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Favorite Moments in Video Games
I tend to play video games a lot, as they've been a part of my life since childhood. That being the case, there have been moments from games that have always stuck with me. I'm wondering if this has been the case with others, and, if so, what those moments have been. Needless to say, there will be spoilers.
System Shock 2: Excellent, excellent first person shooter. Like its predecessor, a lot of the tension built by the game isn't from the actual gunfights, but from the tension and atmosphere of the game and its dialogue. One of the best scenes in the game is where you find that the character who's been helping you has actually been a pawn/guise for SHODAN, the insane AI villain from the original game. Video Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOFZ5fv_pb8 Note: There is a brief moment of PG level violence. Just a warning. Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseit Von Gut und Bose The Xenosaga series is one of my favorite game series ever made, RPG or otherwise. The best moment in the second game, however, is a brief interlude that occurs right after the credits. One of the reasons its so remarkable is simply the sense of dread it fills you with if you've played through the first and second games. Video Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COvhIJn0UeY Xenosaga Episode III: Also Spracht Zarathustra The third and final entry in the series, and my favorite. It has several great scenes, as do all the games. For the one I'm about to show in particular, however, I have to give some explanation. Throughout the series, there's a party member in your group named Ziggy. Ziggy is a cyborg of over a hundred years old. Initially, he was a human being named Jan Sauer and a member of a special police force to investigate and apprehend a serial killer nicknamed Voyager. His investigation squad was made up of four people other than himself: a female officer whose name I unfortunate forget, a robot whose name I forget, a Realian (a type of specialized android) named Lactis, and a researcher named Erich Webber. Ultimately, Voyager would come to be found out to be Erich Webber, who was killing people in the hopes of appeasing a god-like being named U-DO, in the belief that U-DO would grant him the ability to live forever. The final two sacrifices Voyager made were Jan's wife and son. Jan and the rest of the party confront Voyager, and kill him. Unfortunately, Voyager is chosen by the main villain of the series, Wilhelm, to be one of his specialized servants, a type of being called a Testament. Voyager comes back shortly after being killed and confronts Jan again. Despite all their effort, the party is unable to beat Voyager, and Voayger gives Jan an ultimatum: either join him and Wilhelm and become a Testament, or die by his hands. Jan instead chooses neither, deciding to take his own life in order to deprive Voyager of victory. Jan's body is eventually taken up by an act called the Life Recycling ACt and made into a cyborg named Ziggaurat 8. This is how we meet him at the beginning of the first game, a hundred years later. The scene(s) here are near the end of the game, during the final confrontation with Voyager. The scene before the battle, and the scene after which final leads to Voyager's true death, are some of the most memorable moments in the game. Video Clip (Before Battle): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISUybKuL68 Video Clip (Battle): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJG2WEvrqiA Video Clip (After Battle):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MNmnNeA210 Final Fantasy VI: Really, any sequence with Kefka, arguably one of the best video game villains ever created. There's too many to really find and post here. Just play the game. You won't regret it. I'll probably post more when I have the time and chance, but this is all I can do right now. |
I don't really have it in me to list all my fave gaming moments but I'll try and list the ones off the top of my head.
Chrono Trigger - The battle on Zenin bridge and the rest of the events in 600 AD is always the most magical and epic feeling portion of the game to me. And it helps that Frog is my favorite character. Final Fantasy III(VI) - I would say the entire game but that would be cheating.;) In particular, I love the battle of Narshe (when you're trying to keep Kefka away from the frozen esper), Sabin's scenario, the floating continent, the opera, the world of darkness ...oh I'll just say the whole game!8DFinal Fantasy VII - I always loved the part early on when you attack the Shinra building and finally make your way out of Midgar. It has everything from stealth, action, drama, horror, mystery, and suspense. It really builds up the story with so many different events beginning to unfold.LOTR TTT and ROTK - Two great movie games that really got my adrenaline pumping like never before by really making me feel like I was right there in Helms Deep and Minas Tirath, fending off a seemingly endless army of blood-thirsty orcs and uruk-hai! Faxanadu - Simply being the nameless hero who comes and travels through the very atmospheric and other-worldly areas of this neglected gem is an unforgettable experience! The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - The rain at the beginning of the game. 'Nuff said. Super Metroid - The creepy atmosphere of this masterpiece is something that every gamer must experience. My favorite part is landing on Zebes at the beginning. After a while of wandering the seemingly deserted planet, you soon realize that you're not alone. That's all that I can think of for now. I'll try and list more as they come to me.:D |
i have to say a really good double kill in Halo 2, something you really feel good about.
for instance: killing somebody by bouncing a grenade off a ramp, it pops up into the air and you can score a kill if somebody's coming down the other side. Also gotta love the no-scope headshots with the battle rifle :bloogrin: |
I suppose my favourite video game moment would have to be the conclusion to The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, on the old school Game Boy. It took me around six years of intermittent gameplay to complete it, so the sensation of simply getting that far felt hugely gratifiying within itself, but I also found it to be a surprisingly moving, poignant and beautiful way to end the game - I remember there being a lump in my throat as I watched the credits roll. There was, however, a vague kind of loose end, which a friend tells me they do address as a sort of Easter Egg if you can complete the game without ever dying. Sadly, I doubt I'll really find the time to be trying that any time soon.
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Final Fantasy 6: Yeah I too could just cheat and say "The whole game" but instead I'll touch on a section of the game no one else has mentioned yet.
The Opera House scene, you know what I am talking about. Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies. The Final battle against The Megalith. The final mission of the game has you leading your squad of fighter jets in all out assault against a giant laser cannon while an awesome orchestral score blares in the background. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. The final fight against The Boss. This one on one classic confrontation between student and teacher, is one of the most emotionally charged fights in all of video gamedom as you and her duke it out in a visually stunning field of white flowers engaged in a winner take all duel to the death. Shadow of the Colossus The rush you get when you take down your very first Colossus....which is quickly dashed when you realize that there are several more of those bad boys left to kill. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney All of case number four where you have to defend your rival "Miles Edgeworth" who is on trial for murder and the man who is prosecuting him is the demonic "Manfred Von Karma" who was Miles' mentor/father figure. Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations Case number five, where you actually get to play as Miles Edgeworth as he fills in for an injured Phoenix as the defense attorney. |
The cut scenes and boss battles in King of Fighters '97. Even with the engrish, they're still incredibly effective.
And even though Orochi is the easiest KOF boss (if you know what to exploit), he's amazing. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...rochi_strt.gifhttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...chi_breath.gif |
The Cutscene where you kill andrew ryan in bioshock.
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Also, I want to say that, for a fighting game, orochi's theme music is completely unique.
http://www.esnips.com/doc/11886521-e...Origin-Of-Mind |
Demitri, a vampire character in the Darkstalkers games, has an attack called "Midnight Bliss," in which he turns his opponent into ana ttractive woman (or a more-attractive woman, in the case of female characters), and then drains their blood. Some of the transformations are intentionally funny.
Demitri also appears in Capcom Fighting Evolution, a Capcom crossover game which also includes this character: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...zer-stance.gif And thus, when Demitri uses Midnight Bliss on him: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...auzerbliss.gif The result is possibly the single funniest thing I have ever seen. |
Rid: That dinosaur schoolgirl on its own is enough to make me genuinely interested in playing that game. That's pure sexiness, right there. :D
I would like to mention an absolutely wonderful moment in the Wii title Super Paper Mario. It was a fairly flawed game in the final analysis, but like all the other Paper Mario titles, it had an absolutely outstanding script; witty, daft, and supremely self-referential. My favourite bit, however, comes right at the beginning of the game when you first meet Merlon, the wise and elderly sage, who outlines the grim fate about to befall the universe, and what you must do to prevent it. It's all standard heroic stuff, and when he's done, he puts the task to you, thus beginning your epic adventure...unless, of course, you simply repeatedly select the dialogue option that says "no", in which case the game ends there and then, because Mario can't be bothered going on the quest. 8D Here's the dialogue transcript: "This is one of the eight Pure Hearts. You are surely the hero spoken of in the pages of the Light Prognosticus. You are the only one who can defeat Count Bleck and save all worlds! Mario! Take this and save all worlds from destruction!" [Response options: "I will!" or "Nah."] [Select "Nah."] [Merlon appears shocked.] "What?! How can you refuse? If you do not accept this, all worlds will end! You must!" [Response options: "OK, then." or "I don't wanna!"] [Select "I don't wanna!"] [Merlon appears incredibly distressed.] "After all I have told you, you still refuse?! You are our very last soap....Wait, what did I say? Hope! Very last HOPE! This is the final time I will ask you. Please...save the world!" [Response options: "Fine, already." or "Still no."] [Select "Still no."] [Merlon looks downcast and depressed.] "I see...then all worlds are as good as doomed...ohhhhh......." GAME OVER Best game ending ever. :D |
pretty much all of sonic 3 and sonic and knuckles. the music and mini-bosses are my favorite though. also hyper sonic. i dont think ive seen that since.
i also liked ristar (the character. the game was pretty cool as well.) very stretchy arms are a pretty cool power. also, how in every pokemon game since ruby and sapphire have you saving the world(universe?) by a simple master ball throw (which is usually done by me.) it just makes it feel so anti-climatic, which is why i like it. also other things in other games that i cant remember right now. |
Warning: Slight tangent, here.
some guy: Interesting how you should mention Pokemon, actually, because my friends and I have been discussing a very similar issue just recently; is it just me, or have the Pokemon plotlines been going a little too far recently? I mean, I understand the fact that the writers and designers are always going to want to throw in some new cool, rare and powerful monster, but the more you increase the stature of your legendary beasts, the less and less plausible it seems that said beast should happen to get caught by a ten-year-old girl in a short skirt and a beret. ::) I mean, it was already somewhat silly to have the protagonists of Pokemon Red capturing Zapdos, the mystical thunder bird few humans had ever previously glimpsed; come Pokemon Diamond, where our prepubescent heroes are now taking on Dialga, the Pokemon who created time, it's starting to get ridiculous. Nothing, however, literally nothing, can possibly top Diamond/Pearl's rarest Pokemon, the one you can only get from special Nintendo events; Arceus, the "Original One" spoken of only in ancient lore, from whom all the universe was born. That's right, boys and girls, come to the Nintendo roadshow and you can CAPTURE THE GOD OF ALL POKEMON. :wiltshock: Give God pretty ribbons, and enter him in the Pokemon contest! Take God into the fields, and battle him against Pidgeys for EXP! Feed God berries and tasty cookies, so he'll grow to love you! Just don't feed him sour ones, though, or he might get mad and decide to erase the very fabric of your being with sheer force of will. Needless to say, I'm eager to see how they go about topping this one. :P |
Did you ever watch Slayers? They managed to keep topping themselves.
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Comixzone on the Genesis was always a great visceral experience. I played the heck out of that game and the whole adventure kind of has a Heavy Metal (the animated movie) feel to it. But the best part, without question, would have to be the typical "SEGA!" intro being sang by an Elvis sound-alike.8D
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Hearing that kind of makes me regret that I pretty much gave up on the Pokemon games after Ruby and Sapphire - I never quite got over the disappointment of fishing out thirty-odd quid for a copy of Sapphire and discovering that it was pretty much the same as every other Pokemon game that came before it, except without the day and night feature which helped make Silver so brilliant, and minus several of my favourite fighting critters (no chinchou? How rude!). Sure, there were some pretty little weather effects, a hundred or so new pokemon and a fancy new showroom feature in their place, but...it just wasn't the same, and yet far too samey at the same time. Does that make any sense at all? :P |
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oh yeah, and i like how in guitar hero 3 you are just playing your music, becoming famous, but then you find out that your manager is litterally the devil and sends you to hell and you have to fight your way out. it seemed so stupid at the time, but it was kinda cool. same applies to kingdom hearts. final fantasy and disney sounds stupid, but it is just so awsome in the end. Quote:
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