Top 10 Most Paused Video Game Moments Ever

Sometimes, video games present you with moments where you have to pause and take it all in. For this list, we’re looking at moments that meant you had to put down your controller and take a break to compose yourself. There will be spoilers ahead for some shocking plot twists. Our countdown includes seeing Midgar in "Final Fantasy VII" (1997), the UFO in "Red Dead Redemption II" (2018), making the choice in "Mass Effect 3" (2012), and more! Let us know in the comments which gaming moment made you walk away and collect your thoughts.

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[BigFella]

After seeing Harry in that tank, I can’t wait to see how he looks as Venom in the next Insomniac Spider Man game

[BlazerK]

Tobey Maguire Spider-Man: “My Harry turned into the New Goblin before he died. What’s yours like?”

Insomniac Spider-Man: “I haven’t seen him for a long time.”

[danelwilliamsii]

Feel like they missed one because they didn’t include the appearance of Man-Bat in Arkham Knight😂

[bananabourbonaenima]

"Making the choice" is not the most paused moment in the Mass Effect series. That would be that scene in ME2 where Miranda bends over the desk...

[grandreefer]

Love Bioshock and still go back and play it just for fun. The game just has such a different feel than most any other game I’ve played.

[THANATOS-PRIME]

I loved pausing and looking around at all the Easter eggs hidden in Mortal Kombat nine.

[Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Oh yeah. THAT'S the most paused moment in the Mass Effect series. From Mr. "We'll Bang, OK?". Mm-hmm...

[matthewvorwald]

The one video game moment that made me pause for a bit was when Mr. X lifted the helicopter in Resident Evil 2 remake during the first senarino. That scared me so bad that even when I stopped playing the game for the rest of the day, my heart was still beating pretty fast.😮😮

[emiebex]

All these years later It's still painful watching Aerith die.

[TheFireofTheDuck]

Here in Brazil one of the most paused moments was during Chun-li's high kick

[robertbouley]

You could pause/freeze a FF7 cinematic if you hard-eject the disc from the PS1 at the right time.
Great way to study Tifa for artistic purposes.

[thewhitewolf]

Oh i love that moment in skyrim when the executor is near ready to kill you but the dragons keeps knocking him down.

[susanwalls]

While I do agree with some of these choices, the moment when Arthas (WOW's Lich King) holds Frostmourne towards the player in the "Wrath of the Lich King" cinematic will always be a paused moment. It's like he's taunting us & say: come at me bro, Frostmourne hungers!

[dustinkopperman]

Asylum Demon from Dark Souls and The UFO from Red Dead Redemption 2 and Giraffes from The Last Of US and First Encounter from Alien Isolation and The Dragon from Elder Scrolls V Skyrim and Making the Choice from Mass Effect 2 are my favorite game moments that I need to take a break from video games or walk away and clear my thoughts and collect things out my head on the PS4 or on the PS3

[MoneyNotFunnyLive]

2.5 K views in 15 minutes?? Absolutely INSANE😳

[marcusyates]

Mario vs. Sonic! The Ultimate Game Showdown!

[GSystem]

0:38 Dark Souls - Asylum Demon
3:08 Red Dead Redemption 2 - The Ufo
4:00 The Last Of Us - Giraffes
5:04 Marvel's Spiderman - Harry's True Whereabouts
6:08 Final Fantasy VII - Seeing Midgar
7:06 Aliens: Isolation - First Encounter
8:04 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - The Dragon
9:01 Mass Effect 3 - Making The Choice
10:03 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - The End
11:14 BioShock - Would you Kindly?

[kaiserdrago]

Harry's true whereabouts got too me when I played that game

[morehouse]

4:55 why did i get pissed off just seeing the clip

[BillyBobSnortinn]

I always paused when I heard nemesis open a door or chases me lol scared af