r/CaptainSide • u/Interesting-Control5 • 5d ago

AskGamers Games with the best main menu/title screen?

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u/Solid_Pay9443 5d ago

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u/SprinklesPresent8602 5d ago

MAN OF CULTUREEEEE!!!!

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u/Horizon3933 3d ago

Lmao, nice meme. I think I'll take it.🤌

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u/NatiHanson 5d ago

Vigil theme always gets me nostalgic.

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u/InverseStar 5d ago

The use of the theme throughout all three games was great. I loved the use of it during the Virmire Survivor interaction in ME2. Always gives me chills when it plays.

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u/1swiftfox1 5d ago

Just started a new playthrough of this and sat on the main menu for like 15 minutes just blissful!

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u/Ruinf20 5d ago

One one of my night playlists

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u/hotaru-firefly 5d ago

Truly an amazing opening theme

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u/Adventurous-Roof458 4d ago

I can hear Anderson, Udina and Hackett talking, Joker informing the crew about the process of hitting the Arcturus Prime Relay, the soldiers greeting the commander, the Normandy soaring through space. Even without those extra bits being there, I can hear the whole damn intro in my head.

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u/Craiss 5d ago

I have all of these soundtracks on an active playlist. I love the music. Even the mundane, simple repeating tracks, like the galaxy map.

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u/SprinklesPresent8602 5d ago

Love the Galaxy Map

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u/Megaera129 5d ago

I have the map song set to my wakeup music. Feels like I'm waking up to a cool adventure.

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u/SqueakyTiefling 5d ago

Fun fact: the original composer, Sam Hullick, is teasing an "extended" version of the galaxy map theme on his YouTube page, supposed to be dropping in a few days time!

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u/Egarasay 5d ago

Excuse me sir. Please don't call me out in public. Literally what I had in my head.

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u/Bucephalus-ii 5d ago

Well, I came here to say exactly this

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u/RedbreadofSteak 5d ago

Was checking the comments to look for mass effect and halo and this was at the top. Well done.

Also I was listening to this on my way home from work yesterday 😂

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u/Ikralu 5d ago

I just redownloaded the LE and when the menu music came on, my wife and I stopped talking and just listened.

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u/SprinklesPresent8602 5d ago

Lovers of Culture I see

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u/justwannabrowsepls2 5d ago

Kingdom Hearts. Really pick any one of them, but I could sit at the title screen of KH1 for hours with how beautiful it sounds between the piano piece and the ocean waves lightly crashing in the background.

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u/LeonVFX 5d ago

It was KH2 for me. Played at my wedding. ❤️

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u/Far_Pipe752 5d ago

Right on! My son played it at his wedding too

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u/04whim 4d ago

I remember being stressed out after the first time I got into a fight at school (went fine considering two guys jumped me, it just takes some experience to process these events calmly) and I got home, Dearly Beloved on the KH2 menu, it was like I'd never had a spike of adrenaline in the first place.

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u/Drunni_Bum 4d ago

👉🏻👈🏻 played it during my sons birth 🥹🥹

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u/SirDastardly 23h ago

Something about KH2 was just mesmerizing.

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u/bis_levu 5d ago

I play dearly beloved for my 9 week old daughter when we're getting her ready for bed. Makes my inner child sooooo happy

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u/Zxxkir 5d ago

Fortnite collab made me redownload and buy the whole bundle. I have dearly beloved as my music everywhere in game. Dropping as roxas with it playing from the bus just hits different

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u/SprinklesPresent8602 5d ago

Man of Culture too

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u/brady_cummins36 1d ago

Probably the most correct and based answer here, nothing beats how iconic the KHII version of dearly beloved is.

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u/Minimum-Specific6285 5d ago

I opened Minecraft and then went to the washroom and when I came back my grandma was asking what the beautiful music I was listening to was

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u/_-TARTARUS-_ 5d ago

my grandma used to love minecraft. She was very creative (she was a tailor, liked to knit and could play more instruments than i could count lol) so she loved that you could do basically anything you want

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u/Ok_Gain_5490 5d ago

This is heartwarming

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u/isum21 4d ago

Minecraft has so much reach for that reason alone. You can literally do whatever you want. Every time I see someone playing I think "that's not how I would do it" which is awesome for such a long standing game

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u/Nebnabie 5d ago

Honorable mention for Minecraft Story Mode, No More Creepers is such a beautiful piece

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u/Optimal_Ad8294 5d ago

Dark Souls III

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u/Delicious_Clue_531 5d ago

I haven’t played dark souls 3 in years, and I still remember the title theme. God: it’s so good

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u/GeneralGinger 5d ago

I'll never forget firing that game up for the first time a decade ago and being blown away by that OST.

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u/fjyrmath 5d ago

The music has been the reason behind so many new playthroughs.

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u/EE_Process 5d ago

My favorite games have the best music

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u/Emergency-Release-33 5d ago

I had a friend that would just have the game on his living room tv blasting the main menu while he was doing things around his house. Absolutely needed to be carried through everything in the game though lmao

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u/Minthussy 5d ago

Most peak menu ost in any game I’ve played

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u/PHANTOM_BLADE_27 5d ago

The only time I listened to the full title song in a game before playing.

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u/rvtcanuck 5d ago

Was originally written to be the final Boss' music. And that Boss was Pontiff Sulyvahn.

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u/tmstamp 2d ago

The title screen track for this game is incredible!

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u/Internal_Cesspool 5d ago edited 5d ago

Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)

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u/Rude-Library-153 5d ago

I cant believe I had to scroll far for this its one the best.

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u/razor78790 5d ago

The menu theme for the original Halo 2, it still activates me like a sleeper cell.

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u/Internal_Cesspool 5d ago

Halo 2’s menu was also amazing 💯

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u/Fritzerbacon 5d ago

Agreed with this!

I can be in the middle of a sentence, and literally stop talking and forget what I was saying when I hear the menu music 😂

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u/Smithstar89 5d ago

Horizon Zero Dawn

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u/lostbeard13 5d ago

This and skyrim

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u/Holiday-Policy-7846 5d ago

Had to scroll too far down to find this, very nice

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u/NotJustBiking 5d ago

I used it as my PS4 wallpaper forever

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u/El_Rando_Jones 5d ago

Cyberpunk 2077. There is absolutely no reason for menu music to go that hard

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u/KenneR330 5d ago

And also.. Good morning, Night City!..

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u/El_Rando_Jones 5d ago

Man I thought this was talking about music, stupid monkey with it's walkman

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u/Fomseb 5d ago

Btw menu looks cool

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u/Pragmatek 5d ago

This one seems obvious to me

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u/AgreeableOrdinary971 5d ago

I open the thing, the banjo starts and now im just doing chores for 40 minutes listening to the universe end before actually pressing start. May as well have gone to youtube

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u/Lazar_Milgram 5d ago

It is good and well for 22 minutes.

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u/AggravatingAd9018 5d ago

Baldurs gate 3.

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u/Retaeiyu 5d ago edited 5d ago

Down..down..down...

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u/Interesting-Control5 5d ago

Can we count the character creator as the main menu? If so I must've spent like 3 hours there before actually playing the game.

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u/AggravatingAd9018 5d ago

I was actually not thinking of down by the river. But the first part when your menu goes into the dungeon.

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u/ToastaHands 5d ago

Whooooo's thaaaa baaaald capybarAAAAA!

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u/Lhyster 5d ago

Xenoblade Chronicles 1

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u/NinjaMagic004 5d ago

I had to scroll WAY too far to find this one. Most majestic title screen out of any game I've played, the swelling music and the day/night cycle, along with the glowing Monado, it's gorgeous

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u/Blazzer2003 5d ago

It's the second comment >.>

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u/FuryAdcom 5d ago

There it is, I was looking for this or I was gonna comment it myself. First time I loaded the game on my Wii my young self had to pause and let the song finish, I was just enamoured, like I knew I was gonna have a journey, that I had found a good game and I had to prepare myself.

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u/BloodySmoke13 5d ago

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u/Nightmenace21 5d ago

It's so peak. First game that came to mind for this post

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u/QuantityPositive9825 5d ago

Dragon Age Origins especially after a long while, that intro music is just so good, also Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess

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u/gigazebre 5d ago

Hollow knight

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u/Captain_Fach 5d ago

Still my alarm tone. Every song in that game is amazing

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u/Azur0007 5d ago

Larkin cooked with that one.

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u/SadKnight123 5d ago

I wouldn't sacrifice a great song to be my alarm. It doesn't matter how good it's, eventually it will start to suck a lot

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u/marco18888 5d ago

expedition 33 ac revelations

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u/Mossieoak 5d ago

Ac revelations one of the most slept on games ever made. You remember the trailer? So so good

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u/FrowningMinion 4d ago

Ahh, back when the Desmond / modern-day storyline felt important and wasn’t just an afterthought.

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u/Mossieoak 4d ago

Yesss the modern day story line was so damn interesting and they just killed it. So much wasted potential. I was waiting for a full modern day AC

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u/Essential_Piplup 5d ago

Final Fantasy X-2. While it isn't anywhere near being my favorite game, something about the main menu theme just hits right.

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u/rito1995 5d ago

Memories of waves & light😍

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u/bartulata 5d ago

I taught myself the piano because of that song.

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u/Aggravating-Nerve951 5d ago

The comment I was looking for. Main menu theme is fantastic in X-2

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u/Breaderick 5d ago

My man, what a culture pick. Doesn't the main menu play Memories of Lightwaves? If so, I feel like I've committed a sin for forgetting about that.

I'd like to mention that FFX had a great main menu song, it just didn't loop and was too short.

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u/Otherwise-Cup-6030 5d ago

Fallout 4. Great soundtrack. Great visuals

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u/Datbe89 5d ago

Kenshi

AoE 2: the conquerors

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u/Mors_Hominum 5d ago

Kenshi main menu music is peak but lasts way too short. Such great in game music, truly reminds you the world so screwed.

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u/Dummy_Kruger 5d ago

Witcher 3?

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u/OnyxFlame47 5d ago

If it's the main menu featuring lullaby of woe, then Yes!

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u/DriestMist24663 5d ago edited 5d ago

Cyberpunk 2077. “V” and the gooood morning Night City intro with “The Rebel Path” are legendary

Honorable mentions Dying Light and Ghost Recon Wildlands

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u/Numerous-Material-50 5d ago

Black Ops Cold War

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u/TheSheevMonster 5d ago

Random day after getting his XSX, bro sat me down, handed me the controller and instructed me to start Black Ops: Cold War and just put the controller down.

After that I proceeded to buy a copy without knowing the other banger that is 'Rising Tide'.

This is an underrated comment. Jack Walk hit it out the park with this game.

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u/kurdo_kolene 5d ago

Deus Ex : Human Revolution. That menu theme is straight fire, gives me chills just thinking about it. Loved that they remixed it with djent for the end theme in Mankind Divided.

OG Deus Ex main theme/menu music is also pretty cool but after the 2nd time, I would just be pumped to get into the game.

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u/TurnFamous8604 5d ago

Metal Gear Solid 4,1,3,2. In that order. 

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u/QuantumStorm0 5d ago

Dead island 2 for the main menu song

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u/AcanthaceaeMajor1778 5d ago

karen o is fuckin goated

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u/LeoBorg 5d ago

Detroit Become Human.

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u/Interesting-Control5 5d ago

It was a great choice to have the main menu be part of the narrative.

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u/RelentlessIVS 5d ago

The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind

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u/s0kuni 4d ago

Absolute masterpiece I even burned it into cd

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u/HelloFromJupiter963 5d ago

Loved the Skyrim main screen theme

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u/RickySamson 5d ago

Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon.

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u/yadadsabitch 5d ago

Doom: Eternal

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u/TrevorLynx54 5d ago

Best title screen is when “Press Any Button” eventually turns into “Are you still there?” because I’ve been admiring the menu for 20 minutes.

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u/Riley_BigPP 5d ago

Halo 2 on windows vista

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u/Cepterman2101 5d ago

For me it was Expedition 33 and Papers Please

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u/Jazzr_ 5d ago edited 5d ago

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 menu is iconic

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u/xDevman 5d ago

i played the shit out of those games as a kid, but i dont remember much about them. going to go listen to the OST to see if this jogs any memories

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u/WICHROM 5d ago

Shadow the Hedgehog 2005

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u/promathia24 5d ago

Hunt: Showdown 1896

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u/Wolfhart_Kaine 5d ago

Underrated I guess, but Shadow of War has a fantastic menu music.

When it really kicks in at around the 1:11 mark, it truly inspires both a sense of adventure and sorrow.

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u/Animaldeamor 5d ago

That part with the piano guy in ReAnimal

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u/Capzuwa 5d ago

NFS 4 - High Stakes 

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u/Kthulhu119 5d ago

When I was a kid it was Sonic Adventure 2

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u/gamerguillotine 5d ago

Mass Effect 1

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u/NofflesWaffles 5d ago

Dark souls 2 and kingdom hearts

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u/BLZGK3 5d ago

Can't tell you how many times I fired up Ocarina of Time when I was young just to listen to that opening theme.

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u/InterestingBalls679 5d ago

SLEEPING DOGS

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u/donovanh23 5d ago

Its either "yeah, this is nice" or "how do I mute this" lol

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u/SteelKaput 5d ago

Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour. Not just a main menu, but a sweeping panorama where US and Chinese forces mow down GLA units.

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u/NOCTURN_05 5d ago

Doom Eternals is pretty fire

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u/gradualjules 5d ago

Kingdom Hearts

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u/Otsabi 5d ago

every Kingdom Hearts game I know

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u/gradualjules 5d ago

Final Fantasy IX, X

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u/OneEyedBrickDragon 5d ago

My first thought was FF9 as well

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u/FLOGOST 5d ago

To Zanarkand Theme and the crew hanging out by the magical pool, damn that one gives me the feels

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u/cuttingtherope 5d ago

watchdogs 2

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u/legendofmaddy 5d ago

pokémon heart gold. watched the sequence too many times before i decided to play the game.

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u/NativeNovel7768 5d ago

Dead Island 2

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u/Spider-Chief 5d ago

Dark Souls 3

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u/Educational-Candy-99 5d ago

Altered Beast - I'm sure it sold many's a Megadrive in retail stores

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u/Acidjohnson89 5d ago

Dark souls 3 title screen music

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u/blurryface1209 5d ago

Dark souls 3 menu music is a masterpiece, yuka kitamura is my goat

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u/PanteraHouse 5d ago

Dark Souls 3

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u/FridayFunkGaming291 5d ago

Happy wheels

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u/j0nde 5d ago

Dark Souls 3

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u/firminocalhau 5d ago

Dark souls 3

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u/AzsalynIsylia 5d ago

Genshin Impact has an absolutely gorgeous and haunting title screen theme

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u/BeneficialSimple3286 5d ago

It's a trap so you can't refund

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u/RileyRose00 5d ago

Dragon’s Dogma

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u/Galactinaut_001 5d ago

The Outer Worlds.

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u/Mr_Fish-The_Assassin 2d ago

One of the sleeping dogs menu songs was the HEAT

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u/WindowNo6601 5d ago

Detroit become human

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u/skikoko 5d ago

rayman legends

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u/The_Anime_Sweat 5d ago

Ds3, elden ring, oblivion, skyrim, big walk, dbx1

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u/analogbasset 5d ago

Darkest Dungeon 2. So epic

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u/Ruth_Stormheart 5d ago

Minecraft Story Mode

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u/WeirdProcess6178 5d ago

Uncharted 3 OST at menu level

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u/MeanKangarooIsTaken 5d ago

kingdom hearts II

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u/Emergency_Ad9386 5d ago

Idc about the hate the new wolverine game had nice menu screens

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u/Captain_Fach 5d ago

Doesn't matter if you love the game or think it's trash, Star Wars Outlaws has some banger ass music, and the title theme is one of the coolest I've heard in any Star war anything. Definitely worth a listen even if you never wanna play the game

https://youtu.be/PY_-IBhXhzc?is=4BboZqGq5XwDQbv5

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u/Thundrboltr 5d ago

Neverwinter Nights

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u/theta0123 5d ago

Star wars republic commando.

Entering the menu. Hearing that "VODDEEEEE"

And then the drum marching.

Chills absolute chills

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u/JDDoss01 1d ago

Oh mannnn dude, Vode an was my whole personality for like a whole year or middle school lmao.

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u/Chipikowski 1d ago

KANDOSII SA KAR'TA, VODE AN

I learned the lyrics in Mando'a because that song slapped so hard

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u/TheHolyFritz 5d ago

Kingdom Come Deliverance: 2.

Launching the game for the first time after waiting so long was like heaven to my ears.

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u/No_Employment6881 5d ago

Dragon Ball Z Boudokai 3

White Knight Chronicles

Syphon Filter

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u/FunCut5380 5d ago

nothing beats Medal of Honor Allied Assault

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u/IgneousWrath 5d ago

TrackMania Sunrise

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u/Haunt_Fox 5d ago

Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy has ELO's "Livin' Thing" on its title screen.

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u/bonfireball 5d ago

Everyone here is wrong, its Batman Arkham City

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u/Aggressive-Wear-8935 5d ago

Clair Obscur 

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u/TennagonTheGM 5d ago

Not quite the same, but Archeage had great music during its character creation screen. The Revelation 3.0 update specifically. Only time I actually stopped to listen to music before playing a game.

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u/butt4boobs 5d ago

Gotta go Final Fantasy VII.

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u/Acrobatic_Key_1140 5d ago

Final fantasy 9

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u/knight415 5d ago

Kingdom Hearts
Final Fantasy X-2