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E116 st huh? and you still play GTA?
i'd imagine that to be like tiki barber spending his weekends playing madden.
i'd imagine that to be like tiki barber spending his weekends playing madden.
A song comes to mind
"There's a rose in Spanish Harlem"
I might have gotten that wrong, it might be
"I see a rose in Spanish Harlem"
but you get the point. you're a rose. That was my point, rose....... in Spanish Harlem" I'll go away now.
"There's a rose in Spanish Harlem"
I might have gotten that wrong, it might be
"I see a rose in Spanish Harlem"
but you get the point. you're a rose. That was my point, rose....... in Spanish Harlem" I'll go away now.
116th street? Nice, I lived on 117th between park and lex till this march! It aint a ghetto no more! I had to move to queens because it got too expensive!
new york represent... brooklyn FTW. crackdown - climbing up to the top of the agency building carrying a body and then kicking it off. not cinematic. but fun. kind of like die hard one maybe?
my friend used to live on 111. i was up there a handful of times, thats enuf for me. i too am tiny and light skinned. but i'll be damned if mr crack doesn't have the sweetest ride in town. any harlemites ever see this beauty in person?
Ahh, I've got a good one.
Keys to the city mode in Crackdown.
A friend and I were ontop of the Agency Tower, loaded with explosive barrels, of course...
So, the idea was to recreate your generic action-buddy cop movie scene where you leap off of a roof building as it explodes, as seen in every Die Hard and Lethal Weapon movie.
My friend and I threw down some satchel grenades and took our position. We waited till night fall, as is derigeur. Once it was truly night, we swung the cameras around to face the explosion and did a 2 count jump with a 3 count detonation.
We also embelished by simultaneously screaming "JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMPPPPPPPPPP!" and "RUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNN!" while diving over the edge. As it was from my perspective, I was watching the explosion in my freefall, unable to cast an eye downward as to where I would land, so when my body made contact with the earth again, there was much pain and anguish. My friend, unconcerned with watching the explosion, landed safely in the agency pool below.
Good times, good times.
/wipes away tear
Keys to the city mode in Crackdown.
A friend and I were ontop of the Agency Tower, loaded with explosive barrels, of course...
So, the idea was to recreate your generic action-buddy cop movie scene where you leap off of a roof building as it explodes, as seen in every Die Hard and Lethal Weapon movie.
My friend and I threw down some satchel grenades and took our position. We waited till night fall, as is derigeur. Once it was truly night, we swung the cameras around to face the explosion and did a 2 count jump with a 3 count detonation.
We also embelished by simultaneously screaming "JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMPPPPPPPPPP!" and "RUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNN!" while diving over the edge. As it was from my perspective, I was watching the explosion in my freefall, unable to cast an eye downward as to where I would land, so when my body made contact with the earth again, there was much pain and anguish. My friend, unconcerned with watching the explosion, landed safely in the agency pool below.
Good times, good times.
/wipes away tear
Ok, don't know how "cinematic" this particularly sounds, but I definatly enjoyed doing it...
On Saints Row, for a good 2 hours I ran around a small area repeatedly finding the fat black woman in the cowskin dress just so I could beat her up.
And every time I got her I would kick her and kick her and kick her to the point where I stopped enjoying it. I just new: I had to keep kicking her. I think I liked to think that maybe she was Oprah Winfrey or something...I don't even hate Oprah! God knows! I suppose theres not much else to do in that shitting game when you're stuck on a mission...
But man, I am now almost wanting to rebuy that game just to do it again...you stupid fat bitch! pull a knife on me will ya?!
On Saints Row, for a good 2 hours I ran around a small area repeatedly finding the fat black woman in the cowskin dress just so I could beat her up.
And every time I got her I would kick her and kick her and kick her to the point where I stopped enjoying it. I just new: I had to keep kicking her. I think I liked to think that maybe she was Oprah Winfrey or something...I don't even hate Oprah! God knows! I suppose theres not much else to do in that shitting game when you're stuck on a mission...
But man, I am now almost wanting to rebuy that game just to do it again...you stupid fat bitch! pull a knife on me will ya?!
Arright, I've got nothing even close to that. But i remember playing GTAIII, driving around to a secluded dock (you know the one in liberty. Down the road form ther diner, where you go through that little tunnel), stopping the car, getting out and just stood there looking around. Now, I know it was easy 1's and 0's, but you stand there, nothing's really happening, you can see the other island over there that you couldn't get to yet.
And then there's just a few birds flying around. Just right against the weird afternoon orangish sky. Call me a sap for parlor tricks, but that was kinda deep for me.
I mean, its good to remember that before GTAIII there wasn't really day/night cycle, ambient wildlife, and full freeroam, barely instanced cityscapes like that. Just knda a "whoa" moment.
And then there's just a few birds flying around. Just right against the weird afternoon orangish sky. Call me a sap for parlor tricks, but that was kinda deep for me.
I mean, its good to remember that before GTAIII there wasn't really day/night cycle, ambient wildlife, and full freeroam, barely instanced cityscapes like that. Just knda a "whoa" moment.
When I had Vice City on the PC and I was using the Multi Theft Auto mod, there's nothing cooler than driving through a city on a motorcycle with 4 or 5 of your friends behind you, ruling the streets, taking out anyone who gets in your way.
And you better believe I was listening to "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins.
And you better believe I was listening to "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins.
Not especially cinematic but i did get bored in Crackdown once.
I was driving across town and hit the highway. I spied a gang controlled vehicle and decided to run it down. In the process i managed to piss off not only two gangs, but also the coppers.
After being chased, shunted and shot at, i think "fuck this" and i park my car across both lanes. I kept stealing cars and parking them across the lanes on both sides of the bridge i was on and decided to go postal on anyone approaching my barricade.
I stood up there on the arches until i had nothing left in my arsenal, at which point i threw cars and vehicle parts at anyhing passing.
When the coppers turned up en masse to take me down i dived off the bridge into the water to swim to freedom in Mexico.
Ofcourse, Mexico doesn't exist in this game so i settled for the Intellicenter Supply Point.
Such is (gaming) life.
I was driving across town and hit the highway. I spied a gang controlled vehicle and decided to run it down. In the process i managed to piss off not only two gangs, but also the coppers.
After being chased, shunted and shot at, i think "fuck this" and i park my car across both lanes. I kept stealing cars and parking them across the lanes on both sides of the bridge i was on and decided to go postal on anyone approaching my barricade.
I stood up there on the arches until i had nothing left in my arsenal, at which point i threw cars and vehicle parts at anyhing passing.
When the coppers turned up en masse to take me down i dived off the bridge into the water to swim to freedom in Mexico.
Ofcourse, Mexico doesn't exist in this game so i settled for the Intellicenter Supply Point.
Such is (gaming) life.
That's a great Crackdown story, dvddesign.
Joe Burling found this awesome glitch that allows you to launch cars across the map by throwing a ramp truck onto another car (containing the second player -- in this case, me). We had a hell of a good time messing around with that. Who knew the ocean in crackdown was so fucking large?
Joe Burling found this awesome glitch that allows you to launch cars across the map by throwing a ramp truck onto another car (containing the second player -- in this case, me). We had a hell of a good time messing around with that. Who knew the ocean in crackdown was so fucking large?
WTF, Double2 ... I went after the same fat chick! She really was a good target. I always loved standing on top of moving cars in that game. It would cause the NPC to drive like a maniac and scream like a woman (even if it was a male character). Also, the ragdoll in that game provides endless fun.
Shit yeah Grim me and Joe were doing that the other night, one time he knocked the truck I was in under the bridge, so the tires were sticking out on the top of the bridge and the actual cab of the car was protruding from underneath. Major epic!
crackdown IS the be all and end all of fantasticly unique moments! I particularly liked to stockpile dead bodies in the skips. You can kind of bounce them off a wall and in, great fun! Argh, and the anger I used to feel when I accidentally would pick up the skip instead of a body would drive me mad >:(
@Grim
it's good to no that great sadists think alike :) Do you also torture wasps after you swat them by forcefeeding them their wn stinger "just to show them a lesson"? Cos that would be uncanny!
it's good to no that great sadists think alike :) Do you also torture wasps after you swat them by forcefeeding them their wn stinger "just to show them a lesson"? Cos that would be uncanny!
This sort of thing is what kept me playing Halo for so many years back in high school. Our LAN games in the dormitory were always a source of brilliant war stories. Chasing someone down in the Warthog, watching him toss a grenade right between your wheels, getting thrown by said grenade onto the top of his base to land on three of his buddies, and then jumping out to stick a grenade to his face as he runs into that base for (apparent) safety...
Retelling past matches is almost as much fun as actually playing.
Retelling past matches is almost as much fun as actually playing.
In rainbow six last night I was planting a breaching charge and a C4 on the door between us and the enemy base, crouched there waiting with four people with a surprise attack when the other guy put his own breaching charge on the opposite side of the door before we could set ours off. it blew at the same time killing all four of our guys and two of their people. the best part was it fucked up the ragdoll physics and we all flew about 200 feet to the end of the hallway
I'd imagine you could get some pretty epic moments in GTA: San Andreas for PC using San Andreas Multi Player. But I wouldn't know, I can't play it with my copy.
Rainbow Six, split screen co-op, being totally pinned down by some wanker on a turret when your comrade comes out of nowhere and pops him in the head with a silenced pistol. And then you stop to wipe your palms.
@Mxy
I just spray mace in my eyes, but hey, if virtual onions does it for you, then yay.
Speaking of onions, this is just about as bad as the Three's Company theme.
I just spray mace in my eyes, but hey, if virtual onions does it for you, then yay.
Speaking of onions, this is just about as bad as the Three's Company theme.
Being another from NY. I cant imagine all the surreal moments waiting for me.
damn I hope they put Grants Tomb in this game. along with all those fucking raccoons in that area haha
damn I hope they put Grants Tomb in this game. along with all those fucking raccoons in that area haha
Great article, I'm glad you're writing stuff like this. I just bought the GTA III trilogy (for Xbox), having only played around with a friend's completed copy of Vice City one night, so I'm looking forward to creating similar moments this summer.
This is an old one but a good one, it was me and a friend and we were playing AVP2 Aliens V Marine... i was the alien and he was the marine, i went around and systematically killed all the lights on him forcing him into a small room with 2 vent shaft access points for me, and i proceeded to force him to use all his flares and mostly all the smart gun rounds while i darted in and out of the shadows...
what made this great was the fack he was in 5.1 and heard my footsteps surrounding him in the vents and then sometimes on the ceiling, i would often wait and move slowly and then hiss and dart in and out for a quick hit...
then the end came, we were both nearly dead and i leaped into the room slashing at the last light source on the ceiling, pitch black im hissing and screaming hes launching a hellfire of munitions.. the only light was from his rounds and our blood on the walls...
in the end it was a napalm grenade killing us both while we were screaming WHHHHHHHY WOOOOONTTTT YOOOOOOOOOOOOUUU DIIIIIIIIIIEEEE!!!!
we had a fun hack where we played co-op though the game as 2 preds and we team hunted everything on the hardest difficulty.. good good GOOD times there... the music, the stalking... i miss thouse days!
what made this great was the fack he was in 5.1 and heard my footsteps surrounding him in the vents and then sometimes on the ceiling, i would often wait and move slowly and then hiss and dart in and out for a quick hit...
then the end came, we were both nearly dead and i leaped into the room slashing at the last light source on the ceiling, pitch black im hissing and screaming hes launching a hellfire of munitions.. the only light was from his rounds and our blood on the walls...
in the end it was a napalm grenade killing us both while we were screaming WHHHHHHHY WOOOOONTTTT YOOOOOOOOOOOOUUU DIIIIIIIIIIEEEE!!!!
we had a fun hack where we played co-op though the game as 2 preds and we team hunted everything on the hardest difficulty.. good good GOOD times there... the music, the stalking... i miss thouse days!
one of my favorite things to do while playing san andreas is to get a healthy amount of wanted stars grab, a motorcycle, tune the country channel to "crazy" by willie nelson hold down the drive by button and put the camera on cinematic. and if you've got friends around, have a sing along.
Forgot to mention before, but excellent first front page post. Looking forward to more.
Rev Anthony is this guy who hates Twilight Princess, I'm not sure what else he's done.
Rev Anthony is this guy who hates Twilight Princess, I'm not sure what else he's done.
Arriba la Raza! You are spot on about Spanish Harlem in the summer. Damn, I miss my old neighborhood. Great post!
and Vice City. Best GTA game evah!
and Vice City. Best GTA game evah!
OK, sure! Leigh can talk about killing hookers with a chainsaw and enjoying, but if I were to do that, everyone would think I'm a psycho! Fucking double standards.
One time on the original Halo, I was playing with two of my buddies on the snow level. I started sniping my friend who just picked up a rocket launcher and in a panic, blindly shot off a rocket. Well I killed him as soon as the rocket was shot off. I started going after my other friend when the next thing we hear was "SUICIDE!" My buddy who I just sniped respawned and got hit with his own rocket. It was beautiful.
One time on the original Halo, I was playing with two of my buddies on the snow level. I started sniping my friend who just picked up a rocket launcher and in a panic, blindly shot off a rocket. Well I killed him as soon as the rocket was shot off. I started going after my other friend when the next thing we hear was "SUICIDE!" My buddy who I just sniped respawned and got hit with his own rocket. It was beautiful.
CTZ... you pshycotic bastard...firing at your buddies! :P
I don't have any cinematic moments to share...Except that in Saints row demo, There's this explosive barrel on the side of the road, and I always go for it. It is awesome seeing the car on fire and flying...until it blows up or I land on the water.
I don't have any cinematic moments to share...Except that in Saints row demo, There's this explosive barrel on the side of the road, and I always go for it. It is awesome seeing the car on fire and flying...until it blows up or I land on the water.
I recently picked up Scarface for the Wii. I had just finished distributing and had was taking my earnings to the bank. The song "Push it to the limit" was playing, during this time. I heard the line "you may get careless but you'll never be safe while your living", and shortly after...GANG RETALLIATION and I'm(err..Tony's) killed as he enters the bank. Heh, i laughed intill I realized that I lost a good 15 mil because of that...
TES4: Oblivion(PC version) is another game that got me some good cinematic moments. I had just finished the Knights of the Nine questline([b]KOTN spoiler warning NOW[/b}) with my custom companion I modeled the face off a RL friend of mine. The final battle in that quest line cuts the player off from the others though. Anyhow warped back to the priory basement after the fight, I head outside to be greeted by the fellow knights, and afterwards, turn around to see my friend standing there, awaiting further adventures.
Ahh, good times, good times...
TES4: Oblivion(PC version) is another game that got me some good cinematic moments. I had just finished the Knights of the Nine questline([b]KOTN spoiler warning NOW[/b}) with my custom companion I modeled the face off a RL friend of mine. The final battle in that quest line cuts the player off from the others though. Anyhow warped back to the priory basement after the fight, I head outside to be greeted by the fellow knights, and afterwards, turn around to see my friend standing there, awaiting further adventures.
Ahh, good times, good times...
well..i don't have a gta story. not even a 3rd person action/adventure murder simulator. but i have a few moments playing F.E.A.R. that are golden.
like finding yourself in a deathmatch with 8 people. i ran into a big wearhouse (sp?) like room with a big generator close to the middle. i heard gunfire and discovered that two enemies were quickly decimating eachother. i finished those two off with ease as they were low on health from the damage taken by one another. i am reloading my 30 round clip (which goes out really really quickly) when another baddy pops up in front of me, fully charged and ready to go. i hop around, dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge until my ammo is fully secure, and unload. i came out of the battle victorious and reloading again, grabbing his health booster (which replenished 40 health to put me at 80 out of 100). then i hear foot steps, and a split second later shooting from behind. as i dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge again, i regain control and shoot him down. as i reload once more and head towards his heal booster, another sneaky bastard pops up behind me, taking me out with no problems due to my low health. such is life in F.E.A.R.
like finding yourself in a deathmatch with 8 people. i ran into a big wearhouse (sp?) like room with a big generator close to the middle. i heard gunfire and discovered that two enemies were quickly decimating eachother. i finished those two off with ease as they were low on health from the damage taken by one another. i am reloading my 30 round clip (which goes out really really quickly) when another baddy pops up in front of me, fully charged and ready to go. i hop around, dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge until my ammo is fully secure, and unload. i came out of the battle victorious and reloading again, grabbing his health booster (which replenished 40 health to put me at 80 out of 100). then i hear foot steps, and a split second later shooting from behind. as i dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge again, i regain control and shoot him down. as i reload once more and head towards his heal booster, another sneaky bastard pops up behind me, taking me out with no problems due to my low health. such is life in F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R is pretty damn sweet, but I haven't had any really golden moments. But really, one could say any time you hit someone with the combat shotgun at point blank range is a golden moment. Sure is for me.
this story contains the power of awesome my only story is still gotta be from fear, some of are so intense i remember the huge open construction area battle from the expansion and then it led into this room and the lights started to flicker as sudden zobie shadow creatures appeared each time the light flickered and i spun a little cus i could hear them surround me,suddenly i was surrounded i could no longer the doorway from which i entered and then they screamed and i fired shots off in random directions and they raped my bloody body biting and screaming and i almost shit myself and then i died cenimatic style screaming firing going down with sporatic gunfire. well i did sleep with the lights on that night ill admit, it just wouldnt get out of my head as soon as those lights go off im fucking dead....damn realism
not really cinematic, but still funny. Played Halo yesterday, beat down this guy named Corleoni. He spawned in the same spot as he had died, beat him down again. He ended up coming back for me (i corpse humped him both times) and came after me with a flamethrower. Killed him with an assault rifle, corpse humped him. Different guy came up, burnt him to death. Corpse humped him, match ended. My friend played the next round, killed Corleoni, corpse humped him, Corleoni came back, and my friend was too busy corpse humping him to notice, got beat down. lmfao.
It was definitely funnier at the time.
It was definitely funnier at the time.
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