Best Game Beginning/Endings

[atomicthumbs]

Wow... I get yet another opportunity to mention my favorite game ever.

Bionic Commando

Fits in nicely for best intro and best ending on any system... Well 8-bit system anyway. I mean, FF7 it ain't, but c'mon... It's pretty danged sweet.

[Cauterize]

FF7 gets my vote for intro and ending! Pure class and ahead of its time IMO!

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Wild ARMs had a wonderful intro movie. Great song too.

I second that. Anyways, chrono trigger has the whole package, 12 ending and one amazing intro. Who could forget the first time they ever played that game and watching the intro after the bell scene? The music, the graphics, I knew I was in for a treat after watching that.

[El CiF]

ff3 (ff6) does have an awesome beggining, but i havent seen the ending yet.
same with ff7. my favorite beginning however would be ff10 hands down. i had just gotten my ps2, and that game had just came out, so i bought it, went home and got to see this amazing CG scene. the whole thing is just so awesome that i want to go watch it right now
other good endings/beginings: Metal Gear Solid. the whole beginning was just like a movie, with the credits going as you're playing

[Aussie2B]

The Onimusha games have excellent intros. I haven't played the third game yet but I am betting the intro is nice.

Indeed. Robot makes the best FMV. They did an amazing job on Baten Kaitos's intro too. Too bad that hiring the team costs so much that they couldn't afford to put any other FMV sequences in Baten Kaitos. :P

[EnemyZero]

xenosaga - the entire game was one big movie that lets you run around and press buttons every so often

[Djfinny]

The Intro To Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 Is awesome and really gets you into playing the game.

You nailed it - when I saw this topic title, C&C: Red Alert was the first game game that came to mind. I actually watched the intro twice before starting my first game - it's that good.

For real old school arcade - I gotta admit, the beginning of Donkey Kong is still one of my favorites

DJ

[it290]

I think Altered Beast has to be given credit for having one of the most classic intros ever. Actually, both the attract mode intro and the intro when you start playing are awesome.

[slip81]

Best Opening:
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos

Best Ending: Tie
Final Fantasy III(VI)
Chrono Trigger

[rbudrick]

Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 will alwyas be favorites of mine. Their intros rocked and they both had probably the best endings in NES history....top 5 anyway.

-Rob

[robotriot]

Here are some game intros I recorded which I thought were cool :) The low framerate doesn't do the original justice though D:

http://omr.planet-d.net/gameintros/

[o2william]

Now it is the beginning of a fantastic story! Let's make a journey to the cave of monsters! Good Luck!

OK, so it's not the most dramatic intro in the history of gaming, but what great phrasing!

I'll second Ninja Gaiden II for Best. Intro. Ever. The ending isn't too shabby either.

[Sanriostar]

Still sticking with what was essentially the ending for Super Metroid....

It's becase of that ending that there's been an interest in fleshing out the whole Metroid storyline. Think about it.

[tritium]

Intros that shocked me or awed me.

Ninja Gaiden NES... Wow. Intro
Starcraft/Starcraft broodwar Intros
Final Fantasy 8 Intro!

Grandia 2 Ending (Dude it was animated...)

-Tritium

[xaer0knight]

Opening- For the PCE CD, Dracula X was always my Favorite. And Tales of Phantasia for the Super Famicom was awesome. who would of thought a MP3 for an opening for SFC , Ninja Gaiden 1 intro and music was awesome.

Eternal Darkness ending was awesome. Ikaruga even sad was a good ending.

[NESaholic]

I like the Ninja Gaiden series 1,2,3 for the Nes.Good intro,great story between levels,good endings.

[link1110]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Phantasy Star 2. That game had the best ending ever.

[studvicious]

Metal Gear Solid 2 has a sweet intro

[kainemaxwell]

I like the intro to FF8 more then the actual game.

[christianscott27]

Ys books on turbo duo is pretty damn special

for movies soul reaver had one hell of a long pretty opener

for action medal of honor rising sun's pearl harbor is pretty damn amazing