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Your biggest "Whoa" moments in video gaming (Possibly Spoilers)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    My first battle in Rome Total War, probably a scene like this....

    rome-total-war-20040824044758216.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    Assassin's Creed: The visuals were stunning, and the rush of getting away from a pack of angry Templars was very much a "whoa" moment, as was every time you climbed a high point to just look out over a whole city. I think getting away is a bit too easy in the sequel(s).

    Arkham Asylum: Who didn't think "Holy crap, I did that!" after clearing a room of 20 thugs without taking a scratch? The combat in that game is perfectly badass.

    Going back a bit, I was utterly wowed by Flashback's visuals. Rotoscoping led to some gorgeous animation while it was popular.

    Dawn of War was another good one. That moment in the intro where the dreadnought shows up and starts tearing Orks apart was spot on. I have a soft spot for the Final Liberation video cutscenes, but DoW was really the first time a game had totally nailed the feel of 40K.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    Oh, and another one was Batman: Arkham Asylum on PC with PhysX turned on. I ended up spending the guts of 20 minutes just walking back and forth through it:



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    The 2nd level of AVP 2 where you go down into the Xenomorphs nest to find one of your team-mates. Cue nods to Aliens when a little bugger bursts out of her chest and a huge amount of the bastards come out of nowhere chasing you through short corridors. Terrifying stuff that felt awesome when I managed to escape the first time.

    Oblivion - Leaving the sewers at sunset and just seeing the vast land that awaits you, absolutely set the game up for me for what would suck nearly 200 hours out of my life :D

    Doom 3 - Playing that game alone in the dark was just awful. I had a constant state of dread and always feared going around the corner with my sparse ammo :pac:

    COD 4 - I was blown away by the fluid movements of the characters and how they interracted with the enviornment, really immersed you into it. Plus that Sniper level when you shoot down the Helicopter and you think: "Boo yah! I am fùckin' Rambo, bitch!.........uh............oh shìt, it's crashing right at us............RUN!!!"

    Goldeneye - Seeing that game for the 1st time and thinking: "Wow, this is the future of shooters right here!!"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,618 ✭✭✭Mr Freeze


    Hitman - The 1st time I ever saw Ragdoll physics in a game. I didn't know it existed, I shot some guy with a shotgun and instead of seeing the usual animated death that every bad guy in the game would have, he went flying and smacked off the wall like a real person would have, I was completely blown away.

    This above repeated when I first saw the euphoria engine in operation in GTA4, shooting and running over people never looked so real.

    Thief 1 and 2, everything about them, best games ever.

    Mass Effect. The end battle was truely epic, I was on the edge of my seat, it was a perfect mix of gameplay and movies to wrap up such a great game.

    Fahrenheit. The opening level where your character murders someone and you then have to cover up the murder scene and leave the diner.
    And
    The scene after where the image of the murder victim appears in the mirror behind you, I jumped outta my skin nearly. Oldest horror trick in the book, but brilliantly executed in that game


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,013 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    Sarky wrote: »
    Assassin's Creed: The visuals were stunning, and the rush of getting away from a pack of angry Templars was very much a "whoa" moment, as was every time you climbed a high point to just look out over a whole city. I think getting away is a bit too easy in the sequel(s).

    Good call. I was just going to post that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,242 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    The whole 'One Shot, One Kill' Ghillie mission in COD4:MW. Just a perfect level.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    The whole 'One Shot, One Kill' Ghillie mission in COD4:MW. Just a perfect level.

    The highlight of the entire franchise for me, the ghillie suit levels are amazing.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭War Machine 539


    Opening credits of Gears of War 2. Stunning. Perfect Music, Perfect way of doing it . . . . . was just perfect! :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Dead Space, seeing the Ishimura for the first time, the first zero-g sequence and the sheer pant crappingly scary atmosphere throughout it, and the sound design, amazing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Oh I got one, the end of Resident Evil 1, when the Tyrant is beaten for the first time, you activate the self destruct and have to make it out of the lab, then the Tyrant appears again, quite why Brad waited nearly 5 minutes to drop the bloody rocket launcher is beyond me, but that was tense as fcuk.

    also, MGS3, the ladder, nuff said :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,280 ✭✭✭Glico Man


    CKWPORT wrote: »
    Fahrenheit.

    What a fantastic game that was


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭Jazzy


    secret level 2 of Doom 2 (lvl 32) when you open the door..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    This scene from DMC3, sheer, utter lunatic brilliance, laughed my ass off watching this:



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Or the Regenerators from Resi 4, having to use the thermal scope to pick the parasites off them as they shuffled their way closers, some tense moments.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    An oldie, but the first time you saw Sub Zero rip someones head off, spinal chord and all, tell me the young version of yourself didnt think that was the coolest thing you'd ever seen in a game :D


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Has to be GTA 3 for me. Words couldnt describe how in shock I was playing that game! My favourite one for that reason alone!


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,215 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Homeworld: The return to Khaarak after the Hyperspace test. Finding your entire homeworld burning, with only 500,000 people alive in sleeper pods. Adagio for Strings is the perfect music for it as well, and it works perfectly.



    System Shock 2: The Polito reveal shocked the hell out of me. Totally unexpected, and totally freaked me out. Shodan was probably my all time favourite 'bad-guy', and moments like this are the reason why.



    Half Life 2: The intro with the G-Man. Hadn't seem anything like it before, and really set the tone for the game. Excellent character.



    Shadow of the Colossus: The fifth, and first flying Colossus. Absolutely breathtaking moment, in an amazing game. I knew they were big, but this brought it to another level in scale.



    Freespace 2: Dive Dive Dive! One of the later missions in the game see's you investigating a shipyward for Sathanas class vessals, basically the biggest ships you can imagine. You warp in, and immediatly have to dive and hit your burners, or one crashed right into you. Totally unexpected moment.



    Zelda: Ocarina of Time: The Master Sword scene, where you jump forward in time to find the world pretty much in ruin. Totally unexpected way to do the old Link.



    Honourable mentions go to Revan's reveal, Aeris' Death, COD4 Nuke and


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,724 ✭✭✭tallaghtmick


    call of duty 2 when you have the tank battle just waiting for your commander to give you the go is a great moment
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgjpyehMec

    not a game really but the 3D t-rex/ray on the ps1 demo was amazing to me
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkEVKzZNQDY

    and last but least not a massive whao moment but id never seen ireland in a computer game before so i was amazed :D
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYt9Nhw__bc


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    and last but least not a massive whao moment but id never seen ireland in a computer game before so i was amazed :D
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYt9Nhw__bc

    I thought that link was going to bring me to Broken Sword! :D



  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭Jazzy




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 782 ✭✭✭Cunning Alias


    MGS: Twin Snakes the Rex vs Ninja cutscene.

    I held my breath at 3.54.




    + The First time I took part in a full invasion in Planetside. No other game has ever come close to the Planetside experience. And the sequel starts its Beta early next year :)




  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,847 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Super Aleste - SNES: Realising that the peck in the background that was slowly getting closer in stage 2 was a massive spacestation that compromised half of the level.



    System Shock 2: SHODAN reveal

    Final Fantasy 6: The halfway point

    Tomb Raider on the PC with my Power VR card

    Mario 64 for the first time

    GTA 3 for the first time


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    A fairly recent one, but I dont think its mentioned here

    Left4Dead The first time I seen a 'tank' , cars flying through the air etc, I didn't know where to look or what to do :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Actually talking about L4D, I dont own it but played it on a mates pc, the first time I encountered a Witch, bloody hell that was intense.

    Me:"whats this chick doing?"

    Friend: "Yeah shes harmless......fire your gun...."

    Me "Ok....ARGGGGHHHHH!"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,625 ✭✭✭✭Johner




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    Johner wrote: »

    Probably one of the biggest woah moments for me was when
    they killed John near the end
    . No game I had played had done that before and it definitely unexpected.

    I remember the first time we got a 3D card installed on our home computer - the first game we ever played with it was a demo for some motorbiking game. It was completely mindblowing to see graphics like that; the game used ragdoll physics and I remember just crashing different ways to see how the body would react. Was definitely a pretty big "whoa" moment.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    GTA3 - Going to my friends house and seeing him play, a the first real sandbox environment, didn't have to do anything with the story to enjoy it. Just beating hookers with baseball bats was amazing...as sick as it sounds.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭zero19




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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Probably one of the biggest woah moments for me was when
    they killed John near the end
    . No game I had played had done that before and it definitely unexpected.

    The end of Crisis Core on the psp was
    VERY like that. You were fighting hoards of troops and then when you finally cop on and get the sh!t kicked out of you you give up and die. THAT was unexpected cos I was rooting for 'im. Although should've known!


  • Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭mrm


    Initial impacts - Switching on first game on PS1 (Resident Evil). Switching on Halo 3 and Gears of War on next gen conole after being away from gaming for about 6 years. Really wowed by the progress.

    Scale: Many God of War 1 & 2 moments when the camera zooms out - especially the section swinging across the area with the collapsing columns in GoW 2. Exiting the sewers in Oblivion. Some environments in Resistance 2 and Tomb Raider 1 (epecially looking down from one of the really large statues).

    Gameplay elements: Escaping from the exploding ship in MW1 opening chapter. Psycho mantis entering my living room through the vibrating controler and his telepathic powers. Pulling a rooster from my satchel in Zelda; OoT to waken some sleeping creature - lol:D. Encountering the first necromorph in Dead Space - 'run, run away...RUN...lift doors close, lift doors close, lift doors please close.....'. First encounter with dogs in RE1.

    All the above were 'whoa' moments to me but only in the context of gaming. But none compare to my one 'real' whoa gaming moment - being invaded for the first time in Demons Souls. Was not prepared at all, actually never even saw the 'bring invaded' message.:eek: An invader just appeared right beside me - 'WTF is this?' Finished him but was shaking afterwards and felt like the room temperature had dropped a good few degrees. Couldn't continue the game that night. Wife said I was white as a sheet afterwards. Affected me beyond the game. Doubt it will ever be matched.


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    God, I remember this part and being told to zoom in with the camera and thinking, "I don't want to, I don't want to. Oh God! Oh bloody hell!"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 336 ✭✭lampsie


    I think I was around 9 years old when I saw this running on a neighbours shiny Amiga 500 - triggered me into getting an Amiga, which led to a PC, which led to a career in computers I guess :) See, parents, games are not all bad!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,251 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    I'm surprised no-one has mentioned The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time on the N64. I thought it was the first time that a large, open world environment was so perfectly illustrated graphically.

    Other notable mentions:

    GTA 3. I remember putting it on and thinking "whoa, the PS2 has finally arrived".

    Shenmue. The same as above but for the Dreamcast.

    Aeris dieing in FF VII. Couldn't believe what had just happened.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    GTA3 is a big one for me as well, "oh look a fire truck, can I? I can! does the hose work, yusss!"

    first time in Vice City getting a chopper and flying over the city to the sounds of Billie Jean, or sitting on the beach in a car listening to talk radio, did anyone else get bored in the GTA games and actually drive with the traffic? i used to, stopping at red lights, staying on the right hand side lol, what a game.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    krudler wrote: »
    GTA3 is a big one for me as well, "oh look a fire truck, can I? I can! does the hose work, yusss!"

    first time in Vice City getting a chopper and flying over the city to the sounds of Billie Jean, or sitting on the beach in a car listening to talk radio, did anyone else get bored in the GTA games and actually drive with the traffic? i used to, stopping at red lights, staying on the right hand side lol, what a game.

    I thought i was the only one who did that. :)

    I also used to jump on the roofs of cars and stay there while they drove around.

    Also i once landed a helicopter onto the back of a moving truck. Good times.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,932 ✭✭✭YouSavedMyLife


    Forget everything i said in my OP, this beats them all hands down. Man listen to that music track. As a kid i would boot up Turrican 2 and leave it on during the title screen and play with my transformers or whatever while i listen to this track, awesome'ness



    At 2:11 the movie kicks in and details the storyline. STORYLINE!? Games had storylines!? Blew me awaaaaaay. Not to mention being able to shoot at angles rather than only in a straight line, groundbreaking technology. Listen to the music right the way through as you go about browsing boards or whatever and when its finished come back here and tell me just how freaking awesome it is by thumbing this post!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭Bubs102


    Resi 3, just casually walking around and seeing Nemesis burst out of the building and being terrified for the rest of the game

    Spiderman, fecking around climbing to the top of buildings before it got very boring


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭Spunog UIE


    Final Fantasy VII intro video for me. After he got off the train I was waiting for some dialog and just sat looking at the screen going whats he doing, this is getting a bit silly now he's not moving. Then kinda ohhhhhhhh WOAAAAHHHHH :)

    First Ridge Racer was first game that felt like you had brought the arcade home. And sliding around the corners was completely insane. Loved every minute of it and to make it more special I didn't own a Playstation at the time so I was renting the console + game out from the local video shop.

    First time seeing Prince of Persia on friends PC, it looked so real. First Gran Turismo video replay, jaw hit the floor, ended up playing that game as much for the replays as the game itself initially.

    First time shooting people in the head in Unreal Tournement. First time playing a speed circuit on Trackmania doing loop de loops.

    Playing Counter Strike beta on the mansion level was prob the biggest, thinking, this is the best game ever esp after turning off the lights in the house lol and seeing the gun fire from outside. First GTA more so can't believing the stuff you were allowed and meant to do. IK on C64 thinking it was the greatest game ever made, 3 people fighting in one match can you believe that!


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    Playing Wipeout for the first time and actually feeling like you were travelling the speed it said you were.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Bubs102 wrote: »
    Resi 3, just casually walking around and seeing Nemesis burst out of the building and being terrified for the rest of the game

    Spiderman, fecking around climbing to the top of buildings before it got very boring

    I honestly lost count of the amount of times in Spider-man 2 that I climbed to the top of the Empire state building and dove off, only to web myself to safety at the last minute, great feeling.


    another GTA related one, San Andreas, get to the top of the mountain or a large building, spawn a bike, ramp off, dive off midair, deploy parachute,start shooting people on the way down so you're already on a wanted level by the time your feet touch the ground, fcuking awesome :D

    Booting up a new console for the first time is always one for me, I unpack everything, set it up, stick all the plastic bits, manuals and cable ties back in the box, get a cup of tea in, settle down, sound up,lights off, hit Power, and watch the magic :pac: I love a good console startup sound me, turning on the PS1 for the first time is probably ahead of seeing my first real life tit as far as "life defining experiences" go. :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    Difficult too. As a young lad I couldn't complete the f*cking tutorials!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭Da GOAT


    whoa...

    1 dogs coming in the window in Resident Evil 1, also the fact the intro video was amazing. never seen proper actors filmed in a game.

    2 how amazing Hitman 2 was, may get it again on steam

    3 awesomeness of gears of war 1

    4 all usual FF7 moments others mention


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