10 Best Video Game Openings NO ONE Talks About

10. Megaman X

Classic games, particularly of the SNES era, have cemented themselves in the subconscious of an entire gaming generation, but some have since fallen by the wayside in the conversation.

While not completely unknown, it isn't said nearly enough how brilliant a first-level Megaman X has.

While later games in the X series would get caught up in their plots (which would've been fine if the plots were, ya know, good) the first X game drops you right in the middle of the action right away. And the whole first level is about subtly teaching the player how to play this very different interpretation of Megaman in as short a time as possible.

Through organic level design and enemy encounters, you're taught how to jump, shoot, wall jump, what kind of enemies await you in the game ahead, and how bosses work. It's a brilliant use of hiding tutorials within normal action, on the level of the original Super Mario Bros.