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[oni-link]

Have you ever decided to play a game you were previously not interested in after seeing a gif of the game?

I think this gif pretty much sold me on God Hand

What about you GAF? Has a gif ever sold you on a game?

Secondary thread objective: post awesome gifs and sell me on more games

 

[Synth]

P.N.03

 

[liliththepale]

 

[Pepin]

Had to pick up DMC4SE after seeing this

EDIT: this one's better:

 

[DiipuSurotu]

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Spoiler

Ace Attorney and Metal Slug

 

[mStudios]

P.N.03

 

[Corpekata]

Undertale.

 

[xxracerxx]

Journey sunset incoming.

 

[SomTervo]

Just Cause 3 base jumping through falling train carriages and then getting in a falling car mid air

.gif

 

[danmaku]

I don't remember if it's the exact one, but it's something like this that instantly made me buy Journey. Thanks to whoever posted that gif, I love you.

 

[Iriscomeback]

I don't remember if it's the exact one, but it's something like this that instantly made me buy Journey. Thanks to whoever posted that gif, I love you.

Sure looks incredible, still have to play it someday!

 

[Milly Osworth]

A cutscene where nothing happens sold you on a game?

 

[oni-link]

Ah this is another good one

 

[Chuckie]

Journey sunset incoming.

Hahaha, yeah exactly what I was thinking. Although I already had Journey and experienced that moment before seeing a gif of it. It was beautiful though.

 

[SomTervo]

A cutscene where nothing happens sold you on a game?

Dat in-engine cutscene tho

In game frequently looks as good

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Awww shit a Vanquish thread

https://imgur.com/4fQ1WVJ

 

[Atomski]

Small compressed animated gifs have never sold me on games.

 

[liliththepale]

A cutscene where nothing happens sold you on a game?

A video sold me on a videogame

Tag is a game. Uncharted is a videogame.

 

[Cracklox]

Not me personally but there were a few Dragons Dogma ones kicking around at the vanilla release showing off the awesome magic effects, that I know sold more then a few people

 

[WarAdept]

Dragon's Dogma

 

[Jonneh3003]

I've seen so many people sold on Gravity Rush based on GIFs:

A couple more months guys, we need to support this beauty!

 

[Cindres]

I'm sure there was a gif of it, but this 50 second clip sold me on Skyrim on the spot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTgUm8VEWiU

 

[liquidtmd]

Metal Gear Rising

Beautiful game. Not even the best gif there is of it

 

[Hedgey]

I mean... I was sold already, but I could watch this for quite a while.

 

[Revolutionary]

edit: took me forever to find this one and i'm beaten by several more lol

 

[Mascot]

3... 2... 1.... DRIVECLUB GIFS!

 

[JordanN]

Dragon's Crown

First game I ever pre-ordered. And it was worth it.

 

[Omnii-chan]

Absolutely this.

 

[Valkyri von Thanatos]

Undertale.

This actually helped get me interested a lot, although honestly I'd consider it a tiny spoiler. It's extremely early, but it still takes the surprise out of the moment and transplants it onto the internet. I guess it still has almost the same effect as the moment has in the game, so the lesser evil of being a small spoiler is outweighed by the virtue of getting a ton of people into the game. I do admit that it played a large part in making me decide to try the demo, and I am so glad it did.

I can't say this enough, Undertale is pure art.

 

[R00bot]

Pretty much any gif from Xenoblade Chronicles X would do.

 

[TheSaddestSort]

Another normal day in Just Cause 2.

 

[Golnei]

This one from Breath of the Wild seems to have worked fairly well.

Pretty much any gif from Xenoblade Chronicles X would do.

With some exceptions.

 

[zerodeefex]

I mean... I was sold already, but I could watch this for quite a while.

I have no idea what game this is but the art direction is on point

 

[R00bot]

With some exceptions.

was literally just posting that damn you and your edits

 

[oni-link]

I have no idea what game this is but the art direction is on point

It's Persona 5

I wish people would remember to post names along with gifs or screenshots

 

[PayOffWizard]

 

[mp1990]

Not this particularly one, but it also works:

Get onto Assault Android Cactus people.

 

[lucebuce12]

Dragon's Crown

First game I ever pre-ordered. And it was worth it.

Just to piggyback off of this, Dragon's Crown is currently 50% off on US PSN. 14.99 USD

 

[nomis]

I don't remember if it's the exact one, but it's something like this that instantly made me buy Journey. Thanks to whoever posted that gif, I love you.

This one and that Killzone 2 gif with the gunfire lighting up a helghast dude in the dark while he reacts to all the hits

Some variant thereof

 

[krang]

No Titanfall gifs? For shame, GAF.

 

[tolkir]

 

[Valkyri von Thanatos]

I mean... I was sold already, but I could watch this for quite a while.

February can't come soon enough. The style in every single thing is so good. (Persona 5, for those who don't know.)

Pretty much any gif from Xenoblade Chronicles X would do.

This sold me on the game, complaints about the story and soundtrack unsold me. I wish this game had XB's style of story, and its style of music seems a better fit as well.

I have no idea what game this is but the art direction is on point

Haha! Looks like we may have a newcomer. See above for the name of the game, and maybe consider joining in on the February release.

 

[antitrop]

Vanquish

No Titanfall gifs? For shame, GAF.

Got you baby

 

[Pyccko]

Gran Turismo 5. Only time that I can recall. No real interest in racing games before or since, but the hype that gif created was overwhelming.

 

[Shifty]

 

[Dunkley]

The sold me on the game, complaints about the story and soundtrack unsold me. I wish this game had XB's style of story, and its style of music seems a better fit as well.

Didn't stop me to be sold on gifs and I'm glad I did, while story and music is are pretty meh the gameplay, especially Skell traversal made this completely worth the purchase.

Only time that I can recall. No real interest in racing games before or since, but the hype that gif created was overwhelming.

But which game is it?

 

[R00bot]

The sold me on the game, complaints about the story and soundtrack unsold me. I wish this game had XB's style of story, and its style of music seems a better fit as well.

It's really not that bad. The gameplay is definitely more of a focus than the story though.

 

[Jim_Cacher]

Time to post Zelda Botw gifs.

 

[Uzukii]

Made this gif after I bought the game tho.