Top 100 Unforgettable Video Game Moments

Top 100

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• 100 "There's always a lighthouse."
• 99 They meet
• 98 Going to Canada
• 97 The unicorn
• 96 Watching TV with Jenny
• 95 Uboa
• 94 First contact
• 93 Lance Vance's betrayal
• 92 Getting the lightsaber
• 91 Final transformation
• 90 Mall mannequins
• 89 Defeating Olmec
• 88 Samus removes her helmet
• 87 Prey's intro
• 86 Hangman with a ghost
• 85 Fighting the Cyberdemon
• 84 The Jindosh Riddle
• 83 Loghain's betrayal
• 82 Dating Papyrus
• 81 Finding the hotel
• 80 The Super Gravity Gun
• 79 The Wrathgate Incident
• 78 The Spaniards never left
• 77 Ninjas fighting in a field
• 76 Microwave tunnel
• 75 Discovering the Throwback Galaxy
• 74 The Sinner Sandwich
• 73 Battling Poseidon
• 72 Destroying an AT-AT
• 71 Discovering Minerva
• 70 Mordin's song
• 69 Climbing that ladder
• 68 A kidnapping
• 67 This game isn't about fractions at all
• 66 Shooting a portal at the moon
• 65 Battling the Hydra
• 64 Crono's death
• 63 Saved by a Metroid
• 62 Finding Eventide
• 61 GLaDOS wakes up
• 60 Destroying Earth
• 59 Turning into a Heartless
• 58 Playing as the Arbiter
• 57 Looking into the light
• 56 Riding into Mexico
• 55 Insult Sword Fighting
• 54 Fighting Mecha-Hitler
• 53 Shepard dies
• 52 Desert trek
• 51 Entering the Dark World
• 50 Emerging from the sewers
• 49 Encountering the T-rex
• 48 Beating Mike Tyson
• 47 Arthas goes insane
• 46 Dr. Salvador appears
• 45 "We've got hostiles"
• 44 Encountering a Lesser Amygdala
• 43 The opera scene
• 42 Nuking Megaton
• 41 Going inside the moon
• 40 Finding the Warp Whistle
• 39 Clem and Lee say goodbye
• 38 Everyone prays for you
• 37 Becoming the blob
• 36 Pyramid Head's reveal
• 35 Scarecrow's nightmare
• 34 Shodan's reveal
• 33 "Remember, no Russian."
• 32 White phosphorus
• 31 The Colonel glitches out
• 30 Joel's lie
• 29 Zombie dogs
• 28 Puzzles are everywhere
• 27 Winner winner chicken dinner
• 26 Stepping onto the Halo
• 25 Beating P.T.
• 24 Dying on the mountain
• 23 Choosing your first Pokémon
• 22 "It's dangerous to go alone!"
• 21 You're the villain
• 20 Derailed
• 19 Robbing the bank
• 18 The Inverted Castle
• 17 Those giraffes
• 16 "Pick up that can."
• 15 Ornstein and Smough
• 14 The Boss fight
• 13 Darth Revan twist
• 12 Kerrigan's transformation
• 11 "The chopper is waiting for us."
• 10 Nuclear blast
• 09 Seeing the first Colossus
• 08 John Marston's last stand
• 07 Breaking out of Aperture
• 06 The first zombie
• 05 "Would you kindly?"
• 04 "The princess is in another castle."
• 03 Sephiroth kills Aerith
• 02 Psycho Mantis breaks the fourth wall
• 01 Pulling out the Master Sword

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Top Unforgettable Video Game Moments Start at #12 Get Started! Kerrigan's transformation Game StarCraft Release Date 1998

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Christian Holt

For those who remember back to Blizzard’s original Starcraft campaign, it was rife with twists. The most shocking in the initial Terran campaign is Mengsk’s betrayal on Tarsonis, leading to veteran ghost and beloved ally Sarah Kerrigan’s apparent death. It’s only in the Zerg campaign that we find out that she is not dead, but corrupted by the Zerg to become the Queen of Blades. When Kerrigan emerged from the chrysalis, she immediately became Blizzard’s most iconic villain-- once the love interest of lovable good guy Jim Raynor, she became a villain responsible for millions of deaths, hell bent on revenge against Mengsk and inhumane in her tactics. But through Kerrigan’s dark transformation, the Starcraft franchise also turned from being just a black and white space opera to a complex story with characters full of depth and shades of gray. Kerrigan, as the leader of the Zerg, granted them humanity — transforming their story from that of mindless insectoids into a somewhat sympathetic race of creatures.

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