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Prologue

Culture concept

Initial portion of the overall story that mostly introduces the primary character(s) and the setting to the player but does little if anything for the actual story. Also possibly to make whatever starts the actual story seem more dramatic.

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platforms
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Windows)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
WIN 2011-08-26
Dust: An Elysian Tail (Windows)
Dust: An Elysian Tail
WIN 2013-05-25
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PlayStation 3)
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
PS3 2009-06-09
The Precursors (Windows)
The Precursors
WIN 2009-12-04
Half-Life (Windows)
Half-Life
WIN 1998-07-25
Thief (Xbox One)
Thief
XBOX1 2014-02-25
Fallout 4 (Xbox One)
Fallout 4
XBOX1 2015-11-10
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Windows)
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
WIN 2011-05-17
Fatal Frame (Xbox)
Fatal Frame
XBOX 2002-11-22
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Windows)
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
WIN 2010-06-08
Thief (PlayStation 3)
Thief
PS3 2014-02-25
Thief (Windows)
Thief
WIN 2014-02-25
See also: epilogue, growing protagonist, time skip
Commonly this is a segment of the story that is very different to the rest, such as devoid of any action/shooting in shooters, lack of knowledge of some Big Problem you'll later start solving, and so forth. Generally the lead-up to the Problem.

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Games by year

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The first Prologue video game was released on September 1997.

Ubisoft, Bethesda Softworks and Cellar Door Games published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 41
Linux 13
Mac OS X 10
PS3 7
X360 5
PS4 5
Xbox 2
PS2 2
Xbox One 2
MS-DOS 1
Mac OS Classic 1
PS Vita 1

Most common companies

Ubisoft8
Bethesda Softworks6
Cellar Door Games6
Valve4
Electronic Arts4
Capcom3
Blizzard Entertainment3
BeautiFun Games3
Microsoft Studios3
Devolver Digital3
Hailstorm Games2
Sony Computer Entertainment2
Monolith Productions2
THQ2
Activision2