Best 25 First Levels of all time (multi-platform)

HR4 · 17 Jun 2012 at 22:20

Its only really possible to put your own top twenty together. Then when you get them together, I wonder if most of us would know which order to put them in. Perhaps the top five, then it starts getting hard, I would imagine..

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Rids · 17 Jun 2012 at 22:25

poker_999 said:
are you on smack?

The start of half life is terrible, its a 5 minute train ride . SNORE FEST.

Play blood 2 if you want a good opening train level!

Surely you need to take into acocunt the fact that Halflife was one of the first games to do a proper introduction to the game, and deserves to make this list simply because of that?

poker_999 · 18 Jun 2012 at 00:23

Rids said:
Surely you need to take into acocunt the fact that Halflife was one of the first games to do a proper introduction to the game, and deserves to make this list simply because of that?

One of the first games to do a "proper" introduction?
No, not by a long shot.

I honestly dont believe two people are claiming a 5 minute train ride which shows you lots of locations you never actually go is THE best opening to a game EVER?

JonnyT · 18 Jun 2012 at 00:23

Turrican 2, mainly for the music:

Omaeka · 18 Jun 2012 at 00:57

poker_999 said:
One of the first games to do a "proper" introduction?
No, not by a long shot.

I honestly dont believe two people are claiming a 5 minute train ride which shows you lots of locations you never actually go is THE best opening to a game EVER?

Watch out, this forum is full of a whole bunch of Half-Life fanboys.

The games are good but Jesus, calm yourselves whenever it is mentioned!

Don't claim it to be the best thing ever at something, and when somebody disagree's accuse them of trolling, its an opinion guys!

Calm · 18 Jun 2012 at 00:58

poker_999 said:
One of the first games to do a "proper" introduction?
No, not by a long shot.

I honestly dont believe two people are claiming a 5 minute train ride which shows you lots of locations you never actually go is THE best opening to a game EVER?

three, everybody loves trains

I want to suggest GTA:Vice City but it doesn't technically have levels.

poker_999 · 18 Jun 2012 at 01:07

Omaeka said:
Watch out, this forum is full of a whole bunch of Half-Life fanboys.

The games are good but Jesus, calm yourselves whenever it is mentioned!

Don't claim it to be the best thing ever at something, and when somebody disagree's accuse them of trolling, its an opinion guys!

I think its valve fanboyism more than anything, Mention anything slightly critical of steam and you get called a troll-o-lol

arc@css · 18 Jun 2012 at 01:20

Omaeka said:
its an opinion guys!

+1

Craig321 · 18 Jun 2012 at 01:30

Prey!

mrjagga · 18 Jun 2012 at 04:34

Metal gear solid 1.

oxygene · 18 Jun 2012 at 06:50

Actually that list isnt entirely terrible

The Mass Effect 2 intro level was kinda fantastic. And Fallout3 was interesting.

Jae-So · 18 Jun 2012 at 06:50

mrjagga said:
Metal gear solid 1.

My thought exactly

Oh and Half life is overrated, all of them ;-)

wnb · 18 Jun 2012 at 10:06

I am Sat waiting on my car being fixed so i have not watched the top 20 above. I would say Fear had a good opening level, initially itvscared the pants off me but got bland after that. I was onevof the people who bought Sin and the opening lvl we vgood. Multiplayer is where it shone with fist fights racing on hover bikes etc but because of the reported bugs it soon died a death.

SoAdCrAzY · 18 Jun 2012 at 12:38

Frontline has the greatest portrayal of D-Day (please note that Dino D-Day has not been released yet but will surely replace it) in video games.

Being a remake of the same level from Allied Assault minus the brilliance.

Pighardia · 18 Jun 2012 at 13:04

Good idea for a list, but would disagree with many of those. I would add the Origin stories from Dragon Age: Origins. I would probably put them near the top.

The opening to Deus Ex:HR is quite good as well. If only they made it clear whether it counts towards the Pacifist achievement

Demoniser · 18 Jun 2012 at 13:50

Craig321 said:
Prey!

Great opening to a game that.

Best opening and best first level are kind of different, so it's hard to pin down.

Uncharted 2 - I think this was quite good actually, as an introduction to the game. It showed off what was important about the game in a short and sweet sequence.

Halo and The Pillar of Autumn will always have a special place for me though. It's quite linear by today's standards but it was great at the time.

Shamikebab · 18 Jun 2012 at 14:03

I thought the Uncharted 2 first level was boring as hell.

I'd much rather see a list of best closing levels, it's harder to get right imo and less constrained by needing to be a tutorial.

Fledge · 18 Jun 2012 at 14:15

The first level of Crysis is the easiest to get sidetracked on and spend ages messing around with - there's so much fun to be had. It definitely deserves to be on the list.

Divinious · 22 Jun 2012 at 10:24

The Elder Scrolls:Oblivion has to be one of my all time fave's never having played an RPG before let alone one of that scope I was awe struck when you left the tunnels out into the world.

ThomasTheTankEngine · 22 Jun 2012 at 10:33

The train ride on HL1 wasn't the most amazing thing, but the first actual level, where you bugger up the experiment and meet your first headcrab zombies........ that was really good and memorable.

I'm surprised duke3d isn't on the list. The adult cinema level set the tone perfectly for the whole game.