Did any other moment in gaming astonish you than realizing the size of the San Andreas map?

[Fukwatutalkinwatisaylaw]

Yh driving city to city, if u damaged ur car in the forest at night with no other cars around u were fukked lol.

Soundtrack was sickkkk GOAT game

Just going gym n hitting weights n eating was sick to me

Yh?

 

[Crayola Coyote]

I remember playing the game and generally being once i left Los Santos and realized i was still driving in the highway for 5-10 minutes...
I couldnt believe the PS2 could handle all that space

THIS

 

[hex]

After "GTA 3" the formula was already in place, so seeing more of it (albeit, done better) in subsequent games never had the same effect as seeing 3 for the first time.

One of the biggest moments in gaming for me was the first time I played "Tomb Raider". The first one on Saturn/PS1. Moving around in large 3D environments was still a relatively new concept back then....and while "Mario 64" did it first, I never got the sense it was a connected world....each area was self contained. Obviously there was limitations to where you could go in "Tomb Raider" but it never felt like it at the time. And that was mind blowing.

Fred.

 

[Ezus Jezus]

Playing Mario 64 for the first time back when it was released.

Yea breh. The mind blowing jump from 2d to 3D is something younger brehs will never understand. I could barely even control Mario the first time I played.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

reading up on shen mue

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Playing Mario 64 for the first time back when it was released.

This too. shyt was insane to me as a lil jit

 

[Killigraphy]

First seeing Mario on the 64,

Mortal Kombat 2 surpassing the original in all shapes and forms.

Mario RPG; Geno, 'nuff said.

Ridge Racer type 4 intro = love.

Symphony of the Night - the entire game is an experience.

Xenogears - Beating a mech with my hands.

 

[the_FUTURE]

Mario 64 and OOT were outstanding, but...

Diddy Kong racing being far ahead of its time was just. they never made a sequel.

 

[Black Bolt]

Mario 64, spent a little while playing with Mario's 3D face on the opening screen. shyt looked godly to me at the time.

 

[hex]

Yea breh. The mind blowing jump from 2d to 3D is something younger brehs will never understand. I could barely even control Mario the first time I played.

2D to 3D is the single biggest jump in gaming history. Every thing since then has been incremental steps.

The only thing comparable, would be if VR becomes completely seamless. And that's still a ways off, maybe not even in our life time.

Fred.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

When I realized you could do B&E's on San Andreas and the rich neighborhoods were major come ups

 

[Fatboi1]

Pulling Mario's nose on the startup screen in Mario 64.

The whole opening of OOT and shyt

Shenmue

Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

• Seeing Mario 64 for the first time at Toys R Us
• Playing Indigo Prophecy. The controls and story telling style was something I had never seen before.
• Final Fantasy 7. A game spanning multiple discs never occurred to me. The cut scenes were incredible at the time.
• Eternal Darkness had some genius ways of screwing with the player that I haven't seen implemented to that degree ever since. (Psychomantis in MGS is similar, but nothing on the level of Eternal Darkness)
• Metal Gear Solid will always be special to me. The story, gameplay, voice acting, etc. It all set itself apart from every other game before it.
• Clocktower for PS1. The point and click adventure aged like milk, but at the time, there was no other game that had tension like Clocktower. That fast music and potential for instant death every time scissor man appeared is something I'll never forget. Resident Evil 3 came close with the appearance of Nemesis.

 

[Kairi Irving]

Lol i remember being in Los Santos then going around the country side, and then when i got to San Fierro i thought that was the final city, so one day i did the jetpack cheat code and flew to las venturas, had the game for a couple months and just found out there was ANOTHER city

 

[419scam]

still being , feels alot bigger than gta v (only thing close to it is rdr)