Your Personal Most Epic/Intense/Emotional Moment in a Video Game

Cerpin Taxt · 10-05-2009, 09:13 PM

I was watching some trailers for Modern Warfare 2 and began reminiscing about the original Modern Warfare's singleplayer campaign. It took me completely by surprise with how well it was made... after the opening scene/credits I was hooked. The cutscenes and storyline were so well done, and how well they were integrated with the gameplay had me more enamoured than I've ever remembered being in a FPS campaign (yes, even Half Life).

With all of the unique surprises this game, this scene took the cake. I don't think I've ever been as solemn playing a game as I was at the end of "Shock and Awe".

YouTube - Call of Duty 4 Full Nuke Sequence

crookedhatinator45 · 10-05-2009, 09:30 PM

i hit an eagle on a chip shot in wii golf at a console arcade.

Flamingnun · 10-05-2009, 11:33 PM

The tribute to Colin McRae at the end of Dirt 2's kinda touching, since he was genuinely awesome.

YouTube - Dirt 2 - Colin Mcrae Tribute

Edit: On a moar gaming note; The tunnel mission in Ace Combat 5 was fairly balls to the wall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIbln...eature=related

Makros_01 · 10-06-2009, 12:54 AM

You know, it was a sense of supreme accomplishment when I finished Grand turismo 4

Mikey · 10-06-2009, 06:55 AM

when aeris died in ff7 i was kinda bummed out
i was like woaah
never had a character die in a rpg before so it kinda caught me by suprise

verklingen · 10-06-2009, 07:48 AM

^ COME ON man, no love for crono?

growing up i've had a lot of fun gaming, but anything i had since considered intense or epic was trumped considerably by my venture into mmorpg with ultima online. anything unexpected happening while i was out of town immediately set my heart racing, and it was always something unexpected. i remember one time when i had barely started playing (decided on a warrior/thief combo) some reds (players who killed 5 or more innocent players to win the title of murderer) jumped my guild while we were out hunting. i was pretty powerless to do anything but when one of the reds fell i looted a katana from his corpse, and imagine my excitement to find it was a katana of vanquishing: the most powerful damage modifier any weapon could have! i wasn't using swords so i kept it to myself (ha) and ended up selling it for like 15k if i remember right. and for the first time, i had more than one pile of gold in my bank box. w00t!

oh i think i used the money to buy a weapon proper for my skill set (fencing), and promptly lost it hunting some lame-ass orcs. such was life in britania

reggiedrugs · 10-06-2009, 09:33 AM

entering rapture for the first time in bioshock was kind of cool, kind of really cool.

mr.nobody · 10-06-2009, 12:33 PM

I knew the FF7 shit was coming. . .

Super

Mario

World

2

oh and when i finally had beat castlevania iv
/end

crookedhatinator45 · 10-06-2009, 01:32 PM

getting to king k rool on the boat [final boss in Donkey Kong Country for the snes]

verklingen · 10-06-2009, 01:34 PM

i gotta admit fighting that hydra at the beginning of god of war was fucking intense and amazing

Waves · 10-06-2009, 02:03 PM

reaching level 2 in everquest

if it was your first you know

Parallax · 10-06-2009, 02:14 PM

at the end of stalker when the cutscene shows your guy walking up to the monolith all solemn-like, removing his hat and he's all bald from the radiation, and then he makes a wish and the monolith kills him.

Lloydy · 10-06-2009, 02:41 PM

the bit where the dogs jump through the window in the original resi evil. i nearly shit myself

ggpr · 10-06-2009, 06:56 PM

-Killing Lucifron in Molten Core for the first time with like 2 people alive, when the dungeon first came out and it was the first raid boss. Or any end boss in the WoW 40/25 man raid dungeons.
-Using the gravity gun in Half Life 2.
-In Knights of the Old Republic when your character realizes it is revan, and you get to choose your alignment and turn your party against each other. Basically the whole good/evil system in this game was really cool and groundbreaking imo, not to mention kick ass force powers!
-Playing through the starcraft campaigns(awesome cinematics and story)
-Playing through FF3/6, awesome story.
-Playing Zelda on the wii, awesome use of wii controller and great story.

I'm sure there are lots that im forgetting too, so many awesome games over the years!

Tricto · 10-06-2009, 09:42 PM

The very first time fighting the Butcher in Diablo

ionlylooklazy · 10-06-2009, 10:07 PM

rescuing the princess in mario when i was 9. first game i ever beat, i was elated and 15 minutes past my bedtime. (especially since my dad said he'd buy me a new game if i ever beat it)

JcP · 10-06-2009, 10:21 PM

^^ beating any nintendo flagship game is always pretty epic...personal favorite still is beating super mario world because I was finally at an age where I could process time better...

but my most emotional moment was probably the day I brought home my Wii. That emotion has worn off considerably, as my Wii isn't played much anymore and probably won't be until the new zelda game comes out, but finding a Wii (this was when they were impossible to find), plugging it into a hotel I was staying in, and simply BOWLING was fuckin awesome.
Followed shortly after by Zelda: Twilight Princess? Epic.

edit: also, when I first played Dark Age of Camelot (the first MMO I really understood and played), that was pretty "wow" too.

crookedhatinator45 · 10-06-2009, 10:25 PM

like EVERY colossus you fight in battle of the colossus

ionlylooklazy · 10-06-2009, 10:35 PM

killing raid bosses in WoW is pretty epic too, especially the over sized cock blocking bosses

ionlylooklazy · 10-06-2009, 10:36 PM

if you count online poker as a video game, final tabling a large MTT is a pretty intense, emotional (yay thousands of dollars), and epic feeling

10-06-2009, 12:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Makros_01 Old School Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 638 Thanks: 17 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts	You know, it was a sense of supreme accomplishment when I finished Grand turismo 4 __________________ sometimes i'm drunk.

10-06-2009, 06:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
Mikey Seasoned YaHookan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: gulf islands bc Posts: 7,443 Thanks: 1,144 Thanked 2,246 Times in 1,475 Posts	when aeris died in ff7 i was kinda bummed out i was like woaah never had a character die in a rpg before so it kinda caught me by suprise __________________ RIP Gov

10-06-2009, 07:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
verklingen Radical Dreamer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: texas Posts: 8,005 Thanks: 811 Thanked 1,491 Times in 946 Posts	^ COME ON man, no love for crono? growing up i've had a lot of fun gaming, but anything i had since considered intense or epic was trumped considerably by my venture into mmorpg with ultima online. anything unexpected happening while i was out of town immediately set my heart racing, and it was always something unexpected. i remember one time when i had barely started playing (decided on a warrior/thief combo) some reds (players who killed 5 or more innocent players to win the title of murderer) jumped my guild while we were out hunting. i was pretty powerless to do anything but when one of the reds fell i looted a katana from his corpse, and imagine my excitement to find it was a katana of vanquishing: the most powerful damage modifier any weapon could have! i wasn't using swords so i kept it to myself (ha) and ended up selling it for like 15k if i remember right. and for the first time, i had more than one pile of gold in my bank box. w00t! oh i think i used the money to buy a weapon proper for my skill set (fencing), and promptly lost it hunting some lame-ass orcs. such was life in britania __________________ “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” rip matt

10-06-2009, 12:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
mr.nobody (310) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: CA Posts: 1,454 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 771 Thanked 193 Times in 139 Posts	I knew the FF7 shit was coming. . . Super Mario World 2 oh and when i finally had beat castlevania iv /end __________________

10-06-2009, 01:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
verklingen Radical Dreamer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: texas Posts: 8,005 Thanks: 811 Thanked 1,491 Times in 946 Posts	i gotta admit fighting that hydra at the beginning of god of war was fucking intense and amazing __________________ “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” rip matt

10-06-2009, 09:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
reggiedrugs YaHookan Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 109 Thanks: 14 Thanked 22 Times in 17 Posts	entering rapture for the first time in bioshock was kind of cool, kind of really cool.

10-06-2009, 02:03 PM	#11 (permalink)
Waves Duderino Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: chiburbs Posts: 15,405 Thanks: 991 Thanked 4,036 Times in 2,224 Posts	reaching level 2 in everquest if it was your first you know __________________ On this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow

10-06-2009, 02:14 PM	#12 (permalink)
Parallax Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,739 Thanks: 160 Thanked 590 Times in 318 Posts	at the end of stalker when the cutscene shows your guy walking up to the monolith all solemn-like, removing his hat and he's all bald from the radiation, and then he makes a wish and the monolith kills him. __________________ FUCK THE ROBOTS!!! NUKE THE WHALES!!!

10-06-2009, 02:41 PM	#13 (permalink)
Lloydy KTF Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Posts: 11,976 Thanks: 533 Thanked 2,477 Times in 1,138 Posts	the bit where the dogs jump through the window in the original resi evil. i nearly shit myself __________________ Keep the red flag flying high

10-06-2009, 06:56 PM	#14 (permalink)
ggpr Old School Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: SK, Canada Posts: 2,126 Thanks: 5 Thanked 80 Times in 52 Posts	-Killing Lucifron in Molten Core for the first time with like 2 people alive, when the dungeon first came out and it was the first raid boss. Or any end boss in the WoW 40/25 man raid dungeons. -Using the gravity gun in Half Life 2. -In Knights of the Old Republic when your character realizes it is revan, and you get to choose your alignment and turn your party against each other. Basically the whole good/evil system in this game was really cool and groundbreaking imo, not to mention kick ass force powers! -Playing through the starcraft campaigns(awesome cinematics and story) -Playing through FF3/6, awesome story. -Playing Zelda on the wii, awesome use of wii controller and great story. I'm sure there are lots that im forgetting too, so many awesome games over the years! __________________ I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, So let me live my life, the way I want to

10-06-2009, 09:42 PM	#15 (permalink)
Tricto updating Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Midwest Posts: 435 Thanks: 184 Thanked 79 Times in 59 Posts	The very first time fighting the Butcher in Diablo __________________ Human rights went on vacation Money took over a long time ago... Cuando la historia no se puede escribir con la pluma, se escribe con el fusil

10-06-2009, 10:07 PM	#16 (permalink)
ionlylooklazy no left turn unstoned Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: washington Posts: 4,045 Thanks: 56 Thanked 558 Times in 292 Posts	rescuing the princess in mario when i was 9. first game i ever beat, i was elated and 15 minutes past my bedtime. (especially since my dad said he'd buy me a new game if i ever beat it)

10-06-2009, 10:35 PM	#19 (permalink)
ionlylooklazy no left turn unstoned Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: washington Posts: 4,045 Thanks: 56 Thanked 558 Times in 292 Posts	killing raid bosses in WoW is pretty epic too, especially the over sized cock blocking bosses

10-06-2009, 10:36 PM	#20 (permalink)
ionlylooklazy no left turn unstoned Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: washington Posts: 4,045 Thanks: 56 Thanked 558 Times in 292 Posts	if you count online poker as a video game, final tabling a large MTT is a pretty intense, emotional (yay thousands of dollars), and epic feeling

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