My god......

[DarthFennec]

I am simply awesturck Escapist, just awestruck. Minecraft's world is estimated to be 8 times the size of the earths, I thought I had colonized a relativly large chunk of it when I decided to venture off into the distance with nothing on me just to recon the sorrunding area near one of my bases. I climbed over the nearest hill top and simply felt my breath leave me. Facing me, sitting there for what must have been miles, was a desert. Infinite and unyeilding, sitting there staring at me. I quietly slipped back down the hill and retreated into my base for the remainder of the day.

Basically this. Although I'm pretty sure Minecraft maps are endless, if you go too near the edge it just generates another chunk beyond. So it's not that it's 8 times the size of earth, it's just the size of whatever you've explored by that point, limited to the size of the free space on your hard disk. I could be wrong about that though, but I don't think so ...

 

[DaHero]

A fairly recent game, Just Cause 2.

Casually parachuting around, I get to the top of a nearby mountain and turn around and get punched in the face by this spectacular world.

Same thing happened to me, check is out from both the desert and mountain peaks, it's amazing, ESPECIALLY as dusk.

 

[Vault101]

The intro and everyhting else in Bioshock....just wow and this was the first real game I had played in a long time

 

[jhlip]

First time I stepped outside the vault in Fallout 3. I mean, it got diminished over time, but that first glance at the desolate landscape... Wow.

I felt the exact same way when I first played Fallout 3.

 

[That's Funny]

The ending to Metro 2033 springs to mind.

Spoiler

Where you reach the top of that tower, and the dark ones fucking with your mind. Also that view was nothing short of spectacular for a video game.

It was a bit frightening at points.

 

[Seneschal]

I get awestruck in almost every modern game. I don't play many, so I usually pick-and-choose the awe-inspiring ones. And I'm a 90s child, my eyes explode at relatively simple things like volumetric lighting and depth-of-field.

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

Just Cause 2. I'll probably live to be 100 before I'm 1% of the way through.

 

[Krantos]

Especially Jose Gonzalez's voice welcoming you to Mexico. That part of the game is probably the best argument that videogames are art I could imagine.

Agreed. I usually don't follow the "Games are Art" line. Most games that get the "arty" label forget to be games, but RDR doesn't. It shows how to make breathtaking, interactive artwork and still be a great game.

Awesome job Rockstar.

 

[littlealicewhite]

When I ran up to the bridge of the Normandy SR-1 at the beginning of Mass Effect 2 and saw the giant hole the Collectors had ripped in my ship. I knew that the Normandy was going to blow, I knew Shepard was going to die, but that moment hit it home for me. I recall that when I saw it, I couldn't help but say "There's a hole in my ship." I was too stunned to say much else.

There were many, many moments afterwords in ME2 that also stunned me. Every single character is unique and impacted me in their own way. The romance scenes especially, some of those were heart-rending and sweet in an indescribable way.

 

[Diablo27]

When I ran up to the bridge of the Normandy SR-1 at the beginning of Mass Effect 2 and saw the giant hole the Collectors had ripped in my ship. I knew that the Normandy was going to blow, I knew Shepard was going to die, but that moment hit it home for me. I recall that when I saw it, I couldn't help but say "There's a hole in my ship." I was too stunned to say much else.

There were many, many moments afterwords in ME2 that also stunned me. Every single character is unique and impacted me in their own way. The romance scenes especially, some of those were heart-rending and sweet in an indescribable way.

Amen.

 

[Squeaky]

luckly i dont have a god as if i did hell would be my new address.

 

[white_salad]

When I ran up to the bridge of the Normandy SR-1 at the beginning of Mass Effect 2 and saw the giant hole the Collectors had ripped in my ship. I knew that the Normandy was going to blow, I knew Shepard was going to die, but that moment hit it home for me. I recall that when I saw it, I couldn't help but say "There's a hole in my ship." I was too stunned to say much else.

There were many, many moments afterwords in ME2 that also stunned me. Every single character is unique and impacted me in their own way. The romance scenes especially, some of those were heart-rending and sweet in an indescribable way.

This. When I first saw the ship get hit, I was just thinking oh that sucks. It was when shepperd got spaced and the oxygen started to leak from his suit that it really hit me. He isn't dying by a sudden headhsot, or an explosion in game. This is shepperd dying unceremoniously,in the cold depths of space. Especially when the lifeless body begins to enter orbit.

Fucking gave me the chills.

 

[Flap Jack452]

In Modern Warfare 2 when you go up into space. And then later when you go back onto the ground and have the helicopters crashing all around you.

Say what you want about the game as a whole, but those two moments were beautiful and very intense.

 

[onewheeled]

As many have said, the entirety of Mass Effect 2. Especially when you

Spoiler

go into the derelict Collector ship, just looking around and seeing all those pods is easily one of the most terrifying, yet beautiful sights I've ever seen in a game.

Also, a specific part in Shadow of the Colossus. The way it rears its head back, it just blew me away for some reason. Skip to about 6:05 for what I'm talking about.

 

[Justanothergamer300]

After all the years I played 2D sonic the hedgehog games when my uncle got a dreamcast and sonic adventure I was just blow away when I was younger.

Sure Adventure aged really really badly but in that game sonic is so fast he can walk on air
can get any better then that

 

[Melian]

Yeah but it just kinda ticks you off huh. I mean think back

You:Finally now I can live out my life as I cho...

*looks around*

You:I got out of that hellhole...for this one?

Cause tell me you were great at Fallout 3. The constantly running out of ammo,the senselessy violent attackers,dont even get me started on the rads.

Hah, I played my first char as a melee, never had a problem with running out of ammo. ^^ That was actually more of an issue in New Vegas for me...

 

[Bobbity]

Red Dead Redemption: Just watching the sun come up over the landscape. Even something as simple as that was absolutely stunning.
Mass Effect: I could name a dozen things here, but your first view of the Citadel, and the battle with Soverign at the end were both incredible.
Mass Effect 2: There's a hole on my ship. Crap. I'm going to die. Crap. I had actually managed to avoid spoilers concerning the game, so that moment came as a real shock to me. Going to have to make sure that I avoid ME3 news like the plague, as well. With Skyrim out, that shouldn't be too hard

Basically this. Although I'm pretty sure Minecraft maps are endless, if you go too near the edge it just generates another chunk beyond. So it's not that it's 8 times the size of earth, it's just the size of whatever you've explored by that point, limited to the size of the free space on your hard disk. I could be wrong about that though, but I don't think so ...

Eight times the size of earth is roughy the theoretical limit before the software becomes unstable and crashes, according to Notch.

 

[TRR]

The sound of the final level of Painkiller.
Start the level, put headphones on, turn it up, run around, and listen. just do it

 

[8bitlove2a03]

My friends and I are playing a Minecraft SMP server with a map that's just 4 levels of dirt and grass above perfectly flat bedrock. I built a large octagonal wall for a castle I'm starting, and climbed my friend's skybox tower for a view of it. It dominated my view, even with everything my friends had built near it.

 

[Brazilianpeanutwar]

Shadow of the colossus.
It's been years since i played it but i remember a HUGE canyon (pretty sure it was near the enormous bridge in the center of the map.
You can spend hours climbing down...OR....jump right off the top and land in the deep water

And yes i did spend hours doing that,sue me. :]