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Greatest combinations of gameplay, story, and music in a single moment?
- Thread starter RedSwirl
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yup talk about writing a story that only works because ff14 is a mmo.
Nier Automata E Credits
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Streets of Rage 2 Baseball field
The Last of Us Part II final fight.
Journey last level
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Airbuster boss, Hell House, Jenova boss and Sephiroth fight
Streets of Rage 2 Baseball field
The Last of Us Part II final fight.
Journey last level
Everything from the beginning of phase two against Ludwig in Bloodborne onwards. Timestamped.
The New Donk celebration retro portion in Super Mario Odyssey.
Final Fantasy VII starting with the motorcycle chase, all the way until you drop down at the end of the highway and "Holding My Thoughts in My Heart" starts playing before finally leaving Midgar and venturing out into the open world.
The New Donk celebration retro portion in Super Mario Odyssey.
Final Fantasy VII starting with the motorcycle chase, all the way until you drop down at the end of the highway and "Holding My Thoughts in My Heart" starts playing before finally leaving Midgar and venturing out into the open world.
A recent good one is the Ghost of Yarikawa mission in Tsushima. The music, the new skill you get, presentation, and meaning of what's happening was very well done.
Max Payne 3 at the Airport
Max Payne 3 OST - Health - Tears (Airport Gameplay HD)
Gameplay taken from my walkthrough. I just wanted to showcase the awesome job Rockstar did yet again picking a perfect song for a perfect moment in the game...youtu.be
Came here to say this! This is it, amazing section.
I was trying to find a good video before posting but none of them were in a high enough quality.
The final boss fight in The Last Story is my pick.
The final boss fight in The Last Story is my pick.
I came to post this. I replayed the entire game a few years ago specifically for this part.
There's some great ones mentioned already. Just a few of my picks...
- Mario Odyssey - New Donk City and THAT Bowser section
- NiGHTS - Final stage
- Hades - Final battle (round 2)
- Megaman 2 - Dr Wily stage
- Control - Ashtray Maze
The opera fight in Nier Automata is immediately the one moment that jumps to mind from recent years. Just a phenomenal melding of gameplay, music, visual, and backstory.
Shout out to Control's Ashtray Maze and Max Payne 3's end sequence in the airport too.
Shout out to Control's Ashtray Maze and Max Payne 3's end sequence in the airport too.
FINALLY. I had to scroll far too long in this thread for the actual answer.
It's a 10/10 moment, everything lines up perfectly. Amazing stuff
The blades lining up perfectly with the new control system felt so amazing too.
I'll say Undertale's pacifist ending. It may sound cheesy, but that moment has so much raw emotion in it that I sometimes tear up just thinking back on it. It's just powerful in a way that very few games manage. Not bad for a weird indie game made mostly by two people.
Halo 4, last mission of the game, the run and gun game play leading up to the ending is accompanied by this fantastic music which builds up as you play through and really lends to the feeling that this is one final push against the odds
I know some people really feel strongly about (against) these but I adore them.
A lot of my favourite has already been posted so here's another one
basically all the on-rail flying section of kid icarus uprsiing, where the music fits perfectly all that's happening on screen
basically all the on-rail flying section of kid icarus uprsiing, where the music fits perfectly all that's happening on screen
Pick your favorite Bayonetta boss fight or set piece.
Pick your favorite Metal Gear Rising boss battle.
Pick your favorite moment from Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Pick your favorite Actually I'm gonna pick the last one for you. It's in the last mission of Devil May Cry 5. The moment where you follow the prompt and use a certain mechanic against a certain character. Man, that fight was awesome.
Pick your favorite Metal Gear Rising boss battle.
Pick your favorite moment from Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Before clicking I knew it was going to be this moment. It's so perfectly and carefully timed with the music that it's (as far as I can remember, anyway) the only time in the entire game where the text is unskippable and plays automatically. :)
A couple of picks...
The Kingdom Hearts 2 team-up reflect where you're controlling both characters versus the final boss:
Kingdom Hearts 2: Dancing All Night.
I came to post this. That immediately popped in my head as an example of "style is substance is style" in video games. A couple of very simple gameplay elements, coupled with an amazing presentation, manage to encapsulate and carry the whole point of dozens of hours of story.