Now Playing (3/3/2009)
By Steven Perdikis - Tue Mar 3, 2009 6:30pm
Welcome to a new iteration of Now Playing, where we take your hand and lead you into a darkened theatre. Inside, you'll see the most irresistibly interesting, marvellously magnificent, or downright dire trailers from recently released or upcoming games.
This week, my personal, embittered commentary will first prepare the world to get ready for war, then we begin a dispute of metallic proportions before sniping out some evil, finally, we crash land back to Earth like a predatory bird.
Those of you who've been around Games On Net for some time now know that I was, at a time hopelessly infatuated with the glorious tactical aid of World in Conflict, with The Nuke, The Tankbuster, and The Cluster bomb, and Airborne Infantry all worthy of notable mentions. While Massive entertainment have been quiet regarding new features for Soviet Assault, the latest Destruction Blues trailer pays homage to a trailer of the same name for World in Conflict, while at the same time revealing a new, single player only tactical aid - the Incendiary bomb.
Download World in Conflict: Soviet Assault 'Destruction Blues' Trailer #2
While one man beating another man into a bloody pulp is some men's idea of sport, for others, it's an idea that forms a central core of a lot of video games, even ones that don't have actual fighting as their main topic. The new trailer for UFC 2009: Undisputed delivers a knock out blow of Harley Davidson advertising, unnecessary dollops of product placement and shaky cam-camera action from the school of poor film making in what is set to be a critical KO - unless of course... the game ends up being... y'know, good.
Download UFC 2009 Undisputed 'Sanchez vs Stevenson' Trailer
The firey pits of heavy metal know no bounds it would seem, with self proclaimed "metal-heads" such as myself actually looking forward to something which should really scream "cash grab" from Activision. Since there are two new trailers for Guitar Hero: Metallica - I've decided that which ever features "Fade to Black" wins, purely because of the awesome double bass and amusing solo, which I can cry about not being able to actually play on a real guitar after the game will (presumably) make it oh-so-easy. If you'd prefer to spend time with King Diamond, you can do that, too.
Download Guitar Hero Metallica 'Lemmy' Video
Resident Evil. Zombies. Everyone loves the two. Especially when it involves shooting zombies with rifles of sorts. But when a trailer is conspiciously named "Sniper" - it is a fair assumption to except a decent measure of sniping and a noted abscence of assault rifles and explosions. The designers of Resident Evil 5 however, seem to not take note of these highly valid concerns, instead choosing to dissapoint the masses with gun-toting assault rifle "Ima shootin' from the hip" action scenes, which are offset by two lowly rounds from an actual sniping rifle.
Download Resident Evil 5 'Sniper' Trailer
Jet planes are awesome. Jet planes with missiles attached are even more awesome. Jet planes with soothing warning system narration of "warning" and "missile lock" and "structural alert" are like a sleepy plane ride to altitude sickness and what seems to be highly cluttered interface. While HAWX does have some breathtaking vistas of the Earth, with dazzling particle effects and a satisfying amount of pew pew and boom boom, I'm still undecided about it. Maybe we should all try the demo that was released earlier this morning - that should help us decide if HAWX will soar above the clouds or crash into a breathtaking fireball on the ground.
Download Tom Clancy's HAWX 'Deathmatch Multiplayer' Vignette
This week's pick is the new trailer for Simon the Sorcerer 5, which involves German voice acting, male genitalia being kicked by angry females and many more moments of light-hearted hilarity. If that's not to your tastes, you can always check some of thefinely crafted, hand picked trailers listed below.
This week, my personal, embittered commentary will first prepare the world to get ready for war, then we begin a dispute of metallic proportions before sniping out some evil, finally, we crash land back to Earth like a predatory bird.
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
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Those of you who've been around Games On Net for some time now know that I was, at a time hopelessly infatuated with the glorious tactical aid of World in Conflict, with The Nuke, The Tankbuster, and The Cluster bomb, and Airborne Infantry all worthy of notable mentions. While Massive entertainment have been quiet regarding new features for Soviet Assault, the latest Destruction Blues trailer pays homage to a trailer of the same name for World in Conflict, while at the same time revealing a new, single player only tactical aid - the Incendiary bomb.
Download World in Conflict: Soviet Assault 'Destruction Blues' Trailer #2
UFC 2009 Undisputed
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While one man beating another man into a bloody pulp is some men's idea of sport, for others, it's an idea that forms a central core of a lot of video games, even ones that don't have actual fighting as their main topic. The new trailer for UFC 2009: Undisputed delivers a knock out blow of Harley Davidson advertising, unnecessary dollops of product placement and shaky cam-camera action from the school of poor film making in what is set to be a critical KO - unless of course... the game ends up being... y'know, good.
Guitar Hero: Metallica
)
)
)
The firey pits of heavy metal know no bounds it would seem, with self proclaimed "metal-heads" such as myself actually looking forward to something which should really scream "cash grab" from Activision. Since there are two new trailers for Guitar Hero: Metallica - I've decided that which ever features "Fade to Black" wins, purely because of the awesome double bass and amusing solo, which I can cry about not being able to actually play on a real guitar after the game will (presumably) make it oh-so-easy. If you'd prefer to spend time with King Diamond, you can do that, too.
Resident Evil 5
)
)
)
Resident Evil. Zombies. Everyone loves the two. Especially when it involves shooting zombies with rifles of sorts. But when a trailer is conspiciously named "Sniper" - it is a fair assumption to except a decent measure of sniping and a noted abscence of assault rifles and explosions. The designers of Resident Evil 5 however, seem to not take note of these highly valid concerns, instead choosing to dissapoint the masses with gun-toting assault rifle "Ima shootin' from the hip" action scenes, which are offset by two lowly rounds from an actual sniping rifle.
Tom Clancy's HAWX
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)
)
Jet planes are awesome. Jet planes with missiles attached are even more awesome. Jet planes with soothing warning system narration of "warning" and "missile lock" and "structural alert" are like a sleepy plane ride to altitude sickness and what seems to be highly cluttered interface. While HAWX does have some breathtaking vistas of the Earth, with dazzling particle effects and a satisfying amount of pew pew and boom boom, I'm still undecided about it. Maybe we should all try the demo that was released earlier this morning - that should help us decide if HAWX will soar above the clouds or crash into a breathtaking fireball on the ground.
While there is literally hundreds of trailers released for games each week, some simply don't make the cut, or are so amusing or convoluted that they're just too good to talk about.Didn't Make the Cut
This week's pick is the new trailer for Simon the Sorcerer 5, which involves German voice acting, male genitalia being kicked by angry females and many more moments of light-hearted hilarity. If that's not to your tastes, you can always check some of the
Simon the Sorcerer 5 Trailer
Halo Wars: Universe Expanded: Act 1
Guitar Hero: Metallica: 'King Diamond' Video
Sacred II - Fallen Angel 'T-Energy Battle' Trailer
Spore: Galactic Adventures Trailer
Empire: Total War 'Superior Tactics' Trailer #3
Dance Party Club Hits Trailer
Dance Party Pop Hits Trailer
Black Shades iPhone Trailer
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