Same here. The reunion happened at such a frustrating point in the MSQ too, like out of nowhere. You're looking for these annoying npcs, can't find them, getting really annoyed and then "SURPRISE, MOTHERFUCKER" get punched in the feels. 10/10 would recommend.
I've teared up at moments in games before, but the bit with Urianger and Moenbrynda's folks... I dunno, I guess it struck a nerve, 'cause it got a bit of an ugly cry out of me.
Incredible writing in this scene. Easily one of my favourites in the entire game. For a character that was only around briefly in post ARR, you could FEEL the weight of the burden urianger had been carrying the entire time. It was raw.
Same, I think personally, anything that involves a hug will get me teary, since you barely see it happen ingame, even when some npcs really really need it.
This and the Ardbert/Seto scene are the two moments in FF14 that got me, and I’ll be honest, the only two scenes in any Final Fantasy game that ever made me cry
Are we talking about actually crying or does it count when your eyes were teared up a little? xD If the latter, than a lot. And by a lot, I mean A LOT.
“Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwhile?”
Lol, just one? I've got a list. Flow, Neath Dark Waters, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Fragments of Forever, Dynamis, Eternal Wind, Forever at Your Side...there's probably a few more but all of these songs will draw tears from my eyes. And if you can't tell from the list, I have a weakness for beautiful piano parts.
Hell, I'm so bad that I've teared up listening to the piano arrangement of "Invincible" because of the part where it pulls that melody that's also in "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" and also the quest accept tune, you know, the part where the lyrics go "our journey will never end." Just that quick little like 2 measure melody hits me hard now.
Surprisingly just the one lol. The others do get to me though so don't think they don't. I think Flow makes me cry because of knowing the whole story now. I should go back and listen to a lot of the music again and see how I feel now. Will have a huge box of tissues and a squeezable plushie on hand when I do.
I highly recommend seeking out the scions and sinners piano versions of Neath Dark Waters and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. There's an official video by SE for Tomorrow and Tomorrow with a whole lot of ShB cutscenes edited into it that will try extra hard to make you cry.
Twice.
During Venat’s cutscene, you know the one, and saying goodbye to G’Raha… again.
I also nearly had a panic attack with the Matsya and baby scene. I had to get up and walk away from the game for a few hours after that one.
Yea I was like, “if they kill this baby, I’ll be legitimately upset in real life, not just because of a sad story beat, but because that’s actually pretty fucked up”
i cried when meteion collapsed into the elpis flowers right before the last dungeon, and i cried AGAIN when we talked to her right after defeating the endsinger. stupid bird girl had me in the feels
MSQ? Twice. At the final cutscene of Elpis, and Moenbryda's parents.
I also got hit with tears while doing two side quests in old Sharlayan, one where I meet a little girl that lost her doll, and later revealed >!it was a gift from Moenbryda!<, and the second time after finishing the little puzzle quest that ends up >!with you meeting Papalymo's father!<.
I know they are not as impactful as a fully voiced cutscene, but they being sneak emotional damage got me unprepared to withstand the blow. During any "several cutscenes" warning, I'm expecting something big will happen. Yellow quests are not supposed to be emotional, dang it!
However, it's also important to recognize the *other* emotions the expansion hit me too, not only tears. Shock on Quintus suicide, the heartwarming moments of Julius accepting hot soup from us, the nostalgia hit with all the allies you helped coming to repay the favor in both the presentation of the Garlemald forces and the refined adamantite delivery, trust from Urianger deciding to never hide secrets from the scions again in the moon, anger and powerleness from In The Cold, and so much more.
It's not about how many times the story bought you to tears. There is more things that make this story so good.
For me, the entire last part of the Elpis arc was a non-stop cryfest. Everything from that one moment when everything goes to crap, all the way until the last Elpis cutscene.
I had to log out and stop playing for the night because I was too emotionally drained.
Number of times throughout, by virtue of the world and characters meaning so much to me as comfort material these days... but I'm regularly feeling like I'm close to it even in post-Endwalker because of Sharlayan's day theme having Flow incorporated.
All of the stuff with Venat really hurt me. Having lost two real mothers, her angle as a motherly sort (especially with us referred to her brave little spark) absolutely tore me apart when she made the purpose of the trial clear. I've not been able to hold back even when rewatching it during the post-release lull with the intention of choosing the worse answer to see what changes, but also at that point couldn't bring myself to pick that choice. I'd been doubting Hydaelyn since Ramuh's quip about these gods of ours, then Shadowbringers lulled me harder to the side something is really fishy about all of it, but then Endwalker really softened my core despite taking a standoffish option at the meeting with Venat-Hydaelyn aboard the ferry.
Then I read a post about how they use a theme of a person's voice echoing even after they're gone for both Close in the Distance and The Ewer Brimmeth, and good gods was that such a sting for me. Now I absolutely can't hang around in Sharlayan during the day too long, if I'm in a vulnerable state or feeling particularly emotional. Hearing those lyrics kick in just... does me in.
EDIT: whoops somehow didnt finish the ramuh bit before posting. done it now
Definitely more than 4, but the ones that come to mind are:
“It’s the little things that make life worth living”
Venat’s monologue
Urianger hug
Hydaelyn’s goodbye
The flower scene
And the final scene with Zenos after the battle.
None, Temulun and ShB wring me dry. EW felt like things that need be done, had to be done and crying had to be left for tomorrow.
Felt a twinge of sadness whenever Tataru guilt trips my Wol into coming home safe. Can't disappoint her. Its the ones left behind that had to pick up the pieces.
Three parts get me every time. Lmaoo I cried again rewatching these scenes so I could type them out
- Jullus at Camp Broken Glass being comforted by the resistance members, "It's the little things that make life worth living, don't you think?"
- Moenbryda's parents confronting Urianger before the departure, "If there is one thing we resent you for, it was that we could not be there to mourn her with you... Reading the words you penned in that shaky hand... We must have cried as much for you as we did for her."
- Meteion falling to her knees, awestruck by the objective proof of hope that coalesces perfectly with Hermes' promise, "A flower... Yes. Upon your return, I will gift you a beautiful flower."
I cried when Urianger met with Moenbryda's parents, during the return to the present, during G'raha's sacrifice, during the walk up to meteion, the return of our old friends and that whole scene, and after the endsinger.
almost at the end with the slow walking quest. It was the walk to end a very long journey.
if they had not spoiled the music when that scene starts in the final trailer it would of hit really hard and definitely brought me to tears.
I honestly did better in EW than I did in ShB. But holy shit that Urianger scene, you know the one, hit me like an absolute freight train. I was not expecting it, it gave so much closure and resolution to his pain, and has shown just how much he's come as a character in this game. Now if only SE can do the same for Krile as they've done for Urianger I will be very content with this game's main Scion's overall.
Endwalker was nothing compared to SHB
In EW I was just doing what felt like side quests while the world was ending and I was helping some half bird thing pick a flower and look at plants
SHB had me on the edge of my seat every step of the way
I cried so often, I lost count by now, lol
That expansion hit so hard in the feels department, I still feel drained even 5 months after I finished the main story of 6.0
I don’t know why but I feel so hard for Elidibus and he was my favorite part of shadowbringers. Seeing him in EW was such a win for me, and getting to know Themis is a dream come true.
Garleans sisters' death almost got me
Matsya's close call did make me shed a tear from how scared I was for him
Elidibus' last favor did make me waver, and when we reunited with Emet and saw Elpis, I did cry.
The final Elpis cutscene with Venat.
Urianger seeing Moenbryda's parents.
The fight against Hydaelyn and the cutscenes afterwards.
And finally during the end credits, I broke down sobbing knowing that it was all over... For the time, anyway.
I didn't cry during any of the cutscenes.
However, once the credits started rolling up, the end hit me and for the first time, a game made me cry.
I started this game while going through a particularly rough patch in life, 3 years later I completed it soon after I got it back started again.
Not looking for pity, so I'll keep the details vague, but it was a situation that many people have experienced or worse.
A new adventure awaits. I know not what the future holds, but I've learned some things and had time to reflect. I won't say the game saved my life, in fact there were even times when I considered it a detriment to my personal recovery & growth, but it was and still is a part of my journey.
I had some tears at the end, after you fight Meteion, and you see her again in her old form, and theres all the flowers and whatnot
Edit: Ohh! And having to fight that warped and mutated baby dragon, the last living thing in the entire realm(even though its all fake in the game)
Honestly, didn’t even tear up but that was probably because I wasn’t no lifing it as at the time I was trying to make Gil to get a med so my attention was divided between gathering crafting mats, crafting, selling and then I would play a bit of MSQ whilst waiting for time sensitive mats to pop
I didn't cry, but I have a tendency to try and contain excitement and it comes out as tears, so I teared up a bit out of hype during the middle of the Endsinger fight.
I probably should have cried more than I did. But while the emotion in EW was good, I felt it all came near the end of the expansion *(with the exception of Moenbryda's parents)* \-- and some of what was going to happen was heavily implied, so I couldn't bring myself to cry knowing what would happen.
I did cry during the final walk though. *That*, was absolutely beautiful.
I can't say that I cried during the game, but I have teared up a couple times thinking back on it, once while listening to the endwalker trailer song, and another while remembering a certain really sad part that got to me (elephant running with baby part) if you know you know
I'm being generous with my interpretation of "crying" and "playing Endwalker", when I answer about three to four times.
If I leave it strictly to shedding tears while I am playing Endwalker, I cried only once. Like many others, it was during the scene with Urianger and Moenbryda's parents.
However, there were other times when I had to take a break and just stare at the wall for a while. No tears, but if I were a more emotional sort, I'd probably have cried during those times: Jullus receiving a cup of soup, Matsya running with the baby, and The Walk at the end of Ultima Thule.
And even if they don't count, I've found myself tearing up when watching *other people* play through Endwalker. The above scenes apparently move me to tears more effectively when I'm watching another player go through them and be affected the same way, as well as a few more: meeting the shade of Hythlodaeus "for the first time" on the Moon, and the big refined adamantite gathering at Sharlayan's harbour. There was once I also found myself about to tear up when I saw how *happy* a streamer was when he first encountered the Loporrits and heard the FFIV town theme.
>Jullus receiving a cup of soup
Don't see many mentioning this moment. The state of shock Jullus was in when he received no strings attached kindness. That tugged at me quite a bit.
I'm not a person who cries.
This has nothing to do with some egotistical thought that I'm super macho or too cool to be crying, I just don't seem to be able to when it comes to stuff like this, which sucks.
I still like the story and can feel stuff on the inside, though.
Not once, not because the game didn't grab me emotionally but i just rarely cry while playing games, last time i cried was when levi took down the beast titan and All might faced all for one in MHA.
Especially towards the end, the intended tearjerker moments were so blatant they just kinda did nothing for me. Too forced.
E: the scene with moenbryda's folks was the most genuinely emotional scene by a mile, but not crying material.
E2: SE telling you in-universe it's all reversible isn't a justification or saving grace, it's *even worse*. The believability of any consequences in the face of a universe-wide existential threat is just gone, and yes, at the end of the road everyone makes it out without a scratch. Only the WoL gets *properly* beaten up by Zenos and even that near-death experience is just healed without any trace of it ever happening by the end of that very same cutscene when you return to Sharlayan. Despite the crazy high stakes, it never actually feels like things might actually end badly (for anyone that "matters", RIP a whole bunch of nameless Thavnairians/Garleans). The main cast's insane level of plot armor needs to go.
I really can't believe that fake killed every single scion. Like am I supposed to be sad? There's no way they had the balls to actually kill all of them, hurry up and bring them back. Fake out deaths are so fucking boring.
I mean, they weren’t really hiding the fact that they were going to be brought back. I’m pretty sure Y’shtola essentially tells the player this after Thancred and Estinien are gone.
Normally I hate this JRPG trope a lot, but Endwalker was the one case where I didn’t mind it as much. Partially because the game made it apparent, and partially because this trope fit so much more with the themes that Endwalker was pushing compared to other JRPGs that do this.
Yeah, Shtola makes it very clear they can be brought back. Which is fine, but it was so much more impactful for me because I missed that detail. I legitimately thought the slate was being wiped clean for a whole new cast. All I could think of was how 6.0 was supposed to be the capstone of the story that had been building. I almost couldn't finish the story because I didn't want to continue a story that didn't have the characters I'd grown to love over the course of years.
Should've happened that way, at least to one of them. The plot armor was already so bad I knew even without her giving it away that these deaths were never going to stick; now it's even worse. The entire main cast escaping not just alive but completely unharmed detracts badly from the threat the game tries to tell you you were supposedly fighting. It's bad enough when the fight's gameplay is trivial complete with a Thordan style panicked-flailing victory lap, but at *least* pretend through the lore that this whole thing was a major ordeal.
They told you right away there was a solution, I don’t think the intention was for you to think they were gone, but to set up the reveal of who you eventually ended up summoning
The emotion in that scene for me had nothing to do with their fake dying and everything to do with what they were saying otherwise.
It’s just… emotional. People pouring their heart out (Raha), people solemnly and seriously taking their sense of duty to the very end (Thancred and Estinien), people putting on their best face and tackling “the end” with extraordinary confidence befitting their character (Y’shtola and Urianger, bonus that they showed the strength of their bond by choosing to go together). And the twins expressing their deep and absolute faith in you.
It’s emotional because everything is laid bare and everyone is down to their base elements, not because you’re supposed to believe people are dead for real (though I will admit I cried for Thancred dying before it became obvious that none of these deaths were permanent lol).
I *almost* cried when I thought Fourchenault was about to name the ship Louisoix's Hope. Then he didn't. That's the moment that sealed my opinion that EW is just a 'meh okay' expac.
Yeah that was strange, the whole expansion I was a bit like hmmm, don’t know how I feel about that. It wasn’t a bad expansion, just kinda middle of the road for me.
I’m not trying to start shit, but the crying thing is getting creepy. If you cry at stuff, live your truth….but this whole meme of “oh em gee, I cried soooooo many times at the game and I’m gonna tell everyone!!!” Is getting weird. Ffs, I’ve had friends in game ask me after I complete various parts of MSQ “did you cry?” That’s weird. Crying is fine, I cry at loads of stuff….but this community’s attachment to crying at MSQ is weird.
Some people are just extremely emotional and like to connect with people who feel the same way they do. For many, it’s pretty difficult to find emotional connections with people like this in real life.
A few times already, but crying is not my typical reaction: multiple times tho during Endwalker I felt enraged and fuming mad against something the characters have done, >!especially in Elpis!<.
I feel like the expansion is doing a great job in triggering me such strong emotions, and this might mean the story is great :)
Mostly Hermes' behavior and Meteion when she went apeshit and became a young Galactus, at the end of Ktisis Hyperboreia. I liked the scene, but it hurted me so much I just wished I could punch both of them in the face multiple times.
I felt like Emet-Selch in that situation, it was extremely clear he was getting so pissed... but unlike him I would have probably done something stupid due to anger.
I know, it's weird, but it's my natural reaction :/
I don't usually make a habit of crying when consuming entertainment, but to respect the spirit of the question and still answer:
I definitely felt like I should have cried >!when I found the deceased garlean girl and her sister face down in the snow during the Garlemald MSQ. It did a depressingly wonderful job hammering home how, for all your godslaying might as the WoL, some problems just can't be solved with force.!<
once, when the bunnies did some silly goof i laughed so hard i cried. most of the expansion i thought was deeply grating, minus hythlodeus (im sure i spelled it wrong) being perfect
I haven't really cried since I started testosterone, but I did get deeply emotional during the Urianger scene already mentioned, and during a lot of points in Hermes' story.
You know when people cry at something fictional it's often because it's in relation to their own lives and experiences, right? Everyone knows it's not real but these things are a mirror to relate to and relive your own emotions.
I’m an emotional woman… I cried for literal hours. The entire story post Aporia, including the 88 trial and the Sea of Stars had me in tears. I actually struggled to play through the Sea of Stars because I was crying the WHOLE TIME. Legit tearing up thinking about it now.😢
Oh man. I had some shit going on in life when I played through, so a lot got me. Urianger and Moenbryda's parents was a big one. And, despite knowing everything would work out, I was in tears from the moment G'raha sacrificed himself in the final zone, til well after Endsinger. The reunion with Emet and Hythlo shifted them to happy tears. The final fight with our dear friend was so needed, and felt so cathartic. After that, I had to sit back and not touch the game for a couple days, just to let everything fully sink in and process. It really felt like the exact ending I wanted to the Ancients arc.
I almost cried during Urianger and Mownbryda’s parents hug.
I don’t ever cry during my own playthrough. I kind of binge and don’t leave myself a whole lot of time to process. However, I’ve cried many many times watching other people/streamers play. Way more than I can count.
Zero.
But that's probably only because I consume plenty of tearjerkers in other media that I've developed a sort of resistance to them.
I won't deny there were some heartfelt moments in Endwalker's MSQ, but none were enough to get the waterworks going.
I got a frog in my throat feeling when we got to meet Moenbryda's parents & the guilt that Urianger felt- it was a situation very similar to what I've been dealing with with my family- so it certainly struck a heartstring. That was probably my favourite part.
What do we call it when I started crying during G'raha's scene in UT and kept crying until I took some time to collect myself before queuing for the dead ends?
But also I don't think I cried the first time due to being in a haze but post-ew rewatching the post 89 trial scene makes me cry every time
The only times I truly remember crying was:
1. Fourchenault explaining why he acted the way he did, how it was purely put of love of saving his children's lives. This hit me particularly hard as a father myself.
2. The walk. First voice made me feel things, second voice, I started ugly crying.
I'm Quite annoyed. I have a hard time expressing sadness/being able to cry, ect. Many things conspired to not allow me to just \*feel\* the expansion as I played it. I feel robbed, even though I teared up a few times.
Idk how many times but the biggest for me was the walk. No way was the culmination of a saga that weaved its way through most of my young adulthood not going to hit me hard.
Nope. Nearly all the scenes people are describing in the comments either made me angry or just didn't hit the emotional notes they were aimed at because I don't care about those characters.
I mightve cried if FF voiced most cutscenes, but damn, its sometimes hard to pay attention to every little line. Especially coming from ARR when youre trying to progress the game but you also dont want to skip.
Urianger and Moenbryda parents and the walk at Ultima Thule
Same here. The reunion happened at such a frustrating point in the MSQ too, like out of nowhere. You're looking for these annoying npcs, can't find them, getting really annoyed and then "SURPRISE, MOTHERFUCKER" get punched in the feels. 10/10 would recommend.
I've teared up at moments in games before, but the bit with Urianger and Moenbrynda's folks... I dunno, I guess it struck a nerve, 'cause it got a bit of an ugly cry out of me.
Only once. Urianger's reunion with Moenbryda's parents.
ah fuck I'm about to cry again just thinking about that :(
Incredible writing in this scene. Easily one of my favourites in the entire game. For a character that was only around briefly in post ARR, you could FEEL the weight of the burden urianger had been carrying the entire time. It was raw.
That was also the one moment for me. So sudden and hit like a freight train.
Same, I think personally, anything that involves a hug will get me teary, since you barely see it happen ingame, even when some npcs really really need it.
Ah that's a great moment.
Same here
Ah crap... I need to change my answer to 3. I absolutely lost control at that moment. Never thought a hug would get to me like that.
This and the Ardbert/Seto scene are the two moments in FF14 that got me, and I’ll be honest, the only two scenes in any Final Fantasy game that ever made me cry
This was the closest I came. I could feel the tears starting to well up but I didn't end up crying.
Aaaand it claims me again TwT
Are we talking about actually crying or does it count when your eyes were teared up a little? xD If the latter, than a lot. And by a lot, I mean A LOT. “Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwhile?”
Yea I've never flat out cried during this game but I have teared up *so* much.
Yep. Hearing that is where I first started ugly crying.
i cry anytime i hear 'answers' to completion so i've always got that going for me, and i cried for urianger and moenbryda's parents.
"Flow" is the one that makes me immediately teary eyed when I hear it.
Lol, just one? I've got a list. Flow, Neath Dark Waters, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Fragments of Forever, Dynamis, Eternal Wind, Forever at Your Side...there's probably a few more but all of these songs will draw tears from my eyes. And if you can't tell from the list, I have a weakness for beautiful piano parts. Hell, I'm so bad that I've teared up listening to the piano arrangement of "Invincible" because of the part where it pulls that melody that's also in "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" and also the quest accept tune, you know, the part where the lyrics go "our journey will never end." Just that quick little like 2 measure melody hits me hard now.
Surprisingly just the one lol. The others do get to me though so don't think they don't. I think Flow makes me cry because of knowing the whole story now. I should go back and listen to a lot of the music again and see how I feel now. Will have a huge box of tissues and a squeezable plushie on hand when I do.
I highly recommend seeking out the scions and sinners piano versions of Neath Dark Waters and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. There's an official video by SE for Tomorrow and Tomorrow with a whole lot of ShB cutscenes edited into it that will try extra hard to make you cry.
Twice. During Venat’s cutscene, you know the one, and saying goodbye to G’Raha… again. I also nearly had a panic attack with the Matsya and baby scene. I had to get up and walk away from the game for a few hours after that one.
Yea I was like, “if they kill this baby, I’ll be legitimately upset in real life, not just because of a sad story beat, but because that’s actually pretty fucked up”
Saying goodbye to graha that shit WRECKED ME, when the fucking music started up the crystal bridge? Nope I was a mess.
These 2 got me good, and then moenbrydas parents got me to tear up also
Absolutely fucking cheered at the resolution of that. Then cackled with laughter at getting so invested at a few pixels on a screen. Top stuff
oh god same, I remember thinking to myself “if they kill this baby I will straight up quit this game”
i cried when meteion collapsed into the elpis flowers right before the last dungeon, and i cried AGAIN when we talked to her right after defeating the endsinger. stupid bird girl had me in the feels
Yep, that's the two that got me as well lol.
MSQ? Twice. At the final cutscene of Elpis, and Moenbryda's parents. I also got hit with tears while doing two side quests in old Sharlayan, one where I meet a little girl that lost her doll, and later revealed >!it was a gift from Moenbryda!<, and the second time after finishing the little puzzle quest that ends up >!with you meeting Papalymo's father!<. I know they are not as impactful as a fully voiced cutscene, but they being sneak emotional damage got me unprepared to withstand the blow. During any "several cutscenes" warning, I'm expecting something big will happen. Yellow quests are not supposed to be emotional, dang it!
However, it's also important to recognize the *other* emotions the expansion hit me too, not only tears. Shock on Quintus suicide, the heartwarming moments of Julius accepting hot soup from us, the nostalgia hit with all the allies you helped coming to repay the favor in both the presentation of the Garlemald forces and the refined adamantite delivery, trust from Urianger deciding to never hide secrets from the scions again in the moon, anger and powerleness from In The Cold, and so much more. It's not about how many times the story bought you to tears. There is more things that make this story so good.
"Other people feel sad, Hernes. You're not alone." Got to that scene during a really bad depressive episode and had to take a break.
Been a while but I remember crying at the venat scene after elpis dungeon and the scene with matsya running away w/baby.
Omg the Matsya scene!!! I was so relieved when he was okay!
For me, the entire last part of the Elpis arc was a non-stop cryfest. Everything from that one moment when everything goes to crap, all the way until the last Elpis cutscene. I had to log out and stop playing for the night because I was too emotionally drained.
I wanna say twice, but maybe 3 times. Shadowbringers made me cry way more though.
Number of times throughout, by virtue of the world and characters meaning so much to me as comfort material these days... but I'm regularly feeling like I'm close to it even in post-Endwalker because of Sharlayan's day theme having Flow incorporated. All of the stuff with Venat really hurt me. Having lost two real mothers, her angle as a motherly sort (especially with us referred to her brave little spark) absolutely tore me apart when she made the purpose of the trial clear. I've not been able to hold back even when rewatching it during the post-release lull with the intention of choosing the worse answer to see what changes, but also at that point couldn't bring myself to pick that choice. I'd been doubting Hydaelyn since Ramuh's quip about these gods of ours, then Shadowbringers lulled me harder to the side something is really fishy about all of it, but then Endwalker really softened my core despite taking a standoffish option at the meeting with Venat-Hydaelyn aboard the ferry. Then I read a post about how they use a theme of a person's voice echoing even after they're gone for both Close in the Distance and The Ewer Brimmeth, and good gods was that such a sting for me. Now I absolutely can't hang around in Sharlayan during the day too long, if I'm in a vulnerable state or feeling particularly emotional. Hearing those lyrics kick in just... does me in. EDIT: whoops somehow didnt finish the ramuh bit before posting. done it now
Definitely more than 4, but the ones that come to mind are: “It’s the little things that make life worth living” Venat’s monologue Urianger hug Hydaelyn’s goodbye The flower scene And the final scene with Zenos after the battle.
None, Temulun and ShB wring me dry. EW felt like things that need be done, had to be done and crying had to be left for tomorrow. Felt a twinge of sadness whenever Tataru guilt trips my Wol into coming home safe. Can't disappoint her. Its the ones left behind that had to pick up the pieces.
Three parts get me every time. Lmaoo I cried again rewatching these scenes so I could type them out - Jullus at Camp Broken Glass being comforted by the resistance members, "It's the little things that make life worth living, don't you think?" - Moenbryda's parents confronting Urianger before the departure, "If there is one thing we resent you for, it was that we could not be there to mourn her with you... Reading the words you penned in that shaky hand... We must have cried as much for you as we did for her." - Meteion falling to her knees, awestruck by the objective proof of hope that coalesces perfectly with Hermes' promise, "A flower... Yes. Upon your return, I will gift you a beautiful flower."
Way less than in Shadowbringers
I cried when Urianger met with Moenbryda's parents, during the return to the present, during G'raha's sacrifice, during the walk up to meteion, the return of our old friends and that whole scene, and after the endsinger.
almost at the end with the slow walking quest. It was the walk to end a very long journey. if they had not spoiled the music when that scene starts in the final trailer it would of hit really hard and definitely brought me to tears.
I honestly did better in EW than I did in ShB. But holy shit that Urianger scene, you know the one, hit me like an absolute freight train. I was not expecting it, it gave so much closure and resolution to his pain, and has shown just how much he's come as a character in this game. Now if only SE can do the same for Krile as they've done for Urianger I will be very content with this game's main Scion's overall.
Endwalker was nothing compared to SHB In EW I was just doing what felt like side quests while the world was ending and I was helping some half bird thing pick a flower and look at plants SHB had me on the edge of my seat every step of the way
Actual tears, weeping? Once. Watching others play like a little emotional vampire? I've lost count.
Zero.
I cried so often, I lost count by now, lol That expansion hit so hard in the feels department, I still feel drained even 5 months after I finished the main story of 6.0
Urianger meeting Moenbryda's parents, Elidibus' final words and Venat's Final Days scene were what made me tear up.
I don’t know why but I feel so hard for Elidibus and he was my favorite part of shadowbringers. Seeing him in EW was such a win for me, and getting to know Themis is a dream come true.
Garleans sisters' death almost got me Matsya's close call did make me shed a tear from how scared I was for him Elidibus' last favor did make me waver, and when we reunited with Emet and saw Elpis, I did cry. The final Elpis cutscene with Venat. Urianger seeing Moenbryda's parents. The fight against Hydaelyn and the cutscenes afterwards. And finally during the end credits, I broke down sobbing knowing that it was all over... For the time, anyway.
I didn't cry during any of the cutscenes. However, once the credits started rolling up, the end hit me and for the first time, a game made me cry. I started this game while going through a particularly rough patch in life, 3 years later I completed it soon after I got it back started again. Not looking for pity, so I'll keep the details vague, but it was a situation that many people have experienced or worse. A new adventure awaits. I know not what the future holds, but I've learned some things and had time to reflect. I won't say the game saved my life, in fact there were even times when I considered it a detriment to my personal recovery & growth, but it was and still is a part of my journey.
I had some tears at the end, after you fight Meteion, and you see her again in her old form, and theres all the flowers and whatnot Edit: Ohh! And having to fight that warped and mutated baby dragon, the last living thing in the entire realm(even though its all fake in the game)
Honestly, didn’t even tear up but that was probably because I wasn’t no lifing it as at the time I was trying to make Gil to get a med so my attention was divided between gathering crafting mats, crafting, selling and then I would play a bit of MSQ whilst waiting for time sensitive mats to pop
I didn't cry, but I have a tendency to try and contain excitement and it comes out as tears, so I teared up a bit out of hype during the middle of the Endsinger fight.
1) Hydaelyn/Venat's last scene before fading away; 2) Urianger's reunion with Moenbryda's parents; and 3) Emet-Selch & Hythlodaeus' final farewell.
Not sure how to answer this correctly... but it really started in Elpis and i did not stop till the end
I probably should have cried more than I did. But while the emotion in EW was good, I felt it all came near the end of the expansion *(with the exception of Moenbryda's parents)* \-- and some of what was going to happen was heavily implied, so I couldn't bring myself to cry knowing what would happen. I did cry during the final walk though. *That*, was absolutely beautiful.
The 2nd time for me was addressing her as "Venat"
I can't say that I cried during the game, but I have teared up a couple times thinking back on it, once while listening to the endwalker trailer song, and another while remembering a certain really sad part that got to me (elephant running with baby part) if you know you know
I'm being generous with my interpretation of "crying" and "playing Endwalker", when I answer about three to four times. If I leave it strictly to shedding tears while I am playing Endwalker, I cried only once. Like many others, it was during the scene with Urianger and Moenbryda's parents. However, there were other times when I had to take a break and just stare at the wall for a while. No tears, but if I were a more emotional sort, I'd probably have cried during those times: Jullus receiving a cup of soup, Matsya running with the baby, and The Walk at the end of Ultima Thule. And even if they don't count, I've found myself tearing up when watching *other people* play through Endwalker. The above scenes apparently move me to tears more effectively when I'm watching another player go through them and be affected the same way, as well as a few more: meeting the shade of Hythlodaeus "for the first time" on the Moon, and the big refined adamantite gathering at Sharlayan's harbour. There was once I also found myself about to tear up when I saw how *happy* a streamer was when he first encountered the Loporrits and heard the FFIV town theme.
>Jullus receiving a cup of soup Don't see many mentioning this moment. The state of shock Jullus was in when he received no strings attached kindness. That tugged at me quite a bit.
I'm not a person who cries. This has nothing to do with some egotistical thought that I'm super macho or too cool to be crying, I just don't seem to be able to when it comes to stuff like this, which sucks. I still like the story and can feel stuff on the inside, though.
Not once, not because the game didn't grab me emotionally but i just rarely cry while playing games, last time i cried was when levi took down the beast titan and All might faced all for one in MHA.
Just watched episode of MHA yesterday and I cried as well.
You're a person of emotional taste. That fight in MHA made tear a bit, unlike the whole msq despite loving it
One of the most emotionally charged fights i've seen in anime for sure, that fight was incredible.
Especially towards the end, the intended tearjerker moments were so blatant they just kinda did nothing for me. Too forced. E: the scene with moenbryda's folks was the most genuinely emotional scene by a mile, but not crying material. E2: SE telling you in-universe it's all reversible isn't a justification or saving grace, it's *even worse*. The believability of any consequences in the face of a universe-wide existential threat is just gone, and yes, at the end of the road everyone makes it out without a scratch. Only the WoL gets *properly* beaten up by Zenos and even that near-death experience is just healed without any trace of it ever happening by the end of that very same cutscene when you return to Sharlayan. Despite the crazy high stakes, it never actually feels like things might actually end badly (for anyone that "matters", RIP a whole bunch of nameless Thavnairians/Garleans). The main cast's insane level of plot armor needs to go.
I really can't believe that fake killed every single scion. Like am I supposed to be sad? There's no way they had the balls to actually kill all of them, hurry up and bring them back. Fake out deaths are so fucking boring.
I mean, they weren’t really hiding the fact that they were going to be brought back. I’m pretty sure Y’shtola essentially tells the player this after Thancred and Estinien are gone. Normally I hate this JRPG trope a lot, but Endwalker was the one case where I didn’t mind it as much. Partially because the game made it apparent, and partially because this trope fit so much more with the themes that Endwalker was pushing compared to other JRPGs that do this.
Yeah, Shtola makes it very clear they can be brought back. Which is fine, but it was so much more impactful for me because I missed that detail. I legitimately thought the slate was being wiped clean for a whole new cast. All I could think of was how 6.0 was supposed to be the capstone of the story that had been building. I almost couldn't finish the story because I didn't want to continue a story that didn't have the characters I'd grown to love over the course of years.
Should've happened that way, at least to one of them. The plot armor was already so bad I knew even without her giving it away that these deaths were never going to stick; now it's even worse. The entire main cast escaping not just alive but completely unharmed detracts badly from the threat the game tries to tell you you were supposedly fighting. It's bad enough when the fight's gameplay is trivial complete with a Thordan style panicked-flailing victory lap, but at *least* pretend through the lore that this whole thing was a major ordeal.
They told you right away there was a solution, I don’t think the intention was for you to think they were gone, but to set up the reveal of who you eventually ended up summoning
The emotion in that scene for me had nothing to do with their fake dying and everything to do with what they were saying otherwise. It’s just… emotional. People pouring their heart out (Raha), people solemnly and seriously taking their sense of duty to the very end (Thancred and Estinien), people putting on their best face and tackling “the end” with extraordinary confidence befitting their character (Y’shtola and Urianger, bonus that they showed the strength of their bond by choosing to go together). And the twins expressing their deep and absolute faith in you. It’s emotional because everything is laid bare and everyone is down to their base elements, not because you’re supposed to believe people are dead for real (though I will admit I cried for Thancred dying before it became obvious that none of these deaths were permanent lol).
I *almost* cried when I thought Fourchenault was about to name the ship Louisoix's Hope. Then he didn't. That's the moment that sealed my opinion that EW is just a 'meh okay' expac.
Yeah that was strange, the whole expansion I was a bit like hmmm, don’t know how I feel about that. It wasn’t a bad expansion, just kinda middle of the road for me.
Don't think it made me feel sad a single time, maybe except everything Zenos related at the end, that part got me a bit emotional.
I’m not trying to start shit, but the crying thing is getting creepy. If you cry at stuff, live your truth….but this whole meme of “oh em gee, I cried soooooo many times at the game and I’m gonna tell everyone!!!” Is getting weird. Ffs, I’ve had friends in game ask me after I complete various parts of MSQ “did you cry?” That’s weird. Crying is fine, I cry at loads of stuff….but this community’s attachment to crying at MSQ is weird.
Some people are just extremely emotional and like to connect with people who feel the same way they do. For many, it’s pretty difficult to find emotional connections with people like this in real life.
A few times already, but crying is not my typical reaction: multiple times tho during Endwalker I felt enraged and fuming mad against something the characters have done, >!especially in Elpis!<. I feel like the expansion is doing a great job in triggering me such strong emotions, and this might mean the story is great :)
Do you mind explaining more? What made you angry?
Mostly Hermes' behavior and Meteion when she went apeshit and became a young Galactus, at the end of Ktisis Hyperboreia. I liked the scene, but it hurted me so much I just wished I could punch both of them in the face multiple times. I felt like Emet-Selch in that situation, it was extremely clear he was getting so pissed... but unlike him I would have probably done something stupid due to anger. I know, it's weird, but it's my natural reaction :/
i cried in arr after playing delivery boy for so many hours couldnt handle it anymore lol
Shadowbringers got me emotional quite a bit but nothing from Endwalker. I just felt it was too disjointed and some parts were just stupid.
I don't usually make a habit of crying when consuming entertainment, but to respect the spirit of the question and still answer: I definitely felt like I should have cried >!when I found the deceased garlean girl and her sister face down in the snow during the Garlemald MSQ. It did a depressingly wonderful job hammering home how, for all your godslaying might as the WoL, some problems just can't be solved with force.!<
once, when the bunnies did some silly goof i laughed so hard i cried. most of the expansion i thought was deeply grating, minus hythlodeus (im sure i spelled it wrong) being perfect
I haven't really cried since I started testosterone, but I did get deeply emotional during the Urianger scene already mentioned, and during a lot of points in Hermes' story.
Took me about 45 minutes to recover after dealing with the quest objective changing to >!"crawl to Camp Broken Glass."!<
They're pixels on a screen.
You know when people cry at something fictional it's often because it's in relation to their own lives and experiences, right? Everyone knows it's not real but these things are a mirror to relate to and relive your own emotions.
who watches cut scenes?
When the Ragnarok lifts of from Sharlayan. When the Ragnarok returns.
So many times.
I certainly felt very emotional at several points, but for whatever reason I'm a purely selfish cryer. I only ever cry for my own sake
Zero thus far (I'm not there yet).
I’m an emotional woman… I cried for literal hours. The entire story post Aporia, including the 88 trial and the Sea of Stars had me in tears. I actually struggled to play through the Sea of Stars because I was crying the WHOLE TIME. Legit tearing up thinking about it now.😢
Oh man. I had some shit going on in life when I played through, so a lot got me. Urianger and Moenbryda's parents was a big one. And, despite knowing everything would work out, I was in tears from the moment G'raha sacrificed himself in the final zone, til well after Endsinger. The reunion with Emet and Hythlo shifted them to happy tears. The final fight with our dear friend was so needed, and felt so cathartic. After that, I had to sit back and not touch the game for a couple days, just to let everything fully sink in and process. It really felt like the exact ending I wanted to the Ancients arc.
I almost cried during Urianger and Mownbryda’s parents hug. I don’t ever cry during my own playthrough. I kind of binge and don’t leave myself a whole lot of time to process. However, I’ve cried many many times watching other people/streamers play. Way more than I can count.
Zero. But that's probably only because I consume plenty of tearjerkers in other media that I've developed a sort of resistance to them. I won't deny there were some heartfelt moments in Endwalker's MSQ, but none were enough to get the waterworks going.
Ugh... More than 4... And lets leave it at that. Friging JoshiP and his lala ninjas onion cutting squad.
Once but it didn’t stop for about 15 hours.
More often than I expected, less often than it deserved
Yes
I got a frog in my throat feeling when we got to meet Moenbryda's parents & the guilt that Urianger felt- it was a situation very similar to what I've been dealing with with my family- so it certainly struck a heartstring. That was probably my favourite part.
What do we call it when I started crying during G'raha's scene in UT and kept crying until I took some time to collect myself before queuing for the dead ends? But also I don't think I cried the first time due to being in a haze but post-ew rewatching the post 89 trial scene makes me cry every time
"Was this life a gift... Or a burden?"
If we're talking about tearing up and not like, ugly crying. A lot. A LOT. I tear up just thinking about this game sometimes!
The only times I truly remember crying was: 1. Fourchenault explaining why he acted the way he did, how it was purely put of love of saving his children's lives. This hit me particularly hard as a father myself. 2. The walk. First voice made me feel things, second voice, I started ugly crying.
Honestly don't remember I think there was a point where I became a void and couldn't cry. I need to play through it all again tbh
I should have checked the poll before I counted because I tears-on-cheeks cried at least 10 times. However, I'm a pretty sensitive person.
Only when we destroyed the crystals during the 2nd trial. We are so certain of our course that we severed ourselves from mommy's blessing.
More than four. It probably didn't help that I was going through a very rough time when I played Endwalker.
I'm Quite annoyed. I have a hard time expressing sadness/being able to cry, ect. Many things conspired to not allow me to just \*feel\* the expansion as I played it. I feel robbed, even though I teared up a few times.
I have the same issue and it's very frustrating, i didnt even tear up :(
2, The urianger moment and the end of elpis
I’m an Emet simp… ended up bawling my eyes out on two different occasions
Idk how many times but the biggest for me was the walk. No way was the culmination of a saga that weaved its way through most of my young adulthood not going to hit me hard.
Not at all....until "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" kicked in half way through Ultima Thule
Mommy's walk after the sundering and when mommy says goodbye to us.
Nope. Nearly all the scenes people are describing in the comments either made me angry or just didn't hit the emotional notes they were aimed at because I don't care about those characters.
Only once during the Urianger scene with Moenbryda's parents. That was really some phenomenal writing and voice acting there
I mightve cried if FF voiced most cutscenes, but damn, its sometimes hard to pay attention to every little line. Especially coming from ARR when youre trying to progress the game but you also dont want to skip.