Have fans make the trailer.

This is a great commercial to me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXA3nUMA1KM

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Originally Posted by Virtuso

For XIV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpde_anD7B8

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This isn't any different from the first ARR CG trailer we saw, aside from slower pacing. There's no info regarding combat, or any gameplay system for that matter. It's just a montage of cinematics, which really aren't telling a story.

That's not necessarily to say the official trailers are light years better, but to claim the fans can make a better trailer, without showing a better example doesn't make any sense.

I like this a lot!

When I'm Miqo'te

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Originally Posted by Endemerrin

Gameplay, you say? Not to toot my own horn, but.
/ShamelessPlug

Beep.

Beep.

And to a lesser extent, beep.


But on a whole, I agree. Almost anyone can take a bunch of cutscenes, throw them together, and match it to music. Takes another degree of patience, timing, and work to include actual in-game footage inbetween any cutscenes you might be using, and I couldn't imagine making a video (as terrible as they might be) without it.

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Possible double-post, but these are definitely better than the OP's examples.

Although to me, from a trailer standpoint, pacing felt a little slow, and even though there was gameplay shown, those segments didn't look much different than the cinematics; they mainly showed off fancy animation, instead of actual gameplay mechanics. The whole thing also felt a little long to me, and the series of shots felt a little disconnected. It didn't give me much sense of what the game was about.

Again, I'm not saying the official trailers are any better; just putting a little critique out there. And also, this is just one person's opinion, so take that as you will.

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Originally Posted by Deli

I think this one is the best to promote ff14...
When I'm Miqo'te

/bigclap

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LOL, Self-promotion. Still fun to look at. (Goodjob)

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Originally Posted by Enma

This is a great commercial to me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXA3nUMA1KM

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Awesome cos-playing and modeling but take out and replace the CGI movie scenes with in-game action, it would've been perfect!

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Originally Posted by Virtuso

With all the hoopla over the recent trailer, I can't be the only thinking who ever is making these just isn't very good at it. With the exception of some well delivered trailers like "Limit Break" it seems sup-par trailers is a common problem for SE generally speaking.

Then I realize I seen so many fantastic video's produced by fans over the years, such as

For XIV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpde_anD7B8

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Just a thought.

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I really dig this. It has all the elements SE should be including in theirs'.