Some 11 years later, Mass Effect 2's Launch Trailer is still the best trailer I've ever seen

[SofNascimento]

It's just perfect. The quiet beginning, the dialogue, the music, the scenes they picked.... everything.

The trailer completely encapsulates what ME2 is about. You can feel the game while watching it. You can know what it's about and know the impact it can have. In terms of Launch Trailer, you can't do any better than that.

I remember gametrailers made a list of the best 100 trailers a long time ago, and this got second place in the user vote, so I'm not alone is loving it. And I've seen many people since mentioning it as a top tier trailer. What do you think about it?

Anyway, happy birthday Mass Effect 2, the most special game in my life.

 

[thankyoumerzbow]

back in the day i used to watch that trailer everyday, waiting for the release.

 

[Samiya]

I actually preferred the cinematic Distress Call trailer for ME1, but ME2's was also pretty good.

 

[foxdvd]

Is this the trailer they played during the super bowl? I remember a friend who played GRAW all the time and refused to try anything new, asking me about the game because of that trailer.

 

[Shamanoski]

Everything about ME2 is just top notch. From marketing to release and game

 

[LordBaztion]

I've written every line of that trailer in my memory

 

[Deleted member 51789]

It's a good AAA game trailer but there isn't really anything super special about it. Just feels like the same kind of thing you see for big action films to me

 

[Dennie Dee]

That Two Steps From Hell music puts it over the edge and makes it one of the best trailers of all time.

 

[dancingphlower]

It's definitely better than that BOTW trailer that random Era member keeps propping up as the greatest of all time lol

 

[chandoog]

The music elevates the trailer to new heights.

A good track can make a trailer 10x better.

 

[NeoBob688]

Legendary trailer

 

[Y2Kev]

I still think "fight for the lost" was such a corny phrase. There's something about the way this game is lit that makes me so uncomfortable. It has this cold, irradiated feel. I know that was intentional. It's very well done.

 

[bobnowhere]

The GOAT

 

[Samiya]

Everything about ME2 is just top notch. From marketing to release and game

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nah, the main plot sucked massively and was a huge letdown coming from the excellent ME1's narrative.

Also, planet scanning, chest-high walls, and the mission end screen that took you out of the game

 

[Praglik]

It's a good AAA game trailer but there isn't really anything super special about it. Just feels like the same kind of thing you see for big action films to me

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Not even a good AAA trailer imho.
Now, this is the very best trailer ever made:

 

[JustinBB7]

Yea one of the best trailers of all time, music helped a lot though

 

[Grips]

Not even a good AAA trailer imho.
Now, this is the very best trailer ever made:

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My favorite AC as well.

 

[Madrugador]

I still watch it sometimes.

 

[魑魅魍魎]

I used to love mass effect back in the day. I loved looking at all 3 launch trailers for mass effect 1, 2 and 3 back to back.

 

[Patitoloco]

The GOAT

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Yep this is it. This is the trailer I always post in the "best trailer ever" threads.

It's really hard to surpass it.

The ME2 is great too, no lies detected there.

 

[Brazil]

Great trailer. I still rank AC Revelations' reveal trailer and BotW's story trailer high above it, though.

 

[Deleted member 51789]

It's definitely better than that BOTW trailer that random Era member keeps propping up as the greatest of all time lol

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I do really like most of the BOTW trailer but it's let down by the awful voice acting. Without that (or with some decent VAs instead) I think it'd be up there with the absolute best.

 

[Voyevoda]

It's no MGS V E3 2013 trailer or The Witcher 3 Sword of Destiny trailer, but it's okay I guess.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

Great trailer, great music, and reminded me once more how much more I love ME2 than the other two.

 

[RRW]

as far as "ingame" trailer goes. is fine I guess

 

[BasilZero]

Kinda strange looking back now, never seen the trailer despite playing all 3 games few years ago.

Looks great btw.

 

[Cats_Schrodinger]

Back then I liked it.

Now it's just pretentious, cheesy and overall not good.

Any trailer with this kind of dialogue is bad IMO. They never age well.

 

[Wander_]

It's definitely better than that BOTW trailer that random Era member keeps propping up as the greatest of all time lol

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I can feel the saltyness.

 

[oni-link]

I think the BoTW is better

The ME2 one is cut well, but the music is so cliche and overdone that it ruins it completely for me

I have no nostalgia for this time though and only got around to the ME Trilogy in 2017. I actually made a thread chronicling my first playthough of 1-3 early on in this forums life

 

[dancingphlower]

I do really like most of the BOTW trailer but it's let down by the awful voice acting. Without that (or with some decent VAs instead) I think it'd be up there with the absolute best.

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It's cut well and the music is good but yeah it's hard to watch the English version tbh

 

[ciddative]

It's no MGS V E3 2013 trailer or The Witcher 3 Sword of Destiny trailer, but it's okay I guess.

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Yup, these were mind blowing, obviously divorced from the game themselves.

BOTW isn't even really close

 

[MattEnth]

I agree. Mass Effect 2 (and Deus Ex: Human Revolution) are by far the best two game trailers made to date.

One thing I think they do well is use mostly in-game footage. They're not over-the-top CGI (like the AC:Revelations trailer earlier in this thread).

They manage to capture the tone and player feeling in the game, with the game itself, without spoiling it.

Mass Effect 2 has an overwhelming tone of optimism, overcoming the odds, teamwork, and heroism, and the trailer just nails it. Deus Ex: Human Revolution nails the tone of fighting, intrigue, rising to the challenge.



I think a lot of CGI trailers just try to go "look at this badass. In this game, you will be badass."

Lots of games make me feel like a badass. I don't think that's unique anymore.

 

[Mifec]

Kojima and to a lesser extent Nomura still make the best trailers and there's a HUUUUUUUUUUGE gulf between Kojima and whatever gets posted in this thread. Closest we had was The Sword of Destiny trailer and that was 6 years ago.

 

[GaussianMultivariate]

White male human accompanied with a hot white female human saves the galaxy... the kind of things I would never realize 10 years ago, but now that I've had my eyes opened I cannot unsee anymore.

 

[MJForum Poster]

This trailer blew me away when it came out. I was replaying Mass Effect 1 just to get ready and loved every second of watching this.

 

[Fiery Phoenix]

I quite agree. It was incredible when it first came out.

 

[Biggersmaller]

Sorry.

The MGS2 E3 2000 trailer was stunning on its own dramatic merits. But also the tech bewildered everyone who saw it and once they realized it was in-engine people went bonkers. Despite being 18 months out, the hype after people downloaded that video (along with other E3 2000 footage) effectively killed the Dreamcast.

Also many other Kojima, R*, and even Gran Turismo trailers.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

 

[Foxnull]

While I don't really like the game all that much, the trailer is fantastic.

 

[Niklel]

Can't decide between BotW and ME2 launch trailers. One of those two is the best.
Deus Ex HR and AC Revelations trailers that are posted above are also excellent

 

[Petruccis Biceps]

Yup its one of the best trailers ever. It perfectly set with the Two Steps From Hell music. Fit so well.

 

[Atolm]

11 years already? Man, I feel old all the time.

 

[Phellps]

It's only fitting for the best game of all time.

 

[Chromie]

I like it enough but this is still one of my favorites.

 

[Rover_]

i must have watched it some 30 times, easily.

 

[WestEgg]

I liked the CG one of Shepard and Grunt fighting a giant Thresher Maw a bit more, but it's pretty good.

I'll echo that the BotW trailer remains the best I've personally ever seen, and one of the few to elicit an actual genuine reaction out of me.

 

[Ravelle]

Fantastic trailer for an amazing game.

 

[Toriko]

Deus Ex HR is the greatest game trailer ever made. Its so good!

 

[BlackBoyFly]

Agreed OP. Can't tell you how many times I viewed the launch trailer. The only video game trailers that come even close imo are the MGSV ones.

I also really enjoyed the Star Wars The Old Republic trailers and the Halo 3 commercials, tho those didn't feature any actual game footage.

 

[Bardoon]

Something about ME2 and scouring the galaxy to assemble a team of the best for a suicide mission just scratches an itch for me like few games have. Throw in a shady group like Cerebus and visting places like Omega and it ticked all the boxes even more.

Can't wait to replay the series.