What's your top 3 gaming intro's?

Everybody has experience those great opening gaming sequences that left a huge impression on you and set up the games premise greatly.

So what are yours?

My personal Top 3 has to be:

1) THE DARKNESS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hte4COrrx4

It's gameplay intro was phenomonal at the time. It really paved the way for cinematic designs in videogames with its intro setting Jacke in a car chase scene with two fellow mobsters in his family, laying down the story nicely and opening up the players to what the game was going to be about; pure cinematic first person shooting.

And the fact that you WEREN'T just a floating disembodied head and have the ability to look at your body below the neck, something MOST FPS games do, really immersed you even more in the world. It really made you feel like you were Jackie.

2) GOD OF WAR 3 -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9JYYlWTqPU

Literally blurred the lines between Cinematic experience and gameplay in the first 20 mins. It was absolutely Jaw Dropping and always made me question which parts were actually playable and which parts were cinematic. And the great part? All of them were mostly playable!

3) UNCHARTED 2 -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7BAelqlxwI

Much like God of War 3 and The Darkness, Uncharted 2 opened up the game nicely and really did lay down the story nicely in what was a reiveting opening sequence.

It kept you guessing on how Nathan Drake found himself in that position, and the story of how he got there was even more of an amazing moment in gaming history :)

Gamespot wont let me link, sorry!

1.Indigo Prophecy

2.Fahrenheit

3.Indigo Prophecy

1.Indigo Prophecy

2.Fahrenheit

3.Indigo Prophecy

Slashless

I loved Indigo Prophecy! unfortunately, i didn't get to finish it due to a gamebreaking glitch on my copy :/ The part where you were supposed to walk over a plank of wood to other side glitched on me and always made my guy fall through and die no matter what i did :?

But that game definitely was amazing for it's time. And the nudity in the game caught me off guard when i first saw it as a kid :lol:

I need to play Heavy Rain!

Kingdom Hearts Series. Nuff said.bbkkristian

Kingdom Hearts 2 had the most painfully slow intro in a game. And maybe because i re-played Kingdom Hearts 2 at this age (20) after years of not playing it but the story is absolutely boring :?

I think its because ive just realized how painstakingly simple the dialogue is in the game. It's very childish, but thats what you'd expect from a game with Disney in it. It's just funny how you realize certain things in games you loved when you were a kid and when you're older :P

[QUOTE="Slashless"]

1.Indigo Prophecy

2.Fahrenheit

3.Indigo Prophecy

muffintheduffin

I loved Indigo Prophecy! unfortunately, i didn't get to finish it due to a gamebreaking glitch on my copy :/ The part where you were supposed to walk over a plank of wood to other side glitched on me and always made my guy fall through and die no matter what i did :?

But that game definitely was amazing for it's time. And the nudity in the game caught me off guard when i first saw it as a kid :lol:

I need to play Heavy Rain!

[QUOTE="bbkkristian"]Kingdom Hearts Series. Nuff said.muffintheduffin

Kingdom Hearts 2 had the most painfully slow intro in a game. And maybe because i re-played Kingdom Hearts 2 at this age (20) after years of not playing it but the story is absolutely boring :?

I think its because ive just realized how painstakingly simple the dialogue is in the game. It's very childish, but thats what you'd expect from a game with Disney in it. It's just funny how you realize certain things in games you loved when you were a kid and when you're older :P

Uncharted 2, Zelda:WW , GOW3, and FF7.

Separate lists for me.

New Game Opening Cinematic:
Kingdom Hearts 2
Final Fantasy IX
Kingdom Hearts

Demo Cinematic before hitting the Start button:
Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy XIII
Tales of the Abyss

Cut scene wise

Intro to Killzone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Ns4qIyVpI

F.E.A.R.

That was intense

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0TkpLWtJ_U&feature=related

Batman: Arkham City. So very well done.

Batman: Arkham City. So very well done.

UnrealLegend

Still need to get around that game. I chose Skyrim over it when Skyrim came out. Is there a demo out for Arkham City?

Any bethesda game usually has a really nice intro. Simple but effective. If you count the openings to their games and the opening cinematics it's just epic.

Kingdom Hearts Series. Nuff said.bbkkristian

Not enough said. I've been replaying the games. I'm a good way into 2 and I was cringing those entire first few hours. It was simply unbearable. It was soooo..... painful. I didn't care about anything that was going on and none of it made any sense. Then some faries change your outfit and its been smooth sailing ever sense.

Best intro.... Tough...

3. Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction for being Ratchet in HD.

2. Fallout 3 for having a fairly unique and interesting opener.

1. God of War 2 for doing what I did not think was possible on last gen hardware.

Cinematic wise:

Kingdom Hearts

Killzone 2

Final Fantasy XII

God of War 3

F.E.A.R.

That was intense

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0TkpLWtJ_U&feature=related

Idontremember

Yeah, I'm going with this. That intro was unforgettable.

I also love the first bit of BioShock, where you crash your plane and enter Rapture for the first time. Another "intro" I liked was the first few moments of the Arma 2: Private Military Company DLC. Just set an incredibly gritty atmosphere. I could go on for a while: GTA San Andreas, Far Cry 2, Half-Life 2...

• Chrono Cross
• Uncharted 2
• Batman AC

Favorites as of now:

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner

Resonance of Fate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr1aFFmPqmY

Civilisation 3 intro is kinda cool^

bioshock is one of the first that come to mind...

bioshock is one of the first that come to mind...

lazerface216

Same here.

Bioshock
Half Life 2
.

Thease the only two that popup in my mind, the one that will probably make the list in ME3's, I saw it from the beta leak and I was amazed.

Uncharted 2

God of War 3

Bioshock

1. FF7. It's been a long ass time since I played it, but it's still roughly engraved into my mind. Amazing game.

2. Halo. Not the ship intro, but the outdoor intro. It's gotten a little old now, but it was breathtaking at first.

3. GTA3. When I first saw it on PS2 I was astonished at the graphics and that techno music just pulls you in and sets that first impression.

Chrono Cross is probably the best intro ever made for a Video Game.

I also love the Metal Gear Solid 2 one.

inFamous.

Can't think of two more.

-Beyond Good and Evil

-inFAMOUS

1. Uncharted 2 for the gripping thrill

2. Shadow of Colossus for the story part

3. God of War 3 for both action and story

-Half-Life 2

-God of War 3

-Not sure if counts, but the movie/video that plays for Battlefield 2

-Half-Life 2

-God of War 3

-Not sure if counts, but the movie/video that plays for Battlefield 2

arto1223

It's the theme song that really gets your blood pumping isn't it

inFamous and The Darkness also had amazing intros.

inFamous grabbed me because I just thought the city was a generic background, what I could expect to see in game. Then I push start and BOOM! Everything changes and starts up, and the game is much more disastrous then the peaceful city I saw in the start menu.

GOW3

Uncharted2

KZ2

MGS2

COD4

Shadow of the Colossus

FF7

Heavenly Sword

and many others :)

GOW3

Uncharted2

KZ2

MGS2

COD4

Shadow of the Colossus

FF7

Heavenly Sword

and many others :)

Malta_1980

How could I forget COD4. When the logo came up after the first level I got chills

1. Quake II
2. Halo 3: ODST
3. Super Mario 64

Metal Gear Solid 4 - sh**s more epic than anything

The Witcher 1 - DAT FIGHT SCENE

third place could go to: Oblivion or Killzone 2

I'm entirely confused at some peoples choices in this thread.