Feb 27 2012
Live Action ME3 Trailer is Good, Not Great
Live action video game trailers are all the rage now, so it’s no surprise that Mass Effect gets one as well. But I would say that it’s not quite as profound as any we’ve seen from Halo or Deus Ex, as live-action alone does not necessarily make an effective spot.
I thought the Reaper invasion part was cool, but it needed more to it than just Shepard swooping in and capping a few bad guys at the end. I guess you take what you can get in a minute long spot, and I’m sure that tiny segment alone cost a pretty penny.
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Surprised they didn’t do the old Sam Worthington/Jonah Hill combo(very happy they didn’t attempt something like that though)….anywho I love/hate these live action trailers for video games. Love them because it gets me pumped for the game (obviously) but I hate them because they’re teasing my inner fan-boy with what they could do with these properties outside of the video game genre. I loved your article about how Mass Effect should be a series on HBO and I really think there is potential for one. I just wish I knew who to intimidate into making this happen.
Just a teaser, larger launch trailer to come.
Well, they could’ve given Shep a helmet and left them gender-neutral, but nope. Who wants to do that? Ffs.
Skyrim’s live action trailer is miles better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbJw2R-dtxQ
and i am not even fan of Skyrim.
Also, i laughed at scene where Reaper destroyed the middle of the bridge – c’mon it’s not like people are going to escape
Pretty lame imho. Doesn’t give the impression of the desperation of humanity to fight.