Favorite Intros?

[rematche]

wild arms 2 for ps1. the music speaks to your soul.

also namco x capcom for the ps2. it's like an epic anime.

 

[Deleted member 2175]

 

[Skeetos]

hope i formatted this right. not too versed with forums yet. these are the two off the rip for me.

 

[JPC]

It was this intro, which I had seen on a TV show, that made me buy the game. Unfortunately, the game itself didn't entirely convince me and I never finished it. But the music is so great that when they did a remake, they redid everything but this music :
Wild Arms - PS1 - Opening -

This intro is still so impressive, some say it's even better than the game itself :
Ghost in the Shell PS1 Intro - High Quality

And these 2 are perfect for the 16-bit era, setting the mood with great music :
Axelay - SNES - Intro

BioMetal [SFC/SNES] Japanese and US/European Intros

 

[Blamhammer]

The animation studio, Blur Studios, hit it outta the park with the Dawn of War intro.
An intro so good people wanted a third person Warhammer action game, and we ended up with a few of those.

 

[Ikagura]

I'm a bit biased in this regard but this is still giving me shivers even after almost 25 years:

The intro of Phantasy Star Online from 2000 (on the Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox and PC)

 

[goldman2786]

In my opinion this opening just...screams "America" in a very odd way. It also just pumps me up so much.

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

 

[ConanTheDestroyer]

Tekken 3's intro is a classic.

 

[RetroLaw]

Lunar and Sonic CD man

 

[Deleted member 2175]

Tekken 3's intro is a classic.

Definitely was blown away first time I saw it. I think the first time I saw someone doing leg extensions on a machine my first thought was " that's what King was doing in the gym!" lool

 

[spectresfrommercury]

 

[Noon]

I posted the song in a different thread, the “Neverland” series has my all time favourite opening theme songs

Generation of Chaos V

I couldn’t find the video, but it’s really just him walking lol, the song is sick though

My all time favourite game FFXIII

 

[Boo Man]

The intro for Forsaken was so cool as a kid, i used to show it to my friends because it was so brutal!

its still good if you can appreciate the cheesiness

 

[PKT]

The vibe this intro exudes is immaculate

 

[raiden_dj]

 

[bobobobo]

pumped up eh? how about instead: so freakin hopeless and depressed that I'll do anything my (newly assigned by the game) superiors tell me just for the slightest sense of purpose their delirious confidence can afford.

or another favorite of mine: dreadful anticipation of eldritch horrors presented in a dry matter of fact fashion, like "you are going to go through this and you are going to be scarred"

 

[Karnik]

This is probably my favorite intro of all time.

You took the words out of my mouth (which means you got ahead of me) as they say in my country. The Terra theme is unforgettable.

 

[olli64pc]

I'm going to go with the opening of persona 5 royal and the opening of a game I found recently final fantasy type-0

 

[Yousef]

I'm going to go with the opening of persona 5 royal and the opening of a game I found recently final fantasy type-0

It took me sometime to warm up to it but I now prefer Royal’s intro to the OG

 

[Infasis]

A lot of great stuff and classics posted here. I almost feel like western game openings would deserve their own thread though. Japan just kills it when it comes to these.

 

[Boo Man]

here's a cool western one, i think its a really good intro
but the game itself is clunky and annoying with terrible hit detection and camera angels that get you killed all the time. but i still love the game XD

 

[Strategist]

 

[sandogma]

Lots of great posts so far! Here are few that come to mind for me.
Ninja Gaiden II (NES)

Xenogears (psone)

 

[Bakuma1997]