Epic Cutscenes

[Slayer_2]

When Dom finds his wife in Gears 2. Not gonna give any more away.

 

[13lackfriday]

A couple in Halo 2, and just about everyone in Halo 3...some of them felt a bit understated, but the sheer scope of the events unfolding around you are just staggering.

The final Dead Space boss fight with the Hivemind and the following escape.

Mass Effect's...the sacrifice...the brutal combat...the drama...and the sleek, stylish sexiness of Scifi.

And of course...the latest Spy video.
Watching him infiltrate the enemy and methodically pick them off one by one, always with immaculate style and panache.
Plus, he scores with Scout's mom.

What game is this from?

Knights of the Old Republic 2

That moment, like many other beautifully scripted ones in the game, got my spine tingling- and had me going "OSHITOSHITOSHIT" at that plot twist for hours.

 

[Shapsters]

The radio room scene with Cole in Gears 2. It's not exactly classy, but it tickles me every time.

Man, Cole might be the best character ever made.

The Cole Train Baby!!!

 

[Christemo]

the Kha-Baleth 1 in Heroes of Might and Magic 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5w8F-06lk (roll onto 0:20 in the video).




Also, Meet the Spy (if it counts)

 

[Reep]

Obligatory Bioshock mention, the golf scene with Ryan.

 

[ThisNewGuy]

MGS3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzp39LizZVw

 

[Quick Ben]

Damn. The scene I was going to mention was in thte one in the first post!
Oh well, another epic one is the twist in KotOR 1:

Spoiler

The one where you are revealed to be Revan

 

[Ultrajoe]

Wrathgate Cutscene.

From WoW. A Cutscene from WoW.

The fact that you worked for a good deal of time to bring the event about, and it is part of a world you are immersed in by default, with characters you know and a storyline you have lived all combine with an utterly awesome battle to be my favorite cutscene ever. It's not just the awesome, it's the context it's used in. If you plan to bash Wow then please do so that I may laugh at you for years. I don't need a reason.

Also has, you guessed it: FOR THE HORDE

 

[Ghostkai]

MGS3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzp39LizZVw

This. Or pretty much any "touching" MGS moment.

 

[Ghostkai]

Wrathgate Cutscene.

From WoW. A Cutscene from WoW.

The fact that you worked for a good deal of time to bring the event about, and it is part of a world you are immersed in by default, with characters you know and a storyline you have lived all combine with an utterly awesome battle to be my favorite cutscene ever. It's not just the awesome, it's the context it's used in. If you plan to bash Wow then please do so that I may laugh at you for years. I don't need a reason.

Also has, you guessed it: FOR THE HORDE

I second this. Sheer brilliance. Also the new Ulduar cutscene really sets up the new tensions between The Horde and the Alliance. Garrosh and Varian are twats for the record.

 

[Brotherofwill]

The last 2-3 hours of MGS 4 are pretty epic.

 

[Vjam]

I love the L4D cutscene (the first one(in the main menu(it's amazing in HD!)))

I also love the little cutscene in CoD4 in "no fighting in the war room" when the door it slowly opening;

Gaz: That's it open
Price: Can't it go any faster?
Gaz: You can try pushing it, if you think it would help cpt.
Price: Cheeky Bastard



Oh and;

"Surely you can't be serious..."

"I'm serious... and don't call me shirley!"

lol

 

[Ultrajoe]

I second this. Sheer brilliance. Also the new Ulduar cutscene really sets up the new tensions between The Horde and the Alliance. Garrosh and Varian are twats for the record.

Garrosh rules. He's just like every other WoW fan and is sick of Varian's whining and wants to teach the sod a lesson. Thrall is laughing his ass off on the inside. Sure, he might be a little bit of a tosser, but in this case his tosserishness is justified because it's aimed at the king of all tossers, the king.

Overlord Saurfang is the man, though. He needs more story-coverage. Even if it was just him cleaving kodo's in half to prove that he doesn't give a damn about the GCD.

 

[Vrex360]

Halo 3's ending I thought was well put together.

As was Bioshock's work.

And Mass Effect given that you the player get to interact.

 

[Xerosch]

The Thief: Dark Project scene with the Trickster wins. It blew my mind when I saw this for the first time. Couldn't believe games could cross the line to be epic. This scene features absolutely everything good I want to see in a game (i.e. art, cinematography, dialogue, and of course pain, suffering and a mad enemy)

Metal Gear Solid 3's ending was mindblowing as well (for the first time I had problems with pulling the trigger)

I also love the ending of Lost Odyssey. It's beautifully rendered and bittersweet.

 

[sms_117b]

A lot of the warriors (Dynasty / Samurai / Orochi) intros are awesome, like this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUaemGnpjYI&feature=PlayList&p=BB3F932190AAB28F&index=5&playnext=4&playnext_from=PL

Although knowing the characters adds more to the feeling of the video than just watching and not knowing.

 

[Ghostkai]

I second this. Sheer brilliance. Also the new Ulduar cutscene really sets up the new tensions between The Horde and the Alliance. Garrosh and Varian are twats for the record.

Garrosh rules. He's just like every other WoW fan and is sick of Varian's whining and wants to teach the sod a lesson. Thrall is laughing his ass off on the inside. Sure, he might be a little bit of a tosser, but in this case his tosserishness is justified because it's aimed at the king of all tossers, the king.

Overlord Saurfang is the man, though. He needs more story-coverage. Even if it was just him cleaving kodo's in half to prove that he doesn't give a damn about the GCD.

Well, even if it's justified in this instance, Garrosh is still a twat, he wants to kill Thrall and take his place after all. Though I got a feeling Saurfang would kill him before he got the chance.

 

[ShotgunSmoke]

The ending of Mass Effect. First time I stood up and clapped during a game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtDM24djrFw

 

[Nattaboy]

Just about every cutscene in MGS4. especially the one where Liquid shoots down the choppers with a finger gun. And when you are crawling through the microwave corridor, although thats not really a 'cutscene' as such.