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• *desk = deck. : at0micgarden
• The last boss in Serious Sam. Or maybe the section in The Second Encounter leading up to the final boss (... : mindmann
• That was a pretty great moment in that game. There have been quite a few for me it's hard to pick one. Th... : ajvitaly
• Probably the introduction of your waistcoat wearing sidekick in Perfect Dark. "But you can call me..." : Chipwarrior
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  Oh come on now you peeps must have some opinions on epic FPS moments. : at0micgarden
  • Attack on the Control Room in Halo: CE. Best level in any FPS. : LoioshDwaggie
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  modern warfare. the nuclear strike. : EvilDolemite
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    You probably didn't need the spoiler, you were vague enough. :) And yeah, that was truly epic. Side que : mn3m0n1c
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      well before playing, i didn't know that a nuke was actually going to go off in the game. these types of : EvilDolemite
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        Definitely. I just sat there for a few minutes after dying going "damn, that was fucked up. Holy shit." I... : mn3m0n1c
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          It also established that they weren't afraid to kill your character, which makes the rest of the game mor : OverloadUT
          • Yeah that was pretty damn awesome. Then they went and ruined that in MW2. : deject
      • Yep, one of my favorite moments in gaming ever. It was just so unexpected : OverloadUT
  • I gotta admit, I didn't see it coming. And the crawling out of the wreckage and dying level after it was... : Rotten Deadite
  • That was awesome, except they sort of spoilt in the game's intro movie. : Dontdrop
  • I really enjoyed the endings of both MW and MW 2, though the latter's was so over the top Michael Bay awe... : dedgecko
  • I don't even like CoD and thought that was awesome! : azuvatar
• One of my favorites is Halo 2 playing the main theme while you finish up the last level. : Entity
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  Would you kindly...? : norulez
  • Golf club. Holy shit I had to pause the game after that and just let it all sink in. Wow. : Rotten Deadite
  • good one! : Dravenport
  • Yup amazing moment indeed. : Thund3rball
  • winner : Boxelder
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  when you can see outside in HL1 was awesome. Portal fire sequence (doing it alone without having read or... : umegastar
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    When you crawl out of that pipe in Surface Tension, see a wide open expanse of nothing and a fighter jet ... : Happy Doodle Muffin
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      Mine too. I will remember that moment forever. : at0micgarden
      • Yeah I know what it is even without knowing the names of the levels like surface tension. And there's ... : umegastar
    • Which I imagine is why it's used in the Black Mesa Source trailer, because it's burned into most people's... : RaptorII
    • Oh yes, that was truly fantastic! : Thund3rball
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    Completely agreed with that Portal moment. It was brilliant. : Dontdrop
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      That's what people don't understand since the meme shit. It was totally out of left field : avatar_58
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        Yeah, I was all "Oh fuck this, I am not going out like that!" When (after a few tries) I managed to porta : mn3m0n1c
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          My first time, I was about to be burned and kept thinking that the ending was quite the disappointment. A... : Dontdrop
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            It's a well-known fact that I am not that swift when it comes to things like that, so I died two or possi : mn3m0n1c
            • It's hardly something to be ashamed off. I've seen friends struggle several more times than 2/3 lol. : Dontdrop
  • Outside sections of that game were amazing, it's such a simple thing, keeping you underground for so long... : Chipwarrior
  • The entirety of HL 1. I had never played anything quite like it, aside from a little doom / dnf before t... : dedgecko
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    the tram ride in HL1 was so amazing in its time, too. now a ton of other games have done this kind of thi... : dirge23
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      (the intro, i mean, not "on a rail") : dirge23
      • yeah so awesome, and throwing the credits in, like in a movie, setting the atmosphere. Look: this is wher... : umegastar
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      That was very, very cool. I thought what they did in the very beginning in HL2 was also well done. : pgharavi
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        it was good but a bit short. HL2 was also supposed to have a long train sequence where you see how blaste... : dirge23
        • I agree, I was totally ready for something like that and it being so short was a huge letdown. It was ac... : Halen
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  being raised into the stadium for the first time : NukemForever
  • hell yeah! : umegastar
  • lol yes : Dravenport
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  Realizing that my gravity gun is now a super gravity gun in half life 2. : Dr_Cube
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    ^^^ this might win for me. So awesome. : Begawkiness
    • yeah I was so happy there : umegastar
  • Yeah that was expertly done. "No, my weapons!! ... wait a second ... I AM A GOD!" : bipolar
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  Dark Force II: Jedi Knight. Trying to get off that ship before it goes down. : midgetherder
  • Hell yeah, this has my vote. I hope DNF has the same with Air Force One (minus zero G). : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  That Russian level in the first Call of Duty when you're charging without a weapon and you're just dodgin... : PointlesS76
  • Yeah. This one. : tohm82
• I'll say the first dawn of Crysis as you crest the hill by the beach was a pretty great moment, not the b... : Hemtroll
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  Escaping the Pillar of Autumn at the end of Halo:CE. : saunders45
  • Definitely one of my all-time favorite sequences. A continuous YEEEHAW all the way to the end of the gam... : Johnny Law
  • Oh god yes, that was a serious thrill. : thetangent
• This thread is awesome, reminded me of so many great moments. One of my favourite moments was in Hard Rai : Dontdrop
• Stepping into the portal at the end of episode 1 in Doom. : Rehevkor
• Mass Effect 1 walking outside the citadel and seeing sovereign]p : danws6
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  Spaceship falling apart in Dark Forces 2 : roushimsx
  • Fist bump! : midgetherder
  • holy shit I forgot all about this part : zerog83
• Original Half-Life: When you're pushed out of the pipes and sent flying in the air, jaw dropped pretty ha... : mystifier
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  DIVE DIVE DIVE in freespace2 : twifosp
  • Goddamn, hell yes! FS 1/2 had a lot of moments where they did an amazing job capturing the sense of scal... : dedgecko
  • HIT YOUR BURNERS PILOT : MercFox1
  • I got shivers : stuka
• Back in the day, in Duke3D.exe, hitting the switch and seeing the next building blow up was pretty amazin... : exigence7
• e2m8 - Cyberdemon showdown! That was scary back in the day. : Slash
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  More like epic bug fest of a level. Crysis would've been awesome had it not been an un optimized piece... : dedgecko
  • Worst level ever. I remember falling through the goddamn deck multiple times. I was pissed off that somet... : denixen
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    You know I've heard this mentioned many times. I've beaten the game three times and have not yet experien... : at0micgarden
    • I think it was fixed in later patches, at release it was buggy as hell. : Shadowdane
• it'll probably seem pretty lame by today's standards but the first time I played Back Hawk Down I was blo... : cptstern
• Going with Thief:TDP Having to pickpocket a key off a drunk guard, jump down a huge well, walking into a... : happynoodle
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  Descent 1 or 2: Every single time you blew the reactor core and had to bolt for the escape hatch. http... : SolrFlare
  • Everytime I did that I was literally sweating bullets. So fucking intense. : TheStupidOne
  • oh man that brings back memories : danws6
  • That countdown had made it into numerous techno songs : MondayJBlack
• Stepping outside for the first time in Unreal. Also, shooting the pistol and watching the bolt fly off an... : Dynotaku
• Walking out of the vault for the first time. : denixen
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  Getting out of your prison ship in Unreal 1 was pretty epic to me. : Tawler
  • that was amazing, especially the sequence right after that in the downed space craft, lights going out in... : happynoodle
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  Unreal 1, the first level.The lights go out sequentially and then you hear this low growl coming from som... : graincloud
  • Oh man that was so creepy : davidc02
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  first hour or so of Undying was always epic to me : Dravenport
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    oh man, they need this on steam or gog asap! such a great game. too bad his newer one Jerico wasn't nearl... : happynoodle
    • I think i still have Undying. Maybe load that up again. : hrdwregk
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    the Catacombs level in this game scarred myself and friends for life. what an epic game : Disarray
    • Lizbeth is still probably one of my favorite game enemies. : steauengeglase
• Last level of Doom 2 : Frush81
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  Fallout 3 - stepping out of the Vault for the first time. : RageQuit
  • ^^^^ I knew it would be here. real wow factor there IMO. : RogerDandy
• I'm going with the guards in Thief narrowly missing you as you hide in shadows. My heart nearly burst out... : ieGod
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  Some great picks! I was thinking about the same moments in Halo, BioShock, Portal, and Modern Warfare. ... : Johnny Law
  • Hah, three other posts about Unreal while I was typing. : Johnny Law
  • That harbor level definitely blew me away the first time I got to it. Wasn't expecting that kind of big ... : Begawkiness
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  That whole place from beginning to end was amazing. : HL3dsx
  • Replied to the wrong thread lol : HL3dsx
• Stepping into the HEV suit in HL2 : umegastar
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  Rendered intros to Dungeon Keeper1 and B&W1 were fairly enjoyable. : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • Also, popping the last Star Destroyer in Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader where I'm on a collision course ... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  Doom II, level 8 sticks out in my memory - when the huge monster that I barely survived before starts a h... : vitaminzach
  • I loved that too! What's worse was one or more creatures steps in the teleporter and you had them in the ... : DM7
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  First entering Versalife building in Deus Ex was pretty awesome. The glassy-red hallway with the massive ... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • yeah! I remember that from somewhere! OH IT'S FROM THE INTRO OMG : umegastar
  • For some reason the gas station always comes to mind. I'm a sucker for skyboxes. : steauengeglase
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  When I played Crysis it decided to go 5 frames a second during your FUCKING HELP US scene. It was not imm... : Zolneirz
  • Aye, the first time I played it I had to dial all the settings down to low to get a playable framerate. T... : at0micgarden
• "Downtown" map in doom2 was the earliest one I can remember. That was a big level for a fps at the time. ... : DM7
• the DS2 intro level is up there : jvox
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  Figuring out how to kill the giant tentacle monster in Half-Life 1. : The Grolar Bear
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    Oh man that whole time I was like FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK IT KNOWS WHERE I AM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH... : deject
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      *CLANG-CLANG* *CLANG-CLANG* *CLANG-CLANG* *CLANG-SQUELSH* *BEEPBEEP BEEEEEEEEP* : RaptorII
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        Yes I must admit, that claw-tapping-on-metal sound was beyond irritating. : Xin Jing Client 1a
        • That it was. Thankfully outside of the engine test area you can't hear it, probably not very realistic, b... : RaptorII
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    I thought the leadup was even more memorable. Hearing this incredibly loud, rythymic banging interspersed... : Happy Doodle Muffin
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      Yeah, I can see that. God I need to replay that game. : The Grolar Bear
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        more like GODDAMMIT WHEN IS BLACK MESA: SOURCE COMING OUT!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!! : dedgecko
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          amen. nary an update for very long time. last tweet was over a year ago =/ : aurealis
          • Something about the correct pronunciation of gibs. Lame. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  Tron 2.0 reformat : stgdz
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    I forgot about that. I should either force the person I loaned that to to actually play it, or take it ba... : RaptorII
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      Tron 2.0 was pretty epic in its locals The formated server The corrupted server The overclocking of ... : stgdz
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        Such a great game. : hrdwregk
        • Too bad the new Tron game isn't very good from what I hear. : hrdwregk
        • man we should do some lightcycle racing! : Flinz
  • Yeah that was really tense there at the end. : MercFox1
• the first time I saw the 2 barons of hell on E1M8 and the sound that they made : spectr3
• Im going to add a Counter Strike map, CS_Siege. Finding that sewer to a back entrance and flanking 3 badd... : happynoodle
• Ah man, System Shock 2, the reveal was pretty fucking amazing. : happynoodle
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  -Escaping the hotel in Call Of Cthulhu: Dark Corners Of The Earth -The Cradle, Thief III : azuvatar
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    oh man, escaping the hotel almost gave me a heart attack : Dravenport
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      I remember feeling so drained when I finally got out of the hotel. : Borzoi
      • i remember saving like 20 times : Dravenport
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  BioShock: "A man chooses, a slave obeys." : David Craddock
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    Very, very hard for me to choose between this and the SHODAN reveal in SS2. : genom
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      wait, you mean the "twist" in bioshock and the "choice" actually seemed meaningful to a person on this pl... : Disarray
      • It made you ask a few questions about gaming in general. : steauengeglase
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  Walking out of the Vortex Rikers in Unreal for the first time. Coupled with the amazing view and musi... : Broken Canoe
  • In the same vein, seeing the red-backlit volumetric fog inside the ship for the first time was pretty ama... : Rehevkor
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    Do you think there will ever be another moment in a video game that will create that sense of awe? After ... : Dynotaku
    • I wonder about that sometimes. My reference moment might be when I loaded up QTest and for the first tim... : Johnny Law
    • Working in the games industry, and having grown through several iterations of a technology that can now c... : Broken Canoe
• There are too many! But here are a few... HL1 - The first time the AI threw my own grenade back at me. : warcrow
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  Doom 64 comes to mind. There was this one level with long blue hallways and the demons would run at you. : AMikaboshi
  • Doom 64 is awesome! Here's my write-up of it from last year: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22546566... : Rehevkor
  • Yep I thought that part of Crysis was amazing too. Tense, a real challenge, and unique sights everywhere... : Johnny Law
• Oblivion - stepping outside of the prison and being greeted with a beautiful lake. Plus the rest of Obliv... : MondayJBlack
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  Mass Effect 2 in the intro when Shepard dies. : R@zzle
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    third person shooter, not an fps : deject
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      good point :[ i have nothing then. i change my answer to halo:CE then, after you beat the last level : R@zzle
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        good post razzle, retard : R@zzle
        • It's OK, Shepard getting spaced was pretty powerful. : deject
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  Doom 3, the Hell level was impressive : davidc02
  • yeah I really liked how it almost felt like the original Doom come to life : jvox
  • only good part of the game imo... : dedgecko
  • The only level I found myself *really* enjoying in that game. : Begawkiness
  • I wasn't impressed by the hell level in Doom 3. The first part with the scary gargoyles was a good touch... : mastermike569
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  "I AM SHODAN" : Lucien Irenicus
  • That's probably my favorite moment. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • What is it you fear? The end of your trivial existence? : deject
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    If they ever put it up on gog i'd like to play System Shock 1+2 someday. : AMikaboshi
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      Oh yeah, instant purchase for me, I do think they have some technical problems on new operating systems t... : Lucien Irenicus
      • Easily, an instant purchase. : deject
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    Also lol, who was the shacker who thought this point was the end of the game? : Lucien Irenicus
    • I thought I was at the end of SS2 when that bitch wet my pants. : dedgecko
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  The Tricycle Chase from No One Lives Forever 2 Secret Round Two! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgCt-... : deject
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    Serious Sam, the attack of the bulls, and the final sequence before the final boss, 8 player co-op. in... : dedgecko
    • The first time I encountered one of the kamikaze bomber guys. He blew me up and I just couldn't stop laug... : steauengeglase
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  I found the intro to Prey to be amazing. nothing has really topped it since. : baron calamity
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    Second-best use of Don't Fear The Reaper. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      First one being The Stand? : ArcKnight
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        SNL : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          Shame you're so wrong. : ArcKnight
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            I haven't seen The Stand so you might be right. : Mad Brahmin Disease
            • The Stand is probably one of the worst movies in existence considering it's source material. Avoid at ANY... : kershner25
  • My favorite Prey moment is probably getting outside the Sphere in zero-g. : Borzoi
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    The first 90 minutes of Prey was amazing, everything after that was such a disappointment. : dedgecko
    • Spot on. Such a let down of a game. : Mr. Goodwrench
    • kinda agree with you : AMikaboshi
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      I can't remember how far along that would be, but there's a bunch of neat stuff in the late game. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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        yeah, the lead up to the final boss was pretty great, even if the boss fight itself was a little underwhe... : Borzoi
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          Everything covered in the demo was amazing. Then it became a shitty game with a plot line that damn near... : dedgecko
          • The one thing I thought worked against the rest in Prey was the horribly uneven voice acting. It was so b... : Borzoi
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  Deus Ex. That level. : steve_o
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    huh?? : ass-street
    • You know, where SHODAN is revealed. : Dynotaku
    • A man chooses. A nano-augmented force-grown clone obeys. : Johnny Law
    • MJ12's secret underneath Unatco!! : steve_o
  • Gunthen telling me he knows I am afraid cause he can see my heartbeat through his satellite feed : MamiyaOtaru
  • when you tell both Gunther and Anna that you know their killswitch phrase... and utter them : azuvatar
• Some of my favorites come from Breakdown, especially that long walk up the ramp to the portal to the Nexu : Borzoi
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  the last 10mins of F.E.A.R : CoRDS
  • I really need to replay this. : dedgecko
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    That was pretty awesome. Do I need to play FEAR2? People said it sucked, but was it really that bad? : twifosp
    • It's like FEAR 1 without any of the good stuff : justwr!ght
    • No, it really isn't. I honestly don't get most of the complaints against F.E.A.R. 2. It's not as good a... : deject
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      No, but they tilted it more towards action and less towards creepy and the ending kind of sucks. I hope ... : Halen
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        I thought the ending was pretty good in a total WTF???? kinda way. : deject
        • I admit, i got wood. : Dschinghis Khan
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    Can you spoil it for me? I didn't like the game enough to finish it. : pyide
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      youtube will show yuo : CoRDS
      • good idear : pyide
    • What rubbed you the wrong way in fear? The biggest detractor in the game was the lack of variety in the ... : dedgecko
• Anti-citizen One in HL2. Opens with Dog wrecking some combine and follows up with Mr Freeman laying waste... : the_burd
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  When Hans popped out of that door with miniguns blazing. /you kids, off my lawn. : uebersoldat
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    Gutentag! I think the first sight of Wolf3D probably also counts as epic. Having only previously seen ... : RaptorII
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      Well, I just remember thinking I had the basics down but I knew something was up back when I first played... : uebersoldat
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        I remember imagining the clanging parts of the song as Hans Grosse's footsteps as he was hunting me down ... : RaptorII
        • I know, good times good times! : uebersoldat
    • I nearly broke my keyboard and monitor when that happened. I don't think anything in any game has surpri... : Bruzilla
  • actually, it's not an 'epic' moment, but the first time i heard "Schutzstaffel" from one of those blue gu... : vitaminzach
  • GET PSYCHED!! : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  AvP2, custom map. Was in a long hallway in a hive, had 1 clip of my pulserifle. Motion detector starte... : Smoochy666
  • avp2 was a fun game. : AMikaboshi
• The outdoor levels in Halo 1 were great for the time : homeboyJim
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  AHHHHHHHHHH yourself. : Cliffzorz
  • haha yeah this was fun, some of the bigger open areas with the music pace ramping up were insanely fun wi... : uebersoldat
  • LoL, We need a new one already! : happynoodle
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  I had to watch the last 5 minutes of Crysis on YouTube, always crashed. : dael
  • I always quit. I hate the crysis aliens more than the trigens. : Turd Ferguson
• I'm probably just old but i seem to remember a map in Doom where there was a shot gun sitting in the midd... : trevis
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  Walking off the ship Vortex Rikers in Unreal. For the time, everything was amazing and huge, and the wat... : Halen
  • Hah, I missed Broken Canoe posting this above. So awesome. : Halen
• Call of Duty, the original...Russkies storming the Reichstag. I loved it all. : R0CK
• Portal test chamber 19 : CecilPhilpot
• Half-Life 2, Right before you get to the Citadel, You come to an intersection with a shitton of Combine s... : Kylegar