"Wow" moments in games?

[soniqstylz]

Walking out of the sewer in Oblivion, and thinking: "****, where do I go now?"

Thinking the exact same thing after the intro in GTA3.

Getting the ugly zombie cutscene towards the beginning of Resident Evil.

First time playing Final Fantasy VIII, seeing the CGI.

Agree with everyone who talked about HL2. Simply so many great moments (tho I haven't played Ep2 yet).

Playing Silent Hill 1 @ 3am in a very dark and old house :)

[Mathachew Veteran]

The most dramatic part of any game I played was when the nuke when off in COD4. My eyes and mouth literally shot open and stayed that way for a few seconds... I was stunned!

[HideAndGoatse]

A few off the top of my head are: The ending of COD4, you just get so attached to the characters, it was an insane ending.

The ending of HL2:ep2, WOW

Ending of portal

Most WW2 games do a great job immersing you into those battles, just get a good headset, crank the volume, and step into an Omaha beach level in COD or MOH, amazing.

[Infusion-]

Playing Silent Hill 1 @ 3am in a very dark and old house :)

^5, right there with you. That game had me closing doors and turning on lights more times than I care to remember.

[+Mystic MVC]

Normandy beach in Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault.

Omaha beach on Call of Duty i think it was.

Amazing, especially on hard.

That, and Stalingrad...

Any of those Normandy ones were just crazy. I had just watched "Enemy at the Gates" in a social studies class and then played COD2...That boat crossing scene was near identical it scared the crap out of me.

Playing Bioshock for the first time... More specific the intro to it...

I would have to agree. It was like you were stepping into a whole other universe and there was so much detail everywhere!

I just took my quotes off the first page because I need to go to bed soon, but those examples above were some of the ones that stuck out for me. The ending of HL2 had me going because I had gotten attached so much to the story. Bethesda also has a pretty good lock on initial "wow" moments near the start of their games as well.

[NeoXY]

Out of all the CoD4 comments, I'm surprised no one mentioned the entire sniper level. Actually the entire two sniper level. Lets recount shall we?

At the very beginning, when your eyes are just adjusting and your partner pops randomly out of the grass. Wtf?

When you had to crawl past a million soldiers and their tanks. It just got nerve wracking when you had to actually do it. But there was one moment when you JUST saw the patrols appear from the horizon and your commander tells you to let them pass. At first your like ok w/e until you realize just exactly what he was asking you to do. That was wow.

Right after that. Run across the street! What? There are some big trucks? Crawl under and hide! Wow.

Take your target out. Oh btw watch for wind and the rotation of the earth. The scope of that challenge when you first heart it. Wow

Watching your bullet actually friggin curve. Wow

Taking out the helicopter pilot to buy extra time. Wow.

Repelling off a building as it explodes...uhhh Wow.

Taking out the second helicopter and watching your commander getting s** faced and for 5 horrible seconds thinking your gonna get s*** faced too. Wow.

Had to carry your commander around. Wow (annoying :p)

We will be here in 10 minutes just hold off the entire army of whatever country you were in? uhh yeah. Wow.

I'm sorry. I think I'm just gonna go and replay those two levels now....

[CelticWhisper]

Zone of the Enders 2. The huge battle just before you enter the game's final stretch (Fortress of Aumaan). I've never seen that much insane sh*t going on all at once in a game. I'm generally less than impressed with Hideo Kojima as a game designer, but goddamn, he gets full credit for unleashing a can of whoopass for that scene. It was the most intense, balls-to-the-wall sequence I'd ever played when I saw it and even now, some 7 years after the game's release, I'm still impressed beyond belief.

[cropcircles]

1. Playing Doom back in the day. Actual 3D movement.

2. Landing a plane for the first time using instruments flying in fog in MS Flight Simulator 2004

3. Playing HL2 on a new PC and new video card. Graphics off the charts. (Sure beats my old Voodoo 5500 card)

[+Mystic MVC]

NeoXY, I think the initial wow moment when you realize what you have to do was pretty cool. The feeling quickly left me though when I was crawling underneath the trucks etc. because it seemed so unrealistic that nobody would see you. Seriously with the truck that high off the ground and camo against concrete just seems pretty obvious, but oh well. :p

[Razorwing]

just recently, MGS4. WOW... well more like.. oh my god.. wow.. holy crap..

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

MechWarrior 3 (PC): I was playing a random mission and I decided to fly past this bridge in my mech. When I reached the other side, I used my boosters to fly as high as I could making sure I made the best of every boost I had. I timed everything so perfectly and pretty much hit an imaginary ceiling in the sky. To my surprise, I plummeted back to the ground so quickly that I actually went through it and ended up in some secret bunker. I literally yelled "Woooooooooooow!". My friend was with me and I think he nearly fainted.

Spyhunter (PS2): The first PS2 game I ever played. I remember how eager I was to set up my PS2 and play it. At the very beginning, there's some training level you have to do (I think). I was driving around in the tricked out car and I went over this ramp. As I was flying through the air, I noticed that the road ended. Instead... there was water. I was like "Awww man.. I'm gonna crash now". Instead of crashing, the car did some crazy transformation midair and changed into a water vehicle mode. It definitely made me say "Wow".

Nexus: The Jupiter Incident (PC): This is perhaps the best PC game I've ever played. It's a real-time tactics and space combat simulator. Every mission just pulled me into the game more and more. The graphics were the best in its class. I've been playing it since '06 and I just recently beat it. Everything was just perfect - the story, missions, and graphics. Wow. Just wow. I'm having a hard time explaining how good the game is. It's just ... too good for words to describe. Try it out for yourself. You can buy it on STEAM for $9.99 (click here). This is the kinda game for Homeworld fans.

I'm running short on time but I'll be back to post some more.

[curme]

Sitting back, catching my breath, and hearing: "This was a triumph. I'm making a note here: huge success."

[Elliot B.]

Sitting back, catching my breath, and hearing: "This was a triumph. I'm making a note here: huge success."

Ah yes, Barbie's Paradise :yes:

[Brad.]

Playing Skate 2 last night, finally did a challenge I'd been working on for 90minutes+.

I landed the trick/line so perfectly, was aweosme :)

[alisalem]

Crysis and Crysis: Warhead final levels.

[yeoo_andy_ni]

Watching the moment you arrive at the bridge in Hyrule and the camera pans back to show you just what Nintendo are trying to create with each new console. That bridge, for a Zelda game is huge!

Also the end sequence when you finish the game and realise what happens with the Twilight Princess, was very sweet.

When you first arrive onto Hyrule field in Ocarina of Time, wow, it's big.

Metal Gear Solid (PS1) when you finally finish the game and listen for the audio sequence right at the end.

+1 for the scene when you first played Tomb Raider on the PS1 and you step out into the Lost Valley and see the T-Rex for the first time. Crapped and pants was my reaction. Plus when you first step out into the room with all the Gods challenges (can't remember their names right now), looking down made me feel like I was sitting really high myself!

CoD4 and Chernobyl. That level is amazing with the stealth and sniping sections being the most exciting and tense I've played in a game in a long, long time.

[mikebiacsi]

Umm i have a few, when you first come out of vault 101 in Fallout 3 and see the landscape made me go wow. As did HL 2 when i first opened that up. Also, when i was driving really fast in GTA4, i miss judged the off ramp and hit that at an angle which made Niko go flying through the windshield, that made me go wow.

[lalalawawawa]

CS: Playing on "de_inferno" in a local tournament's semi-final game. The result was 15-12 for our team. We were winning the last round (the game ends when a team reaches 16 rounds) and all of a sudden, a guy from the opposite team knifed 3 of our guys. We were like... :omg: And they got banned. :laugh:

[hadouken]

Quake 3 multiplayer; adrenaline, skill, playability, simplicity. No multiplayer in the same style will probably ever compare for me.

[KoL Veteran]

First time playing Final Fantasy VIII, seeing the CGI.

I remember the first time I saw that. I was... :omg: :omg:

[Bawx]

Seeing Shadow of the Colossus gameplay. Amazing.

For some reason, seeing the seagulls and just being on the ship on Metal Gear Solid 2. That really impressed me how they did that.

The areas on WoW make me say WOW. So detailed and intricately done. The caves, forests, trails. It may be addictive but damn does it look good.

[DanManIt]

Far Cry 2 had moments that made me wow.

Seeing the scenery in Oblivion for the first time was amazing too, stands out the most in my mind

[Srugie Veteran]

Fallout 3 when you destroy Megaton!

[sanctified Veteran]

The Boss vs Big Boss final battle and the entire ending - Metal Gear Solid 3

Final Fantasy VII's Flashbacks

When you discover Dr Polito has been dead all the time - System Shock 2

The entire Half - Life 2 experience, but specially the ending of Episode 2

The first time you fight pyramid head - Silent Hill 2

The first time you play Max Payne (That feeling carry on over the second game too)

The entire Deus Ex game

Mass Effect's final hour of gameplay + ending

When the AI glitches on Metal Gear Solid 2, letting you know the true intentions of your superiors.

The first time you hear a Howler in Clive Barker's Undying

Im sure I will remember more later.

[ßéár]

On Halo 3 Playing A Juggernaut game with friends(300% Speed, 50% Gravity) I shot a random Sniper shot on Valhalla, And it got a head shot. And on PC, On Crysis I was surrendered by almost 100 guys, How I got away is beyond me...