2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Back in 2011, Bethesda’s announcement that they would be releasing a new Elder Scrolls game came out of the blue: game director Todd Howard and his creative team at Bethesda had denied all rumours that a new Elder Scrolls game was in the pipeline. But this made Skyrim’s announcement and the game’s first trailer even more impactful.

And hearing actor Max Von Sydow’s narration and the story being told on a carved wall about the civil war raging in the frosty province of Skyrim, and finally seeing the game’s hero, the “Dragonborn” face a stone dragon to the tune of Jeremy Soule’s great soundtrack, sure made this trailer one of the most spectacular in recent memory. And given the trailer’s epic quality, it is likely that the game got pre-ordered more than once on the strength of it…

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