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

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Pemalite on 24 January 2021

Alpha Centauri.

Still one of my favorite TBS games.

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StarCraft: Brood Wars.

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The Fury on 24 January 2021

Can't think of many from the top of my head but Tekken 2 for sure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQOso5DJCU

Hmm, pie.

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SanAndreasX on 24 January 2021

Final Fantasy VI/III (SNES, 1994)

Super Metroid (SNES, 1994)

Parasite Eve (PS1, 2000)

And finally, while I guess this is stretching "early 00s", The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC, 2003)

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ARamdomGamer on 24 January 2021

This is my favorite one, only the overseas orchestral version, feel it fits the game the best compared to the japanese songs, captures the scale of the adventure that Symphonia is.

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V-r0cK on 24 January 2021

Final Fantasy VIII

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The_Liquid_Laser on 24 January 2021

When I read the title of this thread, Final Fantasy VII came to mind immediately.

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Alby_da_Wolf on 25 January 2021

numberwang said:

What's the best game intro from the 90s to early 00s? In console terms from SNES to PS2 era.

Some memorable intros:

Deux Ex (2000)

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SvennoJ said:

Half-Life of course

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m0ney said:

SvennoJ said:

Half-Life of course

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I'm not a big fan of the game or series but I have to agree, at least from technology standpoint. I wish Unreal had a better intro, the Nali Castle flyby was very impressive at the time but it wasn't an intro.

I see you listed some of my favs, I add another, Fallout 2

About Unreal, the Nali Castle flyby was great because it showed a great game feature, that, just like Thief, Duke Nukem 3D and a few others, it used verticality more and better than most previous early 3D engine games. Deus Ex and Morrowind did it too, but they came two and four years later respectively.

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