Your favourite OMFG moment in Gaming

[ImpulsE69]

Single Player Doom. I got to what I thought was finally the end. I remember thinking WOOT as I had like maybe 3 rockets left to my name. I climb down these stairs into a pitch black room greeted by 100's of eyeballs in the dark. Then I died. I think I broke a controller over that.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

poongko perfecting daigo at evo last year :awe:

link?

 

[CPA]

Single Player Doom. I got to what I thought was finally the end. I remember thinking WOOT as I had like maybe 3 rockets left to my name. I climb down these stairs into a pitch black room greeted by 100's of eyeballs in the dark. Then I died. I think I broke a controller over that.

lol, I remember that, but correct me if I'm wrong, you can't beat that part. It's meant to be a "good job, but you ain't getting out of here alive" moment, right? It's been sooooo long.

 

[Magusigne]

My OMFG moment. Almost Magical.

When World of Warcraft first came out, me and 4 buddies started out, and decided that we would quest together to keep the pace constant for our first level 60.

This worked out well because we were all geeks, worked the same job and had no social lifes.

Our first major instance was deadmines, and none of us had read any spoilers or walkthroughs online..the moment your going through the dark caverns and then..boom, Giant Secret Cove complete with a Pirate Ship. Amazing...

 

[AFurryReptile]

I still love the end of HL2. All of those pods moving around has really stuck with me over the years.

Portal 2 looks a lot like that, but I dunno, it just wasn't the same. Maybe I'm less-easily impressed these days.

I really enjoyed the ending of Bastion though. Actually, the whole game pretty much had me in perpetual awe.

 

[BD231]

End of Mass Effect two, it was an OMGWTF u cannot be serious moment. After flying through a galaxy full of death, gang/murderer affiliation and sex, running into that last bit ruined everything. One minute you think its this great title and the next you realize its probably made for 8 year olds.

 

[Fenixgoon]

I didn't know anything about the plot twist in KotOR, and it caught me completely off guard.

But the betrayal in BG2 is still probably #1.

i'm still bitter about this moment. i never EVER use that character in my party when i play.

i should reinstall and play with all the characters i never use - valygar, mazzy, nalia, etc.

 

[Hammyton]

KotOR, YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT MOMENT IM TALKING ABOUT

 

[surfsatwerk]

KotOR, YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT MOMENT IM TALKING ABOUT

The moment when you realize HK-47 may be more than the protocol droid you assumed he was?

 

[thespyder]

I remember the first time I booted up Unreal and thought, No WAY. Story was non-existant, but graphics for the time were OMFG.

"That Instant" in KoToR. The Betrayal in BG2. finally Beating Saravok in BG1. Deathstar run in Xwing (more of a geek moment than OMFG, but still). Cow level in Diablo 2. The entire first level of God of War (in fact most of the friggin game). Same with GoW3.

Playing Darth Vader in the opening level of The Force Unleashed.

Moments in Skyrim like the first time you actually Face a dragon (after the opening). Quite a lot of the Scenery there also.

the Run and gun level at the end of Fallout:3.

 

[Born2bwire]

Wait?!? WTF. 2nd spoiler, how?

My recollection is that it's a glitch in the game.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

My most memorable WTF moments in gaming were witnessing the mindless nonsense that mw2 and mw3 crammed into the game. They basically stole scenes from every michael bay movie in recent memory. Let you move a floating camera around them and called it a game.

 

[shortylickens]

About half of AvP 2.

 

[ImpulsE69]

About half of AvP 2.

Yea, some of AvP2 had me OMFG'ing. Just as it should have. Too bad every other Aliens game has sucked balls. Here's to hoping Colonial Marines doesn't.

 

[exar333]

I know it's both console and PC, but the moment in FF VII when you find out who Cloud really is threw me for a loop. Loved that plot twist...

 

[Grooveriding]

Not really a surprise moment, but my first play through of d2:lod killing baal for the first time and having to go through the throne portal to the worldstone chamber.

 

[aigomorla]

Areith dying in FF7 after spending god knows how many hours lvling her up..
why bother even making a limit break skill for her up that high if she's only to end up as fodder for sephiroth?

 

[exar333]

Areith dying in FF7 after spending god knows how many hours lvling her up..
why bother even making a limit break skill for her up that high if she's only to end up as fodder for sephiroth?

Your right! Almost forgot about that....

If I remember right, don't you even lose the materia she had on her weapon?

 

[NeoV]

I have a few

Doom - we used to play after lunch at work - we all sat in the typical office space cubes, but had our monitors turned so no one could see us - and we'd be on a conference call with each other - first time I saw someone with the 'cloaking' effect on - scared the crap out of me, and I stared in wonder, even as I was dead, at the predator-looking effect on my enemy

Unreal -1 - first time you get into the hallway, and then the lights go out, 1 by 1, until the Skarjj shows up at the end of the hallway - that was some good stuff.

 

[Xellos2099]

I got a few on Nier

When you were invited to the wedding at the second half of the game, everything look good and bamp! Some wolf pop up and kill the queen. I say that have a bigger impact than Aeris dying.

Also the part you have to fight the twins... that was completely unexpected.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

My biggest OMFG moment in PC gaming was when I realized that there was actually a difference between Software and OpenGL in the graphics options for Team Fortress Classic and my Voodoo 5 was most definitely able to run OpenGL. I had been playing for months with crappy low-res graphics that ran like ass; suddenly everything was crystal clear, the water moved in a mesmerizing way, and rockets actually LIT UP THE WALLS AS THEY PASSED BY. WHOA. I spent half an hour messing around by myself on well just to see the shader effects I'd been missing out on because I was a total n00b to PC gaming.

Since then, most of my OMFG moments have come from marveling at what technology can do. The opening scene in Crysis where you step out of the jungle overlooking a bay at sunrise, the light filtering through the trees, reflections dancing off the water... That one dropped my jaw a bit.

 

[birthdaymonkey]

1992: Playing Final Fantasy II on SNES. Tellah casts Meteo.

9999.

 

[thejunglegod]

Since then, most of my OMFG moments have come from marveling at what technology can do. The opening scene in Crysis where you step out of the jungle overlooking a bay at sunrise, the light filtering through the trees, reflections dancing off the water... That one dropped my jaw a bit.

Well said my man. Sometimes its just the beauty that takes your breath away.

Anyone remember Painkiller??? The first boss?? that huge SOAB. I could hardly believe my eyes that they got in a boss as huge as that.

Spoiler

Too bad though that the only way to down him was just shooting at him.

 

[thejunglegod]

I'm just impressed that you finished Braid. That is a hard f'in game.

I actually wanted more of it and was disappointed that it ended. The game is high quality art. Figuring out something on your own and reaching that "Eureka" moment is what made the game extra special.

 

[Via]

Since then, most of my OMFG moments have come from marveling at what technology can do.

My first look at 3d accelerated garphics after installing my Voooo 3 3000 was definitely an OMFG moment.

I still remember what it was: The Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit on the first track, Country Road. My eyes literally freaked out, imploded, and then normalized, only to re-implode.