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Subject: CE Trailer

Here is n old trailer of Halo Combat Evolved. Please post your opinions. Brothers In Arms

  • 04.22.2009 7:09 PM PDT

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Even though its a simple enough trailer it still beatrs any trailer I have seen for Halo 2 and 3.....I dunno...just seems more "epic"

  • 04.23.2009 12:16 PM PDT

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Nice, very creative.

  • 04.23.2009 1:26 PM PDT

Posted by: Richomack360
Even though its a simple enough trailer it still beatrs any trailer I have seen for Halo 2 and 3.....I dunno...just seems more "epic"

I completely agree. The choice for music is what really brings it to the top, IMHO.

I completely forgot about Brothers in Arms...ironic because the song by Dire Straits is one of my favourites...it's my new favourite, even above Under Cover of Night.

  • 04.23.2009 5:18 PM PDT

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Posted by: chickenlittle
Posted by: Richomack360
Even though its a simple enough trailer it still beatrs any trailer I have seen for Halo 2 and 3.....I dunno...just seems more "epic"

I completely agree. The choice for music is what really brings it to the top, IMHO.

I completely forgot about Brothers in Arms...ironic because the song by Dire Straits is one of my favourites...it's my new favourite, even above Under Cover of Night.


Yep, there is just something about it, perhaps Halo 2 and Halo 3's biggest mistake, ironically, was setting part of it on Earth..perhaps the idea that you were marooned and everything was alien contributed?

Brothers In Arms is a fantastic piece of music, I am not keen on the H3 "remix" of it though , everytime I hear it I always think about landing hard on the Halo ring for the first time, that or the battle inside the T&R

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  • 04.24.2009 12:28 AM PDT

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Wow, never saw that trailer before. Really reminds me of what Halo was all about before the sequels.

  • 04.24.2009 3:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: Richomack360
Even though its a simple enough trailer it still beatrs any trailer I have seen for Halo 2 and 3.....I dunno...just seems more "epic"


There's not much else I can say. It's so simple and straight-forward that it's nearly impossible not to get caught up in it.

  • 04.24.2009 4:03 PM PDT

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Posted by: Richomack360
Even though its a simple enough trailer it still beatrs any trailer I have seen for Halo 2 and 3.....I dunno...just seems more "epic"

Definitely not. H3's trailers definitely are at the top.

  • 04.24.2009 4:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: Caragnafog dog
Posted by: Richomack360
Even though its a simple enough trailer it still beatrs any trailer I have seen for Halo 2 and 3.....I dunno...just seems more "epic"

Definitely not. H3's trailers definitely are at the top.


In terms of graphical jiggery-pokery yeah they are nice...the Starry Night trailer was good but I thought the whole diorama adverts were a little OTT. Made it seem a tad corny.

Halo CE's adverts bring out the true feel of the game they are representing, in game footage a good deal of simple but effective storyboarding and a good thumping soundtrack...all of that leaps out of the screen and says "PLAY ME"

H3's adverts were good technically but offered very little of what the game was about or what was in it, the diorama situation confused a lot of people when it showed the MC being captured by a Brute and the subsequent hype with the "Arms Race" and "Landfall" trailers (although superb) still showed nothing (or very little) of in game footage.

Ok, you can argue that H3 had a lot of coverage in the magazines and on the net, but adverts shown on TV should at least have a large section dedicated to real time in game footage, not cop out with "representive of in game footage" in small text at the bottom like a lot of newer released games.

I just think that the advertising for H3 was just not simple enough and perhaps "Arms Race" and "Landfall" should have been slightly adjusted and pushed more towards the upcoming ODST release as it showed ODST's in heavy action..

Whereas in comparison the Halo CE trailer was simple and effective and mirrored the game itself, the H3 advert campaign was like a pizza wth too many toppings on it...

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If you pause it at :51, doesn't the pistol icon look a bit...off? Maybe it's just the low video quality messing with me.

  • 04.25.2009 9:21 PM PDT
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Yep, there is just something about it, perhaps Halo 2 and Halo 3's biggest mistake, ironically, was setting part of it on Earth..perhaps the idea that you were marooned and everything was alien contributed?

Thats what I thought when I first played Halo 2, and I knew it was a mistake in Halo 3. Halo 3 didn't even have a covenant interior setting (I don't count the cove ship or high charity because that's more flood.)

Was this actually a trailer for halo ce? Looked like a montauge with good clips and music, but it showed way to much secret story stuff to be an actual trailer

  • 04.26.2009 5:01 AM PDT

Posted by: Richomack360
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Posted by: Richomack360
Even though its a simple enough trailer it still beatrs any trailer I have seen for Halo 2 and 3.....I dunno...just seems more "epic"

Definitely not. H3's trailers definitely are at the top.


In terms of graphical jiggery-pokery yeah they are nice...the Starry Night trailer was good but I thought the whole diorama adverts were a little OTT. Made it seem a tad corny.
They were meant to describe the desperation and scope of the fighting. None of which the game even came close to.

Halo CE's adverts bring out the true feel of the game they are representing, in game footage a good deal of simple but effective storyboarding and a good thumping soundtrack...all of that leaps out of the screen and says "PLAY ME" Agreed.

H3's adverts were good technically but offered very little of what the game was about or what was in it, the diorama situation confused a lot of people when it showed the MC being captured by a Brute and the subsequent hype with the "Arms Race" and "Landfall" trailers (although superb) still showed nothing (or very little) of in game footage.These were meant to lead up to a massive fight. In addition, the company that made the diorama had no knowledge of the actual game's plot.

Ok, you can argue that H3 had a lot of coverage in the magazines and on the net, but adverts shown on TV should at least have a large section dedicated to real time in game footage, not cop out with "representive of in game footage" in small text at the bottom like a lot of newer released games.I have to agree. I want to see part of what I'm getting at the end result. A good example is Mass Effect. The commercials were stunning. And the game was almost as good looking.

I just think that the advertising for H3 was just not simple enough and perhaps "Arms Race" and "Landfall" should have been slightly adjusted and pushed more towards the upcoming ODST release as it showed ODST's in heavy action..Again, this was all meant to lead up the release, increasing in adrenaline each episode.

Whereas in comparison the Halo CE trailer was simple and effective and mirrored the game itself, the H3 advert campaign was like a pizza wth too many toppings on it...I disagree. The CE trailer in the OP is simple ad effective, giving a great look at the end result. The Halo 3 trailers were all meant to lead up the the game, making people want it more. It's just a different(more enticing) strategy.

  • 04.26.2009 7:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: chickenlittle
Posted by: Richomack360
[quote]Whereas in comparison the Halo CE trailer was simple and effective and mirrored the game itself, the H3 advert campaign was like a pizza wth too many toppings on it...
I disagree. The CE trailer in the OP is simple ad effective, giving a great look at the end result. The Halo 3 trailers were all meant to lead up the the game, making people want it more. It's just a different(more enticing) strategy.


Yeah, CE was more simple but I just feel that perhaps Halo 3 was a little OTT, it looked good and sold the product without showing much of the product ,although you could say that people knew what the product was and would sell no matter what it looked like I guess.

  • 04.26.2009 11:57 PM PDT