hydro Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Grisaia. All I had heard going in was that it was a psychological story, naturally I did not expect one of the funniest common routes ever. I read Killer Queen more recently and really liked it, and while I was pleasantly surprised by a few things there was nothing in it that really caught me off guard. springning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverLi Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 VN: Ever17 or Sengoku Rance. Ever17, the music with the story was breathtaking in my opinion. But I also sat in the night and played it. Sengoku Rance, that addicting strategy aspect. And the option to always improve and try to beat your last score/characters. Some castlesegies you replay a dozens of times because you know you can beat it but you just need that speedluck or whatever. More of a stubborn behavior maybe. The satisfaction when you manage to capture a commander. Game: Civilization 5. The epic feeling when you are hopelessly behind and somehow turn it around and win. Or just stomping everyone because they are bad. But that "wow" feeling is lacking nowadays. I can't really find that epic feeling anymore. It is kind of frustrating but I blame the developers which are releasing broken games. For example Rome 2 is an awesome game but because of the 6 months where you could't play the game properly I can't ever say it got a place in my heart. springning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezeefreak Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 VN: My current one... Deardrops, I expected not much and got really surprised about the quality and it's still entertaining. Game: Mass Effect Trilogy, thats the last I had really that wow-effect. For me thats the best thing I've ever played and I will it do again and again . But as a PC player i was also impressed by NBA 2k15, because of the huge step they made on PC. CLuBLioN, ARX8 and springning 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchytaco Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Skyrim I was fightin' dragons and shit CLuBLioN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDice Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Skyrim I was fightin' dragons and shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchytaco Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Looks like a pretty game. Too bad my ps3 is broken. Its the limited backwards vompatible versiom too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDice Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Aye, what a shame. My old 360 is still crawling. I have to open the disk drive with a knife or Screwdriver though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reyaes Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Forza Motorsport 3 would be it. I can literally spend hours upon hours just driving and racing different super cars. Racing games are essentially the only video games I play, when I do play them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklord Rooke Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 The WOW factor was a lot more common in the old days, partly because of the low technology base. When the technology base was low, and because video gaming was a fairly new industry, progression would happen (often) in leaps. So the first time playing Baldur's Gate was Whoa, the first time playing Diablo was Whoa. These days improvements happen in increments so... Also publishers are risk averse. XCOM - Enemy Unknown has a Wow factor, along with Valkyria Chronicles. Not many games like that released. Also Telltale games like "The Walking Dead," for storytelling proficiency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidbatman Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 It has been over 4 years. 4 years since I was denied sleep in my pursuit for the end of an epic story. 4 years since I was put into a month-long funk, that still returns when I hear certain pieces of the soundtrack. 4 years since I finished Xenosaga Episode III, thus completing what I consider to be the last great JRPG I've played. Sure some decent ones have come along, but everything I have played pales in comparison to what the Xenosaga series did to me. Episode III grabbed me, and its shadow still looms large over all games I play today. I still search in vain for something to match what it did to me, and I've yet to find it. Xenosaga created the gamer I am today. It wowed me that much. springning and SilverLi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayana Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 There's a lot of games that I've played over periods of my life that took my breath away, as is with any progression of experiencing new things that come along your way. The last one that amazed me was an eroge called Subarashiki Hibi. Ever since finishing and re-reading 3 times consecutively a year and a half ago, I can say that my entire worldview and thought patterns have changed (or rather, have been heavily modified) as a result of taking to heart the story within this VN. Not only was it extraordinarily touching on a personal level, but it was also one of the greatest feats of ingenuity and 'paradigm shifting' I've ever seen in any story in any media. I've been "mindblown" by SubaHibi (sometimes by just thinking about it on the spot) so many times I've practically lost count and it goes to show that the writer is supposedly a very intelligent person who understands the world around us whilst being able to properly express himself (oh yes, it's a philosophical work xD). I guess my main interest/value here must be philosophy (or philosophy-related), as I managed to find what was the 'ideal' in accordance to this value. Obsessing aside, before that were various other stories that I previously thought were the greatest feat in media, too. Before SubaHibi; I saw Umineko no Naku Koro ni as the ideal, with Little Busters! being the next, and then Ever17 before that. Pretty sure if I traced all the way to the very first 'amazing' thing, it'd be Chrono Trigger. CT was a game that I held (and still do) as one of the true masterpieces out there in video games. I'm probably more into eroge/VNs now because the stories are more expanded upon, with no focus on gameplay mechanics and the improving of them alongside story elements. Maybe another one of my values is the story aspect independent to any gameplay? It's inevitable that SubaHibi will be surpassed as the pinnacle of all media by something else, most likely unexpectedly so. Knowing this, I like to be as forwardly biased as possible, so I can easily shift into any other thing I get involved with next (after all, this can be nothing but an opinion of mine). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~K.S~ Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Vn: Rewrite after the common route. Non-vn: Metal gear solid 4, everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katatsumuri Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Dark souls. Just Dark Souls. It's that feeling when you've almost beaten a boss, and you grow more and more tense the longer the fight goes on, until finally you know: Just a few more hits and I have won, but If I make a mistake, I'm dead. And then you win, and victory has never felt better. springning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenophilious Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Dark souls. Just Dark Souls. It's that feeling when you've almost beaten a boss, and you grow more and more tense the longer the fight goes on, until finally you know: Just a few more hits and I have won, but If I make a mistake, I'm dead. And then you win, and victory has never felt better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnerific Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 ...I spent about 10 minutes and 100+ arrows slowly whittling down Havel the Rock's health because I just couldn't parry his attacks or roll away fast enough. Knight problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asterisk Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 The last time a game truly just enraptured me was Dark Souls I. I thought it was all fun and death and then I discovered the plot and it jumped to my top 3 games of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 If we are not talking about VN's it might be as far back as a few months ago when I played Thomas Was Alone. What a beautiful game. Never thought I'd feel affection for a bunch of rectangles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5T4R Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I'll make it sweet and short; "Katawa Shoujo" made me shout WoW and my mom thought I was crazy. "Grisaia no Kajitsu" it's awesome + WoW! Actually, that's the only two Visual Novel's I played. Other than Visual Novel, "WoW Cataclysm" made me WoW few years ago and recently I bought this new awesome game called "Ryse Son of Rome", the graphics made me WoW, the story-line made me WoW, everything made me WoW! (I don't know how many times I used the word WoW.. Tehee!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springning Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 VN: My current one... Deardrops, I expected not much and got really surprised about the quality and it's still entertaining. Game: Mass Effect Trilogy, thats the last I had really that wow-effect. For me thats the best thing I've ever played and I will it do again and again . But as a PC player i was also impressed by NBA 2k15, because of the huge step they made on PC. I haven't played this game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrillej1 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Well, I'm currently being wow'd right now with Tears to Tiara 2. But the last game I had finished that made me literally say out loud "Wow..." after I completed it, was Danganronpa 2 on the PSvita. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springning Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 The most recent game that has made me go "wow" was Telltales:The Wolf Among Us. I was honestly a little bit skeptical as to whether or not it would be as good as TWD, but i was pleasantly surprised. I loved the 80's neo-noir theme and murder mystery's, and now i'm looking forward to the second season. well, I have heard this game, but haven't played it yet. The walking dead is also one of my favorite games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pentinor Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 ff14. Shiva HM when she switches to phase two, snaps her fingers and the music just enters god tier. I literally started shouting on coms at how gewd the music was.http://youtu.be/4BlEHnYogn4?t=4m25s springning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heizei_koukousei Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Finally played Project Diva on my friend's PS3. Best rhythm game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freestyle80 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 game that made me go 'wow' is....WoW esp the most recent expac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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