teaser to announce the game
#9
Phoenixblight
15/02/12, 1:53 am
@5
Again Nope if it was it would be 3 mins using slow motion and a dramatic song to go with it. This is a 30 second clip of a little girl playing in a field of flowers and then she looks up and sees the impending attack of the reapers.
If it was a video with a pack of husks with a little girl running ahead that would be one thing but that is clearly not the case.
#10
NeoSquall
15/02/12, 1:58 am
@9 You forgot to mention the “non-consequential” clip montage.