Portal 2. There are no words can can describe how I love that game.
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Oh, portal is such a good suggestion. Both of them are great.
Playing through the first one was in my top 3 most satisfying game experiences. Great game, then suddenly there was a huge twist. Then that ending.
The second one is great but has such a different feel. And I wish they'd gone with "GladOS has actually been activated and bored this whole time" to explain why there was so much extra STUFF. And I didn't want to hate Wheatley. Etc.
Still, all the Cave Johnson stuff was so great. And great puzzles. And the whole potato thing. And finding out GladOS' backstory...
Portal 1, as Yahtzee famously said, is perfect. The twist, structure, pacing, music, even how efficient they were with assets and the length of the game. All flawless.
Portal 2 is great and also does a good job for its length but Portal 1 would be my pick.
Came to see portal, left to play portal
So many golden moments mentioned on here… Morrowind, BioShock, shadow of the colossus. Amazing.
A recent one for me was Tunic - those who have played it will know there is a moment about halfway through where your entire understanding of the game is flipped on its head. Left me awestruck.
The Neifirst fight in Phantasy Star II.
The entirety of FFXIV: Shadowbringers, but especially the series of cutscenes leading up to the final dungeon and trial.
Chrono Trigger, the battle with Magus. Most boss battles in any game have a really high beats per minute, or awesome high energy track. The music for this boss fills you with a sense of dread and fear. I remember the first time I played it, I had goose bumps.
Definitely this for me as well. Glenn was my favorite character, and this fight is the pinnacle of his story.
Oh yes, Chrono Trigger most certainly. I was so shocked the first time I got to THAT specific Lavos fight in the game. I'd never seen that happen in a game before.
A game moment to do again with no memory? Leaving the sewers for the first time in Oblivion. It was the first open world game I had ever played as a kid, and seeing the glare of the sun and realizing that everything I saw was able to be explored? Pure gaming magic.
A whole game to do again? Disco Elysium. There are plenty of ways to go back through the game on another playthrough and do things differently, but there is nothing quite like the first run of that game.
Leaving the sewers… and almost immediately getting murdered by a khajiit with a giant hammer.
Same for me; I’d never even heard of Morrowind or played anything like it before. It was my first x360 game and it really made me believe the ‘next gen’ hype.
Still holding off on a second play through of Disco Elysium until memory fades some more. But there are some fantastic "oh fuck" story beats in there that just won't hit the same the second time.
I'm about to do a second playthrough of Disco Elysium, and this time I think I won't try to redeem the MC... I will try to beat it as an alcoholic brawler with a good heart who can't stop analyzing people.
But it's taking all my willpower not to do Inland Empire again 😅
Bioshock Infinite, when Elizabeth realises what's happening and slowly shows it to you.
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FF7 crisis core for the PSP and it is not even close.
The story, the music, the english voice acting, the cut scenes, the gameplay; it was al just fenomenal.
It is still the best story based game I played and the ending just hits you right in the feels.
My Reddit name that I used was actually based on the Loveless poem, Genesis recited in the game (favorite character with Zack Fair).
I remember getting this and playing the shit out of it when it first came out. I've still got my PSP and the many various games, including Crisis Core, on a shelf display. My PSVita never got quite as much use as my PSP until I eventually jailbroke that one too lol
For me it's Outer Wilds. It's a kind of space exploration/deduction game where you fly around in your ship at your own pace and explore what you want to explore. After a while you discover that there are small mysteries that all point to a central giant mystery and you start uncovering that by experimenting with the mechanics and discovering new places.
It's seriously amazing but you can only ever truly experience its mystery once.
i think about this a lot. would love to play through lost odyssey again fresh. it's my favorite game of all time and nothing has made me feel what i felt for that game. i invested every moment of free time i had into it, and it was the first game to make me buy a soundtrack lol. such a stunning gem in so many ways.
I would kill to be able to experience Nier Automata Ending E for the first time again.
In Metal Gear Solid for the original PlayStation, there was a boss fight against Psycho Mantis, who was a psychic who could predict your every move. The fight was literally impossible. It didn't matter what you did, he always had the perfect counter. Of course, he would taunt you about his ability to predict your every move.
My brother and I were absolutely stuck on the fight for what seemed like forever. At one point, a character mentions that he's reading your controller and you can block him by switching to the 2nd control port. So you physically unplug your PlayStation controller and plug it into the other port. Then he reacts by not being able to read your moves, and you can actually fight him "fair".
It blew my mind the first time it happened. I can't remember a video game ever breaking the forth wall like that before.
I loved the fight so much. The way Mantis read the data for other games off your memory card was just so cool; such a clever way to mess with the player.
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So many....
Top I would have to say Witcher 3 OG game (though both DLC were amazing)
For a single boss....not for the 'wow' moments but more for the 'omg I finally did it!': one of the following from the Dark Souls series:
Black Dragon Kalameet (DS1)
Fume Knight (DS2)
Slave Knight Gael (DS3)
The Ashtray Maze in the game Control was an incredible experience. The whole game was great, but that one stage really stands out in my mind in front of almost all others. I loved it.
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The entirety of Outer Wilds was absolutely incredible.
WoW, WotLK.
The scope of the world as you leave the starter area, discovering the world through quest lines, meeting people organically and playing with them for a while. I still love it, but the discovery was great.
Outer Wilds - I'd love to experience that fresh again.
Also Myst and Riven.
Subnautica, Outer Wilds, Chrono Trigger, Wind Waker. In order: the first time I encountered a Leviathan, the Sun Station, the Ocean Palace, and returning to Hyrule.
The Ashtray Maze in Control. Such a crazy action sequence unlike anything else I've ever played.
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The original Deus Ex is always top of my list. I play through probably once a year and the dick around on multiplayer for a month or so after that.
I loved the time-travel level in Titan Fall 2. I don’t play a lot of games so it definitely felt very unique.
Yakuza series as the whole. I would do anything to experience it fresh once again.
I finished 0-6 last year and I can't wait to forget most of them in a few years to replay them.
People who understand will know this should be right up there with Chrono Trigger. Ryu Ga Gotoku is awesome.
You are absolutely right!
Escape velocity - I'd love to experience that game over again. Came out in the 90s.
Confronting the great Dragon Grogori in dragons dogma. The entire game up to that point kept telling you that your fate was tied to his and that if you should want your heart back you must confront and defeat a creature considered invincible by all. When you first approach him he entices you with a wish of power stating you will become grand Duke over a kingdom and he will dissapear as if you had actually slain him all for the price of your loved ones life. There is so much more to the full battle but even just the beginning felt more personal than most final bosses.
The Last of Us, both of them. The gameplay is good and all, but it'll never really be the same as the first time.
I always want to say like, Dark Souls in general but then I remember. I remember
Honestly tho I’m still trying to chase the high of my first playthrough of Undertale (yeah yeah.) I played it right after it came out and happened to be going through a lot. I definitely played it a few times after that and it’s always great but I feel like the first was just magical.
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