Best Video Game Openings

[Xander45]

Right i'm bored and started playing my old Soul Blade rom, which as anyone who's played it will know, has a sensational opening video. So i thought i'd start a thread* celebrating the best opening videos to some classic games.









*That will probably end up containing hundreds of fail pictures

 

[Donut]

No contest for me here...

 

[CLK_FPC]

xander has great taste ff8 would have been my pick

 

[RedSky]

That Dawn of War 2 opening cinematic is pretty amazing. As is the Mark of Chaos. Very realistic film quality cinematics.

 

[Xander45]

xander has great taste ff8 would have been my pick

Why thank you kind sir. The first time i saw it i was blown away, especially seeing as 7 was only just over a year old and the improvement in graphics was amazing.

 

[CLK_FPC]

i think as a whole the game ff8 was spectacular the fmv where Irvine was meant to shoot the sorceress was one of the best I have seen

 

[Xander45]

Very true, 8 doesn't get the kudos it deserves. It's always been in 7's shadow but for me it's the best of the lot, with 10 and 7 not far behind.

So many great moments in it, the assassination attempt and the build up to it, saving Rinoa as she's floating off into space, all the Laguna flashbacks and the link between all the characters. I think i'm gonna have to start playing it when i get back from work now!

 

[CassiusClaymore]

I can't see any of them vids from this PC but Bioshock if it hasn't been posted.

More recently, Dead Space grabbed me by the jaffers. Having to leg it to a lift, without any weapons and with one of them 'things' chasing you. I nearly soiled myself. Especially as I had a dodgy bumper button on my controller.

 

[R.N7]

It's very short but i really like it.

 

[R.N7]

 

[Count Duckula]

Actually I don't think the WoW intro is the best in the series, even, the Burning Crusade intro is much better:

 

[Ixion]

 

[D J Dog Toffee]

That's exactly what I thought of when I opened the thread!

I even videoed that so as people at college could see it. They all went:

"Wow, that's brilliant! Is the game like that?"

And I replied:

"No."

 

[gaffs]

Bioshock.

 

[IBleedRed]

Armored Core are always solid

 

[vanthaman]

 

[IBleedRed]

Best part at 1:06

 

[AllhailManUtd]

I nearly shat myself the first time i saw this baby:

 

[duffer]

I always loved the over the top crappy acting the the Red Alert games...

 

[duffer]

This is not an opening, but on the DVD with the game.

Gemma Atkinson? Check.
Mr Sulu from Star Trek? Yes.
Verne Shillinger from Oz? Of course.
Jenny McCarthy? Present.
John Abruzzi from Prison break (when it was good)? What do you think!

 

[Adzzz]

Final Fantasy 7 easily.

 

[mexos]

I'll second Tekken 3

KING OF THE IRON FIST TOURNAMENT, ENTER THE TEKKEN!

 

[jveezy]

It's very short but i really like it.

The Playstation intro is pretty good too. I think they use the same one for the DS as well.

This one is absolutely brilliant. All out speed in your face.

 

[Stobzilla]

FF 8

Easily.

 

[VidaRed]

Prince of Persia 3D

 

[AllhailManUtd]

Not a classic game but this intro is probably the best Ive ever seen in terms style and graphics

 

[DoctorEvil]

Old classic:

 

[Sky1981]

Star Craft

The zerg comming, the starship fleeing... massive!

 

[Count Duckula]

Star Craft

The zerg comming, the starship fleeing... massive!

Blizzard are fecking brilliant at cinematics in their games. The final scenes of Warcraft III are pants-wettingly good.

 

[Nucks]

Mark of Chaos is easily the best video game cinematography to date. Too bad the game was total garbage.

The guys that did Mark of Chaos could make a feature film with the quality of their work and make bags of money.

 

[Hellboy]

FF 8.

Easily.

 

[vuc]

MGS 1

 

[Alex]

FF 8.

Easily.

Agreed fecking loved that game

 

[Doogie]

 

[kietotheworld]

One of the best games ever as well.

 

[Xander45]

 

[ILBB15]

Empire Total War

 

[ILBB15]

These are epic.

 

[CROmanc]

 

[CROmanc]

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