Oh Crap! moments in gaming. - by Brad Schoonmaker
Alamar on 18/9/2004 at 07:38
Oh Crap! moments?
The entire first three levels of System Shock 2 made up one long "Oh Crap!" moment on my first play-through. And the second... And the third...
Black Ice on 18/9/2004 at 16:17
Quote Posted by Alamar
The entire first three levels of System Shock 2 made up one long "Oh Crap!" moment on my first play-through. And the second... And the third...
Agreed! :thumb: :thumb:
Jonesy on 18/9/2004 at 23:12
Quote Posted by Navyhacker006
It's been far too long since I played TIE Fighter...
Need to look for it...
==Navyhacker006
You can play it on Windows XP and 2000 with a special patch. Otherwise it will crash.
And that level was very, very hard. I just shot the two guys first, called for reinforcements, inspected the shuttle and the containers and high tailed it outta there.
Navyhacker006 on 19/9/2004 at 20:31
Quote Posted by Jonesy
You can play it on Windows XP and 2000 with a special patch. Otherwise it will crash.
And that level was very, very hard. I just shot the two guys first, called for reinforcements, inspected the shuttle and the containers and high tailed it outta there.
When I say "I need to look for it", I mean that quite literally. One of the floppies has gone missing, and I need to find it.
Thus far, Google has not answered me.
I have 98, so hopefully, if I can find it, I won't need any special patches.
==Navyhacker006
Magicman on 20/9/2004 at 20:59
FreeSpace 2 main campaign, noticing all my wingmen are dead, I have 3% hull integrity, and no missiles when combating the Ravana.
That was an "Oh Crap!" moment.
Alamar on 21/9/2004 at 08:00
Quote Posted by Magicman
FreeSpace 2 main campaign, noticing all my wingmen are dead, I have 3% hull integrity, and no missiles when combating the Ravana.
Ah, Freespace 2. When the [spoiler]Colossus first jumps in with that 'oh-so-arrogant' voiceover[/spoiler] was another 'oh crap!' moment (but in a good way).
shutdown on safari on 21/9/2004 at 13:15
First time playing Civilization 1, being all of probably 12, staying up all night nursing my ONE Roman city, ie Rome, before finally deciding to venture out into the black unknown and meeting the Germans, who seeing just Berlin thought I could whip them...turns out they had about 10 cities and my one city was guarded with one militia...I nearly cried...
First time I got to level 9 on Wolf 3D after playing for 2 days almost nonstop in the school holidays, and having one life left and hardly any health trying to take on the boss with my pistol...too scared to switch to machine gun, I panicked and screamed...
Finding level 10 in the same game, but that was a good 'Oh crap!' feeling...
Facing the dragon in Moonstone, and not dying...rare event...oh and getting up to the Guardian in the Valley of the Kings, and dying, but still holding down enter so I kept on going back in to the level (neat wee bug), then managing to finally kill the Guardian and getting a Moonstone, but unable to finish the game...
Missing the trash cans in Alley Cat and being eaten by the dog...rather traumatic for a small child...
Man, Ive got so many 'Oh crap!' memories...
Uglyhead on 22/9/2004 at 23:15
Mechwarrior3, when I charged headfirst into the Mech factory room to try to help Epona Rhi, to find myself face to face with the friggin' Annihilator, when I was still piloting some quasi-cruddy medium-heavy 'mech. That was a pretty tough fight.
Final Fantasy 7- now, this isn't an "Oh CRAP! that huge things gonna squish me!" moment, it's more of an "Oh crap, somethin' REALLY weird and bad just happened here." - when the main characters awoke in the cells in the ShinRa building to find the cell doors wide open, the hallways littered with dead guards, and a long trail of blood, accompanied by hugeass animal-like scratches taken out of the walls, leading up to the president's office. Good atmosphere there. The same game also had the other kind of "oh crap" moment, especially when doing battle with those hugeass "weapon" monsters.
Thief 2 - "Oh! Neat! A robot! I wonder what it do-" (accidentally steps on metal grating, causing a small army of metal monstrosities to come charging) "OH CRAP!"
Tribes1 - "What the hell are those green thingies streaking through the sky? Why's everyone else running? What's that big flying thing, carrying all of those huge, heavily armored, mean-looking guys?" My questions were answered very quickly, and brutally too.
Avernum - Smashing some evil sacrificial altars, and finding that suddenly a number of large, pissed-off, flame-spouting demons are howling for my ass on a silver platter, and closing in fast.
Maybe more later.
Navyhacker006 on 23/9/2004 at 01:21
Couple in Hybrid Heaven:
Level 3 (I think), the 'good' doctor unleashes a giant robot on you. You begin running. Have a nice reward after you escape him -- on your 23rd attempt.
A lot later, the doctor catches up with you, and pits TWO giant robots against you; you get to fight them. Not a fun battle.
(I want that game remade with smoother controls, souped up graphics, and maybe a Health Station or two added in. Otherwise, great game.)
==Navyhacker006
shutdown on safari on 23/9/2004 at 07:17
Accidentally selling my ChocoboLure thing in FF7, for some dumb reason right after I got it...and not being able to get it back...and getting right to the end and not being able to get a chocobo that can go on land and water...I nearly got fired from my first job (Burger King) coz I stayed home playing FF7 constantly...
