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?

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      @CosmicApe Offtopic: I have no idea what game this is, but this is (not literally) what Light Yagami said in Death Note, when he got the book and transformed into Kira.

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        It’s from Mass Effect, this is the character Mordin Solus catchphrase. CosmicApe is almost certainly refering to a (very good) cutsceen from one of the possible endings to the Tuchanka chain of missions in ME3.

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    Aeris’ death in FFVII. I’m sure there are more artistic cutscenes in others games I’ve played, but that one was the first one I remember punching me in the gut. And the soundtrack…

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    A lot of FFX. The opening, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA, Yuna’s first send off, the whole Home scene and the ending.

    Windwaker ending.

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    The end of Half Life 2: Episode 2. An incredible ending to one of the best video game series of all time, I could.not.wait to see what they were going to do in Episode 3…

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    Behold. Everything’s at the bottom of the sea. Gone is the magical kingdom of Zeal, and all the dreams and ambitions of its people. I once lived there…But I was another person then.

    And everything else in the damn game.

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      Holy shit… I’ve never had so visceral a reaction to any cutscene as this one.

      I got up, hard killed my pc and sat in the shower for 45 minutes. To this day, I still get chills recalling this scene.

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    The end credits of Ending E of Nier: Automata

    I don’t know if you can exactly count it as a cut scene, but if you do, it is an emotionally overwhelming experience.

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      Ending A already hit me hard, but in retrospect it made the other endings hit me even harder, when you finally understand what really happened.

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    “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.

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    I’ll open with Homeworld’s destruction of Kharak.

    I felt so many emotions simultaneously when I first saw this. It motivated me right down to the final mission. Up to today this is one of my pivotal gaming moments.

    “The subject did not survive the interrogation.”

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    So many to choose from in the Metal Gear Solid series, but the one that sticks with me the most is when Vamp stabs Emma Emmerich, with the setting sun over the ocean in the background. Perfect scene