Best video game opening of all time

[Milfanito ~]

Hitman: Contracts - Main Intro

Hitman: Contracts - Main Intro-------------------------------------47's gut has been shot after his mission in France.The mission itself is not yet done as h...

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[Mullet2000]

Suikoden III Opening - best quality

Company: KonamiRelease: 2002Songtitel: " Transcending Love"

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[ss_lemonade]

View: https://youtu.be/UUfi80eC9Q8
It looked incredible when it came out and was all realtime too. Next gen leap for me from n64 games

 

[Doc Laserstein]

Ohhh damn, great job! I quite liked the game when it was around for a brief moment and this intro was simply awesome.

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Thanks. It was one of the weirdest jobs I've ever worked for a couple of reasons unrelated to the contract itself, and looking back it's a minor miracle that it even got finished.

 

[KingFrost92]

Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4tyuIh12_HU

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This, but Heavensward for me. It's hype enough that just thinking about the music to it makes me want to re-sub.


View: https://youtu.be/4phUCJlomPo

 

[Bossking]

View: https://youtu.be/UUfi80eC9Q8
It looked incredible when it came out and was all realtime too. Next gen leap for me from n64 games

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Not even the best version


View: https://youtu.be/29LzLQUfzdw?t=43

 

[stn]

Tekken 5 maybe?

 

[Duxxy3]

Was going to say God of War 3 before opening the thread. So good job OP!

 

[BorganXI]

Lunar Silver Star Sega CD

Lunar Silver Star PS1

 

[Dolce]

Lunar Silver Star Sega CD

Lunar Silver Star PS1

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View: https://youtu.be/HfltRGG_yQo

thank you for reminding me

the voice acting in that game is so awesome.

 

[samcirus]

Team Fortress 1 opening. Best intro.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FVJ__rBFxk

 

[Peacemillian]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNq8lqUhoV0

 

[Oddish1]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=923fVDDwaHo

A little surprised nobody posted Chrono Cross yet.

 

[Vonocourt]

Is this for just opening intros? As in cinematics?

Cuz Inside's opening is just amazing.


View: https://youtu.be/GqTUaQ-7rjo

INSIDE — Intro and Game Beginning

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[mute]

FF8 or MGS2, if the before title sequence counts.

 

[Bluesky]

Final Fantasy VII intro

This is the introduction of Final Fantasy VII for Playstation.

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[Senator Toadstool]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lft02DuvqnQ

Peak

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It's cringe now but this rustled the 90s nostalgia in me

 

[Giga Man]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXs4-M-ZiOg

I sing to 0:08 every time. EVERY TIME!

 

[Bishop89]

Yep gow 3

 

[ReclusiveHaze]

Spoilers for Umineko no Naku Koro ni

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC8p_bNhVSE

Yakuza 0 comes to mind as well as Final Fantasy 8 and Chrono Cross.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIGNRLmtIdo

 

[Gavalanche]

I quite liked Lost Osysseys. Big massive battle, as a main character you are fighting some cool looking shit, and then a meteorite falls and wipes out everyone.

 

[Vito]

God of War 3 is definitive up there, easily.

 

[DinoBlaster]

The intro video for NBA Inside Drive 2002


View: https://youtu.be/EDODWpG0uxE

 

[KushalaDaora]

View: https://youtu.be/Sitg0_aO6gE

Digital Devil Saga 2

 

[thewienke]

Soul Blade on PS1.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtF80UCgarY

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14 year old me thought this was a song by "No Doubt" for some reason.

 

[TheSpaceBetween]

Bayonetta 2.

 

[apocat]

it's Soul Blade in the West because of The Edge from U2.

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Not quite.

Wikipedia entry about Tim "the Edge" Langdell.

 

[kowalski]

God of War thread?
GOW II, GOW III, GOW Ragnarök.

 

[Neutron]

Kingdom Hearts (YouTube seems to have issues with link, probably because of the music)


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dLOO2SbdH0


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyBensMp_MA


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfTQDsGvKF0

 

[Dolce]

Not quite.

Wikipedia entry about Tim "the Edge" Langdell.

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oh thanks i even remember that, yet it somehow had escaped my memory entirely. i forgot all about that.

 

[The Deleter]

Wait how the hell has a KH opening not been posted yet

Kingdom Hearts 2 Opening Sanctuary HD

Square Enix

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Edit: Disregard, it didn't show up because of the previous YT video being blocked, whoops

 

[Keldroc]

Soul Blade on PS1.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtF80UCgarY

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There it is.

 

[aidangs]

Ocarina of Time. Those first few notes send shivers down my spine.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9ohCKS_LUM

 

[Hoa]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnd0qg4I_MM

We're suppose to be allies Era! Why wasn't this posted earlier?

Also not enough Arcade representation in here either


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7fWLO0em4k

 

[Jetsun Mila]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfTQDsGvKF0

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This one. No matter how often I revisit XII, I will always watch the intro cutscene.

 

[alexdotgames]

Final Fantasy VII intro

This is the introduction of Final Fantasy VII for Playstation.

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I'm shocked, SHOCKED that it took 66 posts for someone to mention FF7.


View: https://youtu.be/JujtlsiqZ-E

(Well not that shocked.)

 

[eso76]

It's called Soul Edge, and yes, this is the best

The CG itself is dated, but what they did with it is perfect. The shots in all the vignettes are perfect. The music is perfect.

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Funny because I JUST booted this yesterday in Duckstation after many many many years wondering how dated the -once unanimously considered the hypest- intro would feel.

And it gave me goosebumps.
The music was never forgotten of course, but what impressed me was how incredibly well it conveys characters' personality, establishes a background and tells a story for each one in mere seconds.
Fantastic job.

 

[FarSight XR-20]

War. War never changes.


View: https://youtu.be/EM3Y6uw6FtU

 

[LiftGammaGain]

Thought the thread was about gameplay intro…

 

[BrickArts295]

Uncharted 2 has one heck of an opener:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7rc5W0Y9k&ab_channel=LoadScreen

Nolan North said that JJ Abrams told him that this was "the best opening of anything cinematic – TV, film, game – that he's ever seen."

 

[Imran]

It's called Soul Edge, and yes, this is the best

The CG itself is dated, but what they did with it is perfect. The shots in all the vignettes are perfect. The music is perfect.

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Depends on region. The PS1 game was called Soul Blade in the west, Edge was the Arcade/Japanese console title.

 

[Henry Parrish]

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[Wesker]

MGS2

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This. I was here to say this.
Only MGS3 might be better but I do think Solid Snake > Big Boss, so ....
It's this.

 

[Charamiwa]

It's Half Life 2! Short, to the point, iconic as hell.

 

[Rumenapp]

View: https://youtu.be/urg9Q-uhG7k

 

[Tedmilk]

I can't get over this one. Chef's kiss:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT5U4LMiF7M

 

[Red UFO]

It's the Ocarina of Time title screen and it's not even close.

 

[harry the spy]

Soul Blade on PS1.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtF80UCgarY

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So many good choices in the thread, but this is the one beyond the shadow of a doubt, it goes ridiculously hard. Song is still a banger

It's the Ocarina of Time title screen and it's not even close.

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Tbh I don't even remember oot title screen and I played it twice.

 

[Mung]

Yeah I'd go along with ffvii. Intro and first part of the game was amazing.

 

[lvl 99 Pixel]

The Last of Us 1 had one of the most effective intros. Unless you mean like prerendered/cutscene.
I like the Dark Souls intros which are just like "here's some crazy shit you'll see"