Red Dead Redemption, when crossing into Mexico for the first time and the sun starts setting and Far Away by Jose Gonzalez starts playing. That shit blew my mind.
What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game?
Submitted 1 year ago by Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social to games@lemmy.world
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PmMeFrogMemes@lemmy.world 1 year ago
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I still get goosebumps from that song for this reason! Nick Drake’s Three Hours gives me a similar feeling.
__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
In college, quake 3 arena came out about a month into school. My roommate and I stayed up all night playing together. That was when we moved from roommates to friends.
Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Beating Link’s Awakening as a kid. No internet no hints or help just hours of exploring when I was stuck on a puzzle. It’s so hard for me to get lost in a video game like that now and not just reach for an answer or check the internet to see what I’m doing wrong. It’s a shame now, I know links awakening now like the back of my hand and I’ll never get to explore a first play through of that game ever again.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
I don’t track or rank joy like that, but discovering the dark world in The Legend of Zelda a Link to the Past is definitely up there. Just realising the world had this whole extra dimension to it.
I still love dimensionality / hidden depth in games.
I mean, who doesn’t?
lime@feddit.nu 1 year ago
the ending of outer wilds, figuring out that the treasure really was the friends we made along the way, will always stand out to me as the most magnificent, joy-filled moment in my 25+ year gaming experience.
that, or getting the cool sunglasses in fez.
anakin78z@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Playing Solasta. Our D&D group had fallen apart, and we just didn’t seem to be able to get a new game together. Solasta scratched that D&D itch like no game before it has. My wife got really into it, too, so we ended up playing for hundreds of hours together.
evening_push579@feddit.nu 1 year ago
Growing up:
- playing Perfect Dark either story coop or battle simulator with my best friend or brother
- getting totally immersed in Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask
- Silent Hill 2 and 3 with best friend
- playing Star Craft online until way too late, also with best friend
- not only joy maybe, but FFX was very memorable for me
- organising Xbox lan parties at our house playing 16 player death matches in Halo
Adult:
- Getting a Switch totally re-ignited my gaming passion. Having a full time work and family it is hard to find the time to sit down and focus on a game, the Switch with its quick sleep/on/off and tv/mobile feature changed that. I felt like a teenager again when I lost track of time (usually late at night) while playing Breath of the Wild and the Xenoblade series
- FFXIV and getting immersed once again in a game world
FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
A few years back, testing out new zombie infection game mode in indie VR FPS, 12 of us on the server including the dev. I’m last man standing, everyone else is infected, making scary zombie noises as I pick them off with my trusty bow and arrow. I eventually succumb to the inevitable and get piled on, they’re all too distracted making brain eating noises to notice the martyrdom grenade fall to the floor…
That was peak gaming for me.
sith@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
As a millennial, I’m probably not alone when I write Red Alert, Atlantis, Diablo and Fallout 2 on a computer without internet connection. Also endless demos from PC Gamer CDs.
The more unusual game I want to add is Warlords 3. Got it as a Christmas gift from my cousins boyfriend (he was maybe 20 years older than me). Probably because he wanted someone he could play shared screen PvP with. Spent a lot of time with that game.
Also playing Tibia on a 33k dial up connection was special. A very laggy and expensive experience. Always afraid that mom would just turn off the connection because she had to make a phone call. And the true horror I felt when I encountered another player or a new monster deep within an unexplored dungeon. I didn’t like WoW when it came out. Probably because of emotional bluntedness that free PvP in combination with gear + xp loss causes.
And I’m still chasing the dragon.
Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Ejaculation?
Weslee@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Probably back on dota1 before matchmaking and meta and all that crap, you could play any hero in any role on any lane and everyone was mostly just having fun
tatterdemalion@programming.dev 1 year ago
Clutch team killing in Rainbow Six Siege. A rare occurrence but so much adrenaline.
Hillcrest in The Last of Us 2. Never have I had so much fun trapping and hunting people down. It really brings out the psycho killer energy.
Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t know if that’s count, but I spent one Summer almost every night playing on an almost dead private WoW-Server with my Brother and my best Friend. Since we were only 3 People and the Server was almost empty, it felt like we had the whole World for us. This was such a fun time back then…
sith@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
That must have been really awesome. ❤️
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ace Combat 4 and 5 both made me feel awesome, then sad, then vengeful, and then awesome in their campaigns. They start as casual arcade styles, throw in some grief, grow the antagonists’ justification, then the skies start speaking Latin and you systematically destroy some megabase. I was fairly young, so now sad Spanish guitar riffs cause me grief when thinking about Yellow 4 and 13. Is that joy? The memory of a fairly casual arcade game weaving in a heartfelt tragic war story?
At risk of making this my only personality trait, Far Cry 2’s desert at night was a treat for me. I seek out similar experiences in real life now. It didn’t necessarily create that desire, but it was my first open world game, if I remember correctly. It didn’t make me jump for joy, it just made me feel serene.
I’m sure it was driven by the memes, but Portal 1 gave me a great sense of accomplishment. It was mild reaction skill with some decent logic puzzles. The build up, the turn, the fight, the final song. Quite a trip.
Overall most joy might go to Forza Horizon 1. First open world Forza title, first (for me?) open world racing game with decent driving mechanics, excellent variety of cars, hit me at my peak interest in house music and other EDM, showed me Colorado scenery I’d see IRL 10 years later, and the campaign was focused around the Woodstock of a [cars X EDM] festival. I wish that was real and I wish the scene would be respectful. But, unfortunately, you can’t control 300 drivers and prevent them from one-upping each other and making it dangerous and disrespectful. And you gotta pay for parking everywhere nice. See: waterfest, ocean city Maryland.
Symphonic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Red dead redemption 2 really made me feel thankful for experiencing the story. It was a different kind of joy but it was very sad too.
zedgeist@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Life is Strange, with the final decision of Bae vs Bay. It made me quit the game for two days before I came back and decided (Bae forever). I love a good, story-impactful decision. That might be weird in this context, but it was so great.
locahosr443@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Actually learning to fight effectively in kingdom come deliverance.
Or maybe beating those swarm motherfuckers in the first homeworld… First 2 examples that come to mind.
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Dialing in to a local BBS to play 4-player deathmatch DooM 2, circa 1995.
Delphia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not too long after it came out I was good at Siege and I mean good I was ranked in the top 1000 players and I thought that was pretty badass. I got a DM from some guy who was like “Hey I’m from TEAM and we wanted to know if you wanted to try out for our Siege squad?” I said thanks but no thanks, I have a mortgage and a full time and then some job. I dont want to take on the obligation.
I then went and googled the team, I was being courted by serious professional players. I still decided I didnt want that headache but as someone who has always been an underachiever it was like an IRL achievement popup or a level up notification. Like… look what I can achieve when I actually give a fuck and put the work in.
Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wandering around in Morrowind before I really knew what I was doing, being happy just to find a few coins in a tree stump or a crappy dagger.
Other games have given more extreme emotions. But no other game has instilled such a joyous sense of wonder.
sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Killing Vivec and then getting the message about being doomed was probably my favorite “oh shit” moment of all time.
catalyst@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Getting to the top of the mountain in Celeste. It may not be the hardest challenge in the game (screw you Farewell), but just arriving there with the soundtrack swelling felt so good.
Completing the golden path in Tunic.
Any number of silly things in FFXI that at the time probably felt immensely important.
MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 1 year ago
Unlocking the golden door was one of the greatest experiences I’ve had in video games.
hactar42@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I was in the military and we had this big conference table that could fit a good 12 people at. About once a month our boss would give us the key for the weekend and we’d play Unreal Tournament, Quake 3, and Red Alert 2 for 12-18 hours straight while pounding back Mountain Dew Code Red.
LordGimp@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Vermintide 2 dlc where Saltzpyre gets a piglet as a hat. Best goddamn $5 I’ve ever spent on dlc. His little legs and his but wiggle around when you move and ofc the purity seals are on point.
Also way back in DCUO when fire tank was busted AF I kept summoning fireballs that I would then Chuck into my buddy trying his best to actually complete whatever task we were doing.
Also Also max difficulty helldivers 2 against the robots on Mavelon Creek. It was a struggle to survive ore than 10 seconds put of the drop pod and it was some of the funniest shit I’ve ever played.
otp@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Rock Band 2. Bladder of Steel achievement playing with a full band of 4 (locally).
It’s playing the entire setlist of 84 or so songs all the way through in one sitting. Without pausing or failing.
We did it with all instruments on Medium, but we did it! (I could pass anything on Expert, but maybe not all the way through. My friends were borderline Hard players at best, so Medium was the only way we’d ever be able to do it together)
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Wow that does sound incredible
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Passing the controller around the room playing God of War 3 on Wednesday nights.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I was probably 10 when my best friend (at the time) and I would play Super Contra on the NES for hours. We loved everything about it. We’d get as far as we could. We’d give each other lives. We could sing the soundtrack. When it was game over, we just restarted it.
Those days were simple and beautiful. I don’t think another game could give me anything like that experience, since it wasn’t really entirely about the game.
Whateley@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Okami. That game was an absolute joy to play and the visuals and music were beautiful. My wife even mentioned that I seemed calmer and relaxed while playing it.
towamo7603@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You haven’t experienced true joy until you and your best friend chainsaw the same locust in Gears of War at the exact second the chorus of “Lavatory Love Machine” by Edguy starts (2 minute mark here: youtu.be/-y3CMlvrkN0?si=_rAHP6KoXgeYwV-k).
slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Far cry 2 team Deathmatch first team to 100 kills win on clearcut.
I got 55 of the required kills and was banned from using the 50cal sniper on all future games.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Far Cry 2 brought me joy experiencing the open world format. I fell in love with the desert at night there and now I try to visit real life arid regions at night.
kat@orbi.camp 1 year ago
That’s bad ass
youngskywalker@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Finishing the Easter egg at the end of origins in black ops 2 zombies after trying all night and seeing the special cut scene with my friends on Xbox 360 has to be up there as core gaming achievement.