Your ultimate moment in gaming?

I started this topic in system wars but a mod suggested to start it here instead.

I felt this could be a cool topic where all can take part regardless of your "console affiliation"

So, what is the one achievement/sentimental/oh my goodness that is cool/I will never forget this moment for the rest of my life in your gaming experience? It can be opening a christmas present that happens to be a console or game. It can be beating an awsome game like Final Fantasy 7. Whatever it is, what is yours?

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• Beating Super Metroid in under one hour. 52 minutes to be exact.
• Beating The Ultimate Doom (Episodes 1-3) on Ultra Violence and Doom II: Hell on Earth on Ultra Violence.
• Finally beating Castlevania: Symphony of the Night after first playing it back in the late 1990's.

• Playing Shadow of the Colossus for the first time... and every time after that.
• First meeting a Bloodsucker in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and then being nearly scared out of my chair by another at a later date.
• Playing Dead Rising demo for the first time... and then for the 15 hours after that (spread out over several days). I still have yet to get my hands on the full game for more than a few hours... damn the 360 and its only game I want being Dead Rising... *shakes fist*

• The ending of Max Payne 2 and a certain set of events near the end.

• The end of Shadow of the Colossus along with an event near the end.
• The end of ICO.
• The end of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• The end of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, for being so awesome and moving.

Counter Strike Source: I was scrimming on dust2 with my team and I was the only one alive and the terrorists had planted the bomb with 3 remaining players. I got one in tunnels, and then the craziest shot I ever got happened. Some guy was hiding behind a box and peeked his head for one second, I shot one bullet with my Ak and Bam, He's dead. I then preceeded to killing the remaining terrorist and defusing the bomb. :) I dropped 20 kills that scrim, Best scrim I've ever had.

Also in Guild Wars, When I got 50k in 3ish hours. For those who play Guild Wars, They'll know that that is not a small amount. That was the day I got my first 15k Armor and my first 100k. :) Good times. I quit Guild Wars though.

It can be beating an awsome game like Final Fantasy 7. Whatever it is, what is yours? scoobiesnackarf

Beating Final Fantasy 7.

Also, Shadow of the Colossus. The whole of it.

• The end of Shadow of the Colossus along with an event near the end.
• The end of ICO.
• The end of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

foxhound_fox

these and Kingdom Hearts's beginning

Been stormed by 24 colossal dragons AFTER you think you win the Dark Queen of Krynn. I was strolling by to see if I miss anything before I quit or restart. Gah, the first time it happens...I was a teen back then, and it was on my Amiga500, and I wasn't as experienced as now, so I was completely taken by surprised, yet couldn't complains.

I actually lost that fight, after a reload I win the rematch, yet, I was prepared and expecting it. Been able to reload and just jump in and actually succeed where I fail...and gah...24 colossal dragons...it was quite something, a whole freaking flight of evil dragons coming to "thank you" for freeing them from Takhisis! Even if my 2 knights fell 2 beast each and win initiative, that leave 20 dragons for the remaining of the group. :)

PS: Back then, with my pride, I would prolly have arrange my sentences to focus on my final victory, pride and all. But the defeat followed by the reload was part of the fun, even if I wouldn't have admit that as a teen. See, not lying, just arranging the sentences and letting peoples draw conclusions I didn't spoke.

-Fending off 10,000 invading Huns with my army of 500-800 soldiers without a single general. Rome: Total War.

-Standing back to back with a friend in co-op Halo: Combat Evolved in the room where the flood are first encountered. That banging on the doors almost made us **** our pants.

playing MAFIA was my greatest gaming experience ...

its perfect .

also the Hitman series ...

Far Cry on the sinking ship. After two days I finally shot down that damn helicopter

-The first time I saw Super Mario Bros. over a neighbor's house, and then finally getting my mom to get me an NES for Christmas. I had played games for several years before that in arcades, home computers and Atari, but the NES was what took it to the next level and made it a full-blown addiction.

-Being main tank for a WoW raiding guild and finally beating a huge boss for the first time after weeks of trying. To me there's no better feeling in video games than the post-victory celebration of beating a big boss or completing a raid instance you've been working on for months and having everyone cheering over Ventrillo and taking screen shots, and being the tank puts you right in the thick of the action. 50 years from now if I'm still alive, when I think back about good times had in video games, the first thing that will come to mind will be WoW victory celebrations. It would probably be my favorite personal achievement too; going from beyond ignorance of the game to being in that position took a lot of work and learning.

-That moment in Star Wars: KOTOR. That's the only time in a video game where I almost fell off my couch out of surprise. FFVII would have probably been the same way if I didn't know what was coming, but even though I more or less knew in advance, it still had a heavy impact itself.

-Zelda OoT, just the whole experience from start to finish. It still ranks as my favorite game and favorite console gaming experience. It's the only game I've ever played where I got really sad at the end simply because it was over.

There's a ton, but if I had to narrow it down it would be those.

• Getting all 120 stars in Super Mario 64.
• Getting the Master Sword in Twilight Princess.Best Master Sword sequence in any Zelda game.
• Beating Twilight Princess under seven hours.
• Metroid Prime...all of it.

Best ending ever.

Whenever I finish an RPG and see the endings and credits roll, I feel really proud of myself lol. LongWay2Go

same, I beat FF7 a few weeks ago.

Also, alot of sports games things, i cant think of any specifics, but anything involving large comebacks, rediculous plays, etc.

Well let's see. I can remember being exceptionally proud of myself when I finally beat Midnight Club 2. I was also completely stunned while playing Shadow of the Colossus...pretty much the entire game. Oh and my #1 gaming achievement had to be beating Devil May Cry 3 on NORMAL difficulty. Emphasis on the word normal. That game was intense to the 10th degree.

This is a great topic.It's hard to pick just one moment.

I really enjoyed beating Parasite Eve 2. It was an awesome game, beautiful artwork and graphics, outstanding gameplay and a riveting story. Gotta admit though, I never saw that giant baby coming. I really wish Square would make a new Parasite Eve game or let someone else do it.

I think another truly great moment was playing through the final moments in LOZ WindWaker.

Beating Sephy in KH2.-Phaz-

I remember that. One of the hardest boss batles ive ever been through. It took me like two days to beat that guy.

When I finished Knights of the Old Republic 1. I'll never forget that.

1. BEATING MEGAMAN LEGENDS (I WAS NINE BACK THEN)

2. BEATING ONIMUSHA 3 IN JUST 4 HOURS 5 MINUTES

3. HAVING A PS2 FOR MY BIRTHDAY

4. HAVING A 60GB MODEL OF PS3

5. EXPERIENCED PS1 PS2 PS3

Let's see...

- A certain moment at the end of Disc 1 in Lost Odyssey

- Metroid Prime, that last boss.

- Metroid Prime 2, fighting Dark Samus for the first time and fighting Quadraxis for the first time.

- Wind Waker, the whole game.

- The final fight and ending of Tales of Symphonia

and loads more...

-The first time playing Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, San Andreas and IV, and every one of the hundreds of hours spent after that.

-Being the MVP in one of the most intense and fun gaming experiences I've ever had: CAL match of Battlefield 2 back in 2006.

All 120 stars in Super Mario 64.

The ending of The Prince of Persia:TsoT.

The entierty of Super Metroid.

Getting 100% achievement in Super Metroid.