Nothing short of superb!

*promote

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 12:07pm PST - promote requested by Hybrid.

I think I just shed a manly tear. Please don't suck. Please don't suck.

good lord thats intense.

This could very well be the shittiest game ever made, but that was one of the best trailers for a game ever made.

A trailer so well considered and constructed surely could not be made by a team of people behind a bad game.

Surely?

Jesus....Wow. That's probably the best trailer I've seen for -anything-.

Very well done, but like Heavy Rain I won't be playing this game.

I'd rather not explore those stories where I might interject my love and caring for my children with a digital character that is abused by the writers.

... and have a *quality for good measure!

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by Hybrid.

Few things this short have made me care that much for something that doesn't even exist.

Poignant.

Well I sure won't forget that. Not sure if I want to play it though.

Im not seeing it. People are posting up a storm on forums all over the show about crying, and how well is done. Im not seeing it. Creepy daughter becomes zombie... what the hell is there to cry about?

Lame... There ain't no game play footage! *makes troll face*

doublepost...

>> ^teebeenz:
Im not seeing it. People are posting up a storm on forums all over the show about crying, and how well is done. Im not seeing it. Creepy daughter becomes zombie... what the hell is there to cry about?

Its OK. You probably just have no kids.

Here's a redone cut where the scenes play out in standard chronological order:
http://uk.ign.com/videos/2011/02/16/dead-island-backwards-forwards-announcement-trailer

I have to say that this is one of the most incredible original title trailers I have seen in the longest time...

I just pray that this game will be just as good, if not better, than Dead Rising; Otherwise, this maybe one trip we won't be going on again anytime soon...

>> ^visionep:

Very well done, but like Heavy Rain I won't be playing this game.
I'd rather not explore those stories where I might interject my love and caring for my children with a digital character that is abused by the writers.


Do you not watch any films or read any books then? Or is it only digital fictional characters that you refuse to give emotional feeling to? It sounds as though you think you're being evilly manipulated. They've only done what fictional storytelling has done since forever.

"Abuse" of fictional characters is what leads to tragedy in a story, it gives a story a purpose and there's tragedy in (i'll be bold and say it) every decent story. Harry Potter's parents were murdered, he wants revenge. JK Rowling did not manipulate you to feel care for Harry so that you'd buy the book. Without his parents being murdered, there was no reason to be interested about his particular story of revenge and growth.

Would you really like to.. i dunno, read about some hobbits that find a magical ring which turns them invisible, so they win at hide and seek and live happily ever after? That's just a toddler's book.

How do you feel its different in game form? Genuine question, not an attack. Edit: well, probably a little bit attacking, you caught me off guard with that comment!

One ticket for the, "Oh my god! That was amazing." bandwagon, please. I have no idea what the game is like from that, but it was really well done.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

Very well done, but horrific. How numb are we that we need this to feel emotion. We're getting all Clockwork Oranged. Count me OUT.

What I find the most interesting with this trailer is how such scenes are always hidden in modern cinema. Every disaster movie out there with massive casualties fails to show a single instance of a child dying. In fact, you can bet that if the camera focuses on a child or parent with children, they will somehow miraculously avoid death.

This runs counter to this well established rule, and is probably why it is so striking.

Plus, I have a 5 years old daughter...

Very classy. Obviously showing decapitation is extreme but it is a zombie game I presume (I haven't even heard of this til today). They'd definitely have to make cuts for telly but this is perfect for the net. What makes this stand out of course is the child. You never see them getting infected and rampaging around. It's still so taboo to kill virtual children, zombies or not.

What's most impressive is the quality of movement and facial expression. The eyes still look dodgy most of the time but in terms of rendering people we are getting there.

Seriously "The Walking Dead" need to get whoever directed this game trailer to direct something in season 2. Awesome.

>> ^Deano:

What makes this stand out of course is the child. You never see them getting infected and rampaging around. It's still so taboo to kill virtual children, zombies or not.



That's not really true anymore: see The Walking Dead, remake of Dawn of the Dead, Zombies: Wicked Little Things etc. Modern cinema has had to up the ante in this case to get the shocks.

>> ^TheSluiceGate:

>> ^Deano:
What makes this stand out of course is the child. You never see them getting infected and rampaging around. It's still so taboo to kill virtual children, zombies or not.


That's not really true anymore: see The Walking Dead, remake of Dawn of the Dead, Zombies: Wicked Little Things etc. Modern cinema has had to up the ante in this case to get the shocks.


Even the Dawn of the Dead remake starts with a zombified little girl attacking her parents.

*timeshift

I suppose the interesting point is now this; can a videogame ever invoke this kind of emotional response? I'd say it will be very difficult to achieve in gameplay - after all here you have all the advantages of a pre-planned script, editing, music and juxtaposing powerful imagery.

Adding video to channels (Timeshift) - requested by Deano.

>> ^TheSluiceGate:

>> ^Deano:
What makes this stand out of course is the child. You never see them getting infected and rampaging around. It's still so taboo to kill virtual children, zombies or not.


That's not really true anymore: see The Walking Dead, remake of Dawn of the Dead, Zombies: Wicked Little Things etc. Modern cinema has had to up the ante in this case to get the shocks.


I was thinking more about videogames but point taken.

I'm really, really, really, tired of zombies. Didn't Milla Jovovich kill them all ?

*Grabs popcorn* Moar zombies please!
oh and yes this is a rather excellent trailer, like many really hoping the game lives up to it

I'll watch movies that are sad stories about kids, but I won't normally watch them twice. Video games are a different type of entertainment for me where I need to put in physical and mental effort into the story to make it progress. By adding that extra involvement I become much more emotionally entwined with a game than I ever would in a book or movie.

I'm not saying that I don't like conflict or stories with trails and tribulations in general, it is more that some subjects when presented a certain way make me uncomfortable so I'll choose other forms of entertainment instead. It's akin to people not liking horror flicks because they don't like to be scared.

Grave of the fireflies is a good example of a movie that I think is really good, but I don't have any inclination to see again. While being very well done and putting a very realistic light on war, it is very sad and I don't search out entertainment that makes me sad.

No worries on the attack bit, I don't mind explaining myself when I was just being sincere.
>> ^dannym3141:

>> ^visionep:
Very well done, but like Heavy Rain I won't be playing this game.
I'd rather not explore those stories where I might interject my love and caring for my children with a digital character that is abused by the writers.

Do you not watch any films or read any books then? Or is it only digital fictional characters that you refuse to give emotional feeling to? It sounds as though you think you're being evilly manipulated. They've only done what fictional storytelling has done since forever.
"Abuse" of fictional characters is what leads to tragedy in a story, it gives a story a purpose and there's tragedy in (i'll be bold and say it) every decent story. Harry Potter's parents were murdered, he wants revenge. JK Rowling did not manipulate you to feel care for Harry so that you'd buy the book. Without his parents being murdered, there was no reason to be interested about his particular story of revenge and growth.
Would you really like to.. i dunno, read about some hobbits that find a magical ring which turns them invisible, so they win at hide and seek and live happily ever after? That's just a toddler's book.
How do you feel its different in game form? Genuine question, not an attack. Edit: well, probably a little bit attacking, you caught me off guard with that comment!

Fair answer really, can't argue with that

>> ^dannym3141:

A trailer so well considered and constructed surely could not be made by a team of people behind a bad game.
Surely?


Actually, the trailer was done by Scottish animation studio Axis Animation. Story here. The game however will be developed by Techland, a polish developer best known for the Call of Juarez series.

It's very unusual for CG trailers to be made by the same people who make games these days; generally they are contracted out by the publisher to other companies that specialize in high quality CG. For example, Blur Studio does brilliant work, and was responsible for the trailers for games like Mass Effect 3, Bioshock Infinite, Arkham City, Fable III, Warhammer online, ect. Players don't generally know this, because developers take no pains to credit them.

Maybe some one should throw Axis Animation and Techland into the tags.

Here's a forward version:

>> ^direpickle:

>> ^TheSluiceGate:
>> ^Deano:
What makes this stand out of course is the child. You never see them getting infected and rampaging around. It's still so taboo to kill virtual children, zombies or not.


That's not really true anymore: see The Walking Dead, remake of Dawn of the Dead, Zombies: Wicked Little Things etc. Modern cinema has had to up the ante in this case to get the shocks.

Even the Dawn of the Dead remake starts with a zombified little girl attacking her parents.

The 2004 remake didn't. Vivian was the kid of the family who lived in Anna's guest house. </geek>

Touching and amazing. Especially for a trailer. 10 x especially for a game trailer.

That zombified girl from the beginning of Dawn of the Dead actually made me nauseous when I saw it in theaters. Might have been cause I was really stoned, and maybe there were other factors... but ya...

This didn't do much for me though.

The CG on the father is the best I've ever seen, though.

Either I've got a bad case of PMT, or that trailer was heart-wrenching.

The trailer is very well done and very emotional and interesting, which is what you want when advertising a movie. However when you advertise a game, it is usually nice to show a little bit of gameplay footage so I have some idea what the game is like.

Is this a FPS? RPG? Strategy game? 3rd person action/adventure? Point and click adventure? Survival horror in the vein of Resident evil and Silent hill? Give me SOMETHING.

The trailer is certainly well done, but until I see something about the game, I'm not getting all excited.

Okay, this is a bit disgusting, but I just noticed that at 1:20 you can very clearly see the breast implant of the bikini-clad zombie. Now that's attention to detail.

It was only when I watched it a second time that I realised that the last shot of the father and the daughter together (at 2:32 before it goes to the home movie footage) is actually him saying goodbye to her forever. Amazing.

The video should have ended with

>> ^LordOderus:

The trailer is very well done and very emotional and interesting, which is what you want when advertising a movie. However when you advertise a game, it is usually nice to show a little bit of gameplay footage so I have some idea what the game is like.
Is this a FPS? RPG? Strategy game? 3rd person action/adventure? Point and click adventure? Survival horror in the vein of Resident evil and Silent hill? Give me SOMETHING.
The trailer is certainly well done, but until I see something about the game, I'm not getting all excited.


It's the first trailer for the game. Many games do this, the first you hear of them is some utterly oblique and vague sequence. Latter trailers will eventually reveal gameplay. It's simply standard practice and in this case the marketing has worked perfectly.

The most recent example I can give you is that of Halo: Reach. The first teaser for that was simply a shot of the planet with radio chatter as the soundtrack and no gameplay.

That's a whole bunch of awesome right there.

I'm guessing this will be banned in Australia. We are not ready for this sort of content.

Mindblowingly good/heartwrenching. One hopes that it does not prelude a bog standard zombiefest.

"Dead Island" Trailer - Live Action remake has been added as a related post - related requested by eric3579 on that post.