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Halo: Reach Live Action Ad
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metareferential
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Quick 'n' dirty:
metareferential
Member
Oh God, trailer and Guile theme.
Just perfect.
Just perfect.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
k0ji-wd said:
Very cool when all the little videos are combined.
I must have watched it more than a dozen times - man, I love Halo trailers. Fucking brilliant, hype is off the charts.
So many things that I love about this trailer: the detail on the armor and Elites just like the game itself, the shield & health bar as well as the radar exactly like the game, even showing the damage, Kat goes down, despair on her face, leading to her state as we know her as now, Noble Six coming in like a badass saying "I got this" without saying a single word, jetpack fires up, music kicks in, right into the belly of the beast, taking everyone with him, solo.
Gives me goosebumps every time I get to the part where he turns his back and the music kicks in - I loved the feel of the ODST live trailer, but the goosebump moments like when Chief's plasma grenade is shown, and he looks up with the flare in his visor and the moment I mention above are what get me the most.
Again, a Halo movie needs to be done with the people responsible for these trailers. Put your own money together Microsoft, make it happen.
And to think that the Halo Reach marketing train hasn't even hit anywhere near full throttle yet, which it will starting on the 29th - oh boy.
So many things that I love about this trailer: the detail on the armor and Elites just like the game itself, the shield & health bar as well as the radar exactly like the game, even showing the damage, Kat goes down, despair on her face, leading to her state as we know her as now, Noble Six coming in like a badass saying "I got this" without saying a single word, jetpack fires up, music kicks in, right into the belly of the beast, taking everyone with him, solo.
Gives me goosebumps every time I get to the part where he turns his back and the music kicks in - I loved the feel of the ODST live trailer, but the goosebump moments like when Chief's plasma grenade is shown, and he looks up with the flare in his visor and the moment I mention above are what get me the most.
Again, a Halo movie needs to be done with the people responsible for these trailers. Put your own money together Microsoft, make it happen.
And to think that the Halo Reach marketing train hasn't even hit anywhere near full throttle yet, which it will starting on the 29th - oh boy.
Lazslo
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It really would just be a Money-bomb for Microsoft if they could find a really good producerJB1981 said:
Peter Jackson
Neill Blomkamp
District 9
I've been surprised quite a few times by friends saying they hope to someday hear Master Chief's voice. It blows my mind. Have they not played the campaign? If they did, have they skipped every cutscene in the entire series?Alienshogun said:
Chief has a great personality. The back and forth with Cortana is consistently charming ("No thanks to your driving," etc.). His lines, at least, have always been effective and sensible to me.
Typically I'd agree with you, but I watched a stream of the entirety of Reach a few days ago, and I have to say you'll likely be pleasantly surprised.FoolsRun said:
2 Minutes Turkish
Banned
Stunning ad. Loved it.
Was wondering why Kat still had her arm. I assume it's Kat anyway.
Was wondering why Kat still had her arm. I assume it's Kat anyway.
Larson Conway
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I'm not even a fan of Halo...but that was wonderful. Actually stirred something in me. Beautifully made.
metareferential
Member
2 Minutes Turkish said:
That mission is where she lost her arm.
And Noble Six, well, it's the "old" one.
zero margin
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Skilotonn said:
Yup, right now is for the fans which will help spread the word, just when that is at it's crescendo the ads will hit and the game will sell millions.
Lazslo
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Are you kidding? Incredible!!!! Well done 343i and whoever else that was involved in these shorts. I honestly enjoyed this more than the Live-Action stuff. This is the first time we have seen non-combat characters involved in a Halo story (could be wrong) and it was incredible. In the future I would love to see more about the People, ordinary citizens in the Halo Universe that had to deal with the occupation and eventual destruction done by the Covenant. I don't what it is, but I instantly cared and was interested in the story of these characters. If 343 needs another route in the future for Halo Stories, this is a direction that would be captivating: The lives of the regular citizens who aren't super badass spartans or ODST's, who are just trying to survive and live when the Covenant are introduced to their way of life. Wowzers that just got me stoked for the next couple years of Halo. There's so much room for stories with just the regular people of Reach or Earth or any other planet in the Halo Universe. It wouldn't be boring or dull either, it could turn into a story for survival and aspects of life humans do to overcome an invasion by another species dead-set on their destruction.k0ji-wd said:
Bravo, Bravo.
.BattleMonkey
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duk said:
With the amount of money they spend to market these games, they could have easily funded a film.
Littleberu
Banned
BattleMonkey said:
OR MADE THE GAME BETTER, AMIRITE?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
OuterWorldVoice said:
After watching it on my HDTV over XBLA this means a lot.
a Master Ninja
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OuterWorldVoice said:
BattleMonkey
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Littleberu said:
BETTER GRAPHIX!
They spend 50 mil to market a game across so many different forms of media and such, and you have movies doing amazing things like District 9 with such a small budget and seeing these commercials. MS could easily fund a Halo movie which would no doubt be huge.
ElRenoRaven
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Kapura said:
I dunno they kind of crack me up and usually the gamestop ads I never like.
Game2Death
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Oh yeah! Playing all the time before a video on GT. Ung...Kapura said:
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k0ji-wd said:
Now this is awesome. I was never a huge fan of the live action stuff done for the other Halo games. It was all high quality, but never grabbed me.
This grabbed me, and honestly it's the first time time in the series for me when things have been humanized. I just got finally got this feeling about how it's us verses them, and how this whole war is really effects humanity as a whole. It's something I didn't always get in the previous ads or games rolling with just the chief though the squads in ODST tried to do better at this angle.
Scarecrow
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mentioned it earlier, but I just saw it again. HaLoW is now on your samsung (giant hand boss fight confirmed): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0iDHTvymvM
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
The Librarian
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Good ad aside from the date. July 23rd was the not the day before Reach fell. I think that was Sigma Octanus IV.k0ji-wd said: