Have champion teasers gotten lower quality / less cinematic in the past year?

anîme girl·2/25/2019, 8:02:12 AM·4 votes·4,243 views

I was watching this video and noticed how the teasers from several years ago had amazing original animation with dynamic styles, music, and lore. It was like going to the cinema, whereas 4/5 of the most recently released teasers heavily feature gameplay, just with cool looking camera angles and fitting music. Is this due to deliberate budget cuts to the animation/cinematic team, a conscious choice by Riot to give a better idea of what the champion will look like in game, or something else entirely? What do you think?

10 Comments

I love cowboys2/25/2019, 9:59:50 AM8 votes

Didn't Awaken just come out last month? I'd imagine the animation team was too busy with that to make animation teasers for champions.

Davaken2/25/2019, 9:38:35 AM7 votes

Champions gets teased in different ways. You can probably expect more video teasers and stuff to come for new champions. Riot delivered some really cool cinematics last year, I really don't think there have been any major budget cuts.

Chembaron Yamada2/25/2019, 10:35:54 AM3 votes

I miss stuff like that Ekko teaser, it was one of the very best ever. Made me so excited for his champion release.

Starmfangy2/25/2019, 9:01:39 AM2 votes

Riots not doing so hot this year XD

Terozu2/25/2019, 1:50:30 PM2 votes

Id assume bwcause in game has become higher and higher quality.

Camille Ferrøs2/25/2019, 4:56:47 PM2 votes

They do more longer cinematics more often than before but they stopped doing them just to tease a champion for the next 2-3 days. Instead of doing this, they did K/da, Awaken in 3 months.

4 Step Cadence2/25/2019, 12:42:55 PM2 votes

Ivern's is... Oddly terrifying.

Warlord Rhinark2/25/2019, 10:41:35 AM1 votes

It's probably more profitable to just churn out champions and cut on the individual cinematics for each one in the long run.

Which is sad, but as it is with most things, it's quantity over quality.

RyzeTheSmurfMage2/25/2019, 11:56:41 AM1 votes

Umm... the year just started.... Akali got the samw kind of teaser last year. Some champs get cinematic trailers, some don't. But I bet and I want Morde to have a cinematic one (if he doesnt I'll be dissapointed a bit)