Those "Holy <beep>" moments in gaming... [possible spoilers]

[ixfd64]

Have you ever had a moment in which a video game that suddenly made you jump and cuss at the screen?

Well, here are mine:

1. Doom/Ultimate Doom:

a. The end of episode 1

At the end of the first episode, the player must enter a portal, after which the player's health rapidly drains until the episode ends right before the player is supposed to due.

b. The boss of episode 2

The Cyberdemon wasn't mentioned in the manual and I had no idea what was happening.

Cyberdemon: ROOOAAAAAR!!

Me: Whoa, what was that? *gets splattered by rockets*

2. Doom 3 - the demon invasion

The demon invasion after the player talks to a technician. I knew what was going to happen but it still scared the heck out of me.

3. Space Quest I - the first level

If the player takes too much time on the first level (the starship Arcada), it self-destructs. I was like "What the %@#$?" when the starship exploded and I was presented with a "game over" screen.

4. Resident Evil 4

I've never played this game myself, but I was watching one of my suitemates play it some time ago. The scene where a character suddenly gets impaled by a huge tentacle made both of us jump.

5. Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures

In the catacomb level, there are gigantic bursts of flame that fly through the level peridically and can kill the player instantly. I certainly didn't see that coming!

[The Stinger]

Resident Evil 2:
In the interrogation room, a monster jumps through the mirror glass. First time it makes you
jump, 2nd, 3rd, etc. times I was like "I now it's coming, I know it's coming" *monster jumps through glass* :eek:

Call of Cthulhu:
The part where you wake up and need to get the hell out of the hotel, because
the whole town is chopping down your door and that's the same thing that they want to do to you. Now that's a "holy hell" moment.

[Echo Black]

Silent Hill 3

When the corpse drops from the trap door at the amusement house. Such a cheap shot.

Several parts from Fatal Frame (series).


Call of Cathula:


That's the most interesting typo I've seen this year. :dopefish:

[The Stinger]

Oops. :doh:

Half Life:
In the room with water and electricity you can enter a ventilation duct. When you're half way in the ventilation duct, a Headcrab jumps at you from out of nowhere.

[Dan the Man]

Many times in Fallout 3, when I'm exploring a dark area and my companion (Fawkes) takes an alternate route and jumps out in front of me in his attempt to catch up.

[NutWrench]

Oops. :doh:

Half Life:
In the room with water and electricity you can enter a ventilation duct. When you're half way in the ventilation duct, a Headcrab jumps at you from out of nowhere.

I have yet to see a game take advantage of the "limited flashlight life" for dramatic effect. I would love to see a scene where you run out of flashlight power in a dark place and are forced to wait a bit for it to recharge. Then, when you turn the flashlight on, <BAM!> there's a monster standing right in front of you who has been waiting the whole time.

[slapnutz]

Silent Hill 2 (or maybe it was 3)
The scene were you walk to a locked toilet door. The player says he/she thinks someone is in there. You knock but nothing happens so you walk away and....
you hear a loud scream and THUD!! as soon as you turn your back and walk away


Silent Hill 3
The infamous "Mirror Room" scene. Basically you walk into a room with a huge wall mirror, then the door is locked and you cant escape. Nothing happens for a bit as you walk around... then this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77XrQUfcmz4&NR=1&fmt=18

Since the video quality isnt the best i'll explain what youre supposed to be seeing below...
Basically, everything in the reflection (which seems like another room) starts to change into the Silent Hill "dark/nightmare world". The walls decay and bleed and so does your characters reflection.

Then suddenly the bleeding starts to spill into YOUR room (non-reflection side) and you cant exit. The entire room changes and then suddenly your characters reflection STOPS moving. It looks directly at you while covered in blood and cuts.

Basically, it doesnt hurt you and you can now leave the room.. BUT it scares the shit out of you and causes panic like never before!

[John]

Many times in Fallout 3, when I'm exploring a dark area and my companion (Fawkes) takes an alternate route and jumps out in front of me in his attempt to catch up.

You mean her attempt to catch up, right? ;)

As for me, it wasn't really a "holyshit" shocking/scary moment but I remember cussing at the screen back in Grim Fandango, near the end. :( Poor old Salvatore...and that saigon whore who cut his head off.

[someguy2435]

Doom

firing the BFG for the first time :love:

[Paroxysm]

Silent Hill 2 (or maybe it was 3)
The scene were you walk to a locked toilet door. The player says he/she thinks someone is in there. You knock but nothing happens so you walk away and....
you hear a loud scream and THUD!! as soon as you turn your back and walk away



In three there's a similar scene in a closet there's a mannequin. When you walk away form it there's a sudden almost comical "yelp" then when you turn back the mannequin's head is on the floor.

[Blue Lightning]

*Bioshock*

in "Dandy Dental", I pick up a tonic, steam enters the room, it starts to clear, I turn around...there is a dentist with a mask on, right in my face.

in "Fort Frolic" in a flooded sercret room, I pick up a tonic, turn around...and theirs suddenly a bunch of plasterd splicers frozen in pose... Damn I got the chills right there!


*Condemned: Criminal Origins*

I think it was Central Metro Station not sure, but there is a stairwell, and you walk over to the other side and look down onto the stairs over the railing, you'll see nothing down there. Then suddenly out of nowhere an enemy jumps up and grabs your arm and tries to pull you over the side. :eek:

The manniquins surround you in Barts Department store. You jump down the hole, but then look back up, and you will see them all looking down at you. Creepy.

At St. Josephs secondary school, Mr. Tibbits dead in the locker. Take his picture and he suddenly grabs you. DAMN I JUMPED!

[Phayzon]

Back when I sucked at games and cheated for all weapons, DNSTUFF 8 was one of the most pleasent surprises of my life when I got Duke3D :love:

-As stated above, the first BFG shot :love:
-Firing the lightning gun underwater in Quake1 :eek:
-Almost every second of Left 4 Dead :D

Graagh its late, drawing a blank now...

[ShadeEX]

Silent Hill 3
The infamous "Mirror Room" scene. Basically you walk into a room with a huge wall mirror, then the door is locked and you cant escape. Nothing happens for a bit as you walk around... then this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77XrQUfcmz4&NR=1&fmt=18

Since the video quality isnt the best i'll explain what youre supposed to be seeing below...
Basically, everything in the reflection (which seems like another room) starts to change into the Silent Hill "dark/nightmare world". The walls decay and bleed and so does your characters reflection.

Then suddenly the bleeding starts to spill into YOUR room (non-reflection side) and you cant exit. The entire room changes and then suddenly your characters reflection STOPS moving. It looks directly at you while covered in blood and cuts.

Basically, it doesnt hurt you and you can now leave the room.. BUT it scares the shit out of you and causes panic like never before!

Actually you forgot to mention something that is shown in the video..
If you stay in the mirror room for to long.. Heather dies and it's Game Over

EDIT:

Also a thing I still find creepy about Resident Evil 4:

The Regenerator & Iron Maidens encounters.. They have their own creepy music, and they make this creapy sound.

Here is a glitch video, that shows The Regenerator up close and personal..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H7HeJKPCN0&fmt=18 (This is from the Wii version wich I own)

Here's a normal gameplay vid..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwVYeQLO-R8&fmt=18

[alexgk]

Ocarina of Time

After taking the Master Sword, seeing how f*cked up Hyrule is

[Syph]

The first time you play or see Portal, it takes your brain a minute to wrap itself around the situation and you're left with a kind of WTF? feeling.

Damn near every second of Resident Evil 2 and 4

The first time you play a game like Oblivion, and you start heading up to the highest point you can find, waiting for that invisible wall to stop you but it never comes, then you find yourself looking out from a mountaintop back at where you started from. ( I wasted a lot of time wandering in that game :) )

[Bit-Cloud]

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[Quakis]

*Bioshock*

in "Dandy Dental", I pick up a tonic, steam enters the room, it starts to clear, I turn around...there is a dentist with a mask on, right in my face.

I remember that part, pretty unexpected. Reminds me of,

FEAR;

Ladder scene, both at the top and bottom. That was rather unexpected when I first checked out the demo when it was released.

[Cleric]

The Darkness-When Uncle Pauly kills your girlfriend. Made me very, very upset :(

[ixfd64]

I've just thought of two more:

1. Super Mario World

A long time ago, I was playing Super Mario World with a very old friend and we were both rather inexperienced with the game. We got to the boss room of one of the fortresses and had to fight four Reznors. After beating two of them, the bridge above the lava begins to disintegrate. Needless to say, we ended up dying (although we eventually beat the level).

2. Donkey Kong Country

After you beat the final boss (King K. Rool) once, fake credits begin to scroll. After the credits, you'll have to fight him a second time. I got tricked by the fake credits, and although I became suspicious, I was unable to react in time before King K. Rool got back up and killed me.

[Damien_Azreal]

The Darkness-When Uncle Pauly kills your girlfriend. Made me very, very upset :(

How Jackie reacted was what surprised me even more. :D

[John]

How Tommy reacted was what surprised me even more. :D

You mean Jackie? ;) I get the two confused aswell, the Darkness and Prey. Same guy, basically. Except one is a demonic mobster, the other is a native american fighting aliens. :D

[Damien_Azreal]

You mean Jackie? ;) I get the two confused aswell, the Darkness and Prey. Same guy, basically. Except one is a demonic mobster, the other is a native american fighting aliens. :D

Yeah. Shit. :p

[Hellbound]

Yeah - FEAR ladder scene...

[LeadBullet]

The moment in Duke3D where you walk up to that "San Andreas Fault" sign or whatever, and then theres an earthquake which makes a lot of the cliffs reshift.

I'd have said "Holy Shit" for sure if Duke hadn't said it first.

[Daveman]

There were a half dozen or so in the original Call of Duty, for me. The Russian "Defend the House from the tanks and waves of soldiers" mission and the final Reichstag mission come to mind. Christ I loved that ending. :love:

Also there were a bunch of them in Homeworld 2, particularly the last fight with the Vaygr (the penultimate mission). Also, Sins of a Solar Empire. :love:

[gamingmajik]

in the beginning of oblivion when i was escaping the prison. when in the cave i see a rat, i kill it then kill the other rats wondering why there not kill me. then when i turn around theres a zombie, i jumped out of my seat when that happened, i swear i almost sharted.

later it turned out that those rats that didnt attack me were suppose to help me kill the zombie. -_-

[ZuljinRaynor]

Dead Air Finale in Left 4 Dead.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

They don't beep the word sh!t on most cable networks now.

[Daveman]

Most cable channels will let you say it as long as you don't use it in an excretory way. It's absurd but it's the distinction the Supreme Court bases its rulings for profanity on as well :doh:

[YicklePigeon]

Let's see now...

No One Lives Forever 2

The first time you encounter a Super Soldier...I must have wasted tons of ammunition and hiding in ventilation ducts before I found my escape route I was panicking and swearing that much...

System Shock 2

Any part of it.

Diablo 2

Not really much of a spoiler to anyone who has played D2 online: see biiiiiiiiiiig monster. Very powerful unique. With lots of mates. And they all want to rip you a new one...which in itself isn't too bad. But then the biggest gremlin of them all appears.....Battle.net lag! Then it's a mad dash to get a town portal open and dive into it before you get completely and utterly slaughtered by The Evil Lag Monster You Can Do Nothing About That You Haven't Done Already....

Half Life 1

Everyone should know about this by now, if not, you're a three headed monkey...and this "holy <beep>" moment is a happy one: the train ride intro. Enough said.

Unreal

The first time you get outside on your very first playthrough. This would have been back in the day of its original release or very soon afterwards.

Unreal Tournament

Firing the Redeemer for the first time in guided mode. Optionally chasing a friend in a multiplayer game and watching them pee their virtual pants... :D

F.E.A.R.

No spoiler tag for this one either, as anyone who has played it multiplayer with a certain individual...managing to kill TerminX more than once in succession one-on-one without any outside interference. There's a holy beep moment right there! :P

But from TerminX's, Damien's, Micki!'s and Yatta's point of view (and others who played from here) a certain "holy <beep>!" moment is whenever they first got caught by my sneaky Dick Dastardly & Muttley-style proximity mine traps! BWAHAHAHAHAhahahahaaaa! :D

Anyways, I can't think of anymore right now, apart from maybe experiencing your first Zergling Rush attack on your undefended "caught me with ye pants down" base...

Regards,

Yickle!

[Wamplet]

There are too many to list

Alone in the dark, where the camera pans out and the monster jumps through the window

Playing some of the dark games where a fast enemy comes out of nowhere (obvious), like in Fallout 3, Doom 3, etc.

dropping the nuke in empire Earth 2

watching the physics in AOE 3 from cannons tearing up infantry and horsemen in swamp lands

[Kalki]

The moment in Duke3D where you walk up to that "San Andreas Fault" sign or whatever, and then theres an earthquake which makes a lot of the cliffs reshift.

I'd have said "Holy Shit" for sure if Duke hadn't said it first.

Ditto. It's the classic definition of the 'Holy Shit' moment. Blowing up a building and interacting with a stripper for the first time come close too. :)

I'll add-

BioShock The splicer turning up behind you in the dental clinic. Eyes watching you from hidey holes. Going up to a mourning splicer unsure if you want to attack or comfort them.
Crysis When dawn erupts into a mass battle with aircraft going down. Then the Alien Mothership.
FEAR: Whenever I caught Her watching me.

Call of Duty Recreation of that opening Soviet scene from Enemy at the Gates
Undying Hounds crawling across the ceiling. Decapitated head talking. The first extra-dimensional trip. Final villain reveal.
Aliens Vs. Predator 2 First time I killed a xeno, had my eyes shut. It was in the Marine mission demo. Another xeno that uncurls when you enter a room. The predator on the aircraft thing was pretty sweet too
Half-life Train ride especially with the robot navigating through toxic waste. Then when the marine kills a scientist, when marines use grenades to flush me out, the whole green tentacle sequence, when you crawl into a pipe and the marine places a detpack at the other end, the first time you blow up a gunship and coming out the other end of a sewer to view the cliff-side panorama(also in the Black Mesa trailer).
Portal When you're about to be killed
HL2 & Episodes. A lot of moments in HL2 were known to me going in from previews, like the gravity gun with buzz saws, playing catch with Dog, etc but they still count I suppose. Dog jumping on that ship and pretty much any animated scene with him in it was awe inspiring. Taking down striders with a gravity gun, sticky mines and a pistol is something I'm not quite sure how I accomplished. A lot of animated sequences like the citadel going up and saving Alyx were impressive.

Many many Blizzard cinematics. Especially from StarCraft & Warcraft III: ROC & TFT.

[Daveman]

BioShock The splicer turning up behind you in the dental clinic. Eyes watching you from hidey holes. Going up to a mourning splicer unsure if you want to attack or comfort them.
Was this actually deliberate, then? Because I remember it and it sure as shit scared the **** out of me (I told my girlfriend about it the next day and it probably bored her) but I thought it was a bug because I walked around a bit and he wasn't attacking, so I thought it was just a freaky-ass AI bug.
Portal When you're about to be killed
I absolutely agree. I'm stupid and I didn't see the specific way that was going to happen but I rounded that corner and my heart started pounding and I made the right move the first time and it was thrilling. That was so awesome.
HL2 & Episodes. The whole "Follow Freeman" Chapter was amazing for me, especially the first time through.

[Kalki]

Was this actually deliberate, then? Because I remember it and it sure as shit scared the **** out of me (I told my girlfriend about it the next day and it probably bored her) but I thought it was a bug because I walked around a bit and he wasn't attacking, so I thought it was just a freaky-ass AI bug.

I wasn't referring to any one splicer actually. And I never tried walking around. I approached them from behind and they always reacted once I got too close. The voice acting for those random bits of dialog was so great.

[Komb.at]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
When the bomb blows, and you're crawling out of the helicopter shortly after... my mouth was open the whole time

[Malgon]

*Condemned: Criminal Origins*

I think it was Central Metro Station not sure, but there is a stairwell, and you walk over to the other side and look down onto the stairs over the railing, you'll see nothing down there. Then suddenly out of nowhere an enemy jumps up and grabs your arm and tries to pull you over the side. :eek:

The manniquins surround you in Barts Department store. You jump down the hole, but then look back up, and you will see them all looking down at you. Creepy.

At St. Josephs secondary school, Mr. Tibbits dead in the locker. Take his picture and he suddenly grabs you. DAMN I JUMPED!

Those moments startled me for sure. Plenty of moments with Alma in FEAR made me jump as well, and the same with the Many in SS2. Good stuff. :)

[The Stinger]

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.

The Omaha Beach level, best part in the whole game.

[jimbob]

indeed, the rest was pretty cool at times aswel.

[Daedolon]

This is old but probably got everyone:

Metroid (1986)
Samus is a girl.

[Sang]

My first Age of Empires 2 / 3 / Age of Mythology online matches...

Sitting there building a base steadily, only to see lots and lots of dots with the enemy's colour appear on the minimap under 10 minutes into the game..

[Damien_Azreal]

F.E.A.R.

But from TerminX's, Damien's, Micki!'s and Yatta's point of view (and others who played from here) a certain "holy <beep>!" moment is whenever they first got caught by my sneaky Dick Dastardly & Muttley-style proximity mine traps! BWAHAHAHAHAhahahahaaaa! :D

Regards,

Yickle!

Yes. It's always a bitch to be chasing someone, round a corner thinking you'll have them in a few more shots and BOOM!!.... your dead. ;)

[ZuljinRaynor]

Left 4 Dead: STEVE'S DEAD!? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1CclWYRL0M) It was pretty "Holy shit!" if you ask me.

[Syph]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
When the bomb blows, and you're crawling out of the helicopter shortly after... my mouth was open the whole time

Same here, can't believe I forgot that. Also, the end of the game was like that as well.

[steauengeglase]

Gotta agree with Komb.at and Syph.
That was a real hats off moment. I'm not sure if it was the crash and it's after-effects or simply wondering why anyone would do such a thing.

*Bioshock*

in "Dandy Dental", I pick up a tonic, steam enters the room, it starts to clear, I turn around...there is a dentist with a mask on, right in my face.


The Dandy Dentist pretty much sold that game for me.

The rest are pretty generic:

SH2

Pyramid Head stabs himself in the face. It kind of sums up the entire series: There is something very wrong here.



Undying

Though the scene where you see the painting in Elizabeth's room is a jolt, there was something about going to the island and encountering the leprechaun. Somehow that seemed weirder than anything else in the game. Just weird.



Serious Sam: The First Encounter

The final boss. Nah, you aren't going to make me fight THAT thing?


MGS3

Getting kissed, blowing up the bridge and watching the Shagohad come back for more. Normally the kiss wouldn't work, the bridge would have been -eh, and boss coming back would have been trite, but it is balanced out with all that you have already gone though in the game. So it not only works but is satisfying and makes the ending that much more satisfying. Also you get to walk away feeling like you were the hero in an acion movie. Isn't that what its all about?

[prophecy holder]

Guess the only game that gave me a "HOLY @#$%" moment when i fired up left 4 dead demo and was first rushed by zombies (some say infected).

[Micki!]

AVP2
Chest Bursting your way through a living person, by biting your way out... Feels good, as with every second bite, the heart beat goes faster

[axion]

Shalebridge Cradle

[Hudson]

Call of Cthulu : Dark corners of the Earth. Running for your life through the first part of the entire game without any weapons. Holy. Shit.

[The Baskinator]

Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Chainsaw Hedgemaze Mayhem. The Chainsaw Maniac.

Alien vs. Predator (Jag). First Alien encounter.

Alien vs. Predator (Jag). First encounter with the Predator. The voice!

Silent Hill. The whole thing.

Silent Hill 2. See above.

Undying. See above.

[Steve]

Left 4 Dead: STEVE'S DEAD!? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1CclWYRL0M) It was pretty "Holy shit!" if you ask me.

LOL. "Steeeeev's dead"

;)

[ShakeItBaby]

Shalebridge Cradle

Yes, this is the one I was about to post - a masterpiece of sheer gaming terror. It's a level from Thief 3, for those who don't know, and that's all I'll say - it deserves to be played completely unspoiled.

[Marty Chang]

Fallout 3, Liberty Prime.

[Phayzon]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
When the bomb blows, and you're crawling out of the helicopter shortly after... my mouth was open the whole time

I second (or fourth is it now?) that. I was in complete awe for all of that part :o

I kept wondering, since at some points you can actually make it from prone up to crouch, "Am I going to make it or... what happens now?" and then a minute or 2 later the screen fades as you die.

[Phait]

Shalebridge Cradle comes up time and time again but I found it overrated in terms of tension or suspense.

Call of Cthulhu had a huge monster fight in the sea, that was holy shit awesome.

[Steve]

The only game which springs to mind is Silent Hill. That game is MESSED up :o Also the "Steve's Dead" vid zulie linked to. Man... that was...err WTF!

[NutWrench]

Yes, this is the one I was about to post - a masterpiece of sheer gaming terror. It's a level from Thief 3, for those who don't know, and that's all I'll say - it deserves to be played completely unspoiled.

Thirded. Or fourthed. The Shalebridge Cradle is one of those levels where you end up telling the story to yourself. You can end up missing a huge amount of the story if you're not paying attention and just treat it as a 'run and gun' level.

This PDF is a wonderful document (http://gillen.cream.org/thecradle.pdf) that covers the whole experience and may make you notice small details that you didn't spot the first time through. It's not a step-by-step walkthrough but it does interview the level designer and reveals his overall motivations and goals in creating it.

[Noa]

Like Axion said, the Shalebridge Cradle in Thief: Deadly Shadows.

When you go up the tower's wodden stairs and then as you approach Laurel (the little ghostly girl) bangs on the door.

Or,

When you go into the asylum part, pick the lock of a cell, open the door and then find a zombie, sitting calmly on a chair, paying no attention to you and looking at a wall where he hung dead birds.

[Daveman]

Just found a new one. The first time you step outside in the first real level in Resistance 2. Holy shit. It's probably just a 3D skybox trick but goddamn it looks amazing. :eek:

[Karthik]

Metal Gear Solid 2
Getting caught while talking to the president only to end up being rescued by an odd ninja who's able to deflect bullets from soldiers firing with their AK-47Us......with his uber ninja sword. Not even Steven Seagal can do that.

[alexgk]

The only game which springs to mind is Silent Hill. That game is MESSED up :o

Yeah, those games are sick :insomnia: (in a good way)

[Ramen4ever]

A lot of moments in Manhunt. I can't stand that game.
The piggy (forget what he's called) with the chainsaw. Every single appearance was a "wtf:o" moment.

[KleyMEN]

Them HL2 fast zombies... Sick creatures... Especially the level "We don't go to Ravenholm" was scary

The beginning of Bioshock, when you take the elevator to Rapture after the plane crash. The atmosphere was awesome.

FEAR: The elevator scene --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e4gNfoq-a4&feature=related

Portal credits!!!

Can't remember any more right now...

[R102 Gamma]

Heh, most of the ones that first sprang to mind have already been listed, but I still got one

The End of Ninja Gaiden on the NES
Three boss fights in a row. If you die once, you have to do them all over again. Plus, your health DOES NOT recharge between fights.

[KleyMEN]

Last level of Painkiller

[Ravey]

Bioforge
Beating that guy to death with his own arm, showdown with the robot in the dark corridor, Being forced to kill the guard, fighting the cyberaptor and the reactor sequence
Monkey Island 2
Dream sequence + The light turning on and revealing LeChuck in the underground tunnels
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Indy transforming into a god
Space Quest 4
That creepy zombie, being taken by the bird and the sea slug scene
Ski-Free
Being eaten by a monster in a skiing game

[jimBoss]

lol, Ski-Free! I used to play that far too much.

GTAIV. There's a bridge in the north of the starting island. I stood on it and looked out over the city. It was a "Holy ****, that looks awesome despite medium textures and a lowish res" moment.
Games have surely come a long way since Ski-Free!

[Travis]

i remember ski-free!
and chips challenge.
bringin' back the memories.

i agree with the holy shit moments in condemned, that game made me feel like i was actually really hitting psychotic hobos with wooden planks.

[Ravey]

GTAIV. There's a bridge in the north of the starting island. I stood on it and looked out over the city. It was a "Holy ****, that looks awesome despite medium textures and a lowish res" moment.
Games have surely come a long way since SkiFree!
SkiFree wasn't exactly cutting edge in 1991 though. ;)

Shadow Warrior
On the first level of Wanton Destruction, there's a garage door with bars on the inside with some beasts in there. Well it was possible for them to escape through the bars and it usually happened when you walked a short distance away from them.

[Nihilanth]

There were few moments in games where I literally just stood still and whispered "holy shit" to myself. But I can't really remember most of them, which bothers me somehow... Well, maybe Half-Life, first encounter with Tentacles in Blast Pit.

[Jinroh]

Guilty Gear

When I found out Bridget Is A Boy!

Oh wait it's not that big a deal. :D

[prophecy holder]

That is whats wrong with games and anime. Some of there guys look like girls. It is not a big deal, but its a still wtf moment when you say "holy crap, thats a guy?" and vice versa.