Best game intro?

Raumarik · 2 Jun 2008 at 21:46

Half-Life intro

Utterly blew me away when I saw it for the first time:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CAqbdtsK6NI

Hudzy · 2 Jun 2008 at 21:52

Always liked Freespace's intro...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NJ-xcgBL1mY

Descent 3 was pretty good too...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Ma7wL1vT4

taz488 · 2 Jun 2008 at 22:04

Chronictank said:
Also Call of Duty 4 ship mission

good call!

Indy500 · 2 Jun 2008 at 22:13

Gashman said:
i totally forgot I-War, that was AWESOME game

There's some branches in the storyline so you won't see it all on one play-through.

warren_1979 · 2 Jun 2008 at 23:02

Freespace 2 no question :cool:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=khIWdolT9xY

Kirth Gersen · 4 Jun 2008 at 09:04

Another vote for the I-War intro and game. Just love it when Clay lights up a cigar having just smoked a bad guy.

Tried to load up the game recently, but it didn't work. Anyone know if it can run on Vista?

As for modern stuff. COD4 takes some beating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sZrpeJdOnA

Pottsey · 4 Jun 2008 at 09:13

Cannot view Youtube at work but the best intro for me is Privateer 2 the Darkening which was something crazy like 5 to 10mins long intro with real actors and it was good to.

You can still play Earth and Beyond there is a server emulator around. I loved that game and the intro.

Indy500 · 4 Jun 2008 at 12:12

Kirth Gersen said:
Another vote for the I-War intro and game. Just love it when Clay lights up a cigar having just smoked a bad guy.

Tried to load up the game recently, but it didn't work. Anyone know if it can run on Vista?

No, but you can get hardware acceleration in XP by using a Glide wrapper.

wordy · 4 Jun 2008 at 12:38

Pottsey said:
You can still play Earth and Beyond there is a server emulator around. I loved that game and the intro.

Is that like a WoW private server or something?

EnB was my first mmo and although only played it for a couple of months I really enjoyed it.

Mirage · 4 Jun 2008 at 12:54

The Mark of Chaos intro is pretty good (the Games Workshop strat game), I probably prefer it to Dawn of War!

decmatt · 4 Jun 2008 at 13:18

I always liked the Abe's Odysee intro.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=A2EDJbIyzpo

Haiku · 4 Jun 2008 at 15:33

krooton said:
Syndicate Wars

Good call.

The Dread Pirate · 4 Jun 2008 at 15:36

After thinking long and hard it has to be the Full Throttle intro! What more could you ask?

edit: Plus this game had the most awesome Soundtrack

Tefal · 4 Jun 2008 at 15:41

War, war never changes...

Damien. · 4 Jun 2008 at 15:50

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fnd0qg4I_MM

AGD · 4 Jun 2008 at 16:16

Damien. said:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fnd0qg4I_MM

They better keep all the quality acting in the new one.

Pottsey · 4 Jun 2008 at 17:34

The Darkening (Privateer 2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gP9LVXvRrT0&feature=related Part 1
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Phn7ssXintM&feature=related Part 2

The whole game was full of movies.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wXgBzU4EgFM&feature=related
From about half way through the game if I remember correctly.

DJ_Switch · 4 Jun 2008 at 17:45

X-Wing Alliance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R77yH1_g_cY

Homeworld 2 (Not the best of the series but the intro was pretty good)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esz_-z5V6qc

FerociouS · 4 Jun 2008 at 21:14

Makhaira said:
First Dawn of War game, only intro that ever gave me a sense of awe tbh.

Archibald0 · 4 Jun 2008 at 23:33

Dawn of war is a great intro. Nobody has posted it yet so here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyjCmnkGB1I