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[immortal-joe]

Resident Evil 4...til you're rewarded with these:

You know what, I take it back

It's interesting how the game over time makes you shy away from head shots - I do remember I winced every time one of these guys head popped off, because I feared one of these bugs would come out.

Later on, the devs just said fuck it and made these bugs appear even if you weren't aiming for the head.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Resident Evil 4

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[CitizenCope]

Another for Gears. I love a good headshot in the Halo series though.

 

[soundahfekz]

Nothing beats Killzone 2's sniping

 

[MechDX]

 

[dummydecoy]

Seeing how Killzone 2/3 already got votes, how about COD4's singleplayer campaign?
I remember how cool it was to blow heads off and have blood splatters on the wall behind it. I know older games did that already, but COD4 at the time was photorealistic to my eyes. That, plus the next-geniness of the animation and textures completed the effect.

I don't remember seeing that multiplayer mode or the succeeding MW sequels though...

 

[Icefire1424]

youtube link please?

Ask, and yee shall receive (Max Payne 2).

 

[akira28]

The original Unreal Tournament.

 

[Silphonica]

Halo 2

If you headshot someone who less than a fraction of a second ago pressed jump, they would fly through the air doing backflips. That was rewarding.

 

[Seth Balmore]

The Gears games, no doubt, but out of all 3 games I prefer Gears of War 2's headshots. I love that pop, as Carmine would say.

 

[Jethro]

Perfect Dark

 

[HigherLevel]

Gears of War

only acceptable answer

 

[quartet4]

Another vote for Gears' crunchy headshots.

 

[Duxxy3]

Triple headshot!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlIcmcRrBdA

 

[RyanardoDaVinci]

Killzone 2.

 

[Carlisle]

RE4 for sure.

 

[Forsaken82]

XIII had some pretty satifying headshots involving some comic book esque sequences

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Killzone 2 is pretty high up there. Red Dead Redemption as well. KL2 also had the neat bit where if you shoot a dude in the head, it gets pixelated (but it doesn't have the best head shots).

But Max Payne 3 will probably take the crown in May...

 

[whitehawk]

Bulletstorm sniper headshots were awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1pydCjCOlA

but gears is still number 1

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Killzone 2....so satisfying, shotgun, sniper, the "pew-pew" gun, it just doesn't mater.

 

[Tambini]

Killzone 2 where the helmet falls off, the blood comes out and they stagger back to the ground.

edit: yeah like that gif ^

 

[B1gg_Randall]

Killzone 2
Gears of War 1
Fallout 3

 

[charsace]

Gears of War 3.

Sniper head shot in Shadowrun.

Sniper head shot in Monday Night Combat.

 

[Kayo-kun]

Killing Floor without a doubt, especially when the slomo mode kicks in.

 

[Henry Jones Jr]

Only thing that feels better is when they're in the middle of a kritzkrieg with a medic.

DING DING! Nailed it. Plus the comments that the sniper makes. Gets me all giddy thinking about it.

 

[mclaren777]

Red Dead Redemption has the most impressive bullet wounds I've ever seen in a game and the Euphoria animation system makes everything look great.

 

[charsace]

Killing Floor without a doubt, especially when the slomo mode kicks in.

That's a great one. Forgot about this.

 

[BakedPigeon]

In Halo CE, I always loved pulling off the incredible headshot on the flag carrier in a moving warthog on blood gultch. Shit felt awesome.

 

[Shtof]

Weird enough, it's probably Borderlands for me. Landing a series of headshots gives you critical hits for each of them, meaning increased scores, meaning more XP, meaning new skills, meaning satisfaction.

 

[odin toelust]

XIII

 

[Curufinwe]

RE 4 and TF2 as the Sniper.

 

[injurai]

TF2 easily takes the cake.

L4D2 also, but then again it also has the most satisfying body shots. Oh choices...

 

[The_Hitcher89]

My favourite headshot moment was when I unlocked dead eye in Red Dead Redemption, and tested it out by massacring the poker players in Armadillo in glorious slo-mo with 5 satisfying revolver headshots. 3 of them were down before they even knew what was happening.

Arrow headshots are fun in Skyrim, even if it is a little annoying that you do the same damage hitting someone in the head as you do when you hit them in the knee (herp)

 

[Empty Space]

Another vote for Gears having the best head shots. You know they're aren't getting back up from that. I've been playing a lot of the ME3 multiplayer and I have to say those are really great too, although the heads don't always pop.

 

[Dorrin]

Singularity had a gun you used a few times which basically put your view down with the bullet in slow motion which you could then guide manually. I found the headshots from it pretty satisfying.

 

[StunandStab]

Metal Gear Online has the best headshot "DING" sound ever.
The original. Not the shit that came with MGS4

 

[scitek]

Uh, easy.

Bulletstorm

EDIT: Beaten. But that's your answer.

 

[SLEEPS7ALK3R]

What was that other war-game who had that pling-sound?

Metal Gear Online. "CHING!" UAAAAAUUUUUHH!!!

 

[Maffis]

Dat critical hit sound on Team Fortress 2.

 

[Jezabel]

Bulletstorm.

Leashing a enemy towards you and shotgunning their head off in slow motion is glorious

 

[Zeppelin]

Counter-Strike 1.6

Yeah, this is correct. Nothing beats opening the round with a headshot from your Desert Eagle on a dgl eco.

I'm amazed to see that people seem to love the ones in Gears that much. They don't give me any kind of satisfaction.

 

[Waaghals]

A vote for Killing Floor here, with special mention to grunt birthday party (Halo).

 

[rbanke]

Resistance 2 has awesome headshot sound effects. I'm not typically a sniper but I would snipe in that game quite a bit just because headshots were so satisfying with the Fareye. Sounds like an exploding watermelon.

 

[fuzzyreactor]

Killzone 2

dat chirp

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

Sniping in CoD4. That satisfying "ping" and blood splash on the wall.

 

[Jeff_Chen]

Counter Strike 1.5

 

[Dipswitch]

Another vote for MOH 2010. Not only because of the satisfyingly "crunchy" sound effect associated with them, but because the game was generous about helping you land them.

I know this because in other games, I typically land none.

 

[scitek]

I changed my mind, Bulletstorm's are great, but Manhunt 2's are the most satisfying and gruesome. Look http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwvvz_4XLtg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Nuborn]

F.E.A.R. 2 was really good with headshots from what I remember, so gory. (still haven't played the first so can't comment)

 

[Mr. Sam]

Stranglehold - the enemies would hold their faces and fall down in pain.