Best Game Openings...

[Seriin]

Final Fantasy 8 is my favourite for sentimental reasons. However, my first and subsequent times seeing the intro to Lost Odyssey blew me away.

 

[oppp7]

Half Life 2. I didn't care for it too much, but I did love G-man.
Also, Warcraft 3.

 

[whiskey rock n' roller]

Civilization 4, every Devil May Cry game, Dawn of War and Vigilante 8.

 

[nomzy]

Half Life 2 and the Andrew Ryans intro speech.
Epic win.

 

[Comma-Kazie]

Mass Effect 2.

Joker's god damned stubborn-ness got rid of two of years Shepard's life, though.

Bugger, I was going to mention that one.

Oh well.

 

[Mcupobob]

D-day on company of heros, powerful made me feel as if I was there in till the camera paned out.

 

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[sanspec]

i didn't read through all of them so this may be already up.

lost odyssey's open fight scene.
god of war 2.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

i have to agree with the dissidia opening intro...that cutscene video is fucking epic

but in terms of actual gameplay openers..someone said halo 2, that wasn't too bad, your big gun tower is about to blow up so your racing to shove the nuke off the station, pretty good

ffx was good too, the blitzball plus sick ass metal song....win

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Kingdom Hearts 2, I love that intro, mainly because of Utada Hikaru.

Seriously? The six-hour tutorial comprised of boring, annoying, menial chores? The intro that acclimates the player to a group of characters that we will neither see nor hear from again over the next 30 hours of the game and who will have absolutely no impact on the game's events whatsoever? The one that takes the most hyped character in the series and writes him out as quickly as humanly possible? That intro?

Sorry, going to have to disagree.

My votes are for:

Resident Evil 4 ("Where's everybody going? ... Bingo?")
Half-Life 2 ("Rise and shine, missster Freeman... rise and... shine...")
Kingdom Hearts 1 (Too many good things to say)

gotta agree. kh2 tutorial was such a fucking turn off to the game, it pissed me off beyond belief to beat that part..playing the game a second time was a tough decision due to having to play through that crap, it was such a "chore" as you put it, and it was so damn long and useless...kh1 was WAY better, especially the video to it, awesome.

 

[escapist_wolfand]

yea dissidea was awesome

 

[escapist_wolfand]

i'd have to say this


(i dont' know how to post videos, so if that didn't work then)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMTizJemHO8

and this


( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaMPzch0L28 )

oh and this


(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOBIia5_MNE)

 

[AlpineGuy]

The opening to Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening always leaves me with my mouth agape.
I mean, Dante makes eating pizza and badass demon-slaying go together so well!

 

[minispike47]

Bioshock, its so atmospheric

 

[Lamppenkeyboard]

Saints Row 2 has the main character basically blow up a prison. That he is prisoner in.

 

[traceur_]

DON'T YOU GIVE UP ON IT, ANOTHER WORLD AWAITS YOU!


This one is freaking awesome, ultra badass sport, ultra badass metal, ultra badass SIN!



And the Dissidia opening is just one of the greatest fight scenes ever, my jaw dropped the first time I saw it, it is so fucking awesome.

 

[Jenova65]

Mass Effect 2.

Joker's god damned stubborn-ness got rid of two of years Shepard's life, though.

I hadn't thought of it that way *runs off to break Joker's legs*

 

[Mozza444]

Killzone 2 had a great intro

 

[Volafortis]

Mass Effect 2, for sure.