Most memorable opening line in a game

[I Have No Idea]

"Stephen King"... what?

Alan Wake, nice.

My Assassin's Creed 2 opening was already ninja'd, so I guess I'll do Call of Duty 4, when Al-Asad shoots you in the beginning:

"This is how it begins."

Man, do those words go well there.

 

[SnakeoilSage]

"I live again..." Caleb from Blood.

 

[Takuanuva]

...this technically counts, right?

 

[Techno Squidgy]

"...that was the first time I died"

What's this from, I recognise it...

 

[Pakkie]

Gotta go with HL2's "rise and shine Mr freeman, rise and shine"

 

[javelinstark]

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

 

[s0p0g]

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

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

 

[Nikolaj Bilgrau]

"And then... he falls to his death... I'm just foolin' ya"

Set the mood so well for Bastion (and yes, one of the first things I did was doing a summersault into the void)

 

[minimacker]

Welcome to the Black Mesa Transit System. This automated train is provided for the security and convenience of the Black Mesa Research Facility personnel.

The time is eight-forty seven A.M. Current outside temperature is ninety three degrees with an estimated high of one hundred and five.

Mmm, Half-Life. So delicious.

 

[Casual Shinji]

"This is Rupture Farms... They say it's the biggest meat processing plant on Oddworld."

Well it's memorable for me...

Oh you beautiful son of a *****! I never expected someone to beat me to the punch with this opening line.

Just hearing the phrase "This is Rupture Farms... " in Abe's signature voice is enough to give me goosebumps.

 

[FoolKiller]

I got some

"Kain is deified"

Ouch... seriously... I got ninja'd on Soul Reaver... ugh

 

[The Harkinator]

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

'Its not the end of the world...... But you can see it from here.'

Deus Ex

'My vision is augmented.'

 

[hoboman29]

Out of the darkness they came with a hateful will to destroy humanity. We fought long and hard and now we are lost for they have taken their evil war into our past. Traveling through time they have sown corruption, unraveling the fabric of our history. Our last chance is to fight back and take their war to them.
Timesplitters 2 intro

 

[woodaba]

"So much to do...
...so little time..."

 

[omicron1]

"We've got a mass poisoning on our hands! So thank your lucky stars and get to your freaking cars!"

 

[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!