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[Elitist1945]

What games out there have the best menus? I recently caught myself on The Last of Us' menu for like 10 minutes because of how calming it is - what about you guys?

 

[inner-G]

I love Persona 4's TV-themed menus

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

MGS3

 

[Ganondorfo]

Metroid Prime is the best, too bad we wont see Metroid Prime 4 again or a new cool Metroid menu screen anymore.

 

[nns3d]

 

[RoKKeR]

Mass Effect 1.

No contest.

Overall UI: Halo Reach.

 

[JayEH]

The menu changes after missions and in a really cool way after the main one. You can zoom in on that glorious beard and mullet too.

 

[Zarill]

Deus Ex : HR.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

I hated the game but Final Fantasy XIII's menus were fantastic.

 

[Canucked]

I didn't really like the game, but I did like the menus for FFXIII

I hated the game but Final Fantasy XIII's menus were fantastic.

Daaaaaaam

 

[Icyflamez96]

Deus Ex : HR.

YES

Although I didn't really like the music that played during the menus. I mean I did because it added to the atmosphere, but I didn't because sometimes I pause the game for quiet, and that doesn't really give it to me.

 

[Westraid]

I liked Splinter Cell: Conviction's menu. As you'd go through the options, the camera would move to a different place in the area.

 

[Steroyd]

Peggle 2, scrolling though the menu dings you the Ode de Joy(?) theme.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Expected Persona 4, came for Melee.

Melee's menu theme just sticks with you.

 

[TheDanger]

Max Payne 3

Halo 3

 

[BiGBoSSMk23]

DRIVECLUB comes to mind recently. As with the first DiRT. Sleek, fast, good music.

Worst: Gran Turismo 5.

Artistically pleasing: Prince of Persia 2008

EDIT:

Adding to the poor examples list:

Motorstorm games have painfully slow UI's. Evo's come a long way in that.

Another good one is God of War III.

MGS2:SoL has a special place as well.

 

[Auctopus]

Necessary accompanying music.

 

[Roldan]

just kidding.

Hmmm, I'd say vanilla Dragon's Dogma. god, that song.

 

[delSai]

I like this one alot. The theme that's playing is great

Spoiler

and i love Twisted Metal

 

[Springy]

Enslaved had a pretty neat main menu.

Also, Ridge Racer Vita. Yep.

 

[Icyflamez96]

 

[Flappy]

Final Fantasy VII.

"Woop, woop. Ding!"

 

[raven777]

I hated the game but Final Fantasy XIII's menus were fantastic.

yes it did have fantasitic UI. I loved the overall aesthetics and those character transitions were nice as well.

 

[Blablurn]

MGS4

 

[Nimajneb]

Functionality wise, Perfect Dark has the best multiplayer menu. Each player can customize every aspect of the game and customize their character at the same time, there's never been a game where matches are faster or easier to set up.

 

[BiggNife]

I really, really love how stylish the menu for The Wolf Among Us is.

It's better in motion and it also helps that the menu theme is fantastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hNMZWlaPRU

 

[FluxWaveZ]

P Studio (Atlus) makes fantastic menus. Persona 3, Persona 4... Catherine's title menu is one that comes to mind:

An analysis one made about that specific title screen I mostly agree with. Simply put, It's appropriately evocative and memorable.

 

[EvilKatarn]

Games with snappy menus. No stupid animations, no slowdowns, no waiting around for the stupid thing to get done wanking itself off.

Tactics Ogre on PSP is one of the prime examples of a great menu system.

 

[Wreck-It Ralph]

Metroid Prime 2

All the menu options stick out of the center on little spokes, and you rotate the whole thing in 3D to select your option. It's hard to explain, but looks really neat.

 

[Acquiescence]

Only gif I could find of L.A. Noire's main menu...

Loved it, absolutely dripping in atmosphere. Worth leaving on as background noise too for the amazing jazz score.

 

[Forkball]

 

[Dunkley]

Can't believe how much worse Smash for WiiU's menu is.

Who ever thought taking out the C-Stick controls in the menus was a good idea?

 

[mrmickfran]

*Insert Sakurai menu here*

 

[GIANKRATOS]

God of War

And uncharted for the theme alone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPF5UiDi4g

 

[giancarlo123x]

Can't believe how much worse Smash for WiiU's menu is.

Who ever thought taking out the C-Stick controls in the menus was a good idea?

Thats the least of its problems, fire whoever thought it would be a great idea it should take 4 clicks to find certain things.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Wipeout 3

in RGB

on a CRT

 

[Adam_Roman]

I liked Splinter Cell: Conviction's menu. As you'd go through the options, the camera would move to a different place in the area.

Conviction's my favorite. I love seeing the blood perfectly still in the air.

 

[awake]

FIFA 15 - Honestly, I have nothing to criticize when it comes to the menu. The game itself is another story.

 

[SerTapTap]

Efficiency-wise, it's hard to beat Driveclub
Killzone Shadowfall gets a callout for having zero bullshit before the main menu
Wolf Among Us is stylish as hell without getting in the way
Metroid Prime 1 and are awesome as well, also with the best main menu music
I guess we're not talking in-game menus but it feels wrong not to mention Dead Space, god of ingame menus

 

[Dombrowski]

Nothing beats Halo Reach's for me: http://youtu.be/6It3H4eN3gQ #SOGOOD

 

[Piers]

Grand Theft Auto V.
Because: The music.
Somehow it just resonates so well.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

lords of the fallen is good, mostly because the music is the GOAT

 

[Sheroking]

Necessary accompanying music.

Prefer Kingdom Hearts 2. Better art, better version of Dearly Beloved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM-r2hxtO8g

 

[hydruxo]

I think the menu from Destiny is great.

 

[giancarlo123x]

 

[EBE]

Banjo Kazooie

 

[BouncyFrag]

 

[SinEmbargo]

I hated the game but Final Fantasy XIII's menus were fantastic.

Indeed.
For me, they were the best menus I've ever seen in a game.

 

[SoulUnison]

Metroid Prime
Shin Megami Tensei IV

I love menus that are themed like UIs/fantasy technology, and even better if it's supposed to be a direct representation of whatever device(s) the character you're controlling uses.

 

[Theanine3D]

I'll never forget booting this up for the first time on my GameCube.