Among the upcoming sci-fi MMO releases we're curious about is Black Prophecy, a title in development at Reakktor Media in Germany. Black Prophecy's backdrop is a far future setting where conflict rages between humanity's two evolutionary offshoots; the biologically-superior Genides wage war against the technologically-superior Tyi. Each opposed faction threatens to wipe out the existence of their rival, but both the Genides and Tyi now face a greater common threat, the ancient Restorer alien race.
Reakktor released a cinematic trailer for Black Prophecy today that shows off aggressive fleet battles and new ship designs, while giving us a closer look at the Restorers. We've got a YouTube embed of the Black Prophecy cinematic trailer for you below, best viewed in fullscreen HD:
Wow.. I thought I was watching the trailer for a 1980's cartoon. There ... were more... dramatic.. pauses.. in that.. narration... then.. william.. shatner.
I think the narrator is *supposed* to sound overly dramatic and proud -- representing the arrogance of mankind -- until they are humbled by encountering the overwhelmingly powerful aliens (the ancient Restorers?) at the end of the trailer.
And I am not that long from making a comment about the effect bad voice-acting has in a game, and lo and behold here we have the perfect example of terrible voice-acting. The narrator destroys that trailer, word of advice for anyone about to watch it: mute the sound.
