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First time i played the boss and it turned into the giant running man made me soil myself.

Frigate on goldeneye is a close second.

mine is the crazy, milkman conspirsy level in phscyonauts.The first time i played that,it was so weird and fun, I knew it would be one of my best expirences in gaming.

The first level in Klonoa 2: the whole game is an absolutely fantastic experience, but that very first level really makes you feel like a kid again!

The second half of the space level in Space Channel 5 Part 2: the dance-off to rescue Space Michael is hilarious and super fun!

its kind of a cop-out but id have to say any of the "advanced" maps from portal

Sonic 2 - From Sky chase right to the end. I've alway's thought of that as a segment of its own anyway.

Sonic And Knuckles - Hidden Palace zone, as sonic, when you fight knuckles. Unbelievable.

Metal Gear Solid - The fist fight with Liquid, followed by Snake and Meryl's escape.

The Rogue Wolf:
The Shalebridge Cradle, Thief: Deadly Shadows

"It must be her blood. It's still warm. ...great."

I couldn't stand that level. If i heard that little girl say "cradle" one more time i was going to blackjack her in her little ghost head.

I would have to say my favorite level in a game is a user made map on cs 1.6 called ka_superjumping. There was a pool of water which shot you up the complicated map with nades sitting around everywhere. Wasted a summer on that map.

The Maw on Halo 1. Can play that level over 150 times and still never get tired of it.

The entire Underdark on Baldurs Gate: Shadows of Amn. Thought that was the most brilliently designed and interesting place ever created.

And to comply to current social norms, The Sniper mission in Cod4.

Without a doubt, the multiplayer Temple level in Goldeneye. I don't know why, I just think it is the best multiplayer level ever. I actually made a recreation of the level with Unreal Tournament 2003's level editor.

Our Benefactors from HL2, and Undue Alarm from Episode One. Both feature the Super Gravity Gun. The second also has Alyx Vance.

The finale of Episode Two was awesome.

In Halo 3, the finale "This Is The Way The World Ends" was a great level.

And in Unreal Tournament, the Sesmar map. I don't know why, but that map is challenging in a good way.

Traditions of the Trade in the original Hitman is one of the best levels ever made. I can't count how many times I've played through it. I'll second the last mission of Metal Slug 3 (because of the way it catches you completely by surprise, and because of how awesomely epic it is) and The Life of the Party in Thief II (though I must say I preferred the demo version, seems like there was more detail in it). Psychonauts had some fantastic levels, as a lot of people have mentioned.

Lord_Ascendant:
I believe it was The Storm where the Flood are all around you in the ruined city. It's like Ravenholm with Flood instead of Headcrab Zombies. It doesn't change the fact I nearly blew a gasket doing it Co-op and trying to keep my friend alive whilst simultaneously trying to do the same for myself. I barely got though, partly because it was on legendary.

"I... I helped them, that it. Maybe, maybe I should help myself?..." That it was delivered by the same voice actor who played the pistol marine in Halo 1's swamp level just made it all the creepier.

-- Steve

Rainbow Road from Mario Cart
The rollercoaster level from DK country 2, the music and visuals were amazing

Mario 64 - first level, The graphics just blew me away.

Mario Galaxy - Luigi Purple coins, because I never saw that level coming lol

Kushu from Samurai Warriors 2, because the music was so much fun and kicking the crap out of Ginchiyo is soooooooo much fun.

the multiplayer campagn mission on G.R.A.W 2 called locks i can play that mission for days

The Milkman Conspiracies - Psychonauts
SOOO twisted, but oh so clever and fun.

Lungfishopolis - Psychonauts
"Freedom!" Nothing liked destroying a city run by lungfish. Not to mention the fight with Kochamara was the funniest boss fight ever. (HARD TO AVOOOOID... AREA ATTACK!)

Route Canal - Half-Life 2
The first half is, "AAAAAAAH! RUUUUUN!" The second half is, "TAKE THAT, SUCKAS!"

Trailer Park - No One Lives Forever 2
Surprised no one's mentioned this one yet. You're fighting ninjas. In a trailer park. WITH A TORNADO APPROACHING.

Carentan Counterattack - Company of Heroes
The first time I played, the Nazis were just one minute short of destroying my HQ. Nothing compares to epic like that.

Bar - Prey
You're in a bar. You whack some guys with a wrench. Hey, what are those funny green lig- ALIENS! AAAAAAAAH! Put that to the sound of "Don't Fear the Reaper."

Our Common Fiend - Half-Life 2: Episode 2
The epicness of 5 Striders attacking at the same time cannot be measured.

Halo 1-
That mission where you have to destroy the three generators. On Legendary, its so fun. Its challenging enough that I feel badass, but not so difficult that it turns into the level: One Shot, One Kill on Veteran in CoD4.

Company of Heroes- the first time you defend against the Axis. I think there were three bridges to defend. Anyways, the only man surviving that mission was my sniper in the church tower. Best moment in a RTS...evar. I kinda felt bad due to my sucky commandeering.

Half Life 2- The level after you save Barney from the snipers. After you clean out the Combine HQ. Having striders fire upon you when you're sprinting, trying to avoid their bullets is FUN. Counting your rockets while hiding behind a wall while the striders fire upon you is always fun. Trying to reach the next safety point without being torn up by Striders is also fun.

Halo 3 (OMG?!)- The last level, really made me reminisce on Halo 1's warthog scene. I guess this level was meant to give the gamer a sense that the Halo series is finally ending. To tell the truth, I felt a bit sad. Not many games give that kind of feeling, imo.

The level in Operation Flashpoint, not too far from the beginning, where you're ordered to take a town in Everon, only for command to radio in and announces a full retreat is in progress, and for everyone to doubletime back to Morton, and THEN the shit hits the fan.

Or possibly the mission straight after that, avoiding every Soviet from here to Moscow trying to get 5kms in 15 minutes, crawling...sprinting...driving at high speed through a Soviet tank column. Best designed level I've ever played... except for the fact I made it to Morton on time once...and no one was there...

EittilDratsab:
Company of Heroes- the first time you defend against the Axis. I think there were three bridges to defend. Anyways, the only man surviving that mission was my sniper in the church tower. Best moment in a RTS...evar. I kinda felt bad due to my sucky commandeering.

I believe you mean Carentan Counterattack. That's what CoH does. It shows that you suck, but you can improve.

So many....

The original Tomb Raider's middle levels (from St. Franis Folly to Tomb of Tihocan) were where the game really took off. Standing on Midas' hands and turning into gold was the very moment I knew that this game was something very special. And the cistern stage was doing water-based puzzles long before Ocarina of Time's Water Temple.

The Second Level from Metal Slug 3: exploding zombie vomit. Enough said.

Hill Top Zone in Sonic 2: Best. Music. Ever.

Sanctuary Fortress in Metroid Prime 2: One of the most amazing, elaborate, trippy Geiger-esque locations imaginable.

Haunted Spaceship in Super Metroid: Every level in that game was an absolute joy, but this miniature section had some of the most interesting puzzles and was easily the creepiest stage in the game.

Ninja Gaiden: The underground temple where you battle that huge skeletal dragon was immense fun.

Sky Temple in Twilight Princess: It looked absolutely gorgeous, and it had some satisfying puzzles. Just like the rest of the game, really.

Have to echo the Cradle from Thief 3 - tense stuff, and those juddering lunatics were a special kind of sinister.

And that's all I can remember for now x

Favourite level?

Surface Tension. (HL)

Diskworld 2: missing presumed... - All of this game was brilliant. especially the part having to make death a star.
Half-Life 1 - On a Rail. 'nuff said
Metal Gear Solid - The fight with Liquid in the Helicopter

Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney: 4th case (with a certain prosecutor accused of murder) There are some real edge-of-the-seat moments there.

That entire case takes so many twists and turns...I shouted a silent "WHAT?" several times.

I'm gonna have to go with the ending part of Mass Effect in the Citadel... The Mako's grand entrance was probably the most badass FTL thing I've ever seen.

Nugoo:
Here's one I doubt will be too popular: the water temple in Ocarina of Time. It has one of my favorite boss fights of all time, and it's beautiful. Of course, I've never run out of silver keys.

i thought i was the only one! that's my favorite dungeon from any game. normally you look forward to playing the boss, but for me it's the water temple. after that, the game isn't as fun since i've completed my goal haha.

getting ghillied up in CoD4 was the best level in the game.

Rhen Var Harbour in Star Wars Battlefront. Incredible fun with units and tanks alike, places to hide and go seek, Exterior & Interior battling, and glitches for the whole family!

level 10 from DMC4 when you fight Dante for the second time. That was the most fun i have had fighting a boss for a long time

definately the fianl four in the original pokemon red version. partly cause of the shocking twist (it's actually the final five).