Jaw Dropping Moments in Gaming

Post by **tandino** » October 5th, 2007, 10:04

I've not seen a 5punky thread consisting of this particular question so I figured we should have a bash at it. What are the most outstanding "no fucking way" moments you can think of from your gaming history?

A lot of Deus Ex was pretty amazing for me, but the only 'what the fuck' jaw dropper was probably about halfway through. In true Deus Ex style, you have about 40 different ways to get into Maggie Chow's apartment to retrieve the Dragon's Tooth sword - I chose the glass roof path.

Thinking I was really clever, I shot the window with a silenced pistol (stealth pistol I believe) and naturally it triggered an alarm. SO being the stealthy (read:cowardly) type, I retreated to the shadows and kept dead still. Next thing I know, two of the MIB troops have darted across the roof and were standing probably about 3 or 4 metres from me. By this point I'm absolutely bricking it. Then, they uttered the immortal words "It's nothing", then walked off back downstairs from the roof.

It was pretty outstanding, given that it was probably one of my first light related stealthy experiences.

Also pretty special, was Hyrule Field for the first time in OoT and Twilight Princess. Also in Majora's Mask, the final day=constant earthquakes and the music getting more and more sinister as the day progressed. Real growing sense of foreboding with all that. Another Zelda moment was popping into the dark world for the first time in A link to the Past. What was already huge, now has an extra 8 dungeons for us.

Also (and finally for now) the shotgun battle with the plastic surgeon chap in Bioshock. After a lengthy battle, he's very nearly dead, so I set him on fire then with a single, terminal shotgun blow to the chest I send him flying into the water behind him. I actually said "cool off". Wonderful.

Anyone else prepared to chip in? Go deep, I like it deep (twsAs).

[Edit]

And naturally the moment you step out of the Imperial Sewers in Oblivion for the first time (with a beefy PC). WOW!

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » October 5th, 2007, 10:19

Hmmm, trying to think now.

You've got impressive things like The Experiment in HL1, that was a woah moment.

And the chimneys falling down in HL2 when driving along the river.

I'll add more when I can think of them.

TheJockGit · Post by **TheJockGit** » October 5th, 2007, 12:04

For me it was the end sequence in FEAR... fantastic.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » October 5th, 2007, 12:10

Getting to what I though was the end of mystaria on the sega saturn and then finding out that my trusted ally who'd been helping me though 30 hours of game was some horrible mutant and needed killing was a fun moment.

More recently, nothings toped jumping though a gate in eve, lagging for 10 mins, then finding out I've jumped into a gatecamp of nearly 500 people. Never seen that many ships ever. Stunning wasn't quite the word

MIkkyo · Post by **MIkkyo** » October 5th, 2007, 12:11

Playing through Half life 1 again with a PC that could handle it properly and the graphics all updated, that was WHOA for me as I started seeing games as a proper art form and not just something to waste a few hours of time on during the day.

Killavodka · Post by **Killavodka** » October 5th, 2007, 12:15

I think the only time i was really touched by a game was when Aeris(th) died in Final Fantasy 7, was brilliant story writing and made the villain even more villainous.

Comedy value scenarios include nailing people to walls (FEAR), blowing myself up in various games specially in Max Payne 2, where if you timed it right your ragdoll did cartwheels across the room. Oh yea and using a fireball on a bad guy in a cave (Oblivion) and he disappeared and about 2 seconds later his sword fell to my feet followed by his body.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » October 5th, 2007, 12:19

The spies in suburbia level in Psychonauts was quite special, with the gravity defying curves. In fact several parts of that game where very special.

When I first saw the scale of the Beef maps, having never played a Battlefield game before.

MIkkyo · Post by **MIkkyo** » October 5th, 2007, 12:27

spoodie wrote:
....When I first saw the scale of the Beef maps, having never played a Battlefield game before.

Oooh reminds me, playing Beef online for the first time and talking to people over a headset and being all geeky was rather good.

shot2bits · Post by **shot2bits** » October 5th, 2007, 12:47

first time i played counterstrike because it was the first online game id played, and then getting css and thinking WOW because it was shinier than cs

plus almost all of psychonaughts

Duke of Ted · Post by **Duke of Ted** » October 5th, 2007, 16:07

TheJockGit wrote:For me it was the end sequence in FEAR... fantastic.

the big explosion, i'd never seen anything like that before

Most of Deus Ex for me also

The golf club bit in Bioshock - "would you kindly" - and the sneaky frozen splicers.

Post by **Roman Totale** » October 5th, 2007, 16:30

Half Life - crawling through some vents (naturally) when you hear someone below shout "Movement!". Next second several shafts of light spring upwards as the soldiers shoot through the metal crawlspace, it collapses and you fall into a garage full of hostile marines.

Half Life 2 - the bit where you're inside that prison ,and you have to arrange the turrets and blockades before a shit storm of soldiers come along and try to tear you a new one. Also: using the grav gun for the first time - I think many people forget just how awesome it was.

Oblivion - most of the game was pretty jaw dropping to be honest, but the Dark Brotherhood missions were fucking immense (especially where you have to turn up at a party and stealthily murder people one by one with no one finding out).

Max Payne - there was a bit where after you'd cleared the room of bad guys, you could sit and watch a fucked up TV programme about a pink flamingo. It was very surreal, very Lynchian.

Supreme Commander - online play with other 5punkers, seeing approx 20 nukes hit the base of one bad guy. Sweet.

Project Eden - massively overlooked and under-rated game, as you get sucked deeper and deeper into the story, you realise just how bloody good it is (despite having crap graphics and rage inducing controls).

Probably loads more, will have a think.

Lexy · Post by **Lexy** » October 6th, 2007, 18:33

The big bullet in super mario 1. It was the first big graphicy thing I've seen.

Simpsons wad from Doom II

Final Fantasy 7 when I discovered games could actually have a story

Post by **Dog Pants** » October 6th, 2007, 22:59

I remember encountering the Lucifer in Freespace made my jaw drop. That thing was fucking huge. I'm absolutely positive I remember thinking "my jaw actually dropped there!" on numerous occasions lately in games, but I can't remember which at the moment.

friznit · Post by **friznit** » October 7th, 2007, 0:17

Encountering Enslaver's titan close up in Eve during the assault on IAC space in F4R.

Flying in a formation of 4 cobra helicopters online with mates as we watched our army of tanks steamroll the enemy in Operation Flashpoint.

X18 Labs in STALKER. First time a game's actually got me jumping scared.

First time I charged 10 cohorts of elephants into a bunch of Legionaries in Rome: Total War. Then set them on fire. And burnt the city down. And massacred the population. Was most win.

Nicketal · Post by **Nicketal** » October 7th, 2007, 0:24

As an overall game I'd have to say KotOR was an excellent experience.

Resi 2 gets my vote for game that made you shit yourself, just simply because of that big fucker on the B-game who would charge through walls without a moment's notice. I soiled my share of linen that day.

Killavodka · Post by **Killavodka** » October 7th, 2007, 8:53

berserkers in Gears of War made me and pete cry like little girls...

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » October 7th, 2007, 11:10

AvP 1, the tension as a marine was pretty special. As was most of the first level, especially the first time the tracker blips with a xeno coming towards you and you can't see the bastard.

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 7th, 2007, 18:44

Killavodka wrote:berserkers in Gears of War made me and pete cry like little girls...

Haha, yes, this. first time you see one, your in a house with lots of arcitecture ideal to get stuck on when running away in a panic, cue screaming like little bitches as we got stuck on a pillar as the massive thing tried to steamroller us flat, that was genuinely heart stopping.

Also- Baldurs Gate 2, when you put the epic spells add on, you get a wizard/sorcerer to level 30+ and suddenly, the weak little fireballs/lightning things are filling the screen with screaming jerking roasting bodies, including your own fighters unless your careful, beautiful.

Doom 3, the bit after getting the chainsaw, where you walk through a door that then locks, the lights go out, and suddely a man is charging you with the lights flickering as he gets closer, you panic, pull the trigger and suddenly click click click, your out of bullets, the lights go on, it's an illusion and the voice just laughs at you. That bit made me pause the game for a few minutes.

Quake 2, the first time you encounter a tank commander, with 4 tanks, you hear a lift walk round the corner, and 4 fucking huge things step off, in the middle of them, an even fucking hugerer (I'm aware thats not a word) thing in gold armour, holding a gun thats as big as you. I ran.

Thief 3, when the glow in the dark eyes assassins start appearing everywhere, and you have to get to the cradle secretly/silently, the fear getting to the cradle is bad enough. But when you get in there, fucking hell, its brown trouser.

Anhamgrimmar · Post by **Anhamgrimmar** » October 7th, 2007, 21:12

S.H.O.D.A.N wrote: Look at you hacker......A p-p-p-athetic creature of meat and bone. Panting and sweating as you run through my corridorrrrssss. How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?

Shudder.......

Chickenz · Post by **Chickenz** » October 7th, 2007, 21:59

All of Ocarina of Tiem, particularly the cinematic when you nick Epona back :D

Resident Evil 4 watching Leon put his hands on a running chainsaw blade as a last ditch effort to keep his head.

Playing Over G Fighters on the 360 this weekend and being chased by some fucker in a stupid fast jet... so I pointed mine at the stars, hit the airbrakes, killed the throttle and back flipped towards him full pelt with the gun blazing. Flew into him admittedly but it was a fucking cool move.

Halo 3 on coop and jumping 100 odd foot from the side of a hornet onto one of the two Scarabs later on in the game. Looked fucking awesome on the replay