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General => Akihabara => Video Games => Topic started by: Tuffty on February 23, 2011, 12:04:22 AM
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Usually something gamers lament and criticise modern games for having too much emphasis of, video game cutscenes can genuinely be pretty good. Funny, badass, even emotional on a rare occassion. Time to let us know some of your favourites. Try to include a video if you can so we can all see the glory of it!
I will suggest however, to try and avoid anything too spoilerish. It would do no good for someone playing a game for a long time only to have the ending ruined here! If possible, try to precede the video with a bigass spoiler warning.
I'll get the ball rolling with a few faves of mine:
Devil May Cry 3 - Opening
Devil May Cry 3 - Dante's Office (Dante Opening) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K7WkkzFMfo#)
Final Fantasy VIII - Opening
Final Fantasy VIII Opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd5KLb7RQjE#)
Metal Gear Solid - Psycho Mantis
Psycho Mantis fight, (MGS1) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayZG-RJCUYs#)
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I convinced (read "forced") my cousin to buy a new PS2 saying how good it was, just so I could buy the game and do overnight runs on it at his place.
Ah, good times. :)
There were a lot of great scenes in FFX. And sure, some were more touching and important to the storyline, like the underwater lovelove scene. :oops:
But it was the moment I started a new game, this came on, and... "Waoh!" :w00t:
Final fantasy X intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqJYXoC1OQc#)
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One that really hit me the most was the end of Half Life 2: Episode 2. Launching and watching the rocket was amazing. I have honestly never felt such hopelessness, anguish then to anger and longing for revenge as I did after this.
COMPLETE AND UTTER SPOILERAGE! IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED IT BUT PLAN TO DON'T WATCH!
COMPLETE AND UTTER SPOILERAGE IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THESE BUT PLAN TO DON'T WATCH! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLkuRVFqbMY#)
Some others (more massive spoilers)
A bunch from Metal Gear Solid games, I like how they put little interactive parts where you can see through Snakes eyes or do certain things, see info flashbacks ect.
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MGS2 Intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6LHW4hhe3Q)
MGS2 Enter Solidus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZC_-vXWjcw)
MGS3 Virtuous Mission Intro 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlqCs-9dcF4)
MGS3 Virtuous Mission Intro 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYAb4_op3ks)
MGS3 Not a good start to the Snake Eater Mission (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AccpEhSg0e4)
MGS3 Debriefing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIHci5x2R58)
MGS4 Intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhZx8kz1JEY)
MGS4 Walk through the microwave (actually made me physically exhausted) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qQI177lqU0)
MGS4 Raiden's Ending (yea yea whatever, I loved this one, surprised the hell out of me! xD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu6cYTFztqo)[/noembed]
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Shenmue II
rooftop shenmue fight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucZAEWwCh8Y#)
The scene where you see Lan Di for the first time since Shenmue I. So close yet so far away. And then the following fight with Dou Niu was epic in itself until you pulled off the Counter Elbow. Ryo for the first time finally begun to see that size doesn't matter and it's focusing your energy that counts, it was a sign he was one step closer to being on equal footing with Lan Di. A shame then we'd never see it.
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Fist of the North Star : Ken's Rage
Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage - Epic Intro Cinematics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSmrZS7i1VY#ws)
It's a really well made intro video that sets up what the game's about and gives a giddy thrill to fans of the manga. My favourite part is 1:04 because Rei is just such a badass.
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Speaking of badass, Escape from Butcher Bay really made you feel like one when sneaking around in the darkness and snapping guards necks, but Riddick shows he can be a badass as well in the cutscenes with some epic one-liners.
"The Chronicles of Riddick - Escape from Butcher Bay" walkthrough, checkpoint 13 - Abbott (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOgWxBerNrc#)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbUsuIr28SA#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbUsuIr28SA#ws)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wME5IGuBDKk#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wME5IGuBDKk#ws)
Do these count? :shocked
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOLANti8UCY#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOLANti8UCY#ws)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0RuR3FREFw#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0RuR3FREFw#ws)
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Probably my favorite of all time, from HL2 Ep2 again. :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aejntEMJdZM#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aejntEMJdZM#ws)
Recently [noembed]the 32 cube ending of Fez fucked my mind in the best way possible. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCCZlvmORDs&t=8m30s)[/noembed]
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Onimusha 3
Onimusha 3 - Demon Siege - Intro - PS2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3nil3KC3n0#)
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Metal Gear Solid - Snake Eater > Death of the Boss (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blEXVhD16Ow#ws)
one of my fav., but every MGS is a emotional cutscene festival...