Like Joe, in my final post I will also be looking
at the gray line between Film and Video Games. However I am looking very
specifically at the cinematic quality of blockbuster games, and there
trailers. Blockbuster games, much like the summer hits for film, are big
budget, highly anticipated games. These games are on the high end graphically,
and usually have a strong plot and narrative. Examples of these are the Crysis
series, The Halo series, the Assassins Creed series, the Mass Effect series,
the Call of Duty series, and the Gears of War series. These games are ground
breaking. Players develop real connections with the characters. Like
movies, games generate their own para text. this is the link to the
Assassins Creed Brotherhood trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzNs4-kRLaE.
After watching you will understand that this is no ordinary game. The trailer
is so graphically rich that it looks almost real. There is suspense, action,
and anticipation all warped up in a short trailer. This is not for a summer
action movie this is for a video game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laIghwTFdqg
In this link we see the Crysis 2 trailer, which is also a cinematic gem.
It even incorporates real world footage and actual events to increase the
reality of the trailer. These trailers are better than most movie
trailers. There is more than game play at stake with these two. In Assassins
creed there isn't even any game footage just a cinematic adaptation.
These trailers show the development of the gaming industry. In one
direction we are getting games that are equivalent to playing movies, like in
my other post we have another direction, the iPhone/android app.
to watch some of the trailers that I used to write this post here is a link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=XaRhFHVZh-M
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