Rowan’s notes
Every catalogue needs a cornerstone, and this is mine. I have lost count of how many characters I’ve started in Skyrim, and every single time the first dragon fight still lands.
The trailer is basically a legend being read aloud: an old voice tells you the dragons have returned and that you are the one who can stop them, while the camera sweeps over snowy peaks and burning villages. Then the choir comes in, and you’d better not have anything important planned for the evening.
It’s a game trailer from 2011 and it shows very little actual gameplay, but it doesn’t need to. It sells a feeling: you are small, the world is huge, and something with wings is coming over that ridge.
Stills from the trailer
What to watch for
- The narration — it reads like a page from one of the in-game books.
- The first shout. You know the one.
- The choir. Turn it up.
