What would you do if the game begins like this? :D

[okkoko]

intro video the player character is opening and closing his/her eyes slowly getting use to the darkness embracing her/him

 

suddenly noises and a lot of slow moving shadow coming closer towards the hero, senses getting sharper now to her horror the shadows moving toward  our lone hero are zombies and bone eaters.

 

you have no recollection of how you got inside a tomb but you know you have to run trough the undeads who blocks your way to the out side

and there is no telling of what might be outside ones you manage to leave this graveyard-ruin with what looks like 100 walking corpses  .blocking your way to freedom

[tajerio]

Roll my eyes, sigh, and play through it until the good part.

[Kjaamor]

Wake up, go on the internet, and see how P:E is coming along.

[Ffordesoon]

Be annoyed. RPGs that start with fighting tend to suck, and that opening scene always sucks.

[Nonek]

Though i'm (reasonably I think) nauseated by the preponderence of zombies in modern media, I am actually quite enthralled by one aspect of your introduction, the fact that it may well be ones own tomb. Maybe I just read Erekose at too young an age, but the thought of a protagonist long dead but suddenly reintroduced to the flesh, and all the sensation and memory it brings is (for me) quite interesting. Torian Kel of Arcanum is criminally underdeveloped in my opinion, as there was such inherent richness implicit in his situation, and yet despite that he is still one of my favourite characters in the game.

 

A game where you are literally examining life and all it holds could be quite enthralling I think, especially with a strong backstory of the deeds you commited while alive. Raziel confronting and denying himself in the fortress of the Sarafan was a marvellously intriguing moment in Soul Reaver 2. Something like that but examined in more depth, and open to interpretation, bias and all manner of other variables (including of course ones own choices) could serve as an interesting mechanic for a player. Somewhat like Nameless' search for his memories in Torment.

[Faerunner]

Widen my eyes in horror and hope it gets better.

 

I don't want to be rude, but I'm really not fond of the over-use of zombies and undead in popular media. I know undead are pretty common foes in fantasy games, but they usually at least show up later in the game. Starting off with just being attacked by undead and having to fight our way through is very underwhelming.

[Hormalakh]

*BAH!* More zombie intros?!

 

The one thing I hated about BG2 more than anything else is the 10 min intro before you could actually start playing.

Edited August 2, 2013 by Hormalakh

[Calmar]

 

[Merlkir]

No no no, the game obviously starts with the PC's village being attacked by black riders. Duh!

[Archmage Silver]

No no no, the game obviously starts with the PC's village being attacked by black riders. Duh!

Nah, I know it'll start on a ship. Then the ship crashes and sinks, and you'll wake up on a beach, but you're tied to the ground with stakes and rope by some wild orlans. I got this information directly from my Subway cashier's second cousin's brother's best friend's internet acquaintance.

[Sacred_Path]

okkoko = obyknven's alt?

[Calmar]

When the game begins you just left your ship, looking forward to start a new life far away from home. It's up to you where you go and what you do.

[Gfted1]

I put on my robe and wizard hat....whoops, wrong thread.

 

Seriously though, I like the concept of a "lost and confused" opening sequence.

[moridin84]

I guess it sounds cool if you don't think about it. 

 

It wouldn't be particularly good in an isometric RPG. Maybe if it was a FPS game. Or a survival horror game. Or a choose your own adventure book. Or a bad dream. 

 

Like what's with that "you have no recollection of how you got inside a tomb"? Of course you wouldn't, you just started the game. 

[okkoko]

okay okay i get the idea undead intro to uset now a day but hmmmmmm...

 

then what about your eyes open and close and your ear listen to the joy full laughter of females a beautifully lighthearted  music is player your eyes opens

you see lightly dressed weary nice looking females from all races others mostly male though also casual dressed womens are around you have no recollection how you came to be in this place but you know its the local brothel in the harbor

 

suddenly a lot of screaming  about and in to the brothel comes around 100 UNDEADS starting to eat brains..

[rjshae]

Horror usually works better when you start off with a sense of normalcy. That sets the baseline and makes it clear that horror is not the usual condition.

[okkoko]

 

then what about your eyes open and close and your ear listen to the joy full laughter of females a beautifully lighthearted  music is player your eyes opens

you see lightly dressed weary nice looking females from all races others mostly male though also casual dressed womens are around you have no recollection how you came to be in this place but you know its the local brothel in the harbor

So the game starts on slow friday afternoon?

 

okey okey not undeads bad idea? ..BUT what about a GIANT FOOD comes down the rooftop and a loud voice is yelling BOO WHERE ARE YOU!?!? :D

[Quadrone]

Seriously? What is this childish drivel?

[okkoko]

Seriously? What is this childish drivel?

do you not know about Boo the giant space hamster ?

[mstark]

I put on my robe and wizard hat

ermagherdiknowwtftthisisLIKE

 

Aside from that, my sympathies with tajerio.

[Karkarov]

Wonder why I bothered making a undead alt on WoW, log off, and do something worthwhile with my time.

[Ignatius]

When the game begins you just left your ship, looking forward to start a new life far away from home. It's up to you where you go and what you do.

 

Ah, Morrowind, one of the best RPG intros. Just great.

[Wolfenbarg]

If this is an Obsidian game, the first thing we'd do is talk to the zombies and find out who they are, what they're doing here, and why they're protecting us from whatever is outside.

[motorizer]

The game will start with you parachuting in from a c-47 dakota

It will be the only reference to the existence of either parachutes or aircraft in the entire game....

[Sheikh]

I definitily would have a recollection of what last happened before I was in a tomb and that is far more significant to me than "I dont know how I got here". In that way the intro is just plain bad.