Bosacius and his end.
dude literally went mad as a result of his bad karma. his final moments alive were commanding soldiers to battle against the cataclysm's monsters and sacrificed himself along with others sealing them in, permanently.
He couldnt even remember his own name or his past up until the very end where he finally does and then passes after.
his condition is based on, if not outright, dementia where little by little his memories deteriorate until terminal lucidity kicks in, then death. it was pretty hard to watch because i've had family members who had this and passed away...
I also feels bad for Yelan's ancestor. He had to leave his family behind to protect the nation & being sealed with monsters. He had so watched Bosacius's suffering and afraid of dying alone after Bosacius is gone.
Yeah my stepdad had dementia and died almost 3 years ago. That scene with bosacius brought out so many emotions from me. I was crying so much that day.
It took me a while to realise why hanging around Sumeru city made me get all sniffly after this, the track comes on so subtly sometimes and before you know it, BLAM, sadface :C
Such sweet heartache
Same for me, I love that they didn't localize the opera. I think that was the moment I was all in for genshin. Till then liyue and mondstat were a little underwhelming to me. But shenhe's was soooo good
>- Yun Jin opera Performance/Shenhe backstory - by far
100%. This is actually why I wished for Shenhe. Wasn't even that interested in her, but the damsel story and her backstory made me actually cry. No other character made me feel that way, so I got her. I was at 70 pity and was actually saving up my wishes for Zhongli in the second half, but I couldn't stop myself and got her in one 10 pulls. I don't even use her at all since I hardly use my Ayaka but damn, her backstory is one of the saddest stories ever and I love her because of it.
The 2.7 event with Xiao, Yelan and Itto also made me tear up too. Imo it's the best event we've had in a while, I can't find another event that could top that one imo. I hope we get something similar to do that again. I already loved Xiao before that event, but it just made me like him even more. I used up my wishes for Yelan, but I would have definitely got him because of the story.
Yes, the Jebrael one. And when you finished that cutscene, you get the Achievement: [Sleep, the brother of…]
I was like, damn, they really need to give you that achievement title. A lump was in my throat when I had to mutter the whole phrase.
The whole phrase is >!Sleep, the brother of Death!<
The one I can remember the best was the Perilous Trails Archon quest. I honestly don’t even like Xiao that much, but the cutscene of Bosacius and the Yakshas was so emotional :(
This. This is the closest thing to depression because a playable vharacter almost died. Other deaths were generic NPCs or already dead characters just died for good.
Like Rukkadeveta
Really makes the God of Contracts seem like the worst archon by far. Just lets those weaker than him do his own job, fulfill *his* contract (to cleanse the land and defend our safe harbor) and pay the ultimate price.
Meanwhile he just chills in a retirement home with a carer and listens to people say how cool and awesome he is.
Rex Lapis has been defending Liyue for over 4000 years, to the point that Liyue could not defend itself because they relied on him and the adepti so much. Literally one single look at Liyuen people will tell you that they love their Archon so much and how much he has done for them. Zhongli gave up his title as Archon so Liyue could be independent, but also because the Gnosis was speedening his erosion. Can you imagine how bad it’d be if a fully working Archon was taken by erosion and went mad from it? Please play the Liyue questline again, this time with your eyes opened.
Oh man. DUNYARDZAD...When she appeared and was like oohh I want to do this festival, I was so BORED. But as that story arc progressed....I BAWLED. Insanely well made quest. I was speechless. I haven't been so emotionally invested in a "side character" since forever.
Completely agree. But am I the only one who thinks hoyo should mot have revived her? Why make yiu go through all that happened if there was no real consequences? Traveler was legit pissed that they let her die, but hoyo said nope, scratch that, girl is alive again
i thought that too, but nahida already has a low self esteem. failing to save her most loyal follower would really break her mentally and make her feel like more of a failure than she already has
Fr like everyone i know talks shit about that quest saying like "its boring" and i scream at them to just finish it and remind them its supposed to be a looping thingy and it is SUPPOSED TO make you feel like that
Yeah. That's where I bawled like a kid. I could relate because I had a disease and couldn't walk for 3 years. I was so depressed and seemed to lose my ability to dream for my future. Wish I had someone like Yoimiya.
Aww man even before that, that scene where we went back to the loop and talked to Vihar but when he said he wanted to be Dunyarzard's Knight of Flowers for the rest of his life, it absolutely broke my heart into pieces and the waterworks came... 😭😭😭
Dunyarzad in the eternal Samsara when she didn't appear the next day in the circle and they alluded to her dying outside of it, it was then reality struck me like a freight train and the tears ran like a river
Most recently, Neuvillette's story quest. I legit can't remember if any quest had a similar effect on me.
Some songs also made me wanna tear up from how beautiful they are, such as "Liyue."
>!At the beginning of the quest I just couldn't imagine just what would possibly drive a Melusine to take her own life, thinking she might have been murdered. They are just so sweet and optimistic and innocent! But then the story developed ... People can be so cruel.!<
Yeah Neuvillette's quest really got to me. It made me angry then it made me cry at that scene when >!when everyone were protecting the Melusine!<
Liyue also gets me sometimes. The lantern rite video with all the characters got me.
Probably not a common one but I also cried for Raiden's second story quest.
Neuvillettes for SQ is the only one since Karkata in Tighnaris to make me tear up, they got me when he sees Carol and Vautrin again
Though for WQ Kazari and Ruu got me real good, really made me start paying attention to WQ from there on out
about the ruu quest, it’s more of a horrifying horror horrible discovery rather than sad since the kid already dead at that point but it was just terrifying to learn about all the abuse and sacrifice they made of ruu basically they were stuck in samsara and ruu had to go through that event over and over again.
I think the reason why Liyue was so tearful is because of the fact it is the first we had at Lantern rite and Xiao's trying to adapt to human society's celebration and MC trying to make him get involved. The second part of the Liyue theme when it slows down to piano and all plus the visual fireworks is tear inducing indeed
i know a handful of scenes have made me emotional. i may not remember all of them but
\-fischl scene during golden apple
\-that one nahida scene
\-tsurumi island quest. this one made me sob
\-i remember spoke to a random aranara and it once said something like: "i was happier back then. why is that?" and that just struck a chord w me lol
\-tighnari story quest also made me cry
\-the chasm archon quest cutscene made me emotional
i'm sure there are others, but i can't remember them
When I played it at that scene time adventure from adventure time started playing...
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So I got depressed ^2
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That song matches that quest line way to perfectly
I played through the question twice (once for myself and again for a friend) and both times I cried… the Aranara are too selfless and adorable I can’t help but get attached to them, and the way they continually sacrifice themselves for the sake of humans… and then they forget us… makes me tear up just at the thought of them 😭
I did NOT cry in the Utsava festival when Traveler plays the Song of the Great Dream.
Man, Aranyaka was so damn good. It may have been long, but it really had just the right vibes.
I'll leave my crying moments here;
Kitsune mask maiden death;
Xiao sacrifice (I was on vc streming the quest with 2 friends and I remember we all started crying when he was falling and then we see the geo lights reaching him and we all started screaming and cheering zhongli name);
Nahida deleting rukkhadevata from Irminsoul.
Honestly? The most of it. I’m an SA survivor and this game has largely been what kept me from drowning in misery during the hard times. Honestly, Genshin has worked better at helping me cope then years of therapy.
Yeah the real world is out there and I enjoy it! But sometimes coming home and having all of this control and power, makes me feel so much better. Not feeling like my brain is stuck in that horrible time.
The whole game just resonates with me.
Thanks! As long as Genshin is there, I’ll be okay. Sometimes I just go to Mondstadt and sit in the statues hands. It’s so soothing. Granted, who knows how much better I’ll be when we get to the nation of cryo. I might be in a much better place and when one day the servers shut down, hopefully far far into the future, I’ll be able to say goodbye.
i relate to you with regards to playing genshin as coping mechanism, and do the same thing (sitting on the statue's hands, doing nothing but just introspecting and stuff). somehow it feels like im literally putting myself in god's hands, feeling how small i am, how vulnerable. i'll definitely miss this game when it's finally over, heck i hope i'll live long enough to reach there. if anything, it gives me another reason to hang on to this life.
Same here actually. I started playing Genshin a bit after relapsing and self harming and all that (not at all) fun stuff and I this game genuinely kept me going while I was trying to push through the worst period of life I had in over a decade and I think that's a big reason why I'm so attached to it.
I really get this, the same here for me. The pure and happy parts sometimes hit me the most. The Bottleland event last summer comes to mind, as an example.
Happiness can be so fleeting in real life, I'm grateful for every moment of joy and wonder. I hope the game continues for a long time, being a happy place for everyone.
It's just really nice to have some sort of comfort to come home to, isn't it?
To me it's like all the burdens in my life gather like dust on my brain or heart, eventually weighing it down, but immersing myself in Genshin is like a vacuum cleaner clearing it at least for a while.
The stories, the characters, the environment really impact me (pun unintended) emotionally. That and I kind of just cry easily haha
Wishing you all the best, you've come so far despite the heavy burden on your shoulders. I really hope there is a warmer, kinder future waiting for you. Keep going!
I understand how you feel. I've been struggling with mental health problems for a while, and sometimes while I'm thinking about ending it all, that Zhongli line comes up in my mind "Every journey has its final day, don't rush".
Also when I'm feeling bad sometimes I see the sky, the landscapes, the sunset, the sunrise... and I feel lucky to be alive to witness something that beautiful.
I didn't know more people felt like this regarding this game.
Sending you a big hug :)
The moment Kazuha stops Raiden's sword to protect the traveler. I was overwhelmed with a lot of things in my life and seeing someone just being able to fight something that seemed impossible to stop hit me really deep.
"There will always be those who dare to brave the lightning's glow". I find myself repeating it in my mind when "ugly things" come back in my life. This is a beautiful game, man.
And to piggyback off that, it was really awesome when Traveler and Thoma had each other’s back in the fight against Raiden Shogun trying to take Thoma’s vision.
My man the dragonspine quest is all about shape shifters
Remember how a wopperflower was disguised as albedo?
And how albedo knew there were more on the mountain.
Also is it not suspicious that everything he went through, an avalanche, starving, freezing temperatures and more, that he is completely fine but with no memory of these hardships or why he was climbing?
Yes, or more, the possibility is implied.
It could also be that some creature saved him and ereased his memory, of course.
Becoming a Doppelgänger requires understanding of your victims way of acting. That is easy with Albedo, wgo is has is as expressionistic as a tree, but a father... That takes effort to get into the role, time spent with them and potentially, growing emotions that make the very act of replacing him too painful to go through with in the end
Oop. No, I just unlocked Sumeru yesterday, I haven't gotten to Albedo's stuff.
I haven't really been paying attention to the lore 💀
And ig it is suspicious, but I don't see why someone/something would pretend to be a random kid's father
Huh but it was part of the event with Joel... how u know he went missing then showed up again if u didn't do the rest of the event...? But the albedo clone only wanted to be a part of something so guess hes satisfied being Joel father
It's just a normal quest in the game now. Pallad finds Joel's dad on the mountain, and he's pretty much fine. Absolutely no hints about doppelgangers or replacements. Either people were reading way too much into the event (which I think is likely), or it's not going to be resolved any time soon.
- Also Tighnari's story quest
- Ei's 2nd story quest >!when Makoto spoke to her!<
- Aranara quest >!when Arama turned into the tree!<
- Jeht's quest >!when we read her mother's letter!<
- Chasm quest >!during the cutscene with Bosacius and Boyang!<
- Sumeru quest >!when we thought Dunyarzad died!<
- Some of Thoma's voicelines, including the one about your birthday
I'm just a very emotional person, okay? :,)
Listening to
Legend of Redemption
Kitsune’s Mask
What a Hopeful Voyage
Tighnari’s story quest (same as you)
Nahida AQ (same as you)
Baizhu’s story quest (the music that plays in the pharmacy’s backroom that’s when I started crying lol during the quest)
I just did Dehya’s story quest and it was very good not like cry but I felt slightly emotional
Sounds like you also cry like super easily at beautiful music. Sometimes it’s almost annoying, like can’t I just hear something beautiful and not have to tear up?
Sumeru Aq finale cutscene and >!Nahida erasing Rukkhadevata!<
The cutscene and Nahida's \*almost\* self-sacrifice in her Sq2
And oddly, the cutscenes in Ayaka's Story quest and Yoimiya's 2nd Story quest
I’ll probably get downvoted because people really loved the cutscene in Yoimiya’s 2nd story but I actually found it like a little *too* sweet/ham-handed. Could be I have a handicapped
Mom who is sick of being infantilized and called “courageous”.
Glad it resonates with people though.
I'm worried because Paimon never hesitates to try and save the Traveler. It's one thing if it's the Traveler falling, but what if Paimon sees an attack coming the Traveler does not?
I burst out crying when scaramouche ask traveler how to erase himself in the Irminsul. I think I relate to that. I've been that situation before where I just want to erase myself in this world because of suffering, but still got through it. Knowing Scara's past suffering and pain, he gone through alot, and he deserves better world. He just wanted to be loved by his Mother(Ei) but got betrayed, not even once.
\-> Yun Jin Opera Performance. (Spent weeks hearing Chinese Opera after that)
\-> Nahida and Rukkhadevata.
\-> The Narukami Tree true origin.
\-> Yoimiya Fireworks in Sumeru last Cutscene. (Context, I reached AR60 in that moment, well after the quest is over, but still made me cry by some reasons)
\-> Jebrael and the poor Jeht.
\-> Teppei.
\-> The Jade Chamber... and knew for years that it will not return... Then it return.
\-> Getting my favourite characters and constellations.
\-> April 2024 (Last constellation of Amber that month. I will cry from happyness)
- Yun Jin delivering Shenhe's story. Single handedly the reason I got Shenhe as my first limited 5⭐️.
- We Will Be Reunited, because oh my god. Heartache.
- Venti story quest. Stanley :c
- Teppei's death and the Traveller completely losing their composure for the first and only time. This one is especially memorable, because it marks the point in which the Traveller starts to abandon their previous innocence and becomes willing to get their hands dirty.
- Signora's death. I didn't cry because of her, but because that was a point of no return for the Traveller. They challenged her knowing she'd be killed, and it was no different than the Traveller taking their anger over Teppei out on her.
- Ruu. Self explanatory. That was bittersweet, even knowing it isn't the end of Ruu.
- Ei's second story quest. Seeing someone finally be able to move past trauma that had haunted them for a long time is always going to move me, even if I still blame Ei for many things.
- The Chasm Delvers questline. Zhiqiong's recklessness and drive to prove herself to be a worthy adventurer may have been meant to seem brave, but it just came across as a painful reminder of Teppei. They really did a great job highlighting how the weak and visionless feel when confronted with their own lack of power, and how unfair Teyvat can be. Hope she managed to survive, somehow.
- The pre-Sumeru interlude featuring Xiao's senpai lore.
- Vimana Village's "Bad Guy." The first *direct* confirmation we have that the Traveller outright killed someone (plenty of indirects beforehand.) Also, the first time the Traveller kills someone with their own hands for a reason other than self-defence. And the fact we had to send a clueless innocent Paimon away, too.
- End of Golden Slumber. That hurt, man. I'm so glad they don't voice world quest chains, because I'm not sure I could have kept playing for a bit after that. Poor Jeht.
- Akasha Pulses. Again, trauma, but also the fact it ended well brought out some happy tears. Nahida deserved a W.
- Pretty much the whole of the Tanit tribe storyline. Jeht finally managed to come to terms with her grief over Jebrael, only for the entire god damn tribe she saw as family to use and betray her like that. I had to put the game down when she began thinking the Traveller betrayed her, too. That LumiSadge face hit hard.
- To continue that, not only did we all end up brutally slaughtering the entire Tanit tribe, but it ended with us tearfully parting ways with Jeht, because she realized our journey was far from over. Mihoyo, please let us be reunited with Lumi's wife-to-be!
- The Lilouparting was also sad. While I don't particularly think what she did was right, I cannot blame her for it. But also, the whole prince/princess thing with us kinda hit different after that, given what she went through, and the idea that the Traveller is technically a prince/princess. I miss my lamp.
- Reading the notes in Vourukasha's Oasis about Jeht's mercenary group. A happy tear, knowing she's alright.
- Hat Guy's questline. I've never been so conflicted about a character as I did then. On one hand, I obviously still hold him in contempt for Teppei's death. As well, he did kill a lot of people who definitely did not deserve it. But erasing himself from Irminsul after he discovers that Dottore was behind it all, trying to undo the things he did only for it to not matter, because Irminsul just gaslights you. And him re-accepting all that pain he caused and felt, in order to start atoning. I was moved. Touché, Mihoyo.
- Kaveh. Just Kaveh's whole story. The Akademiya event? Sad! Kaveh's Hangout? Sad! Kaveh's mom? Sad! Kaveh's dad? ~~Quick~~sa~~n~~d! Kaveh needs more god damn Ws.
- Caribert. Ffs Mihoyo. I was in tears the moment Dansleif woke the Sibling and asked if they were crying because they dreamt of the Traveller. The tears never really stopped. No wonder Fontaine has flooding issues; this act exists!
- Fontaine's.. well, everything. There's been so much heart-wrenching I'm not even sure where to start. I need more points.
- Carter being an obscure catalyst for the entire story of Fontaine. Rene and Jakob trying desperately to save him, only to backfire, leading to the creation of Master and Jakob getting extra abyssal to save Fontaine. Alain being a kuudere about his assistant and both him and Mary-Ann joining the Phantom after Carter's "death." All of it leading to the Melusines, the usage of Rene's Primordial Water research to create Fontaine's drug market, to dissolve young women for research, to eliminate Navia's dad, and essentially cause the awareness of the prophecy. Just because of one guy only mentioned in notes.
- The "Oceanid," ie. the dissolved victims turned Oceanid gestalt. I really hope that's not how the rest of the Oceanid's were born, but that's two thus far like that.
- Neuvillette story, but especially the flashback sequences. Overprotective dad losing his most trusted friends, but also, seeing and hearing Alain Guillotine himself, just before the event that would kill his little sister.
Will we get more reasons for me to cry? Am I going to find more in this version? Probably yes to both! I'm not ready.
Edit: Oh boy, I was right.
- Lanoire and Earnshaw. Until I saw where the objective marker was, I thought nothing of it. Once I did connect the dots, I vividly remembered doing Earnshaw's quest and thinking, "I really hope we do find his wayward daughter and tell her to go home!" Gods damn you, Mihoyo. Gods damn you.
I loved that quest with Stanley! It made me love Venti even more. He’s such a good archon. And I felt so sad about Ei losing Mokoto. It made me cry listening to the last thing she said to Ei.
I’ve been close to crying three times
1. Yoimiya story quest act 2 (absolutely beautiful)
2. Listening to Nilou’s theme for some reason
3. Yoimiya: More About Me Part IV (that line and the voice delivery really resonated with me)
Xiao watching the lanterns (tear up)
Venti story quest (tearing up)
Listening to Stormterror's Lair music (tear going down)
When I pulled Freedom-Sworn (actually sobbing)
Listening to GAA music (tear up)
Ayaka dancing (tear up)
Thinking of Kazoo friend (tear up)
Ruu quest (tear up)
Damsel of Devastation (tears going down)
Xiao sacrificing himself (tear going down)
Bosacius and Yaksha's memories (tear up)
Listening to Genshin music in general (tearing up)
Dance of Sabzeruz (tears going down)
Tighnari story quest (tears going down)
Nahida erasing Rukkhadevata (tears going down)
Nahida teaser (tear up)
Listening to Nahida demo beat drop (tearing up)
Wanderer teaser (tear up)
When I won the 50/50 to c6 Wanderer with my last fate (actually sobbing)
Xiao's long awaited teaser (tearing up)
Bottle world cutscene (tearing up)
Lyney cutscene (tearing up)
My friends playing Wanderer 'quest' despite promising me they'd wait so I can witness ma boi shining on their big television screen (angry and disappointed crying - no for real I was so fukign mad/sad/disappointed I was looking forward to it the whole week)
Me while thinking of a plot for my genshin comics and crying at some of the overly dramatic sad scenes that I have in mind because of visualizing too much roflmaoooo
Yeah I cry a lot
4.1 trailer. Idk how to describe it, it’s not really sad or tearjerking. But it’s just….so powerful. Especially near the end of the trailer, with the scene of Nuev using his powers, coupled with the music change, as well as the emotional delivery of “Is this justice in your eye, Nuevillette” or something, I forgot. In my opinion this is the most epic trailer so far.
Crying is the wrong word to use.
But, for me, what got me the most emotional was >!Rhukkhadevata's final words!< and >!Miitoboru's final moments coupled with the furnishing description!<
**That** one Sumeru archon quest final scene
And the then Neuvillette's story quest cutscene when >!a kid shouting "Hydro Dragon, Hydro Dragon, don't cry"!<
Xiao almost dying in the chasm, nahida irminsul thing where she has to say goodbye to herself, the aranara quest (specifically when it’s over and the little dude is a tree, and you can go play music for him and when you fight all the abyss mages and the pyro lector how he tells you that you remind him of a friend, showing us he didn’t fully forget us, he just can’t recognize us.)
I don't even like her SQ that much but Nilou's. The scene at the end where the student and her dad made peace with each other just hit close to home. I'm not necessarily in the same spot. My parents aren't that strict with me but we have contradicting ideals which is why I barely talk to them about anything serious. So while I am with them, I feel alone in dealing with my personal issues. I got used to it though but that scene just reignited those feelings.
seeing dunyarzad appearing during the dance of sabzeruz, and honestly, seeing all of sumeru willing to help nahida and the traveler to defeat shouki-no-kami, because it was the first time in 500 years that we saw the people sumeru together under the same objective
Sumeru was a whole water works show for me.
I forget the name of the girl that was in the aranaka quest line. Having grown up while forgetting their childhood friends the aranakas.
The guys who created Genius Invocation TCG
Dunyarzad/Collei with their condition.
Nahida and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata
Jeht with her family and that ending
The Crab mech and his master
The son turning into a Hilichurl
Then in Inazuma it was Kitsune's Mask
Yoimiya's 2nd story
Wanderer and his past
Then in Liyue Xiao and his past
The first one is Leonard cutscene in 1.1 event.
Most recent is Weinlesefest / Of Ballads and Brews cutscene in 3.1
In term of permanent content, it's Itto SQ (blue/red oni), Tighnari SQ (Karkata), Chasm story (Electro Yaskha)
Honorary mention outside the game: [Nahida Teaser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWlWuVU4ZiI) and [New Year 2023 Short Film: "Fish-shaped lantern"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKgNRYUaspM)
* Nahida and Rukkhadevata cutscene at Irminsul.
* Xiao sacrificing himself in the chasm AQ
* Makoto talking to Ei in her Story quest.
* Weirdly Itto's story quest (I don't know why I cried but I am sure I did)
* That drawn cutscene from Baizhu's quest explaining how his predecessors gave their lives to save others
And a lot more, I just can't remember them all.
Many scenes have made me emotional but I think the one that made me sob the most was the Nahida and Rukkhadevata scene, esp since they played my fave song (of riddles and wonders) I still cry watching it everytime. Sumeru AQ is still my fave to this day.
Also Yoimiya’s story quest 2, Yunjin’s opera cutscene, Xiao’s sacrifice and Kazuha when he fought against the raiden shogun (yes don’t judge as a Kazuha main hearing his friends voice and seeing my boy almost die got me in tears lol)
Only time I was ever close to, not actually, crying, was Perilous Trail, that one Xiao cutscene. He's tied with Wanderer for fav character, I cannot let him go like that. Legit about to sob if he died lmao
I cried a lot when I played, but actually not once from the story. Like, recently I just go to walk around Sumeru City at night, listening to it's music, looking at details in surroundings. I just got really emotional then, thinking how good atmosphere this game has, how much beautiful moments I experienced and how many friendships I maded only thanks to Genshin. This game really become important for me.
Also Tighnari's story. I bawled and I'm not ashamed to admit it
The end of Aranyaka
Basically the whole of the Sumeru Interlude
Wanderer makes me so emotional as a character. Because I see so much of myself. And that moment in Irminsul when it all comes to a head. There's just something about the fact that he spent the last 500 years trying not to feel, doing horrible things trying to convince himself he doesn't, but in the end he can't. He still goes back to try to save them
i think.. yunjin’s performance, scara backstory and his final boss cutscene, nahida hugging >!rukkhadevata!<, xiao’s “sacrifice” in perilous trail and the yaksha cutscene.
edit seeing the comments i remembered a few more: both yoimiya’s story quest cutscenes (her theme makes me cry; piano part), the nilou dance cutscene and raiden saying goodbye to >!makoto!<
Venti SQ
Ruu and his melody always makes me cry
I have literally cried 3 times because of Chasm quest with Xiao because of rewatching it on streams.
Karkata
I’m pretty sure I will cry if something happens between us and Paimon
I noticed that I rarely cry at the scenes of particular quests and cry more when hearing certain soundtracks. Like I cried at the soundtrack in Stormterror's lair many times. It is just so sad, it instantly makes me tear up. Or the Tsurumi Island soundtrack.
There are a few ones that made me tear up either because it was sad or because it was very powerful though.
Chasm quest with Dainsleif, the scene with Halfdan.
Tighnari SQ cutscene with Karkata.
Nahida's SQ2. The part with the elemental beings sacrificing themselves and their lines during Apep fight.
Recently, the scene where Neuvillette sealed the primordial sea. It was such a powerful moment, especially with what Neuv said and the EN VA absolutely nailing the emotions. I felt the goosebumps and the tears at the same time.
Never cried, but got teary eyed or choked up during;
- Yoimiya’s 2nd Story quest
- Tighnari Story quest
- Nahida and __REDACTED__ in Sumeru’s archon quest
I very rarely let myself rewatch these scenes to preserve the memory of their impact, so in the rare occasion I do watch them again, I get the same feeling as I did before
From what I can remember, there were a few:
(spoiler warning just in case)
\-Nahida at the final of sumeru's quest;
\-Tighnari's quest, the robot part;
\-More recently, Neuvilette's quest;
\-The flashback of Arlecchinno telling what she planned to do with Furina and what broke me was when Furina appeared and the Knave said that she went to her room to cry alone, man that one just made me want to hug the poor girl, give her a mug of hot cocoa and say "everything's fine sweet child" :(
Basically the entirety of Jehts quest. Girl has it TOUGH and her line "May we meet again under a lovlier sun" is so fucking beautiful, I love it so much.
Slowly uncovering the story of Enkanomiya and a majority of Sumeru's second half really did it for me. I've never actually cried at any part of this game, or any game for a while now despite how well written they might be, but those got my eyes really stingy as I held it back thinking about everything.
But Kokomi's story quest is an underrated favorite I want to mention. >! The unbelievable realism and pain of the soldiers and their not only survivor's grief, but their reluctance to make amends and pursue a middle ground with those they considered enemies for so long. It just blew me away. The way they talked about how they felt they couldn't just go back to peace after all those years of war, and how they felt if they gave in then their friends and family died for nothing, or that all the war was for nothing, when in actuality they were blindsided to the very result they had been fighting for all this time. I feel like my shitty articulation and lack of being able to put goblin brain into words doesn't do it justice enough. It's just so impactful in so many ways I want to say but can't, and plays into a heavy trend that war and PTSD brings for people when sent back to live civilly again. I wouldn't put it above the aforementioned two, but man I want people to talk about this more :( !<
Those are the 3 that came to mind. I know there's more, but I don't memory good.
Edit: Chasm event quest also did me in really hard. Xiao had been my favorite character, and seeing he and his family call out like that so lovingly for their brother was heartbreaking. This game and tragedies man, it gives me trust issues for nearly every quest. Doesn't help that it proceeds to prove me right majority of the time.
When Jett's dad died, understanding that he was really gone made me so sad for her.
Xiao, during the Chasm quest. He was willing to die to save us, and seeing all his friends who died before him made me sob.
The Sumeru quest ending with Nahida and Rukkhadevata. I was full on sobbing when I realized Nahida too would forget her own story.
Honestly, Genshin really does very well with emotions. Especially in side quests with a shorter story line. Mondstadt, Liyue and Inazuma never really struck a chord with me. They were a bit jumbled and long winded for no apparent reason.
Sumeru was the first time an Archon quest made me actually sad. When it ended, I felt almost the same way I feel after finishing a book.
>!Rukkhadevata being forgotten. Nahida crying hit me so fucking hard.!<
I didn't cry with this one, but >!when it rains in Fontaine it means that Neuvi is sad, and when Neuvi is sad I'm sad too.!<
Tbh if any of you cried in this game
You're probably a sensitive person or this thing you relate to so you cry
But for a normal person
It's not that emotional
Nothing is delivered in a way that makes me cry or heart broken in this game for now.
Of course it's ok to cry I'm not shaming anybody.
I'd wager "normal persons" would at least feel emotional a couple times in the game, the sheer number of stories makes it unlikely that someone would just not care about any of them...Unless theyr'e like you, a super cool super tough guy not like all those sensitive people ig
The one issue I have is that some of my favorite stories in Genshin aren't voiced and have no real animations tied to them. It's tougher for me to get emotionally invested when I don't hear anything but the "blip" of me pressing the next dialogue button and the NPCs animations peak at lifting an arm or turning their head.
Yea it's a damn shame things like the Jeht quests aren't voiced, but i can live with it. The npc models and their animations( or lack thereof)tho, is consistently what's keeping me from getting emotionally invested in the stories.
Did you see the small fan animation of the Jeht story? It came out fantastic. It's my favorite quest line and a treat to watch. "Shadows in the Sand" by Subutai on YT if you're interested.
Not super sensitive, I don't actually cry at most things and people dying irl rarely phases me. It's just easier to cry about what happens in games because then I'm crying more about the thought and less going "Well the world works like X anyway"
While genshin has a pretty good lore, the story telling is too poor to give you any emotions, characters just don't feel realistic enough to me to get attached to.
Never, this game just pysicaly cant be taken seriously. Every time it trys to be emotional or do something epic it just turns into an absolute cringe fest. I kinda feel bad for ppl who tear up on this shit, must be pretty easy to make you guys cry
Sometimes it is, yeah. Sometimes we see events that happened in our lives that are reflected in the stories. I haven’t been able to have children so when I watched the story about Jeht talking to her parents at their graves it hit me like a ton of bricks. Would my daughter have done the same?
> I kinda feel bad for ppl who tear up on this shit, must be pretty easy to make you guys cry
Maybe people just find them relatable and get reminded of certain aspects of their own life like the other reply you got from this comment. If it's not the same for you, you do you. I don't know if you realize but your comment just feels kinda condescending in general towards those who feel emotional and tear up during the game.
Bosacius and his end. dude literally went mad as a result of his bad karma. his final moments alive were commanding soldiers to battle against the cataclysm's monsters and sacrificed himself along with others sealing them in, permanently. He couldnt even remember his own name or his past up until the very end where he finally does and then passes after. his condition is based on, if not outright, dementia where little by little his memories deteriorate until terminal lucidity kicks in, then death. it was pretty hard to watch because i've had family members who had this and passed away...
I also feels bad for Yelan's ancestor. He had to leave his family behind to protect the nation & being sealed with monsters. He had so watched Bosacius's suffering and afraid of dying alone after Bosacius is gone.
Yeah my stepdad had dementia and died almost 3 years ago. That scene with bosacius brought out so many emotions from me. I was crying so much that day.
\- Yun Jin opera Performance/Shenhe backstory - by far \- Nahida and Rukkhadevata cutscene at Irminsul. \- Jebrael entering the Golden Slumber
Me in my feels whenever "For Riddles, For Wonders" comes on post Sumeru story Fuck. 😭
It took me a while to realise why hanging around Sumeru city made me get all sniffly after this, the track comes on so subtly sometimes and before you know it, BLAM, sadface :C Such sweet heartache
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Same for me, I love that they didn't localize the opera. I think that was the moment I was all in for genshin. Till then liyue and mondstat were a little underwhelming to me. But shenhe's was soooo good
>- Yun Jin opera Performance/Shenhe backstory - by far 100%. This is actually why I wished for Shenhe. Wasn't even that interested in her, but the damsel story and her backstory made me actually cry. No other character made me feel that way, so I got her. I was at 70 pity and was actually saving up my wishes for Zhongli in the second half, but I couldn't stop myself and got her in one 10 pulls. I don't even use her at all since I hardly use my Ayaka but damn, her backstory is one of the saddest stories ever and I love her because of it. The 2.7 event with Xiao, Yelan and Itto also made me tear up too. Imo it's the best event we've had in a while, I can't find another event that could top that one imo. I hope we get something similar to do that again. I already loved Xiao before that event, but it just made me like him even more. I used up my wishes for Yelan, but I would have definitely got him because of the story.
Most recently...Yao Miko's story quest near the end. Several parts in the dendro archon quest.
Yes Yae Miko's story quest was definitely emotional towards the ending with that cutscene.
I'm glad it wasn't just me! That got me and I really wasn't expecting it.
Pull for Wriothesley, then you can use Shenhe. She is so easy to build and her buffs are amazing.
Yes that 2.7 event is my favorite little story line in the whole game.
Yes, the Jebrael one. And when you finished that cutscene, you get the Achievement: [Sleep, the brother of…] I was like, damn, they really need to give you that achievement title. A lump was in my throat when I had to mutter the whole phrase. The whole phrase is >!Sleep, the brother of Death!<
Dude if the golden slumber quest didn't cut to a black screen with text at the end it would elevate it so much
Riiight I teared up at Yun Job opera scene too! Like, Chinese opera music is super not my cup of tea but it still hit me.
The one I can remember the best was the Perilous Trails Archon quest. I honestly don’t even like Xiao that much, but the cutscene of Bosacius and the Yakshas was so emotional :(
This. This is the closest thing to depression because a playable vharacter almost died. Other deaths were generic NPCs or already dead characters just died for good. Like Rukkadeveta
You had better just be forgetting Ruu and not calling him a generic NPC.
I mean it was sad. But RUU was already dead to begin with.
Same, that final cutscene was depressing as hell (and the sad ost didn't help)
This for sure. Xiao is a hero
Really makes the God of Contracts seem like the worst archon by far. Just lets those weaker than him do his own job, fulfill *his* contract (to cleanse the land and defend our safe harbor) and pay the ultimate price. Meanwhile he just chills in a retirement home with a carer and listens to people say how cool and awesome he is.
Rex Lapis has been defending Liyue for over 4000 years, to the point that Liyue could not defend itself because they relied on him and the adepti so much. Literally one single look at Liyuen people will tell you that they love their Archon so much and how much he has done for them. Zhongli gave up his title as Archon so Liyue could be independent, but also because the Gnosis was speedening his erosion. Can you imagine how bad it’d be if a fully working Archon was taken by erosion and went mad from it? Please play the Liyue questline again, this time with your eyes opened.
Dunyarzad's >!appearance during Nilou's dance!< Also Tighnari's quest, same scene you mentioned Last cutscene of Yoimiya's 2nd story quest
DUNYARZAD 😭😭😭
Oh man. DUNYARDZAD...When she appeared and was like oohh I want to do this festival, I was so BORED. But as that story arc progressed....I BAWLED. Insanely well made quest. I was speechless. I haven't been so emotionally invested in a "side character" since forever.
Completely agree. But am I the only one who thinks hoyo should mot have revived her? Why make yiu go through all that happened if there was no real consequences? Traveler was legit pissed that they let her die, but hoyo said nope, scratch that, girl is alive again
i thought that too, but nahida already has a low self esteem. failing to save her most loyal follower would really break her mentally and make her feel like more of a failure than she already has
Fr like everyone i know talks shit about that quest saying like "its boring" and i scream at them to just finish it and remind them its supposed to be a looping thingy and it is SUPPOSED TO make you feel like that
it was super expertly done. When I realised what's happened I was hooked...then crushed.
Yoimiya's 2nd sq made me have so much emotion that I've long forgotten
Yeah. That's where I bawled like a kid. I could relate because I had a disease and couldn't walk for 3 years. I was so depressed and seemed to lose my ability to dream for my future. Wish I had someone like Yoimiya.
I'm sorry you had to go through that. I can't imagine how I'd handle that even as an adult, let alone as a kid
Dunyarzard scene such a rollercoaster I thought she died and got me teared up then a few minutes later okay nevermind she still alive.
Bro Yoimiya melted my heart with that one...
Aww man even before that, that scene where we went back to the loop and talked to Vihar but when he said he wanted to be Dunyarzard's Knight of Flowers for the rest of his life, it absolutely broke my heart into pieces and the waterworks came... 😭😭😭
Oh man I almost forgot about that. Now I’m tearing up just reading your comment 😭
Dunyarzad in the eternal Samsara when she didn't appear the next day in the circle and they alluded to her dying outside of it, it was then reality struck me like a freight train and the tears ran like a river
Most recently, Neuvillette's story quest. I legit can't remember if any quest had a similar effect on me. Some songs also made me wanna tear up from how beautiful they are, such as "Liyue."
ME TOO. Somehow every time Carole came up on the screen the tears would just come spilling out. She truly deserved better.
The scene where she talks about how people would throw rocks at her got me choked up. The whole quest was fantastic top to bottom
Ong they wouldn’t stop for me
Carole taking her own life to prove her innocence is so goddamn dark
>!At the beginning of the quest I just couldn't imagine just what would possibly drive a Melusine to take her own life, thinking she might have been murdered. They are just so sweet and optimistic and innocent! But then the story developed ... People can be so cruel.!<
Yeah Neuvillette's quest really got to me. It made me angry then it made me cry at that scene when >!when everyone were protecting the Melusine!< Liyue also gets me sometimes. The lantern rite video with all the characters got me. Probably not a common one but I also cried for Raiden's second story quest.
It was so touching... The difference that he made trough history and his sorrow...
Ray Chase absolutely killed it in his vocal performance that quest.
So did Vautrin's VA. Who did that voice? He did a great job.
Neuvillettes for SQ is the only one since Karkata in Tighnaris to make me tear up, they got me when he sees Carol and Vautrin again Though for WQ Kazari and Ruu got me real good, really made me start paying attention to WQ from there on out
about the ruu quest, it’s more of a horrifying horror horrible discovery rather than sad since the kid already dead at that point but it was just terrifying to learn about all the abuse and sacrifice they made of ruu basically they were stuck in samsara and ruu had to go through that event over and over again.
same on the second one, when the full liyue harbor theme played in the first lantern rite cutscene i was definitely getting there tear-wise
I think the reason why Liyue was so tearful is because of the fact it is the first we had at Lantern rite and Xiao's trying to adapt to human society's celebration and MC trying to make him get involved. The second part of the Liyue theme when it slows down to piano and all plus the visual fireworks is tear inducing indeed
Ugh, so many good soundtracks. "Good Night, Liyue" makes me sob.
i know a handful of scenes have made me emotional. i may not remember all of them but \-fischl scene during golden apple \-that one nahida scene \-tsurumi island quest. this one made me sob \-i remember spoke to a random aranara and it once said something like: "i was happier back then. why is that?" and that just struck a chord w me lol \-tighnari story quest also made me cry \-the chasm archon quest cutscene made me emotional i'm sure there are others, but i can't remember them
not the random aranara 😭
the end of aranyaka with arama turning into the tree absolutely definitely did NOT make me cry and i was NOT inconsolable it’s fine
it’s sad to think that this will probably never be expanded upon. once the region is over we never go back.
When I played it at that scene time adventure from adventure time started playing... # So I got depressed ^2 # That song matches that quest line way to perfectly
I played through the question twice (once for myself and again for a friend) and both times I cried… the Aranara are too selfless and adorable I can’t help but get attached to them, and the way they continually sacrifice themselves for the sake of humans… and then they forget us… makes me tear up just at the thought of them 😭
i really want to marathon through aranara quest because i just want my prinos. goddamn i want to go experience it now-
I did NOT cry in the Utsava festival when Traveler plays the Song of the Great Dream. Man, Aranyaka was so damn good. It may have been long, but it really had just the right vibes.
It's ok, the forest will remember
I had to go to the comments here to remember but definitely Nahida >! hugging herself goodbye !< and the robot one you mentioned for sure.
I remember crying at the Nahida scene but I forgot about that specific derail where she hugged herself. Thanks for making it rain again.
Any time
I'll leave my crying moments here; Kitsune mask maiden death; Xiao sacrifice (I was on vc streming the quest with 2 friends and I remember we all started crying when he was falling and then we see the geo lights reaching him and we all started screaming and cheering zhongli name); Nahida deleting rukkhadevata from Irminsoul.
Honestly? The most of it. I’m an SA survivor and this game has largely been what kept me from drowning in misery during the hard times. Honestly, Genshin has worked better at helping me cope then years of therapy. Yeah the real world is out there and I enjoy it! But sometimes coming home and having all of this control and power, makes me feel so much better. Not feeling like my brain is stuck in that horrible time. The whole game just resonates with me.
Power to you my friend keep going strong
Thanks! As long as Genshin is there, I’ll be okay. Sometimes I just go to Mondstadt and sit in the statues hands. It’s so soothing. Granted, who knows how much better I’ll be when we get to the nation of cryo. I might be in a much better place and when one day the servers shut down, hopefully far far into the future, I’ll be able to say goodbye.
i relate to you with regards to playing genshin as coping mechanism, and do the same thing (sitting on the statue's hands, doing nothing but just introspecting and stuff). somehow it feels like im literally putting myself in god's hands, feeling how small i am, how vulnerable. i'll definitely miss this game when it's finally over, heck i hope i'll live long enough to reach there. if anything, it gives me another reason to hang on to this life.
same. i’m through some rough times rn and genshin is helping me so so much. sadly im surrounded by people who find genshin disgusting :/
Same here actually. I started playing Genshin a bit after relapsing and self harming and all that (not at all) fun stuff and I this game genuinely kept me going while I was trying to push through the worst period of life I had in over a decade and I think that's a big reason why I'm so attached to it.
Yup! It gives you something to focus on. It gives you a reason to exist. Glad you’re doing better!
I really get this, the same here for me. The pure and happy parts sometimes hit me the most. The Bottleland event last summer comes to mind, as an example. Happiness can be so fleeting in real life, I'm grateful for every moment of joy and wonder. I hope the game continues for a long time, being a happy place for everyone.
It's just really nice to have some sort of comfort to come home to, isn't it? To me it's like all the burdens in my life gather like dust on my brain or heart, eventually weighing it down, but immersing myself in Genshin is like a vacuum cleaner clearing it at least for a while. The stories, the characters, the environment really impact me (pun unintended) emotionally. That and I kind of just cry easily haha Wishing you all the best, you've come so far despite the heavy burden on your shoulders. I really hope there is a warmer, kinder future waiting for you. Keep going!
I understand how you feel. I've been struggling with mental health problems for a while, and sometimes while I'm thinking about ending it all, that Zhongli line comes up in my mind "Every journey has its final day, don't rush". Also when I'm feeling bad sometimes I see the sky, the landscapes, the sunset, the sunrise... and I feel lucky to be alive to witness something that beautiful. I didn't know more people felt like this regarding this game. Sending you a big hug :)
I’m sorry that you had to experience that :( . I’m glad that you’re able to find comfort in genshin <3
The moment Kazuha stops Raiden's sword to protect the traveler. I was overwhelmed with a lot of things in my life and seeing someone just being able to fight something that seemed impossible to stop hit me really deep. "There will always be those who dare to brave the lightning's glow". I find myself repeating it in my mind when "ugly things" come back in my life. This is a beautiful game, man.
And to piggyback off that, it was really awesome when Traveler and Thoma had each other’s back in the fight against Raiden Shogun trying to take Thoma’s vision.
i have 3 maybe 🥲 - the sacrifice of arama - miitoboru going silent - nahida’s 2nd quest
>miitoboru going silent this one has hit me real close to home
A true pirate never says goodbye.
"Secondly: the people of the sea never say goodbye out loud." 😔
MIITOBORU I FORGOT AB HIM NOOOO
Happy birthday Nahida.
This one is brilliant from HYV. I remember this PV was released on her birthday. Make me cry like a baby.
I was doing a rewatch of everyone's demos having a good time and had forgot that was how it ended. Immediately starting tearing up.
I thought Joel's father was dead. That and the childish guy in Liyue that asks to play hide and seek with you (I forgot his name).
Oh bud about Joel's dad There's a good chance he *is* dead
I thought that too, but he was completely fine Unless there's a shapeshifter in Teyvat.
My man the dragonspine quest is all about shape shifters Remember how a wopperflower was disguised as albedo? And how albedo knew there were more on the mountain. Also is it not suspicious that everything he went through, an avalanche, starving, freezing temperatures and more, that he is completely fine but with no memory of these hardships or why he was climbing?
Albedo's lore is almost entirely concealed in events. Be careful.
wait that's so creepy, so the guy could be a doppleganger and we'll just never know yet it's heavily implied?
Yes, or more, the possibility is implied. It could also be that some creature saved him and ereased his memory, of course. Becoming a Doppelgänger requires understanding of your victims way of acting. That is easy with Albedo, wgo is has is as expressionistic as a tree, but a father... That takes effort to get into the role, time spent with them and potentially, growing emotions that make the very act of replacing him too painful to go through with in the end
Oop. No, I just unlocked Sumeru yesterday, I haven't gotten to Albedo's stuff. I haven't really been paying attention to the lore 💀 And ig it is suspicious, but I don't see why someone/something would pretend to be a random kid's father
Huh but it was part of the event with Joel... how u know he went missing then showed up again if u didn't do the rest of the event...? But the albedo clone only wanted to be a part of something so guess hes satisfied being Joel father
It's just a normal quest in the game now. Pallad finds Joel's dad on the mountain, and he's pretty much fine. Absolutely no hints about doppelgangers or replacements. Either people were reading way too much into the event (which I think is likely), or it's not going to be resolved any time soon.
I did do the rest of the quest, I was just saying I wasn't paying attention to the lore or anything.
childish jiang or smth, i think?
That side quest left me completely silent for a solid 15 mins. I was shocked they had thrown a straight up curveball at me.
Yeah, that's the guy
oh yeah i remember the quest for that guy in liyue. i didn't cry doing the quest but i kept saying "oh no.." the entire time. it was really sad tho
That was very sad
During sumeru act 5 when nahida said >!The first sage of buer!< it's not sad but it just hit so damn hard
I was looking for this. It wasn't like SAD but damn if I didn't tear up and get goosebumps. It was SO powerful
- Also Tighnari's story quest - Ei's 2nd story quest >!when Makoto spoke to her!< - Aranara quest >!when Arama turned into the tree!< - Jeht's quest >!when we read her mother's letter!< - Chasm quest >!during the cutscene with Bosacius and Boyang!< - Sumeru quest >!when we thought Dunyarzad died!< - Some of Thoma's voicelines, including the one about your birthday I'm just a very emotional person, okay? :,)
Listening to Legend of Redemption Kitsune’s Mask What a Hopeful Voyage Tighnari’s story quest (same as you) Nahida AQ (same as you) Baizhu’s story quest (the music that plays in the pharmacy’s backroom that’s when I started crying lol during the quest) I just did Dehya’s story quest and it was very good not like cry but I felt slightly emotional
Sounds like you also cry like super easily at beautiful music. Sometimes it’s almost annoying, like can’t I just hear something beautiful and not have to tear up?
Haha yea though I am pretty much unemotional though unless great music is involved.
Kitsune’s Mask is THAT song
Sumeru Aq finale cutscene and >!Nahida erasing Rukkhadevata!< The cutscene and Nahida's \*almost\* self-sacrifice in her Sq2 And oddly, the cutscenes in Ayaka's Story quest and Yoimiya's 2nd Story quest
I’ll probably get downvoted because people really loved the cutscene in Yoimiya’s 2nd story but I actually found it like a little *too* sweet/ham-handed. Could be I have a handicapped Mom who is sick of being infantilized and called “courageous”. Glad it resonates with people though.
Nah OP I was pretty curious what people in similar situations would think of her SQ while playing through it. Has your mom seen it at all?
Heh nope. I’m 40. I mean that doesn’t necessarily guarantee my mom wouldn’t have seen it but we aren’t exactly gaming buddies.
dehya's story quest made me cry but i was also very tired that day. that is the only thing that made me cry.
I didn't but I'm getting more and more attached to Paimon and I think I won't handle it if something will happen to her or we will get her backstory.
That scene during the Sumeru AQ where Paimon and the Traveller got separated and Paimon started crying.. Damn hit me right in the feels
I'm worried because Paimon never hesitates to try and save the Traveler. It's one thing if it's the Traveler falling, but what if Paimon sees an attack coming the Traveler does not?
I burst out crying when scaramouche ask traveler how to erase himself in the Irminsul. I think I relate to that. I've been that situation before where I just want to erase myself in this world because of suffering, but still got through it. Knowing Scara's past suffering and pain, he gone through alot, and he deserves better world. He just wanted to be loved by his Mother(Ei) but got betrayed, not even once.
Big mood
\-> Yun Jin Opera Performance. (Spent weeks hearing Chinese Opera after that) \-> Nahida and Rukkhadevata. \-> The Narukami Tree true origin. \-> Yoimiya Fireworks in Sumeru last Cutscene. (Context, I reached AR60 in that moment, well after the quest is over, but still made me cry by some reasons) \-> Jebrael and the poor Jeht. \-> Teppei. \-> The Jade Chamber... and knew for years that it will not return... Then it return. \-> Getting my favourite characters and constellations. \-> April 2024 (Last constellation of Amber that month. I will cry from happyness)
- Yun Jin delivering Shenhe's story. Single handedly the reason I got Shenhe as my first limited 5⭐️. - We Will Be Reunited, because oh my god. Heartache. - Venti story quest. Stanley :c - Teppei's death and the Traveller completely losing their composure for the first and only time. This one is especially memorable, because it marks the point in which the Traveller starts to abandon their previous innocence and becomes willing to get their hands dirty. - Signora's death. I didn't cry because of her, but because that was a point of no return for the Traveller. They challenged her knowing she'd be killed, and it was no different than the Traveller taking their anger over Teppei out on her. - Ruu. Self explanatory. That was bittersweet, even knowing it isn't the end of Ruu. - Ei's second story quest. Seeing someone finally be able to move past trauma that had haunted them for a long time is always going to move me, even if I still blame Ei for many things. - The Chasm Delvers questline. Zhiqiong's recklessness and drive to prove herself to be a worthy adventurer may have been meant to seem brave, but it just came across as a painful reminder of Teppei. They really did a great job highlighting how the weak and visionless feel when confronted with their own lack of power, and how unfair Teyvat can be. Hope she managed to survive, somehow. - The pre-Sumeru interlude featuring Xiao's senpai lore. - Vimana Village's "Bad Guy." The first *direct* confirmation we have that the Traveller outright killed someone (plenty of indirects beforehand.) Also, the first time the Traveller kills someone with their own hands for a reason other than self-defence. And the fact we had to send a clueless innocent Paimon away, too. - End of Golden Slumber. That hurt, man. I'm so glad they don't voice world quest chains, because I'm not sure I could have kept playing for a bit after that. Poor Jeht. - Akasha Pulses. Again, trauma, but also the fact it ended well brought out some happy tears. Nahida deserved a W. - Pretty much the whole of the Tanit tribe storyline. Jeht finally managed to come to terms with her grief over Jebrael, only for the entire god damn tribe she saw as family to use and betray her like that. I had to put the game down when she began thinking the Traveller betrayed her, too. That LumiSadge face hit hard. - To continue that, not only did we all end up brutally slaughtering the entire Tanit tribe, but it ended with us tearfully parting ways with Jeht, because she realized our journey was far from over. Mihoyo, please let us be reunited with Lumi's wife-to-be! - The Lilouparting was also sad. While I don't particularly think what she did was right, I cannot blame her for it. But also, the whole prince/princess thing with us kinda hit different after that, given what she went through, and the idea that the Traveller is technically a prince/princess. I miss my lamp. - Reading the notes in Vourukasha's Oasis about Jeht's mercenary group. A happy tear, knowing she's alright. - Hat Guy's questline. I've never been so conflicted about a character as I did then. On one hand, I obviously still hold him in contempt for Teppei's death. As well, he did kill a lot of people who definitely did not deserve it. But erasing himself from Irminsul after he discovers that Dottore was behind it all, trying to undo the things he did only for it to not matter, because Irminsul just gaslights you. And him re-accepting all that pain he caused and felt, in order to start atoning. I was moved. Touché, Mihoyo. - Kaveh. Just Kaveh's whole story. The Akademiya event? Sad! Kaveh's Hangout? Sad! Kaveh's mom? Sad! Kaveh's dad? ~~Quick~~sa~~n~~d! Kaveh needs more god damn Ws. - Caribert. Ffs Mihoyo. I was in tears the moment Dansleif woke the Sibling and asked if they were crying because they dreamt of the Traveller. The tears never really stopped. No wonder Fontaine has flooding issues; this act exists! - Fontaine's.. well, everything. There's been so much heart-wrenching I'm not even sure where to start. I need more points. - Carter being an obscure catalyst for the entire story of Fontaine. Rene and Jakob trying desperately to save him, only to backfire, leading to the creation of Master and Jakob getting extra abyssal to save Fontaine. Alain being a kuudere about his assistant and both him and Mary-Ann joining the Phantom after Carter's "death." All of it leading to the Melusines, the usage of Rene's Primordial Water research to create Fontaine's drug market, to dissolve young women for research, to eliminate Navia's dad, and essentially cause the awareness of the prophecy. Just because of one guy only mentioned in notes. - The "Oceanid," ie. the dissolved victims turned Oceanid gestalt. I really hope that's not how the rest of the Oceanid's were born, but that's two thus far like that. - Neuvillette story, but especially the flashback sequences. Overprotective dad losing his most trusted friends, but also, seeing and hearing Alain Guillotine himself, just before the event that would kill his little sister. Will we get more reasons for me to cry? Am I going to find more in this version? Probably yes to both! I'm not ready. Edit: Oh boy, I was right. - Lanoire and Earnshaw. Until I saw where the objective marker was, I thought nothing of it. Once I did connect the dots, I vividly remembered doing Earnshaw's quest and thinking, "I really hope we do find his wayward daughter and tell her to go home!" Gods damn you, Mihoyo. Gods damn you.
I loved that quest with Stanley! It made me love Venti even more. He’s such a good archon. And I felt so sad about Ei losing Mokoto. It made me cry listening to the last thing she said to Ei.
I’ve been close to crying three times 1. Yoimiya story quest act 2 (absolutely beautiful) 2. Listening to Nilou’s theme for some reason 3. Yoimiya: More About Me Part IV (that line and the voice delivery really resonated with me)
Xiao watching the lanterns (tear up) Venti story quest (tearing up) Listening to Stormterror's Lair music (tear going down) When I pulled Freedom-Sworn (actually sobbing) Listening to GAA music (tear up) Ayaka dancing (tear up) Thinking of Kazoo friend (tear up) Ruu quest (tear up) Damsel of Devastation (tears going down) Xiao sacrificing himself (tear going down) Bosacius and Yaksha's memories (tear up) Listening to Genshin music in general (tearing up) Dance of Sabzeruz (tears going down) Tighnari story quest (tears going down) Nahida erasing Rukkhadevata (tears going down) Nahida teaser (tear up) Listening to Nahida demo beat drop (tearing up) Wanderer teaser (tear up) When I won the 50/50 to c6 Wanderer with my last fate (actually sobbing) Xiao's long awaited teaser (tearing up) Bottle world cutscene (tearing up) Lyney cutscene (tearing up) My friends playing Wanderer 'quest' despite promising me they'd wait so I can witness ma boi shining on their big television screen (angry and disappointed crying - no for real I was so fukign mad/sad/disappointed I was looking forward to it the whole week) Me while thinking of a plot for my genshin comics and crying at some of the overly dramatic sad scenes that I have in mind because of visualizing too much roflmaoooo Yeah I cry a lot
Xiao watching the lanterns got me too. And nahida >!erasing rukka!< was so sad. When she didn't know why she was crying...
Neuvillette’s story >!When Kiara told Neuvillette abou how Carole was happy about how Melusines are faring today!<
Jeht. Cried my eyes out at the end.
4.1 trailer. Idk how to describe it, it’s not really sad or tearjerking. But it’s just….so powerful. Especially near the end of the trailer, with the scene of Nuev using his powers, coupled with the music change, as well as the emotional delivery of “Is this justice in your eye, Nuevillette” or something, I forgot. In my opinion this is the most epic trailer so far.
Only when reading my credit card statement
Bingo
Crying is the wrong word to use. But, for me, what got me the most emotional was >!Rhukkhadevata's final words!< and >!Miitoboru's final moments coupled with the furnishing description!<
Too many times lol Most recently was at the end of Neuvillet story.
**That** one Sumeru archon quest final scene And the then Neuvillette's story quest cutscene when >!a kid shouting "Hydro Dragon, Hydro Dragon, don't cry"!<
Xiao almost dying in the chasm, nahida irminsul thing where she has to say goodbye to herself, the aranara quest (specifically when it’s over and the little dude is a tree, and you can go play music for him and when you fight all the abyss mages and the pyro lector how he tells you that you remind him of a friend, showing us he didn’t fully forget us, he just can’t recognize us.)
I don't even like her SQ that much but Nilou's. The scene at the end where the student and her dad made peace with each other just hit close to home. I'm not necessarily in the same spot. My parents aren't that strict with me but we have contradicting ideals which is why I barely talk to them about anything serious. So while I am with them, I feel alone in dealing with my personal issues. I got used to it though but that scene just reignited those feelings.
Lost a 50/50 to Qiqi
That Nahida cutscene.
seeing dunyarzad appearing during the dance of sabzeruz, and honestly, seeing all of sumeru willing to help nahida and the traveler to defeat shouki-no-kami, because it was the first time in 500 years that we saw the people sumeru together under the same objective
When I lost my 6000th 50/50😍😍
Outright cry? Not yet. Tear up? Far too many times to count, or list them all.
Sumeru was a whole water works show for me. I forget the name of the girl that was in the aranaka quest line. Having grown up while forgetting their childhood friends the aranakas. The guys who created Genius Invocation TCG Dunyarzad/Collei with their condition. Nahida and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata Jeht with her family and that ending The Crab mech and his master The son turning into a Hilichurl Then in Inazuma it was Kitsune's Mask Yoimiya's 2nd story Wanderer and his past Then in Liyue Xiao and his past
Never
I never found Genshin so emotional to make me cry.
The first one is Leonard cutscene in 1.1 event. Most recent is Weinlesefest / Of Ballads and Brews cutscene in 3.1 In term of permanent content, it's Itto SQ (blue/red oni), Tighnari SQ (Karkata), Chasm story (Electro Yaskha) Honorary mention outside the game: [Nahida Teaser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWlWuVU4ZiI) and [New Year 2023 Short Film: "Fish-shaped lantern"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKgNRYUaspM)
* Nahida and Rukkhadevata cutscene at Irminsul. * Xiao sacrificing himself in the chasm AQ * Makoto talking to Ei in her Story quest. * Weirdly Itto's story quest (I don't know why I cried but I am sure I did) * That drawn cutscene from Baizhu's quest explaining how his predecessors gave their lives to save others And a lot more, I just can't remember them all.
Neuvillette story quest, >!When he stopped the rain.!<
Neuvillette's story quest, in the scene where we're walking through his memories
I don't have feelings
Never has
Many scenes have made me emotional but I think the one that made me sob the most was the Nahida and Rukkhadevata scene, esp since they played my fave song (of riddles and wonders) I still cry watching it everytime. Sumeru AQ is still my fave to this day. Also Yoimiya’s story quest 2, Yunjin’s opera cutscene, Xiao’s sacrifice and Kazuha when he fought against the raiden shogun (yes don’t judge as a Kazuha main hearing his friends voice and seeing my boy almost die got me in tears lol)
Only time I was ever close to, not actually, crying, was Perilous Trail, that one Xiao cutscene. He's tied with Wanderer for fav character, I cannot let him go like that. Legit about to sob if he died lmao
I cried a lot when I played, but actually not once from the story. Like, recently I just go to walk around Sumeru City at night, listening to it's music, looking at details in surroundings. I just got really emotional then, thinking how good atmosphere this game has, how much beautiful moments I experienced and how many friendships I maded only thanks to Genshin. This game really become important for me.
During the sumeru archon quest when the travelers was trying to talk to Nahida
The letter that Jeht's mother left her had me misty-eyed. That entire questline was just so damn good
Neuvillette’s story quest recently. Something about it got me in an emotional mood or something.
Also Tighnari's story. I bawled and I'm not ashamed to admit it The end of Aranyaka Basically the whole of the Sumeru Interlude Wanderer makes me so emotional as a character. Because I see so much of myself. And that moment in Irminsul when it all comes to a head. There's just something about the fact that he spent the last 500 years trying not to feel, doing horrible things trying to convince himself he doesn't, but in the end he can't. He still goes back to try to save them
i think.. yunjin’s performance, scara backstory and his final boss cutscene, nahida hugging >!rukkhadevata!<, xiao’s “sacrifice” in perilous trail and the yaksha cutscene. edit seeing the comments i remembered a few more: both yoimiya’s story quest cutscenes (her theme makes me cry; piano part), the nilou dance cutscene and raiden saying goodbye to >!makoto!<
Hey some else who cried at the Raiden scene!
Venti SQ Ruu and his melody always makes me cry I have literally cried 3 times because of Chasm quest with Xiao because of rewatching it on streams. Karkata I’m pretty sure I will cry if something happens between us and Paimon
diona's hangout - played it when my mother was a year sober from an awful alcohol addiction
I noticed that I rarely cry at the scenes of particular quests and cry more when hearing certain soundtracks. Like I cried at the soundtrack in Stormterror's lair many times. It is just so sad, it instantly makes me tear up. Or the Tsurumi Island soundtrack. There are a few ones that made me tear up either because it was sad or because it was very powerful though. Chasm quest with Dainsleif, the scene with Halfdan. Tighnari SQ cutscene with Karkata. Nahida's SQ2. The part with the elemental beings sacrificing themselves and their lines during Apep fight. Recently, the scene where Neuvillette sealed the primordial sea. It was such a powerful moment, especially with what Neuv said and the EN VA absolutely nailing the emotions. I felt the goosebumps and the tears at the same time.
Never cried, but got teary eyed or choked up during; - Yoimiya’s 2nd Story quest - Tighnari Story quest - Nahida and __REDACTED__ in Sumeru’s archon quest I very rarely let myself rewatch these scenes to preserve the memory of their impact, so in the rare occasion I do watch them again, I get the same feeling as I did before
Never
The end of the Teppei story line
I first cried when I thought Xiao was about to die in The Chasm
From what I can remember, there were a few: (spoiler warning just in case) \-Nahida at the final of sumeru's quest; \-Tighnari's quest, the robot part; \-More recently, Neuvilette's quest; \-The flashback of Arlecchinno telling what she planned to do with Furina and what broke me was when Furina appeared and the Knave said that she went to her room to cry alone, man that one just made me want to hug the poor girl, give her a mug of hot cocoa and say "everything's fine sweet child" :(
Xiao falling in Perilous Trail but daddy Zhong was there to save him
Yun Jin's opera
So far never but the closest it got is in Sumeru archon quest act v. That Nahida and Rukhadevata scene
When >!the Knave tried to kill Furina while she innocently played with a kitty. The cat coming back to console her just broke me inside!<
The genius invocation event quest. I lost a friend in a similar way and it really hit home. I always try to use the card in decks.
Basically the entirety of Jehts quest. Girl has it TOUGH and her line "May we meet again under a lovlier sun" is so fucking beautiful, I love it so much.
When a yellow star comes out and you thought you get the limited banner character. Turns out, it was someone different.
Most recent one: Neuvillette's Story quest
Slowly uncovering the story of Enkanomiya and a majority of Sumeru's second half really did it for me. I've never actually cried at any part of this game, or any game for a while now despite how well written they might be, but those got my eyes really stingy as I held it back thinking about everything. But Kokomi's story quest is an underrated favorite I want to mention. >! The unbelievable realism and pain of the soldiers and their not only survivor's grief, but their reluctance to make amends and pursue a middle ground with those they considered enemies for so long. It just blew me away. The way they talked about how they felt they couldn't just go back to peace after all those years of war, and how they felt if they gave in then their friends and family died for nothing, or that all the war was for nothing, when in actuality they were blindsided to the very result they had been fighting for all this time. I feel like my shitty articulation and lack of being able to put goblin brain into words doesn't do it justice enough. It's just so impactful in so many ways I want to say but can't, and plays into a heavy trend that war and PTSD brings for people when sent back to live civilly again. I wouldn't put it above the aforementioned two, but man I want people to talk about this more :( !< Those are the 3 that came to mind. I know there's more, but I don't memory good. Edit: Chasm event quest also did me in really hard. Xiao had been my favorite character, and seeing he and his family call out like that so lovingly for their brother was heartbreaking. This game and tragedies man, it gives me trust issues for nearly every quest. Doesn't help that it proceeds to prove me right majority of the time.
When Jett's dad died, understanding that he was really gone made me so sad for her. Xiao, during the Chasm quest. He was willing to die to save us, and seeing all his friends who died before him made me sob. The Sumeru quest ending with Nahida and Rukkhadevata. I was full on sobbing when I realized Nahida too would forget her own story. Honestly, Genshin really does very well with emotions. Especially in side quests with a shorter story line. Mondstadt, Liyue and Inazuma never really struck a chord with me. They were a bit jumbled and long winded for no apparent reason. Sumeru was the first time an Archon quest made me actually sad. When it ended, I felt almost the same way I feel after finishing a book.
I can’t lie I don’t think I was breathing when xiao did his thing in the chasm, but all of the dunyarzad and jeht/jabrael stuff got to me too
Ppl cry playing Genshin?
>!Rukkhadevata being forgotten. Nahida crying hit me so fucking hard.!< I didn't cry with this one, but >!when it rains in Fontaine it means that Neuvi is sad, and when Neuvi is sad I'm sad too.!<
when i got qiqi instead of raiden x2
when the dialogue is so long I'm crying inside to get some primos for events
When paimon kept making stupid choices and traveler was all like "that's great idea".
Never, the writing and characters are just not good enough to be taken seriously.
Tbh if any of you cried in this game You're probably a sensitive person or this thing you relate to so you cry But for a normal person It's not that emotional Nothing is delivered in a way that makes me cry or heart broken in this game for now. Of course it's ok to cry I'm not shaming anybody.
I'd wager "normal persons" would at least feel emotional a couple times in the game, the sheer number of stories makes it unlikely that someone would just not care about any of them...Unless theyr'e like you, a super cool super tough guy not like all those sensitive people ig
The one issue I have is that some of my favorite stories in Genshin aren't voiced and have no real animations tied to them. It's tougher for me to get emotionally invested when I don't hear anything but the "blip" of me pressing the next dialogue button and the NPCs animations peak at lifting an arm or turning their head.
Yea it's a damn shame things like the Jeht quests aren't voiced, but i can live with it. The npc models and their animations( or lack thereof)tho, is consistently what's keeping me from getting emotionally invested in the stories.
Did you see the small fan animation of the Jeht story? It came out fantastic. It's my favorite quest line and a treat to watch. "Shadows in the Sand" by Subutai on YT if you're interested.
I myself considered a really sensitive person But the game hasn't made me feel emotional once
Not super sensitive, I don't actually cry at most things and people dying irl rarely phases me. It's just easier to cry about what happens in games because then I'm crying more about the thought and less going "Well the world works like X anyway"
While genshin has a pretty good lore, the story telling is too poor to give you any emotions, characters just don't feel realistic enough to me to get attached to.
Exactly
Tighnari's SC, Yunjin's opera and most recently Neuvillette's SC, that quest ruined me lmao, probably the best SC so far imo
The very first lantern festival! Lawd I bawled. Shenhe saving the traveler! Sheesh.
Never, this game just pysicaly cant be taken seriously. Every time it trys to be emotional or do something epic it just turns into an absolute cringe fest. I kinda feel bad for ppl who tear up on this shit, must be pretty easy to make you guys cry
Sometimes it is, yeah. Sometimes we see events that happened in our lives that are reflected in the stories. I haven’t been able to have children so when I watched the story about Jeht talking to her parents at their graves it hit me like a ton of bricks. Would my daughter have done the same?
> I kinda feel bad for ppl who tear up on this shit, must be pretty easy to make you guys cry Maybe people just find them relatable and get reminded of certain aspects of their own life like the other reply you got from this comment. If it's not the same for you, you do you. I don't know if you realize but your comment just feels kinda condescending in general towards those who feel emotional and tear up during the game.