General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: stealthrush on May 27, 2015, 09:19:01 pm
Title: Favorite Opening Cinematic To A Game?
Post by: stealthrush on May 27, 2015, 09:19:01 pm
Basically the game with the opening you always remember & even watch on Youtube again from time to time. Can be because of the cinematic's or the music, anything :)
I'm very fond of most Sega Saturn game intros of my childhood (Burning Rangers, Silhouette Mirage, Guardian Heroes, Rockman X3, Rockman X4) Tales of Destiny, Eretzvaju, Sonic Adventure, Psychic Force.
Cyberpunk & sorts
Also Dragonball GT Final Bout (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMMxmcDkdL0)
Followed by
Also Galerians: ASH (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eOHRaWB0xE)
The Horror
Also Silent Hill: The Room (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfnTrAxTFfk)
See for yourself
Also Persona 2: Innocent Sin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D07mro7NOkA)
Also Magic Knight Rayearth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB0BKIP0IHg)
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on May 27, 2015, 09:43:40 pm
Ac!
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Post by: woahsweetgreyphix on May 27, 2015, 09:45:49 pm
I'd have to say my personal favorite Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Dat music is so good and it sets up the theme of the game so well to me. I loved both the cinematics for the main game and the online multiplayer.
Main game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CbFAZ2ztlE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CbFAZ2ztlE)
I also have to mention the opening to SMT: Persona 4. That song is so catchy lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73LvR8V2LA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73LvR8V2LA)
Also, FFVI. Someone is going to mention that games' epic cinematic at some point, and it truly is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDMWp1oLoA0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDMWp1oLoA0)
There's so many good ones to choose from!
I can't figure out how to get the embed function for the videos to work, so I'm just leaving them in as links >:(
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Post by: turf on May 27, 2015, 09:57:44 pm
I loved wrestling in the 90's. This one is hard to top.
Wait. Where's the youtube button? (Ed: (http://vgcollect.com/forum/Themes/actualism_202/images/bbc/youtube.gif) - underneath the Change Color thingy. -- Fox)
Admin! Help! Fix this post for me!
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Post by: burningdoom on May 27, 2015, 10:00:25 pm
It may be dated by today's standards, but this opening cutscene for Resident Evil 2 had a huge impact on me the first time I saw it. I was so psyched to play the game after that (I played RE2 before I played the original), especially since I was already a big fan of the Romero zombie movies.
It was also among the first games I purchased alongside my PlayStation, so this was practically my first step into 3D gaming beyond StarFox and Space Harrier. Man what a shock I was in for, gameplay wise. I can't think of a single bigger jump in the way games were played than between the 16-bit and 32/64-bit generation.
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Post by: foxhack on May 27, 2015, 11:57:15 pm
Get some glasses, Turf. :P
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Post by: desocietas on May 28, 2015, 12:31:34 am
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Post by: MJMaranan on May 28, 2015, 01:36:17 am
The original Wild ARMs. Music is awesome and basically makes me excited to play the game. Plus, the story... :o
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Post by: wvdoom on May 28, 2015, 02:21:36 am
oh man i have several these are probz my top choices
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Post by: turom on May 28, 2015, 03:33:17 am
Great stuff!
I think there are many openings that I love but the first that came into my mind and that I love the most is obviously this one:
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Post by: docsarcastic on May 28, 2015, 04:10:08 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2czAMBFEA4o
I adore this game dearly, the start up music is fantastic as well, which is here: Probably the final good Crash game to my knowledge, the sequel to this game was cancelled too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpocm85Hauc
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Post by: woahsweetgreyphix on May 28, 2015, 07:34:47 am
It wasn't there last night. Weird. It was probably because I did it on my phone.
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Post by: doafan on May 28, 2015, 09:44:38 am
Hard question since there are a lot of good games in my particular case I do love those intros where the suspense and terror are part of the music, clear example is Super Metroid that still today it creeps my nerves out every time that I heard it even when it only last a few seconds, Parasite Eve without a doubt is my favorite even when they practically show almost all the events that will happen just in the intro, Haunting Ground damn the first time that I saw it was like WTF I purchased and of course totally felt in love with Fiona Belly ;D
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Post by: gf78 on May 29, 2015, 03:41:43 pm
After all these years, the one game intro that has stuck with me is Soul Blade on the original PlayStation. Next would be the opening for Metal Gear Solid 2. Harry Gregson Williams outdid himself on that soundtrack!
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Post by: dashv on May 29, 2015, 09:56:16 pm
I second the Parasite Eve intro!
Also who can forget the Epic Ninja Gaiden II intro with voices by shredder and the pimply teenager dude from the Simpsons?
And then there's Blaster Master the classic story about a big and his frog.
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Post by: turf on May 29, 2015, 09:58:48 pm
That classic tale of a boy and his frog. Damn that was fun.
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on May 29, 2015, 10:39:51 pm
A lot of good ones on here.
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Post by: burningdoom on May 29, 2015, 10:42:16 pm
Parasite Eve has great cinematics throughout. But you guys are right, the pre-menu cinematic trailer and that opening opera scene really does grab you.
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Post by: stethebubble on May 29, 2015, 10:53:03 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Y6Sza8Nt0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Y6Sza8Nt0) final fantasy VII
thing i love about this is it shows you the whole city then pans down straight into the game. first time i saw this i was amazed and sat there waiting for it to carry on. i didnt realize i was not in the game.