Your favorite moments in video games (Or "WOW" moments"

Spawning for the first time as a Dark Elf in Innoruk, immediately falling into the water and drowning and then spawning outside in the dark forest, not knowing where I was, what was going on.

But in awe that I was in a living, breathing 3D world populated by other players as well as NPCs. It was the start of a beautiful friendship.

beating that arcade game i dumped my pre-teen wage into.
not beating that game i dumped my early teens into when it didn't actually have an end level (fuck you buck rogers).
logging into everquest and going "wow!" then losing my lvl 5 blind human monk in blackburrow and literally despairing. turned out to be the best moment in my life because it introduced me to gnomish necromancy.
getting the hang of eve online and knowing we truly live in the future.
spending 6 months getting killed with no clue in squad.

there was a comic in FSR (about 60 pages back by now) showing a kid in front of a computer, then 6 frames going forward through the ages until he's on his deathbed and as he dies he does a fistpump and goes "yessss". it will probably end something like that.

Dark Forces
Basically my first FPS experience as a kid. I was terrible at the game, but with a lot of time and perseverance, I got to the end. The first time you run into a Dark Trooper, I think I shit my pants.



Subnautica
This might be the most immersive game I have ever played. There are moments of pure wonder, exhilaration, and utter terror. Queue this guy... He starts by sneaking up on you, shrieking in your ear, then ripping your Seamoth to a million pieces when you are 1000 feet under the surface of the ocean... RIP:


EverQuest
I stayed with my cousin the Summer of '99 and he introduced me to the world's of Fantasy & RPG's. First, he had me play Baldur's Gate. After becoming completely obsessed with it, he unleashed EverQuest on me. 'GG' real life.

I was blown away with just the character creator. The number of races, in combination with the number of classes was amazing. I knew immediately, it was a Troll's life for me and my first character was a Troll Warrior. I also fell into the first pond I spawned by and drown shortly after. The first death of probably 50 on the way to level 10, which took at least a week of non-stop playing.

How do you narrow it down to one moment with a game like EQ?

Seeing Sand Giants mow down dozens of noobs at the Oasis Docks, while you hide in the ocean. Swimming to the bottom of Lake Rathetear and looking for the Kracken. Hearing rumors, then finding an extensive cave system under Everfrost, then running into the crazed undead Lich that murders you in one spell. Making some coin with the Beg skill, only to have an NPC attack and murder you. Trekking to Highpass Hold and clenching your sphincter as you run pass the Mucktail Gnoll Clan patrolling the valleys. Stumbling into this weird zone called Beholder's Maze, getting blinded, and stumbling out of the place an hour later. Losing your corpse in Befallen and developing a true terror of the Necromancer class. Hanging out with the evil boys in the sewers in North Freeport. Hopping on a boat in the Ocean of Tears and seeing a 100 foot tall Dinosaur stomping around an island. Going to Kelethin, hearing the music, and seeing the Wood Elves in the trees. Dungeon crawling though Castle Mistmoore and searching every corner of the internet for information on how to find Mayong. Camping the Ghoul Lord and finally seeing the Ykesha in his hand. Actually seeing a dragon for the first time and then dying .25 seconds later. Zoning into the Plane of Fear and having it rain Blood on you. Returning back to your home city after days of adventuring and dumping all your copper, sliver and gold into the bank, tidying up your inventory and reloading on iron rations & milk.

Those moments were as good as it gets.

The beginning and the ending sequences of The Last of Us. I've been playing computer games for over 30 years, since the original Wizardry, Ultima, Adventure.....and I've never played a game before where I became so invested into the characters as Joel and Ellie in TLOU.

Fight said:

Dark Forces
Basically my first FPS experience as a kid. I was terrible at the game, but with a lot of time and perseverance, I got to the end. The first time you run into a Dark Trooper, I think I shit my pants.

Subnautica
This might be the most immersive game I have ever played. There are moments of pure wonder, exhilaration, and utter terror. Queue this guy... He starts by sneaking up on you, shrieking in your ear, then ripping your Seamoth to a million pieces when you are 1000 feet under the surface of the ocean... RIP:

EverQuest
I stayed with my cousin the Summer of '99 and he introduced me to the world's of Fantasy & RPG's. First, he had me play Baldur's Gate. After becoming completely obsessed with it, he unleashed EverQuest on me. 'GG' real life.

I was blown away with just the character creator. The number of races, in combination with the number of classes was amazing. I knew immediately, it was a Troll's life for me and my first character was a Troll Warrior. I also fell into the first pond I spawned by and drown shortly after. The first death of probably 50 on the way to level 10, which took at least a week of non-stop playing.

How do you narrow it down to one moment with a game like EQ?

Seeing Sand Giants mow down dozens of noobs at the Oasis Docks, while you hide in the ocean. Swimming to the bottom of Lake Rathetear and looking for the Kracken. Hearing rumors, then finding an extensive cave system under Everfrost, then running into the crazed undead Lich that murders you in one spell. Making some coin with the Beg skill, only to have an NPC attack and murder you. Trekking to Highpass Hold and clenching your sphincter as you run pass the Mucktail Gnoll Clan patrolling the valleys. Stumbling into this weird zone called Beholder's Maze, getting blinded, and stumbling out of the place an hour later. Losing your corpse in Befallen and developing a true terror of the Necromancer class. Hanging out with the evil boys in the sewers in North Freeport. Hopping on a boat in the Ocean of Tears and seeing a 100 foot tall Dinosaur stomping around an island. Going to Kelethin, hearing the music, and seeing the Wood Elves in the trees. Dungeon crawling though Castle Mistmoore and searching every corner of the internet for information on how to find Mayong. Camping the Ghoul Lord and finally seeing the Ykesha in his hand. Actually seeing a dragon for the first time and then dying .25 seconds later. Zoning into the Plane of Fear and having it rain Blood on you. Returning back to your home city after days of adventuring and dumping all your copper, sliver and gold into the bank, tidying up your inventory and reloading on iron rations & milk.

Those moments were as good as it gets.

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subnautica is honestly such an amazing experience from start to finish. i normally don't care so much about spoilers or whatever, but in that game, knowing about the creatures before you actually encounter them absolutely ruins the experience

Lots of good ones here.

One of my oh wow moments was discovering there was a whole nother castle to explore in Symphony of the Night after freeing mind controlled Richter.

back in like, 1989 or something.. naughty dog made a game for the sega genesis called Rings of Power. it was a pretty terrible game, overall... but there was a code you could input that would make the intro logo show some nudity. it was amazo for my 10 year old self.

The first time I played a Mario 64 demo kiosk at a Target a few months before n64 released. Absolutely blew my mind.

Loved this scene in CT, shit got me so pumped as a kid.



Entering the witchs woods area in the new God of War in HDR. It had been so long since I had been wowed by graphics in a game. It just looked amazing.