The last game where you felt "it". -

[Dr. Geronimo]

So I'm sure we've all felt it. Those times when you were younger and you were playing a game and felt that sense of wonder and excitement. Like it couldn't get better than that.

For me the last time was probably the original Mass Effect. The level of quality in the world and story telling felt almost unmatched and was actually able to be shown properly in the tech of the time. Yeah the combat and graphics got better (then a lot worse) but the first game was the last one to make me actually look forward to the game. Yeah I still enjoy games but now I see them as just games. Guess it's just part of growing up and becoming more of a doomer.

So what was the last game that really got you?

 

[Massa's Little Buckie]

BotW. There's so much shit to do.

 

[Ciscoipphone]

 

[Ningen]

Pinball.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

Opening bombing run in the FF7R. The fucking pure elation and nostalgia was absurdly unfair, and I can't judge the game fairly.

 

[K. V. Bones]

Halo. All of them.

 

[The Shadow]

I wanna say New Vegas, just moseyin' around the wasteland, listening to Marty Robbins.

Damn, that was an age ago.

 

[The Sauce Boss]

Halo. All of them.

For me most recently, it was getting to the two-Scarab fight at the end of 3 on Legendary for the first time since I was like... shit, I must have been 11 or 12 years old.

Rate me autistic, but it took me back to a time where I didn't live in a broken home and the most i had to worry about was doing my homework. I actually teared up a little bit.

 

[ducktales4gameboy]

Endgame in Ghost Trick, or that fucking palette roll in Mother 3. You know the one if you've played it.

 

[The Last Stand]

Not a "game", but Xbox Live during the 10s. Having one name for all your games, the Metro UI, playing games online, achievements, voice chat.

Halo 3, Modern Warfare 2 and GTA IV in particular was eye-opening for me.

 

[K. V. Bones]

For me most recently, it was getting to the two-Scarab fight at the end of 3 on Legendary for the first time since I was like... shit, I must have been 11 or 12 years old.

Rate me autistic, but it took me back to a time where I didn't live in a broken home and the most i had to worry about was doing my homework. I actually teared up a little bit.

The Warthog Run still raises my blood pressure and hairs on my body. I can't think of a single more blood pumping moment then halo 3s warthog run.

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

Not a "game", but Xbox Live during the 10s. Having one name for all your games, the Metro UI, playing games online, achievements, voice chat.

Halo 3, Modern Warfare 2 and GTA IV in particular was eye-opening for me.

1vs100 was such a small blip in gaming history but it was a damn special one.

 

[The Sauce Boss]

The Warthog Run still raises my blood pressure and hairs on my body. I can't think of a single more blood pumping moment then halo 3s warthog run.

Cortana. The whole level. People complain about it all the time but it is the single most challenging Halo level to me and I love it for it.

 

[ShortBusDriver]

COD Modern Warfare: Warzone

I don't enjoy Warzone as much as I did Blackout, but it's got that gritty feel of wonder and exploration I got the first time I played Fallout 3.

Fallout 3 is another where I'd stay up to 2 AM just to see what was over the next hill.

 

[ConfederateIrishman]

Yakuza 0 a few months ago; Sadly the sequels I bought immediately afterwords, while fun, did not have "it".

 

[Lammy]

i played morrowind for the 4 bajillionth time last week
still that good

 

[K. V. Bones]

Cortana. The whole level. People complain about it all the time but it is the single most challenging Halo level to me and I love it for it.

Lol I speedrun video games so I just grab an energy sword or other close range weapon and just run past the flood.

 

[The Last Stand]

1vs100 was such a small blip in gaming history but it was a damn special one.

I didn't have Xbox Live then. 360s then didn't have built in WiFi then.

PSP was groundbreaking for me as a kid. Playing GTA on the go in the car was amazing.

 

[Ita Mori]

Super Mario Bros 3 & Castlevania IV.

 

[Win98SE]

STALKER. I walked over every inch of that fucking map. There's so many locations that are completely removed from the mainline quest but have a ton of detail and work put into them for whatever reason, like they were originally made for something bigger but were never fully integrated. The end result is a bunch of stuff that you stumble into that has no other purpose than to be there for you to discover. The later games never really hit that same level of exploration IMO.