Favourite Gaming moments (spoiler tags please)

Retr0gamer

Whats your favourite moments from videogames?

1. That scene form FFVII

Well I wasn't expecting it. There were some fantastic scenes in the game but this one had the most impact. It was the first time that a videogame had brought me close to tears. From then on I was even more hooked since I wanted to find out if wasn't in vain. And I wanted to kill sephiroth for what he did!

2. Panzer Dragoon Saga

All through the game you witnessed the relationship between Edge and Azel develope but didn't think anything could become of it since Azel was a drone and had quite robotic emotions. When she admitted to herself that she loved him before the last boss it was quite shock. And then the horrible ending. Edge gets lost in the Sestern computer system forever and Azel rides off in search of him.

3. Panzer Dragoon Orta
Panzer Dragoon Saga spoiler as well

The 2 minute scene in the forbidden zone just before the fight with Abadd. The fate of Azel from the Panzer Dragoon Saga and the truth about Orta is revealed. I felt joy when Orta found out who she really was but also sadness to learn that Azel was never able to find Edge. Another choking back tears moment but only if you had played PDS first.

4. Super Metroid
That boss that scared the **** out of me!

I finally push him into the lava and watch as he melts and screams and finally sinks under. Whew! 1 energy tank left! Theres no way out so I head to the wall at the back of the room and suddenly the bosses skeleton bursts through the wall. Forget survival horror.

5. Metroid Prime
Just after the space station and stepping out into the world before you. Realising only after a few minutes play that it has exceeded your expectations and that some how retrostudies and nintendo made it still feel like metroid.

6. Street Fighter 2

Being the best in my home town at it. But mostly having my friends purposely getting me stupid drunk so they could beat me and still hand their ass to them on a plate.

7. Gunstar Heroes

Bought it on an impulse buy because Stuart Campbell from Sega Zone wouldn't shut up about it. Thank you Stuart for leading me to by far the best game on the Mega Drive

8. Super Aleste

Which was more powerful, the mega drive or the SNES. After me and my mates got to level 2 on this game and saw the entire level scroll in from the background as a tiny dot to giant space station, this schoolyard argument was forever answered.

9. Metal Gear Solid

Fantastic moments a plenty in this game but for me the best was the fight with psycho mantis.

10. Carrier Airwing

First and only shoot'em up I beat with 1 credit in the arcade

I'd like to add more (especially after leaving Half Life 1 out) but I'm tired.

rainbow kirby

Agreed with the MP one.

And MP2E: The cutscene just before the

first

Dark Samus fight. Samus and Dark Samus going toe to toe... Best bitchfight ever and

Quadraxis. So freakin' cool!

Zelda: Wind Waker - Final boss fight.

Getting to sword fight Ganondorf rocked. And plunging the Master Sword into his forehead just felt so good. A true PWN'D moment.

Super Smash Bros Melee - For all the multiplayer fun it's brought. Including some really silly moments, like deciding to play against Syth using only feet. While forgetting that the timer was set to 15 minutes...I still won. And it's especially funny with lots of Jolt.

Retr0gamer

None of my friends will play Smash Bros. Melee with me The fools think its just a button basher and are fed upof me beating them at console games.

Can't believe I forgot Zelda: OoT when you step on to hyrule fileld. Breathtaking for the time.

Zelda: Wind Waker - Final boss fight

I was shocked at how violent it was Great moment though. and a great boss

Very cinematic. Loved the way princess zelda was fighting alongside you with her bow and arrows.

monkeyfudge

Spot on with the Windwaker. I kept a save game file just before that battle so I could go back and do it again and again...

Beyond Good and Evil had some great moments in it.. like:

When you sneak into the Alpha Sections HQ to get some pearls. You spend ages crawling around and sneaking along narrow window sills. Then shortly after you have gotten the pearls a trap is sprung and the head of the alpha sections and dozens of soldiers come flying after you and you are relentlessly pursued over the roof tops. At one point as you are running into the camera the whole game goes into slow motion and all you can hear is your own breathing and the pounding of your heart. Really great stuff.

And then latter when you have your space ship and you have to battle the Domz outside their base on the moon... it was just so wonderfully cinematic and backed up by a wonderful score.

ViperVenoM

Retr0gamer wrote:

Whats your favourite moments from videogames?

1. That scene form FFVII

Well I wasn't expecting it. There were some fantastic scenes in the game but this one had the most impact. It was the first time that a videogame had brought me close to tears. From then on I was even more hooked since I wanted to find out if wasn't in vain. And I wanted to kill sephiroth for what he did!

im sorry but that was just funny i downloaded mpegs of it..he rules


although for me its probably GT3...i got pretty good at it!...spent a lot of time on it..100% completed..i got all my mates ringing me up asking me to get them more money or a certain %...then id just waste em on a 2 player for the hell of it

bring on GT4

monument

Finishing Knights of the Old Republic. It just felt more satisfying then the

“Yes I’ve finished Half-Life 2, but I’m being locked up again for another day, until they need me”…

tman

Super Metroid

1. wtf! mode 7 rotating corridor :eek:
2. Touching down on zebes for the first time; lashing rain, creepy music... such a superb start to arguably the finest game ever made.
3. Kraid :eek:
4. Retr0's moment (i pooped a little)
5. mastering the single wall jump
6. finally getting 100% at it, some 7 years after i first got the game.

Doodee

Knights of the Old republic:

When you find out that your character is actually Revan

-oRnein9-

Doodee wrote:

Knights of the Old republic:

When you find out that your character is actually Revan

Classic moment in a classic game.

i_am_dogboy

ICO: Just seeing yorda run around after birds and such, don't know why it seemed so brilliant, but it did. And hearing the save game music for the first time, that was rather magical.

Parappa the rapper: The rap contest thing to get to the front of the queue for the toilet, there's been nothing quite as amusing as that level for me since.

Tobal No.1: Just playing it, fantastic wonderful game that about 5 people bought.

Battlezone: Watching a squad of bombers tear through a base for the first time.

Homeworld: Seeing a mothership go boom for the first time.

Wind waker: Playing hide and seek with the kids on windfall Island, that was my favourite part of the game-very nintendo.

Half Life 2:

The big chimney thing falling in the air boat section, I nearly crapped my pants there.

Giants Citizen Kabuto: Same as tobal.

Planescape Torment: Too many great moments just pick out one.

Thief 3: The cradle-one of the best levels ever made, scary as hell.

I'm gonna stop now...

Mr E

System Shock 2 - Finally reaching Polito on deck 4

Command and Conquer - Kane taking over the news broadcast near the start (

where he shoots the guy in the head - very graphic

). Plus the alternative ending if you use the satellite to destroy the temple of nod.

KdjaCL

Zelda OOT sticking in the knife for last time and just knowing twas over.

Sf2 getting the unattainable 1.3 million in an arcade with 1 20 pence piece.

GTA SA copping on halfway tru a crack house it was about to be done.

HL2 getting the super grav gun and giggling for the rest of the level.

Super Mario 64 on 1st go just running in circles going "wow"

Driver beating the FBI on on the last part of the game some serious WHOA moments in that chase.

Commando beating level 99 thinking i was deadly then it restarted wtf.

Crystal Castles finishing same as above.
kdjac

ionapaul

Doodee wrote:

Knights of the Old republic:

When you find out that your character is actually Revan

Only experienced this recently so it is at the front of my mind - what an amazing moment!

Another favourite / satisfying moment in gaming was towards the end of Serious Sam when you turn a corner to face HUNDREDS of Kleer Skeletons (the skeletal horse dudes) - cue frantic back-pedalling, using all my ammo and an amazing feeling of relief getting back them.

po0k

Turning off MGS after playing it through to (almost) then end for 9 hours.

tman

pwning Syxpak with a toilet in HL2 DM
then my computer restarted...

coming into college just before 9am with the intentions of attending lectures, then getting booted out by security 12 hours later after an all day HL DM session.

Metroid Prime:

Ridley's shadow gliding over the landscape of Phendrana Drifts

Doom3: no matter how dull the game itself got, you just had to admire the skill that went into creating the pinkies and Barons of Hell

Max Payne 1 & 2: "it's Payne! GEDDIM!" :cool:

Unreal Tournament 2004: actually making it through the first few brackets of a tourny

calhob_ie

IS that a three headed monkey behind you?

Lex_Diamonds

Here's some of mine:

F-Zero: Seeing it running for the first time and being blown away by the mode 7.

Going to arcades in the 80s/90s, before home consoles could touch them.

Zelda: Link to the Past: The atmosphere, music, everything about this game was fantastic. Going to dark world for the first time was the ultimate in cool though.

ICO: I don't need to elaborate!

Fysh

Zelda : Majora's Mask

after most of the game not really feeling like a Zelda game, the final level where you go into the moon to follow Majora and have to chase the kids around and tackle the dungeons.

Metroid Fusion final boss and end sequence. There's something about metroid games where every time I complete them I wish i could somehow erase my memory of the game and play through it again for the first time, but this one in particular stuck with me...

Eternal darkness

partly for the bits when your insanity meter drops down and you start hallucinating that bits of your body are dropping off, etc, and partly for the mindf*ck bits where the game seems to end and an advert shows for the "sequel", Eternal Darkness : Sanity's Redemption - seeing that about 8 hours into the game at 4 am really threw me off balance

I'll second the vote for Gunstar Heroes - one of the most addictively fun games *ever*.

Splatterhouse 2

the boss on the 3rd level - diseased babies hanging by nooses that spit acid at you! Followed by a huge creature that literally explodes onto your screen....

for a mega drive game, that was a damn fine horror game.

Silent Hill 2

The bit where the girl locks you into the morgue and you fight the thing made of dead body parts...an extremely creepy game overall, but that bit in particular freaked me out. And the part in the hidden prison underground where you go into a cell and the door locks itself behind you! Or the parts where you try to avoid Pyramid Head in the tunnels...talk about pant-filling action

tman

Fysh wrote:

Metroid Fusion final boss and end sequence. There's something about metroid games where every time I complete them I wish i could somehow erase my memory of the game and play through it again for the first time, but this one in particular stuck with me...

i can't actually remember that boss battle... unless it was the

S-AX (crap) or Ridley (****ing cool!) battle

must play through it again...

rainbow kirby

Ditto...

Juan Pablo

First time I encountered a Hunter in the original Resident Evil. Thing whipped out from a corridor and decapitated poor Chris. Scared the living bejayzus out of me!

Kiith

in homeworld,

coming back to your home planet, only to see it burn.

FFVII, that scene.

Max Payne2

whe mona dies

and

Playing with the physics in half life 2 for the first time.

orangerooster

System Shock two-all of it is unbelievably brilliant and a true classic but I thought that the fact you could miss finding politos quarters was almost as good as

hearing the voice on the email in her room :eek:

and then finally meeting her-what a game.

Freespace Two-again its one of my favourite games if not my favourite but for me the my overall favourite moment is

the second Shivan Juggernaut warping out of that second knossos gate

Stalfos

Completing the Ocarina of time changed my life and super smash bros melee has hours of gaming moments

Also in majoras mask

Near the end when you find out that the mask was controlling the stalchild the whole time and when you put on the fierce deity's mask for the first time, that guy is so cool

Evilution

i_am_dogboy wrote:

Thief 3: The cradle-one of the best levels ever made, scary as hellQUOTE]

I haven't played Thief 3 since last august. Which level was that?

Fave moments for me:
Metal Gear Solid 2 - The bit where Snake blasts solidus off the oil rig only for Solidus to reappear on the back of the jump-jet. Absolutely ace!!!

Devil May Cry - Fighting the giant griffin for the first time and blasting him in the face with the shotgun at point blank range when he flies in towards you.

Raw vs Smackdown - winning this years annual xmas smackdownathon against some of my friends.

Call of Duty - $hitting it on the first russian levels where you don't have a gun for a while.

MiCr0

KdjaC wrote:

Sf2 getting the unattainable 1.3 million in an arcade with 1 20 pence piece.

definately the best!

i_am_dogboy

Evilution wrote:

I haven't played Thief 3 since last august. Which level was that?

The abandoned asylum/orphanage....I would like to elaborate but i'd be giving stuff away for anyone currently playing the game.....

Evilution

i_am_dogboy wrote:

The abandoned asylum/orphanage....I would like to elaborate but i'd be giving stuff away for anyone currently playing the game.....

Yeppers, I remember it now, cheers for that.
Some spooky moments there. Everything seemed like a shadow. Tough hoor of a mission too.

po0k

Completing Solitaire (on the hardest setting I might add)

and seeing the resulting plethora of excited cards explode over my screen.

Bliss.

CyberGhost

Doom3 - all of it

Cod - all of it

[CrimsonGhost]

UFO: Enemy Unknown - Beating the motherbrain.
Quake 3 - Every level beaten on Nightmare in a single day. It took me a while to get to that level.
Go - Getting my first seki in a real game. http://senseis.xmp.net/?seki for an explanation.

Crucifix

That scene in FFVII is of course, but I think the intro from FFVIII deserves some credit too.
Metal Gear Solid:

One of the best lines ever, when Mantis possesses Meryl before his boss battle and starts asking Snake to do her:
Meryl: "What's the matter..."
Mantis: "You don't like girls?"

Halflife:

Oh thank god, Soldiers are here to save us all. Bang bang bang, what the ****?

So many other moments I just can't think of.

Deadwing

Ahhh so many memories...
Lets see...

Vagrant storys ending. Anyone who missed this game missed out. Seriously, one of the most underrated games ont he ps1, class story, amazing, sixth sense type ending.

Playing ridge racer non stop trying to get a new lap record, spending hours just trying to get the perfect drift to shave off that extra millisecond for a new record

Stepping off the train into city 17 in HL2. Incredible, just incredible.

Doom 3. When everything goes tits up at the start, and all you can hear through your radio is marines shouting, firing, and dying! The hell levels were some of the best design ive ever seen too.

Marrying someone in fable, having the townsfolk calling you 'chicken chaser' everywhere you go, then beating thier heads in for it.

Ico. The ending. I dont think i even have to say anything.

Ninja gaiden, whipping out the nunchucks and giving a room full of ninjas a solid thrashing, and feeling like a double hard ninja bastard

Gonzo

1. Completeing Unreal in a weekend when it came out first

2. My first ever step into online gaming when I decided to try out Quake 2 deathmatch back in 1998... that moment changed my life forever

3. Myself and my Cousin going into Virgin Megastore and seeing Starwing on the SNES the day it came out on display, I remember us standing there for half an hour watching some dude play it and watched the ship weaving its way through a tunnel and tilting around we moved our heads to the side in line the with animation lol.. the gfx were so far ahead of their time back then.

4. Myself and my m8's spending many a long night playing Ridge Racer when it came out drinking outselves silly.

5. Playing Silent Hill 1 for the first few hours, the sense of horror was fantasic and the soundtrack was almost demented in places.. great stuff.

6. Final Fantasy X - one of the best videogames of all time, the storyline was so consuming, best characters in a game ever, both Tidus, Auron and Waka were fantastic

Brerrabbit

UFO: Enemy Unknown - Beating the motherbrain

ooooh! thats a good one!

System Shock two-all of it is unbelievably brilliant and a true classic but I thought that the fact you could miss finding politos quarters was almost as good as spoiler: hearing the voice on the email in her room and then finally meeting her-what a game.

that too!

"

Halflife:

Oh thank god, Soldiers are here to save us all. Bang bang bang, what the ****?

and that!

lets see..
the gravity gun in half life 2 more or less made the game for me.
Zelda OOT water temple:

meeting dark link

and the rest of the water temple; fiendish puzzle.

hl

getting captured; thinking oh crap thats it! and then being left for dead

Toy commander for the DC; all of it!

multiplayer starwing 64; cant wait for assault!

GTA:SA :

breaking into area 69 and seeing the new toy, grinning from ear to ear.

thats all for now

Stormfox1020

Just playing FFX all the way through. Have played all of the FF series but for some reason none of them (even VII) captured me as FFX did. Great story, nearly cried at the end.

Gonzo

ive just after experiencing another 'gaming moment'.... im playing Final Fantasy XI Online and just after making it to the City of San D'Oria for the first time and what a sight for sore eyes it is.. huge sprawling medieval castle city kingdom, the soundtrack is amazing, the citizens all look so amazing, some of the best skining ive seen in a game, the whole atmosphere is fantastic and lucky for me the weekend is approaching and im gonna sit back with my whiskey and coke and explore San D'Oria's wonderous beauty....anyone who is a final fantasy fan with patience and has broadband i cant recommend this game enough, it is such a great experience.

po0k

Seeing Quake on a projection screen in GAME in Limerick.

Confirmed the PC's superiority to consoles.

kaimera

Unreal Tournament :: first monster kill.

HL ::

elevator scene

Far Cry :: all of it.

Carmeggedon :: the sheer carnage and graphics at the time.

GTA 3 :: first play of it ever. brilliant.

evad_lhorg

Brerrabbit wrote:

ooooh! thats a good one!



Zelda OOT water temple:

meeting dark link

and the rest of the water temple; fiendish puzzle.

multiplayer starwing 64; cant wait for assault!

everyone seemed to have a problem with the water temple, some even stopped playin becuas o it and failed to finish the game. the water raising and lowering was tough to follow.I got lost nd decided id just start the level at where it was when i first stared and slowly took my time and got it right.


and starwing/lylat wars multi player i thought was awful!

Gonzo

evad_lhorg wrote:

everyone seemed to have a problem with the water temple, some even stopped playin becuas o it and failed to finish the game.

thats what happened to me, i really shud start the game again as ive never goten past that water temple and that was years ago.

Creature

Great thread.

Resident Evil

Fighting the Tyrant on the roof with no ammo, ack! Also the first encounter with the dogs in the L-shaped corridor, when they jump through the windows at you.

Resident Evil 2

Facing Mr. X (the big guy in the long coat) in scenario 2 for the first time and then realising there's nowhere safe as he can smash through any wall at any time at attack you! Also the whole race to escape the city at the end at beating the last two bosses and being rewarded with the ending sequence

Street Fighter 2

Beating it for the first time on max difficulty.

Street Fighter Alpha 2

Finally getting to a point where I could pull off Akuma's Raging Demon move with ease whenever I wanted to. Took me ages to practice and get the timing right. Heh, don't think I'll ever forget Lp Lp Lk forward Hp

Ultima Underworld

The last level/area with the demon thing chasing you around, like some sort of LSD induced nightmare

Ultima 7: the Black Gate

The end of the game. Finally coming face to face with Abraham and Elizabeth...among others.

Half Life

Sneaking back and forth past and eventually killing those three green creatures that react to sound in the rocket-test-chamber.

Aliens Versus Predator

Playing as the marine, those damn facehuggers! night-vision or motion tracker, night-vision or motion tracker...the hardest descision I've ever had to make.

Zelda: The Wind Waker

Being out on the open seas with a beautiful clear sky when all of a sudden an enormous octopus appears and throws link across to the other side of the ocean.

Baldur's Gate

Fighting those damn Basilisks :mad:

Streets of Rage 2

Beating the game with my brother on co-op mode

i_am_dogboy

evad_lhorg wrote:

everyone seemed to have a problem with the water temple, some even stopped playin becuas o it and failed to finish the game.

Oh come now, it wasn't that hard to follow. Don't know about anyone else but everyone I know who played the game thought the water temple was the best part of it, and I would have to agree with them.

ionapaul

Creature wrote:

Half Life

Sneaking back and forth past and eventually killing those three green creatures that react to sound in the rocket-test-chamber.

Thought it was only one creature with three 'tentacles'? Tap-tap-tap!

That game ruled so damn much. Would it still be considered the best PC game ever?

Megatron

Pac- man : having the best high scroe in the area (21 mill).

Doom : For it's time it was truely amazing.. playing the the lights off and being 12 - 15 it was scary somethimes too).

Doom : First realy multiplayer game and first ever lan party i was at.

Xwing: Just playing it and living out my childhood fantasies .

Dark age of Camelot : my first time i ever killed another player . My GFX card couldnt' render some animations so when the hero changed shapes all i saw was a big white thing runnign at me ... so i did what all great people do .. i pegged it .. only to come back trying to save my buddie, he dies i kill the hero has his buddie .. i was shaking for about 2 hours after that

Sarky

Myth- The Fallen Lords, and Soulblighter. The artwork, animations, and story between fights was truly brilliant. I love how it starts off so defeatist and hopelessly, and how the narrator recounts how the tide of the battle eventually turns against all the odds. The music added in just that perfect tone of melancholy to make it a touching story of epic proportions.

I concur with the green tentacle things in Half Life. A great moment.

Most of Baldur's gate was just great storytelling.

Planescape: Torment was a textbook example on how to do an RPG. The story was compelling, the cutscenes were fascinating in the half-info they could give you to keep you wondering, and the humour was good as anything you'll get in such a game.

"Hey, Nordom. Calculate the quickest way for me to snuggle with Annah's pillows."

"ANNAH! MORT WISHES TO 'SNUGGLE WITH YOUR PILLOWS!'"

In POP: Warrior Within, the chases with the Dahaka were brilliant. Real frantic stuff. And the bigger enemies like

the Brutes and the Griffin

were good fun to go up against. It was a shame to finish it, really...

Deadwing

Gonzo wrote:

thats what happened to me, i really shud start the game again as ive never goten past that water temple and that was years ago.

I never got past the shaggin bit where youre in some fort or something and if you get spotted you get locked up. pissed me right the hell off.

i_am_dogboy

Sarky wrote:

Planescape: Torment was a textbook example on how to do an RPG. The story was compelling, the cutscenes were fascinating in the half-info they could give you to keep you wondering, and the humour was good as anything you'll get in such a game.

"Hey, Nordom. Calculate the quickest way for me to snuggle with Annah's pillows."

"ANNAH! MORT WISHES TO 'SNUGGLE WITH YOUR PILLOWS!'"

Nordom was quite the character, at his best when trying to get it on with annah

"Annah, did you know I had 6 sides?"

Very few games have made such excellent characters and dialogue, It's a shame it only sold about 10 copies....people are idiots. It's one of the only games that made me genuinely happy for the main character in the end, it's up there with ICO in my opinion.

nosmo

Quake 1: Meeting my first Shambler

HL1: "Hey, Mr. Freeman, I've got a message for you.. don't-"*BANG*

Quake 2: Seeing it played on a Voodoo 2

hl2: Gman in the intro, scared the crap out of me

BG I: Doppelgangers >_<

Doom 3: When it all goes arsewise, especially the light effects when the guy goes zombie.

Doom: Finishing ep 1 and being teleported into that pitch black room with all the zombies.

Nethack: That time when I didn't finish it

passive

fully agreeing on all the FF, MGS & Zelda references and, to bring up the one we haven't mentioned (not that i loved the game or anything )

FF9:

You're flying to the portal over the Iafa tree near the end of the game...but look, what's this i see!?, oh ****!, thousands of dragons swarming from the portal to stop you!! However will our heros survive this one!? Suddenly Cid comes flying to the rescue with a fleet of airships and an FMV battle sequence ensues between dragons and airships (arguably 2 of the coolest things there are)

I just remember how incredibly cool i thought that was... there were some really good FMVs in that game.. i just never found it had replay value.

qz

I'd say that bit in San Andreas

when you discover that Tenpenny, Big Smoke and Ryder were in "cahoots" with the Ballas.

Very unexpected.