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Halo 4 launch trailer (David Fincher, Tim Miller) premiering Oct. 18th

LowParry

LowParry

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Seriously. Wheres the theme to go with it? It was okay. As people said, there's probably a lot more to it if you've read the fiction outside of the games. Ah well. Still hyped for the game.
 
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Pie and Beans

Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Why do companies keep making these uncanny valley CGI humans for slow shots? Fast special effects shots only. Human actors are still employable are they not? Use them. Otherwise you get terrible shit like that kid on the beach.
 
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ProtoCents

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They don't have to sell this game to anyone because it should already be a must-buy... but not as awesome as Reach's trailer. That one pulled at your heart strings.
 
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Lingitiz

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TheOddOne said:
Hell no, nothing about this was phoned it. They touched on subjects that not even FUD in it's long form would touch.
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It's great as a standalone piece, but I think it pales in comparison to the previous ads if this is what we're going to see on TV for the next few weeks.
 
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Demoncarnotaur

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Good Job Bob said:
This isn't Halo 4's version of the "Believe", "We are ODST", and "Deliver Hope" ads, right?

Right guys?
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TheOddOne said:
Hell no, nothing about this was phoned it. They touched on subjects that not even FUD in it's long form would touch.
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The subject matter is not what I mean about phoned in, I am referring to the final execution. This shits all over FUD visually, but it did nothing for me emotionally nor did it get me excited for the game.
 
Xenon

Xenon

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Meh, the only interesting part was when it flashed from his mother to Cortona. The rest is a bit like seeing Santa Clause naked. Without the suit he is just another dude.
 
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MaritalWheat

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therealminime said:
Have we gotten just a regular ass gameplay trailer yet for Halo 4? Like this one for 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLFDzC_ok8c

Behind the Scenes, Making Of, gun sounds video, E3 Demo, Forward Unto Dawn, and this one, but is there just a gameplay trailer for this...game?
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God that trailer was so good, remembering watching that so many times.
Fincher's trailer was cool, but nowhere near as interesting as the live action stuff from ODST and Halo 3. If it's not going to be gameplay, the kind of stuff they put out for those games is the only thing I find interesting. Can't say seeing John depicted as the bald space marine dudebro stereotype really does much for me either, it's so much nicer giving him a personality in my imagination.
 
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Emwitus

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What an anti climatic trailer. I do love the way these halo movies are short tho, but i thought this was the fourth installment of halo and zillionth time they show recruits...yes, it's masterchief, but my point still stands.
 
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Jb

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Pretty uninspired trailer, which is a shame since most of the pre-release media for the game has been outstanding. I also didn't think the live action and the pure CG stuff meshed very well together. Oh well.

Anyone knows if there's gonna be a more traditional launch trailer (ala CoD, AssCreed & co)?
 
CreateNowSleepLater

CreateNowSleepLater

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The more I watch it the more I think its terrible:
-Does nothing to hype Halo 4, you dont even know what he is fighting
-Nobody unless you know the Canon knows what the fuck is going on
-No sense of an epic fight, if this is the tone of this new personal story I already hate it
-Bungie ads got me HYPE, this is more like wtf?

Maybe I am used to seeing these epic battles that Chief is a part of. I guess I am having a hard time believing the threat. This guy took on the entire covenant.
 
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Ken

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jhferry said:
The more I watch it the more I think its terrible:
-Does nothing to hype Halo 4, you dont even know what he is fighting
-Nobody unless you know the Canon knows what the fuck is going on
-No sense of an epic fight, if this is the tone of this new personal story I already hate it
-Bungie ads got me HYPE, this is more like wtf?

Maybe I am used to seeing these epic battles that Chief is a part of. I guess I am having a hard time believing the threat. This guy took on the entire covenant.
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So it should hopefully get people to be asking questions...which seems like an okay goal for a trailer.

I think the trailer works as a "hey there's a human behind the Master Chief." For everyone who has already read the novels, it comes off as boring and already known information. For everyone else, this might be the first step to get people to think of the Chief as someone more than the green space marine that shoots out one-liners, blows up the Halos, and doesn't afraid of anything, which seems to be 343's goal with the H4 campaign going by their BTS stuff.
 
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Subitai

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Yeah, I guess the ODST commercial worked better. They should have focused on just kids going through the SPARTAN program or Chief discovering/fighting the Prometheans. Doing both seems to have lost you guys.
 
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Thoraxes

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Ah fuck seeing all those moments was soo goood. Just even getting to seee visualizations of some of those key moments in the Fall of Reach were so good. A lot of what I had pictured in my imagination matched up with this trailer.
 
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Reluctant-Hero

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Subitai said:
Yeah, I guess the ODST commercial worked better. They should have focused on just kids going through the SPARTAN program or Chief discovering/fighting the Prometheans. Doing both seems to have lost you guys.
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It didn't "lose" me. I've read all the fiction and I understand the story the trailer portrayed. Bit I wasn't excited, or nervous, or anything. It just felt flat.
 
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demolitio

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Pretty underwhelming to be honest, and I wasn't expecting the best trailer of all time like some people here expected...lol

It didn't get me excited in any way really. Still hyped for the game itself, but this did nothing.
 
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ramb0211

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It's weird to me that this and the prologue video are basically telling the same story minus the interaction with the Forerunner. The kid versions of John look markedly different in each video. The prologue is so much more engaging and emotional I'm not sure why it isn't the trailer being played on tv. I guess it doesn't show off the new enemies and it doesn't have David Fincher's name on it, but the Scanned trailer is pretty flat whereas the prologue gives me chills every time I watch it.
 
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GhaleonEB

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I feel like it was trying to do a bit too much.

The flashbacks cover a huge amount of territory, in sporadic fashion. Then we get a short and oddly cut off action scene. All wrapped by an odd framing.

Each part was pretty good. But they didn't fit together into a really compelling trailer, one that excites or engages.

Very well made, for the most part. A shorter, tighter version might be excellent.
 
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SCULLIBUNDO

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I thought it was just a really terribly directed trailer from somebody that knew the backstory, but obviously had no idea how to tell a story itself.

Fell completely flat. Everything.

Dude should stick to music videos/intros.
 
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TheOddOne

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Emwitus said:
What an anti climatic trailer. I do love the way these halo movies are short tho, but i thought this was the fourth installment of halo and zillionth time they show recruits...yes, it's masterchief, but my point still stands.
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The thing though, it showed the Spartan 2 program. Which was brutal and many did not pass it.

Kids are kidnapped, copies ("cones") of them are left for the parents:
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They were augmented, but some can't take the intense nature of it:
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Very few survived it:
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Ad was very much looking back at the canon that had been talked about briefly. They went over a bit too much too fast in the trailer though.
 
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danwarb

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There's a lot packed in there. After watching it a few times, aside from the flat music, it's one of the better Halo trailers. Needs a remix.

Very awesome indeed.
 
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