Most exciting game you've ever played.
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Mega Man X. The bosses are tough, the weapons you get by beating them kick ass, you can do some stylish stuff (like jumping off a wall to avoid Spark Mandrill's wall-climbing sparks, then turning around in mid-air to grab the same wall, and then jumping off the wall again as soon as you touch it and over Spark Mandrill's head as he tries to knock you off the wall with a dash punch, then retaliating by firing a charge shot at his back), the music rocks (especially Sigma stage 2) and the final boss fight is really hard (if you don't do it the cheap way by standing on the edge of one of his hands).
I think that co-op mode online in R6: Rogue Spear probably got my blood up the most. Sneaking around with a couple guys through a nuclear weapons facility staffed with a couple dozen bad guys always made the blood pump a little quicker. It was especially exciting when we would attempt to do the entire map with silenced 9mm or something like that just for the challenge.
Red Alert 2 Against 2 brutal AIs. ho-man.
And I really enjoyed Republic Commando as an exciting game, although I didn't find it fun all that much.
And I really enjoyed Republic Commando as an exciting game, although I didn't find it fun all that much.
The first time I saw Whispering Rock in Psychonauts. I remember shouting WHOA! at the top of my voice.
I loved exploring every inch of that location. I've vowed not to play the game since I completed it for a few years to come so, when I play it again years later, it will give me the same wow factor.
Phantasy Star Online Episode 2 - the VR Space Station level. It's probably my fav location of any game. The music, the colours, the atmosphere. Sonic Team are the best...
I loved exploring every inch of that location. I've vowed not to play the game since I completed it for a few years to come so, when I play it again years later, it will give me the same wow factor.
Phantasy Star Online Episode 2 - the VR Space Station level. It's probably my fav location of any game. The music, the colours, the atmosphere. Sonic Team are the best...
Rogue Squadron. I always pleaded with games in my prayers to allow me the pleasure of blowing up the death star or taking down AT-ATs with my landspeeder. They delivered.
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GTA3. Free roaming was truly but a myth before this. Jumping corkscrews with a Buick century for the fuck of it sure made for an exillerating experience.
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FF7. I never got stuck and paced the game out for what I believe was the experience intended. So many beautiful cutscenes, disks you hadn't even put in the console yet to look forward to. Just, perfection.
Also...
GTA3. Free roaming was truly but a myth before this. Jumping corkscrews with a Buick century for the fuck of it sure made for an exillerating experience.
And...
FF7. I never got stuck and paced the game out for what I believe was the experience intended. So many beautiful cutscenes, disks you hadn't even put in the console yet to look forward to. Just, perfection.
TES4:the Shivering Isles(I don't consider it as part of Oblivion because I like it so much more)The dungeons were fun, intresting,and/or were hilarious and/or had incredibly clever traps. Aside from the dungeons the main questline was really fun and varried. You went from being the operator of a dungeon and choosing which trap to dump some D&D style adventurers into, to investigating a conspiracy to murder a duke,then to joining a side of a battle that has been in a stalemate and manipulating the two forces to help one destroy the other.
Ocarina of Time for me, I don't think I ever anticipated a game release so much. I think it was the fact that my then-favorite franchise was going 3-D for the first time! I'll never forget cruising Hyrule on my trusty steed for the first time!
Jurassic Park, for the sega Genesis. Whether I'd play as Dr.Grant or the Raptor, it was still a nerve racking experience from beginning to end.
Exciting? What kind of exciting? Scary exciting? Infuriating? OMGTHISROX?
For simple edge of the seat tension exciting, Its really hard to go wrong System Shock 2. The entire game simply gushes creepy atmosphere and to this day I haven't seen a game that can top it in the sound department. (plus its cyberpunk: automatic awesome)
As far as infuriating goes, nothing can top counter-strike. The game has a learning curve as steep as the marianas trench, complete with 3 minute 'time outs' when you get fragged. Couple this with the incredible 1337 factor and the horrible slippery slope mechanics from the equipment buying system and you have the most aggravating game I've ever played (and the only one that has driven me to breaking things).
As for the last category, I have to agree with Minic. B3 Takedown just had such a visceral thrill to it, especially hard checking someone into the guardrail in the middle of a drift turn or brushing off a rival on an oncoming bus. Easily my favorite 'car' game. Sadly, B Revenge chucked this out the window with its lame traffic checking feature. Its just not fun if you don't have to smash them off the road yourself.
For simple edge of the seat tension exciting, Its really hard to go wrong System Shock 2. The entire game simply gushes creepy atmosphere and to this day I haven't seen a game that can top it in the sound department. (plus its cyberpunk: automatic awesome)
As far as infuriating goes, nothing can top counter-strike. The game has a learning curve as steep as the marianas trench, complete with 3 minute 'time outs' when you get fragged. Couple this with the incredible 1337 factor and the horrible slippery slope mechanics from the equipment buying system and you have the most aggravating game I've ever played (and the only one that has driven me to breaking things).
As for the last category, I have to agree with Minic. B3 Takedown just had such a visceral thrill to it, especially hard checking someone into the guardrail in the middle of a drift turn or brushing off a rival on an oncoming bus. Easily my favorite 'car' game. Sadly, B Revenge chucked this out the window with its lame traffic checking feature. Its just not fun if you don't have to smash them off the road yourself.
For ReepNeep's OMGTHISROX factor, in recent times the stand out moment(s) for me would have to be Crysis. The second half of the tank section I must have played about four or five times in a row (not through dying, purely through awesomeness). Roaring over the hill in what must have been a turbo charged tank; watching the mountain collapse in the background as I bounce my way down the other side, shooting down helicopters with the tank's main gun.
Later on, the first time I played the rail shooter section was just full on 'WOAH!' Things just exploding everywhere as aliens kill my comrades before taking out entire ridge lines as I mow them down. The post space ship section gets a lot of hate, but there is some great stuff in there.
Later on, the first time I played the rail shooter section was just full on 'WOAH!' Things just exploding everywhere as aliens kill my comrades before taking out entire ridge lines as I mow them down. The post space ship section gets a lot of hate, but there is some great stuff in there.