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Games in which you said to yourself 'No, this isn't possible'
- Thread starter Threekola Miroswish
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Looong time ago: my C64 and Vectrex
My first 3DS. Some might hate the 3D effect but I think it's great. Tbh... I would have loved it on Switch. It feels like magic playing these old SEGA classics in 3D.
More recently: Astro Bot on PSVR. Mindblowing stuff.
My first 3DS. Some might hate the 3D effect but I think it's great. Tbh... I would have loved it on Switch. It feels like magic playing these old SEGA classics in 3D.
More recently: Astro Bot on PSVR. Mindblowing stuff.
I remember doing the whole train level in Uncharted 2, with the train actively transitioning between locales and the whole variety of craziness that happens on it, and I was in complete awe the whole time.
Hardly impossible, but I was very impressed recently by the dungeons in Zelda 1. Innovation so shining in the NES era it still works today.
Actually impossible, my character's birthday in Rune Factory 4 being celebrated on the game day matching up with my birthday, entered in the 3DS profile. Because the RF4 protagonist has amnesia, how does he know that's his birthday.
Actually impossible, my character's birthday in Rune Factory 4 being celebrated on the game day matching up with my birthday, entered in the 3DS profile. Because the RF4 protagonist has amnesia, how does he know that's his birthday.
Metal Gear Solid 2, Uncharted 1 and 2, and Metroid Prime all looked absolutely stunning to me when they launched.
God of War 3 and Shadow of the Colossus's epicness kinda ruined the setpieces of games I played after them.
Recently? Xenoblade X on WiiU, the scale of this game is enormous, such a big open world game, was never before seen varied landscapes, that left every other OW game behind, and it was possible on a mediocre powered console.
Reading all of the previews for San Andreas gave it a too good to be true vibe.
Then reviews came out. I remember IGN having 'best game ever?' On the front page.
Playing the game. It seemed like you could do anything, the map was limitless. Funny going back to it now.
Then reviews came out. I remember IGN having 'best game ever?' On the front page.
Playing the game. It seemed like you could do anything, the map was limitless. Funny going back to it now.
Someone told me Crysis was on xbox 360 and ps3 and I didn't believe them.
Weirdly they ported it to Cryengine 3 to do this...which funny enough would allow the game to run at 60 fps, if they ported it to Cryengine 3 for PC. But they never did. So the game will probably never run at a solid 60, stuck on Cryengine 2 for PC. It's the most bizarre thing to me.
Weirdly they ported it to Cryengine 3 to do this...which funny enough would allow the game to run at 60 fps, if they ported it to Cryengine 3 for PC. But they never did. So the game will probably never run at a solid 60, stuck on Cryengine 2 for PC. It's the most bizarre thing to me.
Resident Evil 4 on GameCube. Not as impressive looking as blurry videos of the hookman prototype but still damn amazing (to this day).
I refuse to believe anyone has actually done that without some sort of crutch. I don't believe it has been done.
I am too young to have lived the SNES generation. When I played FF VI, I was gobsmacked by its sheer cinematic quality.
A lot of those moments:
- DMC3 blowed my mind
- Some of the Gow3 boss fights
- Shadow of the colossus
- TES IV Oblivion
- The first and third GTA in scope, GTA IV's little details
- Little Big Adventure 2
- Bayonetta's setpieces
- First Crysis
- Just cause 2 shenanigans
- Exploring Florence/Venice in AC2
Breath of the Wild. Everything in Breath of the Wild. I was in a different kind of awe so many times playing that game. Every time I realised something was possible I was amazed.
This is a really good choice. Horizon Zero Dawn is another runner up.. incredible game from start to finish.
But for me it's The Last of Us 2 trailer.
Dude I still can't believe that level of advanced animation is real.
Sadly SQ42 looks like it will have a ton of FPS stuff, and not just walking around your "base"... :'(
I don't think we'll be able to skip these sequences to just focus on flight... but if the flight is great and scenario injection in missions as good as the staples of the genre then i ll be willing to endure.
I really had to laugh :D
For me it is probably Persona 4 Golden, like how can a game making me feel so attached to videogame characters? Finishing the game felt like losing friends.
When i started playing MGSV The Phantom Pain, everything about the gameplay blew my mind. It was my first game playing with a headset, and just hearing the wind soar through my ears when Venom sprints....... that was a really good experience.
Another "No this isn't possible" moment was going through the new GOW in the last difficulty. I was going through Gimme God of War on my first playthrough because i love challenging games and Dark souls is my fave, but damn God of War almost broke me many times, that sh#t was hard!
Another "No this isn't possible" moment was going through the new GOW in the last difficulty. I was going through Gimme God of War on my first playthrough because i love challenging games and Dark souls is my fave, but damn God of War almost broke me many times, that sh#t was hard!
Of this generation?
Oh, it's definitely the first (proper) boss fight in God of War.
It is absolute wizardry what Santa Monica Studio has done for that!
Funnily enough, despite the horsepower that the Xbox One X has, I am actually more impressed with the likes of God of War, Gran Turismo Sport (the HDR and natural looking lighting is the best I have ever seen), Horizon Zero Dawn and Spider-Man.
Power isn't everything IMO.
Oh, it's definitely the first (proper) boss fight in God of War.
It is absolute wizardry what Santa Monica Studio has done for that!
Funnily enough, despite the horsepower that the Xbox One X has, I am actually more impressed with the likes of God of War, Gran Turismo Sport (the HDR and natural looking lighting is the best I have ever seen), Horizon Zero Dawn and Spider-Man.
Power isn't everything IMO.
Great gameplay disappointing story. Sighhhh, what a way to go :(
Gears of War is the first thing that comes to mind. When I saw that game running in person for the first time I though the image looked painted on the screen haha! It's harder to impress me these days in terms of visuals or scope but I'm playing through Dragon Quest XI right now and that game has made me pause a few times to take everything in. Such a gorgeous artsyle that meshes very well with the vibrant, colorful environments.
Kanto region in pokemon gold and silver. Seriously,I remember it as it was yesterday.
I couldnt believe my eyes
I couldnt believe my eyes
Grand Theft Auto V on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
I was like "how can a city be this detailed, beautiful and alive on these old consoles?"
It's still unbelievable to me. The amount of interaction that we could have in the city and how it responded to our behaviors, was amazing. It's still amazing actually.
How could they load all that on 256 Megabytes of memory?
Today, five years after Grand Theft Auto V's initial release, I'm playing the game on the PlayStation 4 and I'm still amazed by everything in it.
It's kinda like Rockstar had made a next-gen, and then tried to run it on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.
I was like "how can a city be this detailed, beautiful and alive on these old consoles?"
It's still unbelievable to me. The amount of interaction that we could have in the city and how it responded to our behaviors, was amazing. It's still amazing actually.
How could they load all that on 256 Megabytes of memory?
Today, five years after Grand Theft Auto V's initial release, I'm playing the game on the PlayStation 4 and I'm still amazed by everything in it.
It's kinda like Rockstar had made a next-gen, and then tried to run it on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.
For me MGS4 back in 2008
I could not comprehend that level of detail and cinematics.
The transition from cutscene to zooming out into gameplay was just stunning.
Game still looks great
I could not comprehend that level of detail and cinematics.
The transition from cutscene to zooming out into gameplay was just stunning.
Game still looks great
I can't say I thought something was impossible but I have experienced amazement at some games that combined elements from other games in ways nobody thought of yet or just didn't do it well to get noticed for it.
Keep in mind, I was born in the early 90s so I grew up and my first games were physics puzzle games like Crazy Machines on PC, I played the odd Super Mario on the GB and GBC and when Half-Life 2 came out that was exciting to me. First-Person games were new to me then, it was all very confusing at first but I have grown fond of it. So now we skip a few years again, it's 2010 and I got Portal for the 360. I slip into the role of Chell and you are in a room with no door, after a few seconds you hear someone talking to you through speakers, telling you that tests are starting soon. The robot voice is cool and neutral, but sometimes there's glitches and you suspect that something is wrong. Regardless, you follow its instructions. This changes as you progress through the game. She makes you sacrifice someone to get through the next door. You are beginning to think that you should escape and you do in fact find some areas that seem beyond the area the robot designed for you. It's thrilling. You dodge her turrets or deactivate them. You use the Portal gun now not as a testing tool but as a way for your character to survive whatever might want to kill you and to maneuver through areas which can be very tricky at times, thankfully to the training you are prepared for that. At last you face your tormentor and you take her apart, again using the Portal Gun she made you test.
I brought up all those other games because Portal feels like a a good blend of them. You get to do platforming, you have physics puzzles, you view the game's world (the testing areas and later the labs) through Chell's eyes. On their own those elements already made for good games but mixing them together like that? It's like chocolate with nuts for the first time. It's amazing.
Keep in mind, I was born in the early 90s so I grew up and my first games were physics puzzle games like Crazy Machines on PC, I played the odd Super Mario on the GB and GBC and when Half-Life 2 came out that was exciting to me. First-Person games were new to me then, it was all very confusing at first but I have grown fond of it. So now we skip a few years again, it's 2010 and I got Portal for the 360. I slip into the role of Chell and you are in a room with no door, after a few seconds you hear someone talking to you through speakers, telling you that tests are starting soon. The robot voice is cool and neutral, but sometimes there's glitches and you suspect that something is wrong. Regardless, you follow its instructions. This changes as you progress through the game. She makes you sacrifice someone to get through the next door. You are beginning to think that you should escape and you do in fact find some areas that seem beyond the area the robot designed for you. It's thrilling. You dodge her turrets or deactivate them. You use the Portal gun now not as a testing tool but as a way for your character to survive whatever might want to kill you and to maneuver through areas which can be very tricky at times, thankfully to the training you are prepared for that. At last you face your tormentor and you take her apart, again using the Portal Gun she made you test.
I brought up all those other games because Portal feels like a a good blend of them. You get to do platforming, you have physics puzzles, you view the game's world (the testing areas and later the labs) through Chell's eyes. On their own those elements already made for good games but mixing them together like that? It's like chocolate with nuts for the first time. It's amazing.
I don't know if this counts but Resident Evil 2 remake is just unbelievable. Ive wanted this game for 16 years and now it's not only coming out in the next year but looks like everything I wanted it to be. I seriously can't believe that between that, RE7 and MM11 Capcom is on a fucking roll for the first time in recent memory.