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So hopefully I'm doing this right! :) (I'm still new to some of this so haven't figured out things yet! I did ask this via Mastodon also, but wanted to add more detail to my answer!)

Is there a computer game, a moment in a game, a boss fight, or a specific moment that you would love to experience fresh with no prior memory of it?

Mine would have to be The Seat of Sacrifice fight in Final Fantasy XIV, one of if not my most favourite fights in the game to date.
The mechanics work so well and tie into everything that's been happening, and then that moment where <redacted> (I refuse to spoil it!) shows up to help and then leaves with I think what made me cheer SO MUCH the first time I did the fight.

The music, the song To The Edge has become one of my most played songs in my entire music library (alongside Endwalker - Footfalls and Shadowbringers) as it is quite frankly perfect for the fight. and when they revealed that Soken had been battling cancer and wrote it whilst in hospital...

I adore the fight all together, and cannot help but say the lines in the cut scene bit in the middle every time I do the fight, and will never ever get bored of it.

So what moments in a game would you love to complete again with no prior experience?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Double dragon 2 in the helicopter when the twins come out of the cockpit and you’re basically stuck in a small area. Plus if you get knocked down there’s a good chance you get sucked out of the doorZ

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'd say What Remains of Edith Finch. Would love to replay that without knowledge of the game again

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If it has to be a specific moment/level/fight/etc, off the top of my head I'd love to fight the final boss in Final Fantasy 13 fresh again. Its such a cool test of everything you've learned about the combat and a great example of how a JRPG boss can be vulnerable to ailments and debuffs while still putting up plenty of fight. There are definitely better boss fights in gaming but this was one of the most fun to learn how to do in the moment and it also loses a good bit of what makes it fun when you know whats coming.
If I'm allowed to pick a game in general, absolutely Xenoblade 1 as its my favorite game of all time. Amazing combat both in terms of system mechanics and party member variety, really fun to explore enviroments that are never annoying to fight in, and near perfect side content both in terms of amount and structure. Its replay value is insane as I've replayed it 4 times (2 on Wii, 2 on Switch) but I'd love to experience it for the first time again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Escape velocity - I'd love to experience that game over again. Came out in the 90s.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The Last of Us, both of them. The gameplay is good and all, but it'll never really be the same as the first time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The first level of Homeworld, I had been playing games since pong and hadn't ever considered the impact music and a great story could have. That coupled with playing a type of game which was very new just floored me.

Half life, I remember running to the soldiers to protect me.

Everquest, walking out of Freeport city seeing dozens of other players, I spent the first night feeling like I'd found something I never knew I needed in video games, community.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't want to spoil anything, but the final (true final) boss for Titan Soul really blew me away. I was so dialed and so stressed and somehow came through on top, I felt like a god.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you played Death's Door yet? If not, I would highly recommend doing so... for no reason in particular, of course. But do it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I did and I reallllly enjoyed it :)))

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The best decision I made was going into that not realizing quite what it was. Was absolutely blown away when the reveal hit me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The Witcher 3 story.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have a couple gaming moments I would love to experience again for the first time:

Destiny 1 - The Taken King raid through and through. The atmosphere, the music, the sense of "what we're doing here really matters." Raids in Destiny have always been the best part of the game for me, but that one really holds a special place in my heart.

Bioshock - There's a moment in the campaign that I won't spoil, but if you know, you know.

Fallout 3 - This game was my first open world game, so it had a lot of lasting impressions on me. All the little side stories, side quests, lore, terminal entries, etc. I spent so many hours just reading terminal logs and learning about all these people that used to exist in this world. Up until that game, most games I played were an "on-rails" experience. This was a whole new thing for me: the idea of story being what I make of it, rather than what I'm told it is.

The Last of Us - In sort of the opposite to my reasoning for Fallout 3, this one is the best linear story of all time for me. It was just such a perfectly tailored experience, there's nothing like playing it for the first time.

Titanfall 2 - "Protocol 3" (if you know, you know)

Apex Legends - Launch day specifically, because they dropped it with no prior marketing or anything. Everyone was just running around trying to learn this brand new thing. It was my first BR I had any interest at all in playing. Unfortunately, it overstayed it's welcome for me, but launch day was something else.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The entirety of Outer Wilds was absolutely incredible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The emotional roller coaster that was the end of Chapter 5 and beginning of Chapter 6 of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Everything that went on during it solidified the game as my new favorite of all time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Subnautica, Outer Wilds, Chrono Trigger, Wind Waker. In order: the first time I encountered a Leviathan, the Sun Station, the Ocean Palace, and returning to Hyrule.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

So many....

Top I would have to say Witcher 3 OG game (though both DLC were amazing)

For a single boss....not for the 'wow' moments but more for the 'omg I finally did it!': one of the following from the Dark Souls series:

Black Dragon Kalameet (DS1)
Fume Knight (DS2)
Slave Knight Gael (DS3)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

So many but my favorite moment was my first playthrough of Skyrim. I had no idea what I was doing, my gear was just a hodgepodge of stuff I found and I just kept running away from dragons because I couldn't quite beat them. Then at one point I learned how to shield bash and realized I could interrupt the fire breath. I was still weak af, i had to run around and spam my weak heal spell...BUT...I was starting to win. I was going to take this one down damnit. The fight lasted so long that the music rolled into the main theme, and i was winning! I felt like a god damn hero. I wish I could forget it and do it all again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The original Deus Ex is always top of my list. I play through probably once a year and the dick around on multiplayer for a month or so after that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

TUNIC. The correct answer is Tunic. I do not know hiow to express how strongly I feel about this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

For me it's Outer Wilds. It's a kind of space exploration/deduction game where you fly around in your ship at your own pace and explore what you want to explore. After a while you discover that there are small mysteries that all point to a central giant mystery and you start uncovering that by experimenting with the mechanics and discovering new places.

It's seriously amazing but you can only ever truly experience its mystery once.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The Neifirst fight in Phantasy Star II.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oh man, so many games. All Metroid (except other M), the first Diablo (especially the Butcher fight), FF6, especially after the last boss battle, will always feel bad about shadow 😔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

NieR Replicant (2021). One of my favourite games, I really liked the story and the characters

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'd replay the entirety of Automata again without memory, on PC plugged into the TV with a controller.

I loved Replicant's story, but E was a painful slog to achieve. Even B in NA was a delight because I could catch up on all the amazing side quests I had missed.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

If I could go in full blind no prior knowledge? Final Fantasy 6. I get that it's cheating but it was a sprawling emotional epic and it's been twenty years. I remember getting to the end at like... 3AM after basically a full complete and maxed out run and that ending was.... I want to say a half hour. It had a hell of a lot of emotional callbacks, resolutions, and a few genuinely funny moments. All in a refutation of Kefka's strawman nihilism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

In Mafia there was a scene in a multifloor parking lot that there was supposed to be a deal made. Ofcourse the deal goes sideways when police crash the part and a shootout occurs. I don't know why I have a very vivid memory of this scene since I was a little boy, it must be like 20 years ago or something but I still remember every detail about this fight. Here you can see it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Elden ring with seamless coop and 3 of my friends. It would be insane discovering the whole game together at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yakuza series as the whole. I would do anything to experience it fresh once again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People who understand will know this should be right up there with Chrono Trigger. Ryu Ga Gotoku is awesome.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I would kill to be able to experience Nier Automata Ending E for the first time again.

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