Then the bus EXPLODED. Hello, we're talking about the best game openings this week. Cold opens or slow burns, we love a good first impression.

Matthew and Brendan are both boring, however, and pick all the usual suspects, from BioShock to Half-Life 2. But there are some unexpected loves too. We’ve also been playing No Man’s Sky and Dead Cells. And there's a game opening quiz too. Hooray!

Links:

BioShock’s opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfZ30sfjdLY

Half-Life 2’s opening: https://youtu.be/y_3vMUOayyc?t=8s

Mass Effect 2’s opening: https://youtu.be/Hia_m36pEpA?t=45s

Portal 2’s opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByNcVu5a1qQ

Dragon Age: Origins’s peasant Dwarf opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8fPpjO_BQM

A forest elf’s opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcNQtgo5A0U

Grim Fandango’s transition to Year 2: https://youtu.be/-HX1_jwJR-Y?t=1m22s

The terrible opening FMV of Resident Evil: https://youtu.be/G9A-D7XLMsI?t=1m10s

Prey opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PCEdbrzcLE

Resident Evil 4’s opening: https://youtu.be/oQ6sr7Bvl7Y?t=8s

John didn’t like No Man’s Sky’s “Next” update: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/07/26/no-mans-sky-next-beginning-is-inaccessible/

The most dismal planet in No Man’s Sky: https://www.pcgamer.com/i-found-the-most-dismal-no-mans-sky-planet-where-absolutely-no-happiness-is-allowed/

The Last of Us opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecpQ_WUqKUM

The making of the Last of Us: https://youtu.be/yH5MgEbBOps

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