Brilliant Opening Movies [Archive]

2PieR

29-09-2003, 09:38 AM

Well... there was a Best Start Up Sequence thing and I thought it would be about opening sequences from games but it wasn't so I created this.
The best opening movies...
In my opinion, all the Command & Conquer games have brilliant, unsurpassed opening sequences. Particularly Generals...

"In the modern world, great leaders resolve their conflicts, with words.
Words like...
<music kicks in>
Scud Launcher
Tomahawk Missile
Carpet Bombing"

hehe... beautiful.
I also like the opening movie of Stuntman if anyone ever played that.
It was a good game that sadly took forever to load. What are your favourites?

PeePers

29-09-2003, 02:55 PM

dune 2
"
the noble atriedies
the incidious ordos
the evil harkonnen
"
and thats all i remember
:)

wyrd_fish

29-09-2003, 03:01 PM

i quite liked ythe beginning to Hitman 2

manny

29-09-2003, 05:07 PM

Day of the Tentacle was pretty special.

I also loved Full Throttle's intro, I think I have it as a .mov file somewhere, I'll upload if I can.

Red Alert and RA2 get honourable mentions as well.

Acne Kid

29-09-2003, 05:12 PM

I liked Red Alerts, even if it was totally unrealistic (Stalin going back in time and making Hitler vanish...). Warcraft 3s is good, Age Of Mythology rocks, the Harry Potter one is CRAP (since when did Harry and his mates cross a Bridge Of Kahaz Dum like bridge suronded by lava in the book, film or game?).

My faveorite one though is Final Fantasy 8s. That battle between Squall and Sefier is brilliant!

wyrd_fish

29-09-2003, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by Acne Kid
Stalin going back in time and making Hitler vanish...

it was einstien...

duhhhh...:rolleyes:

Acne Kid

30-09-2003, 05:09 PM

Oh. Well now its Einstein it changes everything...

Sorry for my error. I aint played it for ages.

link hero of pi

30-09-2003, 05:20 PM

mine would be...:rolleyes: mechwarrior :)

Justin Sane

30-09-2003, 08:42 PM

The best has to be Return to castle wolfenstein

You have to watch it to understand.

[murray]

30-09-2003, 09:52 PM

My all time favourite has to be FF8.

Its a beautiful intro and an excellent fight scene, though honourable mention goes to:

Fallout and Fallout 2 < "War..." < The narrator's voice is perfect, a classic intro.
Any C&C game < very well thought out, and surprisingly good at predicting the future. I cant help but get the feeling that the terrists got their idea from the New York level of RA2.
Half Life - although quite tedious, it did have some interesting quirks, such as seeing the guy you play in Blue Shift near the beginning.
Albion
Warcraft 3

Scribbly

01-10-2003, 01:21 PM

Originally posted by Acne Kid
I liked Red Alerts, even if it was totally unrealistic ..

yeah the red alert one was good, the music in the movie too..

also monkey island :) you gotta love the music

Jeff The Jiff

01-10-2003, 01:41 PM

Originally posted by manny
I also loved Full Throttle's intro, I think I have it as a .mov file somewhere, I'll upload if I can.
yeah, that was an awsome intro. the game was a little too short, but it has probably the greatest intro & end ever. and the soundtrack.

Digga

01-10-2003, 01:44 PM

Originally posted by PeePers
dune 2
"
the noble atriedies
the incidious ordos
the evil harkonnen
"
and thats all i remember
:)

indeed

the nobles arteidies
the invented-for-this-game ordos
the evil harkonnen

:P

my favourite gaming introduction sequence would have to be (yeah ok, shoot me) half life's, in the tram. I loved the way you could move around and look at as much or as little as you wanted.

Jeff The Jiff

01-10-2003, 01:55 PM

that half life one really pisses me off. i mean, who listens to it? when i randomly feel like completing it yet again, i have to sit though the cut scene you cant skip! or i go and have a cuppa tea.

Pika Pies

01-10-2003, 07:30 PM

Don't really have a favourite opening scene but one FMV scene that made me go "wow!" was in FFIX when Bahamut was summoned to destroy the Lifa Tree and there was lots of explosions and magic and big monstery things. I don't really remember if that was what happened, anyone who's played the game will know aht I'm on about, hopefully. :nana:

Toxic

01-10-2003, 08:44 PM

I really liked the opening sequence of C&C: Red Alert 2.

I also enjoy the openings of the Dynasty Warriors series.

Angry_Pierre

01-10-2003, 08:46 PM

You should either watch the intro from Mechwarrior 3, or the intro from Mechwarrior 4.
Both are stunning war peices, depicting the action amazingly using talented actors mixed with good CGI.

"Die Clanner!"

Fozma

01-10-2003, 09:22 PM

the incidious ordos

i read the book of Dune and then played the game round my friends and i still have absolutely no idea who the Ordos are as they arnt mentioned in the book :confused:

i would say it would have to be Dynasty Warriors 4, its not so much the video its more the music and the video fitting together. Its brilliant how the camera pans upwards and the music changed rhythm and and and... although ff8 is cool:)

edit- i forgot to mention the beginning of Dr Muto (if anyone asks I did not buy it, no really i didnt) its so funny.

"Ooo mayonaise!"

PeePers

01-10-2003, 09:34 PM

Originally posted by Fozma
i read the book of Dune and then played the game round my friends and i still have absolutely no idea who the Ordos are as they arnt mentioned in the book :confused:

they were invented for the game
they are fiction(well at least more fiction than the books)

i loved the books
:D

Shpox

02-10-2003, 08:15 AM

Tekken 3 on SonyPS at the time it was being used. I quite liked it when people were fanatics about PS. There are many more eg syphon filter... but on PS during the time that was good.

GandalfThePies

02-10-2003, 11:25 AM

I remember Max Payne having some nice movie sequence to it, But C&C have always been good, But the winner for me is the opening to FF8 it looked so sweet!

Acne Kid

02-10-2003, 05:33 PM

Of course FF8s rocked. This is Square ya know! (well its Square Enix now but at the time...). The music is brilliant, Squalls blood is so realistic!

sarro

02-10-2003, 09:40 PM

All the C&C games and Warcraft 2 had great video sequences along with their intros.

[murray]

03-10-2003, 08:38 AM

Originally posted by Pika Pies
Don't really have a favourite opening scene but one FMV scene that made me go "wow!" was in FFIX when Bahamut was summoned to destroy the Lifa Tree and there was lots of explosions and magic and big monstery things. I don't really remember if that was what happened, anyone who's played the game will know aht I'm on about, hopefully. :nana:

I know the one you're talking about, I really must get another copy of FFIX, that was a kickass game.

GuS

03-10-2003, 09:07 AM

i liked the one from warcraft 3

sushi.

03-10-2003, 03:33 PM

You know the first time you watched the RE2 intro you were like, "Wooooow..."

At least, I was.

The Chrono Cross intro still gives me a chill. Uhhh... so good.

[murray]

03-10-2003, 07:16 PM

Originally posted by [murray]
I know the one you're talking about, I really must get another copy of FFIX, that was a kickass game.

And do you know what I bloody did as well.

£14.50 new, couldnt resist :D

Weeman

03-10-2003, 07:21 PM

FF8 intro, simply beautiful.

Scribbly

03-10-2003, 07:29 PM

Originally posted by Jeff The Jiff
that half life one really pisses me off. i mean, who listens to it? when i randomly feel like completing it yet again, i have to sit though the cut scene you cant skip! or i go and have a cuppa tea.

what? you mean the part where you sit in the train waiting to arrive? I enjoy myself, even though I've seen it about 15 times now.. mainly I occupy myself by running around like a madman and jumping up and down :nana: :)

Acne Kid

03-10-2003, 09:17 PM

I think the best FFIX video is the Black Waltz 3 chase through Lindbluns Gate. That is some dam fine piece of FMV!

Mind, the bit were Zidane goes to rescdue Kuja from the Lifa Tree right at the end (if im wrong, correct me, I aint played it in AGES), and Zidane is dodging all of the plants and stuff...it was good but they should of done it in FMV instead...but lets get back on topic.

FrEd

04-10-2003, 12:40 PM

Global Ops had a pretty nice intro movie. :x

GorillaBearBear

05-10-2003, 04:14 PM

Fallout's 1 and 2. 2 especially. With the enclave soldier just totally shooting everything. And then the "war, war never changes..." I love the guys voice.

[murray]

05-10-2003, 07:03 PM

Originally posted by GuerillaBaaBaa
Fallout's 1 and 2. 2 especially. With the enclave soldier just totally shooting everything. And then the "war, war never changes..." I love the guys voice.

Aye, both would make very good openings to actual movies :).

Fick

09-10-2003, 10:53 AM

This is going back a bit now, but does anyone remember a game called Microcosm on the amiga? Now that had a (for it's era) stunning intro, and some damned impressive scenes throughout.

woobi

22-06-2005, 09:44 PM

Dawn of War
A space marine squad under attack from orks
Orks charge a space marines
dreadnought saves space marine captain
Space marines charge at orks
Gory battle with chainswords and stuff
Explosion kills off most of the space marines and orks
Space marine captain grabs blood ravens flag
Runs up hill being shot at up the way
Gets shot in jaw
Plants flag at top of hill
Hundreds of space marine drop ships fall from the sky
A great feeling of patriotism arises in the viewer

Psychokilla

22-06-2005, 09:54 PM

world of warcraft FMV is nice too :)

Mætlöaff

22-06-2005, 10:12 PM

I like the WoW FMV sequence, but Bliz really needs to get their cinematics crew doing some other sequences that occur in game. Seeing the Onyxia reveal in SW in CG goodness would kick ass.

However, my favorite of all time would have to be Sam & Max.

Cynic

22-06-2005, 10:29 PM

This thread is pretty ancient...

However I'd say the clashing Armies and Metor rain of Warcraft 3 s pretty cool

And the zoom out and zoom in for FF7 was good

Paradigm^

22-06-2005, 10:43 PM

Year and a half bump?

Wowage.

Mystical Parrot

22-06-2005, 10:49 PM

what a bump, it mustve taken determination to find this thread!

the intro movie to Evil Genius is just wonderful <3

Coroona

22-06-2005, 11:12 PM

http://img140.echo.cx/img140/7378/blimey6xs.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

I have too much time on my hands...

Mætlöaff

22-06-2005, 11:49 PM

Lordie, I didn't realize how ancient this was. SHAME.

allfalldown

23-06-2005, 12:00 AM

Biggest bump EVAR!11six

While I'm here I might as well put in another vote for Final Fantasy VIII.

I quite like the opening sequences of the Armored Core games too.

Yorkshire Tea

23-06-2005, 02:03 PM

The beginning to RE4. Love the discordant Spanish hillbilly music and the thing watching the policeman from behind the trees.

Stealth Chimp

23-06-2005, 03:03 PM

Dawn of War, the battle between the Orks and Marines is amazing to watch, especially when the dreadnoight blows up :D

Lagmeister

23-06-2005, 03:24 PM

I loved the beginning of both Fallout games, it was a great intro and bought you smack into the game world.

Also I must say I loved the dawn of war intro, it kept me watching it over and over again.

Cap'n Zog

23-06-2005, 03:25 PM

I think the huge bump may be due to searching for the title?

It beats my 1 year bump of the monkey island thread to post the lyrics of 'a pirate i was meant to be'.

My fav intro movie is the freespace 2 one, just for the whole loneliness of it, with the crashed hercules and its long dead pilot slumped against it still grasping a holo picture viewer of, if i remember correctly, some family members

kaliana

23-06-2005, 03:34 PM

http://www.allyourbasearebelongtous.com/allyourbase.jpg

Fritz Zanzibar

23-06-2005, 03:43 PM

I have to stick with Age of Mythology, Warcraft 3, and XIII.

da-geezer

23-06-2005, 04:31 PM

Best opening movie was from G-Police methinks. Written by a professional scriptwriter, and totally in CGI, it was so big you had to skip it in three chunks. Awesome set up.

StupidCatOfDoom

23-06-2005, 05:21 PM

Mafia...rolling city, good music, they've got some good scriptwriters as well. Oh, and their end movies are good too...

Or HalfLife 2, because GMan is liek omgwtf j00r awake and you're liek omgwtf wtf :p
(That's what I thought when I saw it, anyway)

Boyinabox

23-06-2005, 07:26 PM

As everyone has already said, the C&C games have good intros, but the Black & White one is pretty good before you actually see the real graphics.

But the besterest ever has to be Grim Fandango's. Period.

Youlikeyams?

23-06-2005, 07:36 PM

The intros to Metal Gear Solid (all of them) are always epic - from the moody elevator climb to the jump from the George Washington Bridge and the incredible HALO jump from MGS3 - and they're the best intros I've ever seen.

The intro in Half-Life (1st one) I also liked because it let you move around, which is something rarely used in intros. This was also used (although not in an intro) in the mission briefings in Mercenaries.

Chassisbot

23-06-2005, 07:40 PM

Hmmm. Hard one. Probably Wind Waker, although it did drag on.

Cerberus

24-06-2005, 07:06 PM

The intros to Metal Gear Solid (all of them) are always epic - from the moody elevator climb to the jump from the George Washington Bridge and the incredible HALO jump from MGS3 - and they're the best intros I've ever seen.

Ill go with that and the intro to kingdom hearts, great music, great visuals, and a beautiful opening.