# Do you watch Video Game intros? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952 "2005-11-20T17:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/1 "2005-11-20T17:08:12Z")
In another thread it was asked which Video Games had intros better than the games themselves. Which led me to ask: How many of you even watch the intro? I do not. Mods, wasn’t sure if the was Cafe or IMHO. But it is a poll so I put it here. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/2 "2005-11-20T17:18:11Z")
Always. I’t s just eye candy generally, but I like eye candy. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/3 "2005-11-20T19:08:28Z")
I watch it all the way through. The first time. After that, I skip it. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/4 "2005-11-20T19:28:13Z")
I have been known to start a game just to watch the intro, and listen to the music. Some intros are not worth watching, but I’ll always watch it through at least the first time. I get myself a great drink and maybe a snack, and sit down, and slip the game into the puter or console, and prepare to enjoy the experience. There’s nothing quite like anticipating a game, and then finally getting it and watching the intro. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/5 "2005-11-20T20:00:04Z")
I’ll watch any intro at least the first time. Wether I watch it again depends on how good it is and if I’m willing to wait an extra minute or so to play the game. Intros I tend not to watch again are ones that are little more then clips from gameplay edited together, like Call of Duty or C&C Generals. Also something fairly useless, like the Title sequence for Birth of the Federation. Something really cinematic and moodsetting, like C&C Red Alert 2, I’ll sometimes fire up the game just to watch it, or the intro to pretty much any of the lucasarts games. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/6 "2005-11-20T20:30:09Z")
Why wouldn’t I? Intros generally set up the story and provide a few clues how to play. Once I’ve started a game I just go to my last save point and pick up where I left off. If I restart the game from the beginning then I watch the intro again since I know more about the story I can catch little things I missed the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/7 "2005-11-20T20:54:30Z")
I turn up the volume, turn off the lights and watch the intro all the way trough. It really inhances the play for a new game that you’ve anticapated. I enjoyed all the props that game with the games in the early years. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/8 "2005-11-20T22:02:00Z")
Every single time. Even games I don’t intend to play very much. I’ll play a lot of first-person shooters over our LAN but never alone, but I’ll still watch the intros. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/9 "2005-11-20T22:36:45Z")
I pay attention to the intro the first couple of times, then after that skip through it as fast as possible to get to the action. Y’know, like sex. What? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/10 "2005-11-20T22:57:50Z")
I couldn’t play a game if I didn’t watch the intro. For me, the intro sets the mood for the entire game, gives background story, and shows me the “world” I’m about to embark in. I usually only watch it once, but sometimes I watch it more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/11 "2005-11-20T23:09:01Z")
The first time, always. If it’s a good one, I’ll watch it a few more times when I play later. The really, really good ones I show to my friends. I got the collector’s edition to World of Warcraft, which came with the intro movie on a DVD. Looked even better on my HD widescreen than it did on my 'puter screen. First month or so after I got the game, just about anyone who came over to my house got treated to a viewing. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/12 "2005-11-21T14:30:50Z")
Sometimes, I’m tempted to get Blizzard games **just** for the cut scenes. When I was playing Thief a lot, I’d always watch the intro before a session to get in the mood. Almost became a ritual. ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/13 "2005-11-21T15:15:53Z")
I always watch the end game credits. **Call of Duty 2** had this in the credits: “No cows were harmed during the making of this game.” So all the dead cows on the battlefields were just acting. ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/14 "2005-11-21T15:51:24Z")
All the games I’m willing to play have some kind of story or plot element to them. That’s a big part of the game that appeals to me. So I always watch the intro at least once - it’s like the prolog of a book for me. I may or may not watch it on subsequent playings - depending on how good it was, how long, and whether I think there will be more clues in there I didn’t understand before. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/15 "2005-11-21T18:26:09Z")
I watch them at least once. For the setup and depending on the game you can see demonstrations of how to accomplish certain tasks. (Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory I am looking at you, you gorgeous game you.) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/16 "2005-11-21T19:21:31Z")
At least the once. Some I watch nearly every time. I actually reinstalled _Fallout_ just to watch the intro movie 😃 ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/17 "2005-11-21T20:46:17Z")
I watch all of them at least once. The better ones I watch again. Katamari Damacy gets replayed just because of the music. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/18 "2005-11-21T21:33:28Z")
> [@slortar](#): > > When I was playing Thief a lot, I’d always watch the intro before a session to get in the mood. Almost became a ritual. I always saved just before a mission end so I could watch the intros whenever I wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/19 "2005-11-21T22:11:47Z")
The only reason I play computer games is for the eye candy. When I bought Half Life 2, for example, I watched all the intros. In fact, I played the entire game in God mode so I could wander around the pretty scenery without those pesky bad guys killing me. Friends have expressed shock and dismay. I don’t care 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952/20 "2005-11-21T23:24:00Z")
Yep. I love them. Watch them almost every time, especially for RPGs. Some of the Final Fantasy intros almost seem longer than some of the non-FF games I’ve played. It’s like renting a movie 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-video-game-intros/331952.md?page=2)