Particularly well done sequences...uber kill combos...mega bugs...what have been the highlights from your gaming past?

Im guessing due to the nature of the thread spoilers will be discussed, starting below.

One of the all time most well executed sequences Ive encountered was early on in "Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth". For those that dont know it, its based on Lovecrafts work, and you start off early on in Innsmouth, a bit of an odd town. Nothing much really happens for quite a while as you wonder around talking to the locals and investigating a murder/disappearence. Things seem odd, and you go to bed in the local hotel. And then all hell breaks loose. What follows is pretty spectacular and unforgiving, which just adds to the experience. You have the foresight to bolt the hotel room door before going to bed, and sure enough you get woken during the night by the locals trying to break in. You have a very very very small margin of error where you have to run to the adjoining room, close and bolt the door, push dressers across the door etc. Its timed so well that theyre always one step behind, and it takes several tries before you might make it out of the hotel. And then youre chased around the town and the rooftops, rarely given much chance to collect your nerves. It really is amazing. The videos on youtube dont do it justice.

And from more recent games, crossing into mexico in Red Dead Redemption that first time, with Jose Gonzalez playing in the background was truly amazing. My friend is gutted as he saved the game and shut the xbox down the second he crossed over, and so will never get that experience!

All of Deus Ex

Final Fantasy 8. My first experience with a RPG - the first hour absolutely blew me away. In total I spent over 80 hours playing it! Would play the minute I got in from school till bedtime. Completed it 3 times now

Timesplitters - evenings in with my friends on team deathmatch with 2 - 4 playes. Must have racked up hundreds of hours over the years I had that game.

some of the bits in max payne felt pretty amazing first time round. the bullet time. ace. the off his head walking a bright red tightrope to get to a screaming baby. surreal.

Matt

Ive many fond memories of going round to my mates and spending an evening completing both Max Paynes over a session of beers and laughter. Fantastic games.

Quote from: Eggtastico

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=7411976

WTF was that?! Was it really that fast and all over the place? Watching the vid made me feel sick 0.o

yes - same as dragons lair

Ive never played any of the final fantasy games. Which one came out for the playstation with that cloud/sky whatever his name is fella?

I preferred the more normal characters of FF8 over the more cartoony FF7. In terms of "emotional bonds" I never quite got the whole love story with Cloud/Aeris/Tifa side of things, but really liked the FF8 relationship going on. The ending still kinda gets me as it can be interpreted in a good, or sad way.

I  heard FF VII will be remade for PS3 in full HD, but I am now reading that it is highly unlikely as Square would only do it if it could be developed within a year... No chance of that!

If you like Final Fantasy, this is the future... FFXIV