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Super Mario 3D World spoilers ahead:
When you defeat Bowser but he escapes inside a clear tube and you go inside that tube wich goes aaaall the way up to Bowser world and once you get there, all the lights turn on and BOOM!
Seriously, that part gives me the chills of happyness and excitement. Especially with that awesome Bowser World Theme song
When you defeat Bowser but he escapes inside a clear tube and you go inside that tube wich goes aaaall the way up to Bowser world and once you get there, all the lights turn on and BOOM!
Seriously, that part gives me the chills of happyness and excitement. Especially with that awesome Bowser World Theme song
Elitist1945
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But in all seriousness, the train sequence in Uncharted 2.
Bornstellar
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Titanfall when you are playing full (good) teams in ctf or mfd and the titans start to drop.
Traveling to Mexico. Rainy days with Marston, "Far Away" playing on the ride over.
Drifting at night in Flower, painting colors in the pool.
Tip-toeing in the Snowy Frontier with Connor in Assassin's Creed III.
Sauntering about with Carla Valenti in her apartment in Fahrenheit, "Sandpaper Kisses" playing in the background.
Casual hours flying in a Luxor with Trevor, FlyLo accompanying the peaceful wandering.
Drifting at night in Flower, painting colors in the pool.
Tip-toeing in the Snowy Frontier with Connor in Assassin's Creed III.
Sauntering about with Carla Valenti in her apartment in Fahrenheit, "Sandpaper Kisses" playing in the background.
Casual hours flying in a Luxor with Trevor, FlyLo accompanying the peaceful wandering.
SunhiLegend
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velociraptor
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God of War 3 laughs at every other game. That intro was jaw dropping.
Super Mario 3D World spoilers ahead:
When you defeat Bowser but he escapes inside a clear tube and you go inside that tube wich goes aaaall the way up to Bowser world and once you get there, all the lights turn on and BOOM!
Seriously, that part gives me the chills of happyness and excitement. Especially with that awesome Bowser World Theme song
OMG yes. Best Bowser theme ever. Just incredible. I have it stuck in my head now. It's so good.
brickarts295
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Sorry OP
this was the jaw dropping moment for me
also
but who can't forget
Bonus:
this was the jaw dropping moment for me
also
but who can't forget
Bonus:
KoopaTheCasual
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Random, but I feel like Dragon's Dogma was built off of seeing SotC and saying, "Let's make a less depressing game around that mechanic."Behold, the correct answer:
Sax Russel
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WoW, walking into Stormwind on a freshly made human character as the triumphant Alliance music kicks in, back in 2004.
User 73706
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All of God of War III, the Apotheosis moment in Journey, and just about all of Shadow of the Colossus. Halo has some every game:
- Storm the beach run, Assault on the Control Room tank opening and the Warthog run in Combat Evolved
- Tailing the Scarab in Metropolis, the final Gondola fight in Regret, fighting away Enforcers and Flood during the tank run in Quarantine Zone, blowing away the doors in The Great Journey in 2
- Practically every other mission in 3, from cruising in the Chopper set against the distant storm in Tsavo Highway, the Ark activation showdown during The Storm, the Follow Our Brothers cutscene during Floodgate, ALL of The Ark and the Covenant, getting Cortana back in the titular level and the Arbiter backing you up, just about all of Halo 3 including the new-and-improved Warthog Run
- The cutscenes in Wars and the final mission
- The drop and literally just about every mission in ODST, in particular the Skyline - Air Traffic Control segment, the Coastal Highway finale and the overture's drop
- Jorge staying behind in Reach and the Covenant glassing Reach during New Alexandria, not to mention the final two missions (PoA and Lone Wolf)
- 4 had the Didact's revival, the Mantis and Mammoth runs, Shutdown's armed-to-the-teeth interior sections, and finally the ending
- Storm the beach run, Assault on the Control Room tank opening and the Warthog run in Combat Evolved
- Tailing the Scarab in Metropolis, the final Gondola fight in Regret, fighting away Enforcers and Flood during the tank run in Quarantine Zone, blowing away the doors in The Great Journey in 2
- Practically every other mission in 3, from cruising in the Chopper set against the distant storm in Tsavo Highway, the Ark activation showdown during The Storm, the Follow Our Brothers cutscene during Floodgate, ALL of The Ark and the Covenant, getting Cortana back in the titular level and the Arbiter backing you up, just about all of Halo 3 including the new-and-improved Warthog Run
- The cutscenes in Wars and the final mission
- The drop and literally just about every mission in ODST, in particular the Skyline - Air Traffic Control segment, the Coastal Highway finale and the overture's drop
- Jorge staying behind in Reach and the Covenant glassing Reach during New Alexandria, not to mention the final two missions (PoA and Lone Wolf)
- 4 had the Didact's revival, the Mantis and Mammoth runs, Shutdown's armed-to-the-teeth interior sections, and finally the ending
I think WoW is the only game where I'd want to travel back in time and experience it all over again.
So many intense feelings. So much nostalgia. I think part of it can be explained because you spent a large portion of your life in that world. It all feels so real, just like real life memories.
whiteninja
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ME3 final assault
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kittens
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Riding a Mongoose onto the back of a Scarab in Halo 3.
-MD-
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but who can't forget
Damn, I had successfully managed to forget that one until this post.
User 73706
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Nabbing Invincibility and the Hammer from the Chieftan in the first beam tower, taking it and a Mongoose or Hog into the final dual-Scarab sandbox and then plasma grenade-launching into the falling Scarabs, the top of the Citadel, etc. was pretty great too.
Phreakuency
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Pretty much anything from God of War 3.
But to be different, the most memorable for me was Xbox 360 launch, HD CRT (!), Oblivion, exiting the sewers after the opening scene and just being blown away by the outside world.
But to be different, the most memorable for me was Xbox 360 launch, HD CRT (!), Oblivion, exiting the sewers after the opening scene and just being blown away by the outside world.
Behold, the correct answer:
Man that boss was a bitch but when you beat him it was so gratifying.
Eh, sorry to say, but you've already had it spoiled for you. It won't have the same effect.
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For me, it was reaching the Brain Scorcher in STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
The best thunderstorms in gaming combined with the absolute dread of who or what you are going to find, or what's going to happen as you get closer, and closer..
That's survival horror.
Everything about the last mission of ME1(except the actual boss)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtBbwtY6ROo Cutscenes during final mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2xit9y2-qE Last choices and credits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtBbwtY6ROo Cutscenes during final mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2xit9y2-qE Last choices and credits
vicoakland
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My personal list:
Everything leading up to your first encounter with Yorda in Ico.
The first time you got to explore with the protagonist in GTA 3.
First time going down the ramp and taking a jump in the Warehouse in THPS.
There's many technically or artistically more spectacular moments, many of them mentioned above.
But these three simple moments were mind blowing to me at the time and epitomize the answer to the question: "why we game."
Everything leading up to your first encounter with Yorda in Ico.
The first time you got to explore with the protagonist in GTA 3.
First time going down the ramp and taking a jump in the Warehouse in THPS.
There's many technically or artistically more spectacular moments, many of them mentioned above.
But these three simple moments were mind blowing to me at the time and epitomize the answer to the question: "why we game."
TheWorthyEdge
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ME 3? I beleive it was when
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8crNRwT_9g
Also. Giraffes.
the underground work thing just fucking came flying out of the ground taking down the reaper. JUST AWESOME.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8crNRwT_9g
Also. Giraffes.
Rushersauce
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I like you!
This.
DaciaJC
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Yep yep yep.
SneakyStephan
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Behold, the correct answer:
I quit sotc right after this boss, didn't like it at all
sucky encounter (I love ICO though)OP if you're going with uncharted at least go with the boat, that sinking was pretty cool , the plane sequence was just lame.
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Outerra:
I mean it's planet earth ,fucking all of it, based on gps data, and you can fly around at will from down on the ground in the grass all the way into space.
It's the coolest thing I've experienced on a computer and it allows you to put the size of the planet into perspective in a way even google earth can't replicate.
This engine is just amazing and the possibilities with it are endless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc3rfzyMAK0
Some project someone did in the engine (imported some enormous model)
I can't imagine how cool it must be and how crazy a sense of scale you must get walking around on foott near that model with an oculus rift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnqcSsEurBs
Just flying around the equator and watching the day transition into night is mindblowing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L3ZUQUGvxQ
too beautiful
Just Cause 2, seeing how high you could fly, then jumping out of your plane , through the awesome volumetric clouds and seeing the whole scale of the massive island was pretty cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVpXK0qlvfU
dcx4610
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I had to look this up and....wtf, I didn't get that song at all. I had always read people talking about how cool it was entering Mexico and I enjoyed it but for some reason the song didn't trigger for me.
Looking back, I think it probably made the song coming home to your family more powerful since I didn't get to hear anything like that prior.
Monocle
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Bayonetta: the thread.
The game begins with a spectacular playable scene (freefalling down a giant cliff on the shattered wall of a church while a double headed dragon tries to toast you), outdoes itself over and over until the final level, and ends with a climactic battle so over the top that it makes most other action games look bland.
In terms of scale and intensity, Bayonetta is surpassed only by the The Wonderful 101 and Asura's Wrath.
The game begins with a spectacular playable scene (freefalling down a giant cliff on the shattered wall of a church while a double headed dragon tries to toast you), outdoes itself over and over until the final level, and ends with a climactic battle so over the top that it makes most other action games look bland.
In terms of scale and intensity, Bayonetta is surpassed only by the The Wonderful 101 and Asura's Wrath.
To me it'll always be this moment from Bioshock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J47ENHSomc8
The music, the speech from Ryan combined with the first time you see the city just really set the mood in a way no other game has done for me before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J47ENHSomc8
The music, the speech from Ryan combined with the first time you see the city just really set the mood in a way no other game has done for me before.
The entire finale of Mass Effect 1, all the way from Virmire (if you're playing the game in the correct order) up until the credits start rolling with that incredible track, is just brilliant. The suspense, atmosphere and action throughout is top-notch and just so much fun to experience.
