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Stroker Ace

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^^^

The much-loved sniping duel against The End in MGS3. One of gaming's longest, tensest boss fights.

Until you realise the best way to beat him is to run up close and shoot him with your biggest gun, then sprint after him when he runs away and chase him directly to his next hiding place.

I was loving that fight until I realised that.

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Spacehost

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Until you realise the best way to beat him is to run up close and shoot him with your biggest gun, then sprint after him when he runs away and chase him directly to his next hiding place.

I was loving that fight until I realised that.

It's the quickest way. Hardly the best.

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Vemsie

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No, the best way is to save it just as the fight begins. Turn the PS2 off and the boot to the dashboard. Set your clock forward a week or so then reload the game. Voila! The End is dead of old age. Brilliant.

I just love things like that. So clever.

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No, the best way is to save it just as the fight begins. Turn the PS2 off and the boot to the dashboard. Set your clock forward a week or so then reload the game. Voila! The End is dead of old age. Brilliant.

so want to play this game now!!!

;)

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stoo

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Halo

Doing the end Warthog run on legendary, with an audience.

You're rewarded with an easter egg, where Sergeant Johnson and an elite hug each other as the Pillar of Autumn explodes.

Medieval 2

Chasing artillery crew with just my King, my single remaining cavalry unit.

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Nick R

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If I can mention a multiplayer moment, I'd like to point out those times in Phantasy Star Online when you level up online and everyone around you flashes up smileys to congratulate you. Bonus points if they've put a bit if effort into making impressive custom ones. :lol:

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Rob Crossley

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I don't want to do Mario 64 a disservice by singling out just one of its many wonderful touches, but I'm quite compelled to submit a personal highlight of mine.

At the closing moments of the game, where the princess is rescued and the party convene outside the castle door, princess decides to bake a cake for Mario and leads the group into the castle. Just before Mario follows, he stops and slowly (almost eerily in a Exocist head-turning fashion) looks up at us. Well, either Lakitu or us.

And he's about to say something. He's about to address our skilled controlling of him throughout the castle and its paintings. I'm sure he's about to say thanks, and that he enjoyed it.

"Mario!" Says Peach. And he promptly skips inside.

It was rather touching.

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I was playing Halo on coop with a friend on one of the early levels. We're being buzzed by a Banshee and are taking pot shots at it and retreating behind boulders. My mate went all gung-ho, he rushes out in front of the Banshee and as it screams in to rake him with fire he stands his ground and blasts away. Boom, the ship explodes and he yells in delight only to start panicking as the exploding ship comes falling out of the sky straight at him. With a sprint and a jump he just managed to get out of the way as the ship crashes to the ground.

We just looked at each other and laughed. We were in a sci-fi epic and gaming had never been better.

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Rob Crossley

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I was playing Halo on coop with a friend on one of the early levels. We're being buzzed by a Banshee and are taking pot shots at it and retreating behind boulders. My mate went all gung-ho, he rushes out in front of the Banshee and as it screams in to rake him with fire he stands his ground and blasts away. Boom, the ship explodes and he yells in delight only to start panicking as the exploding ship comes falling out of the sky straight at him. With a sprint and a jump he just managed to get out of the way as the ship crashes to the ground.

We just looked at each other and laughed. We were in a sci-fi epic and gaming had never been better.

Wonderful.

The scenario you described (and others quite like it) may never replicated into a videogame setpiece while retaining an organic feel, so I do treasure it when something wonderful happens to me in a game that the developers did not program and could not predict.

Though some random-movie-moments can be anticipated by developers if they're smart enough. I have some Havok physics stories, oh my stars!

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I was playing Halo 2 co-op with a friend the other night, and we had so many great moments, some funny, some unfortunate, but all brilliant. One of them was on the part where the two hunters bash through the gate, my mate having never played the game before went charging in and one of them went down quite quickly, but as he got close he was about to get mauled by the second one until I saved him at the last second with a sniper shot to the neck. The great thing was, we were sitting right next to eachother in my room playing, but he still turned round, ran over to me and said thanks in the game, genius.

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sir stiff_one

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Beating Wizpig on Diddy Kong racing was a great one for me. Took me absolutely ages as you have to memorise where the boost pads are.

Then you get the spaceport tracks which are awesome.

That was a moment indeed.

A few from me:

Hearing for the first time ever, the Sonic music and seeing him twirling his finger - Japanese imported MegaDrive, in a council flat in Isleworth. 4 of us sitting and watching it and knowing to put the level select cheat in. Magical times.

Becoming Super Sonic after collecting all the Chaos Emeralds and then getting 100 rings.

Shenmue 2 roof - which I know has been mentioned, so I won't elaborate.

Not really 'in' a game, but the day I came home from school and found my Mum and Gran had bought me a PC (486 SX2 50!). I was SO happy. I could not believe it, 8mb of ram!! This was before we had the internet, even on dial up, so magazine cover CDs took on a special importance. I played the Warcraft demo over and over and over.

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The final boss battles in FF9 were awsome, the music backing them was too as was the nerve jangling journey having defeated the final boss with a smashed up team, a sliver of health left and bugger all potions wondering whether there was still yet another fight waiting for you just around the corner :(

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