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?
“War … war never changes”. The ending to 1997’s Fallout, being turned away by the overseer after wandering the wasteland, still cuts deep today.
The entire opening to Bioshock had me scared to leave the bathysphere and begin the game.
That and the video where you are being captured and put into a vat of a green glowing substance.