Psycho Mantis as they can read my mind!
oh shit i forgot about him, yeah he’s probably the coolest one intro wise ngl
The post fight was also amazing. Such a well made character all around.
Nanomachines son!
Dark souls 3 Abyss Watchers live rent free in my head.
Replying to myself because I remember the og Artorias and Sif intros. That series is full of cool ones though.
Oh man, and the environmental component hearing the clash of metal get louder as you approach the arena. FromSoft has always been good at it, but that was really peak environmental design and story telling.
The first time you fight Magus in Chrono Trigger.
Boom Bewm
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4cfhQYGznAI
Start at 50 seconds in. I couldn’t figure out the link with timecode thing.
absolute cinema
Saren, in Mass Effect.
Sarah Kerrigan in StarCraft 2.
I am the Swarm. Armies will be shattered. Worlds will burn. Now at last, on this world, vengeance shall be mine. For I am the Queen of Blades.
Mic Drop!
Sephiroth - Final Fantasy 7
It has to be Riku in Kingdom Hearts. He takes about 5 minutes or more to tell you that your path ends there and he actually delivers. Then he tells it again when you inevitably try again, because you can’t skip the bloody cutscene.
Have recently played this for the first time, and I’m stuck on the final Riku fight, it’s excessively difficult and worst of all I just don’t really care about the characters for it to be worth it for me to finish the game, honestly a super overrated game.
For a long time I thought KH to be the best game ever but… It is ! When you’re a teenager, when you’re going through angst. But when you’re a grown up, it is not as good.
The descent of the Moon Presence in Bloodborne is still one of my favorite intros ever.
I was going to say Ludwig for mine, but this one is epic too
Anyone in Metal Gear Rising: Revengance of course!
Elden Ring, the Lord of Madness. Intro, and the mid fight phase change gave me goosebumps with the music
Voodoo One, Viper’s on station. Your journey ends here, Pilot - the skies belong to me. Nowhere to run… Nowhere to hide.
Orochi in Okami. You spend the first entire third of the game building up to your first fight with him and by the time you’re fighting him, you have an incredible amount of context for how legendary your battle actually is.
Many of the boss battles in that game had amazing lead-up.
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When you go back in time ahh shit man. Great stuff. Orochi was overused a bit but it it’s still really awesome
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