10 Seriously Underrated Video Game Intros That Deserve Another Look

For a game that features a biker on the box art, it’s a bit strange when a gleaming hover limousine is the first piece of hardware you see. You might wonder whether this is some kind of futurist take or whether bikers are a dying breed. Turns out it’s the latter.

We start with the most biker thing imaginable, a monologue recalling a bad memory, the smell of asphalt, and a woman who spells trouble, set against a background of a lonely road winding through a windswept canyon. Cue the roar of chopper engines, the hard rock number playing over the 70s TV-style credits, and the atmosphere is just about perfect.

It only gets better. You have the gravelly-voiced, square-chinned protagonist with a big heart, the affable company founder who loves bikes and bikers both and the gloriously sleazy corporate scumbag who obviously wants to supplant him. The ingredients are all here for a tale of betrayal, revenge, and Mad Max style mayhem with Tim Schafer’s understated humour in full effect.