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[Anteater]

I guess no one cares about those short stories in Lost Odyssey :lol

 

[Gravijah]

Too bad that 95 percent of it is eh.

i'm gonna need a source for that man. i can't just trust random made up statistics.

 

[IrishNinja]

FF X? really? i guess that explains the remake, was wondering who that was for.

mostly a pretty strong list, though: Crisis Core's ending damn near got me misty, and Okami, MGS3, Mother 3 (;_, Nier, ICO/SOTC...almost balances out XIII (what was that sad?) and a few others. no idea what 428 is though.

 

[Cheska]

I balled my eyes out on account of FFVII: Crisis Core. It doesn't help that Zack is one of my favorite Final Fantasy characters either

NieR and Final Fantasy X are high up on the list too, but Crisis Core really got to me.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Have you played Mother 3?

Yeah but I haven't beaten it.
I take back my previous statement, though. Mother 2 got me a little emotional as well.

 

[AnkiRendan]

I think I could see what made people cry at Okami. I dunno how to describe it, but those last few scenes and the build up to your final fight just sent chills down my spine. It was so good. Reset's lyrics are pretty nice as well.

 

[Regulus Tera]

i'm gonna need a source for that man. i can't just trust random made up statistics.

Sturgeon's law, give or take.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

Have you played Mother 3?

I'd really love to play Mother 3. Thanks, NoA.

 

[tsab]

No Skyward Sword?

Spoiler

dat reunion of Zelda with Impa in the end ;_;

 

[CrankyKong]

First thing I thought when I saw this thread was 'please not FFX'

Ahhh, damnit

 

[Gravijah]

I'd really love to play Mother 3. Thanks, NoA.

buy the japanese version and use whatever method you find comfortable to play the translated version. love was put into it, man. love!

 

[IrishNinja]

No Skyward Sword?

Spoiler

dat reunion of Zelda with Impa in the end ;_;

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that was good, but i thought "ill always be your zelda..." before the sleep was a bit stronger.

buy the japanese version and use whatever method you find comfortable to play the translated version. love was put into it, man. love!

Trickster Vijers is typically an untrustworthy Loki around these parts, but this is all truth here.

 

[revolverjgw]

Just THINKING about Mother 3 makes me have to dab the manly tears from my eyes

 

[RamzaIsCool]

Only time I was close to crying was at the ending of Another World. Sad stuff... and I was like 12 years old.

 

[Uriah]

http://i.imgur.com/knpc.jpg

Only game to ever elicit my tears.
(MGS4 for those unfamiliar with the pic)[/QUOTE]

That ending was such a cop out.

 

[-KRS-]

Hmm okami seems odd. But I guess in the end there you part ways with Issun. And even though he was obnoxious at times, they still built up the relationship between him and Amaterasu pretty well I thought. And I was also a bit sad that they had to part ways.

 

[Rahxephon91]

Nice to see FFX on the list. It's the best FF in my mind and the ending did really make me cry, no other game hs ever done that. It was an amazing ending and FFVI is pretty much the only game that comes close with its good ending.

MGS3 didnt make me cry, but it did shock me. The monument it reads "the sons of the boss are born" I was just shocked. It's like everything in MGS had just been set-up and so many things revealed.

Years later MGS4 would make me cry at how disappointingly terrible it was.

 

[jonno394]

Crisis Core I shed bitch tears during the final scenes.

 

[Phonomezer]

I guess no one cares about those short stories in Lost Odyssey :lol

Oh God, I was on the BRINK with some of those D:

 

[Takao]

Crisis Core I shed bitch tears during the final scenes.

Goodbye Zack Fair we finally got to know you

Spoiler

I didn't cry.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

Opinions are opinions.

Me personally?

The only game that has gotten even a small heartstring tug out of me is Wind Waker when Link is leaving the island. There's more actual emotion in that scene than in any other game I've played. Aside from EXCITE of course.

Games are terrific at EXCITE and JESUSTITS.

 

[vall03]

Its gotta be Mother 3 for me, but I don't understand, Tales of the Abyss? really?

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Maybe not cry, but I agree with:

The results:

1. Final Fantasy X (Square Enix, PS2, 7/19/2001)
2. Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix, PSP, 9/13/2007)
4. Clannad (Gung-Ho Works, PS2, 2/23/2006)
8. Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix, PS, 1/31/1997)
12. Final Fantasy IX (Square Enix, PS, 7/7/2000)
12. NieR Replicant (Square Enix, PS3, 4/22/2010)
16. ICO (Sony, PS2, 12/6/2001)
16. Shadow of the Colossus (Sony, PS2, 10/27/2005)

That is all.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

buy the japanese version and use whatever method you find comfortable to play the translated version. love was put into it, man. love!

Isn't it out of print now? So Ebay, then?

 

[slaughterking]

There was one scene in Nier that overwhelmed me a little bit, but aside from that nothing in videogames really gets to me.

 

[kassatsu]

woah what? they made a steins;gate game??? niice...they made a psp version as well. going to see if I can import one

It is on the japanese psn store if you have an account.

 

[ULTROS!]

Its gotta be Mother 3 for me, but I don't understand, Tales of the Abyss? really?

I sort of cried at the ending.

Though really, I cried because Luke is probably the most embarrassing character I've ever played.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

I sort of cried at the ending.

Though really, I cried because Luke is probably the most embarrassing character I've ever played.

What happened?

 

[Easy_D]

So forgive the ignorance, I came close to finshing mgs3 but never have.

Was the premise behind the story about how

Spoiler

Boss never defected to begin with but was set up as a fall lady? so the tragedy of the game (and ending) is that Snake and Boss are these characters that were really connected but manipulated to eventually fight one another?

I may just buy the HD remix for this now.

Hit the nail on the head good sir.

 

[IrishNinja]

i'm honestly trying to remember the sad scene in FF X. it mostly just got confusing at the end.

 

[InfiniteNine]

It is on the japanese psn store if you have an account.

Worth the money!

 

[ULTROS!]

What happened?

Ending spoilers:

Spoiler

Luke vanishes after the final battle, with Tear feeling sad and all. A few months after, they decided to go back to the spot where they last saw and saw him emerge as a Luke and Asch merged into one. Dunno if there was a hugging/kissing scene but if I remember correctly, Tear was in tears (lol).

 

[Grzi]

Crisis Core I shed bitch tears during the final scenes.

Kind of ashamed, but yeah, this.

 

[Electivirus]

Crisis Core's ending nearly got me. Almost, but not quite.

Otherwise, I've gotten emotional for some games, but never cried.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Man .. Japanese lists are so damn predictable ..
ask "best games ever" and I'd bet 90% of the games would be the same as this list ..

I saw the thread title and said "Let me guess: Final Fantasy X?" Ding ding ding!

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

I agree with Clannad, the TV version and After Story specifically. I found the stories throughout, more so in After Story to be very touching/emotional. One of the only anime I have seen that dealt with

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single father parenting

.

It's too bad Xenosaga 3 is not on the list, such a beautiful game.

So many good games on that list, it's been a long time since I've cried because of a game though, maybe I am becoming immune to it.

 

[Burai]

FFXIII made men weep over Sqenix's betrayal of the Japanese nation.

In turn, tears of shame, dishonour and regret flow within the walls of Square. They were warned by experts and they ignored those warnings. May they rest in peace.

 

[Dreamer RD]

Surprised there is no Xenosaga III in the list

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Ending spoilers:

Spoiler

Luke vanishes after the final battle, with Tear feeling sad and all. A few months after, they decided to go back to the spot where they last saw and saw him emerge as a Luke and Asch merged into one. Dunno if there was a hugging/kissing scene but if I remember correctly, Tear was in tears (lol).

Thank you sir. Watching the ending now on youtube.

 

[zoukka]

FFXIII made me almost cry.

 

[kaizoku]

I cry quite often at movies and tv shows, be it happy or sad moments, but I don't think a game has ever resonated with me in the same way.

Kinda surprised me, plenty of other emotions are served up by games but I can't remember a game eliciting those kind of emotions. I tend to hate tragedies rather than cry along so I'll more often cry at happy stuff which was earned through some great trauma or something.

Now that I think of it it's quite rare to play a game which has a good love story. I guess it goes to show that storytelling in games is still very immature and lacking in sophistication.

 

[Haunted]

Games in the OP made me cry for all the wrong reasons.

Some of them are really really bad.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Never cried at a game, but the microwave corridor sequence in MGS4 made me sorta misty-eyed.

Well, and I got kinda teary-eyed due to anger after playing Knights Contract and realizing I spent money on one of the biggest piece of shit games of the last decade. FF X nearly made me cry for all the wrong reasons. Godawful game.

 

[SilverLunar]

Okami wasn't even sad let alone made me cry.

I think they were crying for Okami because no one bought it.

That's about right XD

 

[Raonak]

Agree with MGS3 (i was actually too confused to get it the first time. I never understood the whole situation with the boss until my second playthrough :/)
and MGS4 (dat microwave :'( )
and FFX and Crisis Core(man... that ending. Zack >>>>>>>>>> Cloud)

The end of FFXIII was actually a happy ending(of sorts) so not sure why thats up there.
And FFVII wasn't that emotional. I think it's because the bad CG models made me lol at the cutscenes if anything.

 

[SilverLunar]

Only time I was close to crying was at the ending of Another World. Sad stuff... and I was like 12 years old.

I had the same reaction Kaicho Arino had when watching the ending to Another World.

 

[Replicant]

FFX actually did have tear-jerking moment especially at the end.

 

[pottuvoi]

Final Fantasy X made me cry, but not the way Square wanted.

~95 dodges and then getting shocked was unique experience..
The chocobo racing as well.

 

[AcceptableGhost]

This furthers my hypothesis that there is something untranslatable from Japanese games because there is no way I could believe a human being cried or even got really any emotion from this stuff for the most part (the JRPGS). It all seems jilted and off.

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

The japanese gaming public are a buch of wusses.