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The Moment You Realized You Were Playing One of the Best Games Ever

Pegasus Actual

Pegasus Actual

Member
It's hard to pinpoint a moment for most games. I'd say the first time I ejected out of my Titan in Titanfall was an eye-opener. The halfway point of Final Fantasy VI where little grade school me thought I was at the end of the game. Probably about the time I killed the very first TIE Fighter in X-Wing. That moment I guess in Civ 2 where after a number of false starts with no clue as to what I was doing, I finally had my Civ off the ground, expanding my borders, and defeated my first enemy Civ.

I guess the first time I played A Link to the Past and Super Mario World. They just oozed quality and polish like you had never seen as soon as you started them up.

Also the original Doom. As soon as I started that I couldn't comprehend that my computer was doing what it was doing. By the time you fire your first shotgun shell blasting some stupid imp apart how could you not be hooked?
 
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Bamboo

Member
jrh2 said:
When you realize how to understand the alphabet in FEZ.
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Oh, that was rather the moment I was super frustrated because I couldn't get it and had to look it up eventually. English is not my mother tongue,
and figuring it out requires you to recognize the sign. It's this super random moment where it points out of the game, to something very culturally specific.
Of course with a LOT of patience you could've eventually figured it out differently, but unlike with numbers, that's super friggin' hard.

Still a fun game.
 
Starbuck2907

Starbuck2907

Member
Morrowind, when you get dropped off and can do anything or nothing, no checkpoints, arrows, or anything else. My buddy thought GTA III was the most open mind-blowing experience ever till he played Morrowind and then GTA was like a joke in comparison.

RE4 the moment the villagers first attack en masse.
 
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The_Lump

Banned
Is two cheating?

1) Stepping out of the Temple of Time as Adult Link for the first time in OoT and seeing ruined Hyrule. Chills.

2) Hiding from a thunder storm in BOTW, watching the lightning take out a terrified Lizalfos camp, trees falling all around whilst I smugly sheltered under a cliff with all my wooden gear equipped.
 
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ckaneo

Member
BOTW making my way to Kakariko

Was magical. And I didn't do anything yet.

Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Biolizard Boss Battle vs Shadow

Chrono Trigger That robot boss escaping the castle

Super Mario Sunshine Roller-coaster
 
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T.O.P

Banned
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Litterally the main menu and the music screamed "this is one of the greatest games ever made"
 
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bluethree

Member
The last case in Phoenix Wright when you
cross examine the parrot.

I almost never laugh at humor in games, but I was ceacking up for like 5 - 10 minutes straight after that.
 
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Cepheus

Member
When Link walks over to the ledge when you first start up Breath of the Wild. You see everything, and I was just like, 'yep, this game's going to be amazing'.
 
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A-V-B

Member
Gonna sound goofy, but... when I was walked through the extra option settings at the beginning of Nier: Automata. I was like, "this shit's about to fucking rule."

Quite right I was.

One of the best games of all time, not sure, but a future classic... think I'd put some money on that.
 
SmokedMeat

SmokedMeat

Gamer™
Really it's when a game has me thinking about it when I'm not playing. If I'm stoked to return to it, then it's a great game.

If I finish it and am ready to start another game, then that's even better.
 
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StayDead

Member
Broodwar, my first day of multiplayer games.

Still one of the best and the best of it's kind of RTS games in existence, 19 years later.
 
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Mirari

Member
1) The moment I was introduced to the Sinner's Sandwich in Deadly Premonition.

2) Watching my character's soul leave his body as he gets the shit punched out of him by the Dragon God in Demon's Souls.

3) When Sephiroth killed my waifu and it gave me feels.
 
InquisitorAles

InquisitorAles

Member
Fallout 3 - moment when you exiting vault 101 and this song starts playing.
Fallout 2 - when you visiting Vault City.
GTA: Vice City - Diaz mansion assault.
Bulletstorm - DNA bomb episode in the end.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - visiting 100 Rads bar and Rostok.
System Shock 2 - Shodan reveal.
Resident Evil 4 - defending house with Luis and Ashley.
Chaos on Deponia - Platypus Bataka.
 
Pakoe

Pakoe

Member
There are a few, but the last one was The Witcher 3.
There was a certain side quest with a
bloody
character that I didn't care about in the beginning. After a few quests I actually started caring and that has never really happened to me with a lot of other games. After that it only started getting better and better.
I actually miss playing the game.
 
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_Rob_

Member
My dad handed me the controller after beating the first few missions of GTA 3. My first question was "what do I need to do", he said something along the lines of "anything you want". This completely blew me away, the fact that there's this game that allows me to just go anywhere without any reason to do or not do anything.

Obviously, now this is trivial, as so many games allow this sort of freedom that it's a given. But back then going from Spyro on the PS1 to this open world city that felt like living a movie (not to mention it's "photorealistic" graphics) was man immense leap for me.
 
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ChouGoku

Member
I cant remember the mission but when playing The Phantom Pain when I would kill and tranq everyone led me into a bind with everyone looking for me. I couldn't move without being seen and I had to leave the area to complete the mission. Tensions got really high, I was about to be caught, and then a sandstorm came and let me escape. The interactivity with enemies in MGSV is on a whole other level. Slight changes to your play style can completely change the way you approach the same scenario.

Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen. When I played as the archer classes and it felt badass, not clunky. You can see its influences in Horizon which is why I love it
 
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Frodo

Member
When I realised I could just drop my metallic weapons on circuits to solve a puzzle in BotW without actually solving it.

All these "small" things in BotW make a huge difference in the end.
 
kraspkibble

kraspkibble

Permabanned.
Red Dead Redemption - when that song plays riding into mexico.
The Witcher 3 - pretty much the first 10 hours. i just fell in love with the whole look and feel. the gameplay was just really enjoyable.
Bloodborne - Probably after the 4th boss. I struggled with the first 3 but after that i was unstoppable.
 
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Harmen

Member
The University section in TLOU was where I was confident it was one of the best games of all time, Winter solidified it.

The Witcher 3 was about midway trough, when I went to
avenge Vesemir with Ciri

Metal Gear Solid 3 was when I climbed that goddamn ladder while Snake Eater plays, reminiscing the epic stealth mission I had witnessed thus far.

In Fallout New Vegas it was obviously the bulk of so many, many things (I found the game weak at first), but the moment I realized that I was playing one of my favourite games of all time was when I was pissed off and went to Legion and
wiped them out together with Boone, given his personal history
. Not necessarily a highlight of the game, but a moment that felt significant and made me realise how much I really cared about the game.

Dark Souls was when I reached Anor Londo.
 
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Nopren

Member
The Secret of Monkey Island - When the game takes over in the fight in the Governors Mansion. It was the very first time I ever laughed at a game. It was the perfect subtle and absurd sequence of events. And the fact that it lampoons it's own obscure solutions just made it hilarious.
 
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Arnie

Member
KOTOR, every single planet as my character got more and more powerful, the choices got more meaningful and my list of companions grew and grew. Then the Revan reveal. The Star Forge. It was pretty much the perfect game for me as like a 12 year old.

Still think one day I might see a proper sequel, but I don't really have trust in any one studio to make it. I know everyone loves Obsidian, but KOTOR 2 was a bit of a mess, regardless of the rushed development cycle. And current day Bioware don't seem to have the same magic.
 
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kqedequalsvolvo

Member
The moment in Nier (PS3) when you're in the Forest of Myth and the game turns into an actual text adventure. There was a lot of multi-genre stuff going on in that game that I was enjoying but that was the real "there's absolutely nothing else like this" moment.

The
Dominatrix
side quest in Yakuza 0. Not my favourite moment in the game by any means but made me realise that I was playing something pretty unique and special.

The first sighting of Valus in Shadow of the Colossus b/w the first time you calm down Toriko in The Last Guardian. The feels - knew right then these were special games.

Not sure it would have the same effect on me now but the Psycho Mantis controller port swapping / vibration fuckery in Metal Gear Solid 1 felt incredible at the time and certainly made me feel like there was nothing else quite like that game.
 
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majik13

Member
Brumfieldhm said:
The Last of Us

You've just witnessed
the little boy become infected and his brother kills him, then himself. Jump cut to you walking through a lush green, but overcast forest through the mountains. I've never felt more enveloped in the atmosphere.



Journey

Sliding down the sun soaked sand, with dusk sunset singing through the pillars racing by you.



Inside

Galloping through the employee cafeteria as the fleshy mound of body parts.
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All of these are spot on. Inside became my GOTY right when that part kicked in.
 
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Vigilant Gambit

Member
Playing BotW blind (had only seen the original trailer). Leaving the Chamber of Resurrection. Beating the first Bokoblin over the head with a tree branch I picked up, then noticing that I could pick up his weapon (which he dropped when I knocked him over). I then beat him with it, and realized the game was amazing. Around the 20th death that same night, I realized it was my favorite game. I had been killed by electricity, so the Game Over text was yellow.
 
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OriginalJonty

Member
Witcher 3 - The Bloody Baron questline. This was further cemented by the the Hearts Of Stone DLC.

Both offered top notch story telling with well written characters.
 
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Magic Mushroom

Member
When I didn't have enough stamina to cross a river in BotW so I cut down a tree, rolled it into the river, stepped on it and let the currents take me.

But perhaps even before that. That whole game is filled with wonderful little touches and moments.
 
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Molemitts

Member
Dark souls- There's a moment for most people when the game "clicks" and you start to really enjoy it, for me this was the Bell Gargoyles. Going back now they're really not that hard, but when the second one appeared I felt like this was impossible to overcome. When I finally did the feeling was immense.

Shadow of the Colossus- it wasn't until my second play through a few years later that I came to appreciate this a lot more. It was specifically jumping on to and riding the 5th Colossus through the sky that impressed me greatly.

Undertale- fighting Papyrus. His blue attack and the music kicking in. I realised this game is going to do some amazing things with its systems.

Bloodborne-
in the Forbidden Woods you drop down a cliff and find aliens? I realised that somethings up something is being hidden from me. The lovecraftian twist from then on was A+
 
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LordKano

Member
When I was battling a weird guy with a mask inside of Venise and within one minute, the battle evolved into a fight between 25ft hell demons and angels beating each other while destroying the entire world into chaos and super-punches.
Bayonetta 2
 
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Llyrwenne

Unconfirmed Member
The Witness

Hey, those clouds kinda look like a puzzle, neat!
Oh hey, those flowers kinda look like a puzzle too when you look at them from the right place. Cool attention to detail!
Huh, that pattern on these stairs look like they could be a puzzle too.

I wonder if I can...

:O
 
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Professional Enthusiast

Member
Llyrwenne said:
The Witness

Hey, those clouds kinda look like a puzzle, neat!
Oh hey, those flowers kinda look like a puzzle too when you look at them from the right place. Cool attention to detail!
Huh, that pattern on these stairs look like they could be a puzzle too.

I wonder if I can...

:O
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The gap in the trees, for me. Haha
 
adamsapple

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Resident Evil 4. Running into the first village, entering the home, the chainsaw dude's introduction.

We're not in Raccoon City anymore.
 
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