The Unforgettable Moments

CaptainNemoCaptainNemo Registered User regular
What moments in video games will you never forget? What scenes stick with you, what characters captured your imagination, what levels still bring a smile to your face?

PLEASE MARK AND USE SPOILER TAGS

For me, I'll never forget my first view of Rapture, or of Columbia.

I'll never forget killing my first ever dragon in a video game in Dragon Age.

I'll never forget the feeling of making the final choice in Fable 2.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    Becoming a Spectre.

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  • CaptainNemoCaptainNemo Registered User regular
    Nocren wrote: »
    Becoming a Spectre.

    Oh yeah. For me, though, becoming a Jedi for the first time was the greatest thing to a young nerd like me. Ah, KotOR.

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  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    Mass Effect:
    Busting out of that elevator on the citadel tower and fighting up the side of it
    Seeing the Archangel reveal (even though I figured out who he was before I saw him)
    Completing the suicide mission the first time

    Dragon age: Having a certain character sacrifice his life for mine

    Portal 2: So how are you doing? Because I'm a potato.

    Chrono Trigger:
    Chrono's death, then his resurrection

    Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart
    On my sleeve, let the runway start
  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    I know this moment is hated and the game is too, but Dragon Age 2
    when, at the climax, Anders blunders up to you in the middle of a heated scene. You can tell before he even says anything something awful is about to happen. I just muttered "Oh what have you done you stupid bastard"

  • EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    Uncharted 2.
    "Don't you assholes see the helicopter?!"

  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    the end of the Citadel DLC for Mass Effect

  • LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    Avenging Aerith.

    Meeting Andrew Ryan.

    Finding out who the Grand Master is.

    Killing the Lichking.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    oh yeah, server-first Yogg +0 watchers in WoW was a pretty great feeling.

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    That time during a Counter-Strike: Source match with some folks from this forum when Captain K and I danced around in a circle for like a minute firing at each other, both the last members of our teams, wasting our ammo not killing each other. It came down to a knife fight that I lost instantly, but damn was it hilarious shenanigans.

  • ratzofftoyaratzofftoya San Francisco, CARegistered User regular
    Andrew Ryan's speech. Bar none, the best.

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Andrew Ryan's speech. Bar none, the best.

    I hear he chose Rapture.

  • DunxcoDunxco Should get a suit Never skips breakfastRegistered User regular
    That first time activating Super Sonic in Sonic 2, and as a lead-off from that, my first trip to the Doomsday Zone in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

    Battling through Hell to punk-slap Jon Irenicus one last time and take back what was rightfully mine in Baldur's Gate 2.

    Defeating Emerald WEAPON through sheer luck via Cait Sith slot machine instant murder Limit Break in Final Fantasy VII.

  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    New Game+ in Neir. It changes everything.

    ...And then you get Ending D.

    There are no words.

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  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    Uncharted 2, the train, and the collapsing building.
    Creatures 2 (C64) - The first torture screen.
    Shadow of the Colossus - The first colossus, and then the third one (and then the flying one...)

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  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    I forgot one. The first time I played Crackdown coop, I died at the top of a boss tower and respawned at a base. My friend was battling away and telling me to get back there asap. He turns around a few moments later as the lift doors opens and sees the cop car absolutely CRAMMED in to it and just bursts in to hysterics as I plow people down.

    Amazing game, so many brilliant moments.

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  • mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    Deus Ex
    finding out Paul could live after the 'Ton is raided

    Red Dead Redemption, riding into Mexico.

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  • 101101 Registered User regular
    Entering Mexico in Red Dead Redemption was a fantastic moment

  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    Half-Life, when I successfully destroyed the giant tentacle monster.

    My friends had spent an entire day telling me that it could not be done.

  • EriktheVikingGamerEriktheVikingGamer Registered User regular
    edited April 2013
    Any religious mosaic scene or plot point in Xenogears. Hell, just Xenogears period.

    Wounded with the pole as my weapon choice in Bushido Blade and frantically trying to land a one-hit kill while on my knees.

    Delita coming to power.

    The Aerith scene and the major moment when Cloud has his penultimate psychotic break.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    The last Metroid is in captivity.

    The galaxy is at peace.

  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    The T. Rex reveal in Tomb Raider 1. It had such a cool, isolated feel to it that the first time a wolf was revealed in the beginning cave level, coupled along with a dramatic musical sting in what had been a silent game so far, it made me jump. Plus this was my first 3D game, so everything felt pretty new to me. But when you're just trudging your way through the valley, and then all of a sudden, out of the shadows, that T. Rex emerges. Damn. So good.

    The ending of Assassin's Creed II, combined with the final Truth video. It's pretty well-known by now, but I'll leave it unspoiled.

    Those are the big ones

  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    101 wrote: »
    Entering Mexico in Red Dead Redemption was a fantastic moment

    This moment was missed by me and probably several other people who opted not to use the horse provided when arriving in Mexico and calling in our "regular" horse instead. It doesn't play the song if you do that.

  • ViskodViskod Registered User regular
    Cecil has become a Paladin.

  • RedThornRedThorn Registered User regular
    Landing my first rocket on the Mun in Kerbal Space Program. I failed to set it down properly and panic lifted off again like three times before I got it right, and my heart was beating super fast when I finally did manage to land. Of course, I didn't really know what I was doing so there wasn't any fuel for a return trip...

    The first time you're out and about during the night in STALKER, and you just see all these glowing eyes of the monsters. I was like "Oh shit oh shit" the entire time, even though it was just those goddamned pig things and they were not all that threatening.

    Also in the Walking Dead
    Lilly straight up murdering Carley has been etched into my memory forever.

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  • SagrothSagroth Registered User regular
    Super Mario World, Star Road:

    You

    Are

    A

    Super

    Player!!

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    Any of a hundred moments in To the Moon. I can't even pick one. It was like a roller coaster of amazing moments.



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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    edited April 2013
    Henroid wrote: »
    That time during a Counter-Strike: Source match with some folks from this forum when Captain K and I danced around in a circle for like a minute firing at each other, both the last members of our teams, wasting our ammo not killing each other. It came down to a knife fight that I lost instantly, but damn was it hilarious shenanigans.
    I had a similar moment in the original CS. I'd never played on that particular map before, which basically means I had gotten lost just screwing around while my squadmates had all gotten killed. I'd managed to kill the opposing squad minus one. The actual confrontation between him and me wasn't that impressive, and I absolutely died first, but it's one of my favorite MP memories.

    More recently:
    -The end of HL2 Episode Two; actually, most of the stuff revolving around Alyx in that chapter. And finally getting the damned lawn gnome into the rocket.
    -That first "zombie" in System Shock 2, telling me to kill him while he's beating me to death.
    -Chapter 10 in Dead Space 2.
    -Every time you see the Citadel for the first time in all three Mass Effect games; it always looks 10 kinds of awesome.
    -Running around a brothel, naked as a jaybird, high as hell, and beating people with The Penetrator in Saints Row the Third.

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  • Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    Song and scene over the ending credits of Ico.

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    Pulling off the reverse Water dive stealth kill in Tenchu for the first time completely by accident.

    ending to Dead Space 1 was fantastic. The very last.

    The song 'Will the Circle be Unbroken?' that Elizabeth and Booker sing. Damn near perfect.

    Finishing Sonic the Hedgehog, my first ever game complete!

  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    Meeting Shodan in System Shock 2. The walls melt away and you're surrounded on all sides by her greatness ... you pAtheTIc insect.

  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Every character in Suikoden who dies.
    Gremio especially.

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    I think this thread has potential to go places if we talk about emergent / unique moments rather than observing standard things from a game.

  • NightslyrNightslyr Registered User regular
    Pro Wrestling: First game I ever beat. A winner is me.

    Leisure Suit Larry: The whole thing. Pretty memorable for a 7-8 year old.

    Final Fantasy IV: My first FF game. The moment that really blew me away was when the party goes to the Tower of Zot. The entire game, to that point, had been fairly standard fantasy. Zot was pure sci-fi in terms of setting and monsters. Awesome.

    The SEGA Channel, especially Pirates! Gold. The reasoning is kinda long, so I'll hide it behind a spoiler:
    I was born physically disabled (Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita). Due to that, I had many surgeries as a child and use an electric wheelchair for mobility. Travel has always been somewhat difficult, logistically speaking. In the early 90's (92/93), I developed scoliosis so swiftly and severely, I separated a rib. My spine was curved 89 degrees to the left, right near my heart and lungs, and 20-something degrees forward. So, in early 94, just before my birthday, I had two 18" rods inserted into my back to straighten and stabilize it. Due to the extra couple inches I grew because of that straightening, I could no longer fit in my van.

    Outside of going to school (the bus was large enough to fit me) and medical appointments (we had to hire an expensive transport company), I was stuck in the house for about 18 months with not much to do. So my mom got me the SEGA Channel, which helped take my mind off things.

    Pirates! Gold was especially memorable because my oldest brother helped me play. While I did the bulk of the work, he'd remember things like the Silver Train's location.

    Xenogears:
    The Miang/Elly stomach punch at the end. I've played many games with twists and betrayals (intentional or not), and those sorts of things, but this was just flawlessly executed.

    Mass Effect:
    The entirety of the second game. Maybe I'm the only one, but despite the suicide mission aspect, it felt pretty bad ass and fun. Maybe it's because it didn't feel like much was at stake. The third game felt a lot more dire and sad. The second was far more about building up your dirty dozen and kicking some ass.

    Red Dead Redemption:
    Two things:

    1. My family visits the Montana/Wyoming area in and around Yellowstone every few years. We love it out there. So, when I played as John waking up on Bonnie's ranch... I've been there. Her house, with the trees out front. There's a place called Nevada City, Montana, which is an open-air museum/old west town. One of the houses there is eerily similar to Bonnie's in the game. I got chills immediately after I had John step out of his shack.

    2. The post game. James Marsten just exacted revenge, but now what? Everything feels so hollow and pointless. His way of life will soon end. Cowboys and the West are quickly becoming nothing more than an anachronistic curiosity. What's left for him? Where can he go? What can he do? Shit, he was so wrapped up in his father's legacy, he stayed at his family's empty ranch, sleeping in his childhood bed. That's all sorts of fucked up.

    It's just so magnificently done. Yeah, the mundane missions as John before his death were obvious and heavy handed, but the end, which really captured the short term high of getting revenge followed by the long term emptiness afterward, was perfect. It's just a sad, desolate feeling while playing as James when you're attempting to finish up some challenges or stranger missions.

  • Man of the WavesMan of the Waves Registered User regular
    The DuClare Chateau.

  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    To me it was the last hour or so of Skyward Sword.
    You spent the entire game fighting these guys and getting better at swordplay (just as Link did) and you are pretty much an unstoppable beast of death and destruction on these guys now.

  • SCREECH OF THE FARGSCREECH OF THE FARG #1 PARROTHEAD margaritavilleRegistered User regular
    Guar Plains in Xenoblade

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  • Bliss 101Bliss 101 Registered User regular
    Facing the consequences of choosing the Dark Side in KOTOR.

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  • MalReynoldsMalReynolds The Hunter S Thompson of incredibly mild medicines Registered User regular
    Bionic Commando (ReMake)

    I've written numerous articles and blog posts about why this game has stuck with me after so much time, and I literally consider it as a blight on my soul. I don't even believe in souls, but the endgame for Bionic Commando is so inspiringly stupid that it made me re-think everything theological, because nothing like this could have happened without a grand design guiding it.

    I mean, think of it like this; the big bang happened - or, that's generally what's agreed upon - and out of that, space dust floated across the unknowable black compressing and exploding and expanding and contracting to create everything around us. The same cosmic particles that were present at the genesis of the universe are in my desk, in this keyboard, in me. They've travelled incalculable distances through space, through time immemorium, so old that it cannot be fathomed by a simple brain such as mine, and yet they make up the self-same simple brain.

    And somewhere, these particles are in the team that wrote the story for the Bionic Commando remake.

    Where, as Nathan 'RADD' Spencer, you're tasked with stopping a terrorist organization who has irradiated an island in order to reclaim files on Project Albatross. You're an outlaw, as bionic parts have long since been made illegal, and you're fighting against your former comrades who are simply looking for a place in the world, as they refused to give up their accoutramont. It's a civil war where you represent the government and they represent the unwashed bionic masses yearning for freedom.

    And why. Why would you agree to this? The government imprisoned you. Locked you away for life after you were framed in a black-flag operatio. You have nothing Radd left to live for, because your wife disappeared, before you lost your arm and had it replaced.

    But the carrot, the carrot for infiltrating this island and stopping your once friends, is that Super Joe has information about what happened to your wife.

    Trial after trial, tribulation after tribu-fucking-lation, you finally recover the files and stop the terrorists.

    Super Joe hands you the information you've played through 12 incredibly difficult hours to obtain.
    Your wife is your arm. Your wife is your arm somehow. There's no joke here, no joke that can be made, nothing that will ever make it make sense. Because your wife is your arm.

    There's a brief flashback where you witness a cut-scene from earlier in the game, the moment before your wife disappears, where she assures you that she'll never leave your side.

    Because she's your motherfucking arm

    When this happened in the game, I calmly set the controller down, walked across the room, and woke my girlfriend up.

    "You look mad," she said, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "What's wrong?"

    "Now I know what it feels like to go insane."

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    Hm, I wouldn't call it the Bionic Commando remake. Maybe reboot is a better word. Bionic Command Rearmed was the proper remake.

    But yeah, that twist was dumb. Loved the game anyway.

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