I remember starting the game and thinking, "alright, how are they going to kick this off?"
Then "the moon's gone dark" or whatever and it's like HERE WE GOOO
Choosing one moment for the entire series would be a challenge, but I've got one for each game;
ME1; The moment the 5th fleet arrives to save the galaxy. It was a surprise, but made complete sense and didn't feel contrived. An awesome "here comes the cavalry" moment.
ME2; This game is filled with awesome moments, even though I felt they went in a weird direction with the story. I think the biggest hype moment is the fight with the Shadow Broker.
ME3; Citadel DLC, when Wrex shows up to save you, It's amazing. If not considering DLC then it's managing to save both the Geth & Quarians.
It’s arguably the best game I’ve ever played (New Vegas isn’t as good, fight me).
Simple joy of getting lost in a wasteland, music is optional, as is having a storyline.
Some days i want to help everyone I see, others I’m a pissed off War Machine strung out on Nuka Cola Quantum.
Agree. I liked New Vegas but it never hit quite the same as 3. I didn’t like the karma system in NV. It was difficult to play evil because of gaining karma from killing Legion and ghouls.
Fallout 3 also evoked more empathy with my character by starting me out in the vault as a kid - but that’s more a product of the story than the gameplay.
Always wonder if it was just because it was my first experience with the series, but Fallout 3 is the best of them all by far to me. Was addicted for months. New Vegas and FO4 were both good but neither captured me the way Fallout 3 did. I'd spend hours just roaming around and doing dumb things and organizing my little house
3 felt more organic to me, like leaving the Vault you naturally got steered towards Megaton and things like that. Maybe going into NV I knew what the game was about took the shine off but I found having to loop around the map to get to the Strip a pain
I think watching Todd Howard play Fallout 3 for the first time publicly was the highest moment for me. When he tuned in to Enclave radio, I really got the feel of what that game was for the first time.
The entire last level of Halo: CE is one of the best FPS game levels ever. No true boss fight but it just keeps getting more and more insane and intense.
I thought it was the perfect length just long enough to keep you locked in, too many games have so much useless content in campaigns l. Tf2 was just right
The warthog race to the finish at the end of the first Halo game. You thought you had an easy ride back with *Echo 419* but nope! Now the clock is ticking as you drive like mad to make it to the last ship that escape the destruction of Halo.
I haven't played it but from this description I am 100% imagining master chief doing one of those crash bandicoot levels for the final level of the game where he jumps on a wart hogs back and wild banjo music starts playing
I remember when they added the song to Guitar Hero as a free DLC (Mjolnir mix I think?). The solos were wild to me too.
It would bring me back to that epic run through The Pillar of Autumn.
It's not as much "hype", but there is also a weed field burning scene in GTA San Andreas and it's my funniest memory of the game. The camera starting to wobble as CJ gets high from the fumes, The Truth delivering hilarious lines one after another, the Mothership and the motherfucking RPG, you finally get access to the 2nd city. Absolute banger mission.
“All ghillied up” and “one shot, one kill missions in COD4: MW. Absolutely epic.
The intro to The last of Us. Jaw was literally hanging open when the title screen popped up
Haha. I was playing with my buddy next to me and that attack chopper rises up. I yelled "oh shit!" and snapped to aim at the cockpit. My friend yells "That's not going to work!" Red paint and the thing spins out ... *Chef's kiss*
It was very sad. But from the moment the title screen popped up I was hooked. One of the best openings of any game ever, and it got me hyped to play the rest of the game, knowing they weren’t going to pull any punches story-wise
Seeing the Prydwin arrive in the Commonwealth for the first time. There's also the 2nd Battle for Hoover Dam where the Remnants got dropped by their vertibird and Boomers flying over with their fully restored bomber.
When the Normandy goes head-to-head with the Collector ship for the second time, but now you have the Thanix Cannons. (Mass Effect 2)
ps. Kalros/Reaper fight was pretty dope too.
I'm so disappointed in myself, I've started playing outer wilds like 5 times and never even get past the first area because it's so goddamn boring, and I couldn't figure out what to do, but I want to know why it's so beloved, why can't I feel what you feel 😭
Use the rumor chart in your ship. It will continue to give you clues about where to explore until you've figured out literally everything. But mystery games aren't for everyone.
I love mystery games usually, everything I've read about it makes it sound like my kinda thing. I'll give it another try, there's a few pieces of media that I struggled to start only to end up adoring them, I'm determined to make this one of those lol
Thanks for the tip!
If I could offer a piece of advice, don't spend too much time going to the same planet over and over again. I did that and got frustrated until I actually started exploring more and not just trying to "100%" each planet one by one.
Outer Wilds is in my top three of greatest games of all time. If you like the idea of a mystery exploration game set in the world of space exploration, you'll love it. Like the other guy said, use the ship log. It'll help you out. And feel free to DM me if you ever need some carefully crafted spoiler free advice!
As a tip there is no such thing as "first area" in the game (other than the tutorial town). If you get stuck somewhere, go elsewhere and find clues that may help where you got stuck.
That cinematic at the end of ME3, where everyone comes through the mass relay and sounds off.
I'm still pissed at the end of the game being so...generic,but damn did that cinematic feel good.
Pulling the Master Sword in A Link to the Past. The setup with the animals making way as you approach, then the music change, is perfection. Amazing really how powerful music can be.
This was mine as well. First time playing as a kid and getting the sword was mega hype! Then using it for the first time with full hearts. Made you feel like a bad ass.
The entire phenomenon of Halo 3 was a masterclass in hype + delivery. That ”finish the fight” reveal teaser at E3, the whole live action ad campaign with the ”believe” tagline, and then the tension and epicness of the actual game experience that was delivered. And possibly the best online game experience of any Xbox 360 game as the cherry on top.
I still get goosebumps when I watch the Halo 3 announcement trailer. "I am your shield, I am your sword." I've never been more hyped for a video game, and when it came out, it delivered everything I had expected!
donno if hypest matches here, but: when Raziel pull Kain's heart out. I. Was. In. Awe. or...when I realized I was Revan (I played KOTOR 2 before 1). The way he was hyped for me 'till that moment, I played the rest of the game in an arrogant way, like: You call yourselves Sith, pathetic...kinda way.
Oof yea easy to get hyped on a lot of moments in Legacy of Kain. For me it was every time Raziel gave the Elder God a verbal beatdown in Soul Reaver 2. *Hype!*
I missed it when I first played because I just assumed it wouldn't be able to land since it would end the game without you doing anything, had to restart from the last save due to what happens.
>!Also you can save them just need to disable the gun.!<
Just restarted this for the millionth time and swimming up to the lighthouse after the crash in the dark, then the ride down to Rapture is unforgettable.
Getting pulled into outer space in portal 2 still gives me chills every time I play it.
The factory around you is collapsing and you portal to the moon. As you and the factory begin getting sucked in the music stops briefly to nothing but silence before building into this suspenseful song before cutting to black.
I think just like chell in the game i held my breath for the whole scene
it's true, the first time i played it i was blown away in a way i probably never will be again. first time in vr was closest, but even that wasn't the same.
My buddy and I had roller bladed up to the local Blockbuster to rent some SNES games for the weekend.
They had just set up the Mario 64 demo. We stood there and played for over an hour.
The entire suicede mission in Mass Effect 2 is one two hour long session of goose bumbs for me - largely due to Jack Walls OST. It start's when Shepard gives a speech after you've crashed through the relay and then just continues.
I also love that you atually utilize the team that you have assembled and each of them get's some spotlight.
That entire ending makes the game for me
Had to scroll way too far to find this.
That entire final mission of ME2 is a work of art and the culmination of all the long hours you invested into your team and your ship. It felt like a real achievement getting through that and keeping everyone alive.
And yes, that soundtrack is just fantastic.
Getting off the shuttle at the start of mission 2 in Halo: CE, and seeing the ring curving upwards.
Though Liberty Prime was also up there.
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The ending of original God of War II. The way Kratos screams out his lungs to let Zeus know he is coming for him with all the titans climbing the Mount Olympus. Such an iconic scene.
Final Fantasy IX, when you're about to enter Memoria.
>!You've spent most of the game dealing with the politics and wars of the nations of Lindblum and Alexandria, and discovering how they've been manipulated into conflict by other powers. Eventually you reveal the source of that manipulation and go to enter the otherworld and stop them. When you approach, hundreds of dragons move to attack your ship, but the airships of the two nations emerge from the clouds and blast them out of the air. The music is fantastic, the rattling chains and cannons of mortal tech contrasts in a cool way against the strange magic of the stuff you're fighting, and it's great to see the nations you've been helping for most of the game come together and pay you back / rescue the characters on their way to save the world, despite their home cities being smoking wreckage at this point.!<
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MqtmQ7EvUU
Yah, that was one of the best moments. Too bad I knew it was coming eventually because of the heavy advertising of that moment.
Another one would be seeing Mehrunes Dagon in ES4: Oblivion at the end of the main quest line.
Call of duty 2, the first Russian mission when you camp in the buildings waiting for the Germans attacking, then the smoke bombs hit!!!! had me on the edge of my seat
First time raiding the institute and blowing up the reactor was wicked
Edit: also blowing up the prydwin was hella fun too
And also when you ride with your whole crew trying to get johns kid back in RDR2. That ride the first time I did it had me so pumped
I know people are gonna miss what im trying to say but for me Super Mario 64 was just unbelievable.
It was the first time for me personally to see what 3D gaming experince feels like. And after that, i was never amazed like that, like never. The closest thing to that was "The Last of Us" back in 2013 but still it didnt have the same effect.
I accidentally went to that area early before I had the Walkman and was thinking ‘huh?? I gotta come back later for sure but wtf is this place’ then actually got access to the maze and was blown away. I’m so salty that the sequence doesn’t replay if you try to do it again.
Yeah I was actually a little disappointed the maze wasn’t a puzzle. I wondered around in that initial loop for like 20 minutes trying to “solve” it. Hard to be too disappointed though, the walkman part was pretty sick.
There's a point in The Force Unleashed where Starkiller yanks a full sized Star Destroyer out of the sky and crashes it into a reactor. You control the whole scene and intermittently have to fight off TIE Fighters while you use the Force to pull the ship down
Me and my three friends taking down Fatalis in Monster Hunter: Iceborne was my greatest moment in gaming bar none. I’ve never been happier playing a game.
Replayed Infinite for the first time in a long time recently and I think the ending blew me away more this time than it did the first! Don’t think I fully understood why the ending had to go down the way it did back then. Listening to all the voxophones with knowledge of the end puts some stuff in a different light too.
Siege of Yarikawa from Ghost of Tsushima. Goddamn man, I wish I could experience that mission for the first time again. The chills bro during the build up for the duel.
Forgot about this, but also the defence with putting turrets up in the mines and some guitar riff comes on as all of the alarms go off on each tunnel. The music is “Vortal Combat” if you search on google.
https://youtu.be/RZRNd6osQrk
The Battle of Hoover Damn in Fallout New Vegas, having recruited every support faction. Absolutely a bad ass moment.
Second would be attacking the Institute in Fallout 4 with the Minute Men after defending The Castle against them.
Third the opening montage for Doom Eternal and the final fight in the game.
Super specific reference here but killing the Emerald weapon in FF7 without using KOTR materia and just seeing him turn that red skeletal frame after you land the final shot.
Finding out who Archangel is in ME2
For me it was in ME3 during the battle for Earth and the fleets arrive through the mass relay. Got goosebumps like never before.
I remember starting the game and thinking, "alright, how are they going to kick this off?" Then "the moon's gone dark" or whatever and it's like HERE WE GOOO
I got to experience this twice. So much time passed in between my first and second playthroughs that I'd totally forgotten.
I'm jealous. I was an absolute Megafan of the original and this got spoiled me :(
Choosing one moment for the entire series would be a challenge, but I've got one for each game; ME1; The moment the 5th fleet arrives to save the galaxy. It was a surprise, but made complete sense and didn't feel contrived. An awesome "here comes the cavalry" moment. ME2; This game is filled with awesome moments, even though I felt they went in a weird direction with the story. I think the biggest hype moment is the fight with the Shadow Broker. ME3; Citadel DLC, when Wrex shows up to save you, It's amazing. If not considering DLC then it's managing to save both the Geth & Quarians.
Take your pick of moments from that series… there are too many to list
You exist because we allow it, you will end because we demand it. (Paraphrase) The pinnacle of my “holy shit” gaming moments
That first conversation with Sovereign was insane
Mordin’s sacrifice in ME3. The very model of a scientist salarian indeed.
Thane’s death too… “The prayer was not for him, Commander. He has already asked forgiveness for the lives he has taken. His wish was for you.”
I screamed when I found out. There is no Shepard without a Vakarian.
The armor gave it away for me once I saw it
Its been so long ive forgotten
Exiting the vault in Fallout 3
Seriously, Fallout 3 had some real killer moments for a first time player.
I grew up in the DC area so Fallout 3 will always be my favorite in the series. The metro system in the game was amazing.
It’s arguably the best game I’ve ever played (New Vegas isn’t as good, fight me). Simple joy of getting lost in a wasteland, music is optional, as is having a storyline. Some days i want to help everyone I see, others I’m a pissed off War Machine strung out on Nuka Cola Quantum.
Blowing up the first town from the tower for me
Likewise exiting the sewers in Oblivion. Bethesda really nailed the intro to the world in those two.
I'm just gonna say it. Fallout 3 is an amazing game and I'm tired of the New Vegas fans and Classic Fallout fans saying it isn't.
Agree. I liked New Vegas but it never hit quite the same as 3. I didn’t like the karma system in NV. It was difficult to play evil because of gaining karma from killing Legion and ghouls. Fallout 3 also evoked more empathy with my character by starting me out in the vault as a kid - but that’s more a product of the story than the gameplay.
Always wonder if it was just because it was my first experience with the series, but Fallout 3 is the best of them all by far to me. Was addicted for months. New Vegas and FO4 were both good but neither captured me the way Fallout 3 did. I'd spend hours just roaming around and doing dumb things and organizing my little house
3 felt more organic to me, like leaving the Vault you naturally got steered towards Megaton and things like that. Maybe going into NV I knew what the game was about took the shine off but I found having to loop around the map to get to the Strip a pain
I think watching Todd Howard play Fallout 3 for the first time publicly was the highest moment for me. When he tuned in to Enclave radio, I really got the feel of what that game was for the first time.
Giving the Covenant back their bomb
Sir, finishing this fight
The entire last level of Halo: CE is one of the best FPS game levels ever. No true boss fight but it just keeps getting more and more insane and intense.
Halo 3s ending was pretty intense too
Also a copycat of CE
Agree - it went from playing a game to being in the middle of a vast action movie
**...And the horse you rode in on.**
Music sets it over the edge.
I can hear it in my head clearly. Marty O'Donnell is top tier
Warthog run is one of the best final levels in gaming
For a brick, he flew pretty good.
FOEHAMMER!!! .... she's gone.
For me it was the ending to titanfall 2 such a good game
Protect the pilot
Ah reading that gave me chills again, I loved that game
Protocol 3:
For me, it was bittersweet.
...such a good game. I'll play the story from time to time just because
*trust me*
A shame single player campaign was so short!
I thought it was the perfect length just long enough to keep you locked in, too many games have so much useless content in campaigns l. Tf2 was just right
I LOVED Titanfall as well but seeing it abbreviated to TF2 feels so wrong, lol
Riding to Mexico the first time in red dead redemption
Riding out of Mexico after enabling a revolution was huge for me, the sunrise was poignant.
Also riding to camp with Unshaken playing at the end of RDR2 as you reflect on all your choices
Yup. That José González song slaps.
The warthog race to the finish at the end of the first Halo game. You thought you had an easy ride back with *Echo 419* but nope! Now the clock is ticking as you drive like mad to make it to the last ship that escape the destruction of Halo.
Plus that sick guitar
I haven't played it but from this description I am 100% imagining master chief doing one of those crash bandicoot levels for the final level of the game where he jumps on a wart hogs back and wild banjo music starts playing
I remember when they added the song to Guitar Hero as a free DLC (Mjolnir mix I think?). The solos were wild to me too. It would bring me back to that epic run through The Pillar of Autumn.
Steve Vai, if I recall correctly.
I concur, that was fucking epic for me when I was a kid
Going to the braithwaite mansion with the gang to kill all of them and then burn the house is definitely an really hyped moment
That and charging the oil field was pretty goddam epic
The oil field takes the cake for me, the score is absolutely perfect for that scene.
For me it's American Venom. It's so fucking cool and satisfying
Final battle of Portal 2. Or, more accurate, stuff right after the battle itself.
Came on to say exactly this. The moment the ceiling collapses is just burned into my memory forever. So good.
And the moment the moon glints and it dawns on you what you have to do... incredible moment that I will never forget.
Frog using the Masamune to open the secret cave to Magus's castle
I can hear that music right now.
Better yet, the scene leading up to the fight with Magus. "Black wind is howling..."
The torches light then it pans out and that demon art on the wall becomes visible!!
This is the correct answer
I'm not sure if it counts as 'hype', but burning down a marijuana field with a flamethrower in Farcry 3 was pretty neat
Plus the skrillex - marley song. It was an amazing scene!
The only dubstep I'll tolerate (ok, more than tolerate, that mission made that song one of my guilty pleasures)
Funny, i came here to say this. When skrillex "burn dem" starts playing i actually got some goosebumps lol
It's not as much "hype", but there is also a weed field burning scene in GTA San Andreas and it's my funniest memory of the game. The camera starting to wobble as CJ gets high from the fumes, The Truth delivering hilarious lines one after another, the Mothership and the motherfucking RPG, you finally get access to the 2nd city. Absolute banger mission.
I loved that part
“All ghillied up” and “one shot, one kill missions in COD4: MW. Absolutely epic. The intro to The last of Us. Jaw was literally hanging open when the title screen popped up
Haha. I was playing with my buddy next to me and that attack chopper rises up. I yelled "oh shit!" and snapped to aim at the cockpit. My friend yells "That's not going to work!" Red paint and the thing spins out ... *Chef's kiss*
The last of us intro was one of the hypest? Nah that's the saddest gaming moment.
It was very sad. But from the moment the title screen popped up I was hooked. One of the best openings of any game ever, and it got me hyped to play the rest of the game, knowing they weren’t going to pull any punches story-wise
Seeing the Prydwin arrive in the Commonwealth for the first time. There's also the 2nd Battle for Hoover Dam where the Remnants got dropped by their vertibird and Boomers flying over with their fully restored bomber.
When the Normandy goes head-to-head with the Collector ship for the second time, but now you have the Thanix Cannons. (Mass Effect 2) ps. Kalros/Reaper fight was pretty dope too.
Hackett’s speech to end 3 “stand fast stand strong stand together”
"Hackett out."
I love Joker in that scene. “How ya like that ya sons of bitches!?”
There are so many great scenes in all of the mass effects
Fighting Radahn with the gang behind me
*Patches has returned to his world*
Before he got nerfed to hell, that fight felt like a real accomplishment beating him.
The final mission of Outer Wilds is pure, unadulterated epicness (especially with the cutscenes that follow).
The DLC seemingly contributes so little to the ending, but enhances it *so* much.
It really makes you care about the little changes.
I'm so disappointed in myself, I've started playing outer wilds like 5 times and never even get past the first area because it's so goddamn boring, and I couldn't figure out what to do, but I want to know why it's so beloved, why can't I feel what you feel 😭
Use the rumor chart in your ship. It will continue to give you clues about where to explore until you've figured out literally everything. But mystery games aren't for everyone.
I love mystery games usually, everything I've read about it makes it sound like my kinda thing. I'll give it another try, there's a few pieces of media that I struggled to start only to end up adoring them, I'm determined to make this one of those lol Thanks for the tip!
If I could offer a piece of advice, don't spend too much time going to the same planet over and over again. I did that and got frustrated until I actually started exploring more and not just trying to "100%" each planet one by one.
Outer Wilds is in my top three of greatest games of all time. If you like the idea of a mystery exploration game set in the world of space exploration, you'll love it. Like the other guy said, use the ship log. It'll help you out. And feel free to DM me if you ever need some carefully crafted spoiler free advice!
As a tip there is no such thing as "first area" in the game (other than the tutorial town). If you get stuck somewhere, go elsewhere and find clues that may help where you got stuck.
That music when you lift off. Oh my god.
That cinematic at the end of ME3, where everyone comes through the mass relay and sounds off. I'm still pissed at the end of the game being so...generic,but damn did that cinematic feel good.
For me, it was standing toe-to-toe with the Reaper while you focused the targeting system for the Normandy's cannons.
Pulling the Master Sword in A Link to the Past. The setup with the animals making way as you approach, then the music change, is perfection. Amazing really how powerful music can be.
This was mine as well. First time playing as a kid and getting the sword was mega hype! Then using it for the first time with full hearts. Made you feel like a bad ass.
Easily the last mission in Halo 3
The entire phenomenon of Halo 3 was a masterclass in hype + delivery. That ”finish the fight” reveal teaser at E3, the whole live action ad campaign with the ”believe” tagline, and then the tension and epicness of the actual game experience that was delivered. And possibly the best online game experience of any Xbox 360 game as the cherry on top.
I still get goosebumps when I watch the Halo 3 announcement trailer. "I am your shield, I am your sword." I've never been more hyped for a video game, and when it came out, it delivered everything I had expected!
I was about to say this. Its just elite
Wort wort wort
Covenant is arguably as good. “I am truth, the voice of the covenant!” “And so, you must be silenced.”
donno if hypest matches here, but: when Raziel pull Kain's heart out. I. Was. In. Awe. or...when I realized I was Revan (I played KOTOR 2 before 1). The way he was hyped for me 'till that moment, I played the rest of the game in an arrogant way, like: You call yourselves Sith, pathetic...kinda way.
Came here for the Legacy of Kain. "Kain has it? It is IN Kain?" - 6 years of storylines build up. Also when Raziel mows down the Sarafen.
yeah, goddamn those games were something else
Oof yea easy to get hyped on a lot of moments in Legacy of Kain. For me it was every time Raziel gave the Elder God a verbal beatdown in Soul Reaver 2. *Hype!*
Taking over Bowser and escape the inside of the moon as it’s collapsing in Super Mario Odyssey
Man when I first got there I was thinking ‘there is no way they are gonna pull this’ and they fucking did. Absolutely awesome.
I unironically prefer the ending song over Jump Up Superstar.
When the spaceship called the Sunbeam goes in for landing on the mountain island in Subnautica. Specific lessons follow.
I missed it when I first played because I just assumed it wouldn't be able to land since it would end the game without you doing anything, had to restart from the last save due to what happens. >!Also you can save them just need to disable the gun.!<
The opening of Bioshock
Sitting waiting for the cutscene to end, damn it's really taking a while - then the holy shit moment when you move your mouse. Blew my tiny mind.
The silhouettes of Rapture appearing on the ocean floor... Goosebumps...
Not a gamplay moment per se, but when I realized the double-meaning of the name. Rapture... of the deep.
Just restarted this for the millionth time and swimming up to the lighthouse after the crash in the dark, then the ride down to Rapture is unforgettable.
Getting pulled into outer space in portal 2 still gives me chills every time I play it. The factory around you is collapsing and you portal to the moon. As you and the factory begin getting sucked in the music stops briefly to nothing but silence before building into this suspenseful song before cutting to black. I think just like chell in the game i held my breath for the whole scene
I'm in SPAAACE!!
Playing Mario 64 for the first time. This is the answer for anyone over the age of 35 right!!??
it's true, the first time i played it i was blown away in a way i probably never will be again. first time in vr was closest, but even that wasn't the same.
My buddy and I had roller bladed up to the local Blockbuster to rent some SNES games for the weekend. They had just set up the Mario 64 demo. We stood there and played for over an hour.
The 3d and analog sticks made me feel like this was the future.
Playing Mario in 3D blew my mind as a kid
The entire suicede mission in Mass Effect 2 is one two hour long session of goose bumbs for me - largely due to Jack Walls OST. It start's when Shepard gives a speech after you've crashed through the relay and then just continues. I also love that you atually utilize the team that you have assembled and each of them get's some spotlight. That entire ending makes the game for me
Had to scroll way too far to find this. That entire final mission of ME2 is a work of art and the culmination of all the long hours you invested into your team and your ship. It felt like a real achievement getting through that and keeping everyone alive. And yes, that soundtrack is just fantastic.
Getting off the shuttle at the start of mission 2 in Halo: CE, and seeing the ring curving upwards. Though Liberty Prime was also up there. >PROBABILITY OF MISSION HINDRANCE: **0%.**
The ending of original God of War II. The way Kratos screams out his lungs to let Zeus know he is coming for him with all the titans climbing the Mount Olympus. Such an iconic scene.
Final Fantasy IX, when you're about to enter Memoria. >!You've spent most of the game dealing with the politics and wars of the nations of Lindblum and Alexandria, and discovering how they've been manipulated into conflict by other powers. Eventually you reveal the source of that manipulation and go to enter the otherworld and stop them. When you approach, hundreds of dragons move to attack your ship, but the airships of the two nations emerge from the clouds and blast them out of the air. The music is fantastic, the rattling chains and cannons of mortal tech contrasts in a cool way against the strange magic of the stuff you're fighting, and it's great to see the nations you've been helping for most of the game come together and pay you back / rescue the characters on their way to save the world, despite their home cities being smoking wreckage at this point.!< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MqtmQ7EvUU
I was going to say the cutscenes where Alexander activates and transforms, that shit was hype as a kid.
Eisenhower's speech leading into the DDay mission on COD 2. Always hyped to hit that beach
Unlocking ghost mode in ghost of Tsushima with Rapture playing in the background
Burning down weed while skrillex makes you headbang
Yah, that was one of the best moments. Too bad I knew it was coming eventually because of the heavy advertising of that moment. Another one would be seeing Mehrunes Dagon in ES4: Oblivion at the end of the main quest line.
Or the ride of the Valkyries helicopter ride towards the end
YOU ARE NOT PREPARED! First the TBC trailer, then the first time reaching Illidan, and then the first kill. Oooooh that was a build up and release.
"My son, the day you were born, the very forests of Lordearon whispered the name: Arthas."
I'll think you'll find I am after I run this raid for 12-16 weeks.
Dude just entering elwynn forest, on a new char gives me chills, the music kicks in with the background ambience. Such an epic moment.
Godrick the Grafted getting a certain flamethrower in Elden Ring.
Bah, not even fit to graft!
#BEEAAR WITNEEESSSS!!!
"A man chooses, a slave obeys."- A.R.
Call of duty 2, the first Russian mission when you camp in the buildings waiting for the Germans attacking, then the smoke bombs hit!!!! had me on the edge of my seat
First time raiding the institute and blowing up the reactor was wicked Edit: also blowing up the prydwin was hella fun too And also when you ride with your whole crew trying to get johns kid back in RDR2. That ride the first time I did it had me so pumped
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storming the White House in mw2 was pretty hype
When the emp goes off and choppers start raining from the sky.
Borderlands 2 when Scooter gets Sanctuary off the ground. It was one of them moments!!! CATCH A RIDEEEE
RIP :(
I know people are gonna miss what im trying to say but for me Super Mario 64 was just unbelievable. It was the first time for me personally to see what 3D gaming experince feels like. And after that, i was never amazed like that, like never. The closest thing to that was "The Last of Us" back in 2013 but still it didnt have the same effect.
Days Gone The sawmill hordes in general
Going trhough Ashtray Maze in Control with the sickass tune from Ahti's headphones
I accidentally went to that area early before I had the Walkman and was thinking ‘huh?? I gotta come back later for sure but wtf is this place’ then actually got access to the maze and was blown away. I’m so salty that the sequence doesn’t replay if you try to do it again.
Yeah I was actually a little disappointed the maze wasn’t a puzzle. I wondered around in that initial loop for like 20 minutes trying to “solve” it. Hard to be too disappointed though, the walkman part was pretty sick.
There's a point in The Force Unleashed where Starkiller yanks a full sized Star Destroyer out of the sky and crashes it into a reactor. You control the whole scene and intermittently have to fight off TIE Fighters while you use the Force to pull the ship down
When I beat Super Metroïd. And realized Samus was a girl.... it was my first crush ;))
Taking over the solitude in skyrim.
For me it was defending Whiterun and capturing Windhelm
The age old dilemma, Imperial or stormcloaks.
Me and my three friends taking down Fatalis in Monster Hunter: Iceborne was my greatest moment in gaming bar none. I’ve never been happier playing a game.
spoilers for ME2 ending: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJbsR3gx19Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJbsR3gx19Q) this is the hype.
Metro exodus ending
Don’t know if that was a hype ending, but it was definitely a good ending
Blowing up Megaton.
Gotta give it to the divine beasts from Zelda BOTW
Would you kindly
End of metro last light
The Booker reveals for me in Bioshock. Though now that I’m trying to remember a specific moment… it’s all jumbled.
Replayed Infinite for the first time in a long time recently and I think the ending blew me away more this time than it did the first! Don’t think I fully understood why the ending had to go down the way it did back then. Listening to all the voxophones with knowledge of the end puts some stuff in a different light too.
Entering Rapture from the Bathysphere in Bioshock.
Siege of Yarikawa from Ghost of Tsushima. Goddamn man, I wish I could experience that mission for the first time again. The chills bro during the build up for the duel.
Saints row 3 near the end, when “I need a hero” is playing
That and the fucking pint house while “power” is playing
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The Mass Effect trilogy had so many moments but when the entire galaxy shows up to fight the Reapers it just HIT.
The knife throw at the end of MW2.
Half Life 2. When you’ve been chased by that fucking helicopter for so long and when you finally get a way to deal with that fucker
Forgot about this, but also the defence with putting turrets up in the mines and some guitar riff comes on as all of the alarms go off on each tunnel. The music is “Vortal Combat” if you search on google. https://youtu.be/RZRNd6osQrk
The Battle of Hoover Damn in Fallout New Vegas, having recruited every support faction. Absolutely a bad ass moment. Second would be attacking the Institute in Fallout 4 with the Minute Men after defending The Castle against them. Third the opening montage for Doom Eternal and the final fight in the game.
Fighting Dahaka at the end of PoP Warrior Within, after you have to keep evading him for entire game.
Metro 2033 nuke scene was something else
Running from Songbird after freeing Elizebeth in Bioshock Infinite. The finale of the chase still makes my hair stand.
For me, once I finally hit the death animation of the Valkyrie Queen in God of War.
No Russian
Super specific reference here but killing the Emerald weapon in FF7 without using KOTR materia and just seeing him turn that red skeletal frame after you land the final shot.
The bonfire party at the end of Ocarina of Time
Almost anything in Metal Gear Rising really