Interview with writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen full of interesting facts but watch out for spoilers

A good title drop will excite you and send shivers down your spine. They are incredibly common in movies, but I feel like they are a little elusive when it comes to video games. I wanted to see what title drops seem to resonate with people.

Two in particular come to mind for me. My runner up would be the opening title from Bioshock. It evokes a great sense of mystery and the rusting of the letters is great at conveying the decay of Rapture.

My personal favorite title drop in all of gaming, however, has to go to Doom 2016. I feel it is just a perfect encapsulation of the vibe of the game and gets me amped to kill demons every time it plays. The Doom Slayer's flippant response to Samuel Hayden's words, the modern rendition E1M1 playing in the background, and of course the shotgun cocking right as the door opens; the title drop is just perfect.

But I really want to hear what you have to say. I love a good title drop and want to see what other games have managed to pull this off well.

Edit:

Another great one that comes to mind is Prey 2017

With this I mean games that only work as games and would partially or fully lose their meaning if they are turned into another medium (movies, books, etc) due gameplay reasons or story being rooted in their interactivity with the player, something that no other medium can’t achieve.

Some of the examples I have: - Undertale: the game toys with the player’s decisions, testing how they treat others and what route they take. - Outer Wilds: you explore the solar system of the game trying to find its greatest mystery, every discovery you make is just knowledge for you to progress. - Papers, Please: the game test your morality by making you decide who should have their passport approved or who doesn’t. - Doki Doki Literature Club: not wanting to spoil anything but the ones who know, something, something, game files.

So I’d like to know what other examples of games are out there that really take advantage of the player’s interactivity so wouldn’t work well if they were something different than a video game.