Favorite Moments in Video Games

[Nathander]

I tend to play video games a lot, as they've been a part of my life since childhood. That being the case, there have been moments from games that have always stuck with me. I'm wondering if this has been the case with others, and, if so, what those moments have been. Needless to say, there will be spoilers.

System Shock 2:

Excellent, excellent first person shooter. Like its predecessor, a lot of the tension built by the game isn't from the actual gunfights, but from the tension and atmosphere of the game and its dialogue. One of the best scenes in the game is where you find that the character who's been helping you has actually been a pawn/guise for Spoiler Below

SHODAN, the insane AI villain from the original game.

Video Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOFZ5fv_pb8
Note: There is a brief moment of PG level violence. Just a warning.

Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseit Von Gut und Bose

The Xenosaga series is one of my favorite game series ever made, RPG or otherwise. The best moment in the second game, however, is a brief interlude that occurs right after the credits. One of the reasons its so remarkable is simply the sense of dread it fills you with if you've played through the first and second games.

Video Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COvhIJn0UeY

Xenosaga Episode III: Also Spracht Zarathustra

The third and final entry in the series, and my favorite. It has several great scenes, as do all the games. For the one I'm about to show in particular, however, I have to give some explanation.

Spoiler Below

Throughout the series, there's a party member in your group named Ziggy. Ziggy is a cyborg of over a hundred years old. Initially, he was a human being named Jan Sauer and a member of a special police force to investigate and apprehend a serial killer nicknamed Voyager. His investigation squad was made up of four people other than himself: a female officer whose name I unfortunate forget, a robot whose name I forget, a Realian (a type of specialized android) named Lactis, and a researcher named Erich Webber.

Ultimately, Voyager would come to be found out to be Erich Webber, who was killing people in the hopes of appeasing a god-like being named U-DO, in the belief that U-DO would grant him the ability to live forever. The final two sacrifices Voyager made were Jan's wife and son. Jan and the rest of the party confront Voyager, and kill him.

Unfortunately, Voyager is chosen by the main villain of the series, Wilhelm, to be one of his specialized servants, a type of being called a Testament. Voyager comes back shortly after being killed and confronts Jan again. Despite all their effort, the party is unable to beat Voyager, and Voayger gives Jan an ultimatum: either join him and Wilhelm and become a Testament, or die by his hands. Jan instead chooses neither, deciding to take his own life in order to deprive Voyager of victory. Jan's body is eventually taken up by an act called the Life Recycling ACt and made into a cyborg named Ziggaurat 8. This is how we meet him at the beginning of the first game, a hundred years later.

The scene(s) here are near the end of the game, during the final confrontation with Voyager. The scene before the battle, and the scene after which final leads to Voyager's true death, are some of the most memorable moments in the game.

Video Clip (Before Battle): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISUybKuL68
Video Clip (Battle): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJG2WEvrqiA
Video Clip (After Battle):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MNmnNeA210

Final Fantasy VI:

Really, any sequence with Kefka, arguably one of the best video game villains ever created. There's too many to really find and post here. Just play the game. You won't regret it.

I'll probably post more when I have the time and chance, but this is all I can do right now.