Siren/Forbidden Siren
This is a little over 30 seconds (But heck there are normally teasers that last for nearly a minute), this teaser shows a wide array of characters (And enemies), presented in that frantic and catastrophic manner to invoke confusion and fear, where no real hint is given of the plot itself, but does give us a taste of the terror we have yet to experience (There are very small hints of gameplay in there too, but it is pretty hard to tell them apart from the cutscenes) . What is interesting to note is that the title shown at the end is still listed as their working title, once again a reminder that a lot of changes tend to take place during the releases of these teaser trailers.
Silent Hill 3
The voice over with the little girl wasn't actually something featured within the game, so this is another one of those examples of teasers where notable changes are later on made to the final product. While it is meant to be creepy, I'm glad that the game was a lot scarier than this little girl made it sound, haha. I still did find the arrangement of these clips nicely put together, especially for such a short duration, it actually goes along pretty well with what the dialogue, despite how cheesy it might be.
Silent Hill 4 (Warning: A little 'screamer-ish' at the end?)
Silent Hill 4 continues the tradition of showing a compilation of really short but scary clips and images, this one however does focus on one enemy in particular, for those that had played the previous titles, seeing such a humanoid enemy (Well, a more humanoid than ever enemy) should pique their curiosities at the changes made for the 4th installment, and will most definitely excite them at what new scary changes they are going to make (Considering the presentation of this one).
Not even the main character is actually shown clearly in this teaser (Save for one for very brief scene where he is getting attacked by her), the distorted noises used for her definitely makes this one of the scarier teasers around (Akira Yamaoka always was the master when it came to that), it is a really nicely done one where no dialogue is at all required.
Shadows of the Damned
This teaser focuses a lot more on what enemies will be seen in the game as well as the gameplay itself (Albeit very briefly), it has a pretty b-horror feel to it overall and is definitely a lot more action oriented as compared to the rest (Actually, this is dumb, I should be honest, this is a Suda51 game, and most of the time they tend to be hilarious and perhaps politically incorrect). It gives a pretty classic and brief introduction as to who the main character might be, with some really rocking' music playing (If only for just a moment) to set the tone and mood of the game.
Alice: Madness Returns
It definitely gives off a different effect, instead of causing frantic confusion with really short clips that only gives its audience a face view of things, I believe one single scene does allow the audience to better familiarize themselves with the important character/s (At most the protagonist, I am putting it down as important character/s as some teaser trailers do sometimes focus on the villain instead… or even a side character that's just there to set the scene). Alice: Madness Returns had been a long awaited sequel at the time, and so these
Noticeably the following teasers do get a little longer as we start to better familiarize ourselves with the main character, and so a little more insight is given into the game as well, with new lines, new scenes, but just enough to excite us as the release date nears… Though this game actually uses originally done animation for its teaser trailers that are never featured in the game itself, the design of Alice is also incredibly different to the final one seen in the game.
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