I remember when I first played half-life and was amazed that you could actually jump

>my face the first time I saw a character model with actual fingers

>Counterstrike: Source
>Shoot out the glass
>Still there, just broken up
Fuck this, I'm not going t
>Walk through it and the rest just falls off
>MFW

>my face when I saw my feet.

>Character enters liquid body
>Ripple effects

>Mfw Pokemon get new abilities to use and that they are colored in awesomely

> shadows that are more than just circular semi-transparent sprites under characters

>syphon filter
>shoot someone in the head
>blood stain where bullet hit
>I can do anything

>ragdolls

>shoot a guy in the arm
>guy grabs his arm like he just got shot in the arm
Amazing.

>>76310896
>has never played quake

>My face when I realized you could shoot the hats off guards in 007

Oh wait, there aren't even any games that let you do that today. Come the fuck on, guys.

>Playing a Metal Gear Solid game where Snake has eyes and a working mouth for the first time

>Shoot a bad guy who is standing near a ledge.
>His body goes realistically limp and he tumbles to the ground below
>Holy fucking realism

>the shell casing come out of the fucking gun!

>Shadows are an outline of the player, not a round blob, and move depending on your position relative to a source of light
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS WITCHCRAFT?

>>76310829
I guess the crowbar in halflife shoots bullets then :3.

>Playing Medal of honor 2
>Go around corner
>German soldier is shocked and jumps back in surprise

>>76311602
Red Dead Redemption.

Actually I tend to shoot hats of those guys WAY too much.

>>76311602

That happens in Crysis

>>76311600

my computer at the time couldn't handle it. i still have the CD. to this date i have not played it...

>mfw first time playing Super Mario 64

>resident evil
>cum when graphics.. but then
>mfw you stomp on a zombie's head and you see all the peices.

>>76311708

>Medal of Honor 2

What the fuck?

>Soldier of Fortune
>Shoot a guy in the dick
>He holds his dick
YESSSSS

>Metroid prime
>land on Talon
>look up

>>76311633
>Snake has a working mouth

>the light stopped producing light and broke when I shot it.

>>76311539
>>76311539
>Syphon Filter
>Taser
>Single enemy
>Taaaaaaazzeee
>He catches fire
>Smoldering terrorists

>>76311942

All of the visor effects felt amazing. So dissappointed when Other M didn't even get that right...

>look in mirror
>see myself moving in mirror

Fucking magic.

>hide behind box
>enemy shoots box
>box breaks

WHAD DA FUCK I DO WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS I DONT KNOW HOW I DO LIFE

>>76312079
Every single terrorist on the first level was reduced to ashes. No exceptions.

MY FOOTSTEPS SOUND DIFFERENT WHEN I WALK ON DIFFERENT SURFACES!!!!!

brb changing underwear

>walk through room
>character's shadow moves relative to light source

> Playing Turok 2
> Shoot dino with a shotgun
> His arm comes off

>3D shooter with actual 3D models and not sprites
Sweet Jesus

>get shot
>fucking blood on the screen
>Hollleeee sheeeeet

To bad every single fucking game uses this now and it was only impressive the first time it happened.

>You can actually play with other people, OVER THE INTERNET?!

>see real videos on real video screens in the levels in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

THIS IS MAGIC

>quake
>blow someone up
>they disappear from the face of the fucking planet
>gibs everywhere

>The enemy can't see you in the dark.

Captcha: unrocces seen

>play Perfect Dark
>reload
>animation actually shows the character dropping the magazine and inserting a new one instead of the gun just dropping off the screen for a second
>mfw

>Lens flair when you look up at the sun in-game

>>76312141
>>76312141
Fuck year

>I AM ZEUS! GOD OF LIGHTNING!
>SUCK MY DIIIICK, I'M ZEEEUUUS!

>attack objects in the environment
>they're actually destroyable!
>GOTY

>play shooter
>shadows on gun model?
>SHADOWS ON GUN MODEL!
>fuckyeah.png

>SoF2
>Shoot enemy in the arm with a shotgun
>It's dismembered
>Shoot enemy in the crotch
>He collapses in pain

> resident evil 2 cutscenes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ermsJbi7J3s
> OH MY GOD IT'S LIKE REAL LIFE IT'S SO REALISTIC

>Playing Red Faction for the first time.
>C4, rockets,
>Holes, Holes everywhere
>mfw

>>76311708
>Playing Medal of honor 2
That's better be motherfucking Underground, or I'll fucking find your ass and rape it

>kill someone in diablo
>try drop an ear

>Playing the F.E.A.R. demo
>"oh look, its random generic soldier #4323"
>he says "cover me!"
>he throws a grenade
>jumps through a shelf
> filps over a table
>his teammate was shooting at me to cover him the entire time.
>my goddamn face

>>76311602
Men of War!
And you can pick em up and use them yourself!

>walk through water
>character leaves behind footprints
>WHAT IS THIS SORCERY!?

>>76312519
Mom gets me the original MOH
>THEY DIVE ON THE FUCKING GRENADE?!?!?!

>>76312554
The developers latter said in an interview that the AI really isn't that smart. During play testing, they found that with the addition of radio chatter talking about teamwork, the players would assume the largely random actions that the AI took were actually coordinated.

I remember playing oblivion for the first time. When I shot a guy with my bow, the arrow got stuck in his head where I hit him. I got so impressed that I almost fainted.

>my face when someone talks and their mouth moves

>mfw I realize we will never feel like this again

>playing Pokemon Ruby for the first time
>OH MY GOD SO MANY COLORS LOOK AT THE GROUND AND THE MENUS ARE SO SMOOTH

>load Oblivion for the first time
>five hours spent on the freaking face sliders
>holy shit parallax mapping
>LOOK AT THAT LIP SYNCHING
>I SHOOT AN ARROW AND IT HAS WEIGHT
>leave the sewers
>Oh
>my
>god
>mountains

>Dynamic physics

>CoD4
>watching a teamate yell "RELOADING"
>same generic reload and slaps the bottom of the gun twice even if it's the P90 (top loading mag)

THEN...months later...

BF:BC release
>same scenario
>teamate opens up his LMG in realtime and his model retreads the belt back in before pushing the top back down and hitting it once on the TOP just like the actual animation in 1st person
>DICE = gods
>mfw

also

debris chipping
full building destruction
explosions on the ground that leave holes etc.

it really is the little things that get you...

The first time I saw ragdoll physics, it blew my fucking mind.
I couldn't even articulate my mind fuckery through words.

On that note, what was the first game with character ragdoll physics?

Wait what, I have to keep pressing buttons to do a timed attack? HOLY SHIT I DO MORE DAMAGE.

Anybody who played and enjoyed this game still presses the attack button every time your character attacks, even on completely unrelated games, even if it does nothing.

>get MGS4
>Observe detail of Snake's face

>>76312808
I do that every fucking jrpg because of that game

>>76312762

Depends. There are still plenty of breakthroughs to do in physics department: terrain destruction, water physics, etc.

>>76312232
On that account: Shellshock effect from the first Call of Duty.
Jesus was it awesome, and heck is it overused now.

>>76312439
>>76312141

>surveillance camera actually shows a real location in the game in real time

I actually had this with a JRPG of all things, if you can believe it.

>playing Infinite Undiscovery
>Note: Standing in the light and moving quickly makes you easier to detect!
>JRPG
>with an actual fucking stealth system
>mfw

You're welcome faggots

>Near the end of Ocarina Of Time
>Enter the area outside of Ganondorf's castle
>Suddenly close up of Link running with shading effects and smooth textures.
>My face

Anybody else notice a graphical improvement in that particular area?

I was playing 007: die another day and I was speechless

>>76312554
Oh how I was tripping balls over this game.
And it was EXTRA win with russian dubs.

"Get that faggot!"
"GRENADE!" *bang* "MOTHERFUCKER!"

>>76312900
I do it 'cause I thought I did extra damage in Pokemon

>Oblivion
>shoot arrow at bucket in tutorial
>HOLY FUCKING SHIT, THE BUCKET MOVES
>WHAT THE FUCK I CAN PICK IT BACK UP

>mfw no light or camera was ever safe in the jail level of Goldeneye

>>76312719
Thats...That's genius.

>See first Colossus
>Musical score comes in full force

>>76310829
1998 was the best, most innovative year in the history of gaming, and despite all our technological prowess nowadays, no year can top it creatively.

>playing Oblivion
>get a small area of effect fire spell
>accidentally cast it at table
>food and plates go flying

:D

>Shoot rocket launcher at building
>The building takes realistic damage
>Holes in walls
>All the enemies are dead
>Building proceeds to collapse due to structural weakness

There is no picture to describe my face.

>>76312762

Not true. Crysis was amazing for anyone who had worked with 3D graphic development, or anything of the like.

>Wait, that guy has sub surface scattering...? No way that's real time...
>Oh god it's real time.
>What the fuck, is that ambient occlusion?
>OH GOD WHAT THE FUCK THOSE ARE ACTUAL VOLUMETRICS

>>76310829

>mfw spelling my name with bullet holes in every game

come on, I know I wasn't the only one

>>76313031

Wasn't that done in HL1 too?

Although marines in HL1 were actually pretty fucking smart for that time.

>Play StarCraft for the first time
>DISTORTION EFFECTS ON CLOAKED SHIT

HOOOOOOLY FUUUUUUCK

>Rome Total War
>holy fucking shit so many guys on screen at once!
>they're all animated and not sprites!
>jizz everywhere

>>76313097
In my opinion, 1998 was my favorite year. Not just in gaming either.

Someone already used the "it begins" picture, but man, when starcraft came out...

>Playing Legacy of Goku for GBA
>"KAMEHAMEHAA!"
>my face

>Play Perfect Dark and Goldeneye
>Shoot people
>Red spots indicate blood where they've been shot.
>I discover masturbation

Fast forward to now

>It's not a standard practice
>Discover angry masturbation

>Playing Perfect Dark
>DataDyne thug standing behind door
>Peek through the window
>The bullet actually goes through instead of "LOL UNBREAKABLE GLASS"
>My face

>Oblivion
>Decent character creation
>Boring jail/sewer tutorial
>Take first step outside
>mfw

>F.E.A.R.
>shoot at a lamp
>the lamp flickers, sparks and fog everywhere

FUCK

>>76313110
>I COULD'VE BEEN LOTS OF BUCKETS

>>76312942
>>76312942
Hail the God-Emperor of Vidya.

>Infinite games
>OMG
>It changes to match the seasons
>WTF
>It gives cheats, game news, and exclusive games
>OMG YES THIS IS LIKE TALKING TO GOD

>>76313125
>not shooting dicks onto every wall

yes you were the only one

>I can see myself in the mirror
>I can break the mirror with a pipebomb

>my face when playing Black

Seriously, in terms of visuals Black blew my mind into another dimension and raped it.

the dust in luigi's mansion

>Playing Medal of honor on the PSone
>A bunch of germans in front of me
>Throw a grenade
>On of them throws himself on the grenade sacrificing himself so the grenade doesnt kill his friends too

and in other cases

>Throw a grenade
>German runs of to the grenade, picks it up and throws it back at me

and finally

>Throw a grenade at a german
>he runs up to it and kicks it back to me
>mfw

Impressive game was impressive, today AI is fucking retarded

I'll just leave this here

>read this thread
>FPS, FPS everywhere
>can't think of anything else

it's 2001 and I actually LOVE GAMING and intrigued by the endless possibilities, not just dragging myself through every new release!

The Metal Gear Solid games have more stuff like this than any other games.

>damn it if I shoot him his buddy is just going to
radio for reinforcements

>hey that must be the radio guy with the blinking light

>i wonder....

>HOLY FUCKING SHIT IT WORKED.

>mfw

>Playing dark messiah
>adrenaline bar is full
>switch to telekinesis
>pick up enemy
>throw enemy 300 feet into the air, and off the map completely

So many developers have forgotten the simple things.

>>76312631
>playing men of war
>commanding troops because is a RTS
>hat goes flying after some shots with german soldiers

ok, wait, no really, FUCKING WAIT

a RTS does this
and Shooters DONT?

why?

You can save the game!

>>76313349
This!
The first game I seen this in was rainbow six

>>76313110
>Alright, so explosions and bullets can break down trees, that's pretty cool
>EVERY EXPLOSION CAUSES LEAVES AND TREES TO SWAY!?

>>76313434

>>76313401
> Hide behind concrete
> Machine gun starts ripping it apart

>MFW Zelda OoT textures-----evolve-----Zelda:TP

>OoT is best though imo

>it's 1985 and there is a new dungeon every time I die

>playing conker's bad fur day multiplayer for the first time on the n64
>i snipe one of the bots
>headshot,a piece of his head gets shot off and theres a stream of blood coming out of this big hole in his head
>my face when
seriously,i loved this game so much,still do

>Play Oblivion first time
>OH GOD THIS OUTSIDE WORLD ITS SO AWESOME
>Used to Linear games
>Me: Game, what do I do?
Game: You can do anything

And it was true.

>>halo CE
>>sidewinder
>>driving warthog
>>slide on ice

>>76312719

When we were starting A.I in my Video Game Design class, that was the first thing that my teacher brought up.
He said that regardless if you killed the enemy that called his buddies over, they would still come.
Also, if you started shooting at a guy, we would go through a list of actions he would take like flipa table, climb through a window, etc.
It was a simple system but it created an illusion of intelligence.
That's all AI is an illusuion.

>>76313434

For all the shit they get, FPS's is probably the most graphically and physically innovative genre.

>>76311602

red dead redemption DERP

Red Faction: Guerilla.

>have a tank like car
>what the hell do I do with this piece of shit
>drive it straight through the side of a building and out the other side
>building crashes down behind me

DAYUMN

>>76311602
Red dead redemption.

>playing RPG
>your apperance actually changes depending of what armor you have

>mfw the characters actually had a face rather than just a blurred texture

>Bioshock
>opening scene
>plane crashes
>sit there doing nothing for 2 minutes because I think floating in the water is part of the once-thought prerendered cutscene
>my face when Bioshock turned me into a video game water connoisseur

>soldier of fortune
>shoot someone, chunks of their body fly off where you shoot them

WHY DONT ALL GAMES HAVE THIS NOW

>2004
>see the grav gun in hl2
>drop my tv remote In awe

>>76311602

>duke is losing his hat in the background

>Halo Reach. Holly shit, there has never been a game like it before!

>>76313424
>>76313424
Shit yeah, DAT SILENCED PISTOL.

Anybody else play this?

>play quake 3
>these graphics are insane so lifelike no one can beat this

>play half life 2 or doom3
>these graphics are insane so lifelike no one can beat this

>play farcry
>these graphics are insane so lifelike no one can beat this

>play crysis
>these graphics are insane so lifelike no one can beat this

im sure ill be saying this in 50 years as well

FEAR 1

>FPS only, even when you climb stuff and shit
>can see my feet
>melee in a FPS
>can slow down time in a FPS
>breaking windows with physics
>AI actually looks smart
>all these things in one game
>mfw

>"graphics are nice"
>Get off the fucking boat
>"Oh God it's beautiful outside"
>Pass through some shit office
>Finally get outside for real
>"HOLY SHIT MAN, DAT LIBERTY!!!"
First time playing morrowind

I'll never feel like this again...
>sadfrog.jpg

>Super Mario Bros. 2
>Multiple characters?!?!
>They play differently?!?!!?
>Ohgodnewpants

>Playing Mario 64 for the first time
>HOLY SHIT! MARIO CAN CLIMB TREES!
>HE CAN FLY TOO!
>My face

>Medal of Honor
>shoot nazi in the leg
>fucker starts hopping around like he'd actually been shot in the head
>MIND BLOWN

>grab gas tank, throw it to the bushes
>tank looks blurred as it falls due to the speed
>blow it up
>palm trees break and fall realistically along with their shadows
>mfw

>>76313763
WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

>>76313803
I remember I played nothing but N64 games for like 4 months about 3 years ago, and played one of the Half-life 2 Episodes and thought it was the most beautiful graphical thing. Ever.

>>76313824
This too. I didn't know any RPGs with first person perspective, so I downloaded that shit the moment I saw it.

Never looked back.

More recent example:

>Playing Halo Reach for the first time
>See Hunters
>Psh, these guys have been easy since CE
>Try to take on one by myself
>Hunter slaps my shit every time I get near him

I eventually figured out how to deal with them, but goddamn. Hunters in Reach do not fuck around, especially on Legendary.

>>76313110
>dat text on the turret

>mfw

>>76312918
Cowadooty: Bwak ups?

hitman
>ragdoll
awesome

>Handgun
>I can see my arms going out and am holding the gun at my center instead of side
>Look a little to one side
>Arms and gun move slightly instead of my entire body turning
>Look down
>See my entire body with arms attachedc
Why don't more games do this?

>Halo
>Generic spaceship level, great
>Land on Halo for the first time
>.....whoa

Give me a break, it was 2001. Also

>Play Ass Cred
>Realize you can climb pretty much anything
>Spend half an hour just climbing shit and running around doing fuck all but testing the engine

And finally

>Minecraft.
>You can see for miles and can go ANYWHERE.

I have a thing for big open worlds.

>OoT
>The sun rises and sets

>>76313110
>dat text on the gun

>mfw

>Get in water
>Come out and water drips

>>76313901

Leg, even. WHATEVS

>playing Halo: CE
>Elites have fucking lightsaber versions of the Predator blades

FUCK FUCK FUCK

I remember Harvest Moon Back To Nature completely wowing me with, well, everything

>>76310829
>play OoT
>step into Hyrule Field
>my face

This thread is the sort of thing that makes me love /v/.

>>76313757

You were about 7 years late bro

>Playing BLACK
>Have RPG
>Shot it near a building with a shitload of windows
>As the rocket is flying away it has ambient sound with it
>As it flies past the windows the each break individually
>Distance explosion
>Distance screams in pain
>My face

Oh my god I seriously almost cried.

>>76311602
Red Dead Redemption

>MOVING PICTURES

>>76314007
what the fuck are you talking about. They've been the same (more or less) since halo 2.

Dork Messiah.

>Weapons appear as you would see them in actual first person (not a fist and a hilt to your right)
>YOU CAN SEE YOUR GODDAMN TORSO AND LEGS
>FUCKING GIBS EVERYWHERE OH GOD MY PENIS EXPLODED

>Crysis for the first time
>Sweet, I have a cloak function?
>Spend entire game being the fucking PREDATOR even while I know full well I could take on every enemy in direct combat.

>Favorite game growing up was Turok for N64
>Played Half-Life for first time
>Ohmygod these controls and AI and graphics

>First time playing Unreal, a few weeks ago
>First two minutes
>Corpse in chair
>Walk up to it
>It spasms
>mfw this is scared me more than most games

>The very first MGS2 trailer showing breaking cristals and physics everywhere

>>76314254

Nah, they're definitely harder to kill in Reach. Not the guy you're responding to btw.

>playing Doom
>room full of barrels
>shoot a barrel
>it explodes
>explosion makes other barrels explode
>chain reaction of exploding barrels
>my face nanoseconds before I get caught in the explosion

>rip a weapon out of an enemy's hands
>stab the very same enemy
>drop the weapon pick up an enemy by their ankles
>hit another enemy with that enemy like a baseball bat
>that enemy crashes in to a crowd of other enemies

>>76314089
>Wind Waker
>weather actually changes

>Getting tired after running for a bit in GTAIII

wtf is going on

>hey, I got this game about farming
>you can grow crops and get animals
>farming?
>mfw I play
>mfw TOMATOES OR TURNIPS, WHICH DO I CHOOSE
>mfw "I AM A GNOME, DO YOU WANT YOUR SHIT SLAPPED?"
Oh Harvest Moon.

>go from Age of Empires to Empire Earth
>oh so its just Age of Empires in 3D what a shi- WHAT DO YOU MEAN I GO FROM THE PREHISTORY TO THE FUTURE?

It's already been stated a few times but,

>Playing BC2 demo
>Approaching objective inside of a building
>Should I fight my way inside?
>Nope

>Character wears a longer coat
>Step forward
>IT FUCKING MOVES REALISTICALLY
>OH SHIT
>OH FUCKING GOD

>see television playing a show in Max Payne 2
>never miss an episode of Dick Justice

>halo for the first time
>melee downed grunt with my assault rifle, purple blood squirts everywhere
>do this for about 5 minutes

It was fucking insane

>Metroid Prime 3
>Me: Now that I'm done with Bryyo, I wonder what Elysia looks like.

>My face when I got there

>Doom.
>BFG for the first time.
>Crowded room.

That was when I decided that I loved video games.

>>76314186

>physics
>water effects
>no hud
>you can see your lower bits

Most innovative game ever, or most innovative ever?

vid related, it's trespasser and it has physics in 1997

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDXTc1UgoaQ

>pokemon ruby
>Lets do this!
>Wait... my pokemon....I CAN SEE DETAIL IN THEM WHILE FIGHTING I JUST CAME
>OH SHIT ITS RAINING MOTHERFUCKER!!!!
>OH SHIT FOOTPRINTS
>SAND SSTORMMMMMM

>SotC
>See first collosuss
>OH SHIT ITS SO BIG
>Grab onto beard
>can see EVERY FUCKING HAIR
>THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER, THERE IS NOTHING ELSE IT CAN DO!!!
>Music starts playing
>IT JUST GOT BETTER MOTHER FUCKER!!!!

>Fear
>Ohh this looks pretty cool, guess I'l ju...
>OHHH FUCK WHAT WAS THAT
>A SHADOW JUST RAN BY ME
>OHHH SHIT THE LIGHT ARE FLICKERING
>AHHHH ITS DARK...OHH GOD WHAT IS THAT

Fucking lighting in that game man.

>>76312740
This. Especially when you've filled them with arrows like a pincushion. Or even better, when the arrows are sticking out of you and you can see them in 3rd person mode. AND THEY GET ADDED TO YOUR INVENTORY

I remember I was in a firefight in the FEAR demo, and I peeked around a corner and shot a Fire Extinguisher, literally vaporizing my enemies into a fine red mist.

..Pic related.

>>76313709
Same thing happened to me.
>"Okay, this looks fantastic, so why isn't anything happening?"
>Accidentally hit the thumbstick
>HOLYSWEETFUCKINGMONKEYJESUS

>>76314254
Maybe it was just because I hadn't played a Halo game in a while, but the Hunters in Reach seem a lot smarter and tougher than the others. Might just be me.

A more recent one, even if the game is old.

>Mafia 1
>"I should play this again, it was great"
>Start game, go to options
>Steering wheel function
>"Well, might as well try it out now that I have one"
>It handles better than 75% of the racing games with wheel support out there
>mfw

>The grass actually doesn't look like a black and green floor tile

>Play Sonic Adventure

>Last 3D game I had played was Super Mario 64

> NINTENDO IS FUCKING DOOMED.

>>76313440

>shoot GRU soilder
>"Huh?" his body is discovered by his buddy
>whips out radio
>NOT TODAY FUCKER
>take a chance to FPV shoot it
>it works

>KOJIMA DOTYAY

>>76314452
>He's a lone, hard-boiled fugitive cop, on a quest for vengeance!
>It was raining like all the angels in heaven decided to take a piss all at the same time.
>Given my situation, you could only speak in metaphors.

Best TV show ever.

>get new upgrade for your character
>you actually see the upgrade on your character
>WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE

>Play Gran Turismo 3 when it came out.
>HOLY SHIT THE CARS ARE SO SHINY THEY REFLECT EVERYTHING!
>WET ROAD SURFACE REFLECTS EVERYTHING TOO.
>HEAT WAVE DISTORTION IN REPLAYS
>CONSTANT 60FPS
>MY FACE WHEN

>I can see the magazine I just emptied lying on the ground

I've never seen another game do this.

Thank you Max Payne

>>76312998
Did you never play Shadow Warrior or something? You can pick your shurkiens back up.

>mechcommander 2
>when the mechs miss, they leave destruction on the landscape where they hit instead
>THE MECHS MOVE TACTICALLY WHEN THEY FIGHT EACHOTHER IM TRIPPIN BALLS
>at the end of a battle, exploded vehicles, walls, mechs, scorched earth everywhere

no strategy game will ever do this again

>>76313496
also, in rainbow six (dont know if the first or second one)
> shoot gun out of terrorist hands
> he kneels down and puts his hands behind his head

sometimes developers should think a bit harder before just throwing in ragdoll and not caring for death animation anymore. In Metro 2033 you could never tell for a second if the mutant was dead or not because he was still moving and not really blown back.

>Play Heretic
>Looking up and down.

>Pop in Super Mario Galaxy
>Wow, cool physics. Great graphics. Still a meh tutorial though.
>Finally finish tutorial. Pick Good Egg Galaxy.
>Music starts playing.
>Don't play any other game for an entire week straight.

> Play Turok: Evolution
> jizz pants when i shoot a guy with poison arrow and he vomits to death
> pants explode when gravity gun before Half life 2 was shown
> mfw axe gets bloodier from every use and gets cleaned off in water

>Ok I finally saved up all the magic pots as the girl
>Lets see what happ-
>HOLY SHIT THAT'S A DRAGON

>Halflife 1
>Wander around
>Wind up in cafeteria
>See if I can use the microwave
>BEEP
>BEEP
>BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP
>CASSEROLE EXPLODES
HOLY SHIT.

To be honest I honestly think this thread is the exact reason I can't really appreciate many games these days. Yes I know, Uncharted 2 was beautifully detailed but it lacked many of the small touches missing from the first one (Drakes shirt moving with his body, grass crumbling under your feet, bushes moving up against you, etc). It was still amazing though, but I miss those small touches is all and it's what A LOT of games lack these days.

It's like last-gen and then some :\

>>76314502
Fuck yeah, Trespasser. Those box-stacking parts were the worst. Completely broken and buggy game, but it was still a lot of fun.

>>76314258
>Dat ice spell

I haven't laughed so hard in such a long time, I love you guys.

>Picks up arrows that you dropped in Zelda

>>76314787
filename.lol

>PS2 first comes out
>Smuggler's Run
>THINGS IN THE DISTANCE ARE ACTUALLY THINGS IN THE DISTANCE
>NO PARALLAX BACKGROUND
>NO OBSCURING FOG
>FUCK A TURTLE

>parallax occlusion mapping

>>76313789
Unfortunately, that game was pretty bad. Its shooting segments were boring and the flying segments were confusing, but what it did right was immersion. You have to actually physically enter your spaceship. It felt so real.

>shoot a guy in the crotch
>He double over in pain and grabs it
>shoot his hat off

>>76314889
Holy shit that game.

FUCKING OFF ROAD FREE ROAM ADVENTURAN
PEDESTRIAN HITTAN
RAGDOLLAN
WIZARD OF OZ MODEAN

>Earth 2160
>startin campaign (game made in 2005, I'm playing 2010)
>MAKE UR BASE LOL
>plant main building
>this looks cool
>MAKE A BARRACKS
>oh it attaches...
>what is this, tubes?
>SUDDENLY MY BASE WAS A SERIES OF TUBES
If anyone wants a god-tier FPS, get this one. It was actually pirated more than it was bought.

Pic related, but not mine.

>Uncharted 2 train level
>Chopper shows up. Shit bricks.
>Run ass off. Finally find machine gun
>With perfect timing, Drake says "HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO TAKE ON A HEeeeello"
>Gigantic fucking grin across my face

>My character holds his gun the right way
Oh wait, no game has ever done this.

This is now a "the first time you saw ragdolling bodies" thread

>>76311942
hell yes

>Perfect Dark
>surprise DataDyne trooper
>shoot the weapon from his hand
>he is baffled for a moment, then moves to pick it up
>I cripple his arm and leg with well-placed shots
>he surrenders
>I execute him with a headshot
>his head bobs back from the impact and a bloody spot appears where I hit him

>playing SiN
>shoot first guy in the head
>his textures changes to show a hole in the head
>ask myself how could my PC do that

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>Pokemon Crystal
>Pokemon sprites move

It's the fucking future

>Dungeon Keeper
>Pretty cool i guess
>Possess spell
>HOLY SHIT IM PLAYING IN FIRST PERSON VIEW SHITTNUGGETS HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE

Full throttle
Sound
Graphics
Gameplay
Storyline
Fun

I came just remembering

>Monster Truck Madness physics

>Metroid Fusion
>Think SA-X is just a generic doppleganger character.
>mfw it's actually the embodiment of primordial fear

>Metal Gear Solid 3
>Shoot guy in the leg tons of times
>He starts limping

>First time playing and FPS
>It's Halo CE
>Land on Halo
>"Whoa..."
>Look at the way up
>The halo rotates when you spin

Shit pants, jizz, cry and throw-up at the same time.

>Christmas, 2001
>Get a Gamecube and Luigi's Mansion
>Luigi opens a door and the camera zooms onto his hand, revealing all that glove detail
>mfw

I fucking flipped my shit when I saw Luigi's glove. That was smooth like I've never seen before.

>>76315211
>Tell goldeneyefag friends how good perfect dark is
>they finally decide to play it with me
>open up multiplayer for the first time
>sniper can shoot through walls
> OMGWTFNEWPANTSBECOMENIGGER

your welcome modern warfare

>>76314820
>>76314821
I like the little things in games.

1) Checking garbage cans. Earthbound. Megaman Legends. System Shock 2. (Bioshock a little).

2) Toilets that flush or watering fountains that give health. Looking at you Duke Nukem and Deus Ex.

3) Little pointless animals. The creatures in the world of Unreal (besides the environment is GORGEOUS). The rats in Deus Ex. Many Unreal Engine games had them, for some random reason. Cats and I think pigeons in Postal 2.

>First red faction
>Fire rocket at wall
>THIS IS THE FUCKING FUTURE

>shooting water with an eletric bullet and it shocks everyone standing in it

>>76315469

>cats
>postal 2

>>76315469
cats aren't pointless ion Postal 2, they are silencers for weapons

http://4chanarchive.org/

Do it

Nao

>>76312554

>>76312554

>>76312554

>>76312554

GOD THIS

>mfw fallout new vegas doesn't have bullet holes when you shoot stuff

so weird

>Soul Calibur
>BOOBS JIGGLE
>CLOTH WAVES
>INDIVIDUAL HAIR STRANDS

Graphics will NEVER top this

>>76315469

You can't really count earthbound, they were basically treasure chests

Fuckin ragdolls man, Unreal 2k3 blew me away with that shit.

I still jizz buckets in Vindictus from all the rag doll shit

>Play Half life 2 in 2006 blindly with no Idea what to expect because i never played the first
>My face when physics

>Wind Waker
>Musical notes tied to sword strikes
>Goes in sequence

>Morrowind
>This game looks pretty cool
>Night time
>Look at sky

>THEIR MOUTHS
>MOVE
>WHEN THEY TALK
>HOLY SHIT

>See first N64, with Mario Kart 64 as a demo, at Toys R Us
>3D graphics, not sprites
>My face

>modern warfare 2
>guns are feel like in real life
>my face

>>76315736
>Morrowind
>look at the water
>look at the sky at night
>mfw

>Just Cause 2 demo
>shoot gas tank thing
>grapple onto it just before it lifts off
>jump off before it explodes
>parachute and hijack a car

I forget exactly what game it was but

>Have a shotgun
>Run around a corner
>Shoot the dude in the chest
>Big blood splatter all over the place
>He smashes into a wall
>His head hits next
>His arms hit next and spread out
>He slips down the wall and his head slumps over as he dies

Oh my god, it was beautiful.

>>76314736
Metal Gear Solid 2

>>I can throw empty magazines all over the place
>>Was out in the rain for too long
>>catch cold & sneeze
>>my face when there is a slight mist when Snake sneezes

>>76315596
>>76315596
>>76315596
>>76315596

Only need 2 more requests ppl

>>76315837
>Just cause 2
>the whole game

>red orchestra
>get shot in hand
>drop weapon
>best game ever

>>76315469
>>76315469
>I like the little things in games.

You and me both. I think it's why people say video games have no more "Soul" these days. They spent so much time creating these HUGE and realistic environments...with literally nothing to make them feel "Alive" the island in Uncharted still remains one of my favorites cause it interacted with you.

GTA 3, Vice City & San Andreas had so many things to make everything in them distinct. Roller skaters on the beach in vice, hookers in the red light district & night time in 3, San Andreas with 4 different areas and TONS of character models to fit. GTA IV hardly did anything before Gay Tony to make the city feel different.

And Shenmue...god damn nothing else needs to be said.

>The fucking ball bounces off the rectangle
Pong was amazing

>>76315147
I got it for 3 bucks, new and wrapped, still havent played it, wanted to finish moon project and lost souls first...speaking of which, where are my savegames

>They're ACTUALLY having a real conversation!
>About mud crabs

>>76311602

>Implying red dead redemption wont let you shoot hats off of peoples heads

>NES games
>available to download and play on computer

>Playing Prince of Persia for original xbox for the first time
>HOLY SHIT HIS HAIR MOVES IN ACCORDANCE TO HIS MOVEMENTS
>howlongbeforetherobotrevolution

>Browse 4chan for six years
>Realize you can actually archive threads

http://4chanarchive.org/

>Throw something
>Enemy heard it
>He actually heard it
>Now hes going to see what it was

Pilot Wings 64
Birdman mode

>Left 4 Dead
>The Director does everything, you dont even have to place the zombies for custom maps!
>This is awesome!

i remember when people cared about this

>Morrowind
>Look at water while its raining.

>Live in D.C suburb
>Playing COD Mw2
>Walk out of military bunker
>see Washington Monument with giant hole in it and fire all around
>My fucking face

>>76316007
AI talking to eachother in Morrowind or Oblivion was pretty awesome. Postal 2 had it I think also.

>hear people talk about open-ended game
>watch Fable
>FENCES, FENCES EVERYWHERE
>play Morrowind
>OPEN, OPEN EVERYWHERE
I think Morrowind and earlier Elderscrolls games were some of the best EXPLORIN games. (though I didn't play any earlier, hehe)

>>76311213

>5000x5000

I wish I could hate you to death.

>level editors
ENDLESS FUCKING GAMEPLAY, YO

>play OoT
>changes from day to night and stalchilds come out
>OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING JESUS CHRIST!!!!
>hide in a corner with shield until day light

also
>play KotOR
>i...care for these characters
>what is happening...

>>76315170

ArmA
Insurgency
Operation 7
OFP

THE ORIGINAL FUCKING DOOM

if you're talking about centered and not off to the right/left side

>>76316248

Daggerfall my friend, Daggerfall

>>76316258
problem?

>Half Life 2 physics

My first love.

>>76316155
GOOD SIR, YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE TITLE TO THAT GAME

A DECADE MAN

SERIOUSLY

>Half-Life
> Security Guard starts talking

>Get Dreamcast as a Middleschool graduation gift
>Get Dead or Alive 2
>Dem boobies...
>What is this feeling in my pants?

>First time I see blades of grass waving in the wind rather than just a pixelly ground texture

>>76315315

link to archive?

>>76314770
>>76314770

My favourite thing is when games have a mix between death animation and ragdoll.

>screen can scroll LEFT too

>Syphon Filter
>that level where the enemies endlessly spawn and fight with each other
>fucking best game ever

AI fighting each other used to be so amazing..

>Playing F.E.A.R.
>Get to the part where there is 2 sets of water between you and 2 guys
>Getting shot at
>Dive in the water because it's on EXTREME
>Bullets are missing me as I'm swimming
>Switch to shotgun
>Fucking swim up as fast as possible
>Explode out the water
>There is a guy within 1ft of me staring me down about to shoot me
>Shoot him with the shotgun
>HE FUCKING SPLITS IN 2
>HIS LEGS FALL INTO THE WATER
>HIS SECOND HALF FLIES ACROSS THE ROOM
>HITS A GAS VALVE, IT EXPLODES AND FIRE SHOOTS OUT OF THE WALL BURNING HIS BODY
>FUCKING BLOOD EVERYWHERE
>His teammate yells "JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!" and dives behind a box
>JUMP OUT OF WATER RUN OVER AND ROUNDHOUSE KICK THE GUY IN THE HEAD
>HIS NECK BREAKS AND HE DIES

I have no image or words for how I felt

>Playing F.E.A.R. MP
>Slo-mo TeamDeathMatch
>Guy who has slo-mo activates it
>Turn corner see a guy throw a grenade
>In my peripheral I can see 3 teammates
>Grenade is sailing right toward them
>"OH SHIT!"
>Run over
>Jump
>Kick grenade with my foot
>I die, exploding into a red mist
>Teammates run through my mist blood and firing squad the guy to death

Again... absolutely nothing can describe how I felt.

>>76316406
You mean in 3D or something? It had already been done in 2D.

Killzone
>> Reloading weapons
>>It's not just the guns go off screen & hear generic reload noises
>>YOU SEE THE CHARACTER REMOVE THE MAGAZINE, DRUM & PUT IN ANOTHER ONE
>>when you switch to another gun they remove it's safety
It really is the little things
>>Sweet Jesus.jpg

>>76316539
Yeah

>>76316275
Seriously, I want to love the inventor of the level editor tenderly.

>Original Wolfenstein
>Shoot enemy
>Hear them speak audible words
>THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED

>Playing Counter strike
>Using the Colt M4
>Reload
>He pulls the forward assist
>Die a little inside

>>76316453

http://4chanarchive.org/

insert: 76310829

>fps game
>HOLY SHIT THERE'S DYNAMIC LIGHTING ON MY WEAPONS

>F-zero X
>you are starting the race with 29 other Opponents
>HOLYFUCKINSHITN64ISTHEBESTCONSOLEEVER

> Mercenaries
> level a building with C4
> can jack vehicles
> Shoot a pilot of helicopter with a sniper rifle
> Tie up hostages
> mfw

the PS2 did it best for me
THUG; blood effects when you bail, also how the tracks from the skateboard wheels stay on the ground forever until you load a next map.
NFS underground; headlights actualy illuminate things in front of you instead of just being a semi transparent white polygonal cone which projects a semi transparent white oval texture overlay (looking at you gta3 era gtas)
burnout 2: sharpest textures for any ps2 game i can think of, also smoothest FPS and some of the highest quality models,
crash for the first time and it goes into slow motion. sparks fly and models get deformed mfw
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>MGS3
>Go prone
>Move
>Grass bends sideways as i go passing trough it

Dat Grass

>Playing Penumbra, first one
>leave room
>hear growl and dog noises
>see dog
>shit pants
This game had the catch where if you crouched and hid, while looking at the enemy, after a while you'd PANIC and stop crouching or make a noise and the enemy would see you.
>Get the second Penumbra
>no weapons except objects to throw
>first enemy is bleached white zombie guy
>shit pants
>later
>walk out of room
>ENEMY ZOMBIE DOG IN MY FACE OH GOD
> lol j/k it was just a hallucination from your friendly neighborhood mind parasite

And let's get historial for you kiddos.
>Corridor 7
>giant vacant level
>ambient noises sound like enemies breathing or something in the distance
>I think the sound was the same as when a certain enemy spotted you
>hear sound
>shit pants

mfw everything nowadays is

scripted or precreated (non-skeletal) animation
everything is done with shitty particles
shadows that are shitty and technically garbage low-res maps
lighting is done almost entirely with shitty static maps
devs still throw out 'per pixel' lighting like it means something, other than this game was not made a decade ago.
muzzle flash doesnt actually create light, just a particle
cover has to be done in a sticky manner, i cant just.... hide behind it myself
difficulty is done not through improved AI, but entirely by making you tissue paper and your enemies brick walls.

fuck you consoles

>Holy shit i can look around with my mouse.

Yesh, i remember the transition.. And it was glorious.

>play morrowind
>Dunmer

Bad ass elves? My god!

>bloom effect
>brown filter

>>76310829
>watch friend's big brother play Dark Forces: Jedi Knight
>HOLY SHIT YOU CAN USE A LIGHTSABER
>FUCKING FORCE POWERS AND LIGHTNING EVERYWHERE

Playing Jedi Outcast
>slash enemies with lightsaber
>their limbs get chopped off

>pokemon crystal
>so i got all the medals and beat the top-4
>hmm i wonder if there is anything else to do
>go to the train
>enter the train
>go out of the train
>find a new world to explore
>my face

>>76316522

i, not even 3 days ago, replayed FEAR on extreme, no slow-mo

starts off fairly easy, still walking around with 10 medkits. by the time alice wade had run off away from me, i was just living medpack to medpack, getting flanked everywhere, grenades all over, that AI man...

god that game is a fucking masterpiece


next time ill have to do it with the no enemy radio mod.

>Something I love in any game (mostly shooters though I guess)
>Hear gun shots
>That's the actual noise from the gun of someone else on the level

It's just awesome to me for some reason.

>>76316856
What was the first game you played with mouselook? Because if it wasn't Marathon, you probably don't know a lot about video games.

>>76311942
>fire a charge ball close up
>blast causes a reflection in visor
>see Samus's face

150 image limit

Part 2

>>76317069

>>76317025
The "splits in 2, hits gas valve" part wasn't even in slo-mo all real time. I seriously just.. couldn't even believe it happened.

I've played that game so much and have completed it like.. 11 times maybe more.

>>76316826
yeah who needs good level design and really neat details when you can have achievements, unlockables, upgrading system and lots of lots of bloom

>Half-Life 2
>Look in the torture room
>Soldier walks up and closes the little door slot
>HOLY SHIT
Also
>Walk in the scientists room
>Little machine
>Hmm, what does this do?
>Starts spinning around
>Teleports
>OH MY GOD
>I wonder..
>Put something else in the teleporter
>It teleports
SHAT BRIX

>MFW i first played Gears of War, and thought the style was pretty fucking bleak and awesome, and the cover shooting was done well and fresh.

i still think GoW is the only series that has done TPS with sticky cover in a remotely good manner.

>Any BF game
>Dem guns sounds

They sound amazingly real.