Moments in your gaming career which made you go, "WOW!"?


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I have a couple:

1. The first time I played Donkey Kong Country on SNES - the graphics were literally a massive leap forward from anything else at the time. Not settling for just graphical WOWness, they game was also very good and humorous.

2. The moment in Fallout 3 (PS3) when you are introduced to the outside world for the first time - brilliant. The developers did a cool trick by making the sky sooo bright in that first moment so you were actually dazzled, just like your character would be.

3. More recently, taking down a helicopter by throwing people at it. I love Prototype.

What are yours?

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I get my WOW-moments from games with a great story and graphics.

Beyond Good and Evil some years ago was definately the best so far, the storyline was so intense and the graphics are (even now) stunningly beautiful.

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Has to be the opening credits for Killzone, the intro into the LZ dropzone and then choas all over the place! Killzone 2 has to be the best game i've played since..well for a longtime! I loved Dead Space too! scared the crap outta me, the opening part of the game, makes me jump cuz i'm a wimp!

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Career ? :D wtf.

1.Donkey Kong Country 1 (SNES)

2.Resident Evil 2 (PSX)

3.Tekken 3 (PSX)

4.Gran Turismo 3 (PS2)

5.GTA III (PS2)

6.GTA IV (360)

7.Gears of War (360)

The game isn't out,but Forza 3 exceeds everything I expected so far.Didn't think any game would come close to GT series.

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The last half hour or so of Mass Effect was one of the finest moments in gaming I have ever witnessed. Halo: Combat Evolved's last level is also one of those things I'll never forget.

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Leaving the woods for the first time in ocarina of time, and legging it across hyrule field with the orchestral music blaring out.

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Career lol. The only thing I can remember at the moment (just woke up) The helicopter/boat scene on the freighter mission of COD4, the sea and weather actually made me feel sick I looked so realistic.

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Jumping out from the back of a bomber in Tribes 2, MA'ing the enemy flag carrier just before he caps, returning our flag, grabbing their and jumping back to our bomber to fly home.

I even still have a T2 recording of it all :p

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  1. World of Warcraft - Raiding Horde cities for For The Alliance!/the Death Knight starting quests
  2. Fallout 3 - Taking down a Behemoth for the first time/the last mission with Liberty Prime
  3. Mass Effect - The part in the first mission where you're shooting your way to the front of a train. That just got me hooked.

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first time playing GTA - London or II ...on a p2 -300mhz, (or so) ... and thought to myself... i am that guy .. so cool ... (mind you i thought i really was in the game ... but could have been some thc in the blood at sometime during that day)

another moment was colin macrae 03-05 ... the damage was stupendous (again .. could have been the E) ...

BUT

a truly wow moment was far cry (bullet holes in the head of dead people) ... i enjoyed that a lot

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Not to be a dick... But I believe career is the correct word. I don't think it always represents your job. It can be used in this context. But it implies a level of priority that is a little too haughty for gaming IMHO.

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Medal of Honor - Normandy Beach - I believe that this was one of the best gaming moments period, I do not think I have been as impressed by any other moment in game...

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Donkey Kong Country on the SNES. Still one of my favorite platformers.

Doom on the PC around it's release. I would go to peoples house just to watch them play it as a kid

Half Life 1. Basically got my parents to get the family a graphics card for XMas one year for this game alone (Well Quake 2 also). Fantastic. The scene at the start in the test chamber is still one of my favorite scenes in any game.

Mario 64. Saw this at a booth on a bus that was driving around the country before the N64 was released. It blew my mind and I got the console shortly after release.

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Playing Halo for the first time on a DX9 graphics card. :p

I had an integrated Intel 865G and I used to play Halo on that, then I grabbed an X1650Pro and it was quite a big difference.

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Gonna have to say quite a few on this one.

1st time it was playing city of heroes/villains after I upgraded my graphics card from a 7600gt to a GTX260. I never knew stuff looked like this.

2nd time was playing Ninja Gaiden II on xbox 360 after going from standard television to a Samsung 850 52 inch LCD. I never thought HD would look this great.

The rest of the times I will have to think about it, I am still kind of sleepy after just getting up.

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Race Driver: Grid. When I saw the replay I did "WOW".

And then playing Sega MegaDrive when I first heard a human voice - not generated but real. It was some submarine game.

And one more time when I first saw Mortal Kombat 3.

These are my 3 "WOW's" :)

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