10 Video Game Reveal Trailers Better Than The Final Release

10. Dead Island

The reveal for the original Dead Island gave the world one of the best video game trailers of all time. Chronicling the death of a vacationing family at the hands of a horde of zombies, the heartbreaking reveal plays out in reverse, starting from the now-iconic shot of the zombified face of a girl lying dead on the ground.

Unfortunately, none of the emotion or drama present in the stylistic trailer made its way over to the final release, with the original Dead Island coming nowhere close to capturing the intensity of its reveal.

In fact, the trailer misrepresented the game entirely, suggesting an experience that was a far cry away from the arcadey slapstick fun the first-person brawler focused on.

Still, it got people talking and helped make that first game a surprise success, even if the title itself wasn't able to live up to the promise of its cinematic trailer.