Defining Gaming Moments

[satman83]

Kind of wondering whats everyones defining moment within a video game?

i personally have many, (KOTOR plot twist springs to mind). But for me it
will always be the 3rd mission for Homeworld 1.

Those of you not familiar with Homeworld it was the game that changed RTS
forever, introducing the first fully 3d maps in which all combat happened
in real time across a filed which ran on X,Y and Z axis. The game was
praised for its eye-catching, movie-like graphics engine, large battles,
appropriate soundtrack, compelling storyline, and revolutionary 3D
interface. It was one of the biggest games of 1999 and still stands up
very well to day.

The 3rd mission has you returning to your planet after being attacked
by some raiders only to find your world quiet literally on fire and
only a handfull of survivers left from a population of millions.
It comes from no where, you just dont expect this to happen and you
never see it coming, which adds perfectly to the impact of it all.
Thats when the games just smacks you in the face with an amazing score
from Paul Ruskay
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As you watch as your planet burns as you gather up the few
thousands people left and leave.

[dom]

When I played this, I remember yelling at the TV like a bitch, something like: "No, don't make me do it, why do you have to make me do it"

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[Reise]

Finally escaping Na Pali.

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But you don't really escape.

[Squirt]

LoZ:OoT Final battle
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[Mirosuke]

Valkyrie profile 2.
Lezard Valeth. Unexpected for Final boss of the game lol

[Shaka Laka]

Fell in love with all the campaigns in L4D <3

[woutR]

My brother and I had a demo from Age of Empires Rise of Rome. There were like 3 maps to play and one was a campaign. This was the first real game we ever touched besides pinball and other shit so we didn't know wtf to do. (+ we were ~5 and 7)
So anyways, we probably played that map for about a month or so, slowly progressing and slowly understanding how shit works. We cleared out the yellow camp and we went crazy, just red left now.. AND THEN OUR Farking HARDDRIVE CRASHES, NO DEMO, NO SAVE, FIRST Farking EMO MOMENT OF MY LIFE.
Jesus Farking christ. I have been looking to find that demo for a long time, I need to finish it, I need to fix my childhood problems

Spoiler!

Ok so a long shot again, if anyone is familiar with Age of Empires 1, this is how it looked:


Blue base (player base) in the right corner, red has a wonder and is connected to blue territory through a shallow passing over water. Yellow is at the top and water separates them from the rest.
So what campaing/demo is this?

[inky]

Spoiler!

Metal Gear series - too many to mention (Decoy Octopus' death, emma's death, Dr. Naomi Hunter, grey fox, etc)
Chrono Trigger/Cross - Crono's death; Serge/Lynx swap.

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[poehalcho]

Ok so a long shot again, if anyone is familiar with Age of Empires 1, this is how it looked:


Blue base (player base) in the right corner, red has a wonder and is connected to blue territory through a shallow passing over water. Yellow is at the top and water separates them from the rest.
So what campaing/demo is this?

that´s the demo from Age 1 (the normal one, not expansion)
as far as my memories go you start of in the the second age and there's relics (those cute little boxes on wheels :3) in the base that you gotta obtain and
bring back.
in the real version of the game there seemed to be one map in the game that was very similar to this one, though it wasn't exactly the same. it might also be that map.



OT:
the only truly epic moment in a game I can think of right now is...the final boss-stage in rayman 3

Spoiler!

I recommend you to shut off the sound for the first one...
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the first time that you fight this guy, you constantly have this "DIE ALREADY YOU MOTHERF*CKER!!!!" and then they slap you in the face with yet another transformation D:

[Melez]

The plot twist at Silent Hill: Homecoming perhaps.. I'm sure I have more of them, just can't remember atm.

[woutR]

that´s the demo from Age 1 (the normal one, not expansion)
as far as my memories go you start of in the the second age and there's relics (those cute little boxes on wheels :3) in the base that you gotta obtain and
bring back.
in the real version of the game there seemed to be one map in the game that was very similar to this one, though it wasn't exactly the same. it might also be that map.

I just downloaded it again, and it's not. It was on a special microsoft disk, it was a different demo version than the normal demo.
I tried all the missions, it wasn't in there

[Necrobat]

that´s the demo from Age 1 (the normal one, not expansion)
as far as my memories go you start of in the the second age and there's relics (those cute little boxes on wheels :3) in the base that you gotta obtain and
bring back.
in the real version of the game there seemed to be one map in the game that was very similar to this one, though it wasn't exactly the same. it might also be that map.

I just downloaded it again, and it's not. It was on a special microsoft disk, it was a different demo version than the normal demo.
I tried all the missions, it wasn't in there

It reminds me of one of the final chapters of the Egyptian campaign, mind you its been an age and a half since I played.

[RuYi]

The Shalebridge Cradle in Thief: Deadly Shadows. But I've told that story a few times already lol.

[Azilius]

edit for piootr: Ratchet & Clank

Spoiler!

When Clank is taken away at the end of the latest Ratchet & Clank game.

[woutR]

that´s the demo from Age 1 (the normal one, not expansion)
as far as my memories go you start of in the the second age and there's relics (those cute little boxes on wheels :3) in the base that you gotta obtain and
bring back.
in the real version of the game there seemed to be one map in the game that was very similar to this one, though it wasn't exactly the same. it might also be that map.

I just downloaded it again, and it's not. It was on a special microsoft disk, it was a different demo version than the normal demo.
I tried all the missions, it wasn't in there

It reminds me of one of the final chapters of the Egyptian campaign, mind you its been an age and a half since I played.

I downloaded age of empires 1 today and went through all the missions, including the learning campaign and still didn't find it

[MrJoey]

Chances are, they changed it from demo to the release. It happens.

[woutR]

Bastards

[Muse]

LoZ:OoT Final battle
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Love this game. Brings back nostalgic memories.

[piootr]

Spoiler!

When Clank is taken away at the end of the latest Ratchet & Clank game.

Might wanna put a spoiler for which game mate, doesn't really help much if we don't know what we should have seen already =P

[Barotix]

I typed up a big ass vivid response about a Civ IV WL scrim where I got a domination victory and Augustus Ceaser ranking, when I pressed submit and came back to the thread my response was not here. /rage.

[poehalcho]

Bastards

OH NO WAIT!
my bad, it is the last mission from the Rise of Rome DEMO.
you won´t find it in the real version. I agree 100% with you btw, that level was a bitch >___<, remember how the yellow base was full of catapults and phalanx gaia units?
your civilization was Carthage and you start off the game with a seafight...remember?

I didn't recognise it cus your map seems a little...not accurate?
your own base was somewhat higher I think...

[pr0klobster]

Defining moments:

1. Playing Oblivion with full textures/shaders
2. Playing my first MMO, Asheron's Call (and wanting more)
3. First time rezzing objects in Second Life, finding the, um, bad places
4. Building my first gaming PC and playing Unreal Tournament with 60+ FPS - man, that looked good back then.
5. Crysis eye candy

[XxDeeDeeDeexX]

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If you are 20 or younger, this video sums up your most Nostalgic moment in gaming. Very defining if you ask me xD.

[Muse]

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If you are 20 or younger, this video sums up your most Nostalgic moment in gaming. Very defining if you ask me xD.

I picked Bulbasaur.

[Gaigemasta]

I always chode Charmander, lol the missingno gltich worked BTW! only on the original red/blue versions, idk bout yellow lol

[XxDeeDeeDeexX]

I always chode Charmander, lol the missingno gltich worked BTW! only on the original red/blue versions, idk bout yellow lol

All the original R/B/Y worked, same with the mew glitch. I keep ROM's of them on my iPhone and other laptop xD. Nothing like pokemonz to make a rainy day fun.
I always chose bulbasaur.

[[SD]Master_Wong]

bulb was prolly the best to pick overall less fire pokemon out there and first boss is piss easy with bulb and second is pretty easy aswell

[woutR]

Bastards

OH NO WAIT!
my bad, it is the last mission from the Rise of Rome DEMO.
you won´t find it in the real version. I agree 100% with you btw, that level was a bitch >___<, remember how the yellow base was full of catapults and phalanx gaia units?
your civilization was Carthage and you start off the game with a seafight...remember?

I didn't recognise it cus your map seems a little...not accurate?
your own base was somewhat higher I think...

Found it

I am playing it on moderate and its Farking hard actually.
Anyways, my drawing was pretty accurate if I do say so myself. I tried to use cheats but they don't work, I wanted to SS the map with all fog removed so you could see. Blue base wasn't really much higher.
You do start off with a sea battle so points for that!

[Jstar1]

yeah charmander is super hard to work with since you have to face rock type then water. but after that you start to own. I almost always chose bulbasaur or squirtle though

[LaloHao]

My Brother,cousins and i crashing Twisted Metal 4 on PS1, on the last mission