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Night_Trekker
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Monkey Hero (PS1)
God I hate this game. Rented it, played hours of it, suffered through every bit of that gameplay.
And on top of that, the intro is shit.
God I hate this game. Rented it, played hours of it, suffered through every bit of that gameplay.
And on top of that, the intro is shit.
Wild Arms 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0LdpkVyzvM
I think they wanted to make an anime opening, but something went wrong and they sticked to the ingame engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0LdpkVyzvM
I think they wanted to make an anime opening, but something went wrong and they sticked to the ingame engine.
FrontalMonk
Banned
My vote is the intro to Baldur's Gate 2. The actual intro sequence was actually pretty awesome; it set up the protagonist's situation and the antagonist's evil pretty quickly.
But yo, that intro dungeon.
Baldur's Gate 2, is in my top 5 games of all time. So consider that when I say that the dungeon you find yourself in was so boring I stopped playing on probably two seperate occasions. It wasn't until my third try at it, months after I bought the game, that I managed to get out, and witness the awesome.
It might not be the worst intro EVER, but compared to the rest of the game, the intro dungeon was terrible. So terrible, in fact, that every time I play BG2 now I install a mod that skips it.
But yo, that intro dungeon.
Baldur's Gate 2, is in my top 5 games of all time. So consider that when I say that the dungeon you find yourself in was so boring I stopped playing on probably two seperate occasions. It wasn't until my third try at it, months after I bought the game, that I managed to get out, and witness the awesome.
It might not be the worst intro EVER, but compared to the rest of the game, the intro dungeon was terrible. So terrible, in fact, that every time I play BG2 now I install a mod that skips it.
Dr Zhivago
Member
Driver, obviously.
They started the game with an exam instead of a tutorial.
They started the game with an exam instead of a tutorial.
CortexVortex
Banned
I nominate Crusaders and Might and Magic for the worst intro. It's just so poorly done and the voice acting (in the german version) is so incredibly bad... seriously the worst voice acting I've experienced so far.
the_sun_king
Member
More like the goddamn best
DUN DUN DUDUDUN
My favourite bit was always "REBECCA CHAMBERS".
came to post this. just noooope. gave up at 17ish hours. ain't nobody got time for that.
Doubt I'll be arsed with FF again.
scar tissue
Banned
Twilight Princess: the thread.
Note: I haven't played Skyward Sword yet, supposedly it is worse?
Note: I haven't played Skyward Sword yet, supposedly it is worse?
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
As much as I love Okami, the text heavy opening was a bit too much for me.
Paddington Bear
Member
Personally I kinda like the Roxas KH2 intro
Youngblade badmouthing Days? I'm x/posting this in the community thread haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wXoEnnEZ2ZQ
Rock-On for PC-Engine. Yes, that was a 'progessional' release, game wasn't any better (though of course, being for Japan only partially explains the awful Engrish, but why have that much text if you don't expect someone to try reading it?)
Edit: here's the text (their spelling errors, not mine):
Dealy beloved.Other time, other space,people live a damn boring routine
life,although the world is so peaceful.
Off course,some of them thinks they gotto get out of the
life,and dreaming about getting a big fortune. To realize that
dream,there's only one way left in that world, needless to say,its,some
how,to find out the mysterious fortune,hidden by the ancient people.
"Busters",it's the name who we call the fortune hunters.
Now they're about to start a historic joyney,that no one could come back alive
from. That is to get the "FISA"'s, called legend by people....
But,except the one person, no one in the world can make it real who has got
to be billionet and radical,physically and mentally....
Yes,you are the one!
Now the whole world is watching you and looking for your success.
NOW LET'S GO FOR IT !!!
Rock-On for PC-Engine. Yes, that was a 'progessional' release, game wasn't any better (though of course, being for Japan only partially explains the awful Engrish, but why have that much text if you don't expect someone to try reading it?)
Edit: here's the text (their spelling errors, not mine):
Dealy beloved.Other time, other space,people live a damn boring routine
life,although the world is so peaceful.
Off course,some of them thinks they gotto get out of the
life,and dreaming about getting a big fortune. To realize that
dream,there's only one way left in that world, needless to say,its,some
how,to find out the mysterious fortune,hidden by the ancient people.
"Busters",it's the name who we call the fortune hunters.
Now they're about to start a historic joyney,that no one could come back alive
from. That is to get the "FISA"'s, called legend by people....
But,except the one person, no one in the world can make it real who has got
to be billionet and radical,physically and mentally....
Yes,you are the one!
Now the whole world is watching you and looking for your success.
NOW LET'S GO FOR IT !!!
unknownstranger
Member
I'm assuming you're talking about the first 45 minutesish of gameplay and not the awesome prologue that nearly made me cry.
Aeriscloud
Banned
Yeah, that part where it says Sony Entertainment Europe, disgusting.
Cizeta-Moroder
Banned
I don't think you can beat James Pond 2 PS1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHBvJbrjcfY&html5=1&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHBvJbrjcfY&html5=1&hd=1
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS
HoodWinked
Member
thats not even the intro... thats the idle screen.
Sets the move perfectly IMO. More comparable to overtures that would be played before a film started back in the day.
I forgot about this until just now, when I was a kid it took me like 100 tries haha
Mass Effect 3 for sure. Basically, it takes place in the most boring possible location to visit (Earth), which is under attack, like a lot of planets in Mass Effect, but with this one we care extra cause it's Earth. It's not particularly fun to play or watch, but the most offensive thing about it is all the junk involving the random ass little kid that appears just to *tragically* parish. Paragon or renegade, you can't force people to care about some little shit with no character or importance in the plot, especially when the scenes involving him are presented in such a hokey way. Pathetic all around.
XANDER CAGE
Member
I think Final Fantasy Tactics has enough bullshit at the beginning to make me never play it again, as much as I love it.
L I T T L E F O O D . . . . . . . . . . . .
N O M O N E Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
L I T T L E F O O D . . . . . . . . . . . .
N O M O N E Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sapphire Dreams
Member
Aaaaaaand we're done lol.
PlayALLtheGames
Banned
No, not even close. Twilight Princess' intro is super long and filled with awful tutorials. Skyward Sword is much shorter, doesn't force tutorials, and is mostly world, character, and story building.
KillerTravis
Banned
Holy shit! That text speed has to be illegal.
Sportbilly
Member
Yep, Deus Ex: HR, too.
Fruitster
Member
What the hell? Yeah, this takes it easily.
This is a joke right?
Someone slowed down an emulator to like 10% and recorded it in Fraps? Right?
RIGHT!?
Alessandro
Member
The 10 mimutes intro of Cursed Crusade stroke me back when I played it: while not mecessarily bad I remember founding myself smashing the controller hoping the developers would let me get in control of the characters.
I would consider it one of the worst from a pure gameplay aspect. And I like Kojima.
I would consider it one of the worst from a pure gameplay aspect. And I like Kojima.
The first Ikari Warriors on NES was fucking awful.
Maybe the arcade version was good, but I never played it.
It had great music, though.
KillerTravis
Banned
NO!
out0v0rder
Member
Gun.Smoke was way better.
Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door is hilarious, but the opening takes forever and really has none of the charm of the rest of the game. There's a reason it was nicknamed "The Thousand Year Bore".
Skyrim isn't that great, but the intro is just wretched. In a game with terrible voice acting and ugly visuals and sandbox gameplay, you don't constrain the player from doing anything but looking around while you hear the characters natter on about things you couldn't give a shit about.
Skyrim isn't that great, but the intro is just wretched. In a game with terrible voice acting and ugly visuals and sandbox gameplay, you don't constrain the player from doing anything but looking around while you hear the characters natter on about things you couldn't give a shit about.
This was a bad one, but I'm not even sure it counts considering the rest of Too Human was just as awful.
I loved the music in the FFX-2 credits/intro, that I didn't mind just leaving the title screen on for this game just to hear this music again.
ebullientprism
Member
Jesus christ yes to Okami.
I dont mind a ton of text. I dont mind it being at the start of the game. But to put it out at the pace it goes through is fucking criminal. As someone who reads pretty fast anyway it was downright infuriating. You cant speed it up. You cant skip it.
I love Okami but fuck that.
I dont mind a ton of text. I dont mind it being at the start of the game. But to put it out at the pace it goes through is fucking criminal. As someone who reads pretty fast anyway it was downright infuriating. You cant speed it up. You cant skip it.
I love Okami but fuck that.