Magical, "holy shit" moments in games.
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Your first real ship battle in Sea of Thieves once you and your friends actually understand the mechanics. When you all are communicating and doing different jobs seamlessly, it feels so damn cool.
Game was obviously flawed (especially at launch) but damn... I got my first real job and bought a 970 and playing this game in 2015 was mindblowing.
Game was obviously flawed (especially at launch) but damn... I got my first real job and bought a 970 and playing this game in 2015 was mindblowing.
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Kind of a different one but just earlier I was watching my 6 year old kid play Forza Horizon 5 on my Series X hooked up to a C1 oled TV and just the way it looks blows my mind every time. Looking at him playing that and thinking back to me playing Gran Turismo 2 on PS1 at a similar age.... Holy shit we've come a long way.
For a more traditional holy shit moment, the nuke scene from the original Modern Warfare back in the day.
For a more traditional holy shit moment, the nuke scene from the original Modern Warfare back in the day.
The first time I played Super Mario 64 in Toys R us was just unreal , I remember being in Toys R us and my jaw was just dropped it was like a spell was placed on me
Same thing with OOT in a Walmart a few years later
I can't really think of anything that had those type of moments for me
Same thing with OOT in a Walmart a few years later
I can't really think of anything that had those type of moments for me
The second dream quest in Warframe. What a great moment, I believe somebody created a thread about that quest a while ago.
Oh, here's maybe an uncommon one.
Might and Magic VI.
I got it for free for about 6 years ago, and played it out of curiosity. The fact that this open world, first person party-based RPG even existed at the time it did rocked me. I've played a good number of classic PC RPGS way after they originally came out, but nothing left the impression that MM6 did.
Aside from the general awe of "wow this game is massive", it also did a great job of instilling a sense that almost any challenge is surmountable if you just think carefully. I am genuinely envious of people who got to play this game when it was first released.
Might and Magic VI.
I got it for free for about 6 years ago, and played it out of curiosity. The fact that this open world, first person party-based RPG even existed at the time it did rocked me. I've played a good number of classic PC RPGS way after they originally came out, but nothing left the impression that MM6 did.
Aside from the general awe of "wow this game is massive", it also did a great job of instilling a sense that almost any challenge is surmountable if you just think carefully. I am genuinely envious of people who got to play this game when it was first released.
Sailing for the first time in Sea of Thieves. No other game has giving me that big of a "holy shit" moment.
For me it was Mario 64 in Best Buy, thanks to that giant stack of TVs you could see from the street.
No joke! It's loaded with em, there's a particular one towards the end that's so joyous, easily rivals all the best ones in this thread
First time seeing Jak & Daxter. That was like the best graphics humankind would ever see, perfect nowadays Pixar animation movie level to me lol.
Spider-Man 2, not knowing that the game was open world (at that time I didn't know about gaming forums and stuff like that, only trailers) and man... What a massive shock.
The first PS3 trailers and gameplay like Heavenly sword, Motorstorm, Resistance... Blow my mind.
Reaching the end of Midgar in Final Fantasy VII thinking that the game ended there. What the hell dude!! That was just like 10/15% of the whole game.
Spider-Man 2, not knowing that the game was open world (at that time I didn't know about gaming forums and stuff like that, only trailers) and man... What a massive shock.
The first PS3 trailers and gameplay like Heavenly sword, Motorstorm, Resistance... Blow my mind.
Reaching the end of Midgar in Final Fantasy VII thinking that the game ended there. What the hell dude!! That was just like 10/15% of the whole game.
In XenoSaga episode 1, KOS-MOS awakens, bursts through a wall and proceeds to kick ass. This was the first time you saw her face...and how crazy powerful she is.
The ending for Final Fantasy XIV 1.0, with a battle going on beneath a falling moon, preparing for a two year server shutdown as they remake the entire game. Nobody knew how it was going to end, the battle was actually happening in the game with the moon (Dalamud) glowing large in the sky, when it cut to this video:
The ending for Final Fantasy XIV 1.0, with a battle going on beneath a falling moon, preparing for a two year server shutdown as they remake the entire game. Nobody knew how it was going to end, the battle was actually happening in the game with the moon (Dalamud) glowing large in the sky, when it cut to this video:
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Still to this day Pokemon Gold Silver Crystal and Heart Gold Soul Silver are my favourite games of all time.
My absolute wish is we get Gold and Siler Remakes on a console one day!
I'm playing it right now on SX, the detail in the interiors is amazing still to this day. The scale of the city is pretty good too.
Storywise is not doing much for me, it's kinda there i guess.
Revan reveal in KOTOR.
Joel's death in TLOU2. I was shocked, cuz I've played preview couple months before the release and demo ended with Joel showing up mid game, talked about it with the devs, no one gave away anything. I did not expect that shit at all.
Joel's death in TLOU2. I was shocked, cuz I've played preview couple months before the release and demo ended with Joel showing up mid game, talked about it with the devs, no one gave away anything. I did not expect that shit at all.
Someone may have already covered it as I haven't read the whole thread, but I gotta throw in the spacewalk section of Deep Stone Crypt. In a LARGE part because of the dialogue & music. I'll never forget it.
I had so many of these moments in Outer Wilds. There are many revelations to be had in that game, and each one feels more earned than the last
The first time I found an "extra" puzzle in The Witness.
When I saw Snake flip the tape in the Sony Walkman and it said Operation Intrude N313.
There are others, but those two definitely stood out to me.
When I saw Snake flip the tape in the Sony Walkman and it said Operation Intrude N313.
There are others, but those two definitely stood out to me.
Yep! This is the first Zelda-like since Hob that really exceeded my love of 2D Zelda. The artstyle and atmosphere are just flawless.
Steins;gate - Basically the whole plot, but especially finding out that
John Titor & the IBM 5100 were actually real things that happened — a dude that called himself John Titor actually went on message boards in 2000 claiming to be a time traveler that needed that computer, even describing unpublicized features of the machine. Obviously debunked, but it blew my mind to find out that what I thought was pure sci-fi fantasy was actually based on a real-life event
Both 999 and VLR
If you know, you know...
Playing 999 in the DS is WILD man.
1998: Cutting Signposts in Ocarina of Time
2021: Cutting Signposts in Deaths Door
2021: Cutting Signposts in Deaths Door
and being able to read the broken font that remained
I think the first time I audibly gasped in a videogame was at the end of Wind Waker
FFXIV 1.0 burning the servers down with an in-game meteor before forcibly logging everyone out was also pretty hilarious/epic. I will probably never see anything like that again.
when Link straight up plunges the Master Sword into Ganon's forehead. Bonus points for him becoming the Master Sword's new pedestal
FFXIV 1.0 burning the servers down with an in-game meteor before forcibly logging everyone out was also pretty hilarious/epic. I will probably never see anything like that again.