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[Green Mamba]

I just love the way it looks. Would fire off a round just to reload for the hell of it.

I love this animation. I love all the reloading animations in RE4, but this is definitely my favorite.

My contribution? Melee-ing dead enemies in the first Halo and seeing their blood just cover fucking everything. I really hated how they toned that down in the sequels.

 

[Bentles]

Animal Crossing. The... well all the little things. Hit rocks with a spade to get coins.

 

[JordanN]

When hair, accessories and equipment moves when the character does.

 

[BGBW]

A nice save icon in the system's settings area. Just makes me feel that the developers took care of even the smallest of things.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Playing the last part of the HL tutorial over and over again, thinkingof different ways of getting the sentry gun to kill everything

 

[GiantEnemyGoomba]

The little jingles when you get a star in Mario or solve a puzzle in Zelda.

 

[Myriadis]

Good sound effects for the menu. Wind Waker was great with that.
Sending enemies to the background with a fork in Goemons Great Adventure
Shooting out bullets, jumping or swinging your weapon to the beat of the music.

 

[Salsa]

any game that has good feedback when parry/counter an attack

be it a fighting game, sleeping dogs, arkham city

I just love to nail that stuff. More satisfying than happy I guess

 

[Hypron]

Listening to your enemies talking in Max Payne 1/2. It was really funny and made them seem less like clones and more like unique characters.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Gratuitous breast physics.

 

[BigWeather]

In-game achievement windows, particularly ones that show sub-progress a la Orange Box. Sure, most environments provide one, but in-game always looks classier.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Lara saying "aha" when she found a secret in Tomb Raider 2 as well as that little chime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OTZI4SgAQ8

Oh yes! This!

 

[Alo81]

Fluid hair and cloth in games is always fantastic to experience. Alices hair in Alice: Madness Returns is a beauty to behold.

 

[marjo]

Obscure references that make me feel smart for noticing.

I.E. The number 451 which comes up in Deus Ex, System Shock II and Bioshock. A reference to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 ( apparently also used as an office door code back in the day at Looking Glass Studios).

 

[Currygan]

sarcastic responses in dialogue trees. Harassing Carth Onassi in KOTOR was the highlight of the game for me

 

[Nocturnowl]

- In Yoshi's Story you encounter a few Shyguys that carry fruit above their heads, if you eat the fruit out of their hands instead of simply killing them they have this little freak out animation that is just magic.

- The chime sounds used when scrolling through text in both Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask

- Shanoa's mid air jump animation in Castlevania Order of Ecclesia

- Speaking of Castlevania, in Symphony of the Night holding up when at a platforms edge causes Alucard to wrap his cloak around himself. Also heading into a tight space as the wolf and then transforming back to Alucard leaving him trapped yelling "what?!".

- In most Kirby games upon waking up from the Sleep ability Kirby has this tiny bit of drool hanging from his mouth, the only reason i'll ever bother with this useless ability.

- Steaming up Samus' visor in the Metroid Prime Trilogy

- Globox crouching in Rayman Origins, I don't know why I love it so much.

- Animations when characters are close to an edge, Sonic the Hedgehog and DK being good examples.

I dont know why. Its just awesome.

It's so awesome, also the way she sneaks some honey from the walls of Zinger hive stages.

 

[rj118]

Stuff hidden behind waterfalls! Doesn't have to be a major item, anything will do.

 

[VICI0US]

functioning mirrors.

almost always without fail the mark of a good game.

 

[Kesagiri]

Sliding on snow in Animal Crossing.

Treasure hidden in nooks and crannies in RPGs.

 

[TheExecutive]

I dont know why. Its just awesome.

Looks like a monkey with a banana inserted in her... Well you get it.

 

[TheExecutive]

So this is the "Pavlovian response" thread of video games huh?

Well, I gotta say I LOVE opening a chest in loot games and having all the splendid noises pop out and seeing all of the wonderful eye candy before me.

 

[RM8]

Cycling around in Pokémon games.

 

[fi1ip]

Memorable sound effects, easter eggs, idle animations..

 

[bomma_man]

I love food rendered in games. Yakuza also has a whole section dedicated to hard liquors you can have in Japanese bars.

Anyone who read Nagoshi's old Edge columns would not be surprised.

 

[Tellaerin]

The goblins in Sacred. "Schniepel!"

 

[Jaroof]

Just thought of another one:

In Dead Rising 2, my friend pointed out that if you throw nails onto a saw blade, it sounds exactly like that.
The sound design in the Dead Rising games is amazing.

 

[StayDead]

See Animal Crossing and fishing up any new fish. That feeling is so good, especially when it's a rare fish.

 

[MrT-Tar]

This eargasmic piece of music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxQPHPuY1X0

 

[adamsapple]

Juicy chunky headshots always make me smile

 

[BrokenSymmetry]

Lara saying "aha" when she found a secret in Tomb Raider 2 as well as that little chime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OTZI4SgAQ8

This is beautiful.

 

[brochiller]

The dancing Koopas on NSMB

Came to say exactly this. First post etc.

 

[Anuxinamoon]

Texture blending between terrain objects so there is no hard seam. <3

 

[Ice Mage]

The small interactions between the "Prince" and Elika in PoP 2008, such as when they switch places on a ledge or when he catches her when she drops down, accompanied by "Careful!".

 

[Feep]

Interesting flavor text for items and equipment.

Boy, do I have a game for you.

 

[Zajora]

Footsteps (hard surfaces, grass, wherever);

Yeah, I noticed this most recently in SM3DL. This is a random vid that shows it a bit.

Also, in LoZ games, I like Link's "bored" animations. Other games probably did it before, but still.

 

[Deleted member 57681]

Object desciptions with nice handdrawn, individual art or 3D models in RPGs, even better if there's some text with it.

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

Fast forward button in Final Fantasy XII International. It eliminates the monotony of grinding and keeps the pace blazing. Every game should have this, I would save so much of my life.

 

[exmachina64]

Texture blending between terrain objects so there is no hard seam. <3

This.

Also, cooking in Persona 4. Having skill in that made me feel accomplished.

 

[Ventilaator]

I love the way Resonance of Fate transitions from cutscene to combat. Made me go "Fuck yeah" in my head every single time. Here's an example. Spoilers.

I also enjoy a good geoblock explosion combo in Disgaea.

 

[bjork]

In Dog's Life on PS2, you had actual button commands to urinate and defecate. If you tried to defecate repeatedly without allowing time to pass, Jake would just blow a large fart instead.

Also, Jake's poop was an actual modeled object that had physics. So you could poop on a hill, and then watch as the poop slowly rolled down the hill to the bottom. No idea WHY they decided to do this, but damn if I wasn't completely dumbfounded by this being a thing when I first saw it.

 

[Kurita]

See Animal Crossing and fishing up any new fish. That feeling is so good, especially when it's a rare fish.

Yes!

Drinking coffee in the DS version. So cool.

Also, walking in rainy and snowy areas in Pokémon. Feels good man.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Footsteps (hard surfaces, grass, wherever);

Ha, I recently played SH2, and made sure to line James up so that one foot would land on the concrete, and one on the dirt because it made the right noise.

The sound design in SH2 is exceptional

 

[zoukka]

In Dog's Life on PS2, you had actual button commands to urinate and defecate. If you tried to defecate repeatedly without allowing time to pass, Jake would just blow a large fart instead.

Also, Jake's poop was an actual modeled object that had physics. So you could poop on a hill, and then watch as the poop slowly rolled down the hill to the bottom. No idea WHY they decided to do this, but damn if I wasn't completely dumbfounded by this being a thing when I first saw it.

I have missed a gem.

 

[Red Arremer]

Quake 1's sound effects, mostly the jumping grunt.

References to other games, like from the same developer or where the game drew inspiration from.

 

[bjork]

I have missed a gem.

It's a simple kid's game, but it's really fun.

 

[Midou]

I like the fake language voices in games like Animal Crossing, Banjo Kazooie and Okami. I know it's far less effort than voicing all the lines, but it feels like a great design choice for those games. Reading in silence is a bit off putting at times. The first thing I was disappointed in with Nuts and Bolts, was that if a character had like 5 seconds text to read, only the first 1-2 seconds had this 'voice acting', and then the rest was in silence. It was strangely offputting.

 

[Currygan]

also, sprite-based country towns in RPGs. Just talking to everyone, enjoying the beautiful art and chilling out is one thing that I always look forward to

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Dancing with Mega Man with tipping left and right vey fast.

 

[Uncle Rupee]

Being able to shoplift items from the item shop in Link's Awakening.
You are then referred to as THIEF for the rest of the game and the shop-owner will kill you with a tazer if you enter his shop again.

Samus's death animation in Super Metroid where her powersuit breaks apart.
Arthur's death animation in GnG series where he immediately turns into a skeleton.

In Mario & Luigi games, when one of the bros. dies and you use a 1-UP mushroom to revive them, the animation of him physically forcing the shroom into his brother's mouth.

In Boktai (the GBA game with the solar sensor), you would enter the time, date, and timezone. Then, when entering a Vampire's lair, the game forebodingly reminds you of the time until sunset...
Once inside dungeons where you have no access to sunlight, you'd sometimes find an oasis of light coming in through skylights.

The twang sound effect of using a bow without any arrows in some of the Zelda games.

Randomly falling asleep in Tail of the Sun (Playstation)

Any racing game that shows you a 3D mini-map of the course layout before the race

Munching on fruits and other food items in Odin Sphere and Muramasa The Demon Blade

Collecting toy models in Brave Fencer Musashi and being able to take them out of their packaging and play with them

Mega Man X secret where you can get Ryu/Ken's fireball

 

[ihearthawthats]

character idling/afk animations when you don't touch the controller for too long, i.e. sonic 2.