Incline Best Video Game Intro

[luj1]

The expansion is better than the original.

Brood War is probably the best RTS ever made

 

[catfood]

 

[luj1]

I think this thread proves these old games had great CGI intros

nowadays we get cheap-looking, low effort graphic novel-style intros, with badly drawn 2D clip art characters

 

[ferratilis]

Clearly made by people who understand and love car culture, and appreciate its history.

 

[rumSaint]

 

[KafkaBot]

Someone already posted Thief, so let's go these:



Possesioner is a shit game, but that opening's simply gorgeous.



Yu-NO's opening is simple, but I love the soundtrack, the atmosphere and

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the fact that you need to go back to it to solve a puzzle.

 

[Ivan]

 

[KafkaBot]

I'd argue the japanese version of that one is superior:

 

[Modron]

Yakuza main menu openings are terrible because they spoil 90% of the story beats in a couple of minutes since they are just clips of what's to come. Save them for after you beat the game.

 

[rumSaint]

 

[Dr Skeleton]

Most of the good ones are already posted, so I'll just add:



Now, a lot of the visuals are very , and yes, it's just music over random fantasy scenes happening, but the music is very good and they fit it nicely with introducing the factions.

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Other than the great soundtrack the game is not very good. It's based on a french comic, which was also not very good

 

[Late Bloomer]

 

[KeAShizuku]

command and conquer.

Made me want to become a terrorist as a kid.

 

[3 others]

MSX Metal Gear 2 - a game that I've never played - has a really nice intro. Great tech spy tune, very fitting lo-fi pseudocode visuals. Really sets the mood for... what was it called again? "Tactical espionage action"?


Kojima nailed the Bond homage aesthetics on PS2 hardware with Snake Eater too, a rare instance where a vocal track fits in a vidya gayme.

 

[Tweed]

 

[911 Jumper]

Easily this

 

[Monk]

 

[biggs]

Only game that I let the intro play every time

Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne

Legendary

Zero Wing

 

[NecroLord]

Also Thief 1 and 2.

 

[VerSacrum]

Also Thief 1 and 2.

These are definitely among my top 10 as well. Came to post the Thief intro (always gets me psyched) but saw that JarlFrank already did so.

 

[Arthandas]

What immediately pops into my mind is Tekken 2/3 (still give me goosebumps) and original WoW intros:

Yu-NO's opening is simple, but I love the soundtrack, the atmosphere and

Mandatory brofist for YU-NO.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

dawn of war, pure badassery.




chrono cross, pure emotion.

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

A lot of selections here are intros for great video games, but not necessarily great intro videos. You might have some nostalgia for them, but it doesn't make them great. For example, Ultima Underworld is one of the greatest and most influential games ever made, but the intro is ... nothing special.

Here are some really good intros:

 

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