Dec 19
About a third of the way into “Call of Duty 4″ a large explosion occurs. It rips through the game’s Middle Eastern country that isn’t called Iraq but is certainly designed to make players feel like it is. It’s where they’ve been fighting a violent insurgency at a heart-stopping Bruckheimer pace. After this explosion — you’ll know which one when you experience it — the player is left stumbling, not capable of shooting, of running, of anything other than just bearing witness to carnage. Looking for a rare moment of a game that won’t be accused of glamorizing war? This is it.
There are some other great ones in here.
Some are very true, but MOST of just not great moments at all. Many are the same bland, boring, and repetitive crap we have seen year after year after year. Sorry… but it is true.
I think my greatest gaming moment was in silent service for the commodore 64, when i “killed” a aircraft carrier without getting killed by the ecsort ships.
Yes i know this is not a 2007 gaming moment
“10 Great Gaming Moments Of 2007”
ah, had to make sure we were talking about ’07, not year after year after year.
I agree with the COD4 nuclear explosion pick but I wish they added the final scene in COD4, thats another case of not glamorizing war.
Interesting article on that same page about a Wii rain check plan for those without a Wii.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1576523/20071214/id_0.jhtml
I think Bioshock had a much greater moment than the one listed which is, of course, the plot twist when all the pieces fall in place. While System Shock 2 had a nice “Uh… hu” experience with Shodan, Bioshock is a 15-hour warm-up for the game to kick you in the groin like no other.
The Slow-Mo Arrow: “Heavenly Sword” (PlayStation 3)
“…hitching the player’s viewpoint onto the shaft of a shot arrow, letting the player steer that arrow using the motion-sensitive controller and smacking those arrows right into sensitive places.”…
Geee… wowwww, such a great moment and innovation…. I remember doing already this on a FPS called Eradicator, back in 1996….really, great innovation…not!
Here is a link to the scene Scott is referring to.
***SPOILER ALERT***
If you don’t want to see this yet. Don’t watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyqIzmY_fvw
Have to agree with the CoD4 moment. Although I haven’t played many of the other games on that list (lack of the required consoles =/), I was immersed like no other game when that explosion happened. Actually think I said something like, “My god..” Was pretty unique. For me at least.