I worked at a sports bar during this time and I remember when this commercial first came on, the entire bar went silent. The bar was large, two floors, and filled packed. It was an awesome experience.
I was kid when I first seen it, I think during a football game. Then about a month later I was at Gamecrazy and they were playing it and I seen Marcus chainsaw a dude and it blew my mind. My dad and I ran through the campaign countless times, one of my favorite games of all time.
As a kid this is the game I obsessed over. I remember watching this trailer over and over again, I must have watched it over a thousand times. I’ll never forget the feeling I had when I finally got an Xbox 360 for Christmas and started playing this on Christmas Day.
Same thing happened to me with Halo for PC, when my parents bought it for me for Christmas and I played it all day long! Awesome memories, then when I bought X360, Gears of War was the other game able to give me the same feelings of something new and really exciting, and to think that now I have a daughter, time flies, it’s almost 14 years right now. Have fun playing mate!
Love this trailer. The way the darkness and dread are portrayed is eerie. A world that was once home, now a charred battleground. Enemies in front, enemies behind, no escape, no hope, and yet he pushes on from one impossible situation to another. The depression and hopelessness of the world are further reinforced by Gary Jules, which is just a masterwork of a piece of music and fits perfectly with the scene. So much captured in a minute. Beautiful.
No game trailer has ever come as close to this one. It captures so much with so little. The epic backdrop of an apocalyptic war clashing with the sorrow and fear enveloping the ones that fight it. This is the true epitome of game trailers, and this game more than deserves it
You cannot deny that the Starry Night and Believe Halo 3 trailers were equally as powerful as this one. They probably also drew inspiration from this trailer as well.
I remember back when this trailer came out I said "Wouldn't it be cool if someday games actually looked like this trailer." Now in 2016 games actually look better than this. It's amazing.
This trailer is so amazing, especially the end of it. The fear on Marcus’ face cutting to show the insane size difference of him and the corpser emphasizing the feeling of complete dread and uselessness. Such a well made trailer and it was done so well.
JK193765 That reaction from marcus is what made this trailer a true classic, the trailer shows nothing from the game, but it shows what Gears of War was all about in the beginning, a helpless world being overtaken by a locust swarm, just surviving is hell
I remember seeing this on TV way back when I still had an Xbox Original lol, doesn't feel like that long ago, man time goes by fast when you're busy having fun :O
Andres Cobo don't you go on my channel much, everything is in the About section on my channel m8 ;) anyways its xboxgamer969 but I only play on Xbox One now
***** It's not showing me the about section. I don't know if that's because I'm using a mobile device. I also don't have an Xbox one so its all your fault I'm gonna kill myself.
All these years later, and this still gives me chills. Cheers to those teenage years staying up until 4am with my friends trying to beat this on Insane 🍻
Whenever I hear this song, it takes me back to this trailer. I'll never forget watching this at my friend's house and getting so freaking excited for the game to come out.
The fact the end as you see the despair on the face of this unknown soldier running from unknown horror and the lighting is only from the lancer and the helmets showing how hopeless this world is in
I remember coming home after school from the 3rd grade, and in my brothers room he was playing GOW. I was so jealous because I had a band concert that night and had to leave, I'll never forget it.
good times. this was the first game me and my brothers purchased ourselves along with the 360 and a second controller. i remember playing it all night and just being amazed at the graphics. it's already been 8 years?!
I know right. Really really hard to believe. I also did a similar thing to you, bought the game, and a second controller. Add a good mate to the mix and O for orsum!
Truly one of the best pieces of art work ever. Please consider my bias of this being one of the best video games of all time. What a song, what a cinema. Bless whoever made this trailer
Best trailer I’ve ever seen. I’m 23 and was 12 when it came out. So many memories I can’t even put into words.. just wanted to share how much this meant to me .. feels like yesterday
@@culichiman9876 al fin otro old school que conocio los tiempos de gloria de la saga, actualmente gears esta en decadencia gracias a the coamierda y su bugs 5
We’re all back after seeing e-day trailer right?
🙏
Gears ❤️
😭🙏
We're so back
Yes😢
We are back baby, brothers till the end
I'm gonna cry
@@solidbhattme too
hermanos no
Maria ! 😢
Till the end!!!🔥
Gears of war veteran here 2006. Reporting for duty! I’m ready to fight alongside you all! GEARS IS BACK!!!
lets goooo we back
Mount up!
Report for the war!
"veteran" yeah ok bud
Let's gooooooo
Who else is back here after the announce of Gears of War E-day with this exact same song?
Desde España 💪
Desde Chile 💪
it was epic call back
Right here
desde mexico💪
One of the best video game trailers of all time.
DocFlint Halo 3 "Finish the fight" was breathtaking as well.
You're goddamn right!
Halo 3 "Believe" trailer campaign
try assassin's creed revaltions
dont take me wrong,i have THOUSOUNDS of hours in gears 1 online.but this trailer is all about great song
I worked at a sports bar during this time and I remember when this commercial first came on, the entire bar went silent. The bar was large, two floors, and filled packed. It was an awesome experience.
Dude that is awesome. I remember watching this commercial for the first time too, was hell bent on getting a 360 after seeing it 😂
@@not.an.operator Agreed. I needed the game after seeing this commercial
Wow! I love this comment so much 💜💜💜💜 thats awesome to hear
@Y Marina I was a Playstation guy too & ended up buying a 360 post launch.
I was kid when I first seen it, I think during a football game. Then about a month later I was at Gamecrazy and they were playing it and I seen Marcus chainsaw a dude and it blew my mind. My dad and I ran through the campaign countless times, one of my favorite games of all time.
Who is here in 2023 remembering this masterpiece? Wishing they could go back to those high school days
ok
Bro I’m in 2024..
You cannot be more wrong... We are from 2024
you know what blows my mind? the guy who directed this is the same dude who directed Tron Legacy and Top Gun Maverick. explains a LOT
Core memory unlocked
Who’s back after E-Day
Me
Me
As a kid this is the game I obsessed over. I remember watching this trailer over and over again, I must have watched it over a thousand times. I’ll never forget the feeling I had when I finally got an Xbox 360 for Christmas and started playing this on Christmas Day.
Very wholesome
Same. I absolutely loved this game
Same thing happened to me with Halo for PC, when my parents bought it for me for Christmas and I played it all day long! Awesome memories, then when I bought X360, Gears of War was the other game able to give me the same feelings of something new and really exciting, and to think that now I have a daughter, time flies, it’s almost 14 years right now. Have fun playing mate!
Same x 1,000 can’t express that enough lol
Hell yes dude I’m in the same boat
That lighting from the lancer on the corpser at the end was a beautiful scene omg
The thing I remember most from this, the song and the way it fades to black. Beautifully done
@GSP6 this. that always gets me in the feels
You guys finally figured out where Marcus is going is going to see his father
Now let's see Paul Allen's trailer
Undoubtedly one of the most impactful trailers ever. Crazy to think this game will be 20 years old in 4 years
its not 20 years yet game came out 2006
@@mmeredith90 he said in 4 years
Wow I'm old as hell
THE BEST hands down!
Crazy to think it’s 16 years old right now lol
I'll be back in another 10 years.
Alright brother, see you then.
We’ll see you around brother
COG's never die
🤟🍻
See you in space, cowboy
Seeing this on tv for the 1st time back in 2006 is something you cant explain. Things like that dont happen in todays world.
JDINI that’s actually awesome
It was a mad world back then.
Well said
100000% correct
Makes me sad
Fun fact: one of the guys who worked on this trailer, directed Top Gun: Maverick, he also worked on Starry Night for Halo 3
Dude, seriously?! That’s sick as
just found this out and have been telling everybody. it explains so muchhh
and Tron Legacy btw. this dude understands what "cool" is
He also did the DOOM (2016) “Fight Like Hell” trailer.
Idgaf
Love this trailer. The way the darkness and dread are portrayed is eerie. A world that was once home, now a charred battleground. Enemies in front, enemies behind, no escape, no hope, and yet he pushes on from one impossible situation to another. The depression and hopelessness of the world are further reinforced by Gary Jules, which is just a masterwork of a piece of music and fits perfectly with the scene. So much captured in a minute. Beautiful.
Superb analysis, gonna take a guess you’ve dabbled in writing.
"A tomorrow Marcus*, we finally get a tomorrow..."
This is why Marcus is one of if not my favorite character in all of media.
Poor guy running for his life in complete terror searching desperately for something he knows no longer exists :/
And today, the director of this commercial has directed his fourth film - Top Gun: Maverick.
And today we got the return of the GOAT Xbox series
@@CarlosMartinez-ou9gtI see you
The tone of despair this trailer sends are through the roof, and that ending shot in the dark showing Marcus against a corpser is 👌🏻
The ending tune matches perfectly the Xbox logo, as it's the bit you hear on every other trailer onwards. This trailer sold me for an Xbox.
time to put our cog armor on again brother....
No game trailer has ever come as close to this one. It captures so much with so little. The epic backdrop of an apocalyptic war clashing with the sorrow and fear enveloping the ones that fight it. This is the true epitome of game trailers, and this game more than deserves it
You cannot deny that the Starry Night and Believe Halo 3 trailers were equally as powerful as this one. They probably also drew inspiration from this trailer as well.
Dead Island trailer is more powerful, but this is #2.
Halo reach was also impactful
This is superb Hellblade 2's trailer is the best trailer of all time.
How about Valiant Hearts E3 Trailer?
This hit hard hearing this today in Gears of War E-DAY! We're so back!
Came back to this after watching the Gears of War E-Day trailer. Lets go gamers!
Chills, every time.
Literally
July 2020, heard a different cover of this song, and immediately thought "Better go watch that trailer."
This and the halo 3 reveal trailer.
me too 5 years later
I remember back when this trailer came out I said "Wouldn't it be cool if someday games actually looked like this trailer." Now in 2016 games actually look better than this. It's amazing.
Gears of War 3 on my Xbox One X looks on par with today's graphics tbh. Gears 2 also looks great. Gears was always ahead of its time
They literally made the trailer with the games engine and everything. That is the game.
@@Tonatheos Was just thinking this last night playing Gears 2..it looks amazing on the X
Only if you play on PC.
@@basedpump946 It may be in engine, but the game did not look like that, bro. lol
This trailer is so amazing, especially the end of it. The fear on Marcus’ face cutting to show the insane size difference of him and the corpser emphasizing the feeling of complete dread and uselessness. Such a well made trailer and it was done so well.
Had to rewatch this after the flood of emotions came back from the E-Day trailer...
For some reason.. That face at 0:50 gives me chills every time.
Prolly cause it's fear. We never get that in the actual games. Not really.
JK193765 same here. i think the piano helps too. really the whole song.....just such dispair and hopelessness.
JK193765 the face is also kind of non-human looking, something about it is a bit off, adds a lot to the song and theme of the game and such
JK193765 I think it fits the situation perfectly tho. Scary and hopeless.
JK193765 That reaction from marcus is what made this trailer a true classic, the trailer shows nothing from the game, but it shows what Gears of War was all about in the beginning, a helpless world being overtaken by a locust swarm, just surviving is hell
I remember seeing this on TV way back when I still had an Xbox Original lol, doesn't feel like that long ago, man time goes by fast when you're busy having fun :O
I remember playing Rouge Squadron on my GameCube cx
I was just playing all the gears games recently
What's your Xbox account m8?
Andres Cobo don't you go on my channel much, everything is in the About section on my channel m8 ;)
anyways its xboxgamer969 but I only play on Xbox One now
***** It's not showing me the about section. I don't know if that's because I'm using a mobile device. I also don't have an Xbox one so its all your fault I'm gonna kill myself.
All these years later, and this still gives me chills.
Cheers to those teenage years staying up until 4am with my friends trying to beat this on Insane 🍻
Visiting here after just watching the new E-Day trailer. How far we’ve come.
Came back to rewatch this because of E-Day Trailer. So much nostalgia so much fun
Had to rewatch this masterpiece after seeing the new gears of war e-day trailer cant wait hope the game does not disappoint
Who's ready for E-Day!?!?!?!
Everyone 😂
Nobody, it was a surprise attack. 😉
You are not wrong, we are all here because of Gears E-Day Trailer from Xbox Showcase 2024.
It really hits home when it says "Dreams of which I'm dying is the best I've ever had."
Welcome back Marcus, welcome back
Whenever I hear this song, it takes me back to this trailer. I'll never forget watching this at my friend's house and getting so freaking excited for the game to come out.
gears 6 six brought me back here still give me chills to this day
The theme of "Destroyed Beauty" in Gears 1 is the most gut wrenching thing. You can tell what used to be. How wonderful it must have been
Still a mad world in June 2020, things will never change.....
May 2022 still here.War has started :(.Be Brave.
@@captchasuck 2024 ahora hay 2 guerras :V
10 years later and this trailer still plays in the back of my mind every time I hear this song, love it so so much
And today, they've brought it back in the new Gears trailer in a form of a piano cover.
June 9, 2024
E-Day is upon us!
Epic. Those were the days. Remember lining up at the midnight launch for my Xbox 360. It was one of the most exciting times of my life.
That piano in the E-Day trailer brought me here
This trailer is what caused me to buy my first 360.
Me too! This and Halo 3!
Now you can get a Series X. "E-Day"
Damn Actman made me come back for nostalgia..
Damn copyright
The fact the end as you see the despair on the face of this unknown soldier running from unknown horror and the lighting is only from the lancer and the helmets showing how hopeless this world is in
Still gives me the goosebumps. One of the best “get you involved” game ads of all time imo
Gears of War E-Day brought me here.
I remember coming home after school from the 3rd grade, and in my brothers room he was playing GOW. I was so jealous because I had a band concert that night and had to leave, I'll never forget it.
18 years later we are getting the prequel!
Here to remember we have a new gears!
good times. this was the first game me and my brothers purchased ourselves along with the 360 and a second controller. i remember playing it all night and just being amazed at the graphics. it's already been 8 years?!
I know right. Really really hard to believe. I also did a similar thing to you, bought the game, and a second controller. Add a good mate to the mix and O for orsum!
11 years
@@Mgiver94 Insane how time goes by
12 years
15 years
"I'll always have your back Marcus" 😭
Pretty cool to see everyone come back here after the Xbox showcase announcement ✌️
Boys... WE ARE BACK!!!
Overwhelmed with emotions
and finally we get the prequel...
Yo, am here. The new trailer, you here with that hype?
Truly one of the best pieces of art work ever. Please consider my bias of this being one of the best video games of all time. What a song, what a cinema. Bless whoever made this trailer
That would be Joseph Kosinski who directed this.
We back baby
Best trailer I’ve ever seen. I’m 23 and was 12 when it came out. So many memories I can’t even put into words.. just wanted to share how much this meant to me .. feels like yesterday
You made this comment 5 years ago. How are you doing all these years later?
I'm 23 next March 🙂
Crazy how times change isn't it 😊
E-Day brought me back. LFG.
2006-2009 was the finest era of video games
2023 y no me cansó de ver este trailer, uno de los mejores trailers de videojuegos, lo amo ❤
E-Day brought me here 😢 and now childhood has risen.
That piano piece in the E-Day trailer brought me right here!
Did anyone else tear up after seeing Dom in the E-Day trailer? No? Just me?
Rewatching this after the E-day trailer just to feel something again
Chewie, we're home.
Who's here after watching the E-Day trailer
Me
Brothers to the end.
Midnight where is the hdoom video
E-DAY WAS ANNOUNCED WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
And to think, this is Epic Games.
Now look at them...
Anything to make money, right?
JPgamerTV yeah it’s such a shame they became so trash
@@kodmadara6174 Seriously, though.
We go from this...
to -4 year olds on Fork-knife.
Fr I hate the fact that when someone says something about epic games they immediately think of fortnite
Also, Unreal Championship.
Who's here after the Gears E-Day announcement!
We’re back men….😢
came here to clean my eyes after saw gears 5 presentation on E3
Alejandro Torres I feel ya
me too
😂😂🤧.
I too
What was wrong with it?
The song goes perfect with this game/commercial love the whole gears series!
Imagine how it feels like after watching the showcase yesterday...
We are so back.
This trailer holds so much nostalgia for me.
Still one of the best trailers ever made
Who's back here after seeing the E-DAY Trailer
Everyone 😂😂
Guys… we’re back
Despues de años volvimos al Gears of War que tanto amamos
Still hits just as hard as when it first aired.
Yeah man
Who is here after the Gears E-DAY Trailer?
Everyone
Probably pretty much everyone who's watched the trailer in the last week
Marcus' look of horror while just trying to shoot the Corpser is just amazing and the quiet words of the song just fitting the scene
Remembering my favorite game after the amazing E-day trailer
Welcome back, E-Day enjoyers!
Man, what a game was Gears of War. Miss the games with split screen.
Gears is back!! Welcome GEARS: E-DAY.
Anyone else here because today’s Distractible episode reminded you of this gem?
Ayyo
Nostalgia :')
tenia 10 , me volvi LOCO.
Logan Valley si
Extraño este estilo de gears no como la basura de ahora
Parce acabando de ver esto me da mucha nostalgia como pasa el tiempo
@@culichiman9876 al fin otro old school que conocio los tiempos de gloria de la
saga, actualmente gears esta en decadencia gracias a the coamierda y su bugs 5
Who else is rewatching this after E-Day’s trailer
Me
After all these years. We're so back
Years later and I am still watching this trailer.
Had to comeback here after seeing the E-Day trailer.
Yes, we all know why we are here
Whose here after Gears of War E-day announced ?
Me
Anyone come back after GOW E-Day?
Me
"Gears of War? They might as well call it Tears of War."
Real trailers use 50 cent or something