Videogame intros

[Woider]

What are you guys and gals' favourite videogame intros? Doesn't matter if they're a cinematic, in-game or just engine-rendered. Trailers count if they're part of the game, and not just promo material. (Put links to videos in a spoiler to avoid stupid page-loading.)

Spoiler: It's a beautiful day, full of opportunity

Spoiler: You shall be King

Spoiler: The game was rigged from the start

 

[JDeko]

Easy Mode:

Spoiler

Spoiler

 

[Woider]

Easy Mode:

Spoiler

Spoiler

Honestly, I thought you were pulling my plonker for a moment. But that's just because I consume like no media from Japan.

 

[Kesil]

Some PlayStation ones. I blame their respective OSTs.

Spoiler: The legend will never die

Spoiler: 100% Morricone Whistling Approved

Spoiler: The first OST I got in .flac

Spoiler: I liked the other intro too.

 

[Ethereal Dragon]

Easy Mode:

Spoiler

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Awww yeah Tales of Series games are awesome plain and simple. I've only beaten 2 of them though Legendia and Abyss.

Some PlayStation ones. I blame their respective OSTs.

Wild Arms... I have a copy of that game still, same with Chrono Cross. God they don't make games as good as they did in the 90s and early 2000s anymore.

 

[RanmaChan]

I have a ton of favorites, it is really hard to choose.

Spoiler: Where is the air support?!

Spoiler: PEACE THROUGH POWER

Spoiler: Wololo!

Also, @Woider this is the best Arthas cinematic. Next to when he ascends Icecrown Citadel to become the Lich King, of course.

Spoiler: Your father ruled this land for 70 years, and you have ground it to dust in days.

 

[Ch0w]

Funny enough not only the intro/opening from most games listed here are great but all their soundtrack, tried to keep the list short

Spoiler: I prefer the Wild Arms 2 opening, both Disc 1 and Disc 2 openings

Spoiler: I never get tired from this one

Spoiler: sad no sequels

 

[Ch0w]

Spoiler: from game series i most played in my life

Spoiler: Lunar

Spoiler: and for sure

 

[Skeleton Man]

Spoiler: Transcending history and the world, a tale of awesome Namco intros... eternally retold

Spoiler: I could put literally any of Guilty Gear's OPs here and they'd all deserve it equally

Spoiler: Obligatory Persona OP

Spoiler: DMC3.

Spoiler: Gibberish lyrics were cool before NieR

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[orcsoul]

Spoiler: Mostly because it was taken almost directly from the Bladerunner movie intro (And Shadowrun is just awesome).

Spoiler: Hard for me to pick between the original or the "remastered" version of this one...

Spoiler: It's (another) long one... but boy does it set a tone and manage to hit you right in the feels without uttering a single word.

 

[BlueRaverFox]

Spoiler: Furries + Mechs!

 

[Freed85]

Spoiler: MW4: Not Cod

Spot lights 2 personal favorite mechs of mine only to promptly and utterly destroy them.

Spoiler: C&C:RA2

Would put Tiberian Sun instead since it was a personal fav but someone beat me to it: Peace Through Power!... Still prefer GDI's mechs though...

Spoiler: Titanfall 2

Spoiler: ME2

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[Woider]

Still prefer GDI's mechs though...

Tiberium Wars is the best C&C, that isn't RA2.

Speaking of which.

Spoiler: We musn't do anything to disrupt space-time continuum

 

[Freed85]

Tiberium Wars is the best C&C, that isn't RA2.

I know I was still reminiscing about Tiberian Sun where GDI fielded the Titan and Wolverine mechs even though I posted a video of RA2 and RanmaChan beat me to the good Tib sun cinematic.

 

[RanmaChan]

I know I was still reminiscing about Tiberian Sun where GDI fielded the Titan and Wolverine mechs even though I posted a video of RA2 and RanmaChan beat me to the good Tib sun cinematic.

Well, I posted the Nod intro cinematic. You could have posted the GDI intro cinematic? Lol
Oh god. As much as I love Tim Curry and Peter Stormare, those cut-scenes always made me cringe.
Also the fact that someone thinks Tiberium Wars is second best, makes me kind of sad. xD

 

[Woider]

Tim Curry

I AM ESCAPING TO THE ONE PLACE THAT HAS YET TO BE CORRUPTED BY CAPITALISM! SPUAYCE!!

Just because C&C4 was bad doesn't mean C&C3 wasn't great.

 

[RanmaChan]

Just because C&C4 was bad doesn't mean C&C3 wasn't great.

Eh, I dunno. I just couldn't take to C&C 3. Couldn't enjoy it. Dunno why. Different strokes for different folks though I suppose.
I think my favorite actor in RE2 next to Udo Kier as Yuri, would be Ray Wise as President Dugan. All I can think of when I see scenes with him is him turning to the player/camera and shouting: LAURA! Lol

Also, I just thought of another of my favorite ones!

Spoiler: Military! Science! Consumer!

 

[JDeko]

Spoiler: ME2

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Just replayed that last night! I'd like to say "It'd be great if not for having to walk so damn slow!" But the last 3 times I played through it I never thought to look up through the holes in the Normandy.

 

[Woider]

Spoiler: How could I possibly the greatest RTS game of all time?

Spoiler: Vive le Empereur

 

[orcsoul]

If we're talking about RTS', and specifically C&C... how could anybody leave out the intro that objectively had the best musical number for the entire series

Spoiler: C&C: Red Alert

 

[Woider]

Frank Klepacki is the fucking god of videogame music.

 

[Ethereal Dragon]

The problem with the more recent C&C games is that as soon as EA acquired westwood studies they fired pretty much the whole development team for Westwood. The result is the terrible crap that was released as C&C4, C&C4 was the final nail in the coffin for the C&C games, there were other games being developed in recent years but of course EA shut down those projects because they said they wouldn't be good. Reality of it is is that inter-corporate politics within EA is what caused those projects to be shuttered.

 

[Woider]

The problem with the more recent C&C games is that as soon as EA acquired westwood studies they fired pretty much the whole development team for Westwood. The result is the terrible crap that was released as C&C4, C&C4 was the final nail in the coffin for the C&C games, there were other games being developed in recent years but of course EA shut down those projects because they said they wouldn't be good. Reality of it is is that inter-corporate politics within EA is what caused those projects to be shuttered.

There is a good "History of Command and Conquer" video that goes into this, on the GVMERS channel.

 

[Ethereal Dragon]

There is a good "History of Command and Conquer" video that goes into this, on the GVMERS channel.

yup that's where I got most of my info.

 

[Woider]

yup that's where I got most of my info.

A lot of it did seem kinda familiar, but assuming makes an ass out of u and me.