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  1. 10-29-2008, 00:03 #1
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    Pretty much all my favourites have been mentioned, but...

    Battletech games, especially MW3 and MechCommander.
    C&C Series: Don't really stand the test of time well, but somehow great nonetheless. I especially love the NOD campaign in the original game.
    Fallout Series: It's hard not to love the style. What's scary is that if you've ever seen actual American Cold War "information films", it's barely satire.
    Total War: Has some good ones certainly, I particularly like the ending movies of Shogun (especially the modern Japanese post-script)
    Dawn of War: Specifically the intro, really captures the spirit of WH40K.
    Deus Ex Invisible War: The intro is actually really good... unfortunately it's the high point of the game.
    Thief: Everything about this game's cinematics is praiseworthy, but the ending movie of the original game is the best IMO, truly great.

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    Age of Empires. That has always stuck in my mind.

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3bQ-WsquMwE

    Back in the day, that looked utterly amazing.
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    Call me soppy, but I loved the cutscenes in Final Fantasy 8.
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    Age of Empires. That has always stuck in my mind.

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3bQ-WsquMwE

    Back in the day, that looked utterly amazing.
    That reminds me, the intro for the first Empire Earth was awesome, always made me want to play the periods and units depicted in the cutscene.
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    Yeah, the cutscenes in WiC are very good!

    I always loved the intro to Mafia, very cinematic with great music. Also very well done how it blended in with the start of the game:

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jKsaJe2zKSo


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    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_rS_n3...eature=related

    AoE2 is great as well!

    Warcraft 2 for that matter as well! I watched this over and over when i played it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU-n8UZM5Cc
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    Adventure games have the best cut scenes.
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    I'll second Red Alert and Shogun Total War -- both had some excellent scenes.

    As a Star Trek aficionado, I would also tip my hat to Birth of the Federation and Klingon Academy. The intro movie for BOTF had both excellent music & narration and felt very atmospheric, and the campaign intro movies for each of the 5 playable races were fairly well-done as well. As for KA, I have just five words for you: David Werner and Christopher Plummer. Nothing more needs to be said there.
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    Too many favorite cutscenes out there. How about all from Metal Gear Solid series?

    Anyway, Fallout 2 intro. Classic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3PXiV95kwA

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    Age of Empires. That has always stuck in my mind.

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3bQ-WsquMwE

    Back in the day, that looked utterly amazing.
    Indeed. I think that it still looks utterly amazing.
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