Board 8 > What are some moments in gaming history that make you feel really awesome?

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I don't mean major gaming accomplishments that you've done ("I beat Contra with one life!"), but like moments in games where the scenario makes you feel like a badass who's done something incredible (even if it actually wasn't that hard to do).

Like, I always loved in Kirby Super Star where you take down the Halberd while the entire crew is screaming over the comms. Or like the 1000 Heartless Battle in Kingdom Hearts 2, where you have that great feeling of taking down tons of enemies in a massive battlefield. Things like that.

Surviving all the waves of enemies in the Arrival DLC in Mass Effect 2

Metroid Dread escape sequence

Jumpin' Jack Flash in Elite Beat Agents

Call of Duty 4 - the mission Heat, small group of SAS against Ultranationalists. Love the stage planning type mission design, it's just exhilarating throughout.

The final run in Outer Wilds when the music kicks in

Ending E in Nier Automata

The antlion defence and the final battle in HL2: E2

- My first EX clear of current content in FFXIV (Endwalker's first trial; i never bothered with EX during ShB being new during its prepatch.) Havent quite caught that high before in that game.
- Getting the Big Fish title from the same game, which took a year realtime.
- Back when 10-step difficulties were newish in DDR (Max 300 and the like,) getting my first triple A on Sakura (even though it was a hiding 9)
- Maxing in Runescape. Then doing it again last year. Now I need to do it again due to Necromancy.
- Finishing the main story of Guild Wars 2 and having Fear Not This Night swell up.
- Being a top ranked Carpenter for my ocean when Puzzle Pirates was a thing.

Catching the biggest fish in Final Fantasy XV

followed closely by defeating Leviathan in the same game

Escorting EVA to safety after she got wounded toward the end of MGS3

Ornstein and Smough

Malenia

Big Boss v Snake at the end of MGS3.

VintageGin posted...

Ending E in Nier Automata

That's a good one

Numerous Ace Attorney examples, though end of 2-4 is probably the best example.

The final bosses of ToTK and Octopath Traveler 2 are great recent examples

Destroying Wyzen when he's Galactus-sized with one punch and fighting Augus on the Moon, both in Asura's Wrath

Reaching the peak of the mountain in Journey

Some of the really high leap of faiths in Assassin's Creed

Killing Cronos is God of War III

Grand_Kirby posted...

Like, I always loved in Kirby Super Star where you take down the Halberd while the entire crew is screaming over the comms.

Pretty similar to this example: the Star Fox 64 level where the team gives up on entering Venom stealthily and instead just blasts through the entire armada head on. The two bosses start off cocky and just get increasingly panicked as the stage goes on.

VintageGin posted...

The antlion defence and the final battle in HL2: E2

Yesss.

The cutscene after you land the last hit on the final boss in Pizza Tower.

First time you activate Ghost Stance in Ghost of Tsushima

Crashing the wedding in FFX

Taking down Goetia in FGO.

Warthog Run, and Lone Wolf in Reach

Rules of nature

Another one I thought of that's stuck with me for a long time:

The Sun Rises in Okami

In the original RE2, upgrading the base shotgun with the custom parts, and then the first time you blow a zombie right in half with the weapon's blast!

I made a Magic deck and my opponent said "cool deck"

Basically the deck played a bunch of powerful creatures with downsides when they entered the battlefield. But I had a card (Tocatli Honor Guard) that eliminated their downsides. So I was beating them down with 1-mana 3/4's, 2-mana 4/4's, and 3-mana 5/5's

Pretty fragile and inconsistent but it felt really good when it worked

FF16 has some.

Recent example, but the first completed run in Hades was the first thing to come to mind for me. Especially if it's a skin-of-your-teeth victory like it was for me.

Dark_Silvergun posted...

In the original RE2, upgrading the base shotgun with the custom parts, and then the first time you blow a zombie right in half with the weapon's blast!

Moment I fell in love with Shotguns in general

Fighting Cronos in God of War 3
Getting the Blades of Chaos/beating Sigrun in GoW 2018
Beating Krauser in original RE4, especially using just a knife. I knew while I was playing it that this was the best shit ever
Making the final run in Outer Wilds is a good one
Activating Super Sonic, then Hyper Sonic in S3&K
When you finish the entire Madagascar chase sequence in Uncharted 4 starting with leaving the church
Fighting the pope in Ass Creed 2
The first time you make Manfred von Karma uncomfortable
Beating the Metal Gear RAYs on Euro Extreme in MGS2. Felt like a huge accomplishment
Beating the Livid Dead level in Rayman Origins (and the music level in Legends)
Getting Legend rank in Pokemon Go's Battle League (which I just did last night for the second time!)

Oh yeah and completing the Speedrun of Jacknife in Mirror's Edge. I love that game so much, but that level cursed me.

Oh, I forgot
Kirby and the Forgotten Land Using Mouthful Mode on a big rig truck and driving up the falling debris to isekai Fecto Elflis while a remixed invincibility theme plays

skullbone posted...

First time you activate Ghost Stance in Ghost of Tsushima

I just got this for the first time, it was totally out of the blue and it fucking ruled

"Beating the Metal Gear RAYs on Euro Extreme in MGS2."

100% this

First thought: the first escape sequence from Ori and the Blind Forest.