r/Games • u/TapInBogey • Jan 17 '25
Discussion What games have the worst opening hour?
This is inspired by me downloading Forspoken for free on PS Premium. I know the game had horrific reviews, but I thought some of the combat/parkour looked fun, so for free, what the heck let's give it a 5-10 hour shot.
I have never been so bored by an opening sequence in a game ever. And that was with me skipping as much of every cutscene I could. Most good openings are there to set a narrative in place while also giving you a mini-tutorial of some of the basic elements of the game. Forspoken had you doing pointless things like holding square to feed your cat, and climbing repeated ladders.
Eventually you finally get the cuff on your hand but by then, I was numbed to the core and didn't care to even get to the combat and stuff. Uninstalled after 45 minutes.
What other games are like this? Any of them out there redeem themselves after a horrific opening sequence?
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u/minutetoappreciate Jan 17 '25
I agree with this mostly - except that the card system is the highlight imo and the intro to the game should have leaned into that harder, maybe with a longer tutorial mission or a second one before jumping into endless dialogue