Awesome Video Game Modes, Moments or Aspects

by dudacles

I felt like writing a blog for the first time in like, forever. A lot of shit has happened in my life that had me hitting a tiny depression, but enough about that. What I want to talk about in this blog is awesome video game moments, aspects or modes. Resident Evil 4 - The Village I like Resident Evil 4, and am looking forward to Resident Evil 5. However, one gameplay sequence has always stuck...

Resident Evil 4 - The Village

I like Resident Evil 4, and am looking forward to Resident Evil 5. However, one gameplay sequence has always stuck out to me -- the village. Resident Evil 4 is not as focused onOne of my favorite moments in RE4 pure atmosphere as its predecessors, but it has some awesome action sequences. The very best, to me is the village, and it's at the very start of the game. At this point, you don't really know much about what is going on there, which makes the whole sequence a bit more atmospheric. However, what I like most about it is the sheer volume of options available to you. You can run into houses and then shove shelves infront of the doors. You can climb up to roofs and then kick away ladders. You can attempt to take refuge in the tower, but the Ganados will soon set it aflame if you hang around too long (at this point, Leon shows off just how superhuman he is by jumping down 30 feet) and so on. However, the true turning point comes when you head into a certain house. El Salvador, the chainsaw-toting crazy man will show up and will likely show you one of the coolest death sequences in the game, the first few times you play the sequence even, if you suck at the game like me.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - Terrorist Hunt

I love Instant Action modes. They allow you to skip bad storylines and just get straight into the action. No game does this better than Rainbow Six Vegas. R6V's gameplay is This is one of my favorite mapsfantastic, with an incredibly sleek cover system, great shooting mechanics and smart foes (although there are exceptions). Terrorist Hunt is hard, on Realistic at any rate, which is the only way to play the game. It's impossible to beat a map without teamwork, as you simply are not stronger than your opponents, and it's extremely tough to beat more than two at a time by yourself. But that is also what makes it so addicting. Me and a couple of friends could spend all night trying to beat a map on splitscreen -- with only two players at a time mind you. Strategy and communication are key here, and I credit Terrorist Hunt as being the only mode that makes camping in a room waiting for unsuspecting foes to run by exciting. You have a split second to respond if they do, because failure to shoot them inmediately tends to lead to death rather quickly against enemies on realistic. When you finally do outsmart 49 or so enemies though, the hunt for that last bugger begins. However, you still have to be careful, because hastily rounding a corner that the guy is standing behind makes him respond with a burst of fire faster than humans should be able to. However, this is also what makes Terrorist Hunt so damn satisfying. It highlights the game's strenghts, and makes for a fantastic coop mode.

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - Klungo SSSaves teh World

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is an awesome game. However, the game actually contains a gem of a parody; Klungo SSSaves the World. Klungo has some talent as a programmer, but his game has some hilarious flaws that litterally had me laughing my ass off the first time I came across them, making me fail the stage due to my inability to keep playing. I couldn't find a picture of the actual game quickly enough. Sue meMemorable moments include a point where you have to make a jump without knowing where the unstoppable Klungo actually is. Shortly afterwards, you seemingly have to make another jump, but it is not so. That part had me scratching my head for a while, but it turned out I didn't actually have to do anything at all! Simply letting Klungo walk off the edge made him land perfectly. I slapped myself after that one. The instructions are also some of the best I've ever read. Buy BK: N&B and discover what should have been the game of the year 2009.

Grand Theft Auto IV - Free Mode

Grand Theft Auto IV is often dissed because of boring gameplay. It is true, San Andreas has more variety and more throwaway options like silly Jumping off this building is always good fun. Too bad the camera cuts out nanoseconds after you hit the ground.minigames to mess around with than this more focused edition to the acclaimed series. However, I disagree. GTAIV has free mode, as well as tons of other completely badass multiplayer options that make sure that the game will never get boring to me. Like every multiplayer game, having a decently-sized group of friends to play with is essential. If you have that, Free Mode can supply you with some of the most random and insane fun you'll ever have. Trying to hit players as violently as possible with a car, or even better; a motorcycle never, ever gets old. There are a lot of FPSs on Xbox 360 and PS3 these days, but sniping a dude as he is attempting to take off with a helicopter feels better in GTAIV than it does in all these games combined. Also, I can spend like half an hour trying to land my chopper on one of the airplanes that cut through the Liberty City skyline, even though I'm pretty sure that it is impossible to do. I don't need to tell you to get this game, because everybody owns a copy of GTAIV, but I do suggest you play Free Mode with me. It's badass.

Crackdown - Coop

Few games have as awesome a coop as CrackdownYes, another sandbox game. What can I say, I'm in love with the genre. Anyway, Crackdown is something different. The Agents can swim faster than Phelps, jump higher than Tia Hellebaut and are almost as muscly as Arnie Swarzenegger in his Mistah Universe days. It's an awesome game that gets twice as awesome the moment you hit up a friend with an invite to play coop. Killing gang leaders is fun with two players, but I feel the fun only truly begins when you kill the other guy once. A counter comes up on the screen; one up for you. From that moment forth, a game of cat 'n mouse likely begins that has you and your buddy chasing each other around the map, from the deepest basement to the hightest skyscraper. It's truly epic. Oh, and launching yourself up into the air by your buddy, who is driving an Agency Supercar in the opposite direction is badass beyond words. Which is also why I can't seem to get that sentence to sound good at all.

Bottom line; all these games are awesome. I just picked out the parts that I felt were worthy of special mention. Feel free to agree, disagree and to put in your two cents on what are awesome gaming moments/modes/aspects of games, whatever. I'll put up a second part with more awesome modes in the future. I hope you enjoyed reading.