mine seems a little weak but i was playing firefight on halo 3 odst i was in crater i was finishing of some grunts when a hammer brute narrowly misses me i only had a plasma pistol and a regular pistol so i overcharge the hammer brute and a flame grendade goes of infront of me so i finish off the hammer with headshots a go for a medi pack (that gell stuff) i'm out so i turn jump of the base platform almost get my head blown of by a invisible brute manage to kill him take his flame grenade and take out the last couple of invisibles set ends

The one that stands out in my mind was when Playing City of Heroes the first time I entered the Shadow Shard. Anyone who's played the game knows what I'm talking about.

Two moments in BioShock. The Dentist, and "Would you kindly?" Also, just about every plot twist in Final Fantasy VII. While I do agree that FFVI had a better story, the story in FFVII was better written and put together. I also think that even though Kefka is more evil than Sephiroth, I was better able to understand Sephiroth's motivations behind why he was an evil psychopath. Seriously though, FFVII definitely gave me more OMG moments than FFVI did, due to amazing writing. The part of the game that really got me, though, was what I would call a "Would you kindly?" moment for Cloud. That's all I'm going to say to avoid ruining it for those who haven't played it. All I had to say about that was: "Wow. Just, wow."

By the way, would someone mind telling me how to do the Spoiler: Click to view thing? I'm somewhat new to the forums, and would like to know how to do that.

I'll agree with maddawg and Geekmaster on the dentist in Bioshock. I think what really got me about it was that he didn't go for me immediately--he just stood there for a second after I saw him, giving me time to say "OHGEEZ! ...Hello." Then he pulled out his hooks and we had it out.

Also, though it was quite a few years ago, I recall saying aloud, "Son of a bitch, it's UNATCO HQ!" to nobody in particular. You know where I mean.

EDIT: I can't type em dashes here. Is that normal?

Just plowing through everything in a wraith on Valhalla when I first got my Xbox 360. For the first week, me and my little brother said wow at every explosion and marvelled at the vibrating controller. 'Twas awesome.

Oh and Oblivion. That game just made my jaw drop.

minidevil921:

Spoiler: Click to View

Do what I did just there, and spoiler something like that. It's unfair on those who haven't played the game.

OT: MW2 was full to the brim of "Holy Fuck" moments. Perhaps too many, but hey, I play CoD for an absence of military realism, not otherwise.

minidevil921:
Finding out pokey was the bad guy.

I lol'd.

I think my moment is the first time I played Kingdom Hearts all those years ago. When that huge boss Darkside first showed up at the beginning of the game, I shat a brick. I mean, you've just started the game, you just got through the tutorial, and now you've got to face a boss that's as big as a plane and scary as fuck.

All of Shadow of the Colossus.
Especially the final boss.
EPIC!!!!!

Halo 1 when the flood came into the game.

Zeromus EG in FF4

DFBHD when I killed someone 500 yards away with an m9

Bioshock: After going into that one basement in Fort Frolic, the one that trips the 'living statues' option. Turning around to see the statue standing behind me freaked me the hell out. When that statue lunged at me, I screamed like a freaking cheerleader. I'm amazed I didn't wake my husband up.

And I agree with Geekmaster K... "Would you kindly?" had me cursing at him like a sailor. I was SO pissed on behalf of my character that I ran through just about every expletive I knew.

Darth Revan.

'nuff said.

Left For Dead. In the first one i was playing with 3 other friends who had all beaten the game so many times and it was my first time playing it. On the level with the dock and the boat comes and picks you up(can't remeber the name) They went and defended the house with the mini gun and ammo while i ran distraction. By the time the boat came i was being chased by 2 hunters and at least 30+ horde that their minigun and auto-shotguns failed to kill. So running towards the dock my mike screamed with all their voices yelling clear the line of fire so i jump off the dock and they let all hell break loose. 3 moltovs, one of which stuck a hunter mid jump, and 3 auto shot guns empting their clip's point blank.

It was amazing. Although the next time we did it we just sat on the dock and half of the zombie's didn't even make it to us they went into the water. Hunters and tanks were the major threat.

Star ocean till the end of time, the entire game

When you get your legs sawn off while strapped to a table in QUAKE IV. That was a pretty awsome if not wholly terrifying moment for me.

"Holy Fuck" as in "Holy Fuck this is amazing"? Or "Holy Fuck" as in "Holy Fuck I'm gonna die?" For the first, it was when I slaughtered my first set of enemies in Ninja Gaiden 2 (not the remake of it, but the first one, where you could litterally bathe yourself in blood). That shit was just incredible for me. For the second, my most recent one was when I was trying to get to Cemetary in the Parish of Left 4 Dead 2, and I shot through the group of Zombies that were infinitely spawning and coming at us through all of the Car Alarms, and (OF COURSE) a Witch would be hidden amoungst them, exactly at where I was shooting.

God of War the First. Ramming that Hydra's head down on the mast in the first fight. I almost broke my chair jumping up from excitement.

minidevil921:
Finding out pokey was the bad guy.

Haha noice

There were at least three 'oh fuck' moments in the hospital alone during Silent Hill 2. 1) the weird baby noises behind the door at the bottom of the stairwell (exact words: 'Fuck that shit!'); 2) when the obnoxious brat locks you in the room and the twitching legs drop down behind you; and 3) when Pyramid Head shows up (jumped so hard I actually broke my left analog stick).

miracleofsound:
Assasin's Creed 2... finding out where the final assasination was going to take place.

Fuck yeah.

You beat me to it, but that was fucking awesome. I'm just confused as to why that didn't stir up any controversy when anything that so much as hints at nudity or sex is instantly bashed by the media. I mean really, Mass Effect's sex scene barely showed any ass and look how much controversy that got.

OT, pretty much every Zelda and MGS boss battle deserves a good "holy shit, this kicks ass"

One moment that still sticks out for me is the third mission of 2004's 'Transformers: Armada'.
I hadn't watched the TV show yet, so I took the mission statement at face value: Infiltrate the Decepticon aircraft carrier and sabotage the bridge. That alone wasn't all that easy, but when I finally got to the bridge the fucking thing started transforming! Enter TidalWave, the biggest fucking boss I had ever encountered in a video game thus far. Fighting this guy was like charging a walking mountain made of cannons with a peashooter... hell, you actually had to climp atop a high vantage point in order to get a shot at his head (which was the only vulnerable part of the giant).

In Halo I threw a sticky acrossed the map it bounced of of a wall and landed on the end of a sniper rifle that was sticking between the wall. 0Wn'd

MW2

Defending the TV station in ArmA: Queen's Gambit.

Almost everyone ran out of ammo and we all had to scavenge weapons and ammo from dead enemies in order to keep fighting. I got out of it with a wound to the arm, and my machine gunner appeared to have been hit once or twice as well. He was down to his last 40 rounds after the last wave of troops. When all was said and done, I was down to my las mag in my 9mm. It was the most epic firefight I have ever been in while playing a war-sim.

The, "Oh shit!" moment was when I saw just how many soldiers came charging at me.

My second favorite, "Oh shit!" moment was while playing Falcon 4.0: Allied Force. I recieved a scramble alert during a campaign in North Korea. Upon hopping into my F-16, I looked up and I noticed hundreds of little black specks above me. The AAA and SAM installations around my airbase were firing as fast as they could, and as I lifted off into the air, I noticed that most of those little black specks were Mig-29s ans SU-37s. It turns out that about 90% of the North Korean air force had chosen to swarm that area in a massive SEAD/Interdiction run. It did not end well. I was shot down a minute or two into the fight, my home base was bombed, and my entire squadron (minus my wingman) was shot down; three of them dead - one ejected safely.

Lesson: An F-16 is no match for a Mig-29/SU-37 in a one-on-one fight where both pilots are aware of each other.

In Dragon Age: Origins when:

[spoilers]You listen to that poem in the Dead Trenches and you just KNOW somethings coming. And then Brood Mother appears and you're like... OH SHI-. The same goes for the Archdemon/High Dragon.

Left 4 Dead 2.

Anytime you're on Expert you're on your own and you turn around and see a Hunter behind you.

Tales of Symphonia on Gamecube.

I got to what seemed like the end and suddenly, BAM!! The entire quest that comprised that large chunk of game and the final goal of what I was trying to do... got turned over on my head. Everything went to hell and I hardly knew what right and wrong were anymore. And it turned out everything I did was a waste and there was a HELL of a lot more to do.

And it floored me.

FF7 in Mideel when you have to fight Ultima Weapon.

"Surely i won't have to fight that no......fuck"

Fighting the giant statue in God of War 2 on god difficulty was a big HOLY FUCK for me
First encounter with a deathclaw in FALLOUT
Fighting 4 brutefangs in Arcanum

Bediz:
Darth Revan.

'nuff said.

got that right

and in half life 2 episode 2 when you are in the cave defending the outpost from antlions + the music

In all the 10+ years I've been gamin' I've only had 2 "HOLY FUCK" gaming moments; 1) the nuke from cod 4 and 2) the twist from KotOR (I never saw that comin).

and also all of bayonetta was awesome.

Pretty much the whole Chzo Mythos series. If I had to be more specific, I'd say Trilby's Notes. Even more specifically, during the flashback on the ship

Zelda. Is. Sheik. Nuff' said.

Simbowski:
Does what it says on the tin. Talk about those epic moments in any videogame which made you genuinely excited and immersed. Probably the best moment I ever had was in FF7 - I was in the submarine, and I turned the camera around to see Emerald Weapon right behind me. It scared the shit out of me (I was about eight) and I promptly died, but I was bouncing off the walls all afternoon. =]

My first kill in Multiplayer BF 1942.
I joined a game getting stomped on by the Japanese. I started checked what weapons my kit had.
With submachine gun out I shot two guys camping spawn was out of ammo. Swapped to my pistol to look up and see a Zero on fire strafing me. In my oh shit momment i started firing my pistol at it....

And got a aircraft kill with the pistol. I was very happy. Then the other spawn campers took me out they won the game but eh...I shot down a plane with a pistol...

Just about every fight in Arkham Asylum :)

You listen to that poem in the Dead Trenches

You know, I feel very much disturbed when I hear that poem, on every playthrough, while I was only turning away slightly disgusted at the whole "the evil aliens are turning you into one of their own by cutting your arms and legs and replacing them with technically enhanced mechanical limbs" deal in Quake 4. The worst nightmares must be in one's imagination..

On topic, I found those two moments totally awesome, jaw-dropping..which isn't quite the same as what the title says but anyway...

The ending cutscene of Max Payne - when I heard the noise that helicopter gave off when the antenna hit it I thought a great, evil beast has been mortally wounded.

And the cutscene of Ianna blessing your character in Blade of Darkness.