20 Best Video Game Opening Levels Of The Last 10 Years

3. Ode To The Roadie - Brütal Legend

Yes, the game overall was one of the most painful letdowns in all of gaming, but Brutal Legend's intro cutscene and opening stretch is also one for the history books. After opening with a supremely strong cutscene that delves into the various ways modern instrumentation and 'tween demographics' can affect a genre, we see Jack Black's Eddie Riggs get transported to an ethereal land where heavy metal ephemera is physically real.

He promptly picks up a whopping great electric guitar and within seconds you're slaying demons with riffs, solos and power chords. Not only that, but - backed by Motörhead's Back at the Funny Farm, no less - you'll assemble a chugging hotrod, before tearing down a literal highway to hell.

The sequence ends with Eddie battling a monstrous bony plant... thing, ended by powersliding on his knees after triggering a decapitation. To which he yells gleefully, "DECAPITA-SHANNNN."

Can entertainment get any better?