Batman (NES)… I recall there was precisely one place in the whole game where you had to press the “down” button, and it hit me like a dead-end. More impactful than super-metroid’s noob-bridge, as i had advance warning for that one.
I have not played this game and I
rememberknow this scene.
Portal 1 where you find Ratman’s hideouts. It was amazing environmental storytelling that a newbie player like myself back then could’ve easily missed. Felt like playing the friggin cave allegory. I was obsessed with that game. So amazing.
You didn’t say it had to be a pleasant memory…
This is the one NES game I haven’t replayed as an adult. That god damned seaweed… The whole thing is a slog.
You’re a slog /s
Oh fuck! If only you had a picture of the damn bombs.
Have to get there without getting insta-killed first…
Walking around trying to stay on the blood trail while listening to that baby cry was something …
12 year old me: “WHATTHEFUCKWHATTHEFUCKWHATTHEFUCK!”
I had no warning the first time I encountered the T-Rex and absolutely shat myself
Arthur’s death scene in red dead redemption hit me so hard, even though I knew it was coming. The music, the build up. I was already a mess losing my horse. It was brutal and amazing, and now I play this game at least once every year.
A screenshot doesn’t really help; a transcript is better
Canderous Ordo: Carth, you fought in the Mandalorian Wars, didn’t you? We may have faced each other in combat. What battles were you in?
Carth Onasi: I try not to think about my past battles too much. The horrors of war are something I’d rather not relive.
Canderous Ordo: The horrors of war? My people know only the glory of battle. I’m disappointed in you, Carth. I thought a warrior like you could understand.
Carth Onasi: I’m not a warrior, I’m a soldier. There’s a difference. Warriors attack and conquer, they prey on the weak. Soldiers defend and protect the innocent — mostly from warriors.
I will never not upvote KotOR
The D-Day landing scene in CoD 2 was i n s a n e at the time. Goosebumps
Shit I still remember this
She IS still alive.
More than anything that particular part still sits with me. The chapter title appearing, the voice lines from Wheatley and GladOS, and the achievement pop up. All perfectly timed.
The cherry on top is that, once you leave the area, if you double back Wheatley comments that he didn’t think you would and he kindly asks you to jump into a bottomless pit. Upon doing so, he reacts with pleasant surprise.
“The part where he kills you” was funny with the 1-2 punch with the dialog followed by the chapter name text, but what really made the moment shine for me was the first-playthrough-only achievement popup on Xbox with the same text coming in to finish the joke.
It’s one of like 2 great jokes I remember through achievements. The other was a 4th wall joke from “High on Life” where a boss taunts you by giving you an achievement for “Spending 15 hours in the Alien Strip Club” and explains that it’s permanent and all your friends can see it now.
This was a triumph.
I don’t mean to set the bar too high, but god damn, Chrono Trigger was the absolute goat
I miss the Squaresoft / Square Enix we had in the SNES to PS2 era. Almost every game they put out during that period was an absolute banger.
