this year's (2010) greatest gaming moments

mine was Red Dead Redemption, few games have moved me more except MGS 4 and i think few games have reached the level of maturity and cleverness in that game script. to pick a moment in particular it would be the final chat between john marston and dutch. that and "Compass"

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep. Far and away my favorite Kingdom Hearts game, and the second biggest reason I'm glad I got a PSP last year.

Also, Donkey Kong Country Returns. An extremely worthy successor to the franchise, and my favorite game to play with my brother.

And Sonic Colors. Far and away my favorite 3D sonic, and notable for just being a good game without any qualifiers like "for a Sonic game". It's just good on its own.

edited 17th Dec '10 5:57:52 PM by Enlong

Red Dead Redemption and Mass Effect 2, easily the two best games of the year.

As for mods:

Command And Conquer 3: The Forgotten. This mod is a double Crowning Moment Of Awesome for me. For one, the oft-ignored Forgotten faction is fully fleshed out into something formidable, and two, it is perhaps the only C&C3 mod with a working Single-Player campaign.

Super Street Fighter IV. Dudley and Hakan say hi.

If the Japanese release counts, Pokémon Black and White. After a mediocre original 4th gen, Game Freak reconstructed the series with an actually interesting story and a completely upheaved competitive scene.

Bayonetta: Punching God into the sun. Oh, yeah.

edited 17th Dec '10 6:05:39 PM by Demongodofchaos2

After a mediocre original 4th gen

huh

I concur with Electivirus. Wha?

i've been wanting to play bayonetta, but what they've told about the port it's been scaring me to death. also i want to play birth by sleep and peace walker. why oh why did they have to be a psp exclusive? at least tell me there's a port on the way. for any of em.

...

Please?

Heart Gold and Soul Silver, BEST GAME MOMENT EVER!!

I must say having everyone live on your fist run of Mass Effect 2, and on the second day after the game came out no less, is just AWESOME.

Worst Final Fantasy ever? MY ASS.

^ Transformers can fuck off.

We cannot forget Assasins Creed Brotherho- *Stabbed*

@dmysta: Every Final Fantasy after 1 is the worst ever, and 1 may have nothing going for it beyond historical value. That's just the way the world works.

edited 17th Dec '10 10:19:41 PM by Recon5

Kirby's Epic Yarn in its entirety. Insert game, receive most squee ever and some damn fine platforming besides.

The moment in Super Scribblenauts when I realized "Dead Basilosaurus" was a valid phrase, and also when I discovered the many magical impregnating-of-men properties of dung.

edited 17th Dec '10 10:25:51 PM by SparkyLurkdragon

Bayonetta. The whole thing.

I'm thirding Mass Effect 2 and it's suicide mission. It didn't exactly feel suicidal, but I kept wandering what kind of little detail might get them killed (was I taking too long? Might Garrus not be up to being a fireteam leader twice? What kind of person should I send to escort the crew, etc), especially after losing Thane in the vent ducts. I know some found the fact that it gets sprung on you rather unexpectedly to be annoying, but it helped to create a real sense of urgency.

Mass Effect 2. A lot of people know bioware at this point need no reason to be called awesome anymore. Also, for me id say Puzzle Agent from Telltale. A profoundly messed up mind-screw of a game. You have to enjoy games that had such evil villains. And most of Sam and Max season 3. :)

Finale of Medal of Honor.

"Guys... we're gonna need you to give it your all here."

The Independent ending of Fallout New Vegas. Awesome ~

Red Dead Redemption was a great game, I agree. Sonic Colors is also amazing.