What were the best new trailers to come out of E3 2019? There were lots of PlayStation 4 titles shown off at the trade show, but not all of them had tantalising teasers to draw us in. A good trailer can go a long way in shaping the perception of a game -- first impressions are important, after all. After mulling it over, we think these are the 10 best game trailers from E3 2019. It's not been a vintage year, but there was still a decent flurry of videos to get us hyped for games on the horizon.
10. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Far and away the star of EA's show, this new action adventure from Respawn Entertainment is looking rather promising. The gameplay demo is perhaps more impressive than this cinematic trailer, but it still has its moments; infiltrating and taking control of an AT-AT and chatter between Cal and his droid, BD-1, are highlights.
9. Elden Ring
A theme of this year's E3 was CG trailers that explain very little, and Elden Ring is perhaps the best example of that. An RPG from Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin is a strong pitch, even if its debut teaser leaves us pretty much empty handed. It's visually striking, typically moody, and we can't help but be intrigued by it all. It gives nothing away, but we're definitely keen to know more, and that's what it's all about.
8. Marvel's Avengers
An Avengers game in this day and age should be an absolute slam dunk, but the reaction to the title's debut has been pretty mixed. We think the trailer itself is pretty good; it sets up an interesting story, has plenty of spectacle, and shows some very brief snippets of gameplay. The jury is still out on the game itself, but there's plenty to like in its first trailer.
7. DOOM Eternal
DOOM is one of those franchises where you know exactly what you're going to get, and this trailer doesn't disappoint. From the off, it's an intensely violent trailer packed with action, and it definitely gets us excited to play the game. The story side of things doesn't sound all that great, but DOOM is about the gameplay, and that's precisely what this trailer is selling.
6. Tales of Arise
At the end of this trailer, a character says, "Now is the time for change," and it certainly looks like things have changed for Tales of Arise. This new game in the long running Tales series looks like a significant step up in terms of visuals. The trailer shows enough to get fans excited, but still leaves a lot of questions -- just as a teaser should do.
5. Watch Dogs Legion
Cor, blimey! Watch Dogs Legion had one of the more impressive gameplay demos at E3 2019, but its trailer is no slouch too. The near-future London looks brilliant, and it really sells the idea of recruiting and playing as anyone you can find. Ubisoft has always been good at putting together trailers, and this is another rock solid example.
4. Ghostwire Tokyo
One of Bethesda's most interesting announcements, Ghostwire Tokyo's trailer throws out a fascinating (and spooky) mystery. A ton of people suddenly vanish, while a bunch of shady characters emerge from the shadows. It's incredibly intriguing -- we can't wait to learn more about this one.
3. The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr
ESO isn't a new game, but this cinematic trailer is still one of the best to come out of E3 2019. This huge battle against a dragon is spectacular. It might not be representative of gameplay, necessarily, but you can't deny that this is one heck of a trailer.
2. Final Fantasy VII Remake
We can probably all agree that Final Fantasy VII Remake is looking excellent. This trailer is the whole package, showing off various characters and cutscenes that will be familiar to fans, while also giving us a decent taste of gameplay. Combat is shown off, we get to see Tifa for the first time, and the music takes us right back. A wonderful trailer.
1. Cyberpunk 2077
There could only be one winner. FFVII came close, but Cyberpunk 2077 looks to be on a whole new level. The cinematic trailer gives us a better look at the grimy Night City setting and its shady inhabitants, but CD Projekt RED also dangles the gameplay carrot towards the end. And of course, who could forget the moment Keanu Reeves is revealed to be playing the role of Johnny Silverhand? An absolute corker of a trailer.
That's enough about what we think. We'd love to know which is your favourite trailer from this year's E3. Vote in the poll, and let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Sorry, but Cyberpunk was running on PC, not PS4. Do your research before posting incorrect information, yo!
Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk 2077.
@Dubya75 The gameplay demo was, yes, but we're just talking about trailers here. Of the PS4 games shown at E3 2019, we felt that Cyberpunk's was the best.
Tales of Arise really peaked my interest. I wasn't expecting this.
@Dubya75 Don't be that guy. It is still coming to PS4 even if the graphics aren't as GPU-melting nice.
I honestly can't wait for FFVII Remake. I've always hoped it would be good, but was concerned after everything that's happened. But I never expected it to look this good! And apparently it plays even better than it looks.
100% CyberPunk. That Keanu reveal at the end blew me away!?
My favorite trailers from E3 were Cyberpunk 2077 & Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
I’m just not bothered about a trailer unless it has gameplay in it. Anyone can make a cool trailer but if it shows nothing about a game then what good is it? The Avengers trailer could be for a Card game and you wouldn’t know it.
Look, I think Cyberpunk is starting to get awards for being Cyberpunk rather than what it does. You mean the trailer that made the games script look questionable and while it was cool, wasn’t outstanding outside of Reeves beat the amazing FFVII Remake trailer. Calm down with the Cyberpunk hype. It didn’t deserve a 1. spot, especially with the script concerns. It added worry for a , which doesn’t make for a number 1. spot. You basically even said it won for no other team than being “Cyberpunk 2077!”
Compare that to the FFVII trailer which gave us absolutely no worries for the game, just hype and was overall just better.
Cyberpunk for me was the best - it also gave us a 'night time' setting too and of course, the reveal of Keanu in the game before he walked out was a highlight.
Several on this list really don't do it for me. Elden Ring in particular and Ghostwire: Tokyo didn't really do anything more than a poster or ad in magazine would do - granted it was better than last year's EA's reveal of the sub-heading name that Respawns Star Wars game was getting but they really didn't do a lot to sell me on the games.
Talking of Star Wars though, after getting its name last year, EA's track record with the licence (inc cancelling and eventual shut down of Visceral) and just being an EA published title, I wasn't expecting much but overall, they managed to leave me feeling positive and more likely to buy than I was prior to this E3.
Marvel Avengers though did the opposite - a game I was very interested in despite the fact we had nothing to go on from an actual game-play and structure of the game either but they managed to leave me questioning whether it deserves to be on my wanted list anymore.
Doom was 'Doom' and nothing less than I was expecting. I know Gears 5 didn't do a lot from a story perspective but the new 3 person co-op (escape) looks like it could be a lot of fun - and the fact that new 'escape' maps can be created by the community adds to the appeal. I know that some are being critical that G5 opted to focus on this rather than its campaign but for me, it made sense to focus on something 'new' for the franchise and Gears fans like myself, want to know what's new. I know its not PS but its still a game I can and will be playing and it was still in 'my' top 5 with Halo too making it in.
First was easily Cyberpunk but the other 4 (Star Wars, Gears 5, Halo and Doom) can be arranged in any order for me and the order can change more than the British weather. I have forgotten a lot of the games that I saw - not because they were 'bad' but because they showed little and before they had chance to sink into my memory, another game was being shown.
As I write this, I have noticed a few games missing - Borderlands 3, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, The Outer Worlds, Gods and Monsters, Dying Light 2 and Minecraft: Dungeons - I believe all of these are also coming to Playstation and all were shown at E3...
FF7R and Tales of Arise were the only ones that made an impression on me. Everything else was just cinematics or otherwise didn't look appealing.
I guess DOOM Eternal had an OK trailer, but it's not like anybody needed to see that. It's DOOM. You either like it or you don't. I haven't played through the original yet, but I've tried the demo and seen enough footage to know I'll love it whenever I happen to get around to it.
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