Supreme Commander intro cinematic released.

Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » 2007-01-14 12:38am

Darth Wong wrote:A lot of what I like about the RA and RA2 intros is the way it all fits together. The music, the mood, the hammer and sickle, the chanting, it all creates the mood.

Yeah, both of those games and their expansions had great cinematic and art design on all levels.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-01-14 12:41am

Man, I worded that badly. I used the word "mood" twice, in a really stupid-looking way. But you get my point.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2007-01-14 12:45am

The fact that the Red Alerts were more tongue in cheek than a lesbian orgy certainly didn't hurt.

Am I the only one who, when hearing the opening of Red Alert 2, immediately thinks of Bush when Romanov babbles about his 'legacy'?

Teleros · Post by **Teleros** » 2007-01-14 12:55am

Yep - Brood War and RA2 both have very nice intro cinematics. Got to love the quality of the Warcraft 3 ones too.

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2007-01-14 01:28am

Darth Wong wrote:
Arrow wrote:It's good. But it has nothing on the TA Intro. Now that is energy, that puts you in the mood to kill ungodly amounts of shit.
They both suck. The Supreme Commander intro movie is like a history lesson and the TA intro movie is nothing more than a rolling catalogue of game units.

For my money, the greatest RTS game intro movie ever was Red Alert. It's no contest.

No, RA2 is the superior game and intro

. (Though I have to agree that the SC:BW intro was beautiful, I have the opera music playing on my ipod).

Adrian Laguna wrote:t's funny, Terrans send an exploratory vessel through wormhole and the first thing that happens is it gets run over by a gigantic alien strike-craft carrier. Hell of a way to make first contact.

SC does it better

(First they get eaten by space insects without worrying then the extermiantors come in

).
Remember the "Oh Shi-" scenes? Hell of a lot of them in SC. (Blizzard does the best cutscenes out there, barring anything with Hell-march playing

, and yes, that includes "THe technology of PEACE!")

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2007-01-14 02:47am

The Starcraft cutscenes don't really do anything for me. But then, I never really cared for the "OMG SWARM OF REALLY VICIOUS SUPERCRITTERS IS GONNA KILL US ALL" thing ever.

Chris OFarrell · Post by **Chris OFarrell** » 2007-01-14 03:04am

I've always had a spot for the original C&C intro. In the guise of a TV transmission thats breaking into your computer and a channel surfer, you get introduced to how the Tiberium universe differs from our own, despite the similarities. Stuff like the economic channels talking about how Nod controls so much Tiberium, giving them huge leverage in stock markets, terrorist bombings by Nod, the UN's interest in Nod e.t.c.

It really worked well (it was really the first FMV intro I saw that grabbed me and pulled me into the game) for its time. Red Alert was also a good intro for what it was worth. And TA frankly did it right as well. Its much harder to do it for something like TA then for something like a C&C game. It got the spirit of the game presented well...with an awesome soundtrack behind it.

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2007-01-14 10:19am

Eh...where's the second half?

That's a good exposition, bu t any good intro for a game like that needs the 'now some shit dies. In fact, a lot of shit dies' phase after that. I want the second half of the intro!

Post by **Vympel** » 2007-01-14 10:58am

The original Red Alert had the best intro (for an RTS), simply because the original Hell March is so damn cool. That's not to say the sequel isn't pretty damn close.

The best intro period however, I don't know. Tough one.

Total Annihilation's intro is just like the game- no soul whatsoever. Total Annihilation was a lot of fun, but it was as barren and lifeless as an asteroid.

Looks like Supreme Commander is trying to rectify that- hopefully the in-game plot will make it clear there are actually people involved in this conflict, as opposed to lifeless robots you don't give a fuck about smashing into each other again and again ...

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-01-14 12:53pm

Don't forget the red dagger being thrust into the heart of Europe at the end. Great way to end the intro movie without dragging it out or getting repetitive, and with a powerful punctuation.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2007-01-14 04:07pm

The original C&C intro is the first FMV intro I ever saw and it has a place in my heart. The original RA intro was very interesting setting a very dark tone to the game. RA2 had a fun intro, but felt somewhat long. Yuri's Revenge was the better intro with a sense of camp, but far darker.

Tiberian Sun had a pathetic intro. The teaser movie that came with Dune 2000 was better.

Other good game intros.

The original Descent Freespace as well as Freespace 2.

Tie-Fighter

SC Brood War

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2007-01-14 04:51pm

I'm going along with mike on this one, count me in for a me too, for RA. not to mention you know who, (hint he's currently gracing my desk top) was the director.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2007-01-14 06:55pm

Interesting that no one's mentioned Dawn of War's intro. I liked that one. (Mark of Chaos' intro's pretty snazzy too)

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2007-01-14 07:09pm

Darth Wong wrote:Don't forget the red dagger being thrust into the heart of Europe at the end. Great way to end the intro movie without dragging it out or getting repetitive, and with a powerful punctuation.

It also subtly hints the Soviets win (albeit, not by giant dagger to the map from space), ergo, play Soviet, or else!

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2007-01-14 07:27pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Don't forget the red dagger being thrust into the heart of Europe at the end. Great way to end the intro movie without dragging it out or getting repetitive, and with a powerful punctuation.
It also subtly hints the Soviets win (albeit, not by giant dagger to the map from space), ergo, play Soviet, or else!

Yeah, but if you play Soviet then you hand the world of to NOD and you don't want them winning, do you?

...

Kane lives in death!

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2007-01-14 07:30pm

Erik von Nein wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Don't forget the red dagger being thrust into the heart of Europe at the end. Great way to end the intro movie without dragging it out or getting repetitive, and with a powerful punctuation.
It also subtly hints the Soviets win (albeit, not by giant dagger to the map from space), ergo, play Soviet, or else!
Yeah, but if you play Soviet then you hand the world of to NOD and you don't want them winning, do you?

...

Kane lives in death!

yes we do?

you can not stop the messiah

Adrian Laguna · Post by **Adrian Laguna** » 2007-01-14 07:32pm

I just recently saw the Red Alert ending movies for both the Soviets and Allies. The Soviet one is cool, but the Allied one sucks balls. I'm annoyed that matter what you do, Stalin dies.

EDIT - More accurately, I'm annoyed Stalin gets such a shitty death in the Allied ending.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-01-14 07:38pm

It's pretty funny that some people like intros with ideas, themes, and mood... and some people just like 'zomg teh tankzors and boom splosions rarrr'. I found all the Starcraft cutscenes/intros to be virtually content-free nonsense, certainly nothing as awesome mood establishing-wise as the Freespace intro or the RA hilarity.

And the TA intro? How is it EVEN an intro? What does it 'introduce'? If it'd have a stat breakdown overlaid over the units it'd be a useful introduction... but it's just 'wow tanks woot'.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-01-14 07:59pm

Shinova wrote:Interesting that no one's mentioned Dawn of War's intro. I liked that one. (Mark of Chaos' intro's pretty snazzy too)

Matk of Chaos' intro is pretty much the most surprisingly badass intro ever. I mean, not exactly much happens, but damn if that Warrior Priest didn't stand up and account himself. It's also fairly good in building an atmosphere, what with the misty forest and all that jazz ... and the sevants of Chaos coming out of fucking nowhere in plate armour.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2007-01-15 03:00am

The original C&C intro looked a lot less awesome than I remember (but in it's defence, quite original

I found the Supreme Commander intro rather "meh". It seemed like some incoherent, uninteresting history lesson

Star Craft: Brood Wars and Dawn of War are my all time favorites. Honorable mention to the RA2 one (the statue of liberty being overshadowed by blimps of Doom!)

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2007-01-15 03:04am

Shinova wrote:Interesting that no one's mentioned Dawn of War's intro. I liked that one. (Mark of Chaos' intro's pretty snazzy too)

Meh. I disliked the DoW cinematic; it made the Blood Raven's look like morons. Then again, so did Dark Crusade.

'Dur, we're limited in number and if we hold position, we'll get reinforcements! CHARGE THE HEAVILY ARMED FOES!'

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2007-01-15 01:28pm

Psh, didn't you hear them? It was "The Monolith! If we take it out, this is over! Charge!"

Besides, if those marines had real, proper bolters, they would have slaughtered the Orks, and the Necrons. Probably not the Monolith itself though.