For the top spot, an opening scene that manages to chronicle a quarter of someone's entire lifespan, before ending on one of the most visually arresting and memorable landscape-shots you'll ever see. In addition, couping you up inside an underground vault in a game that prides itself on one of the most expansive open-worlds we knew was waiting served to make us yearn for the outside world, already establishing that sense of wanting to break free and challenge the faux-religious teachings spouted under the tutelage of the maniacal Overseer. It all begins literally at a beginning too, with you emerging from the womb and choosing your character's name - the voice of Liam Neeson as your father guiding you through - before time-jumps show significant parts of your life inside. Neeson then disappears, leaving only a voice recording behind that provides the perfect reason to do what none in this place ever have; journey outside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edpptVPyAlI In this small time you'll make a few choices along the way that reflect how characters react to you, but it's the short dash to an opened vault door and the arresting burst of pure white light that signifies your emergence onto the surface that's so perfectly scripted. Bethesda would again revisit this opening with Skyrim, but here in a game full of motivational mysteries and directional possibilities, this coming-of-age portrayal perfectly put you in the exact same mindset as your blank-slate avatar in the most expertly effective manner. Which other opening sequences do you love and wish you could revisit for the first time again? Let us know in the comments!
