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Post by JuniorFE on Sept 3, 2023 13:08:04 GMT
Demon's Souls as well, now that I remember it. The original one at that, for some reason I like it more than the remake's and as far as I can tell I'm not alone in that opinion
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Sept 3, 2023 13:31:52 GMT
Most of my favorite intros are from 90's PC games. X-Com, Magic Carpet, System Shock... just to name a few. I loved Syndicate Wars. Everything is a utopian dream until a church if the epoch virus attacks the control chips in people's heads to reveal a blade runner corporate hellscape. Then the unisols rock up with miniguns to cleanup and the music kicks in. I remember the video being a literal slideshow on my old 486 and I could only truly appreciate it when I upgraded to my cyrix 586 (no GPUs then boys) Looking back on it now and it doesnt match anywhere close to the memory I have in my head and if you never played it back in the day it'll just be blocky hideous vomit. |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Sept 3, 2023 13:42:20 GMT
The Shadow of the Colossus intro is amazing. Just the majestic scenery as the eagle flies over it, with Kow Otani's superlative score.
And speaking of scores,Nobuo Uematsu's music turns Final Fantasy 6's simple intro into something that feels epic
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Post by Vandelay on Sept 3, 2023 13:43:20 GMT
The music maybe hasn't aged that well, but I always loved all the Thief cutscenes.
The intro isn't as good as the Garret related one though.
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Jedi knight, even with the slightly cheesy acting. Shame this clip doesn't include the flythrough of Naar Shadar that starts the game proper.
Plus Bioshock.
Loved the Jedi Knight 2 opening. Was able to quote it word for word as a kid. Half-Life 1's intro has already been mentioned, but 2's intro to City 17 was a real standout at the time. Don't think it holds up as well now, as it all feels a bit small, but at the time it was amazing. If we are talking gameplay openings, then the opening of Breath of the Wild is fantastic. The Great Plateau really sells you on what the game is. |
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Post by Phattso on Sept 3, 2023 13:56:07 GMT
Great thread. I'm gonna do some thinking, but be forewarned I'll be spamming the thread with Spectrum and Amiga videos before the day is out.  |
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Post by zephro on Sept 3, 2023 14:08:04 GMT
Loved the Jedi Knight 2 opening. Was able to quote it word for word as a kid. Half-Life 1's intro has already been mentioned, but 2's intro to City 17 was a real standout at the time. Don't think it holds up as well now, as it all feels a bit small, but at the time it was amazing. If we are talking gameplay openings, then the opening of Breath of the Wild is fantastic. The Great Plateau really sells you on what the game is. Nah it still holds up. Valve really nailed the scale and architecture so we'll it just feels real somehow. Only Arkane do that as well I think. |
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Post by Rubicon on Sept 3, 2023 14:14:26 GMT
The original Soul Reaver for me - the mix of narration and music is sublime.
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Post by Danno on Sept 3, 2023 14:17:18 GMT
The original Soul Reaver for me - the mix of narration and music is sublime. Hell yeah. Wish whoever owns it now would sort out a remaster or three |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Sept 3, 2023 15:19:27 GMT
Another intro that really only becomes amazing because of the music
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2023 16:19:19 GMT
I went with FMVs, but for real time intros, nothing beats the MGS1 and Shenmue intros that were listed on the first page.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Sept 3, 2023 17:05:31 GMT
The Grim Fandango intro is class. Manny shifting from sinister to salesman mode, and that smash cut to the Excelsior Line.
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Post by JuniorFE on Sept 3, 2023 19:25:44 GMT
I've got another one, it's a fair bit more recent but...
RIP Koichi Sugiyama, your music will (hopefully) live on for a long time yet
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Post by JuniorFE on Sept 3, 2023 19:29:39 GMT
And something I can't believe I forgot, Mario Strikers Charged Football
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Post by hedben on Sept 3, 2023 19:42:31 GMT
Borderlands - Ain’t no rest for the wicked. Really set the tone.
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Post by Vortex on Sept 3, 2023 19:55:37 GMT
Definitely, the first borderlands had a great intro.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Sept 3, 2023 20:34:54 GMT
Diablo 2 is another good one
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Post by Syrette on Sept 3, 2023 21:29:44 GMT
Bit of a stretch calling it an intro but I adored the opening chapters of Mafia 2.
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Post by bichii2 on Sept 3, 2023 21:48:51 GMT
As mentioned I'll say all the BioShock's, especially 1 and infinite.
Half life.
Resident evil 1.
Unreal the game, I think 1998. .
The last of us.
Prey.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 4, 2023 6:06:08 GMT
I dunno if they count as 'intros', but the opening sections of Portal 1 and Portal 2 are great.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 4, 2023 8:47:20 GMT
Oh, thought of another one. The intro TV show for Interstate '76 was awesome. I love how they kept it all in-character for a show.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Sept 4, 2023 10:55:15 GMT
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Post by zephro on Sept 4, 2023 12:05:07 GMT
Is the Red Alert into as a whole good? Or can you basically play Hell March over the top of anything and it comes out epic? A slide show of my cat having naps in weird places for instance.
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Post by baihu1983 on Sept 4, 2023 13:56:45 GMT
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Post by britesparc on Sept 4, 2023 14:04:23 GMT
I used to love intros back in the Amiga days where you'd have a whole disk dedicated just to the intro. For some reason the one that sprung to mind was a platform game called Premiere, that I really loved but which is probably quite obscure now. It has some terrific early-90s pixel animation. And digitised speech!
But I agree that the truly correct answer is Another World.
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Post by pierrepressure on Sept 4, 2023 14:40:10 GMT
It looks like trash now but a lot of Squaresofts CGI always used to impress me. Would love a remake of Parasite Eve, though I'm sure they'd only mess it up.
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Post by malek86 on Sept 4, 2023 15:21:17 GMT
I thought the Red Alert intro was the one with Einstein going back in time?
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Post by rwklau on Sept 4, 2023 20:31:36 GMT
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Post by hicksy on Sept 4, 2023 20:51:45 GMT
Another World (classic mini intro!)
New game in Football Manager! (Wrexham FC welcomes Dave Deadpool Dangerson)
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Post by Vandelay on Sept 4, 2023 21:51:26 GMT
I thought the Red Alert intro was the one with Einstein going back in time? Not certain, but this video shows that playing when you start the campaign (from the Remastered version). Also has that montage right after though, so maybe it plays those both on boot up as well, but the shared vid only had the montage. youtu.be/zKMM_65SEvg?si=5z6B4yCNYIuY25Pb |
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Post by rwklau on Sept 4, 2023 22:17:51 GMT
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