I totally agree with who ever mentioned blizzard. Starcraft had the best cut-scenes. I really liked the way that it wasn't clear if some of them were going to live(okay, I was naive) and then something would happen(dramatic sounds) and the you knew they were all going to die. I agree with who ever said that we shouldn't use ns1 in the trailer, on the exception if there were about 6,000+ more polygons. Even then, only a wink to ns1, as the point of the trailer isn't to advertise ns1!
<!--quoteo(post=1703026:date=Mar 20 2009, 01:12 AM:name=Pyromaniac)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pyromaniac @ Mar 20 2009, 01:12 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1703026"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->If I never heard of the game and saw a space rhino eat someone firing at him with a machine gun while little dog creatures climbed on walls It'd leave an impression on me.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Completely agree. It should be dramatic, intense but gameplay footage not funny or gimmicky. I really quoted you because you summed up NS so eloquently
A trailer/cinematic video. Valve have done it pretty well with TF2 and it draws a lot of attention; where basically they make it like the game but use no actual gameplay footage.
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<!--quoteo(post=1707117:date=May 18 2009, 10:19 AM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thaldarin @ May 18 2009, 10:19 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1707117"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->A trailer/cinematic video. Valve have done it pretty well with TF2 and it draws a lot of attention; where basically they make it like the game but use no actual gameplay footage.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeah, I'm wondering what kind of "flavor" videos you could make since you can't really have "Meet the Skulk" for various reasons.
I'm thinking short 1 min clip of battles on landmark locations of maps which each clip being centered around a map/confilct. You could event have a 20 sec battle take up the whole time with marine, kharaa, and neutral/cinematic viewpoints.
Well I think it should be juxtaposed by a quiet/atmospheric/intense beginning where the marines are advancing and then shows shots of them being stalked by the aliens (specifically skulks). And when they are ambushed all hell breaks loose and it switches into a montage of epic battles ending with something as epic as a group of marines falling back from an onos.
<!--quoteo(post=1707252:date=May 20 2009, 01:54 PM:name=locallyunscene)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (locallyunscene @ May 20 2009, 01:54 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1707252"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Yeah, I'm wondering what kind of "flavor" videos you could make since you can't really have "Meet the Skulk" for various reasons.
I'm thinking short 1 min clip of battles on landmark locations of maps which each clip being centered around a map/confilct. You could event have a 20 sec battle take up the whole time with marine, kharaa, and neutral/cinematic viewpoints.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Meet Squad 5 is definately on the cards. However there could be "Meet the Kharaa" like videos when you see like "Meet the builder" for the aliens and what not; who knows but that sort of cameo thing could definately fit somewhere.
Typed this yesterday just before the Forums died (lucky me I noticed early enough and could backsave it for today)
When I read this Thread, I had it before my inner Eye.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><i>a small Squad of two Marines enters an infested Room. Flashlights scanning the Creep, Onos with closed Eyes blending into the Background - in sight for only a Fraction of a Second</i> <b>Squadmember</b> <i>(Radio)</i> Boss, we need some Light down here <b>female Commander</b> <i>(Radio)</i> All right. Broken Interface is... <i>Waypoint pops up</i> ...here. <b>Squadmember</b> <i>(bored)</i> Allright. <i>starts welding Camera floats towards the Ceiling, showing Skulks illuminated by the Sparks</i> <b>another Squadmember</b> <i>(freightened)</i> What was that? <b>Squadmember</b> <i>(annoyed, without looking up)</i> Nothing, Spooks. Probably some stupid slime dripping off a godarn Wall. Ah! finished, finaly. <i>Blinds spring to live, camera is blinded for a Moment and the Onos' Outlines are shown with half a Marine in his Maw</i> Stupid... <i>looks up</i> Spooks? SPOOKS?! HOLY SH... <i>camera starts to shake madly, sounds come interrupted, shows blurred skulks, fade and a webbing Gorge, then goes dark</i> <b>Commander</b> <i>while the NS2 Logo blends in</i> Could you've done better? Come, join now and find out! <i>Text: Fall 2009, war of the fittest will come to PCs near you</i><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo(post=1709794:date=Jun 3 2009, 06:42 AM:name=RobB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RobB @ Jun 3 2009, 06:42 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1709794"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Typed this yesterday just before the Forums died (lucky me I noticed early enough and could backsave it for today)
When I read this Thread, I had it before my inner Eye.
QUOTE a small Squad of two Marines enters an infested Room. Flashlights scanning the Creep, Onos with closed Eyes blending into the Background - in sight for only a Fraction of a Second Squadmember (Radio) Boss, we need some Light down here female Commander (Radio) All right. Broken Interface is... Waypoint pops up ...here. Squadmember (bored) Allright. starts welding Camera floats towards the Ceiling, showing Skulks illuminated by the Sparks another Squadmember (freightened) What was that? Squadmember (annoyed, without looking up) Nothing, Spooks. Probably some stupid slime dripping off a godarn Wall. Ah! finished, finaly. Blinds spring to live, camera is blinded for a Moment and the Onos' Outlines are shown with half a Marine in his Maw Stupid... looks up Spooks? SPOOKS?! HOLY SH... camera starts to shake madly, sounds come interrupted, shows blurred skulks, fade and a webbing Gorge, then goes dark Commander while the NS2 Logo blends in Could you've done better? Come, join now and find out! Text: Fall 2009, war of the fittest will come to PCs near you<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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I really like that, when we have the engine in our hands we can start working on it <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
Maybe change the last line to "Natural Selection is coming to you fall 2009, are you fit enough to survive?"
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Starcraft had the best cut-scenes. I really liked the way that it wasn't clear if some of them were going to live(okay, I was naive) and then something would happen(dramatic sounds) and the you knew they were all going to die.
I agree with who ever said that we shouldn't use ns1 in the trailer, on the exception if there were about 6,000+ more polygons. Even then, only a wink to ns1, as the point of the trailer isn't to advertise ns1!
ps: Sorry if I'm too lazy to quote your post
Completely agree. It should be dramatic, intense but gameplay footage not funny or gimmicky. I really quoted you because you summed up NS so eloquently
Yeah, I'm wondering what kind of "flavor" videos you could make since you can't really have "Meet the Skulk" for various reasons.
I'm thinking short 1 min clip of battles on landmark locations of maps which each clip being centered around a map/confilct. You could event have a 20 sec battle take up the whole time with marine, kharaa, and neutral/cinematic viewpoints.
Well I think it should be juxtaposed by a quiet/atmospheric/intense beginning where the marines are advancing and then shows shots of them being stalked by the aliens (specifically skulks). And when they are ambushed all hell breaks loose and it switches into a montage of epic battles ending with something as epic as a group of marines falling back from an onos.
I'm thinking short 1 min clip of battles on landmark locations of maps which each clip being centered around a map/confilct. You could event have a 20 sec battle take up the whole time with marine, kharaa, and neutral/cinematic viewpoints.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Meet Squad 5 is definately on the cards. However there could be "Meet the Kharaa" like videos when you see like "Meet the builder" for the aliens and what not; who knows but that sort of cameo thing could definately fit somewhere.
When I read this Thread, I had it before my inner Eye.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><i>a small Squad of two Marines enters an infested Room.
Flashlights scanning the Creep, Onos with closed Eyes blending into the Background - in sight for only a Fraction of a Second</i>
<b>Squadmember</b> <i>(Radio)</i> Boss, we need some Light down here
<b>female Commander</b> <i>(Radio)</i> All right. Broken Interface is... <i>Waypoint pops up</i> ...here.
<b>Squadmember</b> <i>(bored)</i> Allright. <i>starts welding
Camera floats towards the Ceiling, showing Skulks illuminated by the Sparks</i>
<b>another Squadmember</b> <i>(freightened)</i> What was that?
<b>Squadmember</b> <i>(annoyed, without looking up)</i> Nothing, Spooks. Probably some stupid slime dripping off a godarn Wall. Ah! finished, finaly.
<i>Blinds spring to live, camera is blinded for a Moment and the Onos' Outlines are shown with half a Marine in his Maw</i>
Stupid... <i>looks up</i> Spooks? SPOOKS?! HOLY SH... <i>camera starts to shake madly, sounds come interrupted, shows blurred skulks, fade and a webbing Gorge, then goes dark</i>
<b>Commander</b> <i>while the NS2 Logo blends in</i> Could you've done better? Come, join now and find out!
<i>Text: Fall 2009, war of the fittest will come to PCs near you</i><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo(post=1709794:date=Jun 3 2009, 06:42 AM:name=RobB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RobB @ Jun 3 2009, 06:42 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1709794"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Typed this yesterday just before the Forums died (lucky me I noticed early enough and could backsave it for today)
When I read this Thread, I had it before my inner Eye.
QUOTE
a small Squad of two Marines enters an infested Room.
Flashlights scanning the Creep, Onos with closed Eyes blending into the Background - in sight for only a Fraction of a Second
Squadmember (Radio) Boss, we need some Light down here
female Commander (Radio) All right. Broken Interface is... Waypoint pops up ...here.
Squadmember (bored) Allright. starts welding
Camera floats towards the Ceiling, showing Skulks illuminated by the Sparks
another Squadmember (freightened) What was that?
Squadmember (annoyed, without looking up) Nothing, Spooks. Probably some stupid slime dripping off a godarn Wall. Ah! finished, finaly.
Blinds spring to live, camera is blinded for a Moment and the Onos' Outlines are shown with half a Marine in his Maw
Stupid... looks up Spooks? SPOOKS?! HOLY SH... camera starts to shake madly, sounds come interrupted, shows blurred skulks, fade and a webbing Gorge, then goes dark
Commander while the NS2 Logo blends in Could you've done better? Come, join now and find out!
Text: Fall 2009, war of the fittest will come to PCs near you<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Maybe change the last line to "Natural Selection is coming to you fall 2009, are you fit enough to survive?"