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Legitimate jaw dropping moments in games or moments that made you pause for a bit in amazement?
- Thread starter hwarang
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Most recent significant one was Half Life Alyx....definitely for the ending which I won't discuss however another big one was right at the start when you are being led by the drone and a strider mounts the buildings and walks over you, just the combination of the surprise, the scale of everything in that moment and my own personal love of that world was just jaw dropping, it's going to sound pathetic but I literally had tears.
Other highlights that really made me pause:
Other highlights that really made me pause:
- The last guardian has a sequence around the middle of the game with a collapsing tower that I thought was incredible.
- The moment in God of War 2018 in one of the GIF's above with the dragon and what happens after. I think the music in this part also really stood out. The Stranger fight might also be the best opening to any game recently.
- Use of music in Alan Wake, especially one track that plays between chapters called The Poet and the Muse. Love it.
- Singing in the bar in Disco Elysium.
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Mass Effect dialogs between missions and background conversations that made the world look massive and my actions meaningful.
God of War's opening section from when you chop a tree down to fight a mysterious shit talking stranger might be the most incredible gaming sequence ever created. Left me so shook that I immediately started the game over again to replay it. I don't think I've ever don't that
Ori and the Blind Forest, the end of the first major dungeon.
Was so blown away because A. That took me ages to get to and B. the payoff was so amazing with the music and the visuals.
Escaping the Ginso Tree.
Was so blown away because A. That took me ages to get to and B. the payoff was so amazing with the music and the visuals.
- Journey: Slide, and ending part
- Too moments to name in FFVIIR
- God of War: the entire franchise. I'll add the first boss from GOW PS4. Boat to .. well you know... Lot of jaw dropping moments sometimes when something opens up. It looks like a concept designer's wet dream: the game.
- Shadow of the Colossus: All boss battles, aka the entire game.
- Some of the missions Detroit Become Human and The Witcher III
- Uncharted 4: Madagascar set piece (the only one). Train sequence in the DLC.
- Resogun: when shit went off the rails.
- When I played FIFA and in one game there was good AI, no script issues, and no input lag.
Missing a ton more but these are some recent ones off the top of my head
- Too moments to name in FFVIIR
- God of War: the entire franchise. I'll add the first boss from GOW PS4. Boat to .. well you know... Lot of jaw dropping moments sometimes when something opens up. It looks like a concept designer's wet dream: the game.
- Shadow of the Colossus: All boss battles, aka the entire game.
- Some of the missions Detroit Become Human and The Witcher III
- Uncharted 4: Madagascar set piece (the only one). Train sequence in the DLC.
- Resogun: when shit went off the rails.
- When I played FIFA and in one game there was good AI, no script issues, and no input lag.
Missing a ton more but these are some recent ones off the top of my head
Some great suggestions already
BF3's Plane mission.
Driveclub rain gameplay
The ending of Journey
When you play as Ciri in TW3
Uncharted 4 libirtalia
BF3's Plane mission.
Driveclub rain gameplay
The ending of Journey
When you play as Ciri in TW3
Uncharted 4 libirtalia
A recent one, the entire last level and final boss of doom eternal. Just pure insanity. Like ho-ho-holy shit insanity.
Beating the sawmill horde in days gone for the first time too.
Beating the sawmill horde in days gone for the first time too.
RE4 once you get to the castle and start fighting the monks. First set of stairs I shot one in the leg and the "suplex" prompt appeared and his head went squish. It was so unexpected and over-the-top in the best way.
Reaching the Quantum Moon in Outer Wilds, and also the ending.
I also wrote an entire thread about a part in Death Stranding: https://www.resetera.com/threads/wa...part-in-death-stranding-with-pictures.167637/
I also wrote an entire thread about a part in Death Stranding: https://www.resetera.com/threads/wa...part-in-death-stranding-with-pictures.167637/
The last part of Antichamber. Also the first time you see the tower in Talos Principle. And Iconoclasts when you meet the real bad guy. Lots of times really. I don't even remember the games.
God of War 2018, 2 moments
Kratos getting the Blades of Chaos, and the reveal of Atreus being Loki. Then Googling Loki and boom, Jormungandr is his kid in Norse mythology.
One of the stand outs for me in recent memory is Titan fall 2 - that game is just designed so well.
that button prompt had me like holy shit!
that button prompt had me like holy shit!
The build up and execution to this boss fight in God of War 3 was and still is incredible.
yep, absolutely incredible
Not because of visuals or anything but because of what I was reading during Star Door 15 in Trails in the Sky The 3rd. I was absolutely disgusted when I was done reading.
I did NOT know that last part.
Kinda makes you wonder about the mural of a snake coming out of what seemed to be a dead Kratos
I knew it existed in the game, but the sheer scale of the snake in Sekiro is still insane to me. Like I'm genuinely terrified of the thing, and I have no other qualms with snakes. Every time I just see it in the game I just swear loudly and briefly panic.
The right answer is every single boss fight in God Of War 3.
Also, the ending of God of War PS4. Warning, spoilers.
The jaw dropping part is that you don't get to play it!
:P
I knew it existed in the game, but the sheer scale of the snake in Sekiro is still insane to me. Like I'm genuinely terrified of the thing, and I have no other qualms with snakes. Every time I just see it in the game I just swear loudly and briefly panic.
What you can do to this snake later on is definitely a jaw-dropper, loved it.
In chronological order:
Joust for Atari.
Sonic! For mega drive, green hill.
Virtua Racing in megadrive. The fuuuuuuture!!!
Resident evil saturn. Gore and live action!
Baldur's gate 2, exiting Irenicus dungeon.
World of Warcraft, kael'thas fight.
The hills in GTA San Andreas.
The fishing hamlet in Bloodborne.
Wipeout VR, 2048 circuits.
Doom Eternal's ballet with metal music.
Control, ashtray maze.
Joust for Atari.
Sonic! For mega drive, green hill.
Virtua Racing in megadrive. The fuuuuuuture!!!
Resident evil saturn. Gore and live action!
Baldur's gate 2, exiting Irenicus dungeon.
World of Warcraft, kael'thas fight.
The hills in GTA San Andreas.
The fishing hamlet in Bloodborne.
Wipeout VR, 2048 circuits.
Doom Eternal's ballet with metal music.
Control, ashtray maze.
The game also has a very small hint about Atreus being Jormungadr's father, at one point when Mimir and Jormungadr talk Jormungandr says that Atreus looks familiar to him. I'm also still not convinced that the person on that mural is Kratos, all the body parts where Kratos has his tattoo are missing and the clothes worn by that man don't appear to be anything Kratos would wear to me.
First time reaching the end of Journey was a breathtaking experince, I was literally sitting with my mouth open.
More recently disembarking the ship at the last level in Super Mario Odyssey had the same effect. The black and white palette and empty church bells, in contrast with the extravagance of the rest of the game, really drove home how masterful the art and game direction of that game is.
More recently disembarking the ship at the last level in Super Mario Odyssey had the same effect. The black and white palette and empty church bells, in contrast with the extravagance of the rest of the game, really drove home how masterful the art and game direction of that game is.
I'm a hard man to impress but in red dead redemption 2 when you first arrive at saint denis did it for me.
bruh your fucking taste. what is this fine meal before me? Literally LOVE all these moments.Modern Warfare 1
Jedi Fallen Order
Kingdom Hearts 2
Super Smash Bros Brawl
God of War 3
SOMA
Titanfall 2
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Assassin's Creed 2
A couple that were already mentioned for me were the ending to Darksiders and The Last Guardian, as well as the Asgore fight.
I'm sure there were others as well that I'm just blanking on at the moment, but two that's sticking out in my mind are both from Okami
The fight with Ninetails and seeing it use brush skills when I bring the brush up was just amazing! Similarly with Shiranui when you fight alongside them. The other jaw drop was Shiranui saving Ammy during the time stop.
I'm sure there were others as well that I'm just blanking on at the moment, but two that's sticking out in my mind are both from Okami
The fight with Ninetails and seeing it use brush skills when I bring the brush up was just amazing! Similarly with Shiranui when you fight alongside them. The other jaw drop was Shiranui saving Ammy during the time stop.