Best game beginnings?

Hey all,

I've just started playing Bioshock and I love the beginning, from the plane crash, to getting into the lift to take you into rapture, and hearing Andrew Ryan saying, 'Is not a man entitled to the sweat of his brow?' Loved it. Great atmosphere and colours. I am relatively new to gaming so name your best game beginnings please.

Bioshock is a good one.

Half-Life, Half-Life 2, and Fallout 3 are the ones that immediately spring to my mind. Others I can think of are all console games.

I agree with Bioshock. That was pretty amazing.

I liked the Fallout 3 intro.

The beginning of CoD 4 was pretty epic...

Great thread, and I agree that Bioshock opening was wonderful. Grand Theft Auto 3 was also note worthy from the moment I first enter the Kuruma with 8-Ball and started flickering through the radio stations; I knew from there I was in for something special. IIRC there are few games with incredible beginnings if we're speaking specifically PC, but if there's something I will like to add it will certainly be any Metroid game. When I hear that signature theme of Metroid on mission ones I know it's time for a thrilling atmospheric adventure.

Metroids indeed has the best beginnings, and here's a demonstration buds, marvelous! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41xAx6-lmkU#t=4m18s

F.E.A.R and Half Life are the first things that come to mind.

Half-Life

Far cry 2 should have the worst Game BeginningDark_prince123

Half-Life

JackBurton

F.E.A.R and Half Life are the first things that come to mind.

dbowman

F.E.A.R. had such an amazing opening

The train scene in Half Life.

Arkham Asylum.

It's clear that Rocksteady has been studying Valve. The intro is very similar to the original Half-Life. There's a long sequence in which The Joker is strapped to his chair and is being wheeled through the asylum while the credits roll. Here, you're being introduced to the story. You're in control of your character and yet you're being funneled through an area in which you will soon re-trace your steps. This area will be utterly transformed upon your return visit - just like in Half-Life.

I was pretty much blown away by the intro to Arkham.

If I had to choose another game, I'd say the first game I ever played, a text-adventure called Wishbringer: "You're standing on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron. A post-office lies to the south of you. Somebody inside is the post-office is calling your name..."

Pokemon Red and Blue. The lead expert on Pokemon not only has serious memory problems, but he's perfectly content with a grandson named "Ass" or "Douche." Then you give him the finger, take Charmander, and proceed to enslave 150 different kinds of animals for your inner Michael Vick.

Killzone 2 was one of my favorite console FPS games, and it had one of the greatest intros in my opinion. Even though Rico is an annoying whore.

ah damn I was going to say bioshock too...lets see...the darkness also had a pretty epic begining, incredibly fun sequence.

FF7 - straight to the action. what a way to unfold an epic.

Oblivion no contest, it starts with an epic opening and the first quests are epic.dakan45

Yeah I really like how Oblivion started. A dungeon chase with Captain Picard!

I feel like there's been a lot of great game openings, but I just can't remember any specific ones. Doom 3 felt really tense at the start because you knew what was about to happen and all the anticipation of waiting for a sequel over all those years really built up. COD4 was really well done too.

This may be my fav or close to it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibLsmuu1GZU

[QUOTE="dakan45"]Oblivion no contest, it starts with an epic opening and the first quests are epic.F1_2004

Yeah I really like how Oblivion started. A dungeon chase with Captain Picard!

I feel like there's been a lot of great game openings, but I just can't remember any specific ones. Doom 3 felt really tense at the start because you knew what was about to happen and all the anticipation of waiting for a sequel over all those years really built up. COD4 was really well done too.

This may be my fav or close to it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibLsmuu1GZU

AFBrat77

Half Life 2 "wake up and smell the ashes"

Hey all,

I've just started playing Bioshock and I love the beginning, from the plane crash, to getting into the lift to take you into rapture, and hearing Andrew Ryan saying, 'Is not a man entitled to the sweat of his brow?' Loved it. Great atmosphere and colours. I am relatively new to gaming so name your best game beginnings please.

neillh

Bioshock certainly does have a great intro. FEAR was also one of the great intros, along with both Half-life games.

Anybody remember these intros?

Descent- Freespace

Omikron- The Nomad Soul

Bioshock and HL1 + HL2 (HL2 kinda pays homage to HL1's train ride, but has a whole dimension of its own).

FEAR 1's beginning was also quite good.

Half-Life
Half-Life 2 (basically a series of moments, like a three hour ride of no-stop excitement till you get a break!)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
BioShock was pretty grand, I agree
Doom 3 had a pretty great start till you met with Sergeant Kelly again and it became pretty average since then.

Fear intro was kinda fast... I suddenly appear in the briefing room and.....wait what?dakan45

I think people saying F.E.A.R. are probably referring to the awesome cinematic sequence underneath the opening credits, as opposed to the bit where you're standing still in a briefing room.

Knights of the Old Republic

Umm. COD4? Isn't the beginning the training ground? :P Kleeyook

If you want to be technical... :)

I was thinking mostly of the first real mission where you have scramble off the sinking ship. It was intense!

Clive Barkers -The Undying intro has always stuck in my mind. Half-Life 2 also.

[QUOTE="Kleeyook"]Umm. COD4? Isn't the beginning the training ground? :P KWYjib0

If you want to be technical... :)

I was thinking mostly of the first real mission where you have scramble off the sinking ship. It was intense!

as soon as i saw the thread title i saw bioshock. it was just class. rapture is just amazing, i loved the entrance to rapture, before you go down in the elevator thing, the bust of andrew ryan and the slogan: no gods or kings, only man

The opening of Bioshock is of course one of the very best. My absolute favorite opening is from The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay.

Doom 3 and BioShock comes to mind.

Half Life 2 also had a very cool beginning.

Oni.

i realy like the trall dream CG intro in warcraft 3.

but as for in game cut scene ...... ES4, MGS4 (oops this is PC section) .....