games with good loading/transition screens

games that have cool loading screens

Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
Half-Life
Half-Life
the loading screen in half life 1 will autoplay any music on a cd you may have inserted into your computer. even in the steam version. and that's just an amazing thing to have in your game
Resident Evil
Resident Evil
cool doors
Splatoon 2
Splatoon 2
A Hat in Time
A Hat in Time
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Psychonauts
Psychonauts
there are a few different loading screens and they're all very nice to look at. there's an aquatic-themed loading screen that you only see 1 time in the whole game that has fish swimming around and it's beautiful
Spore
Spore
Splatoon
Splatoon
No More Heroes
No More Heroes
Spyro the Dragon
Spyro the Dragon
level transitions are incredibly seamless. it's such a good way to show off how beautiful the skyboxes are in this
Ratchet & Clank
Ratchet & Clank
the original trilogy of these games have cool planet transitions where you watch your spaceship blast through space. and they have a few different camera angles and movements to keep it interesting. it's kind of relaxing and i liked this a lot as a kid
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Tomodachi Life
Tomodachi Life
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Lisa
Lisa
LISA has like, zero waiting time for anything. you can go through a doorway and you're instantly on the other side. it's so jarring and the game takes full advantage of this
PaRappa the Rapper
PaRappa the Rapper
Punch-Out!!
Punch-Out!!
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Shenmue
Shenmue
We Love Katamari
We Love Katamari
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond
pikachu's friends are here during the loading times... this time. this video is really really cute also. please watch it https://youtu.be/Q4pQRLLQRes
PaRappa the Rapper 2
PaRappa the Rapper 2
Chibi-Robo!
Chibi-Robo!
Postal
Postal
gruesome and cool as hell area transitions
Monster Hunter Tri
Monster Hunter Tri
its not interactable or anything but there's always something to look at with all the monster depictions and sigils
Shenmue II
Shenmue II
War of the Monsters
War of the Monsters
every level in story mode has like a mockup kaiju movie poster that they show you during the loading screen. it's really cute
Sega Bass Fishing
Sega Bass Fishing
there's like a 1 in 100 chance that the fishing lure on the loading screen will turn into a Sonic one instead
Meet the Robinsons
Meet the Robinsons
for this game's loading screen, blueprints for various types of inventions are slowly drawn up while you wait. you can move the loading icon around the screen to act as an eraser for the blueprints. you can go nuts and erase the entire chalkboard as you wait
Dr. Seuss': The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss': The Cat in the Hat
GioGio's Bizarre Adventure
GioGio's Bizarre Adventure
there are like 60 unique loading screen images which is kind of insane
Yo! Noid 2: Game of a Year Edition
Yo! Noid 2: Game of a Year Edition
pretty cool level transitions, similar to spyro 1

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1 year ago

Postal 1's loading screens are pretty iconic
Happy to see Pokepark here, but I would also like to suggest the sequel! Those loading screens are cute as hell and the fact that they change when you get more party members is amazing.

1 year ago

Shenmue 1-2

1 year ago

The loading screens in the first spyro game seamlessly fuse the levels with the hub worlds and I adore it

1 year ago

hey these are all really good suggestions, thank you all

1 year ago

Been playing A Hat In Time, and it's real neat how almost every mission in the game has a unique illustration.
RESIDENT EVIL!!
Remake 1 is what i'm thinking of but any of the classic RE work

1 year ago

I think Oddworld Abe's Oddysee deserves a shout just for "Abe's Oddysee is loading so get over it!"

9 months ago

this is such an underrated aspect of games thats kind of long gone now, which is a shame because it really added a lot of personality. two games that stick out to me is DMC3 letting you slash and shoot the "now loading" icon and Crash Tag Team Racing/Rampage Total Destruction giving you dedicated burp and fart buttons. i think Okami also gave you a button to bark a lot


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