Your favorite set pieces in games

naturon

Hey Folks,

So I recently picked up L4D again, I used to be way into it and no matter how many times I played it, the plane crash scene in the finale of the dead air campaign always blew me away.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIPV6DuZ2Cw&feature=related"]Left 4 Dead - Dead Air Plane Crash *Super High Quality* [2x GeForce 280 Super-HQ] - YouTube[/ame]


This got me thinking ... what are you favourite set pieces in game art in released games. They don't have to be animated, it could be as simple as a fountain or a mug on a desk.

P.S. I've really been trying to work on my material definition lately so any good examples of that would be awesome as well

Mongrelman

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJeJZ6FzmeQ&t=3m1s"]Call Of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare - Nuke Explosion - YouTube[/ame]

DrunkShaman

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uzc2Pdv8LQ"]Thief: Deadly Shadows - Shalebridge Cradle - YouTube[/ame]

This stage freaks me out everytime I play it.

Shalebridge Cradle. The way it starts, the way it makes you feel like you are in a torture chamber and cant get out unless you kill yourself, the way you get in to the alternate dimension to find out what exactly happened.

Its just amazing.

MrOneTwo

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLalB1CeXXA"]Metal Gear Solid 3 pt 44 Final Duel With Ocelot - YouTube[/ame]

Ocelot duel!!! I love the whole game. Of course the ending is a great set piece too.

Lamont

Here we go..

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFXlG8cHH6g"]Shadow of The Colossus - Final Boss Colossus - YouTube[/ame]

Torch

Vampire Bloodlines - The sewers, trying to get to a vampire underneath them as part of a quest. I remember running out of bullets and legging it through with these f'd up creatures chasing me, didn't look back but it got my heart racing hearing their footsteps behind Game had a really awesome atmosphere.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caB5D3Wh9io"]Let's Play Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines! Part 63 (part 3 of 5 More sewers) - YouTube[/ame]

Ged

God of War 3 cronos battle, the scope is just incredible, I dont know how they even planned this but it worked!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoc4PYVewF4"]God of War III - Boss #5: Cronos [1/2] - YouTube[/ame]

Andreas

The second last mission in the first Modern Warfare. When that nuke went up, damn. The following 15 minutes are an adrenaline rush. Can't remember the name of the mission so can't provide video.

Racer445

i love that one part in that one video game where its all brown then there's an explosion

passerby

the surface levels of metro 2033 were pretty freaking intense, spend all this time stuck in the tunnels to get out to the surface, and you feel really exposed and just want back in the tunnels again. HL1 has a similar feel also.

and the city in mirrors edge, and some of the chases.

ScudzAlmighty

That bit in God of War 2 where the camera switches to a side-scroller view and everything goes black except for the light through the windows behind you.

Sukotto

The second time you fight Orochi in Okami is one of my favorite boss battles
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfA7Ag9ziWo"]Okami (Wii) - Shiranui Appears - YouTube[/ame]

jordan.kocon

Anything in the Uncharted series

aivanov

Modern Warfare's Pripyat mission - did not recall any 'stealth' mission as immersive as that in an FPS up to that point.

slipsius

Dead space 1... The first time a tenticle thing comes out and grabs you. I died the first time because I had no idea I had control. It was so seemless and innovative. I absolutely dropped my jaw. Love that game.

ErichWK

This level..from my favorite game of 2011.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKsmOhbwiAA"]Rayman Origins "Get Away!" Mr. Dark Chase Scene - YouTube[/ame]

Sukotto

Resident Evil. Dog breaks through the window. Pants pooped. Nuff said

leilei

Other than the obvious (every stage in Vampire Savior), there's this
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM25DFV7q2c"]PURE STUPIDITY in the Disco of Timesplitters: Future Perfect (PS2) Online with XLink - YouTube[/ame]

Ok this video's a bit stupid, but it shows off some of the map's interactivity.

VPrime

COD 1 the stalingrad mission
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9D7p9jw4Vw"]Call Of Duty 1 Walkthrough - Russian Mission 1 - Stalingrad - YouTube[/ame]

Mongrelman

Half-Life 2: Episode 2 - final strider battle.

naturon

Ah the final strider battle was awesome ... Just about every set piece in Episode 2 was awe inspiring (although it always irked me a little that you could see a seam in the swirling clouds above the citadel or maybe I was looking too hard )

Can I say that Raymond game looks amazing I'm really going to have to pick it up.
Here's another one I always enjoy ...

Spoilers BTW

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk8IdP-upKY"]Half-Life 2: Episode 2 G-Man Scene - YouTube[/ame]


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzhMAz2NuP4&feature=player_detailpage#t=104s

ausernottaken

The advisors tearing everything up in Half Life.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSgZZZYEoo4"]Half Life 2 [HD] Episode 2 / Meeting the 'Advisor' - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfb6SQs5ktU&"]Half-Life 2 Advisor Scenes (Part 3) *Major Spoilers* - YouTube[/ame]

Habboi

Being introduced to Anor Londo in Dark Souls was just :O

R3D

the fact that you can litterally go anywhere you want in JC2

Oniram

Hanging from a train in the opening sequence of uncharted 2. My jaw was on the floor the entire time.

GarageBay9

Wan Chai market in Deus Ex.

When I think back on the game, that's the first image that always comes to me.

Guriamo

The endboss fight in Bayonetta was one of the best sequences i ve played... in combination with the excellent credits screen..

ScudzAlmighty

Not to sound like even more of a fanboy (after the other two threads), but everytime you turn a corner in Darksiders II:poly142:

SaferDan

This bit both terrified and enraged me all at the same time. I love Bioshock.

Fu Steinman!

http://youtu.be/9Wxb8HjiDLQ?hd=1&t=2m29s

vargatom

Meeting the first Shambler in Quake 1. Nearly pissed myself.

Mind you, mouse look in an FPS game was new back then, we were used to keyboard only in Doom. So when that insanely big monster started to throw lighting around, I practically forgot how to control the game.

schneller

When I played Deus Ex: Human Revolution I fell in love with the Hengsha level and being able to see Upper Hengsha looming in the distance. Such an awesome feeling of scale and atmosphere.