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Hmm. Let's see, here are the ones that haven't been mentioned yet:

Ultima Underworld 1: The confrontation with the Slasher of Veils -- you
toss the Talismans into the lava, get sucked into a psychedelic realm
and have to outrun an extremely pissed-off foe you cannot even scratch,
never mind kill. Ye-ow! The most intense end boss encounter I've had in
any game, and a most welcome departure from the same, boring old "kill
the big foozle" type of climax.

Ultima 6: This was my first cardinal Ultima. After exploring Castle
Britannia, I stepped out into Britain proper, saw people running around,
everyone following their own little schedules ... and realized there was
a huge, real world out there to explore!

Ultima 6 again: Having learned the language of the gargoyles and their
reasons for wanting me dead, there was only one way to stop the
hostilities -- pledge my life to their leader, and hope that we could
find an alternative solution before he decided it was time to haul me
back to the same bloody altar my friends had snatched me off in the
beginning of the game.

Ultima 7, The Black Gate: Returning to New Magincia to return Alagnar
the sage's very enlightening notebook which he had kindly let me borrow
-- only to find the poor bastard ritually slaughtered and dismembered on
the floor of his house. What had happened? Well, the wisps who had given
me the quest to let them absorb the information in the notebook had then
passed it on to the game's ubervillain, the Guardian, who apparently
decided the sage had delved too deeply into his insidious schemes and
sent his minions to murder him. So, essentially, my virtuous Avatar was
at least partly responsible for the poor guy's brutal death ... it
haunted her for a long, long time.

(Also in U7 TBG, and I don't care if it's against the rules ;) --
hearing the guardian's voice in the intro. It sent shivers down my
spine, and I've never again come to love-to-hate a villain as quickly
and completely.)

Ultima Underworld 2: Exploring Kilhorn Keep and realizing with grim fury
what a deliberate, hideous mockery of Castle Britannia and the Virtues
it was. Much later, this mockery climaxed in the confrontation with Mors
Gotha, the Guardian's anti-Avatar and leader of his forces. This was
even more disturbing because she bore more than a passing resemblance to
my own character.

Ultima 7, Serpent Isle: At least three unforgettable moments in this
one. 1) Seeing the burned-out husk of Castle Britannia in the Dreamworld
and talking to a despairing Lord British. My Avatar was terrified this
vision would come true and there would not be a Britannia to return to,
and although she knew the key to solving all these problems lay on
Serpent Isle, she desperately wished she could be there for Britannia's
people in their hour of need. 2) Having to fight, and worst of all kill,
my three best friends after the Chaos Banes possessed them. No kidding,
I had tears in my eyes during that battle. 3) Dupre's sacrifice. Need I
say more?

(Yes, I'm obviously a huge Ultima fan.)

On a far more light-hearted note, discovering how to torment Elaine's
cook in Monkey Island 2. Oh, how I loved driving the guy nuts with my
posthorn-blowing and trashcan-rattling. :D

Baldur's Gate 2 - Shadows of Amn: Entering the shadow dragon's lair. It
was the first dragon I met, and although Mazzy had warned my party about
its presence, I almost fell off my chair when this HUGE beast appeared
on the screen.

Baldur's Gate 2 - Throne of Bhaal: The throwdown with the guardians of
the final seal in Watcher's Keep. Most battles in BG2 (SoA and ToB)
weren't too challenging, but boy, this one was different. They cleaned
my clock twice before I decided that trying to play "smart" obviously
wasn't getting my anywhere, and that a good, old-fashioned stand-up
brawl was called for. Yes, third time's a charm. ;)

ADoM (Ancient Domains of Mystery, a roguelike): Entering the Chaos Gate,
all psyched up to battle Andor Drakon and claim my first ultra ending.
Talk about a psychedelic sequence!

StarCraft: The rebirth of the former Terran heroine Sarah Kerrigan as
the Queen of Blades during the Zerg campaign. I liked her infinitely
more in that incarnation, as compared to the wimpy girl who always
played second fiddle to the annoying male Terrans.

Morrowind: Discovering the Cavern of the Incarnate and listening to
Azura's speech. It's one of the all-too-rare moments when the story
actually kicks off and sucks you in.


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Sarah Jaernecke
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