We've had moments in gaming where, on the brink of defeat, the bad guy suddenly falls down, the curtain of darkness lifts, and the victory theme plays triumphant. What was your closest victory in a game?
One of my most tense was playing Streets of Rage 2. I was fighting the third level boss, and it looked like the next punch was going to finish one of us off. Naturally I didn't want to lose a life in a game where every life counts dearly, so I steeled myself, measured the distance required to set my opponent up for doom, and prepared to deal the knockout blow. Unfortunately, I misjudged and the boss managed to hit me. Somehow my character clung on to life after what I thought would be a finishing blow, but now Zaalbar (I think that was the name of the boss) was flipping around me and I felt sure that something was going to have to give... and sure enough he made for a position to throw me. By some frantic maneuvering, I managed to turn the same direction the boss was facing, move down, and throw him instead, killing him. My health was inches away from zero.
To my chagrin, I still went on to lose the game on the last part of the last level, also making this among my closest losses.
A less spectacular example was when Yuna of FFX knocked out a flan after an ambush had brought the rest of my party to the edge of death. (I'd over-trained my characters and was withdrawing.) Needless to say, she was stunned... and so was I. It wasn't such a great example as I could've used a potion, I was just being stubborn.
What's your closest memorable moment of a game?
One of my most tense was playing Streets of Rage 2. I was fighting the third level boss, and it looked like the next punch was going to finish one of us off. Naturally I didn't want to lose a life in a game where every life counts dearly, so I steeled myself, measured the distance required to set my opponent up for doom, and prepared to deal the knockout blow. Unfortunately, I misjudged and the boss managed to hit me. Somehow my character clung on to life after what I thought would be a finishing blow, but now Zaalbar (I think that was the name of the boss) was flipping around me and I felt sure that something was going to have to give... and sure enough he made for a position to throw me. By some frantic maneuvering, I managed to turn the same direction the boss was facing, move down, and throw him instead, killing him. My health was inches away from zero.
To my chagrin, I still went on to lose the game on the last part of the last level, also making this among my closest losses.
A less spectacular example was when Yuna of FFX knocked out a flan after an ambush had brought the rest of my party to the edge of death. (I'd over-trained my characters and was withdrawing.) Needless to say, she was stunned... and so was I. It wasn't such a great example as I could've used a potion, I was just being stubborn.
What's your closest memorable moment of a game?
