best opening ever

[killer kirby]

just got inspired by the greatest ending ever so i thought i might put this up. anyway the best opening there are three of them first one is FF VIII really good next is Resident Evil: Code Veronica loved it how she was able to beat all these people and last the legend of Zelda: Wind Waker there is something good about it. so theres mine so what are yours?

[Calza]

I would probably have to say FF VIII as well but when i tried to start a new Game it always froze there :(

[pedrocasilva]

I would probably have to say FF VIII as well but when i tried to start a new Game it always froze there :(Final Fantasy VI had a great nostalgic opening, also loved Tales Of Phantasia, Zelda Majora Mask and Chrono Trigger openings

[McMad]

The beginning of Resident Evil 4 rocked. You enter the village and everyone comes at Leon from all angles, then you run into the house only for the chainsaw guy to come after you. Then if you survived all that the villagers walk away and 'Resiednt Evil' appears on the screen. Awesome. :D

[Andrew]

FFVII had an awesome opening sequence in my opinion, and really sets the scene for when you hop off the train in Midgar and step into action. :)

[c0Zm1c]

I really like Onimusha 3's opening. :)

EDIT: which you can view by clicking here (http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=2666&type=mov). :)

[CooInTheZoo]

FFVIII blew me away, seriously if you havent seen it (stocka i see you!) download it off limewire or something its incredible! Unlike the game..

[Stocka]

The intro to Soul Calibur II

[Retro_Link]

My favouries would be;

- Majoras Mask - the walk through the forest, the chase, the music, the acrobatics! I love it!
- Shenmue - Just a Fantastic, emotional, immersive beginning!
- Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) - I was in AWE the first time i saw the intro title movie; i'd never seen graphics like it before and the music was great,
- SSBM - for the great music and animation,
- Ocarina of Time - Links nightmare and Navis flight,
- Resident Evil 4 - this game kind of has a short opening chapter before the title appears after the first village attack; but what a beginning!!
"Where'd everybody go? Bingo?"The beginning of Resident Evil 4 rocked. You enter the village and everyone comes at Leon from all angles, then you run into the house only for the chainsaw guy to come after you. Then if you survived all that the villagers walk away and 'Resiednt Evil' appears on the screen. Awesome. Totally Agree!!
I really like Onimusha 3's opening.

EDIT: which you can view by clicking here. Just watched it; it was a good one!
I don't know the Onimusha story; but the character he morphed into by consuming the enemies reminded me alot (in style) of Fierce Diety Link, and just how cool he could look on screen (with his glowing eyes and flowing white hair) if they were to include him in a future Zelda game!!

[BeerMonkey]

when i first saw the LOZ: OOT it blew me away :D another great intro is halflife 1! the best and really shows the magnatude of the game enviroment

[Pit-Jr]

Legend of Zelda 1
Super Metroid
Metroid Prime
Eternal Darkness, great intro, though the detectives voice and mouth are out of sync

....just kidding about Zelda 1

[Colin]

My favourites would proberly be:

Metal Gear Solid 2
Zelda: OOT
Prince of Persia SOT
FFVII (go watch the PS3 tech demo of it if you haven't already)

I's usually more impressed with the openings of games than the endings...............although that may come down to me not wanting the game to end.

[Dante]

My favourite games opening are:

Metroid Prime
Eternal Darkness
Prince of Persia SOT
Zelda: Lttp
Zelda: MM
SSBM

[*Dalco*]

Super Mario 64 for me. i rememebr the first time watching it and mario jumping out of the pipe in full 3D, nothing will ever top that for me

[demonmike04]

I love the intro to Shadow the hedgehog (Downloadable on IGN or Gamespot if any ones interested).

Its so rock and roll... But then again im a huge Sonic fan, its just left me in awe the amount of action in it.

[Rico]

Soul Calibur or Prime 1. So good...

[Wolf]

Metroid Prime.

"The cosmos..." and that whole speech gave me chills, then the music kicked in just as Samus's ship appeared. And then Samus jumps out, lands, that other music plays, the camera swirls around, goes through Samus's head and you're playing. Perfect.

[Ramar]

I think all of the Final Fantasy games I've played excluding X-2 (so thats VI to X), had fantastic beginnings. Along with Metal Gear Solid, I remember playing the demo while on holiday in America and the whole just sneaked into a army base and now I'm gonna kick ass rocked my socks. Like others have said Resident Evil 4 also had an amazing beginning too.

[RuneSP]

The original Resident Evil for PSone :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Mr_toad]

Not an oldie and not really an opening, but if you count the first chapter of Fahrenheit as an intro that one has got to be one of the best openings ever. The tension, the stress, the pressure! (The bad controls are part of that too, though :heh: )

[pedrocasilva]

The original Resident Evil for PSone :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:Dwasn't the original Resident Evil for Saturn? :wtf: then ported over to the PSone? :heh:

[The3rdChildren]

Final Fantasy VII has the best game opening from those I've played, but that's just me. I've never even beaten it, but the entire bombing sequence at the start with the music and little Popeye characters is impressive.

[gaggle64]

Starwing! I don't think anything I will ever play will replace that fuzzy, warm and excited inside my belly then the words "SCRAMBLE! SCRAMBLE!" flashing across the screen. All your ladee-da flashy FF cutscenes can go to hell - show me a big red take-off alert and I'll be blasting hordes of enemies out of the skies over Corneria and throughout the surrounding system with a 100% hit-rate for each and every level.

PS. Starwing remains the only game I've ever actually been appaling good at. Even up to the point of pwnage. :)

[Jordan]

No one has mentioned it... but Half-Life 1 and 2 both have fantastic beginnings for totally different reasons.

Half-Life 1. Usual day at work, you start on the monorail. It takes about 3 minutes and you see so many goings on, as well as your first encounter with the G-Man... not that you know he's the main "bad guy" so to speak. You go down to the locker room, get your Hazard Suit and head to work. Only when a new sample of an experiment is tested a portal to Xen is opened. And all hell breaks lose.

What a start.

In Half-Life 2. The first 30 seconds are incredible. The G-Man talks to you. The graphics are astounding, its such a high-res model. Once he's finished, you're again on a train/monorail style system. You see two people inside it. You can talk to them, if you wish. Or you can walk out... and you really have no idea where you are till Dr. Breen says "Welcome, welcome to City 17... It's safer here." You're confronted by many Combine Police, pushing you along. You talk through the gates. The gate shuts behind you, the security cameras point at you and you hear a bleeping. The alarms come on. CP's surround you, then one comes out a door to your right. "You citizen, come with me."

Such an amazing start. Simple as.

[Hellfire]

OoT,Majoras Mask, SSBM, Half Life 1 and 2, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime 1 and 2 and Eternal Darkness.

[Rolf]

Yep, Half Life - 1 and 2, for me as well. I haven't played Half Life for... years now, but the opening sequence is still stuck with me. It was one of the few games that really hit the spot in my imagination that gets me interested.

[mario114]

oot was my faverite also minish cap intro was pretty good, and halo had quite a good intro.

[TheWiseOne]

Alot mentioned already are really good indeed and I like to add c&c: red alert myself.

[Johelian]

just got inspired by the greatest ending ever so i thought i might put this up. anyway the best opening there are three of them first one is FF VIII really good next is Resident Evil: Code Veronica loved it how she was able to beat all these people

Scummer - theyre the exact two that I would say :) I remember thinking that the FMV in both was absolutely staggering at the time.

FFVII's intro was pretty cool too, in the way that it led straight into the action rather than just being a pretty precursor to the game.

Finally, I would say Red Dead Revolver, because it is perfect Spaghetti Western. Its just a shame the game didnt follow it up.

[Nevahom]

The opening for RE on GC was cool, the guy still pulling the trigger even even hes being taken apart

[Owario]

The intro to Metroid Prime 2, and I mean tha actual intro before the start screen comes up, was simply amazing. I think I watched it five times before I actually got into the game.

[Rigger_Mortis]

I see two kinds of intro's here. The First couple of minutes of the game before the game actually takes off (in some RPG's this can actually be up to an hour) and the intro FMV (like in SSB and Namco games)

My Top 3 Intro's as in first couple of minutes is:
1. Majora's Mask
2. FF VII (7) (Even better is the TEch demo)
3. Half-life (wich is one of those games wich pulls you in)

My top 3 intro's as in FMV's is:
1. Tales of Symphonia.
2. Warhammer 40k Firewarrior (It's just soooo cool when you play Warhammer and see all the things you love in full motion)
3. FF 9 (waay better then 8 in my oppinion but then again I liked the setting a lot)

[1UP]

No one has mentioned it... but Half-Life 1 and 2 both have fantastic beginnings for totally different reasons.

Half-Life 1. Usual day at work, you start on the monorail. It takes about 3 minutes and you see so many goings on, as well as your first encounter with the G-Man... not that you know he's the main "bad guy" so to speak. You go down to the locker room, get your Hazard Suit and head to work. Only when a new sample of an experiment is tested a portal to Xen is opened. And all hell breaks lose.

What a start.

In Half-Life 2. The first 30 seconds are incredible. The G-Man talks to you. The graphics are astounding, its such a high-res model. Once he's finished, you're again on a train/monorail style system. You see two people inside it. You can talk to them, if you wish. Or you can walk out... and you really have no idea where you are till Dr. Breen says "Welcome, welcome to City 17... It's safer here." You're confronted by many Combine Police, pushing you along. You talk through the gates. The gate shuts behind you, the security cameras point at you and you hear a bleeping. The alarms come on. CP's surround you, then one comes out a door to your right. "You citizen, come with me."

Such an amazing start. Simple as.
I couldn't agree, and also how you look into the door, you see some guy gettint tortued, then one combine walks and closes the little slit in the door, its so atmospheric, you're making me on start up half-life 2 again!

[Fierce_LiNk]

The opening for RE on GC was cool, the guy still pulling the trigger even even hes being taken apart

I agree with that, and the first 10 minutes (intro and 10 mins of gaming where you meet billy) in Resident Evil: Zero.
Also, it has to be the intro for Killer 7. Just seeing Garcian for the first time and the streets and seeing the graphics style. It was just bewildering. :)

[Hellfire]

Just remembered one: Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes had an awesome opnening.

[Nintendo Fan]

baten kaitos had an awesome openning, so did tales of symphoina

[Letty]

I quite liked Diablo 2's opening...

but apart from that,
FFvii
MM (chase scene was awesome)
croc

[The Peeps]

Lylat Wars had a good opening, all of them rushing to the Arwings with the alarm going off :)

Banjo Kazooie's opening was good too.

[Sarka]

I quite liked Diablo 2's opening...

All of Diablo 2's cut scene were so kick ass.

For intro's I've always loved Navi's voyage through the forest (OoT) and FF8's was coolm even thoguh I hated the game...

[Destiny Blade]

I love the intro to Shadow the hedgehog (Downloadable on IGN or Gamespot if any ones interested).

Its so rock and roll... But then again im a huge Sonic fan, its just left me in awe the amount of action in it.
same the music was pretty damn cool but why was shadow on a motorbike when he can run at the speed of sound?

[Hellfire]

All of Diablo 2's cut scene were so kick ass.



I have the special edition DVD with all the cutscenes. It rocks.

[The3rdChildren]

World of Warcraft has a pretty sweet opening sequence, if we're talking cutscenes.

[Fresh]

Mario Golf, man that was amazing. Like a mini cartoon.

[Jamba]

FF6 was very good. Sonic Adventure made me shite myself it was that good. I still watch it and have a tear in my eye...

Zelda MM
Tron2.0
Warcraft 3 (still the best FMVs I have ever seen)

And on a slightly different point, I think Metroid Prime has THE best menu of all time. Just flicking around that huge close up scan of the Metroid hatchling was pretty special indeedy.,

[Bogbas]

No one has mentioned it... but Half-Life 1 and 2 both have fantastic beginnings for totally different reasons.

Half-Life 1. Usual day at work, you start on the monorail. It takes about 3 minutes and you see so many goings on, as well as your first encounter with the G-Man... not that you know he's the main "bad guy" so to speak. You go down to the locker room, get your Hazard Suit and head to work. Only when a new sample of an experiment is tested a portal to Xen is opened. And all hell breaks lose.

What a start.

In Half-Life 2. The first 30 seconds are incredible. The G-Man talks to you. The graphics are astounding, its such a high-res model. Once he's finished, you're again on a train/monorail style system. You see two people inside it. You can talk to them, if you wish. Or you can walk out... and you really have no idea where you are till Dr. Breen says "Welcome, welcome to City 17... It's safer here." You're confronted by many Combine Police, pushing you along. You talk through the gates. The gate shuts behind you, the security cameras point at you and you hear a bleeping. The alarms come on. CP's surround you, then one comes out a door to your right. "You citizen, come with me."

Such an amazing start. Simple as.

I played through the whole game and I'm as lost as I was in the beginning. I don't like when the games story is driven by some tv shows or radio broadcasts. Every time I tried to see/hear one properly, BOOM! HEADSHOT! Some combine guards appear from somewhere and takes me down. ANd after the firefight the broadcast has ended. So in the end I don't know what I did and why I did it. Really flattened the game experience for me.

But on to the topic, seeing mario 64 for the first time kinda took my breath away. After that everything has just been in 3d. And I also like the scene in oot which comes when you power up the system. The music's great, you hear the galloping and then it slowly fades in with link riding epona against the horizon. And displaying the zelda logo.

[kav82]

The beginning of Resident Evil 4 rocked. You enter the village and everyone comes at Leon from all angles, then you run into the house only for the chainsaw guy to come after you. Then if you survived all that the villagers walk away and 'Resiednt Evil' appears on the screen. Awesome. :D

Fully agree, nothing I can think of, off the top of my head, comes close to this opening!

[|Laguna|]

Can't go wrong with any of the Final Fantasy ones. The blitzball sequence in X is truley amazing. (http://bluelaguna.net/downloads/fmvs/ffx/0/01%20-%20Zanarkand.avi)

Also, an odd one here, but the Mario Baseball I found nice, not amazing just gives you a happy feeling, Mario an Luigi just happpily chucking a ball around.

[faz99]

Resident Evil Remake's opening is pretty damn good. I love it.
Tales of Symphonia, and somehow, i love Super Monkey Ball's opening lol. The music is cool.
Most of the cutscenes in Warcraft 3 are excellent, cant really remember the opening one, but im sure its good like the rest, when ....ehhrm.. dies.

And another that sticks out in my mind is Chrono Trigger.
BTW, im talking about not pushing any buttons hehe.

[Cho-mie]

Majora- I just liked it no real reason why it just felt like a GOOD opening.

Chrono Trigger- Interesting way of doing it.

Shenmue 2- Pant wetting, it always brings a tear to my eye.

[Jav_NE]

Conker.. come on, hes hungover, what better start could you want?!

[faz99]

Shenmue 2- Pant wetting, it always brings a tear to my eye.

Wow. Just wow.

[Raven]

havent read the rest of the thread, but ive always liked:

-Final Fantasy 8
-Chrono Cross (love the pan pipe sound)
-smash bros melee is still good in my eye.
-eternal darkness

they the only ones that spring to mind, so im gonna assume that nothing else has had much impact on me.

[faz99]

havent read the rest of the thread, but ive always liked:
-smash bros melee is still good in my eye.





I keep rapin this thread. But i have to totally agree there.
Also, the original Smash Brothers one i think is even better.