History Awesome / VideoGameLevels

See also [[{{Awesome/VideoGameBosses}} CMOA: Video Game Bosses]].

* Twilight Princess' Temple of Time. Cool puzzles, cool music, Darknut. GIANT SPIDER. That is all.

* ''RedAlert2: Yuri's Revenge'' expansion features three notable ones for the Soviets, including one where you get to use Tanya and Boris together to beat one of Yuir's bases.

* The ''Hitman series has a few:

* ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles 4'''s penultimate level is a highway in [[{{Zeerust}} the year 2020\\, to what appears to be Las Vegas, and you (and your enemies) are on hoverboards.

* ''NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' has the hidden level 8-7. It's a nonstop thrill ride over lava atop a series of skeletal dragon roller coasters that [[MostWonderfulSound screech at just the right times]]. Reflexes and instincts are all you need to get through this level; even the Star Coins are not hidden. Finally, going through this level lets you bypass [[DownTheDrain 8]]-[[BlackoutBasement 4]].

** Except it was ''[[MissedMomentOfAwesome suppposed]]'' to be ''[[IronMaiden Run To the Hills]]''.

* There are two such levels in ''SuperMarioWorld''. The first is the Pirate Ghost Ship, where you (as Mario) revisit the Flying Fortress from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', and culminates into a massive drop through a long tunnel where you can rack up extra lives and points (completing the level opens up the gateway to the Valley of Bowser, and cuts out the music for the only time in the game). The second level is the final course in the Special Star World, "Funky". After making your way through the level, eating berries with Yoshi to increase the time limit, you pass a massive yellow pipe going into the air. After this point, the enemies disappear, and you continue heading to the right, only to find the message YOU ARE A SUPER PLAYER!!. ''Written entirely with coins''. '''Pure awesome'''.

* "The Great Journey", the last level of Halo 2. Hunters as your allies? Check. Scarab? Check. Scarab as your ally? Check. Scarab being driven by ''[[LargeHam Sergeant]] [[{{Badass}} Johnson]]''? Escorting Sgt.-Johnson-driven-scarab through a canyon in a Banshee while dogfighting other Banshees? Check. It's go time.

*** Don't forget the [[SuperMarioGalaxy Mario Galaxy references!]]

* One star in ''SuperMarioGalaxy'' has you traversing a floating lava area on a rolling ball while a meteor shower is falling and a ''hell remix'' of the ball theme is playing in the background.

* ''SuperMarioGalaxy2'' gives us Cosmic Cove Galaxy. It has [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome a beautiful theme]] and the level "Exploring the Cosmic Cavern" is a 2D water level, complete with flying water. The galaxy also features some cool skating. Also, Honeybloom Galaxy, completely 2D and pure Bee Mario Bliss.

** And finally the Rainbow Road had a CrowniningMusicofAwesome theme with beautiful neon lights in the background, chain chomps everywhere and the biggest shortcut ever made!

* ''Mario Kart 64'' has Bowser's Castle with that badass UrbanLegendofZelda and goosebump inducing CherubicChoir, and that awesome courtyard.But the best track ever invented that then got bastardized in Wii was Dk's Jungle Parkway with it's frickin' cool river jump and those coconuts that the natives threw,and best of all the river is beautiful

** And finally the Rainbow Road had a CrowniningMusicofAwesome theme with beautfil neon lights in the background,chain chomps everywhere and the biggest shortcut ever made!

Basically, this is the exact opposite of ThatOneLevel. Such a level is so much fun that it alone can justify the purchase of a video game. It can be because it contains (or ''is'') a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, a cool new game mechanic or maybe simply a perfect balance of challenge and gameplay potential. ([[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome music helps sometimes]].)

** The final level of {{Fallout}} 2 has the player [[spoiler:Boarding a two centuries-old oil tanker to the Poseidon Oil Rig in a attempt to rescue your tribe from The Enclave. Between you and your tribe, there is a army of elite mooks wearing Advanced Power Armor and totting the best weapons in the {{Fallout}} Universe. They are all two-legged tanks that could destroy entire towns by themselves. Unlike the wimpy Enclave in {{Fallout}} 3, these guys are more than capable of kicking your high-level, demi-godly ass. Going though the combat path means that you will have to rampage though the Oil Rig, destroying hordes of Enclave troopers either with [=NPCs=] (who will either die horribly or pull Crowing Moments of Awesome at each turn) or alone, until you blow the reactor and kill the president. From there, you have to go back to the Tanker though the barracks. In case you didn't clean it, you have to kill many squads of Enclave soldiers while the clock ticks. And then, you will have a showdown with The Dragon at the entrance. And a squad of elite Enclave soldiers. And a lot of minigun turrets. You can convince the squad to help you against Horrigan or/and turn the turrets against him, but if you want to have the best battle in the game, fight everyone, Horrigan, squad and turrets. The Oil Rig is definitively The Best Level Ever of the {{Fallout}} series.]]
* Yea, sure.....im pretty sure {{rudeness isn't cool}} didn't do their research.]]

** That's nothing. The final level of {{Fallout}} 2 has the player [[spoiler:Boarding a two centuries-old oil tanker to the Poseidon Oil Rig in a attempt to rescue your tribe from The Enclave. Between you and your tribe, there is a army of elite mooks wearing Advanced Power Armor and totting the best weapons in the {{Fallout}} Universe. They are all two-legged tanks that could destroy entire towns by themselves. Unlike the wimpy Enclave in {{Fallout}} 3, these guys are more than capable of kicking your high-level, demi-godly ass. Going though the combat path means that you will have to rampage though the Oil Rig, destroying hordes of Enclave troopers either with [=NPCs=] (who will either die horribly or pull Crowing Moments of Awesome at each turn) or alone, until you blow the reactor and kill the president. From there, you have to go back to the Tanker though the barracks. In case you didn't clean it, you have to kill many squads of Enclave soldiers while the clock ticks. And then, you will have a showdown with The Dragon at the entrance. And a squad of elite Enclave soldiers. And a lot of minigun turrets. You can convince the squad to help you against Horrigan or/and turn the turrets against him, but if you want to have the best battle in the game, fight everyone, Horrigan, squad and turrets. The Oil Rig is definitively The Best Level Ever of the {{Fallout}} series.]]

* Avernus Cathedral in LegacyOfKain : Defiance. Finally meeting vampire Turel, the one brother that escaped you in Raziels first game. Finally getting Raziels TK upgraded to Kains level. Encountering Mortanius, who hasn't been seen since the first game. And then, [[DoctorWho aaaaaaaand then]] Raziel and Kain finally battle it out to the death ''and'' you control one then the other and finally [[spoiler: Raziel rips Kains heart out of his chest and flings him into hell]]. And there's ''still'' a good two hours of game left.

* ''Star Wars: Empire at War'': First Rebel mission. A bunch of CR 90 Correllian Corvettes (think ''Tantive IV'') plus the ''Sundered Heart'' (a heavily modified CR 60, CR 60's being the predecessor's to CR 90's) destroying 5 space docks, countless TIE's, a couple ''Tartan''-class corvettes, and crippling a MOTHER F-ING IMPERIAL ''STAR DESTROYER''. With no losses.

* Glitzville in [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor Paper Mario: TTYD]] was definitely one of the highlights of the game.
** Also the Excess Express.