Video games rely on many things to keep their players happy, whether they’re action packed FPSs or story orientated RPGs. A gripping story, intensive gameplay and competitive multiplayer are a few of the things that gamers demand these days. However it seems that with today’s technology, gamers are starting to take graphics for granted with many expecting top-notch cut-scenes, whether the developer is funded by a major company or not.
This article is about cinematic moments in games that have stuck with me, whether the game was released 10 years or a just few months ago.
10. Mass Effect 2 – Dirty Dozen Trailer
Most of Mass Effect 2′s trailers were great, the music fit perfectly with each and every scene. However it’s the dirty dozen trailer that really sticks with me, not just because it displayed the EA symbol the least. It introduces some of the characters, but unlike the other trailers it introduces each in their own environment. Rather than have them all on a ship we see Thane assassinating someone and taking the guards out quietly, Jack escaping her prison using her biotic power and Wrex taking out a thresher maw with nothing but a shotgun and brute strength.
The trailer shows you exactly what Mass Effect 2 is all about and watching Shepard and his team take out the collectors on Horizon in full CGI glory is nothing short of amazing. The final scene of Shepard, Thane and Wrex walking towards the massive Collector ship places this trailer on the list.
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I loved this list, but I was really suprised not to see Uncharted or Heavy Rain make an appearance. I agree with the trailer for Dead Island though, it was fantastic!
I didn’t really consider Heavy Rain to be a game, it was more an interactive movie so I thought best to leave it out and include games with actual gameplay; well at least more gameplay than Heavy Rain.
it’s really weird to talk about cinematics and not include Uncharted in any way even though this was the game that revolutionized cinematics to such a degree that now every game wants to be cinematic from Battlefield to Tomb Raider to Remember Me and even next gen games like Star Wars 1313 and WatchDogs.
You just have to take a peek at the list of awards that Uncharted 2 has won this gen to realize how incredibly influential this game was to this gen.
Am I the only one who thought the entire game Portal is super engrossing and cinematic? Especially the ending was super awesome for me, but the Dead Island trailer I still think is the best video game trailer I’ve ever seen.
Most definitely Uncharted 2′s opening should be in here. Heavy Rain’s sequence in the mall was really great too.
Great article! I do agree with everyone regarding Uncharted! The section with the helicopter and the exploding hotel in and the attack on the village whose name escapes me in Uncharted 2, not to mention the Cruise ship and the cargo plane in Uncharted 3! Then of course the whole desert section of Uncharted 3. Countless breathtaking, cinematic, moments.
As well as that, Dark Souls had plenty of great cinematic moments, if you haven’t played it i’d reccomend it for sure, first arriving in Anor Londo, or Ash Lake, and the appearance of Sif. Brilliant.
I don’t want to be ‘that guy’, but you said it was Shepard, Thane and Wrex walking towards the Collector’s Ship. It was actually Grunt, not Wrex.