I was mindblown by the game offering me that choice. I slept on it.

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.

BioShock: Infinite

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

There are a lot of memorable moments in BG3, but those wise words from Karlach stuck with me

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.

Dameon Clarke fucking killed it at the end of Borderlands 2. No screenshot because spoilers

“YOU’RE a savage. YOU’RE a maniac. You are a bandit, and I AM THE GODDAMN HERO!”

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

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

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.

• 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. 😩

I don’t have any screenshots. Two that stick with me were:

The entire opening sequence for FF 10. It was hype for 2014 and still hits:

FF 10

And my very first playthrough in Skyrim. The part where you open the door to Bleak Falls Barrow’s inner chamber. As you step through and start taking in the scene, the bats come flying out. Skyrim has a lot of jank but that was a very well crafted scene and sets the tone for the rest of the game.

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.