Your favorite moment in gaming?

[Miktar]

What was your favorite moment from a game, something that really made your jaw drop or caught you so off-guard that you were like totally "Whoa!" and the game was like totally "Yeah!" or something?

Personally, every second of Shadow of the Colossus was a "moment" for me.

http://www.dailygame.net/Articles/media/screens/shadowcolossus/shadowcolossus2.jpg

[Noxville]

The Butcher saying 'Fresh Meat' in Diablo. I had nightmares of it for a while.. I was playing the game as a Rogue, so lead the Butcher to a wall, closed the door, and shot him through the railing...

[Antharias]

Being part of a group of players who defeated Shiro (Guild Wars) without any healers and in just 1.5 minutes.

[Q-Man]

Beating Dead! on Guitar Hero 2 on hard. what? It was amazing for me ok?

I'd also say Final Fantasy's FMV sequences, and seeing Gears of War running on the 42" HDTV for the first time. Eye Orgasm I tell you.

[Karuji]

When i was playing FF8 and i just freed Rinoa from the chamber and it went into the cut seen. I was just wow (one of my favorite gaming memories)

[Gambit]

Emerging from the tunnels in Oblivion for the first time.

[Scorp1on]

Emerging from the tunnels in Oblivion for the first time.

Same...

The whole of Gears of War was amazing for me. Also defeating Ganandorf in The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker. In fact, every Zelda game I have played was "Woah!" for me.

[Azimuth]

Just about every second of Guitar Hero 2. Finishing Six on Hard was pretty sweet.

[Ruandre]

Blowing up the "outhouse" in Fallout 2 and seeing the town covered in “goo.” :P

[Cyberninja]

Playing God Of War for the first time. I was like O.M.G. So many wonderful ways to hurt people. Awesomeness! :-)

[Machine]

Oblivion, the whole game was a "wow" moment.

I remember the first time playing Carmageddon when I was 8 year old + -, that was a serious "woaw" moment for me, serious carnage in an open world. I remember driving into the football field and running over all the football players and cheerleaders, hahaha!!!

Those were the good old days.

[Boggle24]

Discoverring Arcanum.

And I know I'm really starting to sound like some sort of broken record stuck on the Fanboy track, but I am dead serious here.

Killing the Stillwater Giant (*the REAL one*).
Discoverring the lost Iron Clan, and that Magnus was actually related to them and can actually end up being their king.

Playing Crash Bandicoot for the first time kind of blowed my mind, I was obsessed with the series all the way to #3.

Seeing the intro of Final Fantasy XIII to the sound of Liberi Fatalli on a PSM demo disk, started my love for Final Fantasy right there and then.

[JudgeFredd]

Maybe one day i will finish Devil May Cry 3. Other than that yanking out eyes of cyclops' in God of War 2.

[Azimuth]

Discoverring Arcanum.
Discoverring the lost Iron Clan, and that Magnus was actually related to them and can actually end up being their king.


I didn't know that could happen! :O

[Boggle24]

I didn't know that could happen! :O


Sorry I probably should have put up a spoiler warning, it's just that I hardly ever find people who actually played Arcanum. :P

Unless I misenderstood the oldskool smiley, I guess you could also be expressing amazement. :)

[Azimuth]

Oh no, I don't mind the spoiler. I just had no idea that Magnus becoming king was possible.

[Nandrew]

OMG! Seconded on that!

I've genuinely never perceived him as being anything beyond ... deluded. ;)

And that's through several plays of the game, mind you.

[Boggle24]

OMG! Seconded on that!

I've genuinely never perceived him as being anything beyond ... deluded. ;)

And that's through several plays of the game, mind you.

Well it was possible, it only happened if Loghaire thunderstone (* self exiled ruler of the wheel clan and all around king of dwarves*) was in your party.

You would not believe the amount of new things I discover each time I play through that game, which in itself deserves another favorite moment in gaming.

[Yuan]

Every SSX game on the PS2. ^^ So far the best one has to go to On Tour with the best full mountain run (first run was about 30mins xD) plus almost now reset area like SSX3.

SSX was also the first game that I got for my PS2 and I always get excited when they announce a new one.

[Noxville]

Ok, the three people above are like the -only- people I know [except one] who've ever played Arcanum... such an awesome game....

[CaptainCrunch]

The opening scene(train ride) of HL1 was pretty awesome.
So too the part in HL2 when you get "transported" to/into the Citadel...i only reached that part yesterday(i'm slow like that).

[Toi]

^^ Ditto, there were a few memorable moments in HL2 for me.

Max Payne; destroying my first room filled with scum bags with bullet time .

God of War; the bosses and a few other scenes as well.

Silent Hill; the entire atmosphere that they created for this game stunned me, well, that and all of the disturbing things in it.

The opening intro for Resident Evil 2; will for ever be my favorite even though it's old by now.

GH2 also had a few.

“13”

The fatalities from the old Mortal Kombat’s.

In Earth Worm Jim 2 when you finish a stage. There's a screen with 2 cows staring at you and then the one smiles. Ah man, brilliance.

A few moments in Pray.

[echo]

Opening cinematic of Diablo 2, When you kill the dragon thing in Dark Messiah.

[Uncle Buck]

Wow, there are so many...

To limit it to just one, I'd say throwing my first Dragon Punch in SF 2. I felt like a king, because I always used to watch these arcade rats pulling it off, and I never could get the hang of it. Then one day...bingo. Totally "whoa - cool" moment for me.

[infinitely_blue]

Too many good moments, here are a few though.

Earning a castle in Baldurs Gate 2
Finishing Diablo
Killing Lord Vivec in Morrowind
Finishing all the Dark Hand quests in Oblivion

[Repline]

Ok, the three people above are like the -only- people I know [except one] who've ever played Arcanum... such an awesome game....

Well you can add to your list now. Arcanum was amazing.

However nothing compares to the feeling I had when winning my first match on battlenet in Starcraft against an American :)

[Yuri]

Playing Baldurs Gate 1 for the first time.
Even before that, Landstalker and Beyond Oasis were games that were really in a class of thier own.

[LazyDemoni]

Killing the Stillwater Giant (*the REAL one*).
Discoverring the lost Iron Clan, and that Magnus was actually related to them and can actually end up being their king.


Yes! I also killed the real Stillwater Giant! I saw this purple rabbit outside of that cave place and was extremely suprised, I approached it and it became the Stillwater Giant. Damn, I didn't find the lost Iron Clan. I seriously feel like replaying it now.

[wisp]

been so many , were to start.
ok seeing Lara kill that Dinosaur for the first time, finishing Halflife,my first sniper kill in Brothers in Arms-Road to hill 30 (brought a tear to my eye),any part of Doom were i could use a chainsaw..and ow yes seeing the clouds in S.T.A.L.K.E.R

[Toi]

Diving of a 40 foot cliff onto solid rock in Tomb Raider.

[Machine]

In Earth Worm Jim 2 when you finish a stage. There's a screen with 2 cows staring at you and then the one smiles. Ah man, brilliance.

I remember that too... Twas cool

Actually the first cow says "well done" and then one behind him smiles. It's sort of like cows are congratulating you for finishing a level, lol.

[Toi]

I remember that too... Twas cool

Actually the first cow says "well done" and then one behind him smiles. It's sort of like cows are congratulating you for finishing a level, lol.

Yeah, that's right. "Well done", hilarious. LOL!!!!!!!!!

[Paradox]

The opening cinematic for Final Fantasy VIII is the only one I can think of at the moment.

[Surprise]

Killing Diablo for the first time in Diablo 2. My friend had a really rubbish Paladin so he got me to come over cos he couldn't do potions fast enough and still concentrate on trying to kill him. It took us over a hour and all his gold being spent on potions. Needless to say we went through a whole belt of potions in about 10sec. Sheer bliss when he went down!

[Turk1sh]

Killing Diablo for the first time in Diablo 2. My friend had a really rubbish Paladin so he got me to come over cos he couldn't do potions fast enough and still concentrate on trying to kill him. It took us over a hour and all his gold being spent on potions. Needless to say we went through a whole belt of potions in about 10sec. Sheer bliss when he went down!

I had the same problem - crap paladin and it was a hell of a battle. I can relate to the feeling when that bastard went down.

[BlackHawk]

Jedi Knight 2 - killing my first Sith underling. The adrenalin rush was amazing.
KOTOR - the whole game.
Morrowind - such a great story and backstory (if you took the time to read). Also throwing my first fireball and seeing the area of effect.
Oblivion - the graphical goodness never seized. Also, fighting a Dremora Lord on a thin precipice 60 ft high under a tight time-limit. I felt like a medieval James Bond slash Richard Stahl.
Max Payne with Kung Fu mod - Round house kicking three grunts to death - at the same time. Chuck would have been proud.

Too many more to list. Gaming rules, doesn't it!

[Kensei]

wow...only a few?

- Playing F.E.A.R on maximum specs (after finishing it on almost the bare minimum specs previously)
- Exiting the tunnel in Oblivion
- KoTOR1 when you discover a certain interesting fact ;)
- Chainsawing someone in GoW for the first time

oh, and playing against Fatal1ty at rAge, eventhough I sucked at the game

[PerVert NexT Door]

I have to agree with Kensei. Kotor 1s ""certain interesting fact"put a big smirk on my face. :)

[Jub Jub]

COD when you finish the game and your on the roof with russian flag waving.
Fear when their is that HUGE explosion
Republic commandoes when you first see General Grievous
And KOTOR 1 and 2 had some really awe inspiring moments

If i keep this list going you will fall asleep so i'll just end it *bam*....

[Fredder]

-Doom 3 on Ultra quality
-All the jokes in MDK 1
-Killing all the guys sitting around the table in the hotel in Max Payne using only the Desert -Eagle in bullet time, didn't get hit and they all dropped to the floor as one!
-The stomach churning gravity and disorientation in Prey.
-A really intense CTF match in Quake III.
-Blowing up zombies with the grenade launcher in Quake I.

[DeMoN]

Metal Gear Solid PS1. There were a point in the game where you had to put your control on the table and the caracter on screen (cant remember who) said that he will move it with his mind, then it started to rumble and the control started to move across the table. I was like ****in wow!!

[PaRaNoiD]

I have to say Enternal Darkness on the Gamecube. Whenever you lost your sanity.

Or Resident Evil 4 (The Village) the gamecube version, not the PS2.

Or defending the terrain base against the zerg rush. I've never seen that many units in a game before that

[Miktar]

I've noticed from this thread, that the NAG forums has a generally healthy mix of platformers in terms of what the gamers play on - just making a mention of it since it warms my heart.

[dawid22]

That dog jumping through the window in Resi 1. Capcom has not scared me with other Resi tiles as much since that one moment did.

[brazed]

The sewer level in dark Forces 1. I remember that little eye pop out of the sludge, giving one a completely false sense of calm, and the next moment this huge ass mouth pops out under it...

Also, Alone in the Dark 3. That screech from the cats..shudder

[Toi]

^^Oh no, Capcom as done it on a few occasions. The licker jumping through the one way class and the zombies ramming their arms through the barricaded windows in Resi 2 is another.

-Seeing all the zombies in Dead Rising for the first time.
-Seeing all the enemies in N3 for the first time was also cool.
-Ooh, and my first crash in Burnout revenge.

These were only a few recent ones.

Edit: seeing that we are talking a little horor here....
-The first time a saw the world in Silent Hill transform into the Underworld.
-The scene in Silent Hill 2 whith the cat in the locker.
-Tons of scenes from Crimson Butterfly 2

More shockers I know but still very memorable and among my favorites.

[dislekcia]

Clive Barker's Undying. Nuff said.

Every time you finish a song that totally pwned you in Guitar Hero.

DDR doubles.

Kids recognising you at rAge.

Seeing someone play something you made and enjoying it. Big smile time ;)

Too many Starcraft moments to count... The "Mooing" springs to mind.

Anachronox, when the planet joins your party, among others.

The crying lady in DEFCON... !!!

-D

[dammit]

ok, i'll probably get knocked down for this but here it goes anyway:

the first time i played the first version of the sims i was blown away. i just kept thinking 'this is amazing...never thought this would be possible.' that was the moment that got me hooked on gaming because i just knew i had to see what else was going to come out that i would still not have thought possible...

...hoping i'll have another moment like that with Spore :)

[ioiiooio]

I think one of my fave gaming moments was when I finally crossed the border in GTA - SA and managed to get a car without getting taken out by the pigs, anyways there I was with like a hundred of these porkers coming at me from every direction and I'm like man this world is huge, faark! offroad! woohoo! and then I saw it, I swear my heartrate doubled, THE mountain! OMG! Conquering that thing (in many different hair raising ways) was probably the most fun I've ever had in any game, something I will miss in the new GTA, but hopefully the sequels thereafter will get bigger as they normally do.

Also, the first time I blew someone to bits in F.E.A.R.

[kHayne]

Unreal 1. Skaarj. Tunnel.
That was one of few moments in my gaming history where I felt like i was actually there. Rather than merely a spectator mashing buttons.
Actually, the whole of Unreal 1 was really just such an amazing experience. So horribly let down by the legions of competitive multiplayer shooters and that horrible, horrible sequel...

Oh, and Molten Core, when we downed Ragnaros for the first time. That was sekz.

Tons of others (eg activating bullettime in Max Payne for the first time), just can't remember them all now.

[dawid22]

^^Oh no, Capcom as done it on a few occasions. The licker jumping through the one way class and the zombies ramming their arms through the barricaded windows in Resi 2 is another.

I don't know... I know exactly what part you're talking about. As soon as Leon picks up the First Aid Spray on the table in RE2 that Licker jumps through, but the thing is I was kind of expecting it. Basically, if you see a corrodor/room with windows (that puts the cameras focus on it) you anticipate these kind of things in a Resi game. However, saying that, it would still give you a good enough scare to remember it. The crowes flying through the windows in the 2nd scenario of Resi 2 also provided a moment. I still rate Resi 2 as the best Resi I have played. (and still have it :) )

[Toi]

Yeah, the crows, remember that one. Agreed, Resi 2 the best in the series. Maybe you should replay it because if my memory serves me correctly the licker didn't jump through the window when you pick up the first aid spray on the table or the chess piece from the shelve as I would have expected but as soon as you exit the door. Anyway, it's all blurry by now so I might be wrong.

I was disappointed to hear that all the events from all the Resi games will be dealt with in Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles except for RE2. Wonder why?

Sorry, know this is off topic, just had to get it out my system. ;)

[dawid22]

Yeah, it actually really confuses me. They're using Resi 0 and 1. On the Cube Resi 0 and 1 was remade (well, Zero for the first time) and 2,3 was just a PS2 port. Wonder why they do not make much of Resi 2?

Anyway, back on topic, another great moment in gaming for me would be the first time I actually played Super Mario Brothers on teh NES. I was in St.5 (Grade 7) and I remember it being the game that really got me interested in the industry. The colours and opportunity in that game was just too amazing at the time.

[Savagzaing]

For me it was The first time i entered the starmap in star control 2 - that feeling of this is huge

[Aval4nche]

Cod 4, nuff said!

[GhOsT_828]

CSS - Blowing up 5 people with 1 frag during a LAN.
Half-Life - The whole series :D
SupCom - The first time I saw a nuke go off
Crysis - Pretty much the entire game
Max Payne - Bullet Time
Company of Heroes - everything, especially holding off the D-Day invasion for 60 min. That was ****ing hard. Not to mention the sadistic pleasure you get when you snd in a King Tiger or a Jagdpanther
Quake 3 - 14 player free for all.
Quake Wars - beating my buds by 216 points. P.S. They refuse to play against me any more :P
Starcraft: the campaign.
Sims 2 (don't castrate me for this ;)) - a) Having my guy get eaten by flies. b) Having a satelite fall on this other dude. (no lies)

[N3G4T1v3]

Sims 2 Having my guy get eaten by flies. b) Having a satelite fall on this other dude. (no lies)
LOL

HL2, wowed me from the start.

[Phantom_ZA]

Finishing the main quest in Oblivion, an awesome experience from an awesome game.

[James Donaldson]

I hated Arcanum, borrowed it from a friend, found it boring as hell and never knew to do with the krap-ton of items I picked up.

All my firends loved it though, so years later when I saw Arcanum in Cash Convertors I bought it, hoping to get furthur then wandering around a mine looking for a ghost.

Three days later the play disc cracked.

[Kaboos]

I thought long and hard about my favourite moment(s) in gaming. I got that "special" feeling while playing Treasure Mountain and Outnumbered (both made by Supersolvers). For some reason I fell in love with Jazz Jackrabbit 1 (2 was horrid).

Space invaders and pong. Both Discworld games were fantastic. Lanning Doom for the first time. Playing chips on Windows 3.1. Abe's Oddysee. Motocross Madness and Big Red Racing.

Lanning Age of Empires 1 with my uncle (We played on large islands and his turret defence was impenetrable). The incredible machine as well as a rally game called Ignition. Aladdin, Lionking, Grim Fandango.

More recently ;)

Bioshock - I loved the art, the atmosphere and the story. HL1 and 2, Fable - The lost Chapters, Portal, TF2, Prey and COD4 all have great moments. So many more moments which I can't recall at the moment or they have already been mentioned. :)

[Takiro]

It was way back! Me and a bunch of friends found all the Tamrialic items in Morrowind!

[Wiggles]

Finishing Portal, and thinking back about the whole experience
HL2 + ep1 & 2 had lots of WOW moments.
Killing Gruul in WoW :O

There is many more though

[Ruandre]

Trespasser had a number of “Wow!” moments for me, probably because it was the first completely 3D game I played. Also: Outcast, roaming the large environments and discovering new locations was a blast. Finally, landing a combo higher than 1 000 000 points in Tony Hawk's Project 8 and unlocking the corresponding achievement was utterly delightful. Oh, yeah, and pulling off my first sweet trick sequence in skate.

[samwise]

In the beginning of Bioshock when you crash and swim through the water and you suddenly see the tall, looming building emerge from the fire surrounding you. It's hard to explain but I just thought it was so well done with the moon and the clouds in the background and the building covered in darkness. I thought it was beautiful.

[Mic]

When I discovered how to defeat Miphisto in Diablo 2, there is this glitch were when you stand on the corner of the platform he can't attack you but you cans till attack him.
On THUG when I made my first attempt of jumping over the helicopter but then it went horribly wrong, I fell through the copper and *graphic scene*
flight sim 2002, I was flying and crashed, but then I decided to fly to new york from my crash point, SA, so I went out of fuel over the Atlantic, and when I came screeching down I just bounced of the water, it was so f*cking lol

[GhOsT_828]

HL2 Ep2's Strider battle. Nuff said.

[Cleric]

Beating all of the Metal gears in MGS2. Also the mind**** part of MGS2 where your radar ****s out.

Passing that area with the ferris wheel on Hardened in COD4.

[Thaumaturge]

Hmm... I hesitate to say that it's my one favourite moment in gaming, but a sequence that really stands out for me is the cutscene that introduces the player's first entry to the dream world in Myst 4 - that was beautiful, both visually and aurally.

In other games, there were, I think, a few sequences in the Gabriel Knight series - The final scene in the Snake Mound, and the game's finale in Gabriel Knight 1, the forest chase and final hunt in the second game (the "pit" scene can perhaps also be included) and the discovery at the Devil's Armchair and the final cutscene in Gabriel Knight 3.

In Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, there were, as I recall, some very well-designed areas, some lovely and more creepy, and some very creepy and atmospheric scenes and events.

[Jest3r]

Two of my countless gaming memories that had me in stitches, was activating the "GOOD YEAR" cheat
in COD 4, and seeing the enemy explode into a dozen TYRES, (ROFL) and setting the zombies on fire in
HL2, only to hear them scream: AG NEE MAN! I LIKE ME! Perhaps there is an Afrikaans developer hiding in Valve?

[Moe Leicester]

Metal Gear Solid PS1. There were a point in the game where you had to put your control on the table and the caracter on screen (cant remember who) said that he will move it with his mind, then it started to rumble and the control started to move across the table. I was like ****in wow!!

Psycho Mantis. He was one of my favourite characters from the game.

The sword fight with Liquid Snake in MGS2 was fantastic. I wouldn't consider it to be an AMAZING moment, but I really enjoyed it. A lot.

Killing Diablo for the first time in DII was teh shizzle. With a sub-par paladin, no less.

Unlocking/playing Mercenary Mode in Resident Evil 3.

Spending a significant portion of my life shredding across the levels of THPS 2 and 3. Good times.

[Shinigami636]

FEAR - The nuclear explosion and aftermath in helicopter
COD4 - The whole game :)
Jericho- Right in the end where ur teammates get pulverized that went with you the whole game...
C&C3 - when the aliens invaded (i thought it was over, but the nightmare just begun) :)
Bioshock - when the game started i just sat stunned in front of my screen
Prey - When meeting the anti-gravity paths the first time " Woooah"
Doom3 - no comment
Half Life 2 - the final

[CaViE]

The ending of Half-Life 2 Episode 2... Wow.. That's all I can say.. Emotional.. Like the end of LoTR-RoTK

[Necro101]

My favourite moments? Hmmm... I guess I will have to say back in '99. I was a total newb when it came to PC gaming and a good friend of mine gave me two games to play on my brand spanking new PIII: System Shock 2 and Half-Life. The next week was awesome incarnate.

I mean how awesome is this:

"Look at you, hacker: a pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?" - SHODAN System Shock 2"

[Steele6]

-Discovering user created mods and addons years later for Operation flashpoint ( like kid in candy store, and THEN i got ADSL :P

-half life 2... nuff sed

-Rainbow 6 rogue Spear. (even the plannings were stressful)

[Cloud_Ratha]

Personally, every second of Shadow of the Colossus was a "moment" for me.

http://www.dailygame.net/Articles/media/screens/shadowcolossus/shadowcolossus2.jpg

Awh i forgot i had this game... im gonna go finish it right now! Thanks Miktar

Im so happy!

[BattleMoose]

Beating the top supreme commander player for the first time in a ranked game. :D

[H. P. McTities]

Prince of persia 2 battle system

[Mic]

When I mastered Gears of War from noob level to beating the guy who helped me play it (he was the best in group of the 5 of us) in just 2 days!! (more like 5 hours spanned over 2 days!)

[H. P. McTities]

as well as many others

[Chippit]

Prince of persia 2 battle system
Please, guys. Warrior Within isn't Prince of Persia 2.

This is Prince of Persia 2:
http://www.geocities.com/princeofpersia123/pop2snes.JPG

[-StormcroW-]

When I mastered Gears of War from noob level to beating the guy who helped me play it (he was the best in group of the 5 of us) in just 2 days!! (more like 5 hours spanned over 2 days!)

Actually finishing GoW PC... (You have no idea how long it took)

The first time I fired up Doom 3, and when steam finished updating over my 56k line when HL2 was released.

Receiving my copy of Doom 1
Quake(yes the first one, and all of it)
Connecting to Quakeworld and enjoying the fragfest of 16 players :D

[Cloud_Ratha]

Please, guys. Warrior Within isn't Prince of Persia 2.

This is Prince of Persia 2:
http://www.geocities.com/princeofpersia123/pop2snes.JPG

Chippit that looks like an awesome battle system! LOL

[Cleric]

Please, guys. Warrior Within isn't Prince of Persia 2.

This is Prince of Persia 2:
http://www.geocities.com/princeofpersia123/pop2snes.JPG

Spot on as always.

[Orr4cle]

Metal Gear Solid - Meryl being shot scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8TqB4RkkFc

Shadows of the Colossus and coming across my first Colossus :O
God of War finishing moves
CoD4 the whole game
FarCry and its lush jungle.
Portal, just wow.

[Chippit]

Chippit that looks like an awesome battle system! LOL
I prefered it in PoP1, tbh. ;)

[wrathex]

City building, finishing a massive pyramid in Cleopatra.
Quake 2, finishing of the big spider.
Stalker, sniping my way to the scorcher.