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Title: game intros that kick ass
Post by: Barry the Nomad on October 28, 2010, 12:14:15 pm
I've recently been on a kick of watching game intros, specifically ones that kick ass.

Now when I say "intro", I don't mean opening cinematics or a cutscene before a first level. I'm talking about the lead in to the "press start" screen, or what appears while "press start" is flashing. Something that occurs as soon as you boot up a game without having to hit any buttons. Here are a few that I've recently enjoyed:

[youtube:aueuex8t]WWXgGaWN9cY[/youtube:aueuex8t]

[youtube:aueuex8t]EvpR9_AVhuk[/youtube:aueuex8t]

[youtube:aueuex8t]8lSS_izgMMA[/youtube:aueuex8t]

[youtube:aueuex8t]nig0kqYLUoU[/youtube:aueuex8t]

Okay, W&W was a little soft for a kick ass intro, but as an indie game I thought it kicked ass. Also the little Happy Birthday message was sweet.
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: Orta on October 28, 2010, 12:26:55 pm
[youtube:2s1eba0x]xfIfR4t2WL4[/youtube:2s1eba0x]

I believe I just won three internets.
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: Barry the Nomad on October 28, 2010, 12:54:35 pm
Quote from: "Orta"
I believe I just won three internets.

internet, intranet and extranet.  :afroman:
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: crackdude on October 28, 2010, 01:10:39 pm
cofShadowTheHedgehogcof what?
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: fluffymoochicken on October 28, 2010, 01:53:37 pm
Quote from: "crackdude"
cofShadowTheHedgehogcof what?
[youtube:166vqa9e]I6zySpBTSwg[/youtube:166vqa9e]
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: MadeManG74 on October 28, 2010, 02:29:47 pm
Barry, I see your CVS intro and raise you a SVC:Chaos intro!

[youtube:1ubir35s]0Y9r_yPUy14[/youtube:1ubir35s]


Here's one of my favourites ever though, from Age of Empires II: Age of Kings: this one is just brilliant IMO (Yes it's before you press any buttons, so it counts!)
[youtube:1ubir35s]i5aXVJj2ne0[/youtube:1ubir35s]
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: Barry the Nomad on October 28, 2010, 02:54:27 pm
That SVC:Chaos intro was truly kick ass.

[youtube:33djm250]l1mtXl-uwkQ[/youtube:33djm250]

Ah memories... reminds me of a 2am in 2001... kick... ass... :(
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: CrazyT on October 31, 2010, 12:19:30 am
Jap/eur
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USA

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Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: SOUP on October 31, 2010, 09:15:12 am
^ I've got some pretty fond memories of the "Sonic Boom" version. I had the PC version and used to watch this intro movie over and over again.
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: crackdude on October 31, 2010, 10:26:03 am
I downloaded a while back a super high quality DVD+DL version of Sonic CD intro. Amazing work by some fans, remastered frame by frame.
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: CrazyT on October 31, 2010, 12:36:53 pm
Sonic was a total bad ass in that intro cutscene. All it would take to attract people to the sonic franchise is to show this opening and they'd be sold :afroman:
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: CosmicCastaway on November 05, 2010, 12:34:27 pm
Here are a few of my favorites.

Soul Calibur III:
[youtube:r0avj3w5]NHmd1LyKfXY[/youtube:r0avj3w5]

Shining Force EXA:
[youtube:r0avj3w5]QiD7l4z2s0o[/youtube:r0avj3w5]

Odin Sphere:
[youtube:r0avj3w5]jEMBRpd9c98[/youtube:r0avj3w5]

God of War III:  (possible spoilers!)
[youtube:r0avj3w5]94SAF-Gzdg0[/youtube:r0avj3w5]
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: MadeManG74 on November 05, 2010, 05:36:59 pm
Call of Duty: World at War.
Such a great looking and well made intro, they used this propoganda style for all the mission intros too. I think WaW was probably my favourite COD game this gen.

[youtube:2s31sdpp]FedjyZ1Tlc4[/youtube:2s31sdpp]
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: CrazyT on November 19, 2010, 07:55:32 pm
[youtube:2zwxxdl3]HYXGXKNcnyo[/youtube:2zwxxdl3]
Sonic shuffle
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: Barry the Nomad on November 20, 2010, 09:18:37 am
^ Agreed, Shuffle has a great intro. Cool music and I liked the cel shaded renders. Also, looking back at it, I really like how it wasn't bogged down by characters introduced in Sonic Adventure 2 (Shadow, Rouge) and the Advance series (Cream).

The only stars are Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy because... that's really all they had! Depicted by their Dreamcast SA models to boot! Smartly, the secondary characters were unlockables, not shoehorned into the main story mode (Big the Cat, E-102, Super Sonic and a Chao).
Ah the good ol' days...

Two more kickass intros:
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Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: CosmicCastaway on November 20, 2010, 11:51:33 am
Here's another one I like.

[youtube:2fklu37m]i3QJwp_U2hE[/youtube:2fklu37m]
Title: Re: game intros that kick ass
Post by: MadeManG74 on November 20, 2010, 01:44:21 pm
Oh man, I forgot how much I liked the Powerstone Opening!

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ANY
DREAM
COME

TRUE.



Oh yes, almost forgot about the Shining Force Trilogy openings! Great music especially makes these really epic:
[youtube:1793c70r]K39QNL8F_XM[/youtube:1793c70r]

[youtube:1793c70r]GU3lvg0lJgc[/youtube:1793c70r]

[youtube:1793c70r]VSwfjjE6E38[/youtube:1793c70r]