Favorite Intro Video

[ChromeAlchemist]

Still to this day one of my favorite intros to a game. It perfectly sets a tone for the rest of the game and is so awe inspiring. it really give yous a sense of a long journey ahead and for all it's simplicity, it works brilliantly.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RDMWp1oLoA0

Love that game. Some RPG games toy with the concept of world ruin, but that game just sticks it to you and the characters have to pick up the pieces afterward. I also think it is the one RPG where there is no central protagonist, don't you think?

Well to an extent, yes there is no central protagonist. Although for the most part the game does revolve around Terra the most before she lets everyone else have the spotlight. She is still one of my favorite characters too. I just love that intro because it's effective without using fancy CG or some sort of super epic action packed intro. It's simple with a prologue, and that scene with the migiteck armor and the music just strikes me every time. It just feels like a movie intro and I can only imagine how amazing it would look if they kept it the way it was, but did it with current gen graphics.

Agreed, and yes most would say that Terra is the central protagonist, but after the event you have Celes doing a lot of the plot driving no? Either way great game, and my favorite Final Fantasy game of all time.

 

[Fenring]

Metal Wolf Chaos. Just so bad it's good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZVmtDuMxAA
It's even better if you know anything about the plot.

 

[linchowlewy]

Mech warrior 4 vengeance takes the cake for me, maybe because i first saw it when i was young and loved seeing these mechs so real. but looking at it now i still think it's awesome.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=QxfKZZ4RNng

also the Left4Dead one is a close second. tied with the first dawn of war.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1HVlcXBmA - L4D

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=SFkFo5SBx-g - Dawn of War

Just remembered Warhammer mark of chaos and Neverwinter Nights 2 videos are pretty damn cool.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=d_KlINBUYc4&feature=related - Mark of Chaos

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=r95ToE0OVwA -Neverwinter Nights 2

 

[ultimatechance]

Gears of War 1, just because i laughed incredibly hard when it went along the lines of "TEH CITY OF SERA WAS SAFE.... BUT THEN THERE WERE ALIEENZZ!!!!".

 

[Sporky111]

I really like the intro movie for Kingdom Hearts 2. Not only does it look amazing, but it showed what happened in the original (which I never played).

 

[Da_Schwartz]

Square does this as good as or better then anyone. Not to repeat anything but i dug the remake of the ff3(american) intro for the PS1. just cause it was kinda cool seeing the characters of the greatest Final fantasy of all time re-rendered and given a 3d look.

 

[stevenrkorea]

Dynasty Warriors 6.

Seeing Zhao Yun and Lu Bu show down is awesome.

 

[Eipok Kruden]

I'm actually quite surprised that no one has said the Killzone intro. Scolar Visari's speech is so awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Ns4qIyVpI along with the Killzone 2 intro, which has another speech by Scolar Visari http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2-swSqw2pY

 

[Cheesebob]

Fallout 3's intro http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5QUjGxgbC68

Warcraft 3's intro http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2f96hKqkY_Y

No More Heroes intro http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ncuR0qZpglc

Instant classics

 

[MarsProbe]

Freelancer intro was always one of my favourites:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RsWPFUzxgRU

Coincidentally, this video is a good 5 minutes longer than the version that was with my copy of the game. A shame, due to the extra planetary destruction involved....

There are likely others, once I remember them...

 

[Tjebbe]

My favourite is the one from Fallout 2;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNKUfk-MgJw

 

[MarsProbe]

I'm actually quite surprised that no one has said the Killzone intro. Scolar Visari's speech is so awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Ns4qIyVpI along with the Killzone 2 intro, which has another speech by Scolar Visari http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2-swSqw2pY

Hmm, I don't own a PS3 and have never played a Killzone game, so maybe that's why I am confused. Watching those two intros, it makes me want to root for these Helghast people. Though from what I've seen of the games, it seems to be those people you are tasked with killing. So, who's the real villian here as it looks like the "humans" to me. Though perhaps that's the point they're aiming for...

 

[Eipok Kruden]

I'm actually quite surprised that no one has said the Killzone intro. Scolar Visari's speech is so awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Ns4qIyVpI along with the Killzone 2 intro, which has another speech by Scolar Visari http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2-swSqw2pY

Hmm, I don't own a PS3 and have never played a Killzone game, so maybe that's why I am confused. Watching those two intros, it makes me want to root for these Helghast people. Though from what I've seen of the games, it seems to be those people you are tasked with killing. So, who's the real villian here as it looks like the "humans" to me. Though perhaps that's the point they're aiming for...

Yea, that's what Guerilla Games was aiming for and what I think they succeeded in doing. Killzone's story isn't a simple "you play as the good guys, those are the bad guys, go shoot 'em" storyline that you find in just about every other modern shooter. Read the storyline on the site: http://www.killzone.com/kz/storyline.psml There's two factions and both are equally to blame for this mess. You just happen to play as the humans.

 

[damion559]

Still to this day one of my favorite intros to a game. It perfectly sets a tone for the rest of the game and is so awe inspiring. it really give yous a sense of a long journey ahead and for all it's simplicity, it works brilliantly.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RDMWp1oLoA0

well that sucked even ff 8 intro is better

 

[huntedannoyed]

I loved Bioshocks intro.

 

[damion559]

this is my favourate but personaly id have ran away

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fWJX8lb66oA

 

[Washboard]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9eflKzcEbLk

Starcraft did it the best imo oldies are classic for a reson

 

[RufusMcLaser]

The moment I saw this thread, I thought, "Red Alert intro!" because, let's face it, "Hell March" is the best intro song ever.
Second place goes to the original System Shock [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID2BEXJ4IKc]. It did everything an intro should- set the scene, introduced the major characters, and had appropriate background music.
Third place goes to Quake 2 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SVVKQlwTUk] because I liked the chatter of newscasts which set the scene, and the "Space Dreadnought" (probably more of an assault carrier, but STILL!) flyby the follows.

 

[KayScaler]

Metal Gear Solid 2 has to be my fave.
Where snake dives onto the ship head first.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wRvye3-rvow