Cutscenes can be memorable for many reasons, such as their emotional impact, their humor, their shock value, or their artistic quality. Some cutscenes are so iconic that they have become part of gaming culture and history.
Which one is burned into your memory?
HarkMahlberg ( @HarkMahlberg@kbin.social ) 9•1 year ago“Wake up, Missster Freeman. Wake up and… smell the ashes.”
fuzz ( @fuzz@kbin.social ) 8•1 year agoAeris’ death in FFVII. I’m sure there are more artistic cutscenes in others games I’ve played, but that one was the first one I remember punching me in the gut. And the soundtrack…
Chimaeratorian ( @Chimaeratorian@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year ago“A man chooses. A slave obeys.”
SJ_Zero ( @SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net ) English3•1 year agoBehold. Everything’s at the bottom of the sea. Gone is the magical kingdom of Zeal, and all the dreams and ambitions of its people. I once lived there…But I was another person then.
And everything else in the damn game.
Maximilian ( @Maximilian@kbin.social ) 3•1 year agoProtocol 3: protect the pilot
Titanfall 2 Aviandelight ( @Aviandelight@mander.xyz ) 3•1 year agoThe opening scene to Ori and the Blind Forest. Was not expecting such an emotional scene right off the jump.
Xtallll ( @Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 3•1 year agoThe parade assassination in FF8.
Olon97 ( @Olon97@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago“Shut up. The cycle of nature and your stupid plan don’t mean a thing. ##### is gone. ##### will no longer talk, no longer laugh, cry… or get angry… What about us…what are WE supposed to do? What is this pain? My fingers are tingling. My mouth is dry. My eyes are burning!”
all-knight-party ( @all-knight-party@fedia.io ) 3•1 year agoWhen you go to check on Sayori in Doki Doki Literature Club. I went in blind.
Big_Boss_77 ( @Big_Boss_77@kbin.social ) 2•1 year agoHoly shit… I’ve never had so visceral a reaction to any cutscene as this one.
I got up, hard killed my pc and sat in the shower for 45 minutes. To this day, I still get chills recalling this scene.
Madison_rogue ( @Madison_rogue@kbin.social ) 2•1 year agoThe end credits of Ending E of Nier: Automata
I don’t know if you can exactly count it as a cut scene, but if you do, it is an emotionally overwhelming experience.
AWildMimicAppears ( @AWildMimicAppears@kbin.social ) 1•1 year agoEnding A already hit me hard, but in retrospect it made the other endings hit me even harder, when you finally understand what really happened.
I’ll open with Homeworld’s destruction of Kharak.
I felt so many emotions simultaneously when I first saw this. It motivated me right down to the final mission. Up to today this is one of my pivotal gaming moments.
“The subject did not survive the interrogation.”
rackmountrambo ( @rackmountrambo@kbin.social ) 2•1 year agoThe trailer for Dead Island made my wife cry.
DoctorOdds ( @DoctorOdds@kbin.social ) 2•1 year agoSo many to choose from in the Metal Gear Solid series, but the one that sticks with me the most is when Vamp stabs Emma Emmerich, with the setting sun over the ocean in the background. Perfect scene
Mullet85 ( @Mullet85@kbin.social ) 2•1 year agoI really love Snake and Otacon’s cool guy handshake in MGS2 as well
Ubettawerk ( @Ubettawerk@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 2•1 year agoSora saving Kairi’s heart in Kingdom Hearts.
Also, although it’s not exactly a cutscene, the ending of Bioshock
thingsiplay ( @thingsiplay@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago@original_reader There are couple of scenes. I choose these two. I just don’t want tell too much more, anyone who reads this and played the games, know what happened.
a) oldschool 2D sprites: Final Fantasy 6 on SNES from 1994. This game has too many to choose from, but here is one without spoiling. Celes, when she was alone and there was no more hope.
b) oldschool rendered CD sequence: Final Fantasy 7 on Playstation 1 from 1997. The Aeris scene, which I don’t want to spoil. SJ_Zero ( @SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net ) English1•1 year agoI’ll spoil it for everyone instead then!
ROSEBUD IS THE SLED.