Best video game commercial

[shatnershaman]

I used the search button beside User CP so sorry if its been done.

Rules: 1. Must be on a video game or platform (ex. PS3 commercial)

My favourite is the Gears of War Mad world commercial because it wasn't the same old look at this flashy trailer kind of ad.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ccWrbGEFgI8

The most effective though would have to be the 360's "Jump in" ad. I still hum that song in it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GFATqCfmgDM&feature=related

 

[zirnitra]

mine would have to be the UK Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction advert. started of serious then just showed a montage of things exploding saying "blow it up" "blow it up again" "blow it up some more"

which I just thought was quite original because at the time video game adverts were always so serious and usually unearthly pretentious.

bit of a let down though considering the actually game was very beige, didn't contain that many explosions and had quite a depressing overall plot and feel.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

I like all of the BF:Bad Company ads. The funny ones, at least (see Bad World, Rainbow Sprinkles and Snake Eyes).

 

[smuttbullen]

Halo 3, choosing Raindrop's was just brilliant.

 

[Frybird]

The Battlefield:BC Ads are great, as were the Halo 3 Ads (the one with MC as a child and the veteran museum), even if latter promised more than the game could.

Also i remember seeing a Halo 1 ad where a cheap impersonator of George Bush adresses the viewer with the Words "The world is in great doo-doo", followed by gameplay scenes while from the off you hear fake-GWB talking about the aliens being "meanies" and how it's "time to kick thier ass"

Also great, the bizarre but not-as-bizarre-as-the-david-lynch-one "Third Place" PS2 Spots. Maybe you can find them at Youtube under "I am the Wolfman" and "Red Balloon"

 

[ShadeOfRed]

The Dreamcast Bomberman ad. It has NOTHING to do with Bomberman, just imagine two Asians fighting and then one exploding. That's the ad. Then it shows SOME Bomberman footage...

 

[Xhumed]

Mr T's WoW advert is hilarious. I refuse to say "FTW" though.

 

[LisaB1138]

Nothing better than this Japanese Devil May Cry commercial.

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

Because every girl ought to be able to high-time a guy.

This Japanese Onimusha Genma commercial is deliciously Yoko-Ono-ish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g97NjPP-LSs

I used to love the Crash commercials with the guy in the bandicoot suit. And who doesn't love the Rachet and Clank commercials with the "real life" gadgets? (The one where the guy gets taken by the owl is priceless.)

 

[Frybird]

I just remembered the PS1 Ads from "S.A.P.S." (Society Against Play Station) that warned the public about the severe damage that the Playstation 1 does. Campy, Cheesy, Stupid, but it was a nice idea, and still feels relevant today...(sadly)

 

[sonic401k]

I would have to say the original super smash bros. commercials

 

[SomeBritishDude]

I'd have to go with the Team fortress "Meet the..." trailers (do they count?)

Also, the Bioshock trailer is just fantastic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmw78t8NgIE

And theres this banned Xbox 360 commercial which I can watch again and again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1koDmMSfi0M (bad quality, I know...)

 

[Shadow Tyrant]

The Ratchet and Clank commercials.

 

[GothmogII]

Yup, the Team Fortress ones are just ;-;. That's tears of joy there. And the Mr.T and Shatner adds for WoW were pretty funny.

Hmm, what else...

Descent 3 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RUakcYEkew]. Oh god how I wish I sounded like that guy...like an EXTREME DON LAFONTAIIINNNNEEE!!!

Planescape Torment [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PevWsWNjSZ4&feature=related], a shame though, some of the cgi portions of that video don't have ingame equivalents...

Duke Nukem Forever [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWuteFLUPSY]...Yes it's probably pointless fluff, but still, it's a little epic I guess.

Brütal Legend [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WYH2sFCGvE] Actually, this was the first time I'd ever heard The Mob Rules before too.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Easy, the old adverts for the Mega Drive.

The tv goes black, after a second type starts going across the screen
"hello, this is your television.
Do me a favour, plug me into a Sega"

Can't find it on you tube, any ideas?
Although the 360 shoot em up advert was pure class.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

http://www.meanmachinesmag.co.uk/media_view/50/plug-me-into-a-sega.php is close...

 

[star_topology]

Although the 360 shoot em up advert was pure class.

If that's the one I'm thinking of--the "banned" XBOX commercial, it was indeed full of win.

*bang*

 

[Stella Q]

From your name I would've assumed your favorite was Shatner...you know...being a Shaman.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

I loved the Halo 3 diarama, with the hundreds of models in a miniature 1:100 battlefield.

 

[JakubK666]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=joNwYPdEBTc