About 8 or so hours into Tears of The Kingdom I discovered the depths completely on accident by riding one of the dragons into it. First time in a long time I felt a complete sense of awe while playing a video game.
About 8 or so hours into Tears of The Kingdom I discovered the depths completely on accident by riding one of the dragons into it. First time in a long time I felt a complete sense of awe while playing a video game.
What I find interesting is that you spent 8 hours doing random things, because quite early in the game the main town has a quest that brings you down there and has you tap a light root to see what they do.
Completely missed that quest lol. Most of my time early on was just spent exploring and unlocking the map. Eventually made my way to kakariko village, saw a dragon flying into one of the holes and hopped on thinking I’d go out of bounds and die or something.
I also missed the quest, but I saw the hole and dove right down it at the start.
Came here to post about TOTK - I didn’t think it could match the sheer wonder and awe BOTW filled me with but somehow it’s surpassed it. Skydiving off the tutorial island / fusing a weapon for the first time have made me feel like a kid again. Truly incredible stuff from Nintendo.
When that music kicks in when you start a game of We Love Katamari or Katamari Damacy
It will always bring me joy
It brings me back to a simpler time of being a kid during summer and picking the game up for the first time with a former friend.
Though that former friend is no longer here, those memories of that summer will be with me hopefully forever.
I had lost those memories (and many many others) a few years back when I had a traumatic brain injury, and last summer when my AC was broken and I caught myself humming a some I didn't remember. And after a bit of working on the song it clicked what it was from. I listened too a few songs from it and booted it up on my old PS2. And that intro music while sitting in front of my TV on the floor, brought me to happy tears as those memories of that summer started to flood back.
Finally beating the asylum demon on my very first playthrough of dark souls.
Then i immediately realized i only just beat the tutorial.
Playing Dark Souls 1 for the first time has so many amazing moments like that - finally defeating the Bell Gargoyles, or surmounting Sens Fortress and pushing the Iron Golem off... But I don't think anything will ever compare to the exhilaration I felt in beating Ornstein and Smough for the first time.
Right at the beginning of Nier Automata when it shifts into a bullet hell game for a bit and the already amazing soundtrack changes styles to match I just knew I was in for an amazing experience.
Same - I was done with the SP story and wanted to play coop.
I got matched with someone and we communicated by head bobbing / jumping and very little text chat.
Played through the whole thing together and never saw each other again, it was a special moment for sure.
In Control, the Hotel Ashtray maze:
You put on headphones and some epic hard rock kicks in. (Old Gods of Asgard: "Take Control".) The hotel hallways open up and transform into a surreal maze of twisting, sliding paths as you run through and hit a series of intense fights.
I'd never done the maze before, so I totally wasn't expecting this: At the very end of it, basically unison with the in-game character Jesse, she & I both said "That was awesome"
Think its gotta be THAT moment towards the end of Disco Elysium (if you know, you know, I don't wanna spoil it for folk who haven't experienced it for themselves yet), it made me cry but it was a happy cry so I think it counts
Which part?
The shootout? Or the old man on the island? Or the cryptid?
The third one
Yeah, that moment was awesome.
The "Invaders Must Die" fight in Hi-Fi Rush had me beaming ear to ear. By that point in the game I was so in tune (intended) with the mechanics I just chewed through the fight, headbanging the whole time. One of my all time favourite gaming moments.
Not so much a smile, more of a 'WTF?! 🤣😂🤣😂'.
THAT quest in Kingdom Come Deliverance with the Priest.
Recently, Hi-Fi Rush made me smile (and laugh) more than once :)
I was trying out the Portal RTX upgrade and found a QR code while messing with a radio. When I scanned it, it gave me a txt file "black mesa". And I genuinely cackled physically. Wasn't expecting something so silly, let alone a functioning QR code, to make me laugh like that.
Bastion, near the end; can’t remember the names, but when you’re carrying the man that betrayed you, while being shot at by his former clan; and eventually they stop, in awe of your commitment.
One of the soldiers finally opens fire again, and the one next to him throws him to the ground.
Hollow Knight, final phase of the fight with Radiance -> you ascend dodging the lasers to deliver the final blow as your shadowkin gather to witness your victory over Radiance.
Playing Mario Odyssey.
The segment right at the end where you
play as Bowser was incredible. Just smashing through rocks as the whole place came crashing down I was grinning like a kid. It was just so incredibly fun and a great reward for beating the game.
The first sight of Botw/genshin's open world, Gaur plains and gormott from Xenoblade 1 and 2.
The indescribable joy of feeling the wind on your face as the world opens before you
BOTW was such an awesome feeling
2 of my favorite from Titanfall 2 are when:
1: During the home/neighborhood factory when you realize this is building the boss arena.
2: Using the time travel device to fight your way out of the facility in two different timelines.
Many absurd deaths in Spelunky 2. As a game, it has a tendency to kill you in ways that are very over the top, and unfair. It used to frustrate me, but I've evolved past that, and now I just smile.
!Ending E!< in Nier Replicant.
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It seems like it doesn't work on Jerboa yet, so maybe I'll look into fixing that. Thanks for the resource!
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Mass Effect 2, Grunt's loyalty mission on Tuchanka. Always, always take the renegade interrupt to headbutt Uvenk and cut off his rant.
When in Rome...
I’m sure there are plenty but the ones that stick with me are :
The ending of Disco Elysium, and the friends you made along the way of a murder investigation. The writing is so good that it set a very high bar for future games.
Potential spoilers for Forgotten City
Finding out how and why the loop in Forgotten City is happening (the whole objective of the game is finding out why you’re stuck in a loop).
Similar to Groundhog Day, you start to get familiar with everyone’s routines and get to know them better each time the loop resets.
And then realising ::: spoiler spoiler Galerius is your true bro all along. :::
The ending of God of War: Ragnarok. Although I have some problems with the "mechanics" of the story (how they handled the prophecy is a bit silly) the emotional and thematic core of the story is A+. I got a bit teary eyed at multiple points in the game, and I almost cried at the ending. Kratos got the finale he deserved.
Frog detective - basically all the time.
Yes, many parts of MGS 1, but some that stand out for me:
Outer wilds spoilers!
One time falling into the black hole on brittle hallow, I just happened to have my signalscope out and fall in at the right time to get the harmonic convergence achievement. It was an amazing moment exploring that world, falling through a black hole and being greeted by the travelers theme.
God what I would give to experience that game for the first time again
The mission where the janitor gives you his Walkman in Control, where you're in that weird room killing heaps of enemies. Couldn't stop smiling and appreciating the scene with the great music.
For a smaller indie game: The Big Con (recently added to Gamepass) made me smile almost the whole playthrough. It's a puzzle-adventure-like game with a cute style and the goofiest humor that resonated so well with my own, I couldn't help but laugh the whole time. :D
A bunch of moments in Mario Odyssey come to mind, especially the ending sequence
Yeah I have a bunch in this game as well. After the game ends it takes you back to Peach's castle and the castle theme song starts playing, I actually cried lmao
The music just brought me back to playing Mario 64 in my living room as a kid
My coworker and I were working together and he was playing BOTW on some downtime. He ended up getting caught between a bunch of enemies and saved, then died, again and again and again. He decided he was gonna win the fight no matter what, and we ended up taking turns to see who could win the fight first.
It was a good moment, as we shared in that struggle together, dying time and time again to try and come out on top in camaraderie.
Mass Effect 3: I am Garrus Vakarian and this is now my favorite spot on the Citadel!
Metal Gear Solid 3, the ladder scene with the awesome soundtrack.
Recently it has to be the penultimate stage of Hi-Fi Rush. I was absolutely grinning from ear to ear while playing it, just perfect use of a licensed song
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That moment when you pulls the Master Sword from the Dragon, nothing top that moment for me in Zelda series.
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The end of Portal 2, when the enrichment center barfs out your old companion cube. Such a charming way to end the story, and I couldn't help but smile. Especially in contrast to the intense turret opera immediately preceding it, it just feels oddly wholesome.
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