Opening Cinematics
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I feel like you really can't beat the Grandia 3 one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glHLTsoEWjU the games not the best but it has its charm
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@matt I love Persona and I'm not always entirely sure what goes on in Persona. All you gotta know is high school kids+evil+philosophy+sometimes murder= fun.
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@Light The best of all time. I loved that one.
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I guarantee no one else is going to post this one: Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.
Just such nice animation, such clean character designs. I greatly prefer the title music on the Wii version in the west to the song on the PS3 and Japanese Wii versions because, well, it's just kinda loud and doesn't carry as much emotion.
The Twilight Princess title screen is also really beautiful. Nothing too fancy, just a really-well directed homage to the Ocarina of Time opening with a twist.
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Oh, I actually remember one that I only played recently, but is a classic I imagine. Not sure if it was on the orignal SNES but it's on the DS version.
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There are a lot of good openings, but here are some of my favorites
Onimusha 3
Alundra (One of my fav games and is in my mind the best "Zelda")
Last Ninja 3
Final Fantasy 6 (best part starts at 2:08)
Secret of Mana
Tekken 3
Dawn of War 2Also if you like videogames opening you should check out this YT channel, the guy there remakes many videogame opening and title screens.
Below are two examples:
CASTLEVANIA BLOODLINES (TITLE REMAKE)
ROCKET KNIGHT ADVENTURES (INTRO REMAKE)
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It's not really a cinematic, but the Halo 2 opening cutscene was also really well directed. It quickly synopsizes the first game for new players while establishing the new premise and even working in a bit of parallelism to chew on.
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@BabyfartsMcgeezaks Yup! This was the first one to come to mind as well.
Although it does "borrow" a lot from 007 movies.
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T.H.U.G. Intro is my favourite all time. Jurassic 5 - "A Day At The Races"
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It's not my favorite Final Fantasy but it probably has the best opening in the series. The great vibes of Zanarkand mixed with some blitzball action, Sin beginning to destroy the city, and Auron just overall being an ominous badass. It's not a style of music I normally gravitate towards, but still the song is killer. The best part of this opening? No Kimarhi.
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@suplextrain said in Opening Cinematics:
There are a lot of good openings, but here are some of my favorites
Onimusha 3
Alundra (One of my fav games and is in my mind the best "Zelda")
Last Ninja 3
Final Fantasy 6 (best part starts at 2:08)
Secret of Mana
Tekken 3
Dawn of War 2Also if you like videogames opening you should check out this YT channel, the guy there remakes many videogame opening and title screens.
Below are two examples:
CASTLEVANIA BLOODLINES (TITLE REMAKE)
ROCKET KNIGHT ADVENTURES (INTRO REMAKE)Onimusha 3 really is one of the best ever.
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There are a whole bunch of good ones out there!
I remember buying ZoE 2 after reading about it in a games magazine, little did I know how much it would blow my mind, I mean just LOOK AT THE INTRO!
The Kingdom Hearts into really put me on the edge of my seat and I couldnt wait to play it! I even started new game a few times, just to watch the INTRO
Final Fantasy VI. One of the first JRPGs I played... Never had I known that games could be this deep and emotional.. until NOW
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@Tiago-Ponte said in Opening Cinematics:
@BabyfartsMcgeezaks Yup! This was the first one to come to mind as well.
Although it does "borrow" a lot from 007 movies.That's what makes it so great though, it does that but it's still its own thing.
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@SabotageTheTruth Yes, yes, and... wait, you don't like Kimahri?
@Lotias SO agree about Kingdom Hearts. That's a great intro.
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@Brannox Least favorite Final Fantasy character of all time, by far. Vanille is more interesting than him and that's really saying something.
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Tales of the Abyss
Megaman X4
Rockman X8
Some people already said Onimusha 3 and FF VIII and other awesome intros
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@SabotageTheTruth WOW! Was not expecting that! Kimahri is alright to me, but Wakka is the guy I can't stand from X and Vaan/Penelo/Vanille earn a 3 way tie of most loathed for me in all of the series. Huh. Well cool! Another facet about why I love Final Fantasy so much. We all have our games, characters, weapons, summons, boss fights, etc..
