Game Trailers Trivia 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The infamous 'Giant Enemy Crab' moment occurred during a live demo for which game at E3 2006, becoming a long-running internet meme?
- Genji: Days of the Blade (Correct answer)
- Heavenly Sword
- MotorStorm
- Resistance: Fall of Man
Correct answer: Genji: Days of the Blade
A Sony presenter described Genji: Days of the Blade as based on actual historical battles—then giant enemy crabs appeared on screen, spawning 'attack its weak point for massive damage' memes.
Question 2: Which game trailer is credited with popularizing the use of 'in-engine' vs 'pre-rendered' distinction after Blur Studio produced its stunning cinematic?
- Final Fantasy XV
- Mass Effect: Andromeda
- Killzone 2
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars: The Old Republic's Blur Studio cinematics were so visually impressive that they forced widespread discussion about distinguishing 'in-engine' from 'pre-rendered' trailers.
Question 3: What was the title of the music track used in the legendary 'Dead Island' 2011 reveal trailer, famous for its reversed, slow-motion storytelling?
- The Last Goodbye by Billy Boyd
- Tears of the Sun by Hans Zimmer
- Gloomy Sunday by Heather Nova (Correct answer)
- Extreme Ways by Moby
Correct answer: Gloomy Sunday by Heather Nova
The Dead Island reveal trailer used a haunting version of 'Gloomy Sunday' to accompany its reverse-chronology story of a family's final moments during a zombie outbreak.
Question 4: Which feature shown in the 'Spore' E3 2005 presentation trailer was later cut from the final 2008 release, disappointing fans?
- Fully procedural planet terrain generation
- Real-time ecosystem simulation with population collapse (Correct answer)
- Online co-op space battles
- A moddable creature editor at launch
Correct answer: Real-time ecosystem simulation with population collapse
Will Wright's legendary 2005 Spore demo showed ecosystems responding realistically to creature populations, but the final game's simulation was far more simplified.
Question 5: In the 'Pokémon Legends: Arceus' reveal trailer, what detail immediately told fans this game was different from mainline Pokémon titles?
- Pokémon were shown roaming freely in an open world that could knock the player out (Correct answer)
- The game had fully voiced dialogue for the first time
- It showed a Pokémon being caught without a battle
- The art style shifted to cel-shaded anime graphics
Correct answer: Pokémon were shown roaming freely in an open world that could knock the player out
The reveal trailer showed a Pokémon charging and knocking the protagonist unconscious, signaling a new action-oriented and dangerous open-world approach for the series.
Question 6: Which game used a surprise fake-out in its reveal trailer by starting as what appeared to be a live-action Netflix show before transitioning into gameplay?
- Stranger Things 3: The Game
- Control
- Alan Wake 2
- Quantum Break (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Quantum Break
Quantum Break's reveal at E3 2013 opened with what looked like a TV show clip before the camera pulled back to reveal it was gameplay, blurring the line between its live-action and game components.
Question 7: What record did the 'Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War' reveal trailer set in 2020 when it debuted inside Warzone?
- First trailer ever aired inside a live video game (Correct answer)
- Largest simultaneous viewership for any in-game event
- Most reported bugs caused by a single marketing event
- First trailer to include real classified government documents
Correct answer: First trailer ever aired inside a live video game
The Black Ops Cold War reveal was the first major game trailer ever broadcast live inside another game (Warzone), establishing a new precedent for in-game marketing events.
Game Trailers Trivia 5
The infamous 'Giant Enemy Crab' moment occurred during a live demo for which game at E3 2006, becoming a long-running internet meme?