This opening is a masterclass in how to open an action game. In quick succession, the plot is introduced, the stakes established, and in a minimal number of lines of dialog you know everything you need to about the characters. The action is deliberate. There is a continuous proactive chain from when the protagonist is introduced until the opening Title Card is displayed. Things happen, but Titus isn't reacting, he isn't on his back foot, he just changes his attack vector and pushes forward. He deployed in the thunderhawk. When it was damaged, he chooses to preserve the life of his and their equipment to don the jump pack. He picks his target, boards it and the game starts with you immediately pushing forward to sieze the objective and destroy the command kruiser. Then he rides the wreckage down and steps out of the smoke, and you are left to wonder how the crust of the planet didn't crack under the weight of his titanic brass balls. The whole game continues like that, with Titus pushing forward, flexing to meet the tactical demands and achieve his objective. 10/10 one of the all time greats.
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This opening is a masterclass in how to open an action game. In quick succession, the plot is introduced, the stakes established, and in a minimal number of lines of dialog you know everything you need to about the characters. The action is deliberate. There is a continuous proactive chain from when the protagonist is introduced until the opening Title Card is displayed. Things happen, but Titus isn't reacting, he isn't on his back foot, he just changes his attack vector and pushes forward. He deployed in the thunderhawk. When it was damaged, he chooses to preserve the life of his and their equipment to don the jump pack. He picks his target, boards it and the game starts with you immediately pushing forward to sieze the objective and destroy the command kruiser. Then he rides the wreckage down and steps out of the smoke, and you are left to wonder how the crust of the planet didn't crack under the weight of his titanic brass balls. The whole game continues like that, with Titus pushing forward, flexing to meet the tactical demands and achieve his objective. 10/10 one of the all time greats.
Hear hear!
Only in Warhammer a text based introduction gives you goosebumps
"The spacebook says this is bad"
-virgin Leandros.
His cowardly ass better not return in the space marine 2