City of Heroes - Incarnate

And here comes number twenty! Created as a 'commemorative' video for a certain in-game anniversary that takes place on July 10th, "Incarnate" takes you all the way back to the beginning...

This video took a tremendous amount of work, not only in the creation of its special effects, but also in its concept development. A series of conversations with lead City of Heroes writer Hero 1 (as well as the novel WEB OF ARACHNOS) helped flesh out some of the events you see here, while the rest is my own unique interpretation!

It was tremendous fun making this, because I still just LOVE the opening and closing sequences. Also, the voice acting cast has now expanded to five! (The Sinclair Syndicate continues to thrive, heh heh heh.)

Two pieces of music by one of my favorite composing teams enhance this video - "Anticipation" and "Progeny", by Brand X Music. Once again transitioning smoothly from one to the other (thanks to some custom editing!), that sense of wonder, power, and raw energy just sweeps a listener along.

Like my other videos, this one is tagged as Samuraiko Productions, for those who follow my work. Enjoy!

(If you like my stuff, swing by the SAMURAIKOPRODUCTIONS.COM website for more videos that YouTube doesn't control.)

Footage from CITY OF HEROES and CITY OF VILLAINS, used per general permission from NCSoft/Cryptic Studios. Music is "Anticipation" and "Progeny" by Brand X Music. All rights reserved by their respective owners.

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[KitsuneNights]

man looking back at this it's almost like "Did she see this coming?" >.> okay Samuraiko! Who are you really >.> Don't lie, your cape is showing!

[samuraiko]

@KitsuneNights I'm not really a dev, I just play one on TV.

[nham666]

harry potter trailer songs :D, me lieks

[samuraiko]

@nham666 Hey, I used the song BEFORE HP did. :D Rumor has it when quite a few COH players saw the HP trailer, they went, "Wait, where have we heard this before?"

[tzmakis]

ΕΝΣΑΡΚΩΜΕΝΟΣ Greek FTW :P

[samuraiko]

@tzmakis It's the little details that make it. :)

[Fireblood94]

For one reason why i stopped playing is only because they kinda messed up the game with the Action Entertainment thing is Atlas Park. Thats why i stopped playing. I had a hero lvl 50 and i was working on a villain when the AE came out. After that i make an account to play WoW. Both games are fun but now AE in CoH and CoV kinda ruined it for me sorry guys. I come back sometimes but most i play is Wold of Warcraft.

[pshalleck]

The whole "And here comes number twenty!" video description made me go, "Wait, how did I miss the Issue 20 video?" Then I saw the date. How is this possible!?

[OriginalLemming]

AMAZING!

I love your videos, Samuraiko.

[KitsuneNights]

@samuraiko Dev? I was thinking something along the lines of super powered human with the power to see into the future and more, you know something a little more powerful then a Dev.....just don't tell them i said that >.>!

[jergsden]

The Well must be shaped like something naughty because there's a black bar hiding it. ^_^

[Energyone]

...and now, it's my turn. Alpha slot here I come.

[avatarbloodspeaker]

@peanutbutterbo Though we laughed when we heard that Issue 19 was going to be "Incarnates". We certainly called THAT one early. :)

[angryellow313]

Sweet