Opening Cinematics
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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..
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@Brannox It's completely off topic (sorry @michemagius!) but I could never hate Wakka, since he's voiced by John DiMaggio, who also voices Bender from Futurama.
More on topic and slightly cheating is this opening.
I say cheating because it's not technically a cinematic (there's limited player interaction) but it mostly plays out like one. Seeing Rapture for the first-time is absolutely breathtaking... before you even realize what the inside is like.
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@TheHashtag0nist FF8 was definitely the first that popped into my mind. I even looked up the video, copied it to the clipboard, but forgot to post last night lol.
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@michemagius Ooooo, Persona openings, sooooo gooood.
@matt That opening's music has been my ring tone for years. Still my favorite MM over all others.
Now I'm trying to remember some cinematic openings I can be proud to share my love of...
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final fantasy 8's opening always stuck with me sadly the rest of the game is just didnt stick with it .
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For me its the intro to Max Payne 2. There are better ones sure, but this game is special to me. The first one where I really got sucked in by the story, the moment when I realized that the story is the thing that I am most interested in.
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I was a fan of Mk Armageddon opening. Just seeing all those characters going at it like that was really cool. Best thing about the game probably lol
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All the Persona intros are great as you mention, but I always think of this one when thinking of great intros, or at least the first few seconds
I knew this game was going to be something different right after that.
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first off Dank Souls 3...
this fucking intro got me so god damn pumped to play the game holy shit.
Youtube Videosecond Tales of Zestiria, when i first watched it i was like, FUCK YES TALES IS DBZ NOW!!!! to bad the game turned out to be garbrge.
Youtube Videoand lastly DEVIL MAY CRY 3! need i say more.
Youtube Video
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Tales of Zestiria's opening was amazing. It's not often I'll watch the opening cinematic every time I load up a game, but I did for that.
Recently I've been enjoying FFXIV's opening: https://youtu.be/1mRzWLRWOXc
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Part artful and part trippy, I recently had the joy of adding this one to my favorite intros of all time.
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@TheOtherJohnP said in Opening Cinematics:
Tales of Zestiria's opening was amazing. It's not often I'll watch the opening cinematic every time I load up a game, but I did for that.
Recently I've been enjoying FFXIV's opening: https://youtu.be/1mRzWLRWOXc
FFXIV opening gives me goosebumps every time I see it, great pick!!
I also remember FFXI and World of Warcraft having a similar feeling back in their beginning.
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@PixelRadio Yeah, getting into World of Warcraft back in the day when I was young and would play with my cousin was super hype. Y'know, before I had figured out the formula and how everything in MMOs was just copy-paste, laissez faire, wallet-vampirism, digital slavery bullshit.
But anyway, it was exciting going from that cutscene to Shadowglen, leveling up my rogue throughout Teldrassil and Kalimdor. I think the magic wore off by about Desolace (this was pre-cata). By then the quests were more transparent menial tasks and there weren't even that many menial tasks to do, just a lot of walking and terrible combat. But a good intro to be sure.
