The Darth Revan moment in KOTOR is probably the most impressive moment in games for me. The movie series that practically created the "twist" as we know it, with the Luke and Darth Vader idea, has done it again in games to perhaps the same level of importance and shock.
And there's no forgetting the strippers in Duke Nukem 3D.
Resident Evil has loads of "Oh My God" moments throughout the series. I remember being gobsmacked by William Birkin's growth and mutation, so terrifying in the final stage of Resident Evil 2. The snake in the attic moment always makes me approach my attic with caution every time. Being trapped in the house in the first village of Resident Evil 4 only to see a chainsaw wielding lunatic approach from across the square and the villagers prop up ladders to the upper windows was the moment when I realised that RE4 would change my perception of games forever.
But the 2 most amazing RE moments are both in RE2. First is when Mr. X smashed through the wall and cornered you despite you truly believing you were safe because surely no enemy can come through the walls! Second is Mr. X again, when you see him on the security camera that's looking at the way you entered that tiny little control room!
Another great one is in Morrowind, approaching the Silt Strider with EXTREME caution, wondering how to tackle an enemy so big so early in the game, then realising that it's the local public transport made me laugh hysterically for feeling so silly!
There are countless others but the one I'll close on is in Shining Force 3 on the Sega Saturn, when Galm appeared from nowhere and "kills" Julian. This was a real shock, reminiscent of CoD4's moment when a main character dies, picked in this feature, but ten years before and probably enducing a moment of realisation of how weak the player really is equal to that strike in Infinity Ward's classic.
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The Darth Revan moment in KOTOR is probably the most impressive moment in games for me. The movie series that practically created the "twist" as we know it, with the Luke and Darth Vader idea, has done it again in games to perhaps the same level of importance and shock.
And there's no forgetting the strippers in Duke Nukem 3D.
Resident Evil has loads of "Oh My God" moments throughout the series. I remember being gobsmacked by William Birkin's growth and mutation, so terrifying in the final stage of Resident Evil 2. The snake in the attic moment always makes me approach my attic with caution every time. Being trapped in the house in the first village of Resident Evil 4 only to see a chainsaw wielding lunatic approach from across the square and the villagers prop up ladders to the upper windows was the moment when I realised that RE4 would change my perception of games forever.
But the 2 most amazing RE moments are both in RE2. First is when Mr. X smashed through the wall and cornered you despite you truly believing you were safe because surely no enemy can come through the walls! Second is Mr. X again, when you see him on the security camera that's looking at the way you entered that tiny little control room!
Another great one is in Morrowind, approaching the Silt Strider with EXTREME caution, wondering how to tackle an enemy so big so early in the game, then realising that it's the local public transport made me laugh hysterically for feeling so silly!
There are countless others but the one I'll close on is in Shining Force 3 on the Sega Saturn, when Galm appeared from nowhere and "kills" Julian. This was a real shock, reminiscent of CoD4's moment when a main character dies, picked in this feature, but ten years before and probably enducing a moment of realisation of how weak the player really is equal to that strike in Infinity Ward's classic.
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