Most memorable opening line in a game

[GeorgW]

"War, war never changes"

I see you "War, war never changes" with:
"War has changed."

 

[Thk13421]

"Sleep well?"
"No thanks to your driving, yes."
"So you did miss me."

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

Assassins Creed 2 definitely

"It is a good life we lead brother"
"The best, may it never change"
"And may it never change us"

manly tears every time

 

[robotam]

Well gentlemen tell us about your latest exploits
"After Drek's defeat there were parades, press confrences, fancy dress balls-"
"And the weiner roast at All's"

 

[teqrevisited]

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars.

Paris in the Fall. The last months of the year and the end of the Millenium. The city holds many memories for me, of cafés, of music, of love and of death.
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And after that there's the first in-game speech.

As I picked myself up all I could hear was the ceaseless drone of traffic. Life went on around me, but the explosion was to change my life forever.

 

[Chris Sandford]

"Welcome Back Commander"
Command and conquer.

 

[theguitarhero6]

"For every age, there is a trial..."
Spoken by Samos the Sage in Jak II

 

[Mettking]

"Let's do this..."

-Zero, Megaman Zero 2

 

[Slowpool]

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines.

"I wanna show you something..."

 

[Draitheryn]

"Given the choice, whether to rule a corrupt and failing empire; or to challenge the fates for another throw - a better throw - against one's destiny... what was a king to do? But does one even truly have a choice? One can only match, move by move, the machinations of fate... and thus defy the tyrannous stars. "

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

Ron Pearlman's openings for Fallout games are always pretty cool.

Damn, ninja'd on the first post. I actually used those lines for my final paper in one of my classes.

Other than that, the opening to Mask of the Betrayer.

Spoiler

 

[cmrobbins86]

I still have to go with

"I've been having these weird thoughts lately....Like is any of this for real, or not?"

Kingdom Hearts

 

[duchaked]

probably the opening to Gears of W-haha no no...

Assassin's Creed 2

"It is a good life we lead brother" -Ezio's brother

"The best. May it never change." -Ezio

"And may it never change us." Ezio's brother. Cue sweeping orchestral score.

First time I can say I felt like I was playing a movie

yes! I started Assassin's Creed at 2, and I will say it really did hook me for good right around that point :]

 

[Whalebranch]

From Saint Row the Third
"You're robing a bank dressed as yourselfs"

"Ultra post-modernism... I love it"

I always liked the way he said the second part...

 

[Magicmad5511]

"Hello and Welcome to the Aperture Science Enrichment Center"

 

[peruvianskys]

Yeah, like everyone seems to be saying, COD 4's opening line of "50,000 people used to live here. Now it's a ghost town. I've never seen anything like it." is really pretty great. Half-Life 2, Fallout, the first voice over in Thief 2, and the intro to Hitman 2 all stick with me as well. Also I don't know if it counts but about half an hour into Saints Row when you jump out of the helicopter definitely counts as one of the best "LET'S DO THIS" intros ever.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

Cortana, all I need to know is did we lose them.

I think we both know the answer to that.

(That is also the most memorable closing lines in a game)

 

[Busdriver580]

Shodan's opening monologue in System Shock 2 is easily the best intro dialogue to a game ever,and fairly memorable too, considering its one of very few I remember. The way it syncs up with that electronic whining is creepy.

 

[Anthony Abney]

"War. War never changes. Or does it? The war has changed. Did it? The answer is no. Unless it is yes. No, of course it is, is war. Yes. No. Yes?"

 

[Charli]

Ugh lets let my inner fan shine.

The intro to World of Warcraft will stick with me forever.

Infact the intro cinematics to World of Warcraft Vanilla, Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King have all been utterly timeless.

Cataclysm...egh.