She IS still alive.

I don't mean to set the bar too high, but god damn, Chrono Trigger was the absolute goat

I don't know if this counts as a "scene" but the installer for Red Alert 2.

This was my first time experiencing a game installation experience like this and also probably my last time.

Launching the installer for Red Alert 2 and getting greeted with voice acting, game art and hype music was just so unexpected for me back then and really hyped me up.

It's such a crazy experience, but it's the type of experience that will likely never come back.

Adagio for Strings plays

"Kharak is burning."

"It's gone. It's all gone."

I would have wanted her to be… curious. And willful, unstoppable even… but with enough compassion to… heal the world… just a little bit.

Going blind into the game I did NOT expect that!

The animation is crazy visceral. I had nightmares for days.

Tomb Raider (2013)

That moment when all the visual story telling snaps into place and you realize what is about to happen to the Sunbeam.

Here I am, ten years old. Just got home school. Figured I'd get some prince of Persia in before my parents get home. I just got a soundblaster 2.0 and I've got BIG speakers, enjoying the amazing sounds at high volume. I'm puzzling, exploring, getting used to there being piles of bones here and there. I'm backtracking through level 3 and this skeleton fucking rises and draws its sword with an eery sound. I'm shitting my pants here and reactively press the reset button on the computer to get out of this.

Never felt so bad about beating a boss.

The opening of the mission "party time" in saints row 3. Screenshot wouldn't do it justice. Starts as a wide shot over the shoulder of your protagonist looking out of a helicopter. Power by Kanye West starts as you jump out of the copter and parachute onto a huge penthouse full of enemies. Song continues to blast as you clear it out. Great mission and the best pairing of contemporary music with a game I know of.

Well, i was unable to find the actual screenshot i wanted, but it is the end of the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy game, but I could never actually beat it. Every time i enabled the improbability drive, i turned into the sperm whale instead of the missiles.

I played the game so many times start to finish, but never could completed it. I had a print out of the guide on the green and white dot matrix paper. I followed it exactly multiple times.

So instead, here is a screenshot near the start of the game.

You didn't say it had to be a pleasant memory...

My first choice was already posted, so here is another moment I'll never forget

I couldn't even process what I was seeing

The D-Day landing scene in CoD 2 was i n s a n e at the time. Goosebumps

Welcome to the Black Mesa transit system.

12 year old me: "WHATTHEFUCKWHATTHEFUCKWHATTHEFUCK!"

I had no warning the first time I encountered the T-Rex and absolutely shat myself

I played the DLC for Cyberpunk through in one sitting (the main story), start to finish. I made the choice near the beginning that I was going to save Songbird. I knew there were multiple ways to end Phantom Liberty, but I wanted the best ending for Songbird. I went in not knowing about the back story, not seeing the game trailers, so when I played it, I had a huge amount of sympathy for her.

Even on the train ride over to the launch platform, inspite of everything she said, I made sure she was safely on that shuttle. I would have had V given her a kiss on the forehead if I could.

By the time Johnny and V were talking, as we watched the shuttle launch, I was already an overtired mess, barely holding back tears, and then the end credits and music (for the DLC, not the main game) kicked in and I lost it.

I'm glad I didn't know the launch version of Cyberpunk, I heard it had a rough start. If I had, I don't think it would be one of my favorite games I've ever played. I'm almost done with my second play through and I'm eyeing my third. send help

Bioshock infinite

I think these days bioshock infinite isn't seen as that great of a game by modern standards but back when the game was first released I went into the game blind after playing the first game.

The introduction of the main setting of BioShock infinite blew me away. I didn't expect it and I really loved the way the game introduces you to the world. Bioshock infinite probably had one of the strongest beginnings of any game I've played.

Pointcrow, anyone?

The ending of Spiritfarer. Man I just sat and thought and basked in the moment.

Walking around trying to stay on the blood trail while listening to that baby cry was something ...

Uncharted 2

Portal 1 where you find Ratman's hideouts. It was amazing environmental storytelling that a newbie player like myself back then could've easily missed. Felt like playing the friggin cave allegory. I was obsessed with that game. So amazing.

Hat scene where Midna explains how the twilight realm was used to calm the hearts of the ones in them

That scene with Madeline and Theo in Celeste.

(Slight spoilers but its very low resolution)
Both in terms of gameplay and the plot reveal.

No need to thank me for the sleep paralysis demons, I'm just passing the favor

I remember way back in the early days of WoW. WoW was my first MMO, and I hadn't been playing the game for all that long, but I saw there was a group looking for a fifth for a dungeon, so I thought I'd give it a go. I'd done one or two before.

Uldaman. We were having a rough time of it. I can't remember if we were underleveled, or just inexperienced, but it was a slog. Near the end of the dungeon is a room with four big statues that come to life one by one. We wiped a few times on them, and the rest of the dungeon was starting to respawn on us, so we were on our last legs, but we managed to make it through that last room, and up to the boss room. The scene I remember is that door opening.

More of the big statues that we'd just been throwing ourselves against. Rows of smaller statues on top of that. And the boss, towering over it all.

Fuck.

This area toward the end of Majora's Mask has always stuck with me. I think it's really cool storytelling about what Majora is, where it comes from, and why it behaves the way it does.

The stroggification in quake 4.

• Aeris' death in FF7

• Kratos motorboating titties as the first thing you see in GoW 1 or 2 (not sure which anymore)

• Psycho Mantis reading "your mind" in MGS1

• Punching a mountain into space at the end of Jade Empire

• Suplexing a ghost train in FF6

• The entirety of Chrono Trigger

• "Together, we'll devour the very gods!" - Rykard, Elden Ring

• Tim Curry leaving earth to go to space in Red Alert 3

I swear I had more, but the moment I started typing, my mind went completely blank and just fishing THESE back out was a struggle. 😩

No screen shot but MechWarrior.

1. "Enemy power-up detected". (Oh shit oh shit oh shit)
2. "Shutting ... Down" (override override override noooo)

These two sound clips haunt my dreams and form part of any pub session with the old friends. We're such nerds.

That part of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons when you realise why everyone told you that you needed a controller with rumble to get it, and you got it.

I could get a screenshot but the point is the rumble.

Numero tres

Panam's ass in cyberpunk 1977

no screenshots, sorry EDIT: found one

Numero dos

Raldi's Crackhouse: MrBeast Battle (trigger warning: shittube link)

Numero uno

VRChat: I can't find the clip but it was a 4-th wall break with someone's mom coming into their room and unplugging their PC. Here, have whatever this is instead.

EDIT EDIT: 1 downvote is MrBeast