3. Tackling The Scarab Tank With THAT Score - Halo 2
Gaming doesn't get much better than this one, singular moment. There you are, defender of the Earth, embodied as a hulking space marine capable of leaping miles into the air - the humble populace of New Mombasa kindly reminding you there's a skyline-severing Scarab tank bearing down on them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O9K7E3lDRU You posse up, running faster ahead of other, less capable marines, brandishing a whopping great rocket launcher as you go. It's that moment when Steve Vai's phenomenally uplifting Mjolnir Mix of the Halo theme kicks in, and with one of the sweetest guitar compositions in the history of mankind underpinning your assault, you dive head-on into the fray, dominating any Covenant scum in your way.