I was just looking at a post about awesome moments in Halo, and that got me thinking. I've never gotten the chance to play Halo, but I have had many awesome gaming experiences. One I can remember is going to my friends house and playing COD Ghosts (My first COD game, I never played the others so it didn't feel like the "same thing as last time") the whole day. I actually adjusted to the game really fast and got pretty good (my friend... not so much) and I did really well. THEN we played Extinction for about 3 hours trying to beat Point of Contact, but none of our teammates were that great. Eventually though, we started getting tired, and our minds got tired, and my friend starting trolling people on the mic (which I doubt he'd actually do if he was wide awake) and we got a ton of laughs from that.
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I remember another story: Legend of Zelda Games: I was so relieved when I finally got to the end of a dungeon. I had completed all the puzzles, got all the treasure, searched every area. But then there is the boss. No, this isn't about a specific boss, just most of them. I would go into the boss' room and feel like I could take him on, I've already accomplished so much. But I can't. I try again and again. I begin to memorize his attack patterns, when he leaves open weak spots, and I formulate a plan. After all, some guy once told me "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again". And I did try again. Many times. And once the beast was slain, that was when my true sense of epic accomplishment came.