20 Most Intense Video Game Moments Ever

8. The Warthog Gauntlet - Halo 3

It all came down to this.

An entire system of planets defended across any number of levels in-game. The culmination of gaming's biggest property, with millions of dollars spent in marketing and hundreds of thousands of copies shipped in reality...

The eyes of the world were on Bungie to deliver a suitably epic finale, not to mention making up for closing Halo 2 on a cliffhanger.

Thankfully, and in an immortally appealing and joyously replayable fashion, Halo 3 ended on what was essentially one big Hollywood action movie stunt course. Piloting your warthog with the Arbiter in tow as the entire halo ring itself was self-destructing, we all went on one hell of a gauntlet comprising heart-in-throat jumps, powerslides and one giant final leap to safety.