For 90s kids, there’s no need for explanation. For others, well, pokemon was a phenomenon. It was everywhere, on TV, in magazines, toys, stickers. You could trade pokemon at the school excursion on the bus.
You felt alive in this world, pokemon gen 1-2 were the pinnacle of pokemon for me. And in gen2, finishing the game, and lo and behold, there’s a whole other region (kanto) waiting for you to explore it. The night cycle in the game blew my mind in ways that I have been chasing ever since.
I know it will never be reached again, but the memory will remain as powerful as it was that evening of the early 00s. What is your greatest gaming high, that you know will never be topped again, and that you have been chasing ever since?
Beating Battletoads on the SNES. So much time invested
Probably not everyone’s type of game but the first time I got into orbit in KSP. Doing it manually was a huge challenge and the first time I got into orbit not to mention later when they added the mun and I landed and returned to kerbin was a awesome feeling . When they added other planets and later when they added asteroids it was still a great feeling to do it without mechjeb. Of course that was in 2011. I have more hours in that game than any other and I still play it for few week one or two times a year.
I just finished Stray, which is a masterpiece. So it’s not been that long, honestly.
That’s a hell of a game ending, is it not? It fukin screams for a sequel.
B12 is alive! That flicker. He’s there. And we just freed the zurks …
Damn, I need to get around to finishing this one. Took a break after the second chapter and forgot to pick it back up.
Once you get past the tower where you have to run around while you wait for the elevator, things ease up. Still lots of chances to die, but that’s the only spot in the game where you are that hard pressed. Although the sewer run is pretty stressful too …
It’s a recent one, but the boss fight in chapter 6 of Celeste is the best gaming experience I have ever had. Highly recommend. The story, mechanics, and music are top tier.
Bioshock, the first one at the end. “Would you kindly”. I lost my mind.
Um … I definitely saw that coming. Gorgeous game tho. The sequels … meh.
This is the same thing I thought of as well. Blew my mind at the time.
There was a period of about 2 years where every single one of my friends played Destiny religiously. Every day I could log on and just have 2 friends ready to run strikes or get a ragtag team of 6 and run raids (yes, plural).)
15 to 20 members in the clan, just loving this flawed game, having laughs, bantering, even getting deep and serious about relationships, politics, religion, and more.
Even the fights that meant we kicked out 2 racist pieces of garbage from the clan are such precious memories to me.
We have lives now, partners and jobs. I still play, but I raid with strangers or not at all. Sometimes we log on and do an old activity together or run trials, we laugh and have fun, bit never again will we be carefree, and whimsical.
A lot of gaming highs from time to time that engulfed me into gaming completely.
The very first high was the OG Half Life. Before that I didn’t know that Games could have a story like that.
Then Max Payne 1&2, it was like playing a Noir Matrix movie.
Then GTA Vice City (and its soundtrack) hooked me up for a long time.
Then Far Cry 3 which has made me buy every subsequent Far Cry game ever since (yet to feel that again).
And the last one was “Assassin’s Creed Origins”, which being a fan of ancient Egypt, was a dream come true.
Far Cry 2 was the last good thing Ubisoft produced. And it was very good.
Fuk Ubi. Forever. Never spending another cent on them.
Not the greatest of all time I don’t think, but the greatest in recent memory
At the end of Chapter 12 of the Entropy Centre I really felt like I was saving the world against all odds. And Chapter 13 immediately after was a trip in a good way. If you’re curious, having a good setup (TV, speakers) helps a lot.
Reaching the top of the mountain in Celeste was pretty awesome too now that I’m thinking about it
THE Brad Boimler?
Yeah the Celeste finale is amazing
THE Brad Boimler?
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Ah, I also got Blue then Silver eh
Beating halo final level with wife in co-op
Sonic 2 all emeralds, no deaths Metal Slug in the arcade
Any clutch ending
Beating halo final level with wife in co-op
Ah, The Maw after your very first experience.
“Stop! This is where Foehammer is going to pick us up!”
(PUNCHES THE GAS)
Such an incredible final mission haha.
For me, Baldurs Gate 2. So much story to immerse yourself in, companions to learn about. And on top of that really fun fighting; a good amount of tactical thinking needed, but not too much.
Ark Survival Evolved.
Waking up on the beach, getting insta-murdered by a raptor.
Managing to meet up with your mates, building a hut, thinking you are doing ok and carno eats you and your hut in the night.
Taming your first T rex, stomping about monching everything, thinking you are doing ok, then suddenly giga eats you and everything you love.
Wish I could recapture that feeling.
- Super mario galaxy, portal and mass effect 1. Rip that feeling i will never again exeperience
Finishing Portal was really satisfying. Also, I wanted to be done with puzzles. Yay!
Great thread! My moment comes from Deus Ex. There was a mission near versalife in Hong Kong, and I took the wrong door at some point and veered off path. I did not have to do it, but I got lost and I did, i cleaned all security from the entire building. After I got out, i read on one of those news screens… it had an article about a terrorist attack massacre on the versalife offices 97 dead… I realized they wrote about me - clever bit of cause-effect-scripting there!
