Magical, "holy shit" moments in games.
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I don't know if this is referencing the end sequence - the realisation the game is, yes, telling you to do that - proper power fantasy.
Or if it's the mayor's celebrations.
Both of them competed with each other for that year's "Best moment" award.
This is a good one. I don't really even like BotW, but this WAS a pretty crazy moment.
This still stands out to me as one of my favorite ways to end a game and up the ante
Hyrule Castle in Breath of the Wild, the music, environment, layout, the way it's been hyped up the whole game, not through dialogue, but just because it's been in view like 90% of the previous 50+ hours played due to the design of the map, just perfect.
When Master D/Hitler resurrected in Bionic Commando NES, killed the original villain, and called me a damn fool. Not expecting that from a Nintendo game.
The second holy shit moment happened a bit later when I graphically exploded his head with a rocket launcher.
The second holy shit moment happened a bit later when I graphically exploded his head with a rocket launcher.
EDF 5 I think, where a giant fortress the size of a small city level grows crab legs and starts launching missiles like fireworks.
Never guessed it would top Super Mario 64 for me, but Astrobot on PSVR is my pick.
After playing games for a long time ( started somewhere in 1978) it is sometimes hard for me to get excited, but playing AstrBot on PSVR, really was a mindblowing experience.
I can't wait for PSVR2.
After playing games for a long time ( started somewhere in 1978) it is sometimes hard for me to get excited, but playing AstrBot on PSVR, really was a mindblowing experience.
I can't wait for PSVR2.
SOTC colossus 5:
(this is from the remake but the moment stands)
(this is from the remake but the moment stands)
Would echo this. Don't think any game has or will ever blow my mind back to back the way Half Life 2 did in 2004. Still think it may be the greatest FPS/adventure game of all time.
In these games you can get kidnapped after a certain point.
The game is a sequel to FF7, and Aerith and Sephiroth know the totality of their lives from the original game. The Whispers try to get everyone back on the correct path so the story can play out exactly as it did in the original. Also, the Whispers Cloud and the gang fight at the end either take from or are literally Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo from Advent Children.
And most importantly (to me): Jessie is still alive.
And most importantly (to me): Jessie is still alive.
Yeah Elden Ring had TONS of those moments.
I never played Bloodborne to completion, and haven't played Demon's Souls Remake, DS3 or Sekiro (will be rectified soon) Anyone can chime in whether or not those games have similar moments?
I never played Bloodborne to completion, and haven't played Demon's Souls Remake, DS3 or Sekiro (will be rectified soon) Anyone can chime in whether or not those games have similar moments?
The final third of Dragon Quest III is just one looooong holy shit moment right up to the game's ending, and was absolutely the inspiration behind one of the more infamous gaming moments (Kanto in Pokemon G/S/C) posted on the first page. Specifically:
In the first Dragon Quest game, you play as the descendant of a hero who saved the world from darkness. To do so, you traverse a mostly open world, gathering items and weapons that your ancestor was said to have used to reach the game's main villain and defeat them. Dragon Quest III seems relatively unconnected to the previous games at first, as the scenario is more about avenging your father and defeating a powerful demon lord. After said demon lord is defeated, everything seems all well and good... until it's revealed that said demon lord was only a flunky for the game's true villain, who resides in another world. The party gives chase and ends up in this world of darkness that the antagonist was said to lord over. You land in a pretty unassuming pier, but when you step out onto the world map... some familiar overworld music starts playing and it becomes clear that the world of darkness is in fact, Alefgard, the world of DQ1.
So the last act of the game has you acquiring items that you'll need to fight the main antagonist, mirroring the journey that the player character takes in DQ1, with towns that were depicted as destroyed in the first game being populated and full of life, and characters that were only mentioned in the past tense in DQ1 being alive and well here. The game's ending confirms what most players have probably pieced together by that point: Dragon Quest III isn't a sequel, it's a prequel to the original Dragon Quest, and you're playing as the legendary hero spoken of in that game.
I only recently played through DQIII, but somehow never had that twist spoiled for me, and it's stuck with me ever since. Absolutely masterful.
In the first Dragon Quest game, you play as the descendant of a hero who saved the world from darkness. To do so, you traverse a mostly open world, gathering items and weapons that your ancestor was said to have used to reach the game's main villain and defeat them. Dragon Quest III seems relatively unconnected to the previous games at first, as the scenario is more about avenging your father and defeating a powerful demon lord. After said demon lord is defeated, everything seems all well and good... until it's revealed that said demon lord was only a flunky for the game's true villain, who resides in another world. The party gives chase and ends up in this world of darkness that the antagonist was said to lord over. You land in a pretty unassuming pier, but when you step out onto the world map... some familiar overworld music starts playing and it becomes clear that the world of darkness is in fact, Alefgard, the world of DQ1.
So the last act of the game has you acquiring items that you'll need to fight the main antagonist, mirroring the journey that the player character takes in DQ1, with towns that were depicted as destroyed in the first game being populated and full of life, and characters that were only mentioned in the past tense in DQ1 being alive and well here. The game's ending confirms what most players have probably pieced together by that point: Dragon Quest III isn't a sequel, it's a prequel to the original Dragon Quest, and you're playing as the legendary hero spoken of in that game.
I only recently played through DQIII, but somehow never had that twist spoiled for me, and it's stuck with me ever since. Absolutely masterful.
The audiovisual experience was great but I was disappointed that it wasn't really much of a maze and just another series of rooms for me to kill enemies. Really wish they took things to the next level with the premise. Still fun though.
SOTC colossus 5:
(this is from the remake but the moment stands)
Would echo this. Don't think any game has or will ever blow my mind back to back the way Half Life 2 did in 2004. Still think it may be the greatest FPS/adventure game of all time.
Agreed this moment was Boss, plus dat music..
/Epic
Bioshock infinite:
being transported to rapture was incredible. Hit with surprise, nostalgia, awe. Just beautifully done
I mean, half the game qualifies for this thread. But one that I've not seen mentioned for me was after beating Astel and then coming out into Moonlight Altar, looking at my map and realising that it was on top of that hill in Liurnia that I spent so long trying to get to earlier in the game! And then obviously going down into the tunnel there and finding Ranni sitting with the massacred Two Fingers...
Going to Hyrule in Wind Waker. Even if it was a bit deflating realizing you weren't actually going to explore outside the castle.
I balled during this. Then was depressed it was just a small set piece.
This is a smaller "holy shit" and not for the same reasons as most of this thread
In Left 4 Dead 1's Blood Harvest level, when you crest the hilltop and look down and see the first cornfield, I think my friend and I reacted the same way. "Hahaha...shiiiiiiiiiiiit."
In Left 4 Dead 1's Blood Harvest level, when you crest the hilltop and look down and see the first cornfield, I think my friend and I reacted the same way. "Hahaha...shiiiiiiiiiiiit."
The Sephiroth build up from Midgar, Shinra HQ, the Kalm flashback was intense...but then when he does this just out of your sight, you know you have to see the end of this game....
When you learn that Tidus is actually just a kind of a summon.
When Vesemir dies and Ciri simply loses it.
Finding a certain thing in Mankind Divided.
"No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth, he shall walk."
When you discover that Ichiban and Ryo/Masato are brothers, and how the game ends. (Yakuza 7)
When Vesemir dies and Ciri simply loses it.
Finding a certain thing in Mankind Divided.
"No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth, he shall walk."
When you discover that Ichiban and Ryo/Masato are brothers, and how the game ends. (Yakuza 7)
Walking out of the Vault for the first time in a fully realized 3d and open world fallout game.
From an epic holy shit perspective: the whole final act of wonderful 101. Galaxy shattering, 200 units, making big robots out of smaller robots, and especially that final moment where you realize the 3 ships make the form of a W and the "Protect Earth!" QTE. The Platinum logo one was also great. Idk it got me teary eyes. Fuck yeah justice.
From a game mechanic perspective, I don't really like the Witness, but the first time I interacted with an environmental puzzle I literally screamed. It just felt so natural and I reached out and it worked. Bravely Default games did fourth wall wow with Lying Airy, Send Player, and the overwriting the save data of the villain in BD2.
From a "your horizons just increased": pokemon gen 2 kanto moment, anor Londo and many souls moments in general, Midgar being a prologue, the psx ff games having many discs.
From a game mechanic perspective, I don't really like the Witness, but the first time I interacted with an environmental puzzle I literally screamed. It just felt so natural and I reached out and it worked. Bravely Default games did fourth wall wow with Lying Airy, Send Player, and the overwriting the save data of the villain in BD2.
From a "your horizons just increased": pokemon gen 2 kanto moment, anor Londo and many souls moments in general, Midgar being a prologue, the psx ff games having many discs.
- Metal Gear has a lot of them for me. MGS2 in particular had so many clever touches to the tanker, and well, Kojima did the only thing possible to followup the craziness of Arsenal Gear:
Fighting the US president on the roof of Federal Hall with your bare hands.
- I honestly can't even remember what, anymore, but playing through Xenogears the first time was incredible. The game really did a good job of raising the stakes.
- The most recent example I can give is really Inscryption. The ending is...wow...but I really don't want to spoil anybody on this game. It is consistently good at breaking your expectations.
You're also prevented from using "that name" when you create your character. Awesome game, and almost unthinkably improves on the previous two.
The overall feeling of the game was incredible, but the city and festival really stood out. It really brought something new to a Mario game, not as a game mechanic maybe, but as this truly memorable vibe. I would have played 10 levels of DLC without hesitation.
The great ace attorney 2 final case:
I'm in a lovely garden. Not just any garden, you understand, a garden in Buckingham palace.
I'm in a lovely garden. Not just any garden, you understand, a garden in Buckingham palace.
This and Fallout 3, walking out of the Vault for the first time, are peak gaming moments for me. (And finding Red at the end of course)
The game doesn't let you use
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