The MOBA League of Legends has now released a cinematic trailer that sets new standards.
League of Legends is known for a lot of things: Refined gameplay, good balancing, humorous skins, and really impressive “plays.” But what the guys at Riot have come up with for the new cinematic trailer takes it to a new level, take a look:
My MMO says: The amazing thing about the trailer is how “characters” that all LoL players know from sleep suddenly come to life. Ahri, in the eyes of many players, is just a mid-laner with the abilities Q, W, E, and R, whom they buy this item first and that item second, suddenly gets a face, a voice, a chest (okay, okay), and a character. Not only that: Suddenly, all these characters, known only from the isometric perspective from above, come to life, develop traits and a personality. In an elaborate making-of, the devs explain exactly what they were thinking. Darius’s strong chin had to fit him, Draven could only swing the axe in a very specific way, and Graves had to look as fearless as he did until he met Nautilus to be the “Graves” that millions of players know and love.
To find the right music for “a submarine on two legs,” they even went underwater.
The effect Riot achieves here is fascinating. It almost seems to us as if a synergy has been aimed for, like the one that used to exist between action figures and their animated series. As a child, you could no longer play with He-Man or Optimus Prime without thinking about the corresponding TV series. And when the other, the complementary narrative medium is as well done as the cinematic trailer from Riot, a fascinating effect is created.
What do you think about this? Does it make you more eager to play League of Legends? Or was that already not possible?
Making-of:
