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NFUN posted...

Fair

Out of curiosity, how would this compare to the other version I nominated?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc4whvKFEdo

Neither probably hit what you value in an intro, but I realized after I nommed there were seven options and I chose probably the worse

That was really nice visually, but I preferred System Shock 2. Since you mentioned it, Ill put up what I wrote for that one:

30. System Shock 2 - NFUN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dQp8gv2KBw

Ive never played a System Shock game, but this intro did a pretty good job of laying out the plot of what I missed and what Id need to know going into the sequel.

I liked the way a segment of the story here is told through a mock promotional video about the voyage of the starship as some bright future for humanity. But as the screen goes dark at the end of the video, it quickly becomes clear something has gone wrong, with the sounds of static and a voice saying security has been compromised. Then we get a time jump and see a character awakening on the ship while it is embroiled in chaos, as a womans voice fills in the character who has no memory of what led to that point.

I think its a nice touch the way the player is put on equal footing with the character, who knows no more than I do at this point in the game. Theres also enough unanswered questions to make this an intriguing starting point.

I do think this intro could have been a bit shorter (it was a bit longer than I was looking for in this topic, but I let it slide because it was close enough). Still I cant say it ever dragged, and I liked this intro overall.