Best Advertising Campaign for a game

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#1 krazyorange
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I've recently noticed some incredibly ad campaigns for games, and I wondered what other games I hadn't come across which had/have great ads. This includes a unique song/music video created for the game, a viral campaign, or something otherwise unique which stands out from the normal craptastic ads. Examples:

Mirror's Edge "Still Alive" music video

Haze - Korn's music video

Wet - "Grindhouse"/Robert Rodriguez-type trailer

(First time posting in this forum, I hope this was the correct place for this. Thanks for discussion!)

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#2 xXMotoPsychoXx
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I remember this used to be on every channel years back. Ah I wish I could play this game again....ah the good ole days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qiFsT41AHg

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#4 Steameffekt
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World of Warcraft by far. Had many special guests like Mr.T and Ozzy Ozborne.

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Crash Bandicoot for the PS1 is by far the best. I'm at work so i cant visit Youtube, but definetly look it up.

*Edit*

This is the one

Old school.

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#6 ace-of-spades93
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bf bc with the parodies of gears of war and metal gear :)
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#7 krazyorange
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I forgot about this one, I used to watch it a dozen times in a row back in the mid-nineties: Wing Commander IV trailer. Back when games had so much TLC. Makes me want to go grab my seven discs and play it again. I think I might just do that! Anyone know of WC4 mods for the in-game graphics?

And also Wing Commander Prophecy music video - although I never played Prophecy, it looks incredible. I might have to snag this one from amazon now.

And since we're in the WC universe (although it's not the best trailer), Privateer 2. I got it off amazon for ten bucks a couple years ago, but I still haven't played it. Can't beat that cast though!

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#8 xXMotoPsychoXx
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World of Warcraft by far. Had many special guests like Mr.T and Ozzy Ozborne.

Steameffekt

It wasn't that creative. It was just Blizzard flexing it's wallet.

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#10 hassanfadil
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I would say Dead Space the movie and comics IMO
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#11 krato_sephiroth
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The ad for the first super smash bros. was awesome!!! I can't think of much right now though...

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#12 jvKratos
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I loved the 'Believe' ads for Halo 3. The old men talking about their experiences in the war, the diorama, everything really made it feel like the war happened in a much larger universe that existed before and existed after the games took place.

Plus I love the ad where it's the Chief as a kid, knocked senseless by artillery, then getting up, brushing it off, and hauling ass to those Brutes.

Ghost Recon had a great one a while ago, that showed soldiers in different environments being shot at, and sort of behind cover looking off into the distance as chorus of voices shouted some kind of oath in the background. It was pretty intense, but they didn't use it much.

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Links!
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#14 Agreb91
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I loved the 'Believe' ads for Halo 3. The old men talking about their experiences in the war, the diorama, everything really made it feel like the war happened in a much larger universe that existed before and existed after the games took place.

Plus I love the ad where it's the Chief as a kid, knocked senseless by artillery, then getting up, brushing it off, and hauling ass to those Brutes.

jvKratos
Halo 3 did have a good ad campaign now that you mention it. It was actually creative.
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I'll say Kingdom Hearts 1 because it's the only one I can remember. There is a version of their commercial with the real version (non-techno) of that song playing and I remember that commercial. It made the game seem amazing and I went out and looked up info on the game and wished that I had a PlayStation.

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

I don't like WoW at all, but any commercial with silvio dante from the SOPRANOS is cool by me

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Halo 2 and 3. The way they advertised for those games was like a work of art.

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#19 SavageM2
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bf bc with the parodies of gears of war and metal gear :)ace-of-spades93
This. :D
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#20 btaylor2404
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TC's asking best so I'd say WoW. Their recent ads with different celebs make WoW seem like something everyone is playing. As if it's a part of American entertainment like HBO, or VH1. If you don't have WoW you, at least I do, see these ads and wonder why you haven't gotten the game yet, what your missing out on, ect... They may not be overly creative, but serve their purpose very well in what they are trying to do.