- Getting to the final boss of persona 3 as my first SMT game, feeling actually scared irl, fighting it for over an hour and then getting wiped out when it had less than one pixel of hp left. The party AI was sabotaging me and I was coming up with new strategies in real time to counteract it, it was great
- The final dungeon of FFIV-2 (yes I agree the game is shit). I had to finish it in one night because I was going back to college the next morning. My real world scheduling was good but I didn’t plan for it to be the longest final dungeon in FF history. Luckily the entire thing was really fun and I played for 12 hours until sunrise, delirious while taking down the final boss and getting to see the credits roll.
What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game?
Submitted 3 days ago by Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social to games@lemmy.world
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icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 3 days ago
norra@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I just finished P3R’s main story right before the new year and I haven’t recovered yet. I want to play the DLC but I’m too spooked
DrPop@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My most recent was playing Saints Row 4 horrible pc port. The Enter the Dominatrix dlc was awfully hilarious. Seeing that they didn’t have enough money to do everything they wanted and seeing actual story boards in my game was great. Also the character commentary was fun. The thing that the said was too crazy for Saints Row was definitely true and did not expect.
CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I think nfsu2, we got it for christmas and played it for 2 full days in a row.
But tbh i still remember my playlist (flyleaf - i’m so sick/ fully alive, hinder - wings of an angel, Marilyn Manson - the beautiful people, a perfect circle, Korn and a couple others) i used while playing wow for the first time when you could get to lvl30 within a certain trial period. Definitely been hooked for some time but never made it to lvl cap nor did i get sny good gear.
Skyrim gobbled up the most hours of any game.
But i think wow really offered the best escape of real life back then for me, which is my main drive for playing games.
Being able to do the right thing and actually getting rewarded for it is a thing that keeps me coming back to videk games.
Real life isn’t really like that most of the time. It will drain you completely, eat all your good intentions and shit you out the other end completely drained and empty handed.
KillerTofu@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Killing Malenia. Finally.
LordGimp@lemm.ee 3 days 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.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 3 days ago
There are too many. Completing Lode Runner on my C64. The first time I played Sonic on my megadrive. Playing Ninja Gaiden on my game gear for hours with my little bro. Playing Echochrome on the PS3 on LSD. When the nuke exploded in Modern Warfare 2. Playing through Inside in one go in the dark by myself.
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 3 days ago
32-bit FIFA 98, best FIFA.
I never did beat Lode Runner on my Atari 800. What an absolute banger of a game though. Speaking of which, I remember playing Encounter on the Atari 800 and Mercenary III on the Atari ST, and realising “this is the direction of video games”. Incredible stuff.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I like the fart button in Grans Theft Auto 1&2, have no idea if it’s still in the newer games
Weslee@lemmy.world 3 days 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
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 3 days 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.
towamo7603@lemmy.world 3 days 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).
not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Rank, taking out 2 full teams while my dead teammates watched and cheered. With health that even a sneezed would kill me.
My hands were shaking and my heart rate high AF, fucking diamond Apex.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 days ago
WoW probably holds the most cases of this for me.
World PvP was one front. Early on, just winning fights felt good. Then, as I got better, it felt more normal when it was an advantageous matchup for me. But the peak for me was during TBC, I was leveling my rogue and a hunter jumped me as I was mining. This was pretty much a worse case scenario, especially because the hunter was lvl 70 (max at the time) and I was still something like lvl 65. But even at the same level, a) a hunter is a natural counter for a rogue, and b) I was mining so I didn’t even get the stealth advantage.
So there was a lot of dopamine when I ended up getting to finish mining that node and the hunter had to walk back to his corpse after I beat him anyways.
Also a lot of dopamine from finally beating raid bosses that my guild had been stuck on for a long time. Vael in BWL was the peak for that one IIRC.
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Don’t know if it’s the greatest joy, but I absolutely adore the sound effect in the original borderlands where you set a Crimson Lance person on fire and they scream before being disintegrated after their health depletes. Sounds horrible, but it’s just a sound I think they did a really good job on.
flux@lemmy.world 3 days ago
River of Sorrow in Metal Gear Solid 3. First regular then as “no kills” run. It’s something that made me genuinely question everything while playing a video game. Everything.
shyguyblue@lemmy.world 3 days ago
When I beat Grim Fandango.
It was bitter-sweet, because you ::: spoiler spoiler have to leave one of your companions behind, him being a spirit of the land; while you ride off to the land of eternal rest with your new love interest :::
Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 days ago
That was indeed an epic game to finish
LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Riding a snake in Getting Over It With Benett Foddy.
Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Ejaculation?
Whateley@lemm.ee 3 days 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.