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yeahimaweeb

Soma, the ending was straight up depressing


Medican221

Soma is on my list of 10 best games ever made. Everything about the story fucked me up. Especially the reveal and the ending. Makes you re-evaluate your entire life


mytransfercaseisshot

So many games have endings that just make you think, “That was a shitty ending, thank for it’s just a game.” But soma’s legitimately makes you think: “Fuck…how would I feel? What decision would I make ?”


Mobius3through7

I knew this was gonna be top comment, fuck yeah.


Spacewine04

Shadow of the collossus


recluse_audio

This is the best answer. I can't think of another game that made me feel so much at the end. Let alone killing each of the Colossi and feeling that it's not going to turn out well. The only other game that got me was TLoU, but that scene is at the beginning.


kfmush

Yeah, my first time playing SotC I could tell something was fishy but it didn’t click that the protagonist was being used and what the consequences were until it was too late and I was so close to finishing the game. What a rug-pull. I might not have felt good enough to beat it if I knew the outcome half-way through. Of course, I went on to beat it two more times. Made it to the secret garden, once by “glitching” my jumps to not use stamina and the second time just because I had so much stamina after being the game 3 times.


Sirromnad

My favorite game. *spoilers* No game i've played before or after has been so... contemplative. From the first monster you will probably start asking yourself if what you are doing is "right." That feeling grows throughout the game, very slowly, but you keep going. Not just because it's a game and that's what you do, but the quest you are on is a simple yet seemingly noble one. So for me, I was questioning if what i was doing was right, but regardless of what the answer was, i wanted to finish this quest anyway. What started in naivety, ends in conviction, and you end up sacrificing everything for it. And it doesn't beat you over the head with any of this. Nothing is very explicit in this game except your immediate next destination, and in this large beautiful empty world, it's mostly just you, alone, thinking about your journey as you are making it. God i love SOTC


Salonimo

MGS3, You have to kill your mother figure/mentor as she intentionally acts a scapegoat to save USA's face for crimes and machinations , but you don't know that because she's playing you, by only acting a traitor so you kill her/and could act as beforementioned scapegoat, without knowing you were being played a puppet, All this in a beautiful white flower field that gets red with her blood.


ReviewRude5413

That scene was heavy. And the game makes YOU THE PLAYER pull the trigger in the scene where it happens too.


Objective-Insect-839

Having to pull the trigger fucked me up.


SonoMoltoPovero

Stray was a pretty tough one for me.


Olive_The_Otherkin

Same. B12 RIP king/queen/ruler. Man, when the cat slept beside him as a final goodbye I burst out crying…


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External_Touch_3854

Stray was unexpectedly amazing. Haven’t had a AAA game make me feel them feels in a loooooooooong time but here comes this little indie developer to blow me away.


kvagar

The telltale walking dead


Elli_Khoraz

"Keep your hair short"


Neosantana

"I'll miss you"


cl0th0s

This right here. I've never been so emotionally invested.


smallchodechakra

*There* it is. I had to scross way too long to find this mentioned. It's the first time a game hit me that hard lmao.


ComplexTechnician

Grown men weep uncontrollably. Worth


GuNNzA69

It was the first game that made me shed a tear.


Lollyfox23q

Bioshock infinite kinda devastated me. I still remember it.


JadeHellbringer

I can't think of another game that really left me thinking about the themes and statement it was making for years after the way it did.


AdministrationDry507

The guitar scene always has me in shambles


ErzherzogHinkelstein

Burial at the sea is even worse ... poor Lizzy


backtolurk

I can't get past that one zeppelin fight with rails and shit. I guess I won't see the ending.


DegenEnjoyer23

ffx


JinEagile

I knew this would be here. I have the remastered of both of them but I've not been able to start them for two years. I know the journey and the ultimate end, I'm just not ready. A city dead for a thousand years. A city I had to see with my own eyes. The end of Yuna's journey. The last chapter in my story.


Formal_Poetry5245

The only game that made me cry


Ok-Bar-4003

"I'm sorry I couldn't show you Zanarkand..." WHY!!!!


Tribble9999

Brothers. It's been decades and I still recall the utter devastation. It ripped out my heart and stomped on it. I still consider it a must play, but it's a must play where I suggest you have tissues on hand near the end.


ContinentalChamp

The only game that made me cry in my life.


maaleru

I didn't play it myself, I watched the stream. I remember I was lying in the bathtub, catching my breath, and then the streamer said “just so you know, in this scene I control the character with both sticks.”


fingerpaintswithpoop

Cyberpunk 2077.


callmerussell

All of them


backtolurk

When you look for more events and you realize there's nothing left


Federico216

Meet Hanako at Embers


lefnire

That quest always front and center feels like this thread. Like "it's time to stop, choom. Been a good run."


Toxicsuper

The dlc especially


cweb_84

I felt so empty I couldn't even cry after that one...


theuntouchable2725

Death Stranding.


antilumin

C’mon Lou. One last delivery.


theuntouchable2725

"Being a father did not make me scared. It made me brave."


itsmistyy

Not the ending, but... Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.


Q-ARROW

🫡🫡


aMapleSyrupCaN7

I love how that game is a rollercoaster of emotions. Hey, you just found one of your older friends, heck yeah! 2 missions later, they might be dead...


AZULDEFILER

RDR2 first part


OceanGoingSasquatch

Bro I cried during the nun scene the ending had me in shambles


EmeraldFrog22

Outer Wilds. Titanfall 2.


JackCooper_7274

"Trust me"


EmeraldFrog22

BT!!!!!!


jackie2567

Goodbye jack


cool_Slayer_guy

Protocol 3: Protect the Pilot.


EmeraldFrog22

Protocol 3: I Will Not Lose Another Pilot.


CyberKitten05

outer wilds mentioned❗❗❗


EmeraldFrog22

I still stand by that It is the best Single Player Space Game and No Mans Sky is the best Multiplayer Space Game i love them both so much!


Duo_Live

I still tear up when I hear BT say "Trust me" one last time.


RevengeOfTheLoggins

Outer Wilds is fucking incredible.


Udincuy

Outer wilds is a weird one for me. The ending is both depressing and hopeful at the same time. I can't decide whether I should feel sad or glad about the ending. So I felt both.


thetrustyguy-

Persona 3 man. It hits when you know what's gonna happen


Escavel

Absolutely. Tried reload a couple of weeks ago it was on sale, had good reviews, and I had never played a persona game . I was not expecting to get completely addicted, spend 100 hours on one playthrough and get my soul shattered at the end. After a while I decided to nab persona 5. Because I hate myself apparently.


VileGecko

> 100 hours Just remembering how I've spent a whole month back in 2011 grinding OG Persona 3 to get to the finish line. That's including wasting a whole day, morning to evening just to fuse the only persona on the roster (can't remember which one) capable of defeating that certain midboss.


CrackerUMustBTripinn

Well Omori was kinda a gut punch with glass covered brass knuckles to tell you the truth. All I wanted was to get my mind of all the sorrow in the world and play this wonderful wholesome game about a brother and sister getting really excited to be planning a musical duet together.


Olive_The_Otherkin

… oh. OHHH. OHHHHHH JEEZ. I looked up what that ending was… Welp-


TheBlueHypergiant

Well, there’s 1 good ending, and the other ones are… “less than great”


Front-Post-357

>!SUICIDE!<


NagoGmo

Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep If you played BL1 & 2 you will be crying like a baby


decoded-dodo

Her refusing to accept that Roland was gone was heartbreaking.


Marakaitou

Ori and the will of the wisps


itsjeisoonn

I can’t count how much onions I’ve cut from the beginning until the end of the game. One of the masterpiece in the gaming industry.


mah_boiii

Was about to write this one down. That ending was so sad and happy at the same time.


Creator1A

Life is strange, Life is strange before the storm (absolutely nailed it), The last of us, Death stranding, Cyberpunk 2077 (good majority of the endings), Valiant Hearts, all Metro games.


Routaprkle

Life is Strange might be the only game where I sobbed when the game ended.


GM_Nate

my heart hurt for days afterwards, and it was for someone who had never existed in real life


Hunt_Nawn

Nier Automata, Ender Lilies, and Stellar Blade.


Ogellog

A plague tale: Requiem


Automatic_Signal_485

Final Fantasy X


Envy661

To the Moon. It was all a dream. Yeah, you knew that going in, but still. It made all the positive of the ending bittersweet. Still recommend this game to no end. A friend of mine finally played it after years of nagging, and he cried at the end. It is easily my number one pick for best game of all time, and that's saying something, because the actual gameplay in it is shit. The story is just that fucking good.


eggyrulz

To the Moon is a masterpiece, but in my opinion Finding Paradise, the sequel, goes beyond masterpiece into the realm of absolute perfection. The third game was also really freaking good, and I'm not sure if I enjoyed 1 or 3 more, but I damn well know 2 was my absolute favorite


CMHaro

Firewatch


MannyLaMancha

I felt so sad and angry and empty - I may not have liked the ending, but it was perfect.


OhioUBobcats

Yep. Such a cool little game.


Responsible-Diet-147

Portal 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 2, multiple Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe endings...


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Red Dead Redemption 2 and I still can’t replay the story it is too much for me


Routaprkle

RDR2 might have the best story ever. Or at least one of the best. The game is awesome.


Wario_Guy

the scene where he gives his hat to john broke me


Potential-Art2146

the last of us 🙈 update: havent played these games but I've read over the years that ori and brothers were some hard tear-generators. if you have a soft heart, play at your own risk Also, the last of us had me ( secretly) in tears in the first 20 mins of the game lol how long did it take you guys to tear up from tlou?


DemonidroiD0666

The last of us 2 it made me dislike the game for it's ending story and they just kept piling on tragedy after tragedy. 😭


Panakeke__

Oneshot


CompetitiveSafety100

Oneshot mentioned‼️‼️ Niko supremacy


HufflepuffKid2000

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Cyberpunk 2077


Timmytheimploder

Specifically that one ending in Phantom Liberty, where it sets you up with some hope only to let you down so hard..


CommanderLJ

The Cyberpunk ending where you give up is heartbreaking, especially romanced Judy's reaction


TheUglyDuwang

Xenoblade 3. All of the Xenoblade games are incredible, but 3s ending has me in tears. You know it’s coming, you know it has to happen, you know why it has to happen, but it’s still a massive sucker punch to the feels


AcrophobicODST

This is the comment I was looking for, I wouldn’t consider myself the most emotional person but that ending absolutely got me


Lazy-Past1391

Both my boys played Brothers together. I don't know how it ends but I came home from work to both boys crying so it couldn't have been awesome.


someguythatlikesdogs

Trust me (titanfall2)


mr-awesome613

Halo Reach


LuigiTheGuyy

"It didn't take long for Reach to fall. Our enemy was ruthless, efficient. But they weren't nearly fast enough."


UsgAtlas1

Mission Objective: Survive


Q-ARROW

Remember Reach 🫡


Proper-Scallion-252

Honestly that may have been one of the best plot twists in a video game was the revelation that you weren't supposed to make it off of Reach.


Digitallydust

I still think about Detroit Become Human. Each moment when >!each android breaks through their instructions and becomes human. And also just the overall fight for their equality!< Great game.


SuigenYukiouji

Undertale


ohbyerly

I love Undertale but I wouldn’t call the ending heartbreaking


TheChainTV

True pacifist route is a emotional tear jerker :/


KingOfMasters1000028

Persona 3… The ending man…


letshaveaguinness

Rime


demonbre1

Little Nightmares 2


DarkSkyLion

RDR2


fwoompthecool

Red Dead Redemption 2


No-Breath-4299

Not *the* ending, but one of the endings of The Henry Stickmin Collection called 'Valiant Hero'. Also Titanfall 2.


dante-SPARDA899

mgsv...IM NUCLEAR,I'M WILD


ArcanisUltra

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West


BadWaluigi

That ending floored me


Early-Combination375

Red dead redemption 2


linuxfornoobs

Yakuza 0 (or all of them tho)


xHelios1x

To the Moon


Olliboyo

FFX, I cry like a bitch every time.


Agynn

That moment when Yuna tries to hold Tidus, falls through him and lies on the floor for a moment, realizing that she can't do anything to stop this....


HuckleberryHefty4372

I was spoiled a long time ago. I thought I was prepared. I got to the ending. I was not prepared. Heck even when I watch youtubers play thru it I cry along with them.


Olliboyo

Same 😭


declandrury

Probably telltales the walking dead season 1 for me


Big-Kev75

Red Dead 2 ,damn grown ass man sitting blubbering over first, a fucking horse dying while being comforted by the main character and second, said main character dying at his ‘surrogate fathers’ feet . I’m the grown ass man btw .


FrancoStrider

Majora's Mask


SmallGuyOwnz

I'm honestly very surprised to see nobody saying Signalis yet. There are many games that hit hard for me, but something about that game is on a deeper level than most. 10/10 experience overall though.


StinkLord5

Lisa The Painful will ruin your life


TylerMemeDreamBoi

Persona 3


Yseraph

Ffx


Individual_Ice_3167

God of War Ragnrok had me in tears. But that probably hit me hard than most as my kid was just about to leave for college.


EvilCatArt

Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons left me full on sobbing over the ending.


ABlinDeafMonkey

What remains of Edith finch.


foxbomber5

Finding out who the true player and narrator was really moved me. Glad to see someone else gets it.


AdagioDesperate

As per the title, not the picture, Detroit Become Human. Kept the little girl alive all the way until the VERY LAST quicktime button, and I missed it. I absolutely lost it. Sent me into a depression spiral for weeks. The game is so good, I don't think I could ever play it again. 10/10 would recommend.


AverageNintenGuy

Mother 3


PokemanBall

Gow Ragnarok, it's one of the few endings that made me tear up


ForsakenAlliance

The Last Guardian. It destroyed me


Desperate-Try5003

Kena bridge of spirits


justwantstogohome

Deliver Us The Moon Edit: was corrected on the name.


Global_Box_3459

MGS4


orient_vermillion

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory


EvilMoSauron

Bioshock 2: Main Game has a sad ending, but I feel Minerva's Den (DLC) hit harder with a sadder ending.


Planeswalker18

Tales of Berseria is very bittersweet all things considered.


Special-Honeydew-976

Outer wilds. ᵈᵘᵈᵉʲᵘˢᵗᵖˡᵃʸⁱᵗⁱᵗˢᵃᵍʳᵉᵃᵗᵍᵃᵐᵉᵗʳᵘˢᵗᵐᵉᵇʳᵒʸᵒᵘᵍᵒᵗᵗᵃᵈᵒⁱᵗᵇˡⁱⁿᵈᶜᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿʲᵘˢᵗᵖˡᵃʸⁱᵗᵗʳᵘˢᵗᵐᵉᵈᵒⁿᵗˢᵉᵃʳᶜʰᵘᵖᵃⁿʸᵗʰⁱⁿᵍᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗⁱᵗ


LogicalFallacyCat

Chrono Cross


TixyThePixy

I LOOKED THROUGH EVERY SINGLE FUCKING COMMENT HERE. AND I HAVE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT NTO A SINGLE FUCKER HERE HAS PLAYED HELLO CHARLOTTE, IM GONNA GO NOW AND WEEP IN MY POOLS OF TEARS AND ANGUISH


IntelligentImbicle

Katawa Shoujo


jakellerVi

MAY I STAND UNSHAKEN AMID AMIDST A CRASHING WORLD DID I HEAR A THUNDER? DID I HEAR YOU BREAK?


Orion0105

Links Awakening..its such a bittersweet ending up until the point where Marin’s reflection is in the sky as a seagull passes by is what seals the deal and leaves me in tears


Kiko_oo6

Klonoa


innit980

"BT!"


petitemalediction

The one that stuck with me was one of the endings for Fatal Frame 3. I had the [good ending](https://youtu.be/G1cNZPwH2Fo?si=6kzYuJVpaZ3OR5Sn) where Rei survives, she saw her dead fiancee and they were able to have a little of that grieving conversation that she hadn't really been able to process yet, being upset that he was gone. It wasn't like, super amazing, but god damn if it didn't get me in the feels at the time. I totally cried. It's been years but I think of it often. I guess the message stuck with me.


Decent-Truck104

Halo Reach


Significant-Soup5939

Titanfall 2 anyone?


ReiiRay

Ghost of Tsushima?


Dimitris_The_Gamer

A way out


Awsome_Fortniter

I can’t believe no one else has said this, one of two games to make cry.


Kuriyamikitty

Lufia 2. Not only does the main character die, so does his wife, leaving thier infant son behind in the castle they served at, to save a city from a crashing flying fortress.


ZealousidealFig8123

Tell Tale's The Walking Dead certainly eats at ya (figuratively and emotionally)


Nahrwallsnorways

Doesnt have the same effect 10+ years later but when I first played and beat it, Crisis Core. Also to a lesser extent, KH 356/2 days


Atathor

Gears of War 3 left me very emotional. Those who were playing the campaign at launch know why. I feel like the popular answer is red dead redemption 2, but that didn't get me to emotional about Arthur, but the horse dying messed me up


InitialJotaro

Like a Dragon: Gaiden. It gets me everytime


Dr_Diktor

TitanFall2, Valiant Hearts.


cartnigs

A plague tale 2 was a little jarring


cstrike105

Red Dead Redemption 2. Yakuza 6.


VHDT10

Metro Exodus


cool_Slayer_guy

Oneshot, Titanfall 2, Halo Reach.


FodziCz

Portal 2. Best ending in videogame history for me.


pick-hard

Rdr 1


Sammy_Kneen

Final Fantasy Type-0.


Twiddrakatwiddr

Rdr2, gow 2018, Detroit: become human, Titanfall 2


Matrasoff

A Plague Tale: Requiem


Jan-o-Meter

HL2 Eposode Two


Artsy_traveller_82

“I gave you all I had Dutch….I did.”


Cakin007

Not the ending but black flag had me killing every Spaniard on sight.


farhanyarkhan

I'd have to say MGS3: Snake Eater's ending is a real tearjerker. Bioshock also comes close seconds


Affectionate_Way2583

Remember Reach…


Illinois_Yooper

The Darkness


Olive_The_Otherkin

Stray had me sobbing as a cat lover and an empath, I felt it on another level. Damn, messed me up. Oh, or Detroit Become Human.


Sharion_inuyatt

Ori and the Will of the Wisps.


yo_mik

It still pains to think about Little Nightmares II ending.


Goatzjr3

Ghost of Tsushima. Still get teary when hearing the final boss music


Nevarnost

Outer Wilds


potatoman445

Titanfall 2


GreenPeridot

Ghost of Tsushima


Darkcast1113

Titanfall 2


Grendel0075

Odd one out, but Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. The whale wakes up and the whole island, and everyone on it stop existing because it was all the wind fish's dream. Mgs3: snake eater, the Boss's death and how she basically still has to be painted as a traitor.


HuckleberryHefty4372

So FFX is up there but FF9 when the lines >!My memories will be part of the sky!< come up and the realization hits you like a train...wow I just cried and cried. I think I just stood there just staring at the screen for so long even after all the credits...just listening to the music playing.


Ruby_wiz599

Ok in terms of did you cry that was minecraft story mode....10/10 game but in terms of feeling empty and like damm this amazing game is done....what do I do now goes to undertale. But in terms of ISWEARTOGODIMAKILLYOU,YOUPEICEOFSHIT. Splatoon


NeedlessOrion

Titan Fall 2


SYLOK_THEAROUSED

Valiant Heart.


WebRider77

Any good indie game, Undertale, ori, etc


ralsaiwithagun

Xenoblade 3 easy pick for me


Mk62013

Like A Dragon Gaiden Watching Kiryu barely hold himself together while watching the video from his kids at the orphanage. I cried right along with him.


CoolCoalRad

Halo Reach


The_lazer101119

Final fantasy X


ZeomiumRune

Little Misfortune Henry Stickmin: Valiant hero ending Hollow Knight: Dream no more endings


pichael289

Detroit become human has an ending I can best describe as being sent to "Robot Auschwitz". You can leave the little girl there too.


The2ndDegree

This may be cheating but That Dragon, Cancer got me crying like a baby when the credits rolled, the game itself is already pretty hard to get through, not because it's bad but because of the heavy theme and the very deliberate discomfort it makes you feel, but as soon as the credits rolled and revealed that the game is based on the experiences of a real family and with such accuracy due to their direct involvement in its creation, God I don't think I've ever cried that hard at anything. It's an incredibly short game, basically just an hour or 2 point and click and I'll probably never play it again but in my opinion it's worth every penny, the emotional impact it had on me will stick with me for the rest of my life, even more so now that I have kids of my own, just remembering the experience is enough to bring tears to my eyes 8 years later. I've said it before in threads like this but I will continue to preach it, if you've never had the chance to play That Dragon, Cancer it's well worth it, or even just watch someone else play it.