The Top 7... Rockin' intros

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Words: Christian Nutt, GamesRadar US

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3. Tales of the Abyss (PlayStation 2, 2006)

Back to anime! The Tales series is well-known for high-quality animated intros. The music that accompanies them, though, tends to vary - at least in the US. Usually, it's an original instrumental composition. In Japan, a pop or rock act always provides a fresh track.

This time, though, the original track is kept - as an instrumental. The vocals were replaced with fierce guitar noodling, creating a song that's perfectly matched to the scenes of battle and drama that foreshadow the game's events. The reworked version ditches the indie-rock rawness of the original Japanese version - which is damn cool in its own right, check it out - for a polish that recalls the classic intros of days gone by.

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drprofessor - 1 year 6 months ago

I love the Silent Hill intro for life. It's always been a fav (hell they all pretty much rule.)
But what about the Sonic CD intro?
That was pretty boss.
Other than that great list.

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PastItAll - 1 year 6 months ago

No Onimusha 3 Intro? It should have been #1 by far. It is the best non MGS video to date. The ending video to Onimusha 1 was amazing too, but thats a different list.

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Ravenbom - 1 year 6 months ago

Maybe should have traded out the Silent Hill intro for Wild ARMs intro or FF8 intro and called it Top 7 Japanese Intros or Top 7 Anime Intros.
Damn it! Now I'm all pumped up from all those rawking intros! Now I'm going to be up all night and tuckered out all day tomorrow.

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Yo2252 - 1 year 6 months ago

the Kingdom Hearts intros were pretty boss to. # 2 in particular.

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FancyRat - 1 year 6 months ago

The music from the first one makes me want to kill the shit out of Dracula. And some Medusa Heads. Those mother fuckers.

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GamesRadarMikelReparaz - 1 year 5 months ago

Key word here is "Rockin'," guys. In the musical sense. Not necessarily the awesome sense. Yes, the Silent Hill and Onimusha 3 intros were badass, but were they set to bitchin' hair-metal riffs and wailing guitars? No, they were not. Therefore they failed to rock in the manner defined by this article.

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sumi66 - 1 year 5 months ago

ZOMGWTFBBQ AND MOAR LETTERS!!! That Tales of The Abyss intro was freaking EXTRA-MUSICIZICAL-RIFFIC! Man I need that game with a damn passion now. I am kind of dissapointed the Eternal Eyes intro was missing. But, i guess it doesn't quailify as "rockn'". Too bad.

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Telekinesis - 1 year 5 months ago

How about Karate Champ on the NES, that seriously kicked ass.

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madadam - 1 year 5 months ago

Command and Conquer: Red Alert had Hell March as the intro! HELL MARCH!!! I always used the C&C jukebox to play this song while tank rushing! It was the best.

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handdestr - 1 year 5 months ago

the sonic heroes was kinda cool. i think u at least shoulda put that in there

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TheKitchenSink - 1 year 4 months ago

Needs moar Custom Robo. Its intro is both completely badass and has some pretty neat music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5rM5PyHXlI

Also the Drakengard 2 intro. Kind of along a different vein than what the article is going for here, but it's certainly worth a watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejyf9cMYShY

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Xplosive59 - 1 year 1 month ago

you needed the intro from Marvel vs capcom 1 theme in there that was an awcesome theme well at least of what i remember of it

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chiboribo - 5 months 15 days ago

Great job guys. The only other intro I would've included is the Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume intro video.

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gilgamesh310 - 1 month 17 days ago

Where the hell is soul blade. It should definately be on the list. It had a brilliant soundtrack and great introduction to each character.

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wiitard07 - 1 month 17 days ago

Hey could you guys do a best intros article? I've been thinking about you guys doing a top seven Badass game intros ever since I first played Bioshock and didn't press start soon enough. I also love the L4D2 intro it has a great rock sound track

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lordoftheLOL - 1 month 14 days ago

I LOVE the Tales of the Abyss intro! gets to me everytime! anyway, I thought that you should have done Dragonball Z Budokai 3 too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4W-2KL4-eg&feature=related

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