10 Seriously Underrated Video Game Intros That Deserve Another Look
1. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Make a game about 40K’s Space Marines and you better get it right. They are 40K’s poster child, the best of the best, and if you’re going to be playing as one you need to feel like an unstoppable juggernaut.
The game achieves this in suitably dramatic Warhammer fashion. A Forge World is under attack by Orks, the situation is dire, and as the options are eliminated one-by-one a single course of action remains – deploy the Ultramarines. It’s a simple plot device but a mighty effective one, leaving you in no doubt that not only are the Space Marines elite, they are the elite.
An expansive opening shot of the planet follows, beautifully showcasing 40K’s uniquely dark, monumental techno-gothic aesthetic and clearly establishing the sheer scale of not only the universe but the task at and. Then, in the course of a thrilling cinematic combat jump through a pitched battle we are introduced to the protagonist - the unconventional, and formidable, Captain Titus.
It’s a fantastically entertaining intro that doesn’t overstay its welcome, fully immerses you in the fiction, and effortlessly makes you feel like the demi-god an Astartes truly is.