gaming moment of the decade?

passingthrough

with all the stuff on tv about "X of the decade" what was your gaming moment of the decade.

i think mine would have to be, in no order;

playing gta for the 1st time
the would you kindly scene in bioshock
marcus and dom when they meet doms wife
playing halo 3 for the 1st time (my first game i played online)

what are yours?

Slippin Jimmy

Mine would be finding out after months that Fallout 3 exists. Really was a superb game. Then I suppose playing COD 4 online.

Retr0gamer

Seeing that first colossus in the demo of shadow of the colossus. I knew then that the game really was something special.

quad_red

Arriving into City 17 in Half Life 2. Walking through the train station then outside... <wow>.

So atmospheric.

"Rise and shine Mr. Freeman.... rise and shine..."

Retr0gamer

At least it wasn't Halo.

quad_red

LIGHTNING wrote: »

And then releasing the game had no plot, a poor ending, poor weapons,completely scripted, overhyped and nowhere as near as good as the first game!

Sorry - can't agree with that at all. HL2 is a game I still, after all these years, go back to for a play every now and again.

The merits of HL2 have been gone over with far more finesse than I could possibly manage here. Needless to say, any game that blows one persons mind can leave another cold. And given I played HL2 + EP 1 + EP 2 one after another, I think the absolutely brilliant bits outweigh the weaker moments by far.

InvisibleBadger

Halo CE, when it came out it was so much fun, and i think it is my favorite of the series. The ending was particularly awesome!

Advance Wars on the GBA was an amazing game also.

In general, there have been so many great games this decade it's hard to choose.

marky boii

pLAYING call of duty 4 online

quad_red

LIGHTNING wrote: »

GTA4 is another that can be put into that bracket.

Heh. I wrote the reply thinking of GTA4. I bought it on the strength of reviews. And only after wandering around for a few hours getting phone calls from the pr*ck of a cousin did I realise I was neither interested nor entertained

Jev/N

marky boii wrote: »

pLAYING call of duty 4 online

do you look at what you type?

docdolittle

I don't know why, this still has to be it for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqJYXoC1OQc

TouchingVirus

Jev/N wrote: »

do you look at what you type?

Haha

For me it was probably completing FFX on the PS2. I hadn't completed an RPG quite like it in some time, was my first PS2 title, first one I completed without stopping level up and gave me an immense sense of accomplishment once it was done.

I stopped gaming properly soon after, and while I've bought and still game every now and then I don't believe I've properly completed an RPG since.

I'm sure there are more but that's what comes into my head right now

docdolittle

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Haha

For me it was probably completing FFX on the PS2. I hadn't completed an RPG quite like it in some time, was my first PS2 title, first one I completed without stopping level up and gave me an immense sense of accomplishment once it was done.

I stopped gaming properly soon after, and while I've bought and still game every now and then I don't believe I've properly completed an RPG since.

I'm sure there are more but that's what comes into my head right now

Oh sure, just expand a bit on my answer :rolleyes:

TouchingVirus

docdolittle wrote: »

Oh sure, just expand a bit on my answer :rolleyes:

LMAO, I honestly didn't see your post! I had the thread opened from before your post and only got around to replying.

Good to see I'm not the only one who enjoyed it though

Jev/N

For one, Goldeneye on the N64, although it was released just before 2000 I don't think I had it straight away

collie1

playing ninja gaiden for the first time on xbox. plus splinter cell pandora tomorrow online is still my highlight of online

Evolute

Gotta agree FFX blew me away

thorbarry

docdolittle wrote: »

I don't know why, this still has to be it for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqJYXoC1OQc

while the game itself isnt one of my favs, I remember playing the demo and watching that intro movie, months before the game came out. It still looks pretty good

Kenny_D

FF7/FF10

Two of the best rpg games and I love the music from these 2.

The current generation of consoles are probably the gaming moment of the decade for me though. The release of the 360 was such a leap forward in terms of defining how we play console games today. The explosion of xbox live and hd gaming. The xbox is the reason we bought a hd tv and now the old CRT's are long turfed out. I think that's pretty defining!

RAIN

Finally getting Xbox live to work on my 360. Sitting down putting that headset on firing up Rainbow Six Vegas without having a clue what I was doing.

The world just open up and pwoned me.

Fallout 3 was pretty special too.

paulof1985

COD 4 and MW2.

CoD 5 was such a let down, hope treyarch are banned from releasing anything ever again.

unklerosco

Gears of War Multiplayer - first time I'd every gamed online, played it soldid for months
Portal - Mad to think it was tagged onto the HL2 release, played it more than HL
Trials HD - God I love this game, constantly playing it...

BFassassin

Playing Gears of War for the first time on a HD tv.
I was amazed at how it looked.

The opening helicoptor sequence in Dead Rising, passing over the town.

I knew then that this was something different

Penn

COD4:MW - The Ghillie and sniper level

Corholio

Laughing at Fallout 3's ending. A sensational game up until then.

Playing Majora's Mask, one of the greatest underrated games of all time.

Soby

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

COD4:MW - The Ghillie and sniper level

+1. Love the start when Capt.Mac just pops out in front of ya from nowhere

corcaigh07

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Seeing that first colossus in the demo of shadow of the colossus. I knew then that the game really was something special.

great response, i loved it too! i didnt realise quite so quickly though i did buy it on the strength of the demo and the strength of ICO. took me until about the 5th colossi-ish, the big flying hairy fella over the lake, to realise, WOW!, this game is not letting up, the monsters are getting more faster, more different and more impressive the longer the game goes on. An absolute masterpiece and one I'd love to see remade with no slowdown and HD graphics because as brilliant as the ps2 performed, it was underpowered for such an impressive game.

Is it the best moment of the decade? very high up there but I must say experiencing Kowloon, the now demolished walled city in China, in Shenmue 2, ending with fighting up the Chi-You-Men's building and getting sight of Lan-Di again, what a game! i played that first time around from 12-6am with a broken knuckle on my right hand but it didnt matter, didnt stop me. I was so wrecked from playing through the night clearing the third disc, i slept out all that morning. No biggie except I meant to go see our minor team play a west cork league final, i scored the winning point of the semi so it was desparate form of me not to at least watch the final!

Evolute

Corholio wrote: »

Laughing at Fallout 3's ending. A sensational game up until then.

Ah but with the Dlc that isnt the end of the game:D

tman

Not an xbox moment, but touching down on Tallon IV in Metroid Prime for the first time was awesome... Brought memories of Super Metroid flooding back:)

xbox moment for me was prolly firing up Gears of War on my new HD tv... Different shades of brown had never looked so awesome!

Kiith

There would be a few moments, across all the consoles, that stick out for me. Should probably move this to Games, rather then the Xbox forum, but whatever.

World of Warcraft - So many things, but the 1st thing that really blew me away was seeing the Deadmines for the 1st time.
Homeworld - Seeing my Ion Cannon Frigates firing for the 1st time.
Half Life 2 - Pretty much everything about it, but especially the Gman in the intro. 'Rise and shine Mr. Freeman, rise and shine.'
Halo - Driving the Warthog through the Pillar of Autumn in the last level.
Portal - GLaDOS's fantastic dialogue, along with the adorable Companion Cube :P
Shadow of the Colossus - Seeing the 1st Colossus was fantastic, but seeing the 1st flying Colossus blew me away.
Mass Effect - Seeing the Normandy attacking Soverign towards the end. All of it was great, but i loved this part.
Wii Sports - 1st time i played this, it was an absolute blast.

And many many others. To be fair, what a decade it was for gaming.

tman

Kiith wrote: »

Half Life 2 - Pretty much everything about it, but especially the Gman in the intro. 'Rise and shine Mr. Freeman, rise and shine.'

That bit makes my skin crawl every time... I actually fire up HL2 a couple of times a year just to watch the opening.

censuspro

Fable on the original xbox. Great game!

Slugs

I've got a few, though not necessarily xbox, though OP did say gaming moments so I suppose it's open :P

Runescape - getting my first skill cape (fishing). Bitch and moan all you want about the game, I loved and wish my computer wasn't a piece of **** so I could go back to it.

PS2 - Finishing Kingdom Hearts 1. One of the greatest games I've ever played, christ I wish some ps2 titles could be ported to Xbox, for all it's flaws, it had some amazing titles. I'd also loved to give the FF's a bash again, I've played 8 and 10 and loved them (embaressed to admit I bought 10-2 and hated it beyond reason), but I've never finished a FF. FF XIII will be my first, if of course I convince myself to buy it.

Xbox - Halo, say all you want about it, it's still a classic game. I know bungie's standards have dropped lately, but the music, the enviornment, the story. It's an experience :P. XBL in general has been fantastic. Great community, great features, and some really great games. The ps3 might be a better consoles, but it has a lot to live up to in terms of a network.

BigDuffman

Not all strictly Xbox but:

Medal of Honor (Number 1): The opening scene where you storm the Omaha Beach in the D-Day landings a la saving private Ryan

Call of Duty: First Mission (Carentan? with the church) when you get stunned by a shell and the hearing goes

+1 on the Bioshock "would you kindly" at the ending

Intro to Killzone 2 on PS3

Finding out Capt. Price is alive COD MW2

COD MW Sniping level + AC130

Deus Ex When you realize after 1st mission who the bad guys really are and you feel slightly bad, then the revelations based on real world through out the game.

Oblivion the first time you walk up to the imperial city and walk through its streets

Half Life The mono-rail intro

Mr Freeze

Kiith wrote: »

Mass Effect - Seeing the Normandy attacking Soverign towards the end. All of it was great, but i loved this part.

+1 on that scene in Mass Effect. It was amazing, the whole last act of that game was epic.

James Howlett

Two moments that could not be more different;

1. Shadow of the Colossus (PS2):
Colossus 13 (Flying in the Desert)
When the Wanderer appoachs the spot where the Colossus raises from the ground, the Colossus does so gracefully and then just flies around the surrounding area. Very peaceful and in no way provoking a fight.
The camera pans back and its just the Wanderer and Argo sitting there watching it fly around.
A moment or two later it hits you that, technically speaking, you have to get a move on and kill it.
I then had an epiphany and understood what "art" actualy meant.

2. Gears of War (360):
Tab B to reve your lancer... "okay lets see what this does" ... (encounters an enemy)... "that was the coolest thing ever."

I could go on... and probably will...

corcaigh07

James Howlett wrote: »

Two moments that could not be more different;

1. Shadow of the Colossus (PS2):
Colossus 13 (Flying in the Desert)
When the Wanderer appoachs the spot where the Colossus raises from the ground, the Colossus does so gracefully and then just flies around the surrounding area. Very peaceful and in no way provoking a fight.
The camera pans back and its just the Wanderer and Argo sitting there watching it fly around.
A moment or two later it hits you that, technically speaking, you have to get a move on and kill it.
I then had an epiphany and understood what "art" actualy meant.

2. Gears of War (360):
Tab B to reve your lancer... "okay lets see what this does" ... (encounters an enemy)... "that was the coolest thing ever."

I could go on... and probably will...

in most cases, you felt quite guilty killing these beasts, they did nothing wrong and you are killing them for your own selfish needs!

another moment, when argo falls to his apparent death, you just feel so lonely and helpless without him, he was your only friend in the entire game

RAIN

The End boss fight in MGS Snake Eater, actually all of Snake Eater.

DirkVoodoo

Playing GTA3 for the first time after wondering for so long if a 3D GTA would work.

Mass Effect final act as others have mentioned. Space Opera at it's absolute best.

Some of the boss fights from MGS4, most notably the crying wolf blizzard encounter.

The intro to Halo, being plunged head first into an epic attack. Most immersive intro since Half Life (a feat each of their respective sequels failed to achieve).

Shogun: Total War, changing the way we looked at strategy games and adding so much depth like morale, fatigue, terrain, etc.

Daikatana - Kept hearing so much about this game and seeing so much publicity and advertising space. In the end it will be remembered more for the hype than the mediocre game.

Gears of War and the introduction of cover into mainstream shooters. No more Quake style strafing.

Playing the Omaha mission on MoH:Allied Assault for the first time.

Fighting Alma in Ninja Gaiden.

Playing the Max Payne demo over and over purely because bullet time was so much fun.

Uncharted 2, the first time I have played a tomb raider-esque title and felt like I was inside an action movie.

Championship Manager 03/04 when I guided Nottingham Forest to a treble and losing out on the quadruple in an FA cup defeat (yes, it wasn't a "proper" treble). I resigned a legend before moving on to an aging Inter Milan team at the bottom of the Serie A and guiding them to the Scudetto in year 2.

GrumPy

To name a few:

MGS: Sons of liberty. Probably the weakest of the series, but dear lord did I play it alot. :eek: Loved tanker mission, and when Ray fires up for the first time.

Halo - Dunno where to start with this one, simply defined my teenage years, so many good memories of it!! Getting a double kill with a single sniper round before you had "kill cams" and "theatre" modes :P

Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow: Online play, so unique, playing on xlink:kai for hours on end

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory: Probably one of my favorite single player games.

Oblivion: HD graphics blew me away, so immersive, loved every second of it. Glued to the screen. Everything about this was awesome.

GTA: Vice City: Firmly believe it's the best of the series. Absolutely loved just "hanging out" in that game. Flying around the place on all the different vehicles and stuff. Soundtrack was EPIC

Final Fantasy X: First final fantasy game I played :eek: Something very special about it I cant put my finger on, but wow. Opening video.

HalfLife2: Just love fps, and so well put together.

Bioshock: loved it, loved it, loved it! Cleared it on all difficulties first week of realise, couldn't get enough of it at all. Would you kindly!

Wow, the noughties were filled with pretty much all my gaming memories! :eek:

Man, had so much time when I was younger for this crap. College and work get in the way now.

stopusingoil

Red Faction Guerrilla, when I saw my first 3 story building collapse (realistically) after I destroyed all the walls on the ground floor. Mmmmm yeah, physics engines.

Yes, i am a nerd! :pac:

niallon

I'm repeating a lot that has been said already but:

Goldeneye and Mario Kart 64 - For some of the most fun multiplayer experiences I've ever had, even including all the fancy pants online nowadays. Nothing was more fun than pinning someone in with proximity mines and watching them squirm or actually managing not to f**k up the shortcut on Koopa Troopa Beach!

Rugby 08 on PS2, still playing it, personally think it's the best rugby game made, even over Lomu.

Super Mario Galaxy - Particularly the first space "blast off", nearly gave me the same feeling as the first time I saw Mario in 3D and my jaw walloped the floor!

B.I.A Hell's Highway - The moment when during a cutscene a priest's intestines are on display and it becomes clear this game means business.

Batman: Arkham Asylum - Every cutscene is a moment of the decade but the game itself showed there was hope left for the single player experience.

Delta_Raven1

Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic was epic so was battlefront 2 but the best moment in gaming had to be MGS:4 when big boss shows up at the end

Tar.Aldarion

docdolittle wrote: »

I don't know why, this still has to be it for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqJYXoC1OQc

Yep, that was deadly...Love IX and X so much.

Baird

BigDuffman wrote: »

Deus Ex When you realize after 1st mission who the bad guys really are and you feel slightly bad, then the revelations based on real world through out the game.

My favourite game of all time.
Followed closely by C&C !

Mr. K

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Resident Evil 4. So many good moments, but I'll highlight the QTE knife fight with Krauser. Never have I been less relaxed while watching a cutscene, just brilliant!

Blazer

Obviously games like Deus Ex or Half Life are discounted as they were released before 2000 so in no particular order

1. COD4- Ghillies in the mist/ Dying after the nuke goes off(I was there..wtf..how can i die?)

2.Halo - You're on a huge bridge overlooking a canyon..you come out at one side...at the other side a couple of the enemy come out..
both of ye look at each other..and realise there's a Banshee in the middle of the bridge..so basically it's a race to get there...absolutely mindblowing

3.HL2- Picking up a blade with the gravity gun and slicing zombies in half

4.Gears of War - Finally..a proper cover system

5.Battlefield 2 - My first proper online game...a game where I can fly jets, be a sniper or generally all round kick ass guy??...fúckin bring it on

6. Max Payne Bullet time What more to say? From this to the hilarious scenes in it eavesdropping on the bad guys to where you blow up a door and the whole wall falls down instead leaving the door intact...absolutely fantastic game with loads of laughs

7. Fear More bullet time and scary sure it was linear but it was a fantastic shoot em up..pity the sequels were crap


and now the worst

1. Deus Ex 2 - It's a complete insult to the original to even label this game as Dues Ex...unified ammo..dumbed down for consolers...a part of me died when I saw it

2. Call Of Duty 5 - After COD4 surely COD5 would be just as good? Oh no...we had to go all the way back to WW2 again..fúck you Treyarch :mad:

3. Battlefield 2142- No jets? Whaddy mean no jets...fúck you EA..again like COD5 a poor imitation of a classic :mad:

4. Max Payne 2- Max was gone and a new Max was in place...and he sucked...for a supposedly more advanced engine bullet time sucked big time in this..the devs hid it well with slowing down movement etc but it was there to see or rather the bullets weren't there to see..

5 Street Fighter 4- Compared to 2 it sucks...the stupid game is still lying on the floor with my arcade joystick unused..I hate the stupid flexy moves before the game..I hate the blocky sprites..SF2 is still the best overall.

Retr0gamer

Berkut wrote: »

5 Street Fighter 4- Compared to 2 it sucks...the stupid game is still lying on the floor with my arcade joystick unused..I hate the stupid flexy moves before the game..I hate the blocky sprites..SF2 is still the best overall.

If you are playing it in single player you are doing it wrong.

And whoever said the bosses of MGS4 needs to play a game with good bosses because for me they sucked. Try MGS3 at the very least.

fleecymanager

has to be (would you kindly) from bioshock.... didn't see that coming
i also loved all gilled up in cod, but that scene in bioshock made my blood run cold for a second

calex71

Not having a clue about fallout 3 the week of release and examining the box in the shop and thinking how bad could it be not realising it was by the same people who made oblivion :eek:

Number 2 would be stepping out of the vault for the 1st time