Falksi
Arcane
We all have our fave games, but which moments from gaming stick with you the most?
Good, bad, ugly funny etc. It doesn't even have to be from a game you like, just moments in gaming which will stick with you forever.
Here's mine to get the ball rolling, obviously SPOILERS ahead.........
1. Boom! Bomber!!! - Contra 3
"Wow!" Only word for it. Only a handful of minutes into this high octane, action packed SNES classic and I was just trying to catch my breath from the action. Finally get 2 seconds to settle on a screen where nothing appears to be happening and boom! This bod boy swoops down from the sky in all it's glorious Mode 7 glory. Absolutely blown away.
2. I can fly my friend! - Super Mario World
When I bought this masterpiece I bought it on Jap import, and had never played a Mario game before, so I'd no idea what did what, and had to figure it all out from scratch. Needless to say, I was hooked by it's awesome layered simplistic depth from the off, however the moment it went from amazing to supa-fucking-awesome-amazing was when I fluked flying. No idea how I did it, I thought the feather just made you glide after jumping, and the next thing you know I'm somehow flying across the entire level. It was like each go on the game revealed another mint little secret, but this is the one I spunked at.
3. Zangief's Dance - Street Fighter 2
Haha, what a fucking bellend. When Gorb appeared that was a fair bit of a "WTF" moment, but when Zang gets down & boogies with him I was pissing myself. Surreal shit. Loved it.
4. Psycho Mantis' Controller Switch - Metal Gear Solid 1
Yeah it was a gimmick, but it took that 4th wall and tore it a new one.
5. Joker falling for Batman & Harley - Arkham Origins
Lovely little decent into madness. Here you've got this dumb bird getting wetter by the second as Joker pours his heart out about his desire for Batman.
6. Mowing folk over in a Golf Cart in Vice City to the sound of "Japanese Boy" - GTA Vice City
Vice City is still to this day the best GTA game for me. The abomination life-sim, play themselves games which the GTA series has become is bollocks, and thankfully Saints Row have picked up the sillyness baton. Anyway, beating someone to death whilst in golfing attire to the song "Japanese Boy" was one of those "WTF?!?" moments I'm eternally greatful for.
7. Pulling Out The Master Sword - A Link To The Past
Excalibur! Well, not quite, but it was the closest I've come to experiencing such a moment. It really felt significant, and sweetly switched the journey from prologue to main quest.
8. Saved By A Metroid - Super Metroid
Sent shivers down my spine even just posting this. What a fucking moment. All going to shit, no chance in hell, and the pup you saved early doors comes back to sacrifice itself for you. Things shouldn't be this emotion provoking in the 16-bit era, but it was. Mint.
9. Dying - Curse of Monkey Island
I'm dead?!? What a fucking joke! Well yep, but it did have me going for a second. Great moment in a superb game of a superb trilogy (the rest after Curse don't exist in my mind)
10. Watching your lass get her brains blown out.
Holy fuck this kicked me straight in the love-spuds like Stuart Pearce twatting a free kick. Brutal shit, yeah I know the game was gonna be dark, it's called "The Darkness" after all, durr, but the speed & punch this was delivered with made it hit home. She looked nice too (Would still have skull fucked her after)
11. Blanka's Reunion
Another SF2 WTF moment. That raging beast is gonna cry after his mam? WTF? Brilliant. It's just a shame his sis didn't turn up after for him to rape her, but there's always SF6
12. Divinity 2's Ending
Didn't expect that. Brilliant.
13.. Summoner 2's Ending
For a game that plays it straight as arrows most the way through, the ending was unexpected & funny as fuck. Awesome game too, one of the best action RPGs I've ever played. check it out.
14. Witcher 2's "reveal"
I was fortunate enough to play Roche's path first, which then led to the dragon reveal being even more impactful. Great moment, such a shame more games don't do genuine game-changing C&C like this did.
15.Aeris Alys Dies
Fuck Aeris. I mean, I liked FF7, but she was just some daft flower girl who didn't really stand out to me. Alys however was a beastin' hard as nails bitch who was never gonna die. But she did. Quite early into the game too. Played through every playthrough of this still mourning the loss as I progress through the game.
Good, bad, ugly funny etc. It doesn't even have to be from a game you like, just moments in gaming which will stick with you forever.
Here's mine to get the ball rolling, obviously SPOILERS ahead.........
1. Boom! Bomber!!! - Contra 3
"Wow!" Only word for it. Only a handful of minutes into this high octane, action packed SNES classic and I was just trying to catch my breath from the action. Finally get 2 seconds to settle on a screen where nothing appears to be happening and boom! This bod boy swoops down from the sky in all it's glorious Mode 7 glory. Absolutely blown away.
2. I can fly my friend! - Super Mario World
When I bought this masterpiece I bought it on Jap import, and had never played a Mario game before, so I'd no idea what did what, and had to figure it all out from scratch. Needless to say, I was hooked by it's awesome layered simplistic depth from the off, however the moment it went from amazing to supa-fucking-awesome-amazing was when I fluked flying. No idea how I did it, I thought the feather just made you glide after jumping, and the next thing you know I'm somehow flying across the entire level. It was like each go on the game revealed another mint little secret, but this is the one I spunked at.
3. Zangief's Dance - Street Fighter 2
Haha, what a fucking bellend. When Gorb appeared that was a fair bit of a "WTF" moment, but when Zang gets down & boogies with him I was pissing myself. Surreal shit. Loved it.
4. Psycho Mantis' Controller Switch - Metal Gear Solid 1
Yeah it was a gimmick, but it took that 4th wall and tore it a new one.
5. Joker falling for Batman & Harley - Arkham Origins
Lovely little decent into madness. Here you've got this dumb bird getting wetter by the second as Joker pours his heart out about his desire for Batman.
6. Mowing folk over in a Golf Cart in Vice City to the sound of "Japanese Boy" - GTA Vice City
Vice City is still to this day the best GTA game for me. The abomination life-sim, play themselves games which the GTA series has become is bollocks, and thankfully Saints Row have picked up the sillyness baton. Anyway, beating someone to death whilst in golfing attire to the song "Japanese Boy" was one of those "WTF?!?" moments I'm eternally greatful for.
7. Pulling Out The Master Sword - A Link To The Past
Excalibur! Well, not quite, but it was the closest I've come to experiencing such a moment. It really felt significant, and sweetly switched the journey from prologue to main quest.
8. Saved By A Metroid - Super Metroid
Sent shivers down my spine even just posting this. What a fucking moment. All going to shit, no chance in hell, and the pup you saved early doors comes back to sacrifice itself for you. Things shouldn't be this emotion provoking in the 16-bit era, but it was. Mint.
9. Dying - Curse of Monkey Island
I'm dead?!? What a fucking joke! Well yep, but it did have me going for a second. Great moment in a superb game of a superb trilogy (the rest after Curse don't exist in my mind)
10. Watching your lass get her brains blown out.
Holy fuck this kicked me straight in the love-spuds like Stuart Pearce twatting a free kick. Brutal shit, yeah I know the game was gonna be dark, it's called "The Darkness" after all, durr, but the speed & punch this was delivered with made it hit home. She looked nice too (Would still have skull fucked her after)
11. Blanka's Reunion
Another SF2 WTF moment. That raging beast is gonna cry after his mam? WTF? Brilliant. It's just a shame his sis didn't turn up after for him to rape her, but there's always SF6
12. Divinity 2's Ending
Didn't expect that. Brilliant.
13.. Summoner 2's Ending
For a game that plays it straight as arrows most the way through, the ending was unexpected & funny as fuck. Awesome game too, one of the best action RPGs I've ever played. check it out.
14. Witcher 2's "reveal"
I was fortunate enough to play Roche's path first, which then led to the dragon reveal being even more impactful. Great moment, such a shame more games don't do genuine game-changing C&C like this did.
15.
Fuck Aeris. I mean, I liked FF7, but she was just some daft flower girl who didn't really stand out to me. Alys however was a beastin' hard as nails bitch who was never gonna die. But she did. Quite early into the game too. Played through every playthrough of this still mourning the loss as I progress through the game.