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[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

The end of Portal 2, when the enrichment center barfs out your old companion cube. Such a charming way to end the story, and I couldn't help but smile. Especially in contrast to the intense turret opera immediately preceding it, it just feels oddly wholesome.

[–] Gormadt@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When that music kicks in when you start a game of We Love Katamari or Katamari Damacy

It will always bring me joy

It brings me back to a simpler time of being a kid during summer and picking the game up for the first time with a former friend.

Though that former friend is no longer here, those memories of that summer will be with me hopefully forever.

I had lost those memories (and many many others) a few years back when I had a traumatic brain injury, and last summer when my AC was broken and I caught myself humming a some I didn't remember. And after a bit of working on the song it clicked what it was from. I listened too a few songs from it and booted it up on my old PS2. And that intro music while sitting in front of my TV on the floor, brought me to happy tears as those memories of that summer started to flood back.

[–] telnetta@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

ugh, I used to have the soundtracks for those games on my iPod. might have to go requisition those again...

[–] FuorescentOrange@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

About 8 or so hours into Tears of The Kingdom I discovered the depths completely on accident by riding one of the dragons into it. First time in a long time I felt a complete sense of awe while playing a video game.

[–] Orvanis@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What I find interesting is that you spent 8 hours doing random things, because quite early in the game the main town has a quest that brings you down there and has you tap a light root to see what they do.

I also missed the quest, but I saw the hole and dove right down it at the start.

[–] FuorescentOrange@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Completely missed that quest lol. Most of my time early on was just spent exploring and unlocking the map. Eventually made my way to kakariko village, saw a dragon flying into one of the holes and hopped on thinking I’d go out of bounds and die or something.

[–] Orvanis@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Hahaha love that you jumped on just to see if the game would let you ride it into the abyss

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[–] Orvanis@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

As a cat family, Stray had me and my wife smiling from start to finish. So many "yep, that's a cat thing" moments.

[–] sleepypixil@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Finally beating the asylum demon on my very first playthrough of dark souls.

Then i immediately realized i only just beat the tutorial.

[–] frost@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Playing Dark Souls 1 for the first time has so many amazing moments like that - finally defeating the Bell Gargoyles, or surmounting Sens Fortress and pushing the Iron Golem off... But I don't think anything will ever compare to the exhilaration I felt in beating Ornstein and Smough for the first time.

[–] lmorchard@links.decafbad.com 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In Control, the Hotel Ashtray maze:

spoiler


You put on headphones and some epic hard rock kicks in. (Old Gods of Asgard: "Take Control".) The hotel hallways open up and transform into a surreal maze of twisting, sliding paths as you run through and hit a series of intense fights.

I'd never done the maze before, so I totally wasn't expecting this: At the very end of it, basically unison with the in-game character Jesse, she & I both said "That was awesome"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woFJcdomTc4

[–] Moneymunkie@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Think its gotta be THAT moment towards the end of Disco Elysium (if you know, you know, I don't wanna spoil it for folk who haven't experienced it for themselves yet), it made me cry but it was a happy cry so I think it counts

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[–] SevenSwell@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Right at the beginning of Nier Automata when it shifts into a bullet hell game for a bit and the already amazing soundtrack changes styles to match I just knew I was in for an amazing experience.

[–] Piatro@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

The "Invaders Must Die" fight in Hi-Fi Rush had me beaming ear to ear. By that point in the game I was so in tune (intended) with the mechanics I just chewed through the fight, headbanging the whole time. One of my all time favourite gaming moments.

[–] bbbutch@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Red Dead Redemption - the first ride into Mexico, during the nighttime, when the music came on

[–] wreck@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe it is nostalgia, but Prince of Persia: Sands of Time ending. That whole soundtrack was a banger too.

Any Dark Brotherhood quests in the Elder Scrolls.

[–] Luck@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Yes! Sands of Time ending was great.

[–] Soccera@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Playing Portal 2 with a guy I found on Steam.

[–] bobdowl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Same - I was done with the SP story and wanted to play coop.
I got matched with someone and we communicated by head bobbing / jumping and very little text chat.

Played through the whole thing together and never saw each other again, it was a special moment for sure.

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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Bastion, near the end; can’t remember the names, but when you’re carrying the man that betrayed you, while being shot at by his former clan; and eventually they stop, in awe of your commitment.

One of the soldiers finally opens fire again, and the one next to him throws him to the ground.

[–] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The first sight of Botw/genshin's open world, Gaur plains and gormott from Xenoblade 1 and 2.

The indescribable joy of feeling the wind on your face as the world opens before you

[–] bananahammock@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

BOTW was such an awesome feeling

[–] NoPolToday@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Recently, Hi-Fi Rush made me smile (and laugh) more than once :)

[–] ag_roberston_author@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Playing Mario Odyssey.

The segment right at the end where you

Spoilers Mario Odyssey Endingplay as Bowser was incredible. Just smashing through rocks as the whole place came crashing down I was grinning like a kid. It was just so incredibly fun and a great reward for beating the game.

[–] CosmxTi@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I was trying out the Portal RTX upgrade and found a QR code while messing with a radio. When I scanned it, it gave me a txt file "black mesa". And I genuinely cackled physically. Wasn't expecting something so silly, let alone a functioning QR code, to make me laugh like that.

[–] gingerrich@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Not so much a smile, more of a 'WTF?! 🤣😂🤣😂'.

THAT quest in Kingdom Come Deliverance with the Priest.

[–] StrahdVonZarovich@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

The ending of God of War: Ragnarok. Although I have some problems with the "mechanics" of the story (how they handled the prophecy is a bit silly) the emotional and thematic core of the story is A+. I got a bit teary eyed at multiple points in the game, and I almost cried at the ending. Kratos got the finale he deserved.

Hollow Knight, final phase of the fight with Radiance -> you ascend dodging the lasers to deliver the final blow as your shadowkin gather to witness your victory over Radiance.

[–] sgtnasty@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Borderlands still tends to make me crack up. dem bandits are funny when they die

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ending E in Nier Replicant.

Btw, is there a spoiler tag here?

[–] Anabriated@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
hidden or nsfw stuffa bunch of spoilers here

hidden or nsfw stuffa bunch of spoilers here

You can find more details here

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks!

It seems like it doesn't work on Jerboa yet, so maybe I'll look into fixing that. Thanks for the resource!

[–] Anabriated@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

glad to have helped

[–] frost@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

The first time I beat the Cairo Station level in Halo 2, way back in 2005. The ending cutscene to that level is one of the best ever made, and was absolutely incredible to experience for the first time.

[–] hispanicatthedisco@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

2 of my favorite from Titanfall 2 are when:

1: During the home/neighborhood factory when you realize this is building the boss arena.

2: Using the time travel device to fight your way out of the facility in two different timelines.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

The time travel sequence in Titanfall 2 is like the moment where the game clicked for me. I was hooked from then on. Such a good game, shame we're not getting a third :(

[–] Micfoo@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Dayz 'You are dead' screen always makes me smile, knowing i wont get that 4-8hrs back but then immediately starting again.

[–] styxbane@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

My first time playing no mans sky and finding out you get to fly around the solar system. I love how infinite the game is even if its a little repetitive

[–] Thrashy@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Mass Effect 2, Grunt's loyalty mission on Tuchanka. Always, always take the renegade interrupt to headbutt Uvenk and cut off his rant.

When in Rome...

[–] SeverianWolf@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I’m sure there are plenty but the ones that stick with me are :

The ending of Disco Elysium, and the friends you made along the way of a murder investigation. The writing is so good that it set a very high bar for future games.

Potential spoilers for Forgotten City

Finding out how and why the loop in Forgotten City is happening (the whole objective of the game is finding out why you’re stuck in a loop).

Similar to Groundhog Day, you start to get familiar with everyone’s routines and get to know them better each time the loop resets.

And then realising

spoilerGalerius is your true bro all along.

[–] Banjo@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Metal Gear Solid PS1. Wipeout, also on the PS1, especially when the music kicked in.

[–] RadDevon@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, many parts of MGS 1, but some that stand out for me:

  • Colonel Campbell breaking the fourth wall and telling you to look on the back of the game box
  • Psycho Mantis moving the controller with his mind
  • Psycho Mantis talking about your other Konami save data
[–] Banjo@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I totally forgot about those moments! (⁀ᗢ⁀)

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Many absurd deaths in Spelunky 2. As a game, it has a tendency to kill you in ways that are very over the top, and unfair. It used to frustrate me, but I've evolved past that, and now I just smile.

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago

Frog detective - basically all the time.

[–] coin@asimon.org 2 points 1 year ago

@Friend I always like getting better PB on my Minesweeper games.

[–] Schlock@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Anytime I instakill myself in Noita with my own spell combos i think "Yeah, I could have seen that coming" and smile.

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