When Intros were impressive

[Lupus]

I remember a time when starting up a game you sat and you watched the intro, with the birth of FMV these became more and more complex, then for some reason intro's just became normal and boring in away.
Gone are the days of Mechwarrior 2



Or Red Alert's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R6xCWcf_VU

Then there was a little gem that I don't know a lot of people playing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mov3CuU81LM

Blade Runner, there were so many brilliant intro's and a lot of them I knew off by heart, Dungeon Keeper, Syndicate, Diablo 1 and 2, I've not seen intro's like they used to make them, any memories on great intro's of yesteryear?

[kolaval]

Heh?

Starcraft 2's vids were impressive:

[kolaval]

Diablo 3's soulstone trailer is impressive:

[kolaval]

The secret world:

[kolaval]

and

[Spartan]

Edit*-I missed red alert's intro in your post. Replaced with something else.

[Dohc-WP]

best intro i've seen in a video game was

Soul Blade (was called soul edge in the arcades)



even today it still looks good

[matt]

You know, I've pondered this very thing, and it seems to me that in the old days they really needed an awesome looking intro to impress people because of the limitations on what the actual gameplay could look like back then. The intro's always looked way better than the gameplay, but nowadays the gameplay itself and the cutscenes look fantastic, so they can incorporate what would have been a long intro into the actual game, and throw in cutscenes here and there that look the same as the gameplay, except maybe a bit more cinematic seamlessly

[Lupus]

You know, I've pondered this very thing, and it seems to me that in the old days they really needed an awesome looking intro to impress people because of the limitations on what the actual gameplay could look like back then. The intro's always looked way better than the gameplay, but nowadays the gameplay itself and the cutscenes look fantastic, so they can incorporate what would have been a long intro into the actual game, and throw in cutscenes here and there that look the same as the gameplay, except maybe a bit more cinematic seamlessly

It is probably the reason you are right, I remember Final Fantasy VII intro and it was like wow wow and then played the game and was like aaaw, even up to PS2 era, look at Metal Gear Solid 2's intro it's amazing, gameplay wasn't the same though. Oh also to the other guys, Blizzard has always been exceptional in Cutscenes and intro's but they are the exception not like in the past where almost every game had an impressive intro.

Also Dungeon Keepers intro :-)

[Lupus]

Those can't be the only good intro's everyone remembers :-D there must be ton mores