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Greatest combinations of gameplay, story, and music in a single moment?
- Thread starter RedSwirl
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16th colossus.
If you want me to be more specific, the moment when you emerge to see the full scale and the theme kicks in.
If you want me to be more specific, the moment when you emerge to see the full scale and the theme kicks in.
Shadow of the Colossus Boss #5 Avion.
The battle in the sky, while hanging on to it on dear life & the track Despair Filled Farewell in the background.
The battle in the sky, while hanging on to it on dear life & the track Despair Filled Farewell in the background.
At the moment, I'm thinking of Ghost of Tsushima. Also, the the shipyard in Uncharted 4 was pretty fun.
Not even an Halo fan, but the last playable sequence in Halo Reach was a microcosm of that game's tone.
completing your suicide mission, and then getting the mission prompt to just survive for as long as you can ... then your visor begins to crack as you realise there will be too many enemies to take out
Control-Ashtray Maze
Red Dead Redemption -Entering Mexico
Red Dead Redemption 2 - Unshaken, Cruel World, etc
Rayman Legends - Music Levels
Sackboy A Big Adventure - Music Levels
Red Dead Redemption -Entering Mexico
Red Dead Redemption 2 - Unshaken, Cruel World, etc
Rayman Legends - Music Levels
Sackboy A Big Adventure - Music Levels
A couple of picks...
The Kingdom Hearts 2 team-up reflect where you're controlling both characters versus the final boss:
Fighting Gwyn at the end of Dark Souls:
Microwave corridor in MGS4:
Final battle in MGS4:
Also, ReMind in Kingdom Hearts 3 has a god-tier, microwave corridor-esque moment with Mickey that is fucking magical:
The Kingdom Hearts 2 team-up reflect where you're controlling both characters versus the final boss:
Fighting Gwyn at the end of Dark Souls:
Microwave corridor in MGS4:
Final battle in MGS4:
Also, ReMind in Kingdom Hearts 3 has a god-tier, microwave corridor-esque moment with Mickey that is fucking magical:
Ziekden Fortress in FF Tactics is one of my favorite
That part fuckin crushed me as a kid.
Max Payne 3 at the Airport
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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...
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this is perhaps the greatest
There are a lot of incredible moments of realisation throughout that game though, like figuring out what you can do with quantum material on the ember twin.
Recently for me:
Undertale's Last Boss Battle (Pacifist)
Katana Zero's Final Boss Battle
Nier Automata Boss Battles
Hollow Knight Boss Battles
Undertale's Last Boss Battle (Pacifist)
Katana Zero's Final Boss Battle
Nier Automata Boss Battles
Hollow Knight Boss Battles
The suicidal nihilistic robots going on a rampage in Nier Automata with that awesome track playing as you're trying to escape the factory.
Great pick!
Ziekden Fortress in FF Tactics is one of my favorite
Honestly that part in the middle of Faceless Soldier might be just as good, when the beat drops right as the dogfight actually starts and Trigger becomes leader of the squad for the first time.
Recently yeah that part of Ace Combat was great.
Generally this thread id probably say From Software Bosses are this
But the best ive ever seen is probably the Ori games.
This continued through to its sequel with some of the most perfect mixes of audio visual interactivity.
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker: Big Boss vs Zeke.
Story wise, Paz reveal her true identity & reasons why she get close to Snake/Big Boss.
Battle wise, one-one-one against giant Metal Gear Zeke while catchy J-Pop song in the background sang by Nana Mizuki.
In my opinion, the first time I played it, it's kinda epic.
I give props to Kojima for this one.
Story wise, Paz reveal her true identity & reasons why she get close to Snake/Big Boss.
Battle wise, one-one-one against giant Metal Gear Zeke while catchy J-Pop song in the background sang by Nana Mizuki.
In my opinion, the first time I played it, it's kinda epic.
I give props to Kojima for this one.
The first time I remember all of these factors really coming together at once was probably the final level of NiGHTS Into Dreams.
In every prior level of the game, you enter a distinct and fantastical dream world as one of two playable children, but you don't play as either of them for very long. They're very limited and grounded in what they can do, and you're on kind of a hard time limit before an alarm egg will catch them and instantly end the game. You're intended to free NiGHTS from his prison at the start of each stage, upon which control passes over to him and you're free to use his many acrobatic abilities to gracefully fly around the stage properly and complete the actual level objective. If you're playing the game correctly then you're only using the children for mere seconds in each level.
The final stage starts off very differently, though. Even though it takes place within a dream like all prior stages do, its world isn't a reality-bending fantasy, but one that heavily resembles the city in which the children live, implying that the villain of the game is getting close to achieving his goal of breaking into the real world. He briefly shows himself (for the first time ever up to this point) at the start of this stage, forcefully prevents you from freeing NiGHTS and flings you across the entire stage, where your only course of action is to jump off a cliff.
...Upon which your character finally amasses the courage to fly him or herself and clear the final stage without help. It's very well put together: a fine case of show but don't tell (NiGHTS has no spoken or written dialogue) with some good theming about overcoming your nightmares. The music is great (and makes heavy use of the game's main leitmotif), and even though the process of flight with the children is new and you're now controlling them much in the way that you would be controlling NiGHTS, the other minor gameplay details that differentiated them from NiGHTS (such as their inability to paraloop like NiGHTS can, and the magnetic way in which nearby items are attracted to them) are still respected. The final level is also structured slightly differently in that you're incentivized to race to the end as fast as possible instead of milking the timer for points.
In every prior level of the game, you enter a distinct and fantastical dream world as one of two playable children, but you don't play as either of them for very long. They're very limited and grounded in what they can do, and you're on kind of a hard time limit before an alarm egg will catch them and instantly end the game. You're intended to free NiGHTS from his prison at the start of each stage, upon which control passes over to him and you're free to use his many acrobatic abilities to gracefully fly around the stage properly and complete the actual level objective. If you're playing the game correctly then you're only using the children for mere seconds in each level.
The final stage starts off very differently, though. Even though it takes place within a dream like all prior stages do, its world isn't a reality-bending fantasy, but one that heavily resembles the city in which the children live, implying that the villain of the game is getting close to achieving his goal of breaking into the real world. He briefly shows himself (for the first time ever up to this point) at the start of this stage, forcefully prevents you from freeing NiGHTS and flings you across the entire stage, where your only course of action is to jump off a cliff.
...Upon which your character finally amasses the courage to fly him or herself and clear the final stage without help. It's very well put together: a fine case of show but don't tell (NiGHTS has no spoken or written dialogue) with some good theming about overcoming your nightmares. The music is great (and makes heavy use of the game's main leitmotif), and even though the process of flight with the children is new and you're now controlling them much in the way that you would be controlling NiGHTS, the other minor gameplay details that differentiated them from NiGHTS (such as their inability to paraloop like NiGHTS can, and the magnetic way in which nearby items are attracted to them) are still respected. The final level is also structured slightly differently in that you're incentivized to race to the end as fast as possible instead of milking the timer for points.
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Yup. Pure joy. I wish I could experience it for the first time again.
Bit of a random one but this being the culmination of the game and I believe the only point in which the soundtrack has vocals made it pretty cool. Wasn't expecting it.
We all know there can only be one answer.
Two words: Undertale - Megalovania. It all just comes together so well.
Two words: Undertale - Megalovania. It all just comes together so well.
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...
It's this.
The first and only one that comes to mind for me off the top of my head is the impeccable climax of Bastion, when
The Kid saves Zulf while "Mother, I'm Home" plays in the background, and the enemies stop shooting.
The sudden silence, the dawning realization it's YOU from the last game, then the all-new battle theme
The entire ending sequence of the Wonderful 101
It always bums me out when FFXIV has really awesome boss reveals and music cues then I'm stuck in a Duty waiting list for 20+ minutes because I'm DPS
Kinda takes the winds out of your sails when the boss is just... hovering there.
If you count dialogue choices as gameplay though, those are uniformly perfect
It may be one of the greatest moments Bungie ever made.Not even an Halo fan, but the last playable sequence in Halo Reach was a microcosm of that game's tone.
completing your suicide mission, and then getting the mission prompt to just survive for as long as you can ... then your visor begins to crack as you realise there will be too many enemies to take out
Let expanse contract, eons become instant! Champions from beyond the Rift, heed my call!
God, what an amazing moment that could only be done in a game like this.