Great gaming intros

Deadwing

In response to the crappy game endings thread, I was wondering what people would consider to be the best gaming openings? For me theres a few really memorable starts:

FFVII (blowing up the reactor)
Vagrant story (breaking into the mansion and fighting Sydney)
Halo (Covenant assault on the pillar of autumn)
Metal gear solid (swimming into the base)

Probably a shedload more i forget at this time..

Tazzle

I can tell you what the most annoying intros are, seeing as a previous thread reminded me of them. The Command & Conquer opening scenes which you could not bypass, no amount of ESC hammering, spacebaring or entering would get you past them.

Retr0gamer

Vagrant Story wins best intro ever for me. It was great that bits of it were interactive.

Suikoden 2 had a great opening sequence and credit sequence at the beginning of the game. Fantastic music as well. Everytime I watch it it brings a tear to my eye considering the events that happened during the game.

FFVII: fantastic opening. When I say it first my mouth hit the ground. The CG looks crap today but its still fantastic.

FFVIII: Unfortunately it was the best thing about the game.

FFVI: just for the wonderful music

The first few hours of Xenosaga were pure mayhem. Had some of the best action scenes I have ever seen.

Half life had a great intro, day at the office turning into out and out interdimensional war.

Can't think of anymore.

Woden

the FF XI opening is good also, i also like the c and c RA opening about going back in time and killing hitler

tman

super metroid - the calm before the storm (oh yes, and mode 7 rotating corridors :eek: )
MGS - same as the poster above
Half-Life - shame the train ride had to be so goddamned long...
Max Payne 2 - the presentation is just so slick!
GTAIII - burning through liberty city in proper 3d for the first time:eek: jubberly

Sarky

I loved the intro to DungeonKeeper 2. Pretty flash, I must say.

Oni's intro was cute.

But my favourite is Baldur's Gate. Sarevok just captivated me. Now there was one evil bast.

DRakE

HL: Blueshift Intro > HL Intro..

more to see, not as long

angelofdeath

i like watching them back to back, to see the ways the games intertwine, blue shift had some funny bits in its opening, that said i think opposing force's intro was better than either of them, the video clip at the start of MOHAA is pretty cool, ditto with battlefield, cant think of anything else at the moment that really stands out

bus77

Interstate 76 had a good one, battlefield 1942 aswell

seanos

Monkey Island ... well all 3

weemcd

Return to castle wolfenstien, Need for Speed underground, the half life one was brilliant very innovative (and i hate half life so thats a compliment) i like the Q3 opening aswell. im sure i will remember more

smiaras

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krattapopov

i like the intro sequence to bf1942, really builds the multiplayer up

Töpher

FFVII
GTA3
And well, it was only CG, but the intro to the first Gran Turismo was fúcking glorious at the time!

Squall

Always loved both Fallout intros. Great atmosphere setting narratives.

Mechwarrior 4 intro was pretty cool "Ill hold them here for as long as I can"...........brave man

Freespace 1 intro was nice. Got the game off with a bit of tension.

oh and Starcraft: Broodwar.

User45701

I enjoyed the CnC intro`s
Star Trek starfllet command volume 2 introl was good
KKND Xtreme had a good introl aswell

hmm cant think of any others at the mo

oh ye as above mechwarrior was good aswell

Deadwing

Actually a cool intor that really isnt all that stunning at all...the original street fighter 2 intro With the two guys about to punch each other out..and then BAM! *hums* dun dun, dun dun da dadada!

UnrealQueen

Homeworld 2.

Pity the rest of the game is so bad:mad:

Lemming

In no particular order:

Half-Life
Fallout 1/2
Baldurs Gate 1
StarWars: Galaxies (I'm sorry, it has to be said - the opening credits just give you that goosebumps feeling you got as a kid)
I always liked the intro to Quake 2 for some reason ....

Oh, and the opening to Games Workshop's 'Epic 40,000: Final Liberation'. Mmmm ... nyom. Just _feels_ like the dark, oppresive, doom & gloom 41st millenium that we all know and love

Can't remember any others that jump out in my mind

User45701

Armada 1 and Star Trek StarFleet command 3 both had good intro`s

ixoy

I loved the intro to "Syndicate Wars". Hilarious! Everything going to hell. How I laughed...

Winters

Battlefield 1942 [and also Secret Weapons[ have fantastic intro's. All very cinematic and made your mouth water as you watched. And that sub gets away in the end

I am hoping the intro to Battlefield: Vietnam [in March] will be as good if not better.

Mr E

I always loved the intro to Full Throttle .... looking out the back window of Malcolm Corleys limo, you see a dustcloud in the distance, guitars get louder and louder and that great Gone Jackals riff kicks in.... brilliant stuff.

- Dave.

savemejebus

i think the intros to the GC version of Resident Evil and also Resident Evil 0 are pretty good

Fionnan

Hidden and Dangerous2-a great intro,
MEdieval Totalwar great.
Shogun intro was goog enuf

Big Chief

i remember first buying pro evoloution soccer 2 and when the intro came on getting all excited (i had bought it on first day of release), the "we will rock you" and the scenes, fantastic

the lord of the rings games (two towers and return of the king where it shows you the big massive battles about to commence, the build up and then throwing you right into the heat of them)

half life

GTA3 as someone mentioned before

the very first resident evil

splinter cell

probably alot more i cant think of, but what you expect its only 10am and my mind dosent function properly till after lunch (plus my memory is crap... )

SantaHoe

I've always liked the Super Street Fighter 2 intro, building up that fireball.... then *BOK* fade to white.
Lively, simple and to the point... just like the Sonic 2 intro.
Metal gear solid 2 had a cool intro aswell, often times I'd be walking down past the Liffey, and I'd just get the urge to start running and swan-dive over the side on to a shopping trolly.

Kiith

no one has mentioned warcraft 3. the fmv's were fantastic in that game.

i_am_dogboy

homeworld, homeworld 2, loved their presentation
half life
wind waker
resident evil, original and cube for that matter
red alert 2
fallout and fallout 2
wild arms 3
ico, everything about this game is just brilliant

my favourite is definitely soul blade, brilliantly presented with one of the best songs to grace any game......tekken, feh :mad:

shurl

Splinter Cell anyone?

Retr0gamer

The System Shock intro. CG is terrible now but Shodans voice still freaks me out. It's also the only part of the game I've seen since it is the only part that works on XP and I'm too lazy to make a win 98 partition.