ITT: Games with a great main menu
>>316653271
okay that looks pretty neat
remember me was great but the game had a bad case of too many games that time of the year
>>316653010
That menu was so much more comfy than the TFT one.
>>316653738
i respectfully disagree
![284918-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-shadow-of-chernobyl-windows-screenshot-main[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/YTm4fhb.jpg "284918-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-shadow-of-chernobyl-windows-screenshot-main[1].jpg")
Especially when paired with the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1siPgAVOAtU
>>316653107
>Menu changes in accordance with campaign progress, reflecting the game's descend into hell
Seriously one of the best menus there are.
Always loved how it showed your custom army commander
>>316653010
>that music
Man Warcraft 3 was great.
F
>>316653825
why would you preffer TFT over 3?
>>316653884
>dark crusade
shit flinging aside it was kind of cool but the music got too repetitive
>>316653107
This looks familiar. Game?
Black Ops
>>316654071
spec ops the line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBJsSaHJOfU
>>316654124
Thanks anon. Must've seen it in spec opa threads forever ago when it was fotm.
>>316654187
>>316654029
Better music, and seeing the throne itself in the distance sendschillsdown your spine, as though you're almost at the end.
Also I like the snowy setting of Northrend.
>>316654398
i get what you are saying and thatscool
however i simply cannot agree to it being just as comfy
hell the majority of people never even completed the original story let alone TFT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atuWJoRRYFM
>>316654605
I would think quite a few did seeing it's so easy to just cheat your way through the campaign.
Arkham City had a great menu.
>dat music
>different pose in every option
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dTnsu1PViY
>>316654758
>cheating at all
please notake your warpath to fagland
This one.
>>316653107
poor dude, gets shanked half way through the game
>>316654725
Aion's OST and PvP were seriously GOAT, shame about the rest of the game though.
"Enemy in the perimeter, range 300"
"They're everywhere!"
Unreal Tournament 99
>>316654398
I'm the one who said it wasn't as comfy and I think it was more of a matter of how it left the B.Net chat rooms. The darker sky was easier on the eyes since the text was white.
Also, it's probably just a matter off I spent 80% of my time playing W3 with TFT so the RoC menu feels more refreshing.
>>316654725
>Bought new PC to play this on launch
>It turned out to be shit
Good times
>>316655040
>tfw this game almost had a sequel
f-fuck new EA
X-wing series had some immersive menus.
>>316654889
Oh I never cheated other than fog of war remover since blizzard hid shit all over the place, but many people did.
>>316655223
>this
>Great
huh...Its easy to use but other than that...
>>316654928
Yes, I love that menu.
The sound instantly puts you into the atmosphere of the game.
>>316655304
forgot pic
>>316655223
Melee's and n64's menu are based af.
>>316655223
>Kirby Super Star
aww shit, that's what I'm talking about
![5339e19c65241[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/FzgR68B.jpg "5339e19c65241[1].jpg")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6K-avzDJsw
>>316653010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4XbneG571M
>>316655413
Shit I forgot about that, great stuff
>>316655223
Melee had the best theme all around. It felt very technological and robotic.
>>316655223
>Nintendo even rehashes their menus.
metroid prime 1 for the music
prime 2 for the menu controls
>>316653010
Actually gets my vote for best main menu ever. Man they fucking nailed it with Reign of Chaos. Frozen Throne was just meh... sucks that it had to be the expansion.
>>316655405
Yeah, Thief has one of the thickest and most immersive atmospheres in gaming. The menu is a nice, concise representation of that. As soon as you boot the game up, you know what you're getting into.
Do ya'll niggas even know how to menu?
![23813-medal-of-honor-underground-playstation-screenshot-main-menu[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/P6cWGc2.jpg "23813-medal-of-honor-underground-playstation-screenshot-main-menu[1].jpg")
I love this one.
The "Back" and "Accept" sounds
and the dude over there changes from time to time depending on the the mission i think. Could be random tho.
![793334-metro-2033-redux-playstation-4-screenshot-main-menu[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/f8dyV7j.jpg "793334-metro-2033-redux-playstation-4-screenshot-main-menu[1].jpg")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9-IZtjDPtY&ab_channel=PatrykCzeki
>>316655825
10/10
>>316655658
so simple but so good
Who team nostalgia here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH3fLzxRX40
>>316653107
>>316654102
love menus that fade seamlessly into the opening like these
>>316655864
That one was one of my favorites
>Hover over 'exit'
>"IT'S NOW, OR NEVER!"
https://youtu.be/Dl-5CSTW8V4
![halo1[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/qP3KjE1.jpg "halo1[1].jpg")
i just love how cocky it is
like "yeah you know what this is. don't even need a title"
>>316656037
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
>>316655898
>WoTL
>nostalgia
underage b&
>not posting the main menu music
>>316655898
>The race to login before the dragon lands and blows your ears inside out.
Good times.
>>316656037
such a great introduction to the gen.
>>316656037
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>316656286
MY NIGGA
such a good game
love the atmoshere
>listening to the menu music while reading the character bios
![title-screen[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Q4KBN30.jpg "title-screen[1].jpg")
It's gonna blow your soul...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muikMwprWDE&ab_channel=GameStorm
>>316653884
>>316654029
I wanted to play these, but I heard that the new races and campaigns they introduce in the expansions are ONLY accessible in that expansion. Wouldn't that make them stand alone games instead of an expansion, since they aren't expanding the main game? I pisses me off that everything is spread across 4 or 5 different games.
>>316656140
I'm a slav senpai, I didn't play it when the game came out
>>316656140
>WotLK menu
>not nostalgia
I'm fucking 23.
>>316656037
>>>828994
>>316654195
checked for this
>>316654912
>That ID is already logged in
>>316655223
They really fucked up with smash 4s menus.
>>316656126
>>316656330
? Wtf.
>>316653884
>tau
Doing my first run of the game with the tau, what retard designed a race without defence turrets?
Also, Mont'ka>>>Kayuon.
>>316656140
22 here and that nostagias me to the beta rather than the release
>>316656037
>>316656738
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBTc2xWXPE0
>>316656802
Broadsides used to come in squads of 3. Shit was OP as fuck.
>>316656503
alright time to clear things up
you need expansions featuring the races to play them in the way of registering a serical key
the steam versions of the games allows this
>>316656738
OOOOOOOOH OOOOOOOOOOOOH OOOOOOOOOOOH!
OOOOOH OOOOOH OOOOOOH OH OH OH
*guitar*
>>316655052
Fuck no. What a clusterfuck. It's a video game, not The Gimp.
Just makes me feel all good and peaceful inside.
>>316656049
This is actually something Skyrim got right
Odd
>>316653010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yavD7AWW0YY
A hidden gem.
>>316655864
I love how Metro's guitar songs were so melancholy.
BWAMMMM
>>316656037
I always loved the way the outside of the halo looked here, even with the inferior graphics I've liked it better than anything else Bungie or 343 designed after.
>>316656802
One where your baseline infantry squad will beat any other baseline infantry squad if they just stand still.
Fire warriors are your turrets.
Not just the music, but the animation in Heroes of Might and Magic V's main menu was pretty fucking great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OwS8Np8UAc
With more focus on music, I'd say Evil Genius' pretty fucking good at setting an atmosphere without going TOO ham. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C0Ubkfo8m8
And in a similar style. Red Alert 3 was pretty fucking good. Sure, the game is... Flawed. But that music, man. It's no red march, but it's cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrXiKkSxSps
>Main menu changes to reflect your progress as you progress through the game
>>316657247
it was so basic
was the first game i played though so my mind was still blown
>>316655494
Oh god, that part in the 2nd level where the menu music syncs up when you take that guys disguse.
>>316657349
i could never tell if hl2 did this or not
>>316657349
bad company 1
yoshis island kind of
Resistance 2
>Earth 2150
>No video of main menu music
What is this bullshit? Guess I'm gonna have to go with the best video of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1jo81Y5tLQ
>stage select is a remix of the control menu music
so somber, so magical
>>316657432
It did
>>316657596
>Ending credits or ending boss theme is more grandiose version of main menu or opening theme
Games need to do this more often
>>316656882
>Broadsides used to come in squads of 3. Shit was OP as fuck
jesuschristhowhorrifying.jpeg
>>316657285
But they count against pop limit, which is low like the space matine one, and you can't just leave them as a flank defence when you have to get pushing.
>>316657432
Kind of. Background was usually the place where you saved last time
>>316657689
metroid prime 1
>loading up your ps2 for the first time and seeing this
>>316657187
Okay game. Great menu,
>>316657432
yes. but mine has been stuck at nova prospekt for as long as i can remember. might be a save file buried somewhere
>>316657654
>Playing games early in the morning as a kid
>Title screen is also morning
This little thing right here. Iconic as fuck since nothing's ever been similar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkGyrVAdBC8
>>316657930
>fire up PS2
>sometimes the cubes would show up
>sometimes not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf0fG3jSY-I
Could sit here for years
>>316657930
ratchet and clank was better
she'll always be the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgfXqwUVLmE
I fucking loved the tone of this game. Played it in my basement once in the dark with a projector.
>>316655552
That's all Sakurai though
MGSV's ACC is really well done. Not only do you see Big Boss with whatever clothes and weapons he was wearing, but the weather outside is also dynamic.
Most importantly, you literally use the ACC to start every mission and step out of the helicopter. Really well done imo.
>>316658110
>that radio rendition
is it wrong that i'm getting nostalgic for ameme gamefrom 2007
>>316656885
I don't follow.
>>316656037
WAAAAAAAHWAHHAAHAHAWAAAAAAAH
fallout 4 main menu is the biggest piece of shit.
This thread reminds you why.
>>316658194
>Dat text and information popping up on the left, giving different pages of data
>Dat text sound
I fucking love these things.
![hqdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/wgxnSxN.jpg "hqdefault[1].jpg")
Gears of War stole my heart.
Nox was breddy gud
>>316654102
This.
Best picture of it I could find.
That fucking opening cinematic though.
>>316656140
wotlk was like, what, 6-7 years ago now? that would be old enough to count as nostalgia
>title very slowly fades in
got me spooked straight away
>>316658117
Have to agree. That guy is a faggot. Ratchet and Clank had an epic opening screen. J&D was boring.
>>316658285
okay lets reformulate that then buy games to unlock races they feature as follows
DOW > sm, elder, orks, chaos
WA > ig
DC > necron, tau
SS> sob, dark elder
buying all the games on steam will work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0JTCvyzHxY
>>316658194
Goddamn I haven't played that in a long while.
Really great fun with alot of people.
>that Music
>that day-night cycle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0HaIF2vvaw
>>316658604
>>316658117
it's funny, ratchet was my first ps2 game, i just said J&D because i thought more niggas would relate
>>316658280
Of course not senpai
>>316657023
i feel something like half life 2's title would've worked better. one thing skyrim did objectively better than morrowind was atmosphere
>>316658746
>Main menu and Terran themes
Fucking lovely.
Menu itself was kinda bland but the theme...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IitCQCaKi3E
fuck you EA and Bioware
>>316655074
>Missed out on the last decent MMORPG
I'm sorry for your loss, anon. If you didn't enjoy the golden days of 1.5 rifting you were never meant to play a PvP centric MMO. Or a PvP centric anything really. That shit was so fucking satisfying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Es4FwDUdY
>>316658869
>one thing skyrim did objectively better than morrowind was atmosphere
can of worms opened
thread derailment imminent
>>316658317
yes
>>316656140
Eh my fondest memories are vanilla and wotlk. I'm 26 and I feel it's reached nostalgia levels. Quit being edgy memelord anon. You suck at it.
>>316653010
Somebody post metroid prime
>>316658070
Cubes were the amount of save files in your memory card
>>316658982
i didn't know that was controversial. i mean morrowind had more creative settings but skyrim felt a lot more immersive
>>316656482
This game could have been so damn amazing and memorable.
Instead Doulbe Fine had to be lazy hacks.
>>316653861
Playing SoC right now. I personally dislike the UI and the music.
I don't even really like the game but the music and the title screen just panning back and forth is soothing
>>316658787
*Weep*
*Weep*
*Weep*
>>316658070
i cant decide if the gamecube or the ps2's bios is more comfy
>>316659263
gamecubes slightly more
just the sounds it makes when moving screens
>>316658787
>>316657349
the last story did this and it was fantastic
>>316658285
>>316658692
Also you can play all the races up to the 'expansion' you have offline without buying the previous titles.
>>316656648
>>316656820
>>316658510
>23 year olds being nostalgic about something that happened 7 years ago
How quaint
>>316659108
Fuck you.
I liked the original one better, the music was nice too
eeeeeeBWAW
WAW WAW WAW WAW WAW WAAAAAAW WAAW
>>316653271
Best music incoming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw1qi9ofbg4
Someone post the sauerbraten game menu.
>>316656286
Every menu in that game was amazing, and the music was so goddamn good for that game.
>great music
>visually underwhelming at first, but clever in that when you hit New Game, the attack on the Chantry actually happens
Having the title screen actually be part of the story isn't something I've seen in a game before. It's a neat idea.
>>316658869
Skyrim DID NOT have a better atmosphere than Morrowind, you are fucking insane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVFnXKpiH5M
>>316659741
inFamous had the same thing as its menu, you hit start and the entire fucking city explodes.
>>316659776
morrowind's cheesy sound effects are too distracting
>that main theme
>hearing it after a crushing defeat and watching your favorite crew die horribly
>>316653987
>F
Underrated post
Anyone?
>looks good
>functional
>shows you just how god tier the music will be
My pick for sure
>>316658747
The first time I booted up the game I was legitimately taken aback by the beauty of the title screen, and I let it cycle entirely through day and night before hitting anything.I never did finish the game, stopped playing somewhere after Prison Island.
>come home from school
>turn on the gamecube
>get ready for an hour or two of maximum comfy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn6iiE3qEZ4
>nobody posted this yet
Huh?
Dearly Beloved is one of the best main menu themes of all time.
>>316660209
Then it went down from there.
>>316655825
Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie had good ones too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbm9DDlgBo0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JklSDqoUOU
i like racing games
>>316660053
>tfw Complete version gave it an ugly main menu
>>316659945
And Skyrim's sound effects and audio weren't? Holy fucking shit, no wonder Bethesda has gone to shit with losers like you eating up their shit and praising it like it's the second coming of christ.
you are now manually hearing the sounds
>>316660317
My nigga.
It always made me sad when I booted this up late at night. Or after finishing the game.
>>316660416
What game is that?
![The-Witcher-2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/6hAuN4M.jpg "The-Witcher-2[1].jpg")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHFOLqWgpEY
Really wish W3 would update the menu as you moved around the world instead of just meditating in that one spot. Is there a mod for that?
>>316660090>Prision Islandwhich one? the first time or the second time on that place?
>>316658280
>approaching a decade old
where does the time go
>>316660579
Reminder that Dragon Age Origins has no sequels
>>316660296
That's a title screen rather than a main menu though
Still fun
>>316660473
but thats what youre doing with morrowind anon..
have you played it recently? quit nostalgiafagging. cant really get immersed listening to the same walking sound effect over and over again and spending most of my time reading dialogue. like how can you even argue with me on this
>>316660209
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viHjoL0BOBs
>>316660448
>I am rock
Holy fuck that got me
Never finished that game though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPT8GBdRCWE
>playing this in complete darkness except for tv light
>total immersion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hooUMggxeIY&t=3m5s
Part of me kinda wished they had kept the hospital title screen throughout the whole game, although I understand why it changes. I'm a sucker for title screens with ambient noise/movement in them.
>>316659938
loved that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTi8TaKV4QY
so many memories losta like tears in rain
>>316660552
MY NIGGA
I still have this thing installed. FOR THE SERPENT.Swan's Pool track is best track.
>>316660607The first time, right after doing stuff in Alcamoth and Melia's dungeon thing. I didn't really think the game was bad or anything, I just lost interest and put it down at that point.
https://youtu.be/i9Ky40VCg7M?t=15s
mirrors edge soothes me even tho i dont like playing it very much
>>316659187
>I personally dislike the UI and the music.
WOOOOW I completely disagree with you but that's okay.
Do you not like this too?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Hqqh3CwXU
The station music is pretty great in my opinion.
>>316660552
CHUNK
SHINK
WOO WOO WOO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnYuNwams-Q
>>316660973
As someone who speedruns this and has several hundred hours into it. The menus seriously never get old.
>>316660552FOR THE WOLF
>>316655223
if i remember, sakurai's wife designs all the menus for his games
i mean sure you could argue that they throw conventional design logic out the window but i think they're cool as shit
>>316659714
Wow, I feel compelled to play this now just to see if the game is as great as the music.
>>316660706
>"M-m-my games not shit, your's is."
>"I don't like the sound my feet make."
>"What!? Reading!?! 0/10 shit game."
Nevermind, I thought I was dealing with someone intelligent.
>>316660698
Sequels plural? I thought they just had Dragon Age 2, which was shit.
>>316661350
wtf i thought i made it clear i overall prefer morrowind. skyrim just has better atmosphere. i mean the elder scrolls game overall has a problem with too much gui nonsense but skyrim at least toned it down a bit. there's nothing wrong with reading but if youre looking to get immersed and just want to ask around for something to do, it can break the flow of the game to have to read constantly. and no, pretending reading video game text is as engaging as actual gameplay doesn't make you smart. are you a middle schooler or some shit?
and yeah the footsteps are a big problem. i don't know if any of the mods fix it but it breaks immersion too
i mean you dont have to agree and we shouldnt derail the thread more than we already have but cmon man, at least have an actual argument outside of presumptions of skyrim players
Game was pretty wack but I digged this menu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj5Q00h4zXo
>>316660464
Is that the new HD version? I haven't touched that.
>>316655825
>that Banjo head on the wall
Everytime
>>316659189
>you will never play minecraft before it went to shit again
>>316660317
>not posting 2 title screen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM-r2hxtO8g
>>316662607
Kazooie is also stuck with the umbrellas in the level select
>>316655848
probably my 1st game on the ps1 and damn those back and confirm sounds are nostalgic
so nostalgic it makes my back tingle
>>316662947
>tfw you beat the game, watch the entire ending, and then listen to the main menu for several minutes while you take it all in
>>316663871
I didn't need your feels you know?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1ovvUMWWk4
>all those memories
>>316660698
Reminder that it had two sequels: Dragon Age 2, and Dragon Age: Inquisition. Well memed tho.
