7 Best Title Screens That Went the Extra Mile
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- A title screen is the digital welcome mat to let you know what to expect from the videogame to come. But some go the extra mile and give you title screens that are fun, funny, or that give you a deeper understanding of the game itself. Consider our seven most memorable faves, share yours in the comments below, and subscribe for more videos like this from Outside Xbox!
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The original call of duty black ops had a great title screen, where it turns out you are strapped into a chair being interrogated and is part of the campaign mode.
Max Littlewood you can also get out the chair
@@Gigs2trappy And I only learned that two days ago.
And once you're out of the chair you can interact with the terminal, unlocking zombies minigame and Zork
@@theguru19888 I love the fact that they put the fully playable Zork in that terminal, I tried playing through it for like 4 hours
Wanted to say all of this including some comments... No idea why it's not on the list. Definitely one of the biggest title screen Easter eggs
I was pretty tickled when our house discovered in Call of Duty: Black Ops (1), if you fiddled with the shoulder buttons you could get out of the chair on the menu screen (that the intro segued into) and free roam, even playing a full game of Zork 1 on the computer at the back of the room before you can back to the chair to start the game.
mike porter i was goin to mention codbo as well!
Same, it just set the tone perfectly, with all the VO and graphical glitches.... until you played Zork xD
I had the Wii version of the game. The computer did nothing.
@@KingreX32 that is cuse it was on the fucking wii lol
Never knew you could do that.
so you're telling me Mario 64 wasn't just a Mario face pulling sim, what else have I missed out on
Well, the bit that comes AFTER the face-pulling sim was one of the greatest games of its generation... BUT if you only got the face-pulling sim, you probably still got full-price worth of value.
Not exactly a title screen but in Portal 2 I love how the Aperture Science logo changes throughout the game, from the normal one while Glados is in control, to the retro one while you're in the old facility, to Wheatley's one, which is almost exactly the same but his name is taped over it
Yes!
Maybe they should do a best Loading Screens video next (since those logos in Portal 2 were on the loading screens.)
@@noirakita428 I actually really like that idea
@@kamenanew9867 of course I just realized Oxbox already DID two loading screens videos, one a few months ago, and one a few years ago.
@@noirakita428 and now that I know that I know what to watch next, thank you haha
I really love Andy’s slightly odd topic features/list every week.
it's not a feature, it's the channel. those other videos are "features". they're ok too, probably.
it's not Andy's list, it's from all of them, as all the lists are.
SpydersByte well some time ago I remember Jane talking about one of these to Andy during a comment section and said “now this was one of your ones” or something along those lines. But perhaps I am mistaken.
@@mattd3224 their banter is a bit insidery so sometime its like theyre speaking their own language
I assume they each propose a list in the first place because there's one particular item they want to talk about
DA:Inquisition had a bunch of Templars and mages walking towards the temple of Sacred Ashes... and then when you press start everything explodes, as it literally does in the story. I loved how it jumped you right in and even made you feel like you’d kicked off the story yourself with that button tap.
Detroit become human?
That menu girl was more self aware than me at my workplace.
I was actually hoping this was mentioned. Especially since she comments on things that happens in the game.
@@ChibitaliaThatsAMe i too hoped it would appear on the list. I mean the game is not THAT underrated
Its because Sony Exclusive, the channel has "xbox" names on it, so...
@@rexsybimatrimawahyu3292 It's nothing to do with that. The guys don't work for Xbox anymore, once upon a time they were known as Inside Xbox and worked with Microsoft, eventually when that ran it's course, rather than disband the team, the guys stayed together & created their own channel which is what your watching. They also have spinoff channel Outside Xtra.
They cover all formats and past, present & future games as they want/need to.
And the very fact the start of the video had Persona 5 which is a PS4 exclusive should have been a big clue.
@@ObsceneSociopath ahh, i didnt know that, thanks for telling me tho, i appreciate it
"I'm in space."
"SPACE!!"
Korryn the Jackal I literally said I wonder if someone pointed out that he said space and here you are thank you
@@td5451 XD No problem, dude!
"I know you are mate"
the dragon age: inquisition title screen was really great--especially that first time you hit 'new game' and watched the story's events start with a literal bang! on top of that, the title theme is a really great bit of music. i've spent more time watching those soldiers march over that hill than i'd like to admit
I was going to say the same... and after the first time i heard "The Dawn will come" i spend a lot of time singing to the title screen.
Yeah that is probably one of if not the best title screen ever.
I agree. Also it's a funny reminder of how much of a monotone grind most of the actual game-play is ^^
Mostly interesting characters, okay-ish story, but man was that the most dumbed down gameplay and side-content I've seen in a AAA game.
@@Micras08 Yeah. I've beaten Origins twice and even Dragon Age II but I've never gotten through Inquisition. I'm not shitting on it. I just can't get into it enough to play through it. The others had an easier time selling me.
Life is Strange did a similar thing as Spec Ops and Portal 2. Menu would change at the end of the episode to reflect kind of where the episode ended, giving you incentive to look at it, listen to the gorgeous music, and contemplate all the ways in which you had probably failed everyone in the previous episode.
I was going to say this! Also Before The Storm did it in a really dramatic way.
@@Mulbert and they're doing the same in LiS2 which is even more varied since the setting is changing every episode.
First time I played Spec Ops the line I wasn't sure why the flags were upside down.
Initially I thought the refugees tried to vandalize them until I found out it was a military code of distress.
Yeah, I think the LiS series has really nailed that style of exposition. Portal 2's looked cool, and Spec Ops matched the overall theme of the game, but both LiS games and Before the Storm really feel like the title screen is part of the story (almost a preview of what's next, when you're waiting for episodes to be released).
Same with danganronpa v3
I like the Persona 5 screen, it sets you up for how stylish the game will be.
And how cool Joker is looking.
I like how if you move to the options setting, Futaba stands up and moves over to the railing across from her
I always liked how in Borderlands 2 the title screen had your character equipped with whatever gun you had left them with
Also claptrap would fall over.
Thanks. You mentioned Spec Ops: The Line. I'm now having severe flashbacks. Sobbing uncontrollably. Shaking. YOU WEREN'T THERE MAN!
Do you feel like a hero yet, Walker?
Friendly reminder that the "haunting melody" from Portal 2 is a turret singing about potatoes
You lie they are singing about their sadness
@@BigSmoke0889 their sad about potatoes
The Kingdom Hearts title screens are some of my favorites! They're comparatively simple to these, but that's their beauty. Just a water color backdrop of a kid eating ice cream with an orchestral track playing over hinting at the weird but deep game that is to come.
SPAAACE! Gotta love the Space Core! He's so innocent and genuinely excited about space that you just have to feel the same way.
Mario Paint was the first game that came to mind for me! I remember spending lots of time just messing around with the opening title screen. Granted, not as advanced or intricate as these, but still showed Nintendo going the extra mile in an era where all you'd do is turn on your system and start playing.
Black Op 1's Cold War era interrogation room title screen will always be a favorite of mine, even before I realized that I could break out of the chair mess around on my captors computer.
You can what now?
It's sad that Andy says "those were some of *our* favourites"
He's the only one who appears in the video and probably did most of it himself, you should give yourself more credit
It's the royal Our. :)
Andy is many for he is Legion
Channels like this tend to do their videos weeks in advance and in big chunks when they're available. Any other time is just playing video games and lamenting over how tough it is.
😂
Assume much?
@@stevenewsom3269
This reply is completely nullified by the fact that I used the word "probably"
Dragon age Inquisition anyone? Sure it was calm, and all you had was the templars marching in unison and the mages walking slowly, but start up a new game and BANG
I agree wholeheartedly that was a seamless transition to the beginning of the game
Definitely agree that is an amazing beginning
You litiraly started the story already in the menu and the plot happened when pressing the start new game button. Amazing!
yea Inquisition's title menu was great, it also made the commenter's edition for this list!
Hell yes. I loved Brutal Legend.
Decapitatiooooooon !!!!!!
We'll call ourselves... IRON HEAD!... with an E at the end, so people know we're not messin' around!
"Come see me when you grow a pair as big as your mothers."
"Hope he's talking about horns."
It was fun but i wished it was hack n slash.
I don't know why it had such poor review scores!
I really appreciate the A Plague Tale: Innocence title screen. You are greeted by an army of rats scampering around on your screen so you immediately know what you're in for. Then you start a new game and a dude with a lantern walks past scaring off the rats.
A nice way to show the main mechanic of the game before you even start.
Dragon Age Inquisition putting the precipitating event of the whole game in what appeared to be a largely normal start screen when you hit "New game"; it's barely a split second but going into that unspoilered first time stuck with me.
Phychonauts i've spent more time than I should admit jumping around on that Brain
Yes. That entire game is amazing.
Yes. The Title screen and also the profile selection scene in Psychonauts are very creative
Shout out to Octodad for letting players smack into the credits like a noodly bowling ball
yes i remember
Shout out to Nier: Automata where the credits is a part of the story & you can only reach the end of them because other players have willingly had their saved data utterly wiped in order for their gamer tag to come & help you to the end of the bullet hell sequence.. at the end the game will kindly ask you to do the same so that you can assist others reach the end like you did.
Shout out to Human fall flat for doing the same
Sableagle I hope y’all give me free tickets then lol
I'm a big fan of the Life is Strange title screens as they changed reflecting which chapter you were on, all set to that really soothing track "Golden Hour", while the background sounds went from calm and soothing seaside sounds with gulls calling to the thunder and winds of the approaching storm. They always did a perfect job of getting my brain out of daily life and into the mindset to focus on the game.
Same. I really like the way BTS plays with that by having a theme that suddenly introduces a snare drum as it goes from the legal disclaimer to the actual title screen. Sums up the difference between Max and Chloe as protagonists so much.
How about metal gear solid 3 snake Eater.. on the opening credits while the theme song it's playing you can press one the shoulder buttons to hear a whispered "snake eater" also on the main screen you can can change the background colors (camouflage) the speed of the animation and the focal point by pressing the shoulder buttons again
Anyone remember Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater.
You had the background of Naked Snake performing CQC in which you could change the background type and colour as well as slow it down and zoom in.
Watching Snake disarm the knife from a guard in Slow Mo was a sight to behold.
Or mgsv where you start from the heli
Whoa - I never noticed that in Spec Ops. Now I have to pay attention to title screens too, not only secrets, and unlockables, and hidden passages, and health boosts, and.......
Never played brutal legend but I 100% knew Jack black was going to say "blow your soul"
I did to, but I barely even know much of jack black, and I had never seen that title screen.
I did too, but I barely even know much of jack black, and I had never seen that title screen and I don't even have a PC to play games on or watch youtube.
@@Dankey_King You uhh... here for the english accents then?
@@ghostderazgriz To be fair, I've been a fan of Oxboxtra for at least a couple years now, but until a couple months ago, I hadn't done much gaming of note outside of the Pokemon series in the better part of a decade. Also, I'm pretty sure they were just snarking on that other reply.
Most 3D Legend of Zelda games.
I love how they give a cinematic of the game as a start screen!
Was iconic for me as a kid.
7:07 "and a lingering sense that maybe we're the bad guys here" Maybe accurate in game context (never played), but not so nice right after Memorial Day, when U.S. citizens across the pond recall all the soldiers who died.
Borderlands 2 getting to watch claptrap fall off a cliff was quite fun
He falls off the cliff in like, 6 different ways, which one are you talking about?
All of them
I remember when I chose to be claptrap and then it's like are you sure and I'm like yes! then it's like are you super sure and I'm like yes... then it's like you know you clicked claptrap right?
claptrap abuse
My favorite is from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, where the title screen also does the thing where it changes to reflect where you are in the game, but it even serves as the games epilogue when you finish it!
KOTOR 2 changed based on your gameplay as well and freaked me out when I first noticed it
I will never not be tickled by the space core's enthusiasm about being in space.
SPAAAAAAACE
We demand a full karaoke show of the week. Every single line must be sung and be accompanied by sick lyrics. Also Andy is wearing a cowboy hat 🤠
Edit: also Nier Automata has a great title screen that changes depending on what parts you have progressed to or actions taken (especially your choice at ending E)
And a show of the weekend musical!
And even if it's not part of the listing, dance number "You Are Dead." from Total Distortion weekly.
Andy would look flippin' amazing in a cowboy hat. Just sayin'.
I'm so glad you included Portal 2 on this list. (If my avatar wasn't evidence enough...)
Gotta day my all time favorite title screen was assassins creed rogue. How it would change from a broken Assassins symbol to the Templar Cross and then that absolutely awesome music in the background.
XCOM2: the title screen shows one of your own custom soldiers on a mission, usually in cover, hiding near some bad guys. Nice touch :-)
The Ratchet and Clank games had cool title screens to, I think. Particularly Ratchet and Clank 2 which featured them relaxed and watching TV in Ratchet's home, kinda like Just Cause 3 (except it did it first ;P)
The neat thing is, if you start a new game, you'll start a Cutscene where they're interrupted and whisked into another Galaxy to start their adventure.
No mention of Super Hot?
It has one of the best start of screens ever IMO.
The whole game is themed around hacking and is super meta, and the start up shows it
I enjoyed Super Hot, but honestly found it's "meta-ness" a tad to lazy/copycatish. Might just be me though, no accounting for taste :P
Brutal legend and was and is still one of my favourite games
"Flailing your arms about like you just woke up in a bathtub full of snakes" is my new patented dance move.
See if Mario was a cute doggo, then we could spend hours squidging his little face
His widdle face!!!
The title screens for Zelda: A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, and Majora's Mask are some of my favorites
It could be argued that there wasn't as much coding work put into the title screen of Fable 2, but I'm pretty sure it took hours of artistic endeavor to create, and it shows. It's absolutely gorgeous, slowly panning through a temperate forest scene as it changes through four seasons as a haunting melody plays. I used to just leave it sitting there whilst I ate a meal, it was so beautiful.
Skyrim playing "Dragonborn" for a title screen was pretty badass
Damn straight.
Well that was the final straw.....I'm re-playing Portal 2. Again.
Love the content you guys upload too :-)
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
Halo Reach.
Title screen was iconic, and main menu screen changed by campaign progress.
At the glance on your avatar I almost choked on my tea xD
Always love an interactive game start screen and ones that get you involved and thinking about things, makes me want to play the game even more than I already do before.
I quite like Metro Exodus's title screens, it's a bit like spec ops the line and its like you're fiddling with train controls 🚆 choo Choo!
Fallout: New Vegas had slides which gave interesting information on game factions, lore, game play, etc., which was to entertain and inform you, and "not" to distract you from the fact the game had frozen up again.
Those were loading screens, the title screen had stylised slides of in-universe pre-war adverts and propaganda
I love the fact that at least 20 times I've just been sitting there thinking man these slides are taking forever before realizing the game froze
Also Radio New Vegas is what what freezes your game turn it off before saving and it shouldn't freeze barring that load an earlier save then load the latest save and it should work
Oh yes! Lockstep is my jam!
OU OU OU OU OU
Hai hai hai MuHAA 🎵
Andy Mcp HUP HUP HUP HUP mmHA mmHA
God, Rythm Heaven is such a good game in general. Those Jazz frogs are still on my phone
I used to do Lockstep for literal hours. Not because I couldn't get the rhythm down or anything (it was the first Perfect I ever got in the game) but solely because I just really liked the song for it 😅
I COULD not get Lockstep down🤣 I hated that one so much.......but yeah, the hup hup hup is great
Tomb Raider Legend. It’s menu screen also changes depend on what level of the game you’re on with Lara wearing the default outfit for each level. Croft Manor and England were my favorites.
This reminds me of RiME; I almost missed this fact because I was tempted to play the game in one sitting, but there are five stages to the game, and each one has a different background and music when you go in to continue the game. It really adds to the mood in an already intensely atmospheric game and oh man I just gave myself the feels even thinking about it.
I like how the Final Fantasy XV title screen changes once you've finished the game :)
I always loved the opening sequence for 2007's "Rock Band." =)
Think it was Discworld, you watch this intro of a group of people trying to summon a dragon, and you wind up lighting a fly on fire. Which then becomes your cursor on the title screen.
Discworld noir
Black Ops 1 for sure! When I was waiting for friends I would spend ages seeing what I could find or just running in circles. Possibly one of the best!
Sad mario cant look like that during the game too, imagine mario 64 with long ears and crazy eyes lol
Mold your playable clay Mario, could be kinda fun
I can't believe that Andy didn't spot that the Space Core is a fan of Tim Curry:
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
For me, I'd as who remembers the Legends of Zelda OoT, Majoras Mask and Twilight Princess? While showing the 'start' screen prompt at some point, the things that play by to watch remain something in my mind for all these years...
(along with the additional video bits for oot and tp)
I didn't even know that Portal 2 had "many" screens until I watched this.
I remember only three. (And thought they were random rather than tied to the chapter.)
Because I ... um ... binged it.
@@LuckyLucyHi Yes!
It is a very short game, the puzzles are addictive, and I am very OCD. LoL.
Somehow, I've never expected to hear Cradle of Filth on an outsidexbox video. Good job, though.
Which song is it?
@@thefrozenbanana5545 Her Ghost in the Fog.
Detriot become human needs to on the list! With Chloe talking to you each time you load up the game or do something. She even asks to be free and if you let her the title screen is blank for sometime.
Apparently her coming back at all was a patch, cause people cried about her leaving, even though they choose to set her free.
The title screen for Chuck Rock back on the Genesis was great! They even animated each musician to the music. When the bass stops in the song, the bass player stops playing. Check it out!
KOTOR 2 switching between Sith Lords as the story progresses. If you get the dark side ending, your character ends up there.
Yeah, that one was cool! I still remember being shocked when Nihlilus appeared where Sion was.
When asked about what he’s going to do after Di Ravello is overthrown Rico replies that he would like to sit on a beach, kick off his shoes, and enjoy a drink.
Menu screen is the end of the game confirmed
No love for Detroit: become human? that title screen makes you feel guilty
Detroit: Become Guilty tries a bit too hard to make you feel guilty.
@@rewritable_ is David Cage ,part of those games are the guilty pleasure trip
@@Xavier-ty4jw David Cage thinks he's George R.R Martin, but he's really David Benioff.
You *should* feel bad for buying a David Cage game.
@@biohazard724 it was only 20 bucks
This video also served as a teaching for old tech. Andy talked about records, floppy disks, VHS tapes and VCRs. It all made me feel old
I LOVED the menu for Splinter Cell Conviction. It was an action packed gunfight, but it was a moment frozen in time, and you navigated around the firefight as you moved through the menu. Best start screen I have ever seen.
I love Witcher 3 Blood and Wine title screen with that eerie song, very atmospheric!
Wolves asleep amidst the trees
@@seand7042 the song is also dubbed, so for me it was a Russian version
Personally, I love the title screen for fallout 4. It's a beautiful art style, a lot of detail, and the music gives you the feeling of "this is going to be a great journey."
One of my favorite title screens has to be Scribblenauts
I don't remember really ever playing the game, but I've had countless hours just in the intro sandbox
The startup screens for Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines. They give you an idea of what's coming pretty quickly
Andy, did you just ignore Claptrap and all the stuff it does in every Borderlands title screen?
well many people could perfectly understand you trying to ignore Claptrap... but it's always entertaining watching it bursting to flames or falling down a stream :D
ps: the menu changing while advancing with the game was also a feature in Half-Life 2 (and episodes)
Claptrap:(Falls down a waterfall)
Me:(dies of LAUGHTER)
Doki Doki Literature Club? Starts with all the girls up front but as the story plays out they get corrupted or replaced by Monika so by the end you just have four Monikas. Good times.....
Probably the opposite of good times but ok
I really love Hotline Miami 2’s title screen. It’s simple, beautiful, and sends shivers down my spine everytime I see it. Plus, if you pay close attention to the background, you’ll see that it holds a different meaning once you finish the game.
Arkham City, the way the action scenes unfolded as you clicked through the menu options was awesome, and even updated as you played through the game.
Pokemon Blue/Red. I waited for hours for the line up to go through all 150 Pokemon.
I think my favorite title screen in this list is Brutal Legend. I like Jack Black.
One of my favorite title screens is definitely Arkham City. Not only did you get a marvelous score playing that was worth the game cost just by itself, but there was also a rotating line up of storyboard baddies for Batman to throw his batarangs at the further into the game you got.
One of my favorites came from Brain Age Series. Like in Concentration Training. You can move the 3DS around to turn the doctor's head, you can use the shoulder buttons to shoot spitballs at him, and if you manage to get them both up his nose, it's mind blowing.
@Outside Xbox, what about the Pokémon Red and Blue title screens, they are SUPER iconic and nostalgic.
Or any of the Pokémon games, really. The music on the title screens are always fantastic.
I like Fallout 3’s title screen. The slideshow of newspapers and the music is good
Dead Space 2's title screen. As you keep playing the game, all of the shards floating around eventually turn into a marker. As another bonus, there are secret text that you can find if you move the camera around.
The Just Cause one reminded me of the menu screen in Prototype 2. The main menu screen after you started the game has all the options on one side, and on the other side it shows footage of the area you were last in before saving. It showed all kinds of awesome footage, like the view of the destroyed Manhattan island and the military holding civilians in cages and stuff like that, but once you press "continue", instead of fading to black, the menu screen just goes away and it turns out the main character was just out off frame of the scene that was shown in the main menu and the camera shifts back behind him. That kinda blew me away back then, even if it's not as special and impressive now.
Bravely Default? How about Bravely Second. During the final boss fight, both you and the boss use it to gain an edge.
The first thing I see is p5 and I'm currently playing it. Well played
How far are you?
I loved the Witcher 3's title screen! not so much for what you see in it, but for the amazing music that plays in it giving you a sense of great epicness and that melancholy as you know the end is near. just 200 hrs away
I love the skate 1 title screen and Minecraft with the music and secret letters and how it shows you a 360 view of the map
What about 7 videogames that were worth the wait for their long release
We're still waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 and Death Stranding.... so there's 2 less for your list...
DMC 5, RE 7 and 2 Remake... What else? GTA V, I guess... Ace Combat 7 as well!
What else?
Oh my god, I forgot about Cupheads intro
“I know we’re in space.”
*”SPAAACCCEEE”*
Dragonage inquisition that explosion when you hit start sets the tone great
Love the fact Brutal Legend was on here
So no borderlands 2 or presequel? Claptrap being claptrap, bandits, ect. all with a nice swirling veiw of the characters in the party. It sets the tone well
Windwakers, as that wonderful music plays as the camera sweeps around Outset Isle
I could never forget the title screens for the Final Fantasy games. Hearing the main theme and prelude gives me chills every time.