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11 Best Video Game Intros Of All Time

GameRevolution:

I don't know about you, but the way a game begins is nearly as important to me as how the experience resolves before the credits roll (some, even after). A solid introduction—whether that be through a gorgeous cinematic, enthralling gameplay moment, or a combination of both—not only gives the player an incredible first impression, but fuels their curiosity and desire to dive deeper into the experience.

It's not easy to craft a compelling opener, but the eleven games we've selected truly exceed in this area. NOTE: In favor of giving as many franchises as possible a moment in the spotlight, we've limited our selections to one game per series. Otherwise, this list would have likely been dominated by all of Mr. Kojima's handiwork.

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Wedge194071d ago

Nice choices! I agree, these are all games that when you put them in and that opening sequence plays, you just get so stoked to be playing that game.

NeXXXuS4071d ago

Needs more Final Fantasy VIII and Legend of Dragoon.

Donnieboi4071d ago (Edited 4071d ago )

Gran Turismo 2 U.S. intro video. WOW. Never expected such an awesome intro for just a racing game.

DragonKnight4070d ago

@NeXXXuS: THANK YOU! I was just going to rant abut how lame the FFVII intro is (and how it's inclusion is typical fan service) and express that the FFVIII intro is an order of magnitude better than the FFVII intro.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

digitaleraser4070d ago

Hm, this list seems more like "11 Of My Favorite Games That Have Intros" than an actual comprehensive list of the greatest intros.

I clicked the link to see where the intro to Another World / Out Of This World landed on this list -- possibly the greatest videogame intro of all time, and definitely one of the top five -- and its glaring omission makes it hard for me to take this list very seriously at all.

meetajhu4070d ago

No Onimusha 3 = instant fail

Relientk774071d ago

The first that comes to mind for me is Final Fantasy VIII

alexcosborn4071d ago

Ahh FFVIII has an incredible intro too. Gotta love those PSone JRPGs!

Hicken4071d ago

And yet, it's not on the list. Damn shame.

Root4071d ago

Yes but when people do articles like this they feel the need to follow the crowd and put FF7 into everything despite other FF games deserving places on these lists more then FF7

It's like if they have to add something FF related it HAS to be FF7

FFVIII had the best intro (among a lot of other things) so I don't see why it wasn't included.

alexcosborn4071d ago

That's not why FFVII was selected over FFVIII. Between the two, I really do think FFVII's is better. It's a matter of opinion, not following the crowd.

DragonKnight4070d ago

you think a few seconds of a panoramic view, followed by the image of a girl, and then a train is better than a battle scene taking place in a thunderstorm between rivals?

HammadTheBeast4071d ago

Agreed, it was pretty awesome and epic at the same time, and the Seifer-Squall fight really set the tone.

TheOneWhoIsTornApart4071d ago

i was almost certain that it would show up on the list. Im very shocked that it wasnt.

Qrphe4070d ago

I went straight to #1 to see if it was FF8 and it wasn't, so I closed the website.

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dbjj120884071d ago

Watching some of these gave me chills. I remember these games so vividly. My favorite on the list has to be Mass Effect 2. Stepping into the vacuum was just jaw-dropping, especially with the sound cranked up.

alexcosborn4071d ago

Totally. That intro was my favorite part of that entire game.

smashcrashbash4071d ago

What about God of War 2 and Kratos's attack on the city followed by the multi tiered Colossus fight? How could you not mention that?

guitarded774071d ago

I was thinking GoW 3 personally, but not having GoW on the list means the author never played a GoW game. Scaling the giant to the epic skull bashing intro was beyond anything I have ever see. I must have said "WOW!!!" to myself a thousand times.

BitbyDeath4071d ago

Yea, GoW3 has got to have had the best intro for a game this gen.

Ilovetheps54071d ago

The Kingdom Hearts 1 intro is still my favorite intro of all time. There is just something special about it. I still watch it on youtube occasionally just because of how great it was.

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Fallout 4's 'next gen' update is over 14 gigs, breaks modded saves, & doesn't change much at all

We were expecting problems with mod support, but there are a lot of other issues.

isarai5h ago

Wow what the actual hell 🤣🤣🤣

just_looken5h ago

This is why you get the GOG version on gog you can select the version of the game to download.

On pc fallout 4 fallout new vegas and skyrim are all broken on steam because they all got the same "next gen" update.

Skyrim dec 2023
https://www.pcgamer.com/sky...

Can not find new vegas but anyone that modded it knows the script extender there was also broken

Valkyrye3h ago

Not accidental, they want modders to stop modding their older games to force them to mod Shitfield.

just_looken1h ago

There doing the same on starfield with a mods store and blocking mods

There goal is like blizzard and what they did with fallout 76 you make mods they can sell and you become a slave.

On skyrim they have "trusted" mod devs now basically a badge that lets your mod on the store you get a crumb of the sale when someone buys it.

Inverno5m ago

lol to the disagrees, the last Skyrim update broke mods too. They've been trying to kill mods to monetize them in creation club for years, it's not a stretch that they purposely put out patches just to break free mods.

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Honkai Star Rail's Revival Tendencies Take Away the Seriousness of Character Deaths

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