Hidden intro in Mass Effect 2

[GodlessAstronomer]

Probably everyone knows about this, but I just got Mass Effect 2 a few days ago (it's fucking awesome, by the way) and just noticed today. If you launch it and leave it at the "Press any key to continue" screen for a minute or two you get a cool CGI intro. It's actually pretty damn good too.

 

[pwnagesarus]

News to me

 

[Fenixgoon]

News to me

likewise. and i just beat the game

 

[Zenoth]

They used to do things like that a lot back in the days (game-play videos, not CGIs, obviously) if you left the game at the main menu for a while, curiously self-recorded game-play videos of devs is a long gone trend, not sure exactly what triggered its disappearance over time. I recall that rarely some games had multiple videos like that, and that some of them sometimes revealed some easter eggs or secrets that the player would have otherwise missed, especially for combat games like the Mortal Kombat series for instance.

As for Mass Effect 2, the CGI video was revealed in regular media prior to the game's release, but it's nice to know that they left it in the game itself.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

As for Mass Effect 2, the CGI video was revealed in regular media prior to the game's release, but it's nice to know that they left it in the game itself.

Hmm after the first teaser trailer for ME2 (where Shepard was dead) I decided not to watch any pre-release videos for the game so everything would be a surprise to me. Mission accomplished

 

[Dumac]

A lot of games used to do this, as Zenoth mentioned.

Still, a nice heads up to those who didn't notice it in ME2 (I did...one of the first things I do when I get a new game is wait for an automatic cutscene)

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

A lot of games used to do this, as Zenoth mentioned.

Got any other modern examples? I'm curious how many of these I've missed.

 

[TheVrolok]

I never noticed it before, but I think I do remember it from pre-release footage. Either way, sweet vid.

 

[Kev]

Got any other modern examples? I'm curious how many of these I've missed.

gears of war

 

[Fenixgoon]

oddly enough it showed the chars i used in my party - grunt and thane. how convenient

 

[fallout man]

Boo!

I have yet to get and play this game.

So little time...

 

[hypeMarked]

I thought this video was posted all over gametrailer prior to the game release and at E3. It's indeed very cool.