JehutyRunner
Banned
There are so many standout moments from this generation and before that on PS2 standout for me. Honestly, these games containing some of these moments are truly remarkable and because of them, these games are more or less some of my favourite games.
For example.
The Last Of Us:
+ That opening
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+ The final 10/15 minutes of the game
Saints Row IV:
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Mass Effect 3:
+ The endgame (up to the ending)
Halo 3:
+ The entirety of Chapter 7
+ The final 10/15 minutes of the game
Metal Gear Solid 2:
+ The opening scene ("The Hudson River. Two years ago")
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Metal Gear Solid 4:
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+ Microwave scene
But no matter what, the one scene I always go back to, the one bit I will forever remember as the thing that cemented what I wanted to be - writing about games - is the final seven minutes of Metal Gear Solid 3.
The Last of Us has since become my favourite game ever, but even now, Metal Gear Solid 3 - my once former favourite game ever - holds the mantle of containing my favourite scene from a game ever. It made me cry at a game for the first time (and everytime I see that ending, I still do cry), it made me feel about a character in a certain way for the first time and it made sure that I was in the right industry. The usage of Starsailor's Way to Fall - the inclusion of which was a complete accident but turned out to be one of the best coincidences - was the icing of the cake.
I don't want to write about those final seven minutes - writing it would be an injustice - so here's the video of it instead. But it truly encapsulates the best of storytelling in games and I will defend that scene as an example of that as such to my grave.
For example.
The Last Of Us:
+ That opening
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The final third of the Colorado University section
The entirety of the playable Colorado section of the game featuring Ellie and David's group of cannibals and then the final bit where Joel just comforts Ellie after killing David - that was when the father-daughter dynamic of the relationship happened for me and is, quite frankly, my favourite scene from the entire game
Saints Row IV:
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Climbing the rocket at the start of the game to the sound of Aerosmith's Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Mass Effect 3:
+ The endgame (up to the ending)
Halo 3:
+ The entirety of Chapter 7
+ The final 10/15 minutes of the game
Metal Gear Solid 2:
+ The opening scene ("The Hudson River. Two years ago")
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Emma Emmerich's death ( :'( )
The Patriots revealing themselves as the puppets behind the entire Big Shell incident
Metal Gear Solid 4:
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The entire backstory between Big Boss and Zero's rivalry in Act 3 (It did get longwinded, but hell, I liked it)
Ocelot acting like a badass with the fingers controlling the soldiers using SOP in Act 3
The entirety of Act 4 - the nod back to the original MGS1 as you infiltrate Shadow Moses, the knock on Blu-ray by Otacon, Snake taking on various MG Gekko whilst Raiden takes on Vamp in the background, Naomi's death ( 
), piloting Metal Gear Rex and Raiden chopping off his other arm to save Snake just as Ocelot's Arsenal Gear-like sub nearly crushes Snake.
), piloting Metal Gear Rex and Raiden chopping off his other arm to save Snake just as Ocelot's Arsenal Gear-like sub nearly crushes Snake.But no matter what, the one scene I always go back to, the one bit I will forever remember as the thing that cemented what I wanted to be - writing about games - is the final seven minutes of Metal Gear Solid 3.
The Last of Us has since become my favourite game ever, but even now, Metal Gear Solid 3 - my once former favourite game ever - holds the mantle of containing my favourite scene from a game ever. It made me cry at a game for the first time (and everytime I see that ending, I still do cry), it made me feel about a character in a certain way for the first time and it made sure that I was in the right industry. The usage of Starsailor's Way to Fall - the inclusion of which was a complete accident but turned out to be one of the best coincidences - was the icing of the cake.
I don't want to write about those final seven minutes - writing it would be an injustice - so here's the video of it instead. But it truly encapsulates the best of storytelling in games and I will defend that scene as an example of that as such to my grave.
