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[speculawyer]

Back when they were a small dynamic company under Trip Hawkins, EA once ran a great advertisement asking "Can a computer make you cry?"

Well . . . it has been like 20 years since then . . . has a computer game ever made you cry?


I've been moved emotionally by some games (Bioshock) but I don't think one has ever made me cry . . . has there been a game that made you cry?

This thread inspired by the Have any films ever made you tear up/cry? thread in OT.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

No.

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

When I was 11 I cried in frustration when my FFX game save got deleted, does that count?

 

[Hawkian]

I believe I did during one particular, unexpected scene toward the end of The Longest Journey.

 

[Tron 2.0]

Oh god no. And I'm super easy to manipulate emotionally.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

I got your feels for you right here son: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=457792

 

[Shalashaska161]

I teared up at the end of Flower. That final level was pretty powerful for some reason.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

I always cry upon shaking-down a section in most vert-scrollers I play these days, and the tears are manly.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

A computer made me have diarrhea once.

 

[Berordn]

I choked up a bit in Mother 3, but I didn't shed any tears until the ending. Damn, that was emotional.

 

[Lindbergh]

FFIX: first minute of this scene. That music, man.

 

[lethial]

I have no emotions.

 

[blame space]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AlhaJF5Afw

 

[Mangotron]

When I forgot to piss for 72hrs during a WoW marathon, it came out my tear ducts.

 

[brianmcdoogle]

MGS4. I bought into the ending and the fake ending and the long ending. I cried my eyes out. It was the end of Snake's story. It's sad, even if the game is a letdown and the Meryl relationship with Snake is wasted and the game's overall story is garbage.

 

[cj_iwakura]

The last game that choked me up was Digital Devil Saga 2.

 

[The_End]

There were a couple of moments during Suikoden II that I found fairly moving. But I didn't even come close to actually crying. And that's the closest that I've ever come.

So I guess the answer is No.

 

[Woo-Fu]

I cry every time my helicopter gets silently 1-hit killed by a laser-guided munition. Tears of rage, obviously.

 

[Aselith]

Once.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Pretty close, i dont think iv ever actually cried but when iv been emotional for what ever reason and a sad scene happens in a game im pretty choked up.

 

[MasterShotgun]

The end of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 caused me to shed a few tears.

999 came pretty damn close. I probably would have teared up if I still wasn't trying to make sense of everything.

 

[b33r]

I teared up at the end of snakeeater.

 

[Cheesemeister]

Old.

Thread sponsored by EA: Games that have made you cry
Games That Made you Cry
Has a game ever made you cry? ADMIT IT!

 

[Costcosaurus]

I don't remember if I actually cried or not, but Grim Fandango felt pretty emotional.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

The end of Links Awakening and FFX made me shed a tear or two.


Snake Eater's ending always catches me off guard too.

 

[SparkTR]

To the Moon came close.

 

[DarkLegion]

Short answer: No

But Katawa Shoujo came close :/

 

[speculawyer]

I teared up at the end of Flower. That final level was pretty powerful for some reason.

Damn . . . I guess I gotta play that more. I stopped after a while.

 

[Aselith]

Short answer: No

But Katawa Shoujo came close :/

Waifu indecision got you down?

 

[i-Lo]

I am an emotional and empathetic individual. As such I tear up easily during watching emotion tv show or movie. In games it's harder, however. Still for me it was conclusion of these games.

1. FFX

2. MGS3

3. SoTC (a profound sense of sorrow and joy. Yet to play ICO)

As graphics keep on improving accompanying better faces and facial animations, more people would be able to empathize further.

 

[TigerUppercut]

When I realized how much of my life I'd wasted playing World of Warcraft. I'll never play an MMORPG again.

 

[speculawyer]

Old.

Thread sponsored by EA: Games that have made you cry
Games That Made you Cry
Has a game ever made you cry? ADMIT IT!

Oh jeez, sorry for revisiting an interesting topic.


Wasn't there some Japanese game that ended with humans being the virus on the planet? That might have got me.

 

[feel]

Off the top of my head I remember getting watery eyes during the Metal Gear Solid 3 ending, at the end of the Mass Effect 2 prologue, during one of the last levels of Flower, HL2 Episode 2 ending, when I got into the first vehicle in Halo 3's level The Covenant and the music of a similar scene from Halo 1 kicked in, during Journey beta coop..

 

[TONX]

Daikatana made me cry like a bitch.

 

[Relax.MX]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AlhaJF5Afw

Someone explain this to me :/

 

[Myriadis]

Never, but the ending of MGS3 was quite close.

 

[JaseMath]

No. Not even close.

 

[Dusk Golem]

 

[Ketch]

Someone explain this to me :/

Not trying to be evil or anything, but this is the thread for games that made you cry so I watched that whole video thinking (hoping) it was either going to get away or his save would be corrupted or something.

That's pretty impressive dedication I guess.... any pokefreaks out there know if it's worth any real money or anything?

 

[Attackthebase]

Katawa Shoujo is the sole video game that has ever made me cry. Come join us, and understand how to get in touch with your emotions.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=457792

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Elite Beat Agents made me tear up a little bit. The "A Christmas Gift" level.

 

[Dark Octave]

Metal Gear Solid 3 ALMOST got me.

Silent Hill 2 had my wife balling.

 

[Slayer-33]

FF7

lol you can probably guess

 

[blame space]

Not trying to be evil or anything, but this is the thread for games that made you cry so I watched that whole video thinking (hoping) it was either going to get away or his save would be corrupted or something.

dude

 

[Trokil]

Yes, Ending of FFIX

 

[CorvoSol]

Lego Island. Pepper's story was just so *sniff* beautiful.

Okay, no, in all honesty, I think the only time I ever really cried was "Snake . . . had a hard life." Wait, what am I saying? MGS3's ending, too.

 

[Duelist]

Most recently, Katawa Shoujo brought a tear (or several) to my eyes. And Ever17, a long time ago.

 

[jgminto]

The ending of Red Dead Redemption.

I really should get around to playing this. I've heard a tonne of praise.

 

[firehawk12]

Yakuza 3. Although it was in a cutscene, so I guess that doesn't count.

 

[The Awesomest]

When I get to the end of a long chapter in Fire Emblem and my character dies from a critical hit that had a 3% chance of connecting.

But seriously, Mother 3 and Elite Beat Agents Christmas level have come the closest.