Pavlos Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Alright... as random as it may seem I want to know what your perfect RPG opening act is. I got into a discussion today with two of my friends about this and I was wondering what you thought! I will cite an example of our discussion. NWN... an absolutely brilliant game that completely and utterly fails to sell itself in its opening scene. (You wake up in a room... that is it and what is worse is that the prologue is impossibly shallow, annoying and oh so many other adjectives of that sort.) I would like to know what you think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 You wake up on a bunk on a ship...To find out it's under attack, and then go and rescue some spoilt young girl who thinks she's the centre of the universe just because she's a Jedi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Well it starts out in a bar, and your character is sitting at a table. Then the door opens, and a rabbi, a priest and a midget walk in.... I don't pay too much attention to the intros, so I can't really answer that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountVerilucus Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 i usually catch on the movies where something violent and dramatic happens at the start. and then it says something like "10 years later...". For example Xmen 1, where the kid (who turns out to be magneto i think) is in a Nazi concentration camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthSaboteur Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I'd say something that really opens your eyes instead of some dreadfully boring opening cutscene. I think KotOR got it right when BioWare wrote down what would happen on the Endar Spire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkonium Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 After character creation, your character appears in a lush, green, peaceful place, with little or no knowledge of the adversary, life is basically great, but soon, things turn sour, and the tutorial area is destroyed by the enemy. Now that is a beginning for an RPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth333 Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I don't have any specific scenario here but I think the scene should give some room to imagination and not too much background info: I like to be able to decide whether my pc was good or bad in the past, what is his/her background, etc and shape my PC to my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Source Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ I love that idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lantzen Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 I like the Fable opening scene, that you start as a kid. Or you wake up in a morgue with no memories and the first npc you talk to is a floating skull:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDJOHNNYMIKE Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 You wake up, realize your insane, and decide "I THINK I LIKE IT!!!!!":thmbup1: I kinda like it when a story starts with the main character dying, but not giving much of a clue as to where or when it's happening, so you know it's inevitable. Kinda ups the tension a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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