Best game intro from the 90s / early 00s?

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SvennoJ said:

numberwang said:

Good thing they included blood types for the characters. Wouldn't be Japanese without it.

Dune II in 1992 had the first (?) cinematic intro with longer voice acting I believe.

"The spice controls the empire"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tC32ZIYXlE

Actually Dune beats that, came out in the same year

I love Dune (it was the second game I played through after SMB1), but I always hated that lengthy intro a bit, as it is so drawn out and quite spoiler-heavy to boot.

Spoiler!

You're not yet supposed to know anything about Chani, Kynes or Stilgar or that you will get called Mua'dib. Chani is a double whammy since you meet another girl first in the game, so seeing here there is also spoiling that the relationship with your first girl will end at some point, even more so since she doesn't appear in the intro at all. Also, seeing water and plants growing on Dune are huge spoilers for later in the game and anyone who hasn't read the later books. Also, one of the backgrounds in a trader's town, which are pretty well hidden and their existence will only get revealed halfway through the game.