GamesMaster's Top 250 Greatest Gaming Moments (May 2012)
Dug up an old magazine from my archives and felt like transferring this here: "Top 250 Greatest Gaming Moments" as of May 2012. As such, the list is more than a decade out of date...but I don't have anything better to do. Credit to GamesMaster/Future Publishing and all authors involved.
WARNING: Spoilers in notes, by very nature of this list.
WARNING: Spoilers in notes, by very nature of this list.
250 Games
The first boss battle
250
Hitting the final peg
249
Getting into a fistfight
248
Playing the piano
247
Stopping time with the healing touch
246
Being abducted in the opening
245
Meeting the mannequins
244
Replacing the prop opera gun
243
Regina's death
242
Calling for back-up
241
Erasing your save data
240
Getting crushed by a giant boot
239
The opening cinematic
238
The ambulance arrives - mowing down all in its path
237
Finding out how to avoid an entire mission
236
Covering up a murder in the opening act
235
Smashing a window
234
The tribute to Mad Dog McCree
233
Tarhiel goes splat
232
Finding Meryl's codec "on the back of the CD case"
231
Uprooting the first Pikmin
230
Scoring a signature takedown
229
The T-Rex attacks
228
Talking Saren into suicide
227
Reaching space
226
The misunderstanding outside of the elevator
225
The community-made content (RIP)
224
Fighting Ouroboros
223
Hitler's head explodes
222
Chop Chop Master Onion
221
Downing an AT-AT
220
Shattering the backboard
219
Saying goodbye to Chepito
218
Getting profiled - and going on to see the results
217
Fighting several copyrighted characters
216
The rocket jump
215
Rolling up the world itself
214
Seeing the monster
213
The eye drill sequence
212
Stealing the chain
211
The title screen
210
Being chased by a giant wheel
209
Getting surprise-attacked
208
Making kids throw up
207
Microwaving the hamster
206
Getting facehugged
205
The nuclear bomb
204
The dog dies...
203
Visiting the arcade
202
Godzilla wrecks the city
201
Fighting the Doppelganger
200
Using the FarSight weapon
199
Figuring out the "true" ending
198
The Ladder of Doom
197
The (rather gross) ending
196
Getting killed by a car at the end
195
Playing "Imagine" on the keyboard
194
Revisiting Liberty City
193
Meeting The Master
192
Fighting Ugh-Zan III
191
The "fight" with Bob the Killer Goldfish
190
Fighting the mothership
189
Using a camera to fight ghosts
188
The Milkman Conspiracy
187
Using your own CDs to generate the levels
186
Being chased by the killer whale
185
SHINE GET!
184
Logging into the servers
183
Getting married
182
Encountering the Licker
181
Crashing into New York
180
Killing Qotile
179
The ending
178
Mr Resetti yells at you
177
Kicking the thieves
176
Beating the God King
175
Defeating the Overlord
174
Arriving in the 21st century
173
Singing blobs
172
The Parish
171
Mirial gets betrayed
170
Opening a chest
169
Nemesis makes his entrance
168
Defeating Dhoulmagus
167
Rolling start!
166
Playing the Legendary Theme
165
Objective: Survive
164
Surviving the Taurus Demon
163
Using the cerebral bore
162
Destroying a building
161
Using lightning
160
The gunblade fight
159
Unleashing the land shark
158
Snake's nightmare
157
Winning by ring-out
156
The Poseidon battle
155
Shooting the dog
154
Defending the concert stage
153
Fighting your rival
152
Playing on Christmas Day
151
2 Comments
they are so right about Prey's opening.
Weatherby
3 months ago