Most memorable opening line in a game

[CleverCover]

Bioshock 1's opening was beautiful. When Andrew Ryan was speaking, it commanded me to pay attention and listen to his words, even though I was on edge waiting for the game to really start.

 

[thephill]

'This is Rupture Farms...'
gave me nightmares as a kid

EDIT:
damn just noticed someone already posted that one. still the best game i ever played though

 

[Vuliev]

Hmm. It's a tie between


and



Nothing else even comes close.

 

[Ohhi]

Not an opening line but still sets the tone of the game.

Shaundi: what is that?
Player: That plane is heading straight for us.
Shaundi: do you have a plan?
Player: If I time it right I can shoot through the front window of the plane fly through kill Pierre and fly out the other side.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

the opening sequence in brutal legend
"metal is dead"
the truth of that statement made me want to weep

Do you ever feel like you were born in the wrong time period? Like you were meant to be born back when music meant something?

....What, you mean like the sixties?

No, I mean even earlier.... like the early sixties.

"I am Gabriel Angelos, Captain of the Blood Ravens."

awesome because of the awesomeness that comes afterwards; and great voice acting by Paul Dobson

As awesome as the Dobson Brothers are, Fred Tatasciore and whoever voiced Azariah Kyras steal the show in Retribution and Chaos Rising. Araghast the Pillager!

 

[RipRoaringWaterfowl]

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

Ninjas... damn...

So, yeah, this is my top pick, but the original Duke Nukem's "I'm Back" is pretty cool, too.

 

[CarlsonAndPeeters]

"Proper story supposed to start at the beginning. Ain't so simple with this one..."

Definitely one of the better ones out there.

I have asked the plants and they do not remember. The plants have asked the rocks, and the rocks do not recall. Even the rocks do not recall.

My friends and I quote this endlessly. Best game series of that console generation, potentially?

Also should give a shout-out to the opening line from Limbo: "..."

 

[Treblaine]

"Rise and Shine... mMister Freeman"

But I hope more originally:


Paul MUTHAFUCKIN Eiding. Whether he tells you to rescue the Darpa Chief or destroy Diablo, you do what he says!

if only Paul Eiding could introduce every game...

"Rise and shine... Snake..."

 

[aescuder]

"Hell, It's about time!" -Tychus

 

[TheScientificIssole]

"Is that the kind of person we want defending the galaxy?"
"It's the only kind of person who can defend the galaxy."

BOI I'M TINGLIN' ALREADY!
They've all been taken by you lovable little scamps!

 

[EricKei]

The pickings are getting a mite slim...So, instead of yet another Fallout 3 post...Something a bit less awe-inspiring, but effective nonetheless. As with most of the game, the intro is juuuust slightly influenced by a movie. Here, A Clockwork Orange.

"Well, there I am: Conker, the King. King of all the land...It's a long story. It all started yesterday..."

- Conker's Bad Fur Day

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

Really it has got to be fallout.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Uncharted 2

"I have not told half of what I saw. I was sure no one would believe me." -Marco Polo

And then that bitching opening with the train.

 

[Racecarlock]

"Hello, and again, welcome to the aperture science computer aided enrichment center."

 

[SidingWithTheEnemy]

There have been some good ones, but sadly you all fail utterly to grasp the most magnificient start of a videogame that has ever been made and will ever been made.
I know, I know this sounds quite arrogant but knowing the truth can be harsh...

Spoiler: The most memorable openingline in videogames thus far

Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Operator: Main screen turn on.
CATS: [HEADING=1]All your base are belong to us.[/HEADING]
CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.
Captain: For great justice.

 

[demoman_chaos]

Wise man once said, "Welcome to DIE!!!!!"

 

[RipRoaringWaterfowl]

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

I never realized how awesome those lines were until now. Thank you, good sir!

 

[bootz]

"shit some cowboy just clipped me."

"they say our people have no present, only a past filled with horror and a future they can only dream of"

 

[asco]

"Most people think time is like a river, that flows swift and sure in one direction.
But I have seen the face of time, and I can tell you: They're wrong.
Time is an ocean in a storm.
You may wonder who I am, and why I say this.
Sit down, and I will tell you a tale like none that you have ever heard."

- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time