Video games have an important job in their opening moments to try and convince players that this game is worth playing past the first few minutes of pressing that start button on the controller. Some ...

As the old saying goes, you don't get a second chance to make a first impression. That's especially true in the world of video games, where a good introduction can do quite a bit in terms of selling ...

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But some games do it differently. They give you a ‘taste of power’, instead: introducing you to the world as an extremely powerful character, usually with an over-potent weapon or ability, and put you ...

A great example of the simple-but-effective first-person wasteland intro, 2010 action role-playing game Fallout: New Vegas shows you a ruined America, as gray and hostile as an undiscovered planet.

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Castlevania’s 1987 NES port has a to-the-point, 11 second introduction. An 8-bit bat flies toward you as you’re encouraged to push the start key. Protagonist Simon Belmont stomps up to a sharp-looking ...