10 HOLY SH*T In-Game Moments in Recent Video Games

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That feeling of shock and awe at the scope of the game that I felt opening the world map after getting to the Siofra River in Elden Ring for the first time and realizing it was an entirely new, fully-built, underground area in this already massive open-world game reminded me of a very distinct similar experience from my childhood. It was the same feeling I got when I beat the Elite Four in Pokemon Gen 2 back in like 5th grade, and then suddenly they put me on a ship, I opened the map, and it's the literal entire Kanto region. Epic moments man.

Fun fact about the Stanley parable, the game asks you at the start of ultra deluxe if you've played the original. If you say no, the game will make you do more of the original endings before the new content door appears.

The ending of Plague Tale Requiem was soul crushing, a fantastic ending to these two wonderful games, really hit HARD in the feels.

Love this topic. Not recent by any means, but I doubt any moment will ever top the revelation of what “Would you kindly?” really meant. My jaw dropped. Literally.

First thing I think of is god of war 2018 and the sneak peek of Thor. I got so hyped first time I saw it and I can’t believe we got to fulfill that this year with Ragnarok

My favorite “holy cow” moment is the Astray Maze from Control. The music, the chaotic nature of the titular Maze. How it all crescendos into this epic scene of hardcore rock and esoteric madness! Beautiful!!!

I finished Plague Tale Requiem just yesterday and even the chapter title King Hugo popping up felt so sinister. It was already a pretty sad game, but turning into a giant plague sphere that instantly destroyed a city felt like something out of Akira.

The Ashtray Maze from Control was mind blowing.

Tbh, when you talked about Elden Ring and that there is no other game that does it, I had the same feeling when I first entered the Blackreach in Skyrim. I had no idea there is anything like that and just thought it another one of those small cave dungeons, but suddenly it opened into this amazing and very deadly place with glowing mushrooms and stuff.

I'm glad Signalis (9:29) made it to a gameranx list. To me, the most holy s*** thing about this game was that it summoned memories and vibes (insanely great ones) from Another World / Out Of This World, but in a darker and horrifying set. Especially, when I think about it, due to the artistic/graphical path the developers took about the use of (barely-polished) polygons : in the 90s game from Eric Chahi, it was a technical limitation of the era rigs ; in Signalis, it was an absolute choice. One of the 2022 GOTY, in my list.

I’d also argue that prey 2016 could be in this list when you first shatter the looking glass at the beginning of the game. That for me is one of the biggest shocks I’ve ever had playing any game in recent memory

The true Holy SH*T moment is including Spark 3 in your video, seriously underrated gem of indie game.

"He is a rat boi, he can control...the rats"

I know Gameranx has several narators; Falcon is my favorite. He's just so relaxed...almost sounds like stream of thought commentary. Yeah, I know he's got to work from a script, maybe just an outline so he's sure to hit the important points. Yet, relaxed enough as if you're sitting next to him, while he plays, and he's just saying aloud what he' thinking.

On Elden Ring I was in the swamp for the first time and seen what looked like guards with a witch tied to a steak, I turned towards them and a dragon landed skidding through everyone triggering a boss fight. Absolutely blew my mind

A Plague Tale Requiem was one of my favorites of 2022. A lot of the time it felt like Aliens with rats, but there’s a lot more to it. And it has one of the saddest endings in a video game.

This is my favorite gaming channel hands down. Just wanted to give you guys props on all of the high quality content. I haven't even played any of the games on this list but I enjoyed the vid nonetheless. Keep it up!

Finding the Siofra River was such an amazing moment in Elden Ring. Like most people, I thought I had stumbled across a cavern or mini dungeon and then I saw the night sky and was absolutely in awe. I'm nowhere near finished with Elden Ring and want the experience to last as long as possible. It's such a beautiful, incredible game.

The Bonus one completely blew my mind, such a good and dark twist