Bored last night and popped on Half Life 2. I’d forgotten how immersive the opening scene was as you step off the train into the desolate station hearing the propoganda broadcasts in the distance, being herded by muffle-voiced guards and passing desperate looking civilians. The whole thing sets the scene beatifully and really gave me a sense of vulnerability.

The only other game moments that stick in my mind are the first Halo jungle stage with the rain dropping on leaves in surround sound and of course the first time I got hold of the double barrelled shotgun in Doom.

Anyone else have stand out gaming moments?

Quite a few actually…

Earning the rank of “Deadly” playing Elite on my speccy to the accompaniment of S-Express playing through the tape deck back in the day!

Flying my Cobra MkIII over a clock tower that showed the correct (game) time in Elite II back in the early 90s. Also, completing Turrican II.

And being let loose in San Andreas on my PS2 with guns, cars and VTOL jets.

Getting past this bugger to complete the game.

😥

I miss my old student life where this was, without a shadow of a doubt, the most taxing thing going on in my life

A 90 minute game Unreal Tournament played over a LAN in my Uni Halls of residence.

3 of us Vs ‘Godlike’ Bots on Facing Worlds, first one to three captures. took us almost an hour to get our first flag, then they got one back and so it continued, it was so evenly matched.

Just remember the whoops and shouted encouragement from the nextdoor rooms, we all emerged totally wired and grinning like fools, good times.

One of the big arcades in Glasgow ran a weekly competition on Ferrari 355 challenge. Best lap time every week won £100. I won it three weeks in a row – they cancelled the competition. It remains to this day the only time gaming has been remotely profitable

Older stuff probably Final Fantasy VII, probably not been bettered as a story driven RPG

Recently Dark Souls and Dark Souls II, unlike a lot of recent games they really don’t give a shit if you complete it or not so the sense of elation when you beat a particularly tough boss is great.

Fighting my way through Midgar Tower in FFVII then getting access to the open world. Actually pretty much every moment in FFVII from start to finish.

Tomb Raider on the PS1, notably the dinosaur bit and the level where you flood the room.

Completing the early TombRaider games…I think it was the old X-box.

In 2002 I became the 25th highest ranked unreal tournament player Europe.

Oh and Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2.

Somehow they captured “joy” and put it in a game. I wish I could go back in time and play them for the first time again

completing Zelda Ocarina of time and the terribly dull cut scene that followed

Completing entire laps on Mario Kart on the SNES whilst blindfolded.

I’d go Half Life as well but go for that moment just after the start when it all goes to shit and the portal opens. I can’t ever remember a feeling quite like that before in a game.

Also, the start of GTA3 where you spent several minutes just thinking “wait, so I can just wander about this massive city?”.

Recently Dark Souls and Dark Souls II,

Yeah I can relate to that, I may have let out a loud and rather camp ‘whopee’ when I finally nailed the Capra demon, much to my wife’s amusement.

The original Half Life with a 3dfx Voodoo 2 graphics card & Aureal Vortex 3D soundcard was a the most immersive experience I’ve ever had. Brillant game.
The second one come close though, especially the Ravenholm level 😯

Taking out my mate with great prejudice in Goldeneye on the N64. Didn’t happen too often as he played solo religiously, but was glorious when it did.

The second one come close though, especially the Ravenholm level

Urgh… Don’t go there.

Getting the maximum possible score on Asteroids (99,990) before it reset back to zero.

completing wipeout on the PS1. I don’t think I blinked for a week.

Can’t decide between reaching level 5 of MustGetOutMore or level 10 of Bedroom Challenge.

getting to 999,999 on williams defender ( boooiiing)
unlimited lives fantastic
and my playing partner was none other than dev from coronation street
the holloway road arcade was the place to be :-0

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of course the first time I got hold of the double barrelled shotgun in Doom.

The whole game TBH but I played it real-time. No stopping and going to sleep like normal folk, oh no. I did the whole game over the course of a weekend using just coffee and weed. The second evening was the most absorbing – there was a point (can’t remember what stage) where I’d used almost everything I had and was clutching my last few shotgun shells with blood drenched hands, foul-smelling carcasses of hell all around me and in the distance I hear another bloomin’ door open and the sounds of yet another wave approaching.

Almost fell into despair…

*slips on knuckle duster*

😈

Chuckie Egg (BBC B) in 1987 or so. Can’t recall which level but there ducks and hens all chasing me around at lightspeed.

These all seem to be greatest video game achievements which isn’t quite what the OP was asking?

In terms of achievements, I 100%’ed Red Dead Redemption, one of the few titles I’ve bothered to hunt down every last scrap with. That game is full of stand-out moments though, the number of times I’ve caught myself just sitting on my horse, looking out of the plains admiring the sunset, there’s been little like it.

I also completed Manic Miner… 😳

Not sure exactly what part of FF7 it would be, and I’d give different answers on different days, but it’ll definitely be FF7. And not even the obvious ones like Aeris <spoiler> but little beautiful moments all the way through the game- Red XIII’s dad, waking up in the church, zolom kebab, everything with the Turks, heroic missions doomed to fail… Ah it’s so good.

Homeworld probably has the runner up though. Or possibly Stalker:SOC, not for the gameplay but for those moments in the Zone when nothing’s happening at all and you can almost smell it.

I’ve played a lot of Civ… And just occasionally, when it comes together right in the end game, it’s amazing- the music and the beat of the game just click and it’s all coming down to a turn or two and still too close to call… Mostly this sort of game is pretty much done by halfway through and the rest is just tidying up, which is a bummer.

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It remains to this day the only time gaming has been remotely profitable

I’m assuming you meant for you, because

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Playing through the original Tomb Raider and original Resident Evil on my PS1 when they were first released.

Close second would be playing Unreal (original not Tournament) with mates when I used to run an online server. Used to make our own maps then run around battering each other 😀

Slappers only and proximity mines on Goldeneye, diddy kong racing, mario kart. Completing Mario 64

Edit: chuckie egg and elite played a lot too, and play Doom regularly, probably best game of all time.

two holes in one in the same round, to win the tournament -playing Tiger Woods Golf!

Most of the best moments for me have been messing about online with mates. Nothing’s made me laugh so much as GTA V recently, again just pissing about. Eg there’s a mission called ‘Holed Up – Burton’ where you go and rescue a guy and then escort him as he drives to his/your boss. If you shoot out his tyres and then work together 3 or 4 people can push him around the city. We pushed him bloody miles just because, despite him changing cars when they get too smashed up (SHOOT THE TYRES!).

The other one was sending a text to everyone in the lobby ‘SAILING PARTY!’ and having 12/13 strangers meet up at the marina and take a sailing boat each out. So stupid but so funny.

Have the strangest urge to play cs source for the first time in over a decade. Lots of big kill streaks such as 42-0 on a gun game server packed full of good players. Best moment though probably against one of the best clans out there on dust2, my team were all dead, five enemies left and the bomb planted I stormed in there killed them all and somehow diffused the bomb with about half a second left to win the match. I went by the name of n000bz!ll4 as I could swing between being an unstoppable killing machine and total garbage in a split second. Master of spray and pray!

John Maddens on Megadrive, winning the superbowl with rushing plays only, no throwing allowed, I was so proud.

Love that chuckie egg one, I was explaining chuckie egg to my 6 year old at the weekend, I could see in his eyes that he thought it sounded shit, he needs educating!

Oh just thought of one, playing mate at old NBA game on the SNES, 2 points down. My player with ball on halfway line, no time so shot. BUZZZZZZZZ full time – followed by the animation for a ‘Swish’ basket. Won by one point!

Completing Zelda on the 1st Nintendo with my dad when I was ickle, what an adventure.

Getting Cisco Roma from Serie C2C to the Champions League on FM in the Uni days, utterly epic game.

Just thought of one 🙂

Goldeneye (N64 of course) multiplayer on the temple level. I was just about to lose as the clock ticked down when I managed to throw a proximity mine up the tunnel/ramp I was in, across the main hall and down the tunnel one of the other guys was in. It went in a perfect parabola and killed him meaning I won 🙂

Most of the best moments for me have been messing about online with mates.

True dat.

SOCOM II:

“Cougar, watch out for that mine!”

“Yes, yes, I’ve seen it.”

*bang*

“Oh, that mine!”

I did so enjoy SOCOM. And I did so suck mightily at it.

Playing red dead redemption for the first time back 2010.

smacking down yanks at COD:Ghosts is always a goto favourite, but the greatest was the sense of achievement at completing the original Ultima Underworld.

getting picked form Asherons Call Beta 0 was also pretty special – that was pretty much my crack for 5 years or so, before the kids happened.

Up until a fortnight ago, I was top of the world rankings on one of the driveclub drift tracks with a bmw m5

😀

two moments spring to my mind. Call of duty, modern warfare 2, 1st mission, where you’re in the turret going through the town. It only a few seconds, but the cowering civilians, scanning the rooftops, knowing that something is about to happen, made my heart beat a little faster (likewise running across rooftops in the favela).

second epic moment has to be falling through the sky with michael in GTAv, whist high. Its a beautiful moment and took me back to some strange places!

GTAV
5mins into the game and saw a NPC on a mountain bike. Screeched to a stop, pushed him off it & headed to the mountains. Got there just in time to see the sun come up. Awestruck !!

But GTAV really needs a sitdown action ( similar to Destiny )