Games with intros that make you quit

[BigOrteil]

WoW racials starting zone and beyond. There was a time where I made so many ALT of every frickin' races that I knew every quests lvl 1 to 40ish. It made me quit when I didn't want to continue my main and didn't have the motivation to go through the same quests again with an other alt.

They changed them in Cataclysm but it was too late for me.

 

[TAZZ_MAN_X]

ive only ever quit two games...enchanted arms and it wasnt due to the intro it was a real hatred towards some of the characters and i also hated the fights in it and some top down zombie shooter that i cant even remember the name of that i didnt like the gameplay in it. i also hate the eragon game with a passion i bought it beat it in an hour and took it back and traded it for something better but its still on my hate list

 

[VeryOddGamer]

Yeah, I'm going to jump on the Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords. Peragus was dull the first time and even Telos is rally boring after a couple playthroughs. Good thing you can skip them with mods.

 

[Underpowered]

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Gawd, I hate that dungeon so much.

Skyrim's tutorial has Alduin and an awesome battle. Morrowind's is over in a flash, and lets you figure the rest out yourself, and Oblivion's has Patrick Stewart and...rats... and cultists with bound armour and weapons that mock you as you die (due aforementioned bound items disappearing).

 

[nuba km]

Kingdom Hearts 2. Jesus, that intro is boring. Although I liked Roxas and his friends, I didn't play Kingdom Hearts to hear about the end of summer vacation and homework. It picks up near the end when you meet Axel, so at least there's that.

I hadn't played kingdom hearts in years so recently I popped in kingdom hearts 2 and I timed it the intro is over 3 hours long took me 4 days to play those three hours though afterwards it was a lot of fun.

OT: fallout 3, the moment I leave the vault I have lost all interest.

 

[Danzavare]

Assassin's Creed II: I know Ezio is supposed to be less of a jerk later, but I just hate him too much to lead him to any form of success!

Edit: As for replays, FFXIII: I don't even remember when the intro ended, it just seemed to drag on forever.

 

[hermes]

Kingdom Hearts 2. Jesus, that intro is boring. Although I liked Roxas and his friends, I didn't play Kingdom Hearts to hear about the end of summer vacation and homework. It picks up near the end when you meet Axel, so at least there's that.

You win. That intro was god awful boring, and long... extremely long.

 

[Secret world leader (shhh)]

If I had died one more time on the first real level of Human Revolution the game would have been sent back to the shop and traded for Skyrim money. I did eventually send it back for Skyrim money, but only after wading through about 10-15 hours of gameplay.

 

[Acton Hank]

Kingdom Hearts 2. Jesus, that intro is boring. Although I liked Roxas and his friends, I didn't play Kingdom Hearts to hear about the end of summer vacation and homework. It picks up near the end when you meet Axel, so at least there's that.

As much as I love the game, I'll also have to say Kingdom Hearts II. I usually play past that point once and then before the second battle with Axel happens I save so I don't have to replay that beginning part. It's even worse when you have to do all those jobs.

I love KH2 also but the whole Roxas section could have been tighter, I understand why it was there, but they could have edited a lot out of it and missed nothing.

 

[karcentric]

If you can't skip a cut scene I get annoyed with the game. Especially on replays.

 

[sethisjimmy]

Oh god this happens all the time with me, even with some of my favorite games.
Ocarina of Time's intro/tutorial I find very long and drawn out.
Falllout 3 and NV both have very long, boring intros/tutorials.
Any Pokemon game. IMO Pokemon games have by far the worst intros because anyone who has played a Pokemon game knows all the information they're going to spend half an hour telling you, and there's no option to skip it!

 

[Idocreating]

I know it's there only to hide a loading screen, but if I have to hear that old guy from the intro cinematic of Civ 5 one more time...

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

Risen 2. I borrowed it from a friend, popped it in, and instantly got blown away at how BAD the combat mechanics were. Total play time was... 15 minutes-ish.

You missed out, big time. The game goes from total shit to average to pretty amazing by the end. "Combat mechanics" is the catch-phrase used by those who can't appreciate a good story and characters. Stick to Crysis.

 

[Irridium]

Kotor 1 Taris. Just... ugh.

Also, while not an intro, Dragon Age Origins. The Deep Roads. 15 bear-fucking hours of going through caves, killing Darkspawn.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Gawd, I hate that dungeon so much.

Skyrim's tutorial has Alduin and an awesome battle. Morrowind's is over in a flash, and lets you figure the rest out yourself, and Oblivion's has Patrick Stewart and...rats... and cultists with bound armour and weapons that mock you as you die (due aforementioned bound items disappearing).

Yeah. With Oblivion I always keep a save that's right at the end of the sewers, so I don't need to play through it again. And again. And again. And... well you get the idea.

 

[BytByte]

Alright, let's just run off my growing list of "Games that can kiss my ass because of terrible intros":

Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy XIII
KotOR 2
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts 2
Fire Emblem 7
Tales of Symphonia
The Legend of Zelda- Skyward Sword (I love this series, I hate this game)
Metroid Other M
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn
Eternal Sonata
Golden Sun Dark Dawn

I agree with you on pretty much all of those that I've played except for Symphonia. Maybe because it was my first Tales game, but I actually felt overwhelmed when I was thrust into combat relatively quickly. I would mention the original Shadow Hearts, but that game is just slow in general.

 

[Morti]

I know it's there only to hide a loading screen, but if I have to hear that old guy from the intro cinematic of Civ 5 one more time...

Good news! They did recently patch in an option to disable the intro cinematic and just have a loading screen.

 

[Zydrate]

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. I could not for the life of me get through Helgen Keep.

It's mostly the slow carriage ride for me. That save file the game gives you right before character creation, SO glad that exists. Beyond that, great game.

I mostly just don't like long intros. Mass Effect is a bad offender of long, annoying and boring intros, despite being a great series.

 

[Aurora Firestorm]

MGS4. I playing it through 3 times, the third time was a serious run, all stealth, no kills, no alerts, so I could get all the awesome items. By the time I'd finished that I was already a little bit jaded, but then I go to play through again with my awesome stuff, and they take it away for the first chapter. That was enough for me to just load the last save, fire the Tanegashima once, and call it a day.

Ah hell, I was hoping we could get through the thread without an MGS cutscene comment. Alas.

Er, anyway. I have never had an intro kill the game for me, because I'm fine with sitting through in-game movies, but I'll have to agree with whoever said Pokemon, because seriously, anyone over the age of 10 has learned how to play a Pokemon game by this point. Besides, the tutorial doesn't even teach you the actually confusing bits, like breeding and personality traits and weird crap they introduced in the later games. Anything that makes me follow someone around like a robot instead of *doing* the mechanics to learn them, is dull. You should also be able to skip the tutorial in *any* game.

 

[Pickles]

Mostly on replays.

I happened on the topic whilst booting up KOTOR II, and as brilliant as I think the rest of the game is, I have to admit that the mining facility drags on waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long.

So what games have you played that did this?

To my delight, I discovered that there is a mod which lets you skip the entire intro level on the mining facility. One of the best mods I've ever found =D

 

[Nivek999]

Is anyone else noticing a trend here? These are some of the best videogames ever made. The complaints you have are mostly from playing the same story based game over and over. Developers cannot erase your memory. If riding a tram in halflife or playing the beginning of ff7 annoys you maybe you don't appreciate games as much as you should. Gamers show so little graditude for the truly great games that are released. If you are bored of the intros of these kind of games maybe you should try going outside.