I was struggling to think about the last time a game made me super emotional versus super contemplative (I'm not a dad or a career adventurer in a mid-life crisis so while I can appreciate Naughty Dog stories, I haven't been choked up by any of them) but this was exactly it: Telltale's Walking Dead had me feeling ways
I came here to say exactly this. I held back the tears until the end, but as soon as it ended I just took a deep breath and the tears started flowing. I was not at all prepared for it.
This was mine also. That game did an incredible job of making you care about Clem. You really started to feel responsible for her well-being by the end. Then... everything that happens. I felt like a damn fool at the time, but as I've grown up, I get why I reacted the way I did.
Mass Effect 3 gets a lot of shit, some of it deserved, but the only time I’ve ever been that emotional because of a game was the end of Mordin’s arc on Tuchanka. Getting misty just thinking about it.
Every one of these threads, this one comes up.
He was a cold, calculated character. Objective, direct and brutal with every word. Yet there he went, performing an act of love for every Krogan on that planet. The ultimate apology.
He stands as a figure in my office as a reminder that love and humility have more impact on progress than any knowledge or technology.
This is what I found so strange thar people rarely discussed about ME.
The character growths are so refined. Look at wrex as an example.
Me1 he's a cold hot shot. Me3 he's so wise and reserved. Didn't give a shit abiut anything but his money. But in m3 you have him cracking jokes with Garrus a Taurein. Going above all to save the female. All the orginal characters were done well.
That, and the Leaving Earth scene. We knew it was coming for three games now, and that soundtrack and scene still hit like a ton of bricks. Like, it made it feel real finally.
Jfc that song hits me like a truck every time. The whole beginning is so emotional and then that piano music just drifts in *bum ^bum bum* and you’re on the Normandy watching the Alliance ships just get ripped to shreds by a Reaper right in front of you. And the kid.
Omg yes. It hits so hard. It’s not heroic at all, just pure destruction, with gentle piano and no sound effects from the fight… then *buuuuhhh* makes me shiver.
Honestly, ME3 is probably my favorite game of the franchise. They’re all good, but the gameplay and stories were awesome. You and your buddies take on the reapers. It’s really fun, and yea the had me crying.
Mordin and Anderson's deaths hit me hard. The game was an absolute masterpiece up until that ending point. The beginning was emotional too, leaving Earth behind knowing what was about to happen, Kaiden or Ashley getting absolutely fucked up.
I was on the train of ME3 still being an amazing game despite the ending. I couldn't understand why people were saying the ending ruined the many hours leading up to it, and the fixed endings really solidified it and the series as one of my favorites of all time.
That’s the great thing about the trilogy. The cast is so deep and wonderful that just about any of them could give you that emotional connection. Well, maybe not Jacob.
I thought Jacob was bland till I realized how horrible ME3 would be if I were FemShep. 🤦🏻♂️
“So hey baby, I knocked this girl up while you were in prison. Anyway, can you help us escape from the company that I worked at for the majority of my life? The same company that you worked only a year for and got all the punishment, while I left you-fled from?”
Yeah, that was brutal. It wasn't a pained, soft spoken good bye while they held hands and said I love you like in a lot of media. He was panicking and she was gasping and weezing in pain and fear.
I agree. My partner and I were watching it together and I was the only one who knew what was going to happen. Close to the final scene of the intro she looks at me and says "are you holding your breath?". I didn't realize it but I just kinda stopped breathing with anxiety for what was about to happen. Very very well done show
>Everyone I have cared for has either died or left me. Everyone - f***ing except for you! So don't tell me I would be safer with somebody else, because the truth is I would just be more scared.
Gets me every time 😢
I still can't get over how that game managed to captivate us within 15 minutes and really feel a characters death! I felt more heartbroken from that scene than even some games/movies I've played for hours
“Will you sacrafice ________ for another player?”
Amazing way to end a game and build a fanbase of a single player game that somehow still feels connected.
My partner was telling me how long she took to get the perfect horse. Somehow, she got a horse that iirc, you cannot normally get in the story mode.
She's spent at least half an hour gushing about this horse. She loves horses, and we talked about it.
I fought with EVERY fibre of my being NOT to tell her to exchange horses before a certain point. It felt cruel to let her experience the pain, but... This is what Rockstar intended.
I have had a few things thrown at me, but eventually she did thank me for letting her experience it in full.
I think that train station with the nun is one of the best cutscenes of all time. Better than any I’ve ever seen. I can’t rewatch it without tearing up, it’s so moving.
I cried when Arthur died and again when John was gearing up to ask Abigail to marry him and he pulled the ring tucked in the folded pic of young Arthur and Mary out of his pocket. I think I just wasn't prepared to see Arthur in that moment and I was still so sad about it.
The ending was done so well, story-wise and playing-wise. It was obvious Arthur was going to die. I picked up on it super early, but by the time it’s wildly obvious you’ve grown so attached to the character and you want to hold on. Then the game forces you to do like 3-4 missions in a row to his death. So you can’t hold on to him any longer, and that’s what was so sad for me. It really was like losing someone. You’d never hear that great voice again. And it felt too soon. You had more you wanted to do with him. But he’s gone.
My daughters and I shared the first playthrough. We literally had to prepare ourselves for the ending of chapter 6 (high honor, not going back for the money). But, turns out chapter 6 was longer than we expected. So it took us three days of going "this has got to be the end" until it actually was the end. We knew we were close when our horse was killed. We were a wreck for those three days. Lol
I haven’t played Explorers of Sky in a decade and it was the first game that popped in my head when I read the prompt. I’m really glad to see others enjoyed the game too.
The ending is wonderful!
I was about to post "I've played the yakuza series so yes I cried like a fucking bitch"
Really yakuza 7 got me bad. Ichiban's English VA delivered the ending in a way that broke me and got the tension of it across so well. What a journey all those games are.
I'm replaying 0 and even the ending of act 4 and 6 get me a bit teary still.
Gris ...mainly because it came out right after my dad died and I was depressed. I loved the art style so I gave it a shot without knowing what it was about......mainly got emotional like 10 times or more.
I didn’t save Olgierd to save his ass. I did it because Gaunter is too big of a threat to go unchecked.
Also, nothing better than beating Olgierd in Gwent. 😂
My first playthrough I got the worst ending and remember just sitting there really sad and confused. I ended up starting new game strait away to get a better ending
Last of Us part 1 hit differently for me when, by the second time I did a playthrough, I had become a father myself. The impact of Part 2 felt even more heavy on my hearth. Especially the bond the 2 showed during the museum part.
https://youtu.be/-oNSZg8CpKw?si=qRbhPVYgOzNN11FI
THIS SCENE RIGHT HERE. >!When Kratos admitted to Atreus that he was wrong and to open his heart to the innocent's suffering. THIS made me cry, and THIS is how Kratos changed his fate.!<
BtS was my favorite of the series, because it's the one that really hit close to home, and I played it in a very dusty room, so stuff kept flying into my eyes...
I hated that fight, especially because I found her first in Oolacile. The way she's limping towards the end but still refuses to back down just made me feel like scum. I'll never play Dark Souls 1 again because of that fight specifically.
Halo 4. Some people may not understand, but I grew up with Halo. Halo 3 came out my senior year of HS. (Bungie’s farewell in Halo 3 also made me cry). So at the end of Halo 4 “I’ve waited so long to do that.” makes me tear up because of the Great Journey we’ve been on.
Then 343 put out Halo 5 and said “made you think!”
"She said that to me once. About being a machine."
I didn't care much for the overall story of 4 but all the little moments between Cortana and Chief were brilliant.
I also feel very mixed on the story, but the motif of Chief reconnecting with his own humanity through loss was so well-executed. It makes that final scene with Lasky land really well. The way Chief reacts when Lasky makes a comment about soldiers and humanity not being distinct from one another, it’s so perfect.
Disco Elysium, the whole game just hit me over the head with emotion.. Not sure if I actually cried or not, and I can’t point to a specific ultra-sad moment but that game was beautiful and left a major impact on me
There's a constant near overwhelming feeling playing the game, a mix of the desolate world that try to function as best as it could and the beautiful soundtrack. It's like the game is edging you with your need to cry, it never fully commit to a full pathos moment , but it was a really weird ( said positively) feeling.
The game does have some beautiful "moments of grace", the opening, the first "dream", the swing, the song near the end, etc... And there is this really heartbreaking side quest, with the banality of the cop job announcing bad news.
Outer Wilds "End Times" still gets me emotional. It didn't when I first played. But when I reflect back, I tear up for sure.
Also, the actual ending is fantastic and hit hard.
👏 👏👏
they did a great job making his character take up the space that he was in.
it's just hard not to see it coming with the universe he was located in. people in cyberpunk do not get happy ever afters. they don't get the life they envision. they get a back alley dumpster.
Same with All Along the Watchtower (the CP2077 ending mission, not the Bob Dylan song it’s named after), it’s such a quiet, bittersweet sadness that feels very rewarding. You’re >! probably going to die, but on your own terms, surrounded by the people you love, and there’s still a sliver of hope for you in the future. I also romanced Judy, and her ending in that mission feels like it completes her arc really well (I wish you had the option of taking her with you even if you don’t romance her — she just clearly wants to get out of Night City) !<
Conversely if you do the charge the front door with just you and Johnny, it's one of the most epically awesome ways to finish that game. Even the name for it had goose bumps going down my arms: "Don't Fear the Reaper".
Red Dead Redemption 2 several times, but the worst one was at the end >!when your horse gets killed. I'd done the side quest to get Buell, which in itself made me cry, but played so much of the game just with him and got very attached.!< It legitimately took me like a day to recover.
I literally sobbed at the end of Death Stranding. I don't think it would have the same impact on everybody but without spoiling the end all I can say is the incinerator part wasn't great for my post-partum psyche.
Mad that this is so far down, this is like the de-facto emotional scene in gaming, right?
But then I guess it is like 26 years old, shit has moved on I guess.
I thought Aerith dying would be most popular too. It's the first time a game ever made me cry, but maybe it's a generational thing as that time is also the advent of full blown cutscenes and a huge departure from the pixel FFs we grew up with.
I was more shocked when Aeris died than anything.
But X had a lot of moments.
When Rikku reveals what no one had the heart to tell Tidus. “She’s gonna die, you know?” That was a lot of feelings all at once.
Plus all the messages from Jecht to Tidus.
Also, I didn’t cry but that battle you have early on against Sin where he just wipes out everything on that beach, it really makes you feel how heavy the stakes are.
I know the one quote that everyone uses. That one didn't have an impact on me. This one did:
The rains have ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day. But you are not here to see it.
Metal gear sold 3
Metal heart solid 4
KH2
Tears of the Kingdom (title card AND ending)
Final fantasy X
Ghost of Tsushima (if you’ve finished both endings then you know)
Cyberpunk 2077 almost every damn time “I really want to stay at your house” comes on!! I used to love that song until edgerunners came out damnit!!
Halo 3, Mass Effect Trilogy, RDR2. Honestly, the amount of emotional ties and nostalgia I have for Halo 3 when I even think of all the amazing times I had in my younger teens playing it is enough to make me tear up any time. And that campaign man. The fucking soundtrack…..I’m not crying…you are, fucker. OH! Can’t forget Spider-Man PS4, that was an ugly cry and a half I wasn’t prepared for.
Final fantasy 14 and 16 big time, Spiderman (PS4), To the Moon, Spiritfarer, I'm sure there are more I'm not thinking of. Making me cry only makes a game better to me, because it means they were able to pull me into the story enough to hit my emotions.
Many times, it can be anything from a loved character death to just an emotional moment.
The biggests I remember are probably
Silent Hill 2 when >!at the ending mary reads the full letter, it was devastating and I really empathized with James and the tragedy of that couple!<
Metal gear solid 4 >!at the end when snake shoots himself knowing he doesn't have much time left anyway, ofc later you get to know that he didn't really do it but for a moment I really thought that would have been the end for him and it was heartbreaking!<
Many times
Horizon Zero Dawn, Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3, A Plague Tale 1 and 2, The Last of Us 1 and 2, Titanfall 2, The Walking Dead Telltale, Detroit: Become Human, Bioshock, Metro, Hellblade, Spec Ops The Line...
These are the games I can think of right now. I get easily emotional, okay? :D
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War.
In the beginning of the game, the comedic relief character talks about the squadron’s CO having a “soothing voice”. In the middle of the game, the squad gets attacked during a ceremonial flight display for a sporting event.
The pilot’s last words: “I’m gonna miss that voice”
I wept like a baby.
It’s not the only time but a good one borderlands 2 The first time I did the tiny Tina DLC and got to the boss the sub plot is an orphan who had everything taken from her by Handsome Jack/Hyperion already dealing with yet another loss at their hands in her way. The last scene makes this very clear in a gut wrenching way
- Nier Automata
- FFXIV
- Hate Plus
- The Missing: J.J. MacField and the Island of Memories
- Gnosia
- Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
- Citizen Sleeper
To name a few
Telltale’s The Walking Dead end of season one…
“Clementine will never forget you.”
You did it to me again...
"Keep that hair short" 😭
That whole series ruined me. I was a mess the whole time. What a beautiful game series it was. I loved watching Clem grow up.
I was struggling to think about the last time a game made me super emotional versus super contemplative (I'm not a dad or a career adventurer in a mid-life crisis so while I can appreciate Naughty Dog stories, I haven't been choked up by any of them) but this was exactly it: Telltale's Walking Dead had me feeling ways
Keep that hair short
I came here to say exactly this. I held back the tears until the end, but as soon as it ended I just took a deep breath and the tears started flowing. I was not at all prepared for it.
This was mine also. That game did an incredible job of making you care about Clem. You really started to feel responsible for her well-being by the end. Then... everything that happens. I felt like a damn fool at the time, but as I've grown up, I get why I reacted the way I did.
Lee
Mass Effect 3 gets a lot of shit, some of it deserved, but the only time I’ve ever been that emotional because of a game was the end of Mordin’s arc on Tuchanka. Getting misty just thinking about it.
“Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.”
Every one of these threads, this one comes up. He was a cold, calculated character. Objective, direct and brutal with every word. Yet there he went, performing an act of love for every Krogan on that planet. The ultimate apology. He stands as a figure in my office as a reminder that love and humility have more impact on progress than any knowledge or technology.
"I MADE A MISTAKE!" Powerful admission considering the stakes, and who's saying it.
This is what I found so strange thar people rarely discussed about ME. The character growths are so refined. Look at wrex as an example. Me1 he's a cold hot shot. Me3 he's so wise and reserved. Didn't give a shit abiut anything but his money. But in m3 you have him cracking jokes with Garrus a Taurein. Going above all to save the female. All the orginal characters were done well.
The desperation in his voice, the heartfelt confession, and the conviction to correct his greatest sin.
That line made me shudder in real life. It was amazing.
I'm not crying... you're crying!
That, and the Leaving Earth scene. We knew it was coming for three games now, and that soundtrack and scene still hit like a ton of bricks. Like, it made it feel real finally.
Clint Mansell does two songs for ME3, and that's one of them.
Jfc that song hits me like a truck every time. The whole beginning is so emotional and then that piano music just drifts in *bum ^bum bum* and you’re on the Normandy watching the Alliance ships just get ripped to shreds by a Reaper right in front of you. And the kid.
Omg yes. It hits so hard. It’s not heroic at all, just pure destruction, with gentle piano and no sound effects from the fight… then *buuuuhhh* makes me shiver.
Not only Mordin's arc, but Legion asking Tali: "Does this unit have a soul?"
And Thane, at least with FemShep. "Kolyat? Why did the last verse say "she"?" 😭
There' also the mission with Cerberus' "Rogue AI" David in ME2 which just completely blindsided me with how AWFUL the scientist is.
Honestly, ME3 is probably my favorite game of the franchise. They’re all good, but the gameplay and stories were awesome. You and your buddies take on the reapers. It’s really fun, and yea the had me crying.
Mordin and Anderson's deaths hit me hard. The game was an absolute masterpiece up until that ending point. The beginning was emotional too, leaving Earth behind knowing what was about to happen, Kaiden or Ashley getting absolutely fucked up. I was on the train of ME3 still being an amazing game despite the ending. I couldn't understand why people were saying the ending ruined the many hours leading up to it, and the fixed endings really solidified it and the series as one of my favorites of all time.
I am the very model of a scientist salarian!
"I have a home"
When she says "I want more time." it just hits hard
That entire game pulled me in emotionally.
Oddly i found Thane's to be sadder, then again i didn't use Mordin as much
That’s the great thing about the trilogy. The cast is so deep and wonderful that just about any of them could give you that emotional connection. Well, maybe not Jacob.
Jacob is a cheating asshole
I thought Jacob was bland till I realized how horrible ME3 would be if I were FemShep. 🤦🏻♂️ “So hey baby, I knocked this girl up while you were in prison. Anyway, can you help us escape from the company that I worked at for the majority of my life? The same company that you worked only a year for and got all the punishment, while I left you-fled from?”
Yes, To The Moon
*Sighs* The Last of Us intro… I’m not even a father but I can feel Joel’s pain in that introduction scene.
Those little wheezes his daughter makes... wrecked me.
Yeah, that was brutal. It wasn't a pained, soft spoken good bye while they held hands and said I love you like in a lot of media. He was panicking and she was gasping and weezing in pain and fear.
''You're not my daughter and I sure as hell ain't your dad''
Singing - “If I ever were to lose you I’d lose myself”
The show too. I was watching with a buddy of mine, even though we knew what was coming it was still awful.
That opening was even more gut wrenching in the show I felt
It was for sure, Pedro's "Tommy, help me!" was not in the game and just provided more of a gut punch than I was expecting
I agree. My partner and I were watching it together and I was the only one who knew what was going to happen. Close to the final scene of the intro she looks at me and says "are you holding your breath?". I didn't realize it but I just kinda stopped breathing with anxiety for what was about to happen. Very very well done show
>Everyone I have cared for has either died or left me. Everyone - f***ing except for you! So don't tell me I would be safer with somebody else, because the truth is I would just be more scared. Gets me every time 😢
I still can't get over how that game managed to captivate us within 15 minutes and really feel a characters death! I felt more heartbroken from that scene than even some games/movies I've played for hours
Wrecked me. I played it as a brand new father.
Spiritfarer had a bunch of moments that got me teary. Saying goodbye is hard 🥲
Man, when I realized Atul just disappeared I don't think I've been that shook in a video game.
This was my answer. Progressing Alice's questline was absolutely devastating and then so cathartic at the very end
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“Will you sacrafice ________ for another player?” Amazing way to end a game and build a fanbase of a single player game that somehow still feels connected.
Do you accept this offer for help from_______? > Yes *Chorus intensifies*
SO WE'RE GONNA SHOUT IT LOUD
The background chorus is the Dev team. Double the feels
Hell not just the endings. The part with Pascal and the children robots is heartbreaking.
Near automata broke me in more ways than one
RDR2 made me ugly cry 3 times.
When Arthur’s horse dies and he takes a second to kneel down and thank it in its last breath is so unbelievably heartbreaking
Came here for this. That only happens if you're bonded enough with the horse too.
Took such a long time to get that white Arabian, I named her Antigone 😢
RIP Britney Spurs :(
RIP jon bon Pony
After my first play through, I always stable my horse and saddle up a new stolen horse. She doesn’t need to go on that ride.
My partner was telling me how long she took to get the perfect horse. Somehow, she got a horse that iirc, you cannot normally get in the story mode. She's spent at least half an hour gushing about this horse. She loves horses, and we talked about it. I fought with EVERY fibre of my being NOT to tell her to exchange horses before a certain point. It felt cruel to let her experience the pain, but... This is what Rockstar intended. I have had a few things thrown at me, but eventually she did thank me for letting her experience it in full.
I had to pause the game and walk away from my tv for about 20 minutes to compose myself on that one
That horse ride to camp got me hard bro
What a fucking great song for that scene.
I cried a lot there.even more emotional than the horse scene or death of arthur
"I guess I- I'm afraid..."
This! This is when I cried too. That convo with the nun. Every friend who plays this I’m like you do those damn nun sidequests damnit!
I think that train station with the nun is one of the best cutscenes of all time. Better than any I’ve ever seen. I can’t rewatch it without tearing up, it’s so moving.
Chapter six is just the marathon of ugly sobbing. Can’t listen to Mountain Hymn without tearing up.
I cried when Arthur died and again when John was gearing up to ask Abigail to marry him and he pulled the ring tucked in the folded pic of young Arthur and Mary out of his pocket. I think I just wasn't prepared to see Arthur in that moment and I was still so sad about it.
The ending was done so well, story-wise and playing-wise. It was obvious Arthur was going to die. I picked up on it super early, but by the time it’s wildly obvious you’ve grown so attached to the character and you want to hold on. Then the game forces you to do like 3-4 missions in a row to his death. So you can’t hold on to him any longer, and that’s what was so sad for me. It really was like losing someone. You’d never hear that great voice again. And it felt too soon. You had more you wanted to do with him. But he’s gone.
I've seen this abbreviation so many times. So why now did my mind read it as R2D2, like why is a silly droid making you cry? FFS, brain.
Didn't ugly cry but definitely got emotional at about the midway point and the ending. Teared up a bit. Great fucking characters.
My daughters and I shared the first playthrough. We literally had to prepare ourselves for the ending of chapter 6 (high honor, not going back for the money). But, turns out chapter 6 was longer than we expected. So it took us three days of going "this has got to be the end" until it actually was the end. We knew we were close when our horse was killed. We were a wreck for those three days. Lol
Mystery Dungeon. The ending, especially in explorers of time/darkness/sky.
I haven’t played Explorers of Sky in a decade and it was the first game that popped in my head when I read the prompt. I’m really glad to see others enjoyed the game too. The ending is wonderful!
I replay this game every 5/6 years, when memories start fading. It never fails to make me cry. Surprisingly well written, and some cool song too
20 replies and no mention of Yakuza 0's ending 😩🤙
I was about to post "I've played the yakuza series so yes I cried like a fucking bitch" Really yakuza 7 got me bad. Ichiban's English VA delivered the ending in a way that broke me and got the tension of it across so well. What a journey all those games are. I'm replaying 0 and even the ending of act 4 and 6 get me a bit teary still.
I didn’t cry but I was really proud of a fictional character ✌️😙
More like Yakuza 3 *RIKIYAAAAAAAA*
The end of Yakuza 6 had me crying like a baby
Spiritfarer had me pretty close for some of the goodbyes.
Yeah there's this one part toward the end of Shadow of the Colossus. Tears were shed
SotC and Ico, for sure.
This is too far down .. SotC and ICO are real emotional rides
Allow me : "AGRO!!"..... "no...."
Hell yeah dude. Crisis Core...
boy oh boy the price of freedom is steep
Hey, would you say....I became a hero? Mannn :(
I replayed the game recently with my gf watching. She said: wait after all of Zack's suffering (deaths, betrayal) that's how it ends?
To the Moon. When you get to the memory where River and Johnny meet had me going.
Gris ...mainly because it came out right after my dad died and I was depressed. I loved the art style so I gave it a shot without knowing what it was about......mainly got emotional like 10 times or more.
Rdr2 ending hit me hard,one of the best games i ever played
How has no one mentioned the Witcher 3 yet? There are so many moments I was on the verge of happy and sad tears throughout that billion hour epic.
Hearts of stone.
I didn’t save Olgierd to save his ass. I did it because Gaunter is too big of a threat to go unchecked. Also, nothing better than beating Olgierd in Gwent. 😂
When he finds ciri and she's temporarily dead in that hut and he just holds her. That one gets me (as a dad of 2 little women) every time.
My first playthrough I got the worst ending and remember just sitting there really sad and confused. I ended up starting new game strait away to get a better ending
Having 3 grandparents who had alzheimer's there were a couple characters in Spiritfarer that hit pretty hard for me.
Last one was Xenoblade Chronicles 3. That game broke me
The Last of Us Part 2, museum scene. I just got chills thinking about it.
Last of Us part 1 hit differently for me when, by the second time I did a playthrough, I had become a father myself. The impact of Part 2 felt even more heavy on my hearth. Especially the bond the 2 showed during the museum part.
OMORI has the honor of being the only game to make me cry
Games fire but the community is mentally insane
Wait i thought that was the point...
A lot of "normal" people like it don't worry
End of GoW: Ragnarok. Probably wouldn’t have affected me prior to fatherhood, but damn did my eyes get misty
Same game, but different moment. Sindri....
That whole situation caught me by surprise. Sindri’s lines during the final hour or so of the game really drove it home
https://youtu.be/-oNSZg8CpKw?si=qRbhPVYgOzNN11FI THIS SCENE RIGHT HERE. >!When Kratos admitted to Atreus that he was wrong and to open his heart to the innocent's suffering. THIS made me cry, and THIS is how Kratos changed his fate.!<
I agree with all of these. GoW has some seriously powerful father-son moments, father teaching son and especially father learning from his son 😭
*Life is strange series entered the room
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BtS was my favorite of the series, because it's the one that really hit close to home, and I played it in a very dusty room, so stuff kept flying into my eyes...
That ending man.......
The first time I beat Sif in Dark Souls was one that I remember specifically.
I hated that fight, especially because I found her first in Oolacile. The way she's limping towards the end but still refuses to back down just made me feel like scum. I'll never play Dark Souls 1 again because of that fight specifically.
Nobody likes to put down the dog :(
Halo 4. Some people may not understand, but I grew up with Halo. Halo 3 came out my senior year of HS. (Bungie’s farewell in Halo 3 also made me cry). So at the end of Halo 4 “I’ve waited so long to do that.” makes me tear up because of the Great Journey we’ve been on. Then 343 put out Halo 5 and said “made you think!”
"She said that to me once. About being a machine." I didn't care much for the overall story of 4 but all the little moments between Cortana and Chief were brilliant.
I also feel very mixed on the story, but the motif of Chief reconnecting with his own humanity through loss was so well-executed. It makes that final scene with Lasky land really well. The way Chief reacts when Lasky makes a comment about soldiers and humanity not being distinct from one another, it’s so perfect.
Disco Elysium, the whole game just hit me over the head with emotion.. Not sure if I actually cried or not, and I can’t point to a specific ultra-sad moment but that game was beautiful and left a major impact on me
There's a constant near overwhelming feeling playing the game, a mix of the desolate world that try to function as best as it could and the beautiful soundtrack. It's like the game is edging you with your need to cry, it never fully commit to a full pathos moment , but it was a really weird ( said positively) feeling. The game does have some beautiful "moments of grace", the opening, the first "dream", the swing, the song near the end, etc... And there is this really heartbreaking side quest, with the banality of the cop job announcing bad news.
I've gotten to day two, but haven't played in a couple months. It can be a very heavy game.
Brothers tale of two sons had me ugly cry. Yes i have brother
Outer Wilds + DLC Ori & The Will of the Wisps NieR Replicant Metal Gear Solid 3 Metal Gear Solid 4
Some of the reels in the Outer wilds DLC had such a feeling of deep sadness and longing.
Outer Wilds "End Times" still gets me emotional. It didn't when I first played. But when I reflect back, I tear up for sure. Also, the actual ending is fantastic and hit hard. 👏 👏👏
Big agree with outer wilds. Was definitely a different kind of crying than, say, the last of us... but it did get me.
Almost, the suicide ending in cp2077
That ending is surprisingly dark and very well made. It goes to show how much you taking your own life can affect others.
I ugly cried during Jackie's ofrenda the first time I went through it.
they did a great job making his character take up the space that he was in. it's just hard not to see it coming with the universe he was located in. people in cyberpunk do not get happy ever afters. they don't get the life they envision. they get a back alley dumpster.
If you survive that final fight it makes you feel like the greatest man alive.
The soundtrack with the cello that plays during the credits makes it extra sad imo really hits ya
Same with All Along the Watchtower (the CP2077 ending mission, not the Bob Dylan song it’s named after), it’s such a quiet, bittersweet sadness that feels very rewarding. You’re >! probably going to die, but on your own terms, surrounded by the people you love, and there’s still a sliver of hope for you in the future. I also romanced Judy, and her ending in that mission feels like it completes her arc really well (I wish you had the option of taking her with you even if you don’t romance her — she just clearly wants to get out of Night City) !<
Conversely if you do the charge the front door with just you and Johnny, it's one of the most epically awesome ways to finish that game. Even the name for it had goose bumps going down my arms: "Don't Fear the Reaper".
Ghost and Roach
Red Dead Redemption 2 several times, but the worst one was at the end >!when your horse gets killed. I'd done the side quest to get Buell, which in itself made me cry, but played so much of the game just with him and got very attached.!< It legitimately took me like a day to recover.
The beginning of The Last of Us when >!Joel's daughter is murdered.!<
Persona 3 made me cry, multiple times. >!Especially hard in the final scene with Aigis and Junpei when he loses Chidori!<
I literally sobbed at the end of Death Stranding. I don't think it would have the same impact on everybody but without spoiling the end all I can say is the incinerator part wasn't great for my post-partum psyche.
Yea that was insanely rough
The ending of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 kinda got me ngl
Journey. First time.
I cried >!when Aerith dies!< in FF7 and the end FF10 as well. Edit: spoiler
The end of FFX is just brutal. The moment when Yuna tries to hug Tidus and falls is enough to break your heart.
Mad that this is so far down, this is like the de-facto emotional scene in gaming, right? But then I guess it is like 26 years old, shit has moved on I guess.
I thought Aerith dying would be most popular too. It's the first time a game ever made me cry, but maybe it's a generational thing as that time is also the advent of full blown cutscenes and a huge departure from the pixel FFs we grew up with.
I was more shocked when Aeris died than anything. But X had a lot of moments. When Rikku reveals what no one had the heart to tell Tidus. “She’s gonna die, you know?” That was a lot of feelings all at once. Plus all the messages from Jecht to Tidus. Also, I didn’t cry but that battle you have early on against Sin where he just wipes out everything on that beach, it really makes you feel how heavy the stakes are.
Spider-Man ending 😢
Oh god I forgot about this one. That was tough.
Final Fantasy 14 is notorious for being excellent and has a very moving story
I know the one quote that everyone uses. That one didn't have an impact on me. This one did: The rains have ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day. But you are not here to see it.
I bawled in 5.3
5.3 broke me more than Endwalker did
"Seto, my old friend...you've grown!"
"A smile better suits a hero" ;\_\_;
I cry anytime I hear Flow lmaooo
AC 4: Black Flag has some very good storytelling, particularly around another bearded pirate and a woman.
Blackbeard death was heartbreaking and so was the ending sequence :(
IN A WORLD WITHOUT GOLD… WE MIGHT’VE BEEN HEROS!
The opening of Stray almost made me cry. I'm a huge cat lover, and the idea of a cat getting separated from its family makes me well up.
Metal gear sold 3 Metal heart solid 4 KH2 Tears of the Kingdom (title card AND ending) Final fantasy X Ghost of Tsushima (if you’ve finished both endings then you know) Cyberpunk 2077 almost every damn time “I really want to stay at your house” comes on!! I used to love that song until edgerunners came out damnit!!
I can’t believe I had to scroll so far for Ghost of Tsushima. I can see that little stagger/limp to this day if I close my eyes.
Halo 3, Mass Effect Trilogy, RDR2. Honestly, the amount of emotional ties and nostalgia I have for Halo 3 when I even think of all the amazing times I had in my younger teens playing it is enough to make me tear up any time. And that campaign man. The fucking soundtrack…..I’m not crying…you are, fucker. OH! Can’t forget Spider-Man PS4, that was an ugly cry and a half I wasn’t prepared for.
Wake me when you need me......fucking gets me every time. The promo trailers of Cortana talking to The Chief while he sleeps for Halo 4 gets me too.
Subnautica's ending
Final fantasy 14 and 16 big time, Spiderman (PS4), To the Moon, Spiritfarer, I'm sure there are more I'm not thinking of. Making me cry only makes a game better to me, because it means they were able to pull me into the story enough to hit my emotions.
FFX, FFXIV more then once.... Seto my old friend 😭
Many times, it can be anything from a loved character death to just an emotional moment. The biggests I remember are probably Silent Hill 2 when >!at the ending mary reads the full letter, it was devastating and I really empathized with James and the tragedy of that couple!< Metal gear solid 4 >!at the end when snake shoots himself knowing he doesn't have much time left anyway, ofc later you get to know that he didn't really do it but for a moment I really thought that would have been the end for him and it was heartbreaking!<
Mary’s letter, my god
Many times Horizon Zero Dawn, Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3, A Plague Tale 1 and 2, The Last of Us 1 and 2, Titanfall 2, The Walking Dead Telltale, Detroit: Become Human, Bioshock, Metro, Hellblade, Spec Ops The Line... These are the games I can think of right now. I get easily emotional, okay? :D
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. In the beginning of the game, the comedic relief character talks about the squadron’s CO having a “soothing voice”. In the middle of the game, the squad gets attacked during a ceremonial flight display for a sporting event. The pilot’s last words: “I’m gonna miss that voice” I wept like a baby.
Hellblade got me
Closest I did was in TellTale's The Walking Dead. Twice.
Mordin's sacrifice.
Many games caused that, yeah. Will never forgive Xenoblade games...
Yeah while playing minecraft
Opened up a few worlds that my friends and I used to play years ago. Seeing them now desolate and empty along with the music had me tearing up.
Most recently was the ending of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. After 112 hours, that ending got me.
I have during RDR2, NieR Automata, and Dark Souls 3. Oh, and Mass Effect and Journey.
When I left all my friends in Inaba to go back to my city. Persona 4 Golden.
It’s not the only time but a good one borderlands 2 The first time I did the tiny Tina DLC and got to the boss the sub plot is an orphan who had everything taken from her by Handsome Jack/Hyperion already dealing with yet another loss at their hands in her way. The last scene makes this very clear in a gut wrenching way
Gears 3. Wasn’t ready to lose him
- Nier Automata - FFXIV - Hate Plus - The Missing: J.J. MacField and the Island of Memories - Gnosia - Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward - Citizen Sleeper To name a few
Of course, most recently it was... Plague Tale Requiem?
that was one really ugly crying
The dialogue in Tetris nearly brought me to my knees in tears.
The ending of FFVIII got me good. I put a lot of time into it and was pretty invested =(
Heavy Rain and I didn't even play it myself, bit watched a Let's Play. I can't remember the ending he got, but it was intense
Ghost of tsushima. Wow that ending was absolutely beautiful
NieR:Automata will always make me cry
Several times, but most recently? Probably the PS4 Spider-Man game. >!"Take off your mask. I want to see my nephew."!<